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- Nokia 7 plus source code released
- PSA: You can change the Call Screen voice
- Hopefully this year belongs to Sony
- Nokia 8.1 uses NEG glass instead of Corning Gorilla.
- Should Google be concerned about GCam ports?
- In defence of Google Fit's Heart Points
- Compact beast: the Xperia XZ2 Compact, the best small smartphone available today
- what android phone feature is a drawback for you
- Maybe I'm in the minority but in starting to like Samsung's UI over stock android
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| USB-IF Launches USB Type-C Authentication Program Posted: 02 Jan 2019 07:41 AM PST
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| Posted: 02 Jan 2019 02:19 PM PST I'm not sure if this post violates the /r/android rules or not, because it's more about how iOS handles something vs. my Pixel 3, so feel free to delete if necessary. Maybe I should post on /r/apple instead? For a little background, I have been an Android user since my HTC Evo OG, so I may be a bit biased here. I recently had the opportunity to get another phone on either platform, so I took a chance with an iPhone XR (to complement my Pixel 3). There are some things I like about the XR, particularly standby battery life. It is astonishing how well the phone holds its charge over the course of 3 or 4 days if I only use it sparingly to bridge the gap for when I'm not at my work laptop. That being said, I now understand why standby is so good - iOS apps can get completely crippled if they aren't in the active foreground. This is completely crazy to me. For example, if I want to download an offline map in Google Maps, I select the area, start downloading, and I see the % headed towards 100% at a nice clip, so I swipe up for home and go back to responding to an email. I then get this notification: https://i.imgur.com/i1cESGQ.png The offline map download slows to an absolute crawl when I exit out of Google Maps. Okay, that's odd and kind of bothersome...just to make sure, let's look at another scenario. I wanted to download music in Spotify so I could have it accessible in offline mode. I queued up a ~500 song playlist for downloading offline, swiped up to go home, and went about my business for half an hour. When I went to check the download progress, it was still stuck on song 5 of 500, and I thought that was quite weird, being on gigabit internet and all. Of course, when I opened Spotify and left it in the foreground, I could see the song downloads immediately pick up steam. When I turned the screen off, it slowed back down to a crawl. I don't know about you, but this is completely bonkers to me. I thought that the "true multitasking" was equivalent across both platforms, but apparently it isn't? I'm guessing it occurs similarly in a lot of apps, and if you value standby battery life above all else, perhaps you're okay with this behavior. For me, it's fairly idiotic in that I have to leave Spotify open with the screen on the entire time to have it download music at an optimal speed. For comparison, these two scenarios are not an issue on my Pixel 3 or on any other Android device that I have owned. The Pixel's standby time isn't nearly as good, but it's still only around 0.7% per hour overnight. Am I alone in that this is such a blatant annoyance in what is a fairly simple use case? Am I missing something? [link] [comments]  | ||
| Smartphone Durability Awards 2018! Posted: 02 Jan 2019 10:42 AM PST
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| Nokia 7 plus source code released Posted: 02 Jan 2019 08:24 AM PST | ||
| PSA: You can change the Call Screen voice Posted: 02 Jan 2019 03:35 PM PST I don't know how well known this is, but in the phone app's settings you can actually change the voice for Call Screen. I just found this out by going to those settings on a whim. [link] [comments]  | ||
| Hopefully this year belongs to Sony Posted: 02 Jan 2019 09:46 AM PST Sony over the years has made some of my favorite phones: the Walkman series and Xperia Z Ultra. But it fell in the wayside after being crushed by the Samsungs and Apples of the world. They tried to make a comeback with XZ3 last year, but compared to the Note9 and other Chinese OEMs, could not keep up. Part of the blame is on the ridiculously high prices and lack of advertisement from Sony. Yesterday, the Sony Xperia XZ4 leaked and it looks really promising. 21:9 QHD AMOLED screen, Snapdragon 855, headphone jack, wireless charging, Android P and a triple rear camera. On paper, it is a no-brainer for the flagship smartphone of the season. I just hope that Sony spends a little more on marketing and keeps the price reasonable compared to other OEMs. If the company addresses these two concerns, they can sell a lot more units and take a small step in becoming the juggernaut they were quite a few years ago. [link] [comments]  | ||
| Nokia 8.1 uses NEG glass instead of Corning Gorilla. Posted: 02 Jan 2019 06:20 AM PST
