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Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

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Post by ehsankia »

easton wrote: post #470
postalrat wrote: post #216

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What are these good apps? I'd like to check some out.

I don't know if it's worth changing phones over, but Overcast is a really nice podcast player (smart speed works very, very well). Apollo is nice for reddit.

I think some of that might be what you're used to. There are plenty of quality podcast apps on Android, such as PocketCasts. Same for reddit app, there are dozens. Maybe not as flashy but I've been using rif for almost 10 years now and it has been very solid.

Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

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Post by r_klancer »

marginalia_nu wrote: post #126
kisamoto wrote: post #57

I think normally I'd look for the Pixel or the iPhone but my next purchase will be supporting FairPhone. When I think about how powerful I need my phone to be I don't need the best. I want something I can fix and update myself; something that's supported for more than a couple of years; something that is a little "better" for the planet. Does anybody use all of the new power of these incredible devices?

I stopped looking at what the marketers tell me I'm supposed to want in a phone, and went shopping for phones that have what I actually want: Durability and battery life. I've started getting those rugged phones of the sort they market at construction workers. They're brilliant. Water/mud/dust/salt resistant, you can drop them however many times you feel like without cracking the screen, battery life is alomost two d…

Actually, I'm very rough with my phones and considered buying a ruggedized phone, but went with a Pixel 5. It has a rubberized back and has held up very well over the last 10 months of use with only a screen protector (no case). In fact, it held up better than my previous phone, a Moto Z2 Force I bought because Toms Hardware Guide named it the most durable: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/toughest-smartphone-drop-t...

Also, it turns out that the camera sometimes matters more than you might expect. Other people in my family care somewhat that the pictures and videos I took of my kids using the Moto were pretty meh--and some pictures didn't get taken because the camera system was so slow. (Oh, and the audio on those videos was poor.) The Pixel has a much, much nicer camera and microphone.

(Obligatory disclaimer: I became a Google employee a few months after purchasing my Pixel.)

Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

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Post by kfprt »

tehnub wrote: post #167
alexmcc81 wrote: post #61

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> exact matches Not exact matches. Hashes. Hashes that were quickly show to have collisions that the company brushed off.

That's why they require that you reach a certain threshold number of matches before its sent for human review. The threshold allows them to take the probability of a false collision, which they can estimate from data, and set the probability of an overall false-flag by requiring a certain number of these collisions. They've released that the threshold, to start, would have been 30 (Page 10 of https://www.apple.com/ch…

You are incorrectly assuming a non adversarial environment. Swatting 2.0.

Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

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Post by ehsankia »

bastardoperator wrote: post #112
o_____________o wrote: post #53

Switched to iPhone last year and can't believe how bad iOS is generally. Feels years behind. Missing Android!

That's how Android felt for me. Too many knobs, and a lack of good apps. I'll take Apple's integration over what amounts to nothing any day of the week.

I agree that at some point it can be a bit overwhelming, but I'd take "slightly steeper learning curve" over "literally missing a critical feature I rely on daily" any time.

Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

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Post by talldan »

ruytlm wrote: post #467
thedougd wrote: post #410

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I think it's not appreciated enough how much they got right by putting the fingerprint sensor on the back in a natural position to touch and hold the phone. You are correct, it is unlocked usually before the screen is visible.

This is a key feature for me, and I'm disappointed that the Pixel 6 has gone for the in-display fingerprint sensor instead of the rear-mounted.

There's one thing that's handy about having it on the front, which is that the phone doesn't have to be picked up to unlock it. It's quite nice being able to read a message on my phone without picking it up from my desk.

But on the other hand, it is definitely more comfortable unlocking it from the back while holding it.

Maybe phones should have both!

Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

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Post by rjzzleep »

harpratap wrote: post #474
rjzzleep wrote: post #460

Does anyone know if these finally have global nfc and if allows for custom secure boot keys? I don’t want to but a premium priced Japanese version for global nfc and I don’t think that just because older versions has support for custom keys this one will as well. Same goes for SoC and driver support. This is mostly a rehashed Exynos, so are we really certain that the drivers will me more open than on the exynos side?

NFC-F + Felica is truly one of those technologies that could have really made a huge difference in the world (imagine a no-internet, no bank/middleman payment system in 3rd world countries) but got ruined because of Japan's Galapagos Syndrome. Had NTT & JREast looked from a global POV and worked with OEMs to reduce hardware & licensing cost we could have seen Suica working all over the world today.

