Android Help Saturday APPreciation (Jan 02 2021) - Your weekly app recommendation/request thread!

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• Saturday APPreciation (Jan 02 2021) - Your weekly app recommendation/request thread!
• Snapdragon 888 Failed? Another Exynos? Disappointing Gaming Performance/Power Tests from Xiaomi MI11
• One of of the most most minor and yet handy tips: When you say "Hey Google," you don't actually have to wait for the beep to start your Google Assistant command.
• Oneplus Nord will receive OxygenOS 11 next week.
• Xiaomi Mi 11 UNBOXING and DETAILED REVIEW - World's FIRST Snapdragon 888 Powered Smartphone.
• Battery Health?
• The galaxy s21 will have a screen dpi lower than that an 8 year old galaxy s4 from 2013

Saturday APPreciation (Jan 02 2021) - Your weekly app recommendation/request thread! Posted: 02 Jan 2021 04:00 AM PST Note 1. Check out our apps wiki for previous threads and apps curated by the reddit Android community! Download the official /r/Android App Store based on our wiki! Note 2. 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. This weekly Saturday thread is for: * App promotion, * App praise/sharing Rules: 1) If you are a developer, you may promote your own app ONLY under the bolded, distinguished moderator comment. Users: if you think someone is trying to bypass this rule by promoting their app in the general thread, click the report button so we can take a look! submitted by /u/curated_android [link] [comments]

Snapdragon 888 Failed? Another Exynos? Disappointing Gaming Performance/Power Tests from Xiaomi MI11 Posted: 02 Jan 2021 02:05 AM PST So we have our first Snapdragon 888 Preview through the Xiaomi MI11. It's important to keep in mind that these are early benchmarks, and you need to take these with a grain of salt. Maybe other phones have better cooling or a firmware update can help. The Mi11 is the first Snapdragon 888 phone widely available, so it is the first SD 888 phone we have data on. The performance is comparable to an Apple A13 in Geekbench (at least in multicore, although the 888 is closer to an A12 in single core), but the power consumption is up over the Snapdragon 865. In some areas, performance per watt has actually regressed. Keep in mind too that longer periods of high temperatures means greater likelihood of thermal throttling. The review has a case of throttling in Genshin Impact, which for those unaware is a popular gacha game. This will be important as this SOC will be used by most of the big Android 2021 flagships. Here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhNmbOtvP98 Also for reference, here are the early Anandtech results: https://www.anandtech.com/show/16325/qualcomm-discloses-snapdragon-888-benchmarks They didn't have power consumption though to Anandtech. On the CPU side we're seeing good improvements, even with Qualcomm's conservative claims. And meanwhile the new Adreno GPU seems to perform as well as Qualcomm has promised – if not a bit better. So as things stand, the missing piece of the puzzle is power consumption; if it ends up being competitive there, then Qualcomm has a shot at regaining the performance crown in mobile. I don't know if these early Mi11 tests are accurate, but if they are, it would explain Qualcomm's unwillingness to disclose the power consumption. submitted by /u/RandomCollection [link] [comments]

One of of the most most minor and yet handy tips: When you say "Hey Google," you don't actually have to wait for the beep to start your Google Assistant command. Posted: 02 Jan 2021 12:07 PM PST I got that tip from here a long time ago, I think, and just wanted to pass it on. Hat tip to whoever first noticed this! submitted by /u/Alaska_Jack [link] [comments]

Oneplus Nord will receive OxygenOS 11 next week. Posted: 02 Jan 2021 05:35 AM PST submitted by /u/Shuklaji25 [link] [comments]

Xiaomi Mi 11 UNBOXING and DETAILED REVIEW - World's FIRST Snapdragon 888 Powered Smartphone. Posted: 01 Jan 2021 01:41 PM PST submitted by /u/MMyRRedditAAccount [link] [comments]

Battery Health? Posted: 31 Dec 2020 11:14 AM PST Why isn't there more of a push for an android battery health monitor like iOS has? Is it too hardware specific to execute well? This is most important for phone resale. A third party app lacks the day 1 battery life baseline analysis and prevents a clear community standard for comparison. Seems like an important part of the android OS that is missing to me. submitted by /u/thewholerobot [link] [comments]

The galaxy s21 will have a screen dpi lower than that an 8 year old galaxy s4 from 2013 Posted: 31 Dec 2020 05:49 AM PST If the 1080p panel is true: 2021 Galaxy S21 - 6.3 inches - 1080 x 2400 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~418 ppi density) 2020 Galaxy S20 - 6.2 inches - 1440 x 3200 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~563 ppi density) 2019 Galaxy S10 - 6.1 inches - 1440 x 3040 pixels, 19:9 ratio (~550 ppi density) 2018 Galaxy S9 - 5.8 inches - 1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~570 ppi density) 2017 Galaxy S8 - 5.8 inches - 1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~570 ppi density) 2016 Galaxy S7 - 5.1 inches - 1440 x 2560 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~577 ppi density) 2015 Galaxy S6 - 5.1 inches - 1440 x 2560 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~577 ppi density) 2014 Galaxy S5 - 5.1 inches - 1080 x 1920 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~432 ppi density) 2013 Galaxy S4 - 5.0 inches - 1080 x 1920 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~441 ppi density) 2012 Galaxy S3 - 4.8 inches - 720 x 1280 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~306 ppi density) I guess this year is meant as an upgrade to anyone coming from the galaxy S, S2, or S3? submitted by /u/thatcodingboi [link] [comments]

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