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| Should Google be concerned about GCam ports? Posted: 02 Jan 2019 02:01 PM PST I have a Galaxy S9+ (Snapdragon) and a friend of mine just recently bought a Pixel 3. I know GCam has been ported to various phones already and it's very impressive the difference that GCam can make even to very cheap devices but only a few weeks ago a working GCam apk with almost everything working perfectly was released for my S9+ and I have been testing it side by side with my friend's Pixel 3. The camera sensors of our phones are different but the end results are very similar and in some situations I have been giving preference to using the GCam app instead of Samsung's camera app. If you head over to /r/oneplus6 you see various posts with impressive results using the GCam too and I believe the results are even more impressive for that device since the camera was never a strong selling point of it. This got me thinking that all these ports don't really help the Google Pixel's fame. The main selling points of the phone right now are the clean software with fast updates and the camera. With all these ports coming out to various phones the camera is becoming less impressive on the Pixel 3, so now it's basically just the pure Android experience that makes it stand out. It could be of interest to Google to prevent further development of these ports in some way in order to keep the Pixel's camera reputation on top of the game. I tried doing some research to see if Google ever said anything about it but didn't really find anything. What do you think? Should Google be worried? Or do you think this actually helps Google/Pixel's fame overall? [link] [comments]  | ||
| In defence of Google Fit's Heart Points Posted: 02 Jan 2019 10:44 AM PST I've seen so many people complain about heart points, and say they don't see their value, or not knowing how they work, but I just don't understand this. So the standard metric for activity used to be steps. My Garmin emphasises steps, as did the old Google Fit, and I believe many Fitbits. I think people now realise that this is an incredibly flawed system. You could swim across the channel and not get any closer to your step goal. People want to meet this step goal, as it results in a cool notification etc, and so I know of people who will run far more frequently, as that is what gets the steps, or will go on long walks to reach the goal, even though they have been on a long cycle ride etc. Clearly, this is a totally flawed way of thinking. Now activity minutes sort of solves this problem, as it incorporates any kind of activity. But in my mind, heart points is pretty much the optimum way of measuring activity. I have seen a lot of people saying they don't understand what heart points do. It is essentially the same as activity minutes, but includes a bias towards more intensive activities. I believe it works by: Very low intensity workout (e.g. gentle stroll) - 0 points per minute of activity Average intensity workout (e.g. a jog or cycle) - 1 point per minute of activity High intensity workout (e.g sprints) - 2 point per minute of activity I'm interested to see everyone else's take on this. I seem to see a lot of people who just don't understand what their point is, and I think this is partially due to Google's poor communication, but personally, I view them as a fantastic metric that takes into account all activities and their intensities, and I wish Garmin emphasised them more (they have "Intensity Minutes") [link] [comments]  | ||
| Compact beast: the Xperia XZ2 Compact, the best small smartphone available today Posted: 02 Jan 2019 01:06 PM PST
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| what android phone feature is a drawback for you Posted: 02 Jan 2019 12:17 PM PST | ||
| Maybe I'm in the minority but in starting to like Samsung's UI over stock android Posted: 02 Jan 2019 01:24 AM PST It might be very weird to say this because I have been a long time fan of stock android. All my previous android phones such as the Xiaomi MI3, S4 have all been rooted to flash stock android as I really loved the smooth software experience. But recently with my S7, I found it much less enjoyable to use than with Samsung Experience. I felt that the UI felt kinda clunky. For example the recent apps card list is kinda awkward to use because of the very big cards. In SE 9.0 the cards are a bit smaller and more compact, making it more easier to navigate. On top of this the skin doesn't affect the performance of the phone anymore. In fact compared to nougat, Oreo is faster on the S7. I actually considered getting the pixel 3 but after seeing OneUI on the note 9, I was sold. What do you guys think? [link] [comments]  | ||
| Google Assistant can now make charity donations on Android and Google Home Posted: 01 Jan 2019 11:15 PM PST
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