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    August 15, 2019

    Android Help What should I buy Thursday (Aug 15 2019) - Your weekly device inquiry thread!

    What should I buy Thursday (Aug 15 2019) - Your weekly device inquiry thread!

    Posted: 15 Aug 2019 04:15 AM PDT

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    Huawei technicians have been helping governments in Uganda and Zambia spy on their political opponents, a new report says

    Posted: 15 Aug 2019 10:58 AM PDT

    Official LineageOS 16.0 builds are now available for HTC One M8 (2014). Literally the only HTC phone with official LOS 16 support.

    Posted: 15 Aug 2019 06:04 AM PDT

    Asus ZenFone 6 review: a neat flipping camera, but the battery life is better

    Posted: 15 Aug 2019 08:13 PM PDT

    Wear OS barely makes a dent in North America’s wearable market as Samsung grows

    Posted: 15 Aug 2019 04:15 PM PDT

    Google Maps adds smooth gesture to switch accounts, hopefully Gmail follows suit [APK Download]

    Posted: 15 Aug 2019 08:06 AM PDT

    Is LG worth giving another chance?

    Posted: 15 Aug 2019 09:51 AM PDT

    I had sworn off LG phones after bad experiences with the Nexus 4, Nexus 5X and a few lower end phones.

    With Samsung's new direction I was looking at alternatives on GSMArena (rootable, fingerprint, 3.5 mm, SD card, USB C and pocketable)

    The Sony Xperia 10 and LG G8 stood out.

    I have never used Sony phones and no recent experiences with LG.

    Do LG phones still suffer from bad hardware, quality control and bootloops? Do the newer phones have an unlockable bootloader?

    I know LG software isn't as good but is it at least usable? I think I can fix problems with custom ROM's and root

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    Samsung's Galaxy Note 10 game streaming service launches next month

    Posted: 15 Aug 2019 05:57 PM PDT

    Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus - Unboxing and First Impressions - YouTube

    Posted: 15 Aug 2019 05:44 PM PDT

    Stay organized and productive with new Assignable reminders

    Posted: 15 Aug 2019 08:29 AM PDT

    Would it be great if manufacturers adopted the 'Aroma Installer'-esque approach for their ROMs?

    Posted: 15 Aug 2019 01:29 PM PDT

    Image for people who doesn't know how Aroma looked like.

    I know this is a long shot but IMO that'd be a great option. Just let us pick the stuff we want when we begin setting up the phone. I remember ASUS doing something like this for the Zenfone 6 ( Zen UI and almost Stock Android) but it doesn't even have to be two different ROMs, just apps/services we'd like to install.

    I know Samsung would never do this, but looking at my S10+, there's many Samsung's services I've never even touched since I bought the phone (for example Dex, Samsung Internet, Bixby, VR, S Health, Samsung Pass etc.) I know by doing this Samsung can't keep us in their ecosystem and some of the apps are tightly baked into the OS itself, but uncoupling them and making them available as add-ons would be great. I guess this would tempt even more people to try Samsung phones who still think they have lots of bloat.

    Same goes for other manufacturers as well. People who love the services can have them enabled and people who doesn't prefer them doesn't have to be forced to have them installed on their phones. Best of both worlds.

    This just makes me miss the old Aroma Installer days where I used to pick the Gapps I needed, fonts and even additional add-ons like Viper4Android, Adaway, Kernel Manager etc.

    A man can dream but what do you guys think?

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    Huawei Mate X release date pushed back, but next version may have even more screens

    Posted: 15 Aug 2019 06:23 AM PDT

    What does everyone think of the dark theme for Android's 'Messages' app? (Black vs Grey)

    Posted: 15 Aug 2019 08:52 AM PDT

    • This is specifically for the Messages app, nothing else.

    • Common trend for messaging apps to offer a dark mode or dark theme. But the difference for messaging apps is that when you enable a dark theme, it's typically black. But Android's own default messages app utilizes a dark grey theme.

    • What does everything think about this? Do you want you messaging app to be black? Or do you like the grey they've chosen? Does a black theme make the chat bubbles pop more? Does grey bother you or not?

    • Images from other popular messaging apps:

    • Facebook Messenger

    • Telegram Custom Dark Theme

    • Messages by Google

    • iMessage -> Photo from Google Images

    What do you guys think? How do you prefer the dark theme on your messaging app?

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    Evolution of hardware features in Android phones over time

    Posted: 15 Aug 2019 11:58 AM PDT

    I was curious about how certain hardware features have changed on Android phones over the years, so I thought I could graph it out since I couldn't find any. I used GSMArena since its advanced search is pretty useful to see the number of phones released that fit certain conditions. It would be better to track sales numbers instead of models produced, but that information is harder to track. Smartwatches and tablets are excluded.

    First, here's a graph of the percentage of Android phones released over the total. As alternative phone OSs have been disappearing, Android has been getting closer to 100%, apparently the only non Android phones released are iPhones and re-releases of old Nokia phones. The total number of phones released peaked in 2014 and has decreased since then. Either fewer phones with higher sales were released or fewer phones were sold so they released fewer models.

