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S22 Ultra leaked IRL https://www.droid-life.com/2021/11/05/galaxy-s22-ultra-real-world-leak-s-pen/ Looks like it's taking over for the note in every way but name. The lack of raised cameras (well, in comparison to the current) makes me think they are going to make the thing a bit thicker so they can still fit a 5000mAh cell with the S-Pen.
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bull3964 posted:S22 Ultra leaked IRL Looks like a refinement to the S21u, which should be a great phone but a little boring. Waiting for the Fold 4 or 23 series.
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bull3964 posted:S22 Ultra leaked IRL The back looks a lot like the free A32 I got, not sure if that says more about the A series or the S22. Also, all of the OMG PIXEL 6 PRO IS GIGANTIC chat I read online really seems to have overhyped the size of it, the one I ordered for a friend on our family plan showed up yesterday and it seemed weirdly smaller than I expected.
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It's the same size as all the top end flagships for the past few years (and a little lighter.) So, yeah, hyperbole as usual. I think the bigger issue is that the smaller size isn't really all that smaller and the way it's constructed shrinks that difference further. But I don't think the Pixel 6 is meant to give a smaller alternative as so much it's a cheaper alternative.
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Compared to the enormous flagships it's not bigger.
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Just wondering what kind of obtuse being you have to be to actually use the drat pen that comes with those phones, on any sort of regular basis. To the point where it has to take up space inside the chassis that could be used for more battery or something.
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CLAM DOWN posted:Ugh when is the gen 2 Pixel Stand coming out Probably whenever they can unload the boat that they are all sitting on.
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codo27 posted:Just wondering what kind of obtuse being you have to be to actually use the drat pen that comes with those phones, on any sort of regular basis. To the point where it has to take up space inside the chassis that could be used for more battery or something. Having owned a phone with a built-in stylus I can say that I have no idea - I constantly forgot it was there.
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Nov 5, 2021 19:46
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bull3964 posted:I mean, if that's the direction you want to go and are sure of what you are getting into, go for it. its pretty simple dude. notifications go to the notification tray (swipe down from the top) where you can swipe individual ones away or hit the “clear all” button. i also dont understand whats so particularly bad about the ios notification system over android. having used both for a while now i dont really see any meaningful differences
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I have an iOS work phone and the notification system is completely different, and I despise it. I avoid using it as a result.
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Casual Encountess posted:its pretty simple dude. notifications go to the notification tray (swipe down from the top) where you can swipe individual ones away or hit the “clear all” button. This convinced me to mess around with my iPhone SE notifications, because before I just ignored them since they weren't as nice as android. I learned you can long press them to find undiscoverable interactions, so that's one thing iOS technically has though it's easier/smoother on android since what you can do with the notification is right there. Swiping them away is a full screen thing or short swipe + tap, vs a short flick in android, which sounds small but it annoys me a lot lol. I don't like the split between newer and older notifications, but it isn't a big deal. Overall not as different as last time I seriously tried to use them! I'll probably start actually using them on my iPad, maybe.
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I'm not sure if anyone will find this useful, but months ago I'd asked about mag-safe type USB cables, and since then have bought a bunch of these and been happy with them: https://www.newegg.com/p/0S8-03D1-00032 The cables I've received don't have a logo or any kind of branding on them, and it looks like they are a generic that other companies slap a logo on and charge much for. The magnetic tips stick out a bit from the ports they are in, but on the devices with cases it isn't too bad, and I have phone stands that accommodate them. Each cable comes with a USB C, USB micro, and Lightning magnetic plug. They don't rotate like some of the cables I see out there, but I feel like that's another possible point of failure anyway. These cables seem to charge well for me, and do transmit data although I haven't run any tests to check the bandwidth they'll carry. I'm sharing partly because I keep seeing ads for this company which appear to be the identical cable to what I've been buying but at a huge mark-up, like from $6.59 to $27.99 (on sale) before adding in shipping: https://keutek.com/collections/fast-charging-cables Edit: fixed missing link to company that looks like they are scalping the same cables CaptainSarcastic fucked around with this message at 23:26 on Nov 5, 2021 |
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Casual Encountess posted:its pretty simple dude. notifications go to the notification tray (swipe down from the top) where you can swipe individual ones away or hit the “clear all” button. They group weird though. Like, I just looked at the iPhone which has aggregated notifications over the past whenever it was that I looked at it. The lock screen has a notification for Google Home cameras and Google photos. Ok. I unlock the phone and pull down the shade and now there are 4 entries, two for Google home, two for photos, each with different notifications, with the lock screen ones on top, the text "Notification Center" in the middle, and then two more different ones under it. Now, after I put the phone down again and picked it up, the photo one disappeared from the lock screen and has moved under "Notification Center" to be grouped the other photo notification, but the Home notification is still on the lock screen and when pulling down the shade there are still two different Home notifications, one that was on the lock screen and one below the break that has other notifications. This is all without me actually interacting with them. Why did notifications disappear off my lock screen and get grouped with something else even though I didn't interact with them. What determines that. Why are lock screen notifications different from notification center notifications. And why is there no visual indication that you have notifications when you are just using the phone? Just put a dot or something up there. Beyond that, just other weirdness. I get a notification from the PSN app. I swipe it away because I addressed it on my PlayStation. But the badge is still there. I open the app. That's not enough to clear the badge. I have to drill down into the app where the button l notification lives to clear it. Great, you forced me to seek out and take a look at the notification that a friend invited me to play 12 hours ago. It's all scatter shot and weird. But that's how I feel about iOS in general. There's a bunch of glued together bits that have a very clear lineage back to web apps overlayed on a phone, but nothing quite fits together just right. Like, it's hilarious that I can't just set a wallpaper from an app. I have to download it. Then if I don't want it to go to my iCloud account, I have to hide it, then I have to look at it and set it as wallpaper. It's all janky and unintuitive and takes 5 more steps than necessary. Buuuuut this is the Android thread so I'll close with just how pleased I am with the Pixel 6 Pro. Easily the best Android phone I've used. bull3964 fucked around with this message at 21:25 on Nov 5, 2021 |
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Did past Pixels get hotfix updates when something was significantly broken and outside of that occasional small feature updates between big new versions? If Google for example decides the big quick settings buttons aren't the way to go after all for example, would that come to the Pixel with Android 13 or earlier?
