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    Android Sunday Rant/Rage (Mar 15 2020) - Your weekly complaint thread!

    March 15, 2020

    Android Sunday Rant/Rage (Mar 15 2020) - Your weekly complaint thread!

    Sunday Rant/Rage (Mar 15 2020) - Your weekly complaint thread!

    Posted: 15 Mar 2020 04:12 AM PDT

    Note 1. Join our IRC, and Telegram chat-rooms! Please see our wiki for instructions.

    This weekly Sunday thread is for you to let off some steam and speak out about whatever complaint you might have about:

    • Your device.

    • Your carrier.

    • Your device's manufacturer.

    • An app

    • Any other company

    Rules

    1) Please do not target any individuals or try to name/shame any individual. If you hate Google/Samsung/HTC etc. for one thing that is fine, but do not be rude to an individual app developer.

    2) If you have a suggestion to solve another user's issue, please leave a comment but be sure it's constructive! We do not want any flame-wars.

    3) Be respectful of other's opinions. Even if you feel that somebody is "wrong" you don't have to go out of your way to prove them wrong. Disagree politely, and move on.

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    Saturday APPreciation (Mar 14 2020) - Your (belated) weekly app recommendation/request thread!

    Posted: 14 Mar 2020 10:35 AM PDT

    Note 1. Check out our apps wiki for previous threads and apps curated by the reddit Android community!

    ***NEW: Download the official /r/Android App Store based on our wiki!

    Note 2. Join us at /r/MoronicMondayAndroid, a sub serving as a repository for our retired weekly threads. Just pick any thread and Ctrl-F your way to wisdom!

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    This weekly Saturday thread is for: * App promotion, * App praise/sharing

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    Rules:

    1) If you are a developer, you may promote your own app ONLY under the bolded, distinguished moderator comment. Users: if you think someone is trying to bypass this rule by promoting their app in the general thread, click the report button so we can take a look!

    Note: There is something seriously up with scheduled posts via Automod which we've had no trouble with for an age. Many mods have been poking the admins in r/ModSupport about this but to no avail.

    Please feel free to give them a kick.

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    Samsung Galaxy S20 Review: All the Right Moves!

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    Samsung Galaxy S20 review

    Posted: 14 Mar 2020 11:07 AM PDT

    iPhone user for 10 years. Bought an S10+ 2 weeks ago. Here's my unbiased review.

    Posted: 14 Mar 2020 01:52 AM PDT

    Hey guys. A little backstory first. I went from a X to a 11 Pro Max and back to my X, because the Pro Max was just too big and heavy. The 11 Pro is basically my X with a bigger battery and camera, and is about $600 more. I didn't feel like it was worth it, so I sold the Pro Max and stuck with my X. 2 weeks ago I decided to try out an S10+. Here are my thoughts.

    I will break things down to different categories.

    Screen

    Amazing display. It's literally like a sticker. It's so much better than any iPhone. Higher resolution and goes edge to edge. Makes my X look ancient. No argument there, it's better.

    Speakers

    Pretty good. A little better than the X but not as good as the 11 Pro. No complaints.

    Design/build

    It's so light! I couldn't stand the weight of the 11 Pro Max at 226 grams. The X weighs 175 grams, the same as the S10+, yet the S10+ feels way lighter because it's bigger. The weight is spread out more. It's ridiculously light, and because I spend hours texting my girl, I love it! It's a joy to use. I love the design too. It's beautiful, but not quite as premium as an iPhone. The buttons wobble and rattle, the rear glass flexes when pressed etc. It's just not as premium feeling as an iPhone, but then again, with how light it is, I'm not complaining.

    Security

    The face detection is terrible. It only works during the day and it's slow. The fingerprint scanner is great, but you have to get the position right. I installed a tempered glass and after that it barely worked. I tried rescanning my fingers but even after that it was a hit or miss. Personally Apple's Face ID is so much better.

