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    Android This is the Samsung Galaxy S21! - Steve Hemmerstoffer - Voice

    This is the Samsung Galaxy S21! - Steve Hemmerstoffer - Voice

    Posted: 18 Oct 2020 01:57 AM PDT

    After ruining Google Now and Chrome, news articles start popping up in Assistant's daily snapshot

    Posted: 17 Oct 2020 05:29 AM PDT

    Scoped storage on Android 11 is ruining the Google Photos experience

    Posted: 17 Oct 2020 03:38 PM PDT

    SmartTubeNext is a next generation Youtube client for Android TV/FireTV, a complete revamp of the Smart Youtube TV client which brings users Youtube with a more native Android TV UI and advanced playback features and settings, currently in beta

    Posted: 17 Oct 2020 12:05 PM PDT

    Pixel 5 review : It's a tough choice.

    Posted: 17 Oct 2020 10:02 AM PDT

    Juan Bagnell - Sony XPERIA 1II and 5II Camera Conclusion: A PROPER Camera in Your Pocket.

    Posted: 17 Oct 2020 10:53 PM PDT

    [Dave2D] OnePlus 8t Review

    Posted: 17 Oct 2020 08:07 AM PDT

    Z Fold 2 Display Review: All You Need To Know

    Posted: 17 Oct 2020 01:24 PM PDT

    I had a Sony Xperia 5 II for a day. Here's why I'm sending it back.

    Posted: 17 Oct 2020 11:31 AM PDT

    TLDR at the bottom.

    After a seemingly endless search to find a new