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submitted 2 days ago by somegadgetguy to c/android

ONEPLUS 12 CONTROVERSY! It's a little concerning. My phone keeps trying to connect to a mystery network, listed as an ISP WiFi that (to my knowledge) doesn't do business here in California. Has anyone else seen something like this? What's going on?

[-] somegadgetguy 8 points 3 days ago

Came here just to say something similar.

"Going FOSS really whips the llamas ass!"

[-] somegadgetguy 2 points 3 days ago

Balancing performance against power draw is tough. You'll find diminishing returns on adding more cores when a bigger core might complete a task faster and use less power overall. Tensor 3 is also a nona-core, but in general, i think we'll probably see companies stick with symmetrical big/little core counts.

[-] somegadgetguy 1 points 3 days ago

Yup. Kind of a gish gallop of buzzwords to keep investors happy...

[-] somegadgetguy 3 points 3 days ago

Kinda the perfect place to start pushing app bundles more, but yeah, I'll be really patient waiting for this one to roll out to my chromecast...

[-] somegadgetguy 11 points 5 days ago

Ha! That was my favorite part of shooting the editorial. Thanks for sharing 😁

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submitted 1 week ago by somegadgetguy to c/android

Yup. It happens to mine too. I'm just mad I didn't think of testing it like this first.

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The newest Wear OS watch from Mobvoi is not a radical hardware change. Where Xiaomi, Oppo, and Google are only just catching the tech in the Pro 5, the Enduro is a move towards slightly better efficiency and fancier build materials. It's still a TicWatch though, and while some of the software situation has improved, we still need to chat about updates...

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submitted 1 month ago by somegadgetguy to c/android

A new look for Infinix, but this design looks kinda familiar...

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[-] somegadgetguy 32 points 3 months ago

We saw a glimpse of some great mobile awareness in Cortana. Contacts and location reminders were amazing on windows phones.

"Next time I talk to my wife, remind me to ask bout the dogs medication." Phone call, text, or email, I'd get a reminder.

"Next time I'm at the store, remind me to buy bread." "Which store?" "Any grocery store."

Phone assistants have basically been going down hill since windows 10.

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submitted 3 months ago by somegadgetguy to c/android

I feel a lot of the photography enthusiasts out there are starting to miss some really exciting mobile cameras. Also, we only ever seem to have these kinds of "worth it" concerns after an Android launch... Never after an iPhone launch...

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submitted 3 months ago by somegadgetguy to c/android

What's going on with the OnePlus 12 camera? I've gotten a number of questions from folks concerned about the new camera sensor in the OnePlus 12, and how it might be different from the OnePlus Open. Is OnePlus trying to pull a fast one? Should folks expect poorer camera performance on the less expensive phone? Why did Sony give these sensors different names?

[-] somegadgetguy 52 points 3 months ago

Can't blame them. Google cut mobvoi and fossil off at the knees, while courting Samsung. Why would they stay? I hope they try another hybrid watch.

[-] somegadgetguy 36 points 3 months ago

Seems to me that Android as a platform was healthier when there was broader competition, and a wider range of designs and features. Samsung peaked with the S10, and sales have plummeted the more they copy Apple.

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It's the highest praise I can deliver, that a new phone is so good, it's worth flipping a year-old phone to get it. The Vivo X100 Pro is a monster, but can it entice you away from an X90 Pro?

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submitted 5 months ago by somegadgetguy to c/android

Well sure, a 5 year old phone will lose most of these performance comparisons against modern phones, but will it lose badly enough for consumers to care?

[-] somegadgetguy 46 points 5 months ago

More stories coming like this to prep folks for price hikes.

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It's an almost two year old phone now...

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submitted 6 months ago by somegadgetguy to c/android

I sat down with two MediaTek executives to chat about their new chip, their relationships with OEMs (chasing benchmark scores), and an aggressive shift towards mobile AI.

[-] somegadgetguy 275 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

2021 - Apple collects more types of data than Google https://www.tomsguide.com/news/android-ios-data-collection

2021 - Apple Do Not Track basically a placebo button https://www.techdirt.com/2021/12/10/apples-do-not-track-button-is-privacy-theater/

2022 - Apple tracking you despite your privacy settings https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-analytics-tracking-even-when-off-app-store-1849757558

2023 - All the Data Apple Tracks on You (Privacy guides amount to roughly 70,000 words of legalese) https://www.wired.com/story/apple-privacy-data-collection/

2023 - MAC address "filtering" has basically been broken since launch https://www.zdnet.com/article/iphone-users-who-dont-want-to-be-tracked-need-apples-ios-17-1-privacy-patch/

Apple still links services like device bricking to the Find My network. If your iphone is stolen, and you don't want someone to reset it to use or sell, you HAVE to submit your location data to be a part of the tracker network. Disabling that, Apple sends users a scary nag email that their device is no longer protected.

[-] somegadgetguy 48 points 8 months ago

Well at least it's not Samsung colluding with other companies to fix prices again, right? Surely in a free market, Hynix and Micron will use this as an opportunity to compete with lower prices and consumers will benefit from healthy and robust competition.

[-] somegadgetguy 32 points 8 months ago

A lot of folks are finding out that their bosses never REALLY cared that their job was done well, or even competently. If the company can save money with an AI that gets a bunch of stuff wrong, that's "good enough".

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