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Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by thedman9052 »

delfinom wrote: post #899
thedman9052 wrote: post #290

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How much is the subscription for the Garmin device? I'm curious because I bought my parents a personal locator beacon, since they are retired and hike constantly. It costs more up front but has no subscription, and I didn't want to gift something with a high recurring cost. There's no communication option, it's all or nothing - if it's activated they send the helicopters. On the plus side, it has a fixed 7 year batte…

PLBs are not all or nothing. You are supposed to register it with the local government org. In the US, that is the NOAA. When the PLB activates, the receiver which is either the Coast Guard or Air Force will attempt to contact you before they send the distress call to whatever local S&R there is. Obviously if they can't reach you, they will send help anyway.

I'm aware they will attempt to call you, I still think it is fair to call it all or nothing because the only reasonable response to a PLB activation with no response from the phone call is to assume someone is in mortal peril. If you do respond to the call, why did you activate the PLB when you could have called?

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by Klonoar »

izacus wrote: post #846
Klonoar wrote: post #693

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> Zenfone 10 If they hadn't disabled the ability to root the device, I would've bought one.

Well, turns out that noone really bought one based on sales numbers of that phone. Everyone keeps talking about wanting small phones, but when the time to pull the wallet comes, there's always an excuse.

For the USA, ASUS also stopped producing the high storage models so what was left to buy wasn't as appealing.

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by iAMkenough »

octodog wrote: post #781
eks391 wrote: post #676

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I have a smart home gym that does not run unless it successfully reaches the servers first (I found out after the return period was over, while my WiFi was down for a week). This really shoved this issue to the forefront of my mind and I am now trying to understand the packets it sends and receives with the hope of running a fake host on my home server, redirecting the traffic to a local destination and returning fak…

What does a smart home gym actually do?

at-home coaching, analytics and feedback

but those shouldn't be mandatory features that prevent you from working out.

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by Daegalus »

iggldiggl wrote: post #971
Daegalus wrote: post #953

Ugh, I can't decide what to do. I am moving to Denmark from the US on Sept 3rd. Denmark does not have trade-in deals. But between my wife and I, we can get a whole phone free with the trade-ins in the US. We can also do international shipping and such through forwarding services, and that would eat into the savings, but still do so. Then there is bands. THey are almost identical, except a few here and there, and I ca…

> Then there is bands. THey are almost identical, except a few here and there, and I can't find a concrete place to get info on Denmark bands (multiple sources have different info or lack of info). Maybe it's part of "multiple sources have different info", but have you tried https://www.kimovil.com/en/frequency-checker/DK ? Another avenue of inquiry: Use https://www.cellmapper.net/ to see what bands users have actual…

Ya, Kimovil is my goto for most cellphone info, but unfortunately they are missing a lot of data on DK frequencies, primarily for 5G, and I would contribute to add them or suggest them, but they don't have an option for that. At least I couldn't find it.

But Cellmapper is not one I knew and it helped me a TON just now actually. Lots of great info and let me see all the bands currently in use, thanks for that.

Seems like a US phone will work mostly without issue in DK based on the 5G and 4G frequencies on Cellmapper.

Thanks again.

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by Auracle »

Andrew_nenakhov wrote: post #802
Auracle wrote: post #557

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You don't need to put a case on phones. I've had an iPhone 11 since it came out, with no case, and quite a few drops onto hard floors. It's still fine. Obviously there's some luck involved but the only time I put a case on a (in that case, Samsung) phone it shattered the first time I dropped it. So, I figured I might as well go without again. I've yet to have an iPhone break from a fall, only from leaning up against…

You do, because now all phones have ugly camera bumps and can't lie flat on the table without a case. Why can't make phones thicker, to match the camera bumps, filling the extra space with battery, is beyond me.

I don't really know why I'm supposed to be upset that the phone doesn't lie flat. It's pretty rare I set it down on a table, to begin with. Even when it is...so what? I can make it jiggle when I poke it, I guess.

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by RealCodingOtaku »

soganess wrote: post #549
RealCodingOtaku wrote: post #538

One day, the pixel and the stock android will have the ability to hide the navigation pill/ gesture bar[0]. On that day, the screenshots of these products pages will be of the complete screen instead of the top half. [0] https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/288400051

I didn't realize that wasn't available in stock Android until your comment! I'm guessing you know, but for everyone else, it's been available in Lineage OS... Maybe since the switchover to the "thin pill" format? Genuinely, you gotta love those altOS nerds. 'Giving you stuff you didn't even know you needed.

Don't get me wrong, I've been using custom ROMs for years, and even I didn't know about this issue until I switched to GraphineOS where the pill cannot be hidden.

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by piyush_soni »

londons_explore wrote: post #756
avidiax wrote: post #741

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There is also "hold for me", where the phone listens to hold music for you, then rings when the operator arrives. And there is a feature now to show you how busy a customer service line is at a particular time, and to give you a text transcript with clickable buttons for the phone tree.

Am I the only one who thinks these features really don't add much to the experience? If an annoying phone tree is going to take 3 minutes to navigate by listening to the prompts, then it will also take 3 minutes to navigate by letting the AI listen and write little buttons for me. I didn't really save any time. If on the other hand it could say "other users have seen this phone tree before, so here is the whole searc…

Really? I mean it 'saves your time' by not having you to keep waiting so that you can do something else in that time. I don't know how that is not useful. Even if I'm not doing anything world changing in those 3 minutes, it will save me some stress.

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by dzikimarian »

eadmund wrote: post #918
chc4 wrote: post #707

I have negative desire to get a phone billing itself around AI and LLM features. I turn off every AI assistant feature on my existing devices, I actively don't want a phone that ties Gemini and AI photoshop even tighter into it. If Google wanted to actually improve their phones they would add basic software functionality they're still missing instead like, say, a per-app volume mixer that half the 3rd party Android p…

> If Google wanted to actually improve their phones … … they would enable swapping button order. … they would remove gestures. … they would improve OS stability. … they would add a hardware do not disturb switch. … they would add hardware camera and microphone switches. … they would add a headphone jack. Their phones are still preferable to iPhones, because at least with a Pixel one owns one’s own phone.

I like gestures and would be very upset to see them removed.

Re: Google Pixel 9 Pro

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Post by RamRodification »

thedman9052 wrote: post #990
RamRodification wrote: post #702

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Which device did you choose for them?

I bought the Ocean Signal RescueME PLB1. It was the cheapest model I could find at REI. Not what I would necessarily choose for myself, but since it was a gift I wanted to buy it from a major retailer. I also got a basic model since all PLBs work in the same way and have similar capabilities. Higher price models only add features like strobe lights or additional test functions.

Thanks!
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