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    Android Help Moronic Monday (Dec 28 2020) - Your weekly questions thread!

    December 28, 2020

    Android Help Moronic Monday (Dec 28 2020) - Your weekly questions thread!

    Moronic Monday (Dec 28 2020) - Your weekly questions thread!

    Posted: 28 Dec 2020 03:12 AM PST

    Note 1. Join us at /r/MoronicMondayAndroid, a sub serving as a repository for our retired weekly threads. Just pick any thread and Ctrl-F your way to wisdom!

    Note 2. Join our IRC, and Telegram chat-rooms! Please see our wiki for instructions.

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    Xiaomi launches the Mi 11 flagship 5G phone with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888

    Posted: 28 Dec 2020 05:32 AM PST

    [Easter Egg] So Android's smart reply can now save you from getting Rickrolled?

    Posted: 28 Dec 2020 08:55 AM PST

    Enpass introduces new Premium features, irking Pro users who already paid

    Posted: 28 Dec 2020 04:36 PM PST

    I tested the iPhone 12 Pro Max against the 11 Pro, Pixel 4a, and Pixel 4XL in extreme low light conditions. Here's what I learned.

    Posted: 28 Dec 2020 02:52 PM PST

    In this test, I decided to compare it to the 11 Pro, Pixel 4XL and Pixel 4a. I shot everything handheld to simulate real world conditions. If you want to see how the iPhone 12 Pro (non Max) compares to the Pixel 4XL and the iPhone 11 Pro,check out this post I made a couple months ago.

    Here are the results.

    • iPhone 12 Pro Max usually goes for a higher ISO and faster shutter speed vs 11 Pro usually going for a slightly lower ISO and slower shutter speed. On the wide angle, it's almost impossible to tell the differences. In a lot of photos, I had to go and look at the metadata to really be able to tell them apart.
      Both Pixel phones are pretty much identical when it comes to low light performance. The pixel 4a takes a bit longer to process because it doesn't have the neural core chip, but the end result is basically the same.
      In extreme low light, the Pixels tend to favour cooler tones and the photos aren't as bright as the iPhones. However, the time it takes to shoot photos is significantly more. For most photos, the Pixels took 3-4 times longer than the iPhones when it came to taking photos. It really shows how outdated the sensor is on the Pixel phones as it needs much longer to capture the information to produce a good photo in low light. But, it also shows how amazing the processing is on Pixel phones. If Google can produce photos this good with a 3 year old sensor, how good can they get with a sensor similar to the iPhone 12 Pro Max?
    • Apple enabled night mode on the 12 Pro series in portrait mode, but this isn't available on the 11 Pro. I will say that the LIDAR sensor helps with depth perception, which is something I also covered in my previous post. Since I was shooting with the Pixel 4XL and 4a, I didn't access to portrait mode with Night Sight, which at the time is only available on the Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a 5G.
    • On the selfie front, there isn't much difference either. Apple has a nice trick up their sleeve with the front camera. By default, the screen gets very bright on the 12 Pro Max when taking a selfie in extreme low light. On the 11 Pro, it doesn't work by default. You can get similar results by turning on the flash on the 11 Pro. Same goes for the Pixel phones.

    if camera quality is all you care about, but you can't afford the latest flagships, I'd say get the Pixel 4a as it's just as good as any high end Pixel phone, and it's almost as good as the iPhones.

    Here is a video with sample shots comparing all phones (no ads).

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    Xiaomi announces all-new MIUI 12.5 that is quicker, safer and prettier than any predecessor

    Posted: 28 Dec 2020 05:58 AM PST

    Pre-order reservations in the U.S. for the Galaxy S21 series are open

    Posted: 28 Dec 2020 12:37 AM PST

    What 'next gen' features are you looking for on your next upgrade?

    Posted: 28 Dec 2020 07:02 AM PST

    We're coming up on the end of the year, the new SD888 phones are expected to be releasing in the next few weeks and the Q1 release windows are right on our doorstep, so lots of people will be buying a new phone in the next few months.

    I've had my phone for a year now and I'm quite happy with it, as long as it keeps working I don't think I'll upgrade any time in the next 3 years. That got me thinking though, what are features I'd like in my next phone. Here's what I've come up with:

    • Under display camera - I'm not compromizing on bezels, notches or hole punches, it was one of the reasons I got this phone to begin with

    • Foldable - I expect in 3 years the kinks have had time to have been ironed out, more companies to have had a go at it and for it to have trickled down in price to under 500€ phones

    • Expandable storage - This is my first phone to not have a microsd card slot. I thought I wouldn't miss it, but realistically it forced me to delete most of the songs I kept on my phone. I like spotify but lots of artists and records aren't available there.

    • Unlockable bootloader - I usually don't care about updates because the community tends to pick up the slack, but that relies on your phone being popular and having an unlockable bl. Maybe in 3 years the ROM community will be mostly dead, who knows, Google has been trying to kill it.

    What would you like your next upgrade to bring?

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    AnandTech Year In Review 2020: Flagship Mobile

    Posted: 28 Dec 2020 05:29 AM PST

    What is a flagship anymore?

    Posted: 27 Dec 2020 08:13 AM PST

    The de-facto standard of a flagship has always been a top of the line SoC because the performance they offer is needed for the high-end experience; I'm guessing it mostly to do with smoothness and image processing.

    Aside from SoC, a flagship experience also includes premium materials, and high build quality.

    Given that modern flagships with top of the line SoC are going for insane prices, most are considering midrange phones for the first time.

    Throw in the fact that midrange phones nowadays can also have premium materials, build quality, good screens and cameras, and still provide a good user experience despite the SoC deficit. Ultimately the main differentiator between a midrange and a flagship is the SoC they use.

    Boiled down the question is: are top of the line SoC mandatory to quality as a flagship.

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    7 smartphone trends that really should stop in 2021

    Posted: 27 Dec 2020 07:31 AM PST
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