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    Android Oppo outright confirmed to us that their 40W degrades to 70% capacity in the same cycles 15W would to 90%. It's all a crock of shit marketing race seeking to have the bigger numbers.

    May 08, 2020

    Android Oppo outright confirmed to us that their 40W degrades to 70% capacity in the same cycles 15W would to 90%. It's all a crock of shit marketing race seeking to have the bigger numbers.

    Oppo outright confirmed to us that their 40W degrades to 70% capacity in the same cycles 15W would to 90%. It's all a crock of shit marketing race seeking to have the bigger numbers.

    Posted: 08 May 2020 05:07 AM PDT

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    My thoughts on the Asus ROG 2 as an iOS user who isn't a mobile gamer

    Posted: 07 May 2020 11:42 AM PDT

    My typical daily driver is my old iPhone 7+, a phone I've been largely happy with ever since I gave up Android after my lackluster time with the OnePlus 2.

    I've been using the ROG 2 as my main phone ever since I got a hold of it back in early March. This wasn't a phone I bought or would even entertain the idea of buying, rather this phone ended up in my hands after my sister rejected it because the 120hz screen was something she didn't care for and the colossal size put her off. The gaming-centric features of the phone was lost to her despite being a heavy mobile gamer.

    There are two variants of the Rog 2, one the International Version and the other being the Tencent Version. I have the Tencent Version that's been flashed with the ROM of the International Version. Doing so gives me access to the play store and a buch of other apps that's blocked in China. The flash isn't perfect however, I can't use Netflix with it.

    Given that I haven't used Android for a while this will be a take on both Android and Rog 2.

    Here's a summary of what I think:

    • The phone is absolutely colossal, not as colossal as the Energizer phone but still pretty huge. It makes my 7+ with the Otterbox Symmetry feel small.

    • The huge size does have benefit of having a bigass battery. My 7+ never really left me wanting for more battery life but having 2-3 day battery life on the Rog 2 is a real treat.

    • The huge size also reveals one my main gripe with Android: the One-Handed mode is complete utter garbage. For the Rog 2, One-Handed mode is activated by double-tapping the home button, problem was that Google decided it was a good fucking idea to bind Google Assistant to it without the option to rebind it. So whenever I tried to use One-Handed mode, the Assistant also triggers, which triggers me greatly.

    • Android's style of One-Handed mode is also incredibly stupid. It involves reducing the screensize proportionally so that one can reach the upper parts of the screen, problem is it also reduces the icons and other buttons by the same ratio so the odds of fat-fingering something is really high. iOS' Reachability is much more elegant and just so much better. Android's implementation is one of those things that are so forehead-slappingly obviously bad you'd wonder why they bother implementing it in it's current state. You'd think that for an OS that is known to have lots of huge-ass phones this is something they'd get right, but no. And of all the things to copy from Apple, why not their Reachability.

    • As someone who has a gaming pc with a high-refresh rate screen, a 120hz panel on a phone is really nice. It easily feels smoother than my 7+ and eons ahead my choppy OP2. Granted my gripe with Android not being smooth has more to do with inconsistent frametimes and stuttering, not the lack of high-refresh rate screens.

    • The OLED panel was something I expected to blow me away. It didn't, at least not this particular panel. I remember being told that looking at an OLED screen in pitch darkness, the icons would look like they were floating in midair. It just didn't feel that way; yes the blacks were quite deep and colors vibrant but didn't feel any different from 7+'s screen.

    • Speaking of the screen, the in-screen fingerprint scanner is something I have mixed feelings about. It's about as fast the OP2's scanner; which is considered slow by today's standards but isn't bad really. My main gripe is reliability, which is ass. As someone who tends to have dry fingers my 7+ and OP2's scanners work much better. With the Rog 2, I routinely find myself having to type in the passcode instead. This is one of the non-gamer-centric things they should've definitely invested more time in.

    • The speakers are phenomenal. They get really loud without getting distorted at max volume. They're so good that I find myself watching more YouTube vidoes on it just before I sleep (though admittedly access to YouTube Vanced, which isn't a thing on iOS, is main enabler here)

    • As someone who doesn't take a lot of photos, I think the cameras are just fine, but lower in quality compared to the 7+. I find that the photos lacking in sharpness around the edges of certain objects. An example would be that one time I took a photo my car's steering wheel, the stiching is blurrier on the Rog 2 than it did on the 7+. I also find that the colors are brighter and somewhat more vibrant than the 7+. Doesn't look bad but it's not my preference, I prefer my photos to be the most accurate representation of what my eyes see for better or worse. Installing GCam did place the color calibration on par with the 7+ but I'm not certain if it did the same thing for the sharpness.

