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Re: Pixel 10 Phones

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Post by Sohcahtoa82 »

therein wrote: post #394
t0md4n wrote: post #293

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Face ID is not terrible. Especially on newer phones which support landscape rotation etc. They check to see if you’re looking at the screen and your eyes are open, so they can keep the screen on regardless of the auto lock setting. It’s a smart and useful feature which you can turn off if you don’t like it.

> It’s a smart and useful feature which you can turn off if you don’t like it. If they hadn't gotten rid of the fingerprint sensor, I'd believe in the sincerity of that statement. > It is not terrible The fingerprint sensor was at the perfect location, it worked perfectly. FaceID has the downsides I have outlined and therefore in my opinion absolutely terrible. > Especially on newer phones which support landscape rot…

> I don't understand how you could say "newer phones which support landscape rotation" in 2025 with a straight face. Even iPod Touch 2G supported landscape rotation.

Waiting for the day when Apple announces supporting recording videos horizontally and the Apple fanatics to go wild as they show off how amazing videos can be when the view is wider than it is tall.

Re: Pixel 10 Phones

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Post by lostlogin »

thewebguyd wrote: post #349
highwaylights wrote: post #292

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> barely tolerate macOS I guess it depends what you’re comparing it to but macOS is (for me) the best of a bad bunch of compromises. POSIX with app boundaries that are (mostly) respected, if not particularly granular. There’s nothing I really hate about the platform save for homebrew and being walled in to the ecosystem. I actually love modern Linux with Gnome, and it has all the parts these days to be a great deskto…

> best of a bad bunch of compromises That's exactly why I don't particularly care for it, but still use it. My first choice would be Linux + a tiling WM. I used DWM for years before Apple Silicon, and have been on mac ever since the M1. These new machines are so nice that I can't go back to anything else now, whether I hate the software or not. But macOS is just baffling. There's POSIX underneath, and it's mostly rel…

So much this.

I’ve migrated a home server to a Mac mini. It was awful to achieve. Trying to get a machine to boot, connect network shares and start containers was a week long effort. I can do it in Ubuntu in about 10 minutes from a clean install.

So much is disgusting UI options hidden deep some in the (awful) settings app.

But the result is a server that is fast, powerful and using 6-7W per hour, compared to the old Nuc 9 it replaced that used 70W.

It’s just so good. The OS lets it down.

Re: Pixel 10 Phones

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Post by maxwellito »

therein wrote: post #394
t0md4n wrote: post #293

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Face ID is not terrible. Especially on newer phones which support landscape rotation etc. They check to see if you’re looking at the screen and your eyes are open, so they can keep the screen on regardless of the auto lock setting. It’s a smart and useful feature which you can turn off if you don’t like it.

> It’s a smart and useful feature which you can turn off if you don’t like it. If they hadn't gotten rid of the fingerprint sensor, I'd believe in the sincerity of that statement. > It is not terrible The fingerprint sensor was at the perfect location, it worked perfectly. FaceID has the downsides I have outlined and therefore in my opinion absolutely terrible. > Especially on newer phones which support landscape rot…

I remember my iPhone, on my desk, turning up because of a notification, then hearing the vibration for a failed FaceID unlock. This very smart system wasn't able to understand that it was looking at a ceiling. So I always ended up having to type my password due to too many failed FaceID attempts. FaceID was highly ranked in the reasons why I disliked iPhones.

TouchID all the way. On an iPad, it's fantastic.

Re: Pixel 10 Phones

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Post by parlortricks »

maples37 wrote: post #386
littlecranky67 wrote: post #363

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Looks like the list includes those apps that require access to Google Play services - which defeats the entire point of the OP wanting the privacy.

GrapheneOS not only provides a sandbox for Google Play (meaning it's just another app with no special privileges, and you can grant/revoke permissions (including network!) as you desire), it also heavily promotes user profiles for further isolation. I have a "banking" profile set up with Google Play services installed. 98% of the time I'm using my phone, I'm using the primary Owner profile. All the other profiles are…

That sounds great, how much friction does this setup cause you daily? Could you hand your phone to a firend or family easily if they needed it?

Re: Pixel 10 Phones

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Post by lostlogin »

subculture wrote: post #432
paulgerhardt wrote: post #247

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How’s your 13 mini holding up? I have a recently refurbished one (6 months old) and I can’t make it to 2pm without recharging. Additional my mail search and photo search broke with Apple Intelligence/iOS18 integration. Debating jumping ship to a epaper phone or holding out for the rumored iPhone Air.

