Another model without a 3.5mm headphone jack…
Google Pixel Fold
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Re: Google Pixel Fold
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There are plenty of people who don't use a (desktop/laptop) computer outside of their jobs. If you're on HN, you're probably not one of them, so it can be difficult to imagine their behaviours. For example, in Japan, 36.6% of teenagers say they don't use PC at home [1]. It's also a country where people read a lot of comics. Now these foldable screens make more sense, right. [1]: https://news.yahoo.co.jp/byline/fuwara…
Apparently Japanese teenagers also have a lot more disposable income to drop nearly two grand on a cell phone.
Some of them do, of course. iPhone's market share is ~65% in Japan. If they successfully marketed it as an "iPhone + iPad in your pocket", $2k would not be an unimaginable price. And there will be more affordable foldable phones when they're more adopted.
But of course this one is from Google so it doesn't enjoy Apple's branding premium.
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Only charge up to 80% battery unless you need the full charge and the battery generally lasts much longer
Is there a place that has empirical data on this stuff? Like what battery factoids are still true with the latest devices or not? I would honestly love for phone manufacturers to outright build in some software to build in best practices if they actually exist. Don't let me charge to 100% at first or something!
You'd be better served by leaving power save mode on all the time (No haptic touch or animated UI) and minimize brightness to extend the intervals between charging.
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Maybe a little backpack? https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=mini%20backpack&tbs...
Purse can be accessed much faster compared to a backpack.
I got a triangular backpack with a single strap that you can kind of swing around over you stomach so you can pull stuff out of it. It's handy if you don't have too much stuff but also don't want a satchel flapping into your thighs.
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#316Another model without a 3.5mm headphone jack…
It's never coming back.
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#317Another model without a 3.5mm headphone jack…
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> night and day difference > slowness / lack of responsiveness Are you saying that replacing the battery improved your phone's responsiveness? I knew there was a throttling thing with iPhones but hadn't heard of anything outside of that.
Samsung, OnePlus, and other phone manufacturers have all been accused of throttling phones and have acknowledged the throttling and/or released patches to give more user control. You can google " throttling" and get new reports of throttling as recently as last year for Samsung.
> Samsung, OnePlus,
Blame bad Samsung fab. Things like the Qualcomm 888 chipset were notorious for overheating like crazy requiring throttling (used in both Samsung and some Oneplus devices). Need TSMC. Apple had issues all the way back to like 6S era when they sourced from both and the TSMC ones just ran better.
You can override it with a custom rom and messing with EFS on those devices but it's already flirting with battery dangerous temps doing gaming. Better to buy TSMC or strap an icepack to the phone lol.
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How do you feel about the lack of security updates? I miss the smaller size of the 3a bit upgraded since they stopped shipping software updates. I'm hoping you can talk me in to resurrecting it.
I believe you can install LineageOS on any old Pixel and still get updates. Though the type of updates will be limited. https://www.lineageos.org/
YMMV may vary a lot with LineageOS, unfortunately.
I was a big fan, but:
- Nexus 5X support was terminated
- Pixel 1 support is broken; the device used to reset daily (works fine with the original OS)
- They have at least one serious open issue (GPS not functioning, although it can be worked around)
In the end, I had to buy a new phone, that is officially supported. I still donate, but I don't hold my hopes high anymore, anytime that a device gets out of official support.
Re: Google Pixel Fold
#320Another model without a 3.5mm headphone jack…
It's never coming back.
Never should have left. My wired IEMs never asked for a firmware update, asked me to install an app, weren’t flaky like Bluetooth, and never stopped working because battery ran out. If you get a thick. braided detachable cable, it’s a) easy to buy a new cable in the event of a short or other wear (versus throwing the whole unit out when the battery dies or expands) and b) doesn’t tangle (which seems to be a lot of folks’ biggest concern).