    • As someone whose gaming rig doesn't have rgb and doesn't have the "leet haxxor gamerz" aesthetic, the Rog 2's looks was something that's never in my ballpark. But still I like it, even if it's only for it's utter uniqueness in the sea of demure premium phones.

    • It having a glass back is something that annoys me simply because it didn't need to have it, given that it doesn't have wireless charging.

    • Speaking of charging, despite it's massive 6000 mAh battery, charging is quick because of the included quick-charger. Something you can't say for Apple these days. I don't, however, like the fact that I can't use the Usb C port on the side directly for charging. I need to use the cooling fan as a pass through if I hope to use the side port for charging. Unfortunately, the Tecent Version omits the additional accessories to keep the cost low.

    • AirTriggers: I love them. Yes I don't play games on my phone at all, in fact the only time I extensively played on a phone was for the purpose of testing this phone. Still I love the AirTriggers as a concept and the way it's been implemented, I firmly believe that shitty on-screen controls are one of mobile gaming's biggest hurdles. Having controls that doesn't involve blocking the screen with your hands is a step in the right direction.

    • While on the topic of hardware, I appreciate the fact that they actually included a headphone jack. I will admit however that I haven't actually used them in roughly the 2 months I had this phone (and no I still think Apple's omission of it is still incredibly anti-consumer).

    • I'm disappointed however at the lack of water-resistance. I don't find myself getting exposed to rain that often, but still a form of water protection for a piece of tech that's most likely to receive unintentional abuse would be nice. I happily give up the kick-ass speakers and that small cooling vent if I have to.

    • Performance: this is one of the reason I'm interested in this phone and the main factor I switched to iOS despite it's restrictiveness and mandatory iTunes usage for desktop connections. I'm happy to say that it delivers. I've yet to experience frame-drops and stuttering and the 8gb of RAM (as opposed to the 7+'s 3) means that I don't drop apps by merely using another one for about an hour or so. All too often I find myself looking for that Reddit thread I was lurking on after watching a 30 min vid on YouTube on the 7+ since it decided to drop it prematurely.

    • While the 7+'s A10 chip has held it's performance like a champ (at least for what I use it for), I'm not sure how well will the SD 855+ age. My last impression of Android longevity was the SD 810 on my OP2 and my dad's One M9 and my sister's S7 Edge with the SD 820. None has aged gracefully with the OP2 needing a restart roughly every 4 days lest the stutters come back.

    As the time or writing, I decided to place my sim back to the 7+ for two reasons, Reachability and TouchID. There are other gripes, yes, such as the size and lack of water resistance, but those I can live with had it not been for those two deal breakers. As a whole I think there's a lot to like about the Rog 2 and that Android YouTube community adoration for it isn't limited to spec-sheet dick measuring.

    The International Version costs 1500 cad or 900 usd. While the Tecent Version isn't available locally. My dad told me that he got the Tecent Version for about 500 cad when he went to Asia. So all in all, considering how much my dad got it for, the Rog 2 is one hell of a phone despite the small gripes I have against it. I really can't think of another phone, used flagships of yesteryear aside, that will go toe-to-toe with this for 500 cad.

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    Let's talk about the Android 10 navigation bar

    Posted: 07 May 2020 08:26 AM PDT

    I know it's a small thing but at the end of the day it's still a thing that's on your face all day.

    My main complain is what's underneath the bar, on iOS it's integrated **by default ** with the bar being on top on every element and app developer raising their bottom navigation when conflicts appears

    On Android it is at **the bottom ** by default with incorrect color matching (black bar or white randomly) and app developers are being either held back because they never target the latest Android with all the cool features (which in itself is a disaster) or they are being plain lazy

    Here three pictures to illustrate my words

    https://i.imgur.com/UDfKULQ_d.webp?maxwidth=1920

    https://i.imgur.com/jwbq7kr_d.webp?maxwidth=1920

    https://i.imgur.com/Tez9mcU_d.webp?maxwidth=1920

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