I was able to get a new battery and screen for my 13 mini via AppleCare, but even the new battery won't get me through the day. Recent OS updates also make my camera shooting experience really slow for some reason. Even with all that, I'm keeping the mini as long as possible because every year brings bigger and heavier iPhones.

> Recent OS updates also make my camera shooting experience really slow for some reason.

I’m on a 16 pro and it’s bad. It’s worse if I use the side button or do it from lock Screen, quicker from actual camera app. However it’s by far the slowest camera I’ve had on an iPhone, and I find the speed and quality a disappointing.

Re: Pixel 10 Phones

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Post by shootingoyster »

GloriousKoji wrote: post #472
dwaite wrote: post #318

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I maintain that if the Touch Bar had been made full height and had an affordance (like slightly more distance) to prevent accidental touches, it would have been way more practical. Apple tends to have products on a design refresh schedule, and for the Mac is it about five years. I think the combination of user dislike of the initial implementation and limited developer integration caused the physical Touch Bar to be…

I've said this before but the trackpad is too big and they could have fit both function keys and touch bar and everyone would have been happy.

This might be the first time I've heard somebody complain about a trackpad being too big, usually it's the other way around.

Re: Pixel 10 Phones

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Post by Sohcahtoa82 »

dakiol wrote: post #57
jjice wrote: post #10

> Tensor G5 and the latest version of Gemini Nano work together to run Magic Cue privately and securely on your phone. Running Gemini Nano on device is the most interesting thing here. Magic Cue sounds exactly like the Siri improvements that Apple failed to launch this past year (and have stayed mostly quiet about for this coming year, except saying "eventually"). I hope it works well, because on-device AI for simple…

> I love the idea of an on-device model that I can say something like "who's going to the baseball game this weekend" and it'll intelligently check my calendar and see who's listed. Or saying something like "how much was the dinner at McDoogle's last week?" and have it check digital wallet transactions. It's probably just me (or a few like me) but I don't really keep my life in digital format as much as others (and I…

> If I'm going to the cinema or baseball or any other event... I don't have it in any calendar.

When I buy a ticket to an event and the e-mail about it arrives, Google automatically adds the event to my calendar. My wife and I have shared our calendars with each other, too, so we both see it no matter who buys the ticket.

Re: Pixel 10 Phones

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Post by maxwellito »

coldpie wrote: post #208
mg wrote: post #94

The people at Google seem to think much more like me than the people at Apple. There are 3 primary decisions Google made that click with me, while Apple's choices are a mystery to me: 1: When I put a Pixel on a table, it sits there stable. Because the backside is symmetrical. When I put an iPhone on a table, it wobbles. 2: When I sort my photos on a Pixel, I sort them in folders. The "camera" folder is where the unso…

I prefer Android. Unlike iPhone, the Android notifications system actually makes sense, and I can use real Firefox on Android. But, I prefer phones sized to fit in a human hand even more, so I'm stuck on an iPhone 13 Mini. Please make a ~4.5" screen Pixel phone, Google :(

I just switched from an iPhone 13 mini to a Pixel 9 Pro, and it's tough to admit but I can do so much more with my thumb on a big Android than a tiny iPhone. Mostly due to the back gesture always works (never need to tap the top left corner in some cases, and also being able to return to the 3 button navigation) and being able to pull down the notifications by sliding down on the main screen.

Re: Pixel 10 Phones

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Post by maxwellito »

jpalawaga wrote: post #488
coldpie wrote: post #208

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I prefer Android. Unlike iPhone, the Android notifications system actually makes sense, and I can use real Firefox on Android. But, I prefer phones sized to fit in a human hand even more, so I'm stuck on an iPhone 13 Mini. Please make a ~4.5" screen Pixel phone, Google :(

iPhone notifications are leagues behind. Everyone you see with an iPhone has like 80 notifications--mostly stemming from how and when they're dismissed.

+1 SO MUCH After two years I couldn't understand them. Sometime one notification appear, then it disappear, is it in the bottom stack? No, it just disappear. Also when there's many of them grouped, will tapping expand them? open the app? It's random.

But mostly, on Android, having quick actions on notifications. Receiving a useless email? The "Delete" action is right there. Boom, done. Move on.

In retrospect, I think it's why I find Android so functional. Just from the notifications you can do everything. No need to unlock your phone and end up distracted.

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