SolidSnakeUS
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Wish Fedex wasn't fucking up mine by not moving the goddamn thing...
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Wish Fedex wasn't fucking up mine by not moving the goddamn thing...
Chromebooks are doing well for them, too.
And if we're counting software products, Photos is GOAT
Baroquemantic
Member
Ah yeah, these too.
I've been using Bixby Remapper, it seems ok. Its not perfect in that it doesn't stop Bixby launching, but kills the app immediately after launch. It then launches your chosen app instead. When you push the Bixby button sometimes there is a pause, sometimes you see the bubbles for a second, sometimes it just works perfectly.
I haven't noticed a performance hit or battery drain since installing.
I use it to launch Google Now, but you can set it to launch the camera or other apps.
Oh, no root required either.
newdayrocks
Member
That's my wife, for sure. Her iPhone always has OS and app update badges onscreen, but she couldn't care less.
I'm the complete opposite about updates, thus my Pixel XL.
brotkasten
Member
The Verge gave the iPhone 8 in their review an 8. Is that their lowest score for an iPhone yet?
The lack of updates bothers me and gives it a "dead platform" vibe, which is a shame. I understand tech companies dropping the market, but after checking out the other watches, they still look worse than the Moto 360 to me. Like the lug ends, which look way too bulky for me. It definitely feels like there's nothing happening on that front anymore. At the same time I still don't know what a good use case would be, other than notifications and fitness tracking.
Basically, it's been 3 years and I still want a smart watch, still don't know why and neither Google nor the manufacturers are making a good case for it. With the Apple Watch, at least their fitness stuff seems really solid, while I wouldn't trust the heart rate monitor in any other Android watch to be as good, for example. #BrandPerception
The lack of updates bothers me and gives it a "dead platform" vibe, which is a shame. I understand tech companies dropping the market, but after checking out the other watches, they still look worse than the Moto 360 to me. Like the lug ends, which look way too bulky for me. It definitely feels like there's nothing happening on that front anymore. At the same time I still don't know what a good use case would be, other than notifications and fitness tracking.
Basically, it's been 3 years and I still want a smart watch, still don't know why and neither Google nor the manufacturers are making a good case for it. With the Apple Watch, at least their fitness stuff seems really solid, while I wouldn't trust the heart rate monitor in any other Android watch to be as good, for example. #BrandPerception
SolidSnakeUS
Member
Wow, Fedex decided to do nothing for over 24 hours it looked like and it just showed up at my local site. And then it literally went on the truck 3 minutes later. I think I missed something. But happy as fuck that it's being delivered today (my new Pixel XL 128GB).
Bullshit/FUD/I don't even get what your angle is ...
Wear 2.0 only came out 6 months ago, don't know what updates you're waiting on. Apple Watch OS3/Apple Watch Series 3 is only just catching up to what Wear 2.0 offers (and I'm waiting for reviews first before even declaring that Apple watch has feature parity). If the Moto 360 is your standard for good looking Wear watches then you're more than a year out of the loop. Google's main mistake is that there's no 'pixel' Wear watch (both a round and square option please) to serve as a default choice otherwise there are many options.
The Jelly Effect
In iOS Spotlight, I can search for content within apps, like a sentence in an e-mail and it is amazing. It's perhaps the single best thing about iOS.
As far as I can find, Android does have something similar, but it seems way more restricted than Spotlight. I can't do the same scenario as above in the Google field, which bums me out.
(While we are on the topic, Windows 10 Search doesn't even let me search for contacts. What in the actual fuck? How can they be so bad?)
As far as I can find, Android does have something similar, but it seems way more restricted than Spotlight. I can't do the same scenario as above in the Google field, which bums me out.
(While we are on the topic, Windows 10 Search doesn't even let me search for contacts. What in the actual fuck? How can they be so bad?)
Vivalaraza
Member
Have read in a couple of places that Sammy Exynos devices have up to an hour more battery than SD. Is this true?
It was arguably true for the S6 IIRC. But the S8 is pretty similar for both models.
Stock s8+ can't make calls just emergency one.
Today i went on business trip and while on plane i put airplane mode on. Upon landing i couldn't connect to network anymore, it gives me 2 errors depending if i manually select network or try automatically, those 2 are Unable to connect. Try later and Error while searching for network.
I reset network settings, restarted phone, reset it, tried different sim in my phone and it didnt work either, mine did in other phone. I dont known what to do besides wait to go home and give it to service since its under wattany... any ideas please?
Today i went on business trip and while on plane i put airplane mode on. Upon landing i couldn't connect to network anymore, it gives me 2 errors depending if i manually select network or try automatically, those 2 are Unable to connect. Try later and Error while searching for network.
