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Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

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n8cpdx wrote: post #442
tootie wrote: post #128

Hot take: I haven't seen a compelling new phone feature from any manufacturer in as long as I can remember. I spend 99% of my tapping time sending texts, using a browser and taking pictures with the rear camera. Same as I did on my Droid X which was my first smart phone circa 2011.

Quality of the basics matters. Folks like to say they don’t need a fast processor, because all they do is browse the web. If you open the messages app and browser 50x per day (which seems like a conservative estimate) and load the maps app a few times a week, the speed differential between devices adds up. Personally, I find the annoyance factor more bothersome than the raw hours of wasted human lifetime. Side by sid…

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Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

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wodenokoto wrote: post #630

How do you get to the product page, if visiting from a country that does not have the pixel for sale yet? Google has this shitty policy that if they aren't selling it to you, you are not allowed to see it, so they redirect you away.

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Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

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Post by Abishek_Muthian »

MildlySerious wrote: post #675
Abishek_Muthian wrote: post #644

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Finally here’s a seemingly good Android phone with 5 years of support - from the only phone vendor outside of Apple who appears to give a damn about that aspect. FairPhone 4 not only promises 5 years of android software updates but also has 5 years of warranty , There are more reasons to trust their words than any of the other phone manufacturers. • They are not profit focused but rather towards sustainability, The…

Tangential, but the first thing I noticed is that this site itself greets me in my preferred language, and allows setting my region separately, at the top of the page. The Pixel site sets the language based on geography and does not allow changing it without changing the region, which comes with a warning about delivery and currency conversion. One of these makes me feel understood and accounted for as a potential cu…

> The Pixel site sets the language based on geography

To be fair, Google likely knows what you had for lunch and so it decides which is the best region for you; Trying to change it is an edge case /S.

Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

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ablekh wrote: post #637
arendtio wrote: post #624

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So would you please help me to find an ROM with an up-to-date Android Common Kernel for my i9300 Samsung Galaxy S3? AFAIK, the only way to run it with working drivers for all hardware components, are ROMs which use the rusty 3.0.101 Linux kernel from back in the day and I think that is what DCKing is referring to. If you want to create a new ROM, you either have to use the old kernel and have an upper Limit of Androi…

Obviously, not all devices have up-to-date kernels. It depends on whether they are supported by relevant Android distributions. That's why I used the phrase "quite up-to-date" instead of just "up-to-date". Unfortunately for you, LineageOS has stopped supporting i9300 Samsung Galaxy S3 with the latest official release being 14.1, which is based on Nougat (Android 7.1.2). Having said that, I ran across the following po…

Thank you for looking up that ROM, as I might want to try it out. However, you are also proving my point, even that ROM with Android 11 is still running the old 3.0.101 Linux kernel. You can see it in the video at the last row:

https://youtu.be/K_i29pczfRA?t=10

So congratulations to the guy who made it possible to run Android 11 with that ancient Linux kernel, even when Android officially doesn't support it. And to illustrate what I mean by ancient: Linux 3.0 was released in 2011 and got support updates until 2013 [1]. So even when CyanogenMod/LineageOS supported the Samsung Galaxy S3 the included Linux kernels were old as crap. You can't blame them for it, as they had little choice given that a few crucial drivers are not open source and included in the upstream Linux kernel.

I just wonder if anything has changed for modern devices?

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel_version_history

Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

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Post by jonathantf2 »

r_klancer wrote: post #482
marginalia_nu wrote: post #126

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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…

Running a 5, just preordered the 6 Pro. I was amazed at how easily the 5's screen got microscratches on the screen literally a day out of the box. Thankfully it had another hardware fault so I got to RMA it and screen protect the new one straight away.

Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

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Post by Slippery_John »

lucidone wrote: post #479

How do folks evaluate upgrading their phone? I'm using an iPhone 6s still that was a hand-me-down and wanting to upgrade the camera - not sure what I ought to be looking for. Dropping 1k CAD seems exorbitant for this purpose.

I switched from Android to iPhone a few years ago and certainly don't miss having to sort through a sea of models when looking for something new. I keep all my old devices to use for hobby projects, so I appreciate the longevity of updates that Apple gives.

If you're looking for a great camera, a new iPhone will certainly give that to you. And of course you'll almost certainly get a long tail of os upgrades like you've had with your 6s, so if you keep it for 5+ years the price is more tolerable. A 64gb 12 mini can be had for 800 CAD new. And you can certainly get cheaper if you buy second-hand.

Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

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Post by PennRobotics »

intricatedetail wrote: post #428

Google seems to be hiding the fact where the phone is made. I think it's very important to know for a consumer to make an ethical choice. Where they make it?

This is true. It was supposed to move to Vietnam, and this was delayed because of the pandemic.

https://www.gsmarena.com/nikkei_google_will_produce_more_tha...

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