I think it's more NTT and Sony. Every single Felica card in Japan is manufactured by Sony. Either way it doesn't matter.

It actually is a shame, because most countries that did buy felica are dropping it because of licensing even though it's technically better than any of the competitors.

Regardless of that Apple managed to get global felica into their phones since the iPhone 8. Googles japanese google pay is just a shim for Osaifu Keitai. At the end of the day they seem to be too busy reinventing android pay every couple of years instead of taking some lessons from Apple.

This is as much Googles fault as it is Sonys and NTT.

Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

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Post by kfprt »

theshrike79 wrote: post #106
echelon wrote: post #75

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> known child pornography material For some definition. Russia's FSB might have a very different idea of what this is. Anti-Putin memes, for instance. Navalny support materials or brochures. You'll have to watch what you download, because your phone might upload it and incriminate you. Or China's MSS. Winnie the Pooh, Tiananmen Square, Free HK, etc. Or even the FBI. Financial or political leaks, Wikileaks, etc. Once…

The definition is from NCMEC[0] and ONLY from NCMEC. No FSB, no MSS, no FBI. This is the EXACT SAME database EVERY cloud provider has been using for about a decade. Look up Microsoft PhotoDNA. The only difference is that the company doing it was Apple, who wanted to do the checks on-device BEFORE upload. And with multiple redundancies and human review. Not like Microsoft, who have - for example - shut down the MS acc…

NCMEC is their US database because of federal law. This does not apply to the rest of the world.

Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

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Post by soylentnewsorg »

vanilla_nut wrote: post #464
soylentnewsorg wrote: post #439

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One doesn't have to dream. Flashing a rom on google-branded phones is so simple, a non-tech person can follow a 5min youtube video to do it. The Nexus 6 from 2014 can have the latest android running on it - not just security updates. And unlike an iphone, it has a build that disables some eyecandy that keeps it actually usable and fast. As I understand it if you run the last supported ios on an iphone 5s, with all th…

This sounds brilliant. If you were to start fresh today, what device would you use? My aged iPhone is on its last legs, and I’m looking for something on the small side (preferably Nexus 5 sized at most) that I can degoogle and use for telegram, HN, reddit, music, and podcasts. It seems like every older phone has a gotcha, like nonfunctional cameras or missing wireless bands. 7 days of battery sounds magnificent.

Samsung S10 and S10+ looks to me like the place to be, flashed w/ a custom degoogled ROM. Nokia Maps (here wego), Open Camera, something like Aptoide, K9 mail.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/c/samsung-galaxy-s10.8693/

I did a lot of research earlier, because I don't use a case, dropped my pixel 2xl, and the glass on the corner cracked. I ended up just putting a dab of epoxy on it instead though. I use the carbonOS ROM on the pixel, which os only for pixels I think. You do have to go through a lot of system services and turn off the unneeded ones though. Lots of useless stuff like "carrier services" and "sprint dm" and a bunch of other crap - just google them one by one. An app like Fibers is great too - I use it to do things like display percentages instead of icons, and when I need turn off half the screen pixels. You can do that in low brightness situations like reading this site in bed w/ the lights off, and you can't tell it's half the resolution. Adguard is great too - blocking ads at the DNS level saves quite a bit of battery when online.

Now here's the main thing - I do spend a couple of hours per day using it - either for email or reading sites. I get about 4 days from 90% to 25%. I never go below 25% or above 90% - my battery is like new 3+ years later. Another feature that an iphone can't have - an app having access to limit your max charge limit. I'm just guessing that 100%-0% is going to be about 7 days, so I can't fully promise that.

Also, a couple of banking apps don't work. The Uber app doesn't work either - you have to use the website versions.

Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

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Post by octorian »

Sodman wrote: post #224

I hate the trend that the "pro" versions of all these flagship phones need to be an XL Phablet monstrosity. Human hands haven't gotten any bigger. I have owned most of the Nexus & Pixel phones throughout the years. After having the Nexus 6 as my daily driver for 2 years, I have always opted for the smaller option ever since. I would totally pay flagship prices for a regular ~5.5-6" phone with flagship specs, and I'm…

Agreed, and I'm personally struggling to decided whether to get the 6 or 6 Pro an an upgrade from my "regular" Pixel 4.

The size difference between the two doesn't actually seem that substantial, but the specs difference kinda is. Meanwhile, both are bigger than the phone I currently have.

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