• Blaze@lemmy.zipOP
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    3 months ago

    Is it me or is the Pixel 9 hype very low? I feel like nobody is expecting much from it

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    3 months ago

    I really don’t know why big companies like Google are terrified to make options.

    You made the quick settings show only 4 options immediately. Your research might show that 70% of people prefer it that why. Instead of leaving the 30% in the dust, why not just make it an option in settings? Or even have custom layouts?

    Why not add more lock screen options? Why not add options for the navigation pill? Why not make “at a glance” an option?

    Even iOS is catching up in terms of customization and at this point I’d say it’s surpassed Android. I still prefer Android for many other reasons, but it has lost one of its main qualities.

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    3 months ago

    For a short period of time, I thought about buying a Google Pixel phone to run Graphene OS on it , Google Pixel isn’t available in the local market, so I’ll have to buy it from abroad, and this comes with risks : not being able to benefit from the phone’s warranty , the extremely high costs of shipping the phone into the country, and the extremely high costs of making the device work on the local network legally As much as I would like to try Graphene OS, such risks are too crazy to take so I changed my mind or at least stopped thinking about it temporarily… who knows, maybe some local company will bring the brand to the local market one day due to competition with other local companies. The same competition introduced phones to the market that weren’t previously there: Oppo, Vivo, OnePlus, Xiaomi, Infinix, Tecno, etc.

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    3 months ago

    I’m frustrated with the lack of sdcard options in upper midrange smartphones.

    If you get a midrange smartphone you either compromise on processor, ram, storage or a combination of other.

    I want a good quality smartphone which has 45w of minimum fast charging, UFS 3.1 256GB of minimum. 12GB ram, snapdragon 7+gen 2, or dimensity 8300 at minimum. And provides an sdcard option.

    Is it that hard for brands to do that?

    Nothing phone 2 and 2a would’ve been decent. If they had an sdcard option. Alas, they skipped it for some reason…

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    3 months ago

    Why none of chat apps have 1080p video call? Is it a Android issue to implement or battery concern?

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      3 months ago

      Google meet has but for some reason only between Samsung and pixel. I think. Maybe signal has too?

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        3 months ago

        Yes. It’s a exclusive feature for Samsung and Pixel. Then why pre-installed on all phones.

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    3 months ago

    I don’t update apps until they break. Never know when an update is going to enshittify an app. (Fing, etc.)

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      3 months ago

      There’s no payment methods or options in where I live , so I relied for a long time on modded apps , until I got to know FOSS softwares which mostly have free good alternatives , since that time, my reliance on modified programs has become almost non-existent

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      3 months ago

      Any recommendable and trustworthy sources for modded APKs? Installing modded apps from unknown sources always feels a bit sketchy…