    Cameras

    Much better than the X, but not as good as the 11 Pro Max. The night mode isn't quite as good, bverything else is great. I love live focus on this phone. I think it does a much better job at edge detection than the iPhones. On iPhones, you have to be exactly 8 feet away for the blur effect to work. On the S10+, it's a lot more forgiving. It's much better. I also now how night mode works on the wide angle camera. Couldn't do that on the 11 Pro Max. Sucks.

    Software

    This is where things get a little hairy. I've made a list of Pros and cons. Maybe there are workarounds, but I'm very new to Android. I you guys know how to fix these issues, then please help :)

    Starting with the Cons

    Asking Bixby to call someone on WhatsApp makes her ask me to unlock my phone. When I get a text from someone, say my mom, if I say "reply" it asks me to unlock the phone, but if i say "text mom" it'll work! That's so dumb. It can only play music using Samsung music. Not Spotify or apple music.

    Google assistant can make WhatsApp calls without unlocking and can play music on Spotify and apple music, but she can never understand me! It's horrible.

    Then there's the fact that you gotta wait for the beep to talk. Both on Bixby and Google assistant, you gotta say "hi Bixby" wait for the beep and then say what you want it to do. On iOS you can say everything in one sentence. That's so useful.

    I was on a telegram call today and got a WhatsApp call. I thought answering the WhatsApp call would end the telegram call, but it didn't. I heard both at the same time! And both of them didn't hear me. What?

    When on the lock screen and I'm in a call, there's no indication of an ongoing call. I find that super useful on iOS.

    No Individual time stamps in notifications? It just shows the time of the most recent notification from a contact.

    There's no way to hide contents of the notifications until you unlock the phone with your fingerprint. On iOS, it won't show the contents until it detects your face.

    Bluetooth is very dodgy. It doesn't play calls on my airpods always, even though under Bluetooth settings they are connected. When I'm on a call, if I get another call, and I ignore it without answering, as soon as it stops ringing the call switches from the AirPods to the ear piece. You're sitting there like an idiot wondering why you can't hear the other person while the call is still going on. Turning off Bluetooth and back on fixes it sometimes. Usually i have to end the call, turn off Bluetooth and back on again, and call again! OR, restart the phone. Maybe it's only with AirPods. I've been thinking of getting Galaxy Buds+. We'll see.

    Why is the gallery so slow? When scrolling through lots of images, it takes about a second to load the thumbnails. There's no way to scrub through photos in full view like on iOS. The built in video player is a mess. It can play videos as soon as you open a video, and then it askes you to open it again in the video player. What? Scrubbing through videos is choppy too. It's nowhere near as smooth as iOS. The stock image editer isn't even close to iOS. I find it extremely useful to make quick edits to a photo. Also, it didn't play high efficiency video I shot on my iPhones.

    The screen doesn't light up when I get a notification. I turned on edge lighting but the notification banner is so small, you only see 1 line of your notifications. With it turned off, the screen doesn't light up when you get a notification at all! It also ignores multiple notifications if I get them within a few seconds. I don't get an alert for every single notification.

    Pros

    This phone is fast! I did a few speed tests and it kills my X.

    I love how you can lock certain apps so they stay open in the background! That's very cleaver!

    I love how the screen doesn't get covered by an incoming call screen. Can't appreciate it enough!

    I love how when I'm using bixby while using Google maps, the map shows up on the side, so I still know where I'm going. Amazing!

    I love the customizations of the UI. It's so nice.

    Samsung internet has a dark mode that turns white webpages dark. Why didn't Apple think of this?!?!

    Split screen apps!

    I love how the keyboards size can be altered. That is incredibly useful.

    Overall an amazing phone. It's so fast, has a lot more options than iOS. I love this thing. I think I will sell this and get an S20+, but I noticed that it's 10 grams heavier. If any of you guys have upgraded from an S10+ to an S20+, did you notice the weight?

    Big thanks for reaching! Let me know if there are way to fix these issues. Really don't wanna switch back to iOS.

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    ZTE Axon M dual-screen phone first look

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