    Here's the graph for the percentage of Android phones with headphone jack. The number is decreasing, but most phones released still have it. However, if we filter only phones above 400€ the graph changes quite a bit. It went from being at 100% consistently to dropping to 41% (and it will probably keep falling). But overall the headphone jack isn't dead yet.

    One feature that has actually disappeared almost completely are removable batteries, here's the graph. at first all the phones had removable batteries, and this year only 5% of Android phones (12/234) have them.

    I thought IR blasters used to be more popular and that feature had died as well, but turns out there are more overall, though it's still a low percentage. But I still feel like the number of models available in the West with that feature is lower than it used to be.

    And then there are other specs that have been improving steadily, like battery capacity and screen resolution. There are more features I could have graphed but they would have increased steadily as well, I don't know if there are any others that have gotten worse (let me know and I could try it!).

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    Removable batteries need to come back. CMV.

    Posted: 15 Aug 2019 07:02 AM PDT

    Most smartphone manufacturers axed removable batteries today for mostly dumb reasons in my opinion. This is stupid and needs to end.

    Reasons why removable batteries are imperative for a good user experience:

    1. It prolongs your smartphone's life. When your battery dies, you can easily get a new one for a few bucks or so, slide it in, and boom your smartphone is back and kicking, without dying at 12 PM. This way you won't need to change your smartphone every two years or so.
    2. It's trivial to do. Just pop out the back, remove the old battery, put the new one and boot up the phone. No heat gun or stuff like that. Any 6-year-old can do that.
    3. Does not really compromise on your smartphone's other features. The Galaxy Note4 came with great build quality and a cool 3200 mAh removable battery that did not really sacrifice in any way, shape or form anything else. As the Galaxy Note 7 later proved, making it sealed for an added 100 mAh is just an excuse.
    4. Less e-waste space. They are more enviromentally friendly thanks to points number 1 and 2. Less phones will be wasted and people will keep their smartphone for a longer time.
    5. Are easy to carry around. If your device's current battery is dying and you have no access to an outlet, you can just pull it out, put it in your bag, and slide the other battery in. Boom!

    Now, I would like to point out the opposing side's arguments and why I don't agree with them.

    1. Water resistance. Honestly this is the best reason I could find, as metal and glass are easier to protect against water and a sealed phone allows for better protection against splashes and drops into liquid. However, the main reason this is not a good enough argument can be summed up in two words: Galaxy S5. That phone had a rugged plastic feel, IP67 water resistance, and still kept the removable battery. Some Chinese manufacturers like Ulefone, VKWorld and Doogee also built rugged phones where the battery is accessible by a few screws and have IP68 and IP69K resistance.
    2. Premium materials. This is a stupid argument. Period. Each consumer has their own preferences when it comes to the feel of their phone. Since most people are using their phones inside cases, we might as well push manufacturers to build plastic phones in the first place that are just as thick as a glass phone with a case. That would serve three important purposes - a bigger battery, no longer needing a case, and of course, the battery being removable. What I would like to see are phones that cater for both audiences - the slim, sleek phones most companies are making now, as well as the thicker, more durable smartphones with removable batteries.
    3. Allow for bigger batteries. While this is true, I don't think it's good enough due to point #5 pro-removable batteries featured above. Smartphones today do allow 5000 and 6000 mAh batteries such as the Galaxy M20 and the ROG Phone II. However, they also become thicker or superlarge to accomodate the huge battery, while for some reason still keeping it non-removable. The 18K Energizer phone is the ultimate offender here. You can just carry two 3000 mAh batteries and call it a day.

    So guys, what do you think? Please post below. I'm pretty sure money is the main reason companies are no longer making removable batteries... but I could be wrong. Maybe I'm stuck in 2011, maybe I watch Louis Rossmann too much...

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    What Does Sony, HTC, or LG Need to Do?

    Posted: 15 Aug 2019 01:51 PM PDT

    Besides marketing, what do these OEMs need to do be more competitive in countries like the US? From my experience, they have all been making quality phones for years but are largely ignore. Only LG and ASUS have headphone jack, with only the former supercharging it with the Quad DAC. Sony has included 4K HDR display in their phone for years, use a pretty stock skin, and actually update their phones. HTC U12+, I believe in one of the best phones in past few years but has no chance. And the latter two, I get it, they suck at update but without sales, they in essence abandon them. I mean it not an excuse because Essential has release one phone and update it minutes after Pixel with low sales and probably a smaller team.

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    Is it simply Samsung early marketing push that makes people ignore other OEMs? Can things change? A price drop? Aim for lower end markets (like HMD's Nokia)? Is it the skin that assume to be terrible? Reviews that come too early by websites and YouTubers that don't do the phone justice?

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    AMA, just received my Note 10+

    Posted: 14 Aug 2019 11:59 PM PDT

    Not sure how to go about this, since this is my first time posting on reddit lol

    If you need pictures,i can post them

    Tis a korean variant, 256gb version

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