I reset network settings, restarted phone, reset it, tried different sim in my phone and it didnt work either, mine did in other phone. I dont known what to do besides wait to go home and give it to service since its under wattany... any ideas please?
Google is way behind in fitness for Wear. Basically the main thing I want in a watch. I'm not satisfied with Google Fit on my HW at all. Fit has zero new features, only cosmetic updates since I got the watch 2 years ago
Jazzy Network
Member
Go to your carrier store and ask for help?
BoboBrazil
Member
Pixel 2 XL
$849 for 64gb
$949 for 128gb
Also available in black.
I am abroad plus i didnt get it from carrier but i do have samsung's distributor warranty
Google apparently expected the 8/8+ to be more expensive
Sigh
http://www.droid-life.com/2017/09/19/google-pixel-2-xl-exclusive/
Sigh
http://www.droid-life.com/2017/09/19/google-pixel-2-xl-exclusive/
Damn. Maybe I should rethink that 128GB Pixel Xl 2.....
BoboBrazil
Member
It already looks like no dual cameras(I was hoping they would steal lgs wide angle camera since LG is making it).
SolidSnakeUS
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With that price, I'm so fucking glad I got my Pixel XL 128GB for my 6P. Jesus this would have sucked.
BoboBrazil
Member
Ruddock is saying pricing isn't final, but most likely will be it.
Jzero
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Same lmao
Jazzy Network
Member
Lol Google. Still a clueless company when it comes to actual products.
Chromecast is looking more and more like a fluke.
BoboBrazil
Member
Did anyone expect it be lower priced? $849 is what I expected from day 1. They aren't doing cheaper phones when Verizon is carrying them. OnePlus stays winning.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Bug fixes and security updates?
I'm not asking for Android Wear 3.0. I'm asking for Android Wear 2.0.1.
Edit: It's bullshit that people try and peddle it off like this ok. The shit is still on the April security update FFS.
Baroquemantic
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Those prices. Lol.
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This color on the smaller Pixel 2 looks great.
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This color on the smaller Pixel 2 looks great.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
They wouldn't be that bad if they were ahead of the curve.
Instead the Pixel is the last phone of the year/ this cycle instead of being like Samsung which is always the first major phone of the year/cycle.
If this was a 845 phone with crazy new features not already on the market the high entry price would be easier to swallow.
Now your left wondering why you don't just get any of the myriad of other options that are either cheaper or else even if you paid similar pricing you've had your phone for 6 months of use already.
BoboBrazil
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Probably also $850 so might as well get pixel xl 2 in that price range.
Phone prices are just too ridiculous now, this is the first year in a long time I am deciding against upgrading my phone.
I love a gadget as much as the next guy, and I am certainly not a poor guy, but this shit is getting out of hand. Greedy bastards overreached, I hope it shows in sales and as a result, income.
I love a gadget as much as the next guy, and I am certainly not a poor guy, but this shit is getting out of hand. Greedy bastards overreached, I hope it shows in sales and as a result, income.
The price will drop much faster than the Pixel 2.
Those Pixel 2 XL proportions look quite bad...
Nothing is right. The cut is through a weird part, not a third or half the way. The camera and fingerprint sensor are not the same distance from the cut either.
Hope it's just a bad render. The smaller one is a little bit better, but still kinda awkward.
Nothing is right. The cut is through a weird part, not a third or half the way. The camera and fingerprint sensor are not the same distance from the cut either.
Hope it's just a bad render. The smaller one is a little bit better, but still kinda awkward.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Yep. I'd agree with this unless you want the LG audio.
The bigger thing is you could get a G6, S8+, U11, OP5 ECT... for cheaper at this point with similar specs.
BoboBrazil
Member
Yep, especially if you want stock Android and are a student you can get a brand new OnePlus 5 64gb model for $430. It's basically a nexus phone. I don't even feel the need to switch from oxygen os, since it's basically stock with some nice changes like dark theme.
Baroquemantic
Member
Man this sucks. I just want a phone with timely updates and an easily unlockable bootloader for when official support ends. I was set on the XL2, but no headphone jack and probably still Verizon exclusive. If the 1+5 had a QHD screen and water resistance, it'd be my next phone.
BoboBrazil
Member
It does have water resistance. They just didn't pay for the certification. No 1440p screen sucks though. Still hoping for a 5T with one.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
I'd love it if they could let you customize different colors in certain places. Not to the extent of Moto X, but still.
http://www.droid-life.com/2017/09/19/google-pixelbook-chromebook-price-release-date/
Pixelbook, $1,199, comes with pen
Pixelbook, $1,199, comes with pen