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FistEnergy posted:I also think A12 looks dumb and clunky but I didn't wanna get yelled at by the Preorder Gang https://material.io/blog/announcing-material-you posted:Personal for every style Now choose from blue, green, purple, brown, or 'whatever the phone thinks is nicest'. If you want to co-create your own UI colour, well, take your 'comfort and joy' and gently caress off. Incessant Excess posted:Did past Pixels get hotfix updates when something was significantly broken and outside of that occasional small feature updates between big new versions? If Google for example decides the big quick settings buttons aren't the way to go after all for example, would that come to the Pixel with Android 13 or earlier? I do recall them loving up something server-side a few years ago that told everyone's Battery Saver mode to engage at something stupid like 95%, which was silently fixed. Still, I don't think they'd have the guts to walk back anything from the new UI
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so I could say that I finally figured out what this god damned cube is doing. Get well Lowtax.
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There could be a point release to android for sure to tweak some stuff, but I don't expect any major UI changes to come until 13 at the earliest. The next focus seems to be foldables and tablets, so that's where we are going to see UI work in the near future.
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Biowarfare posted:Are there any <$500 android tablets that would be good for drawing/low latency with stylus, like a ipad pro equivalent? The xiaomi pro 5 and lenovo xiaoxin don't seem to be sold in US at all. Samsung basically is the only option here. The S7FE has spen support and comes with one under that price.
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bull3964 posted:Samsung basically is the only option here. The S7FE has spen support and comes with one under that price. disappointing, the one brand i refuse to touch..
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After a week and a half I finally took my first phone call on the P6P. Holy gently caress is that a loud earpiece. This isn't just comparing it to the Pixel 5 either, I came directly from the Z Flip 3 to this.Biowarfare posted:disappointing, the one brand i refuse to touch.. Then iPad, that's basically it.
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TheScott2K posted:I hate how when something UI or UX related in Android works well you know it's just a matter of time until it gets hosed with. I've been a lifelong Android user who once scoffed at the idea of using some pissbaby iPhone, but following iPadOS 14 and all the positive buzz about iOS 14 I got an iPhone this year to give it an honest try next to the Pixel experience and, uh... Yea just do it. There's specific use cases that iOS won't satisfy, like if you're tied to using open source YouTube alternatives you can technically sideload poo poo onto an iPhone but that involves loving around with syncing it to desktop developer tools and controlling all your PC torrents from your phone or whatever, but if you don't have specific needs that only Android can meet then the differences are just a matter of adjusting to a new user experience. It's the small things that don't show up on spec sheets or get major focus in mainstream reviews where you'll notice all the subtle differences, like the much better haptics and smoother, more cohesive UI, which add up to me swapping back to my Pixel less and less as time goes on. The hardware quality difference is drastic as well, unless you're the kind of person who keeps your TV on vivid picture mode you'll find the screens on iPhones seductively lovely.
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Don't rule out ChromeOS tablets, but I don't know anything about pens or drawing.
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Wheeee posted:I've been a lifelong Android user who once scoffed at the idea of using some pissbaby iPhone, but following iPadOS 14 and all the positive buzz about iOS 14 I got an iPhone this year to give it an honest try next to the Pixel experience and, uh... Yea just do it. I’m really strongly considering an iPhone as my next phone. I do a lot of self hosting of open source applications to replace web apps that would otherwise scrape my data and Android has a much better time installing that, I guess because because the iPhone App Store polices aren’t compatible with some open source licenses. Other than that issue and the lack of USB type C for their connection I’d probably go with an iPhone. Their SOC is just so much better than the competition. Like literally twice as fast with half the power draw.
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FunOne posted:I got a Play Store update and I'm seeing this as the first pull down now instead of the larger 4 buttons. A second pull gives you the same 8 as before. Well I can't defend that
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Count me in as someone who jumped ship. After getting spooked about battery life woes on the 6 Pro, however true/untrue they may be, and the weird minor bugs that occur on Android 12 on my Pixel 5 even after a reset I started looking at iPhones again. Decided to just go for one and have an actual no-compromise flagship phone. I really wanted to stick with Pixel, but such is the way things go. I'll probably be back here in 4 or 5 years anyways
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Wheeee posted:I've been a lifelong Android user who once scoffed at the idea of using some pissbaby iPhone, but following iPadOS 14 and all the positive buzz about iOS 14 I got an iPhone this year to give it an honest try next to the Pixel experience and, uh... Yea just do it. I have to use an iPhone for work, and the one thing I would say is generally better than Android is the keyboard. It's surprisingly good at predictive text and the input is a bit more accurate and (I hate to say it) intuitive than any Android keyboard I've used. That's it, though. For my purposes iOS is functionally inferior to Android, and frustrates the poo poo out of me. The Bluetooth and wifi shenanigans I get up to on a daily basis are much easier to manage on my personal Android than my work iPhone, as are notifications and alerts. Texting and phone call management is also better on Android than iPhone, and much less likely to have me accidentally calling someone when I was just trying to check the time of a call or double-check the phone number.
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bull3964 posted:Buuuuut this is the Android thread so I'll close with just how pleased I am with the Pixel 6 Pro. Easily the best Android phone I've used. Yeah, this thing is awesome. So glad I got it.
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Nitrousoxide posted:Their SOC is just so much better than the competition. Like literally twice as fast with half the power draw. The latest 2021 Android powerhouse flagships running the industry leading 888 have just now caught up to the, uh, iPhone 8 released in 2017 What Apple has accomplished with their silicone is ludicrous, I just wish their software was better.
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Who cares though because there's only so fast you can hate scroll Twitter.
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bull3964 posted:Who cares though because there's only so fast you can hate scroll Twitter. But you can doom scroll for longer
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Yea but god drat the laptops are temptingNitrousoxide posted:But you can doom scroll for longer That too, the speed is a nice bonus from the insane efficiency.
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Wheeee posted:Yea but god drat the laptops are tempting I've been spending the past week trying to come up with a reason to buy one but I have zero use case. The power is pointless when all of my computing needs outside of gaming are taken care of fine with a 4 year old pixelbook.
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CaptainSarcastic posted:I have to use an iPhone for work, and the one thing I would say is generally better than Android is the keyboard. It's surprisingly good at predictive text and the input is a bit more accurate and (I hate to say it) intuitive than any Android keyboard I've used. I've never heard anyone ever call the newer iOS keyboard acceptable much less good. Even Apple stans who'd take a bullet over an Android call it embarrassingly inadequate and judging by my wife's messages of have to agree.
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I’m a sucker for good design and Apple’s touchpads are so far ahead of everyone else it’s ludicrous, but otherwise same, I have no actual need for one. Next year maybe I’ll get a regular Macbook when they launch the new ones, I kinda fuckin hate Windows and would be happy to only engage with it on my work computer and gaming PC.
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LastInLine posted:I've never heard anyone ever call the newer iOS keyboard acceptable much less good. Even Apple stans who'd take a bullet over an Android call it embarrassingly inadequate and judging by my wife's messages of have to agree. For sure, Gboard on iPhone is essential
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CaptainSarcastic posted:I have to use an iPhone for work, and the one thing I would say is generally better than Android is the keyboard. It's surprisingly good at predictive text and the input is a bit more accurate and (I hate to say it) intuitive than any Android keyboard I've used. I dislike how the keyboard on my iPad functions vs SwiftKey (notably, hitting space to enter the suggested word), but I do really like swiping down for the special characters/numbers. I don't understand why I get Gmail notifications in two different sections of the notifications page and why swiping away one doesn't swipe away the other. I do "love" that I once turned on Apple Messages on the iPad and suddenly people texting my phone number from their iPhones were sending messages to it instead of, well, my phone and I didn't notice them for a few days and then it took forever to delete that link.
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Wheeee posted:I’m a sucker for good design and Apple’s touchpads are so far ahead of everyone else it’s ludicrous, but otherwise same, I have no actual need for one. I have a Pixelbook that replaced a (horrible) 2016 MBP which replaced a (beloved) 2011 MBA. I don't *need* more than a Chromebook at all but the M1 MBA is tempting as gently caress because yeah, there's simply nothing like an Apple trackpad. They're an absolute pleasure to use in every way. sourdough posted:For sure, Gboard on iPhone is essential Judging by the Gboard typo in my post it's obviously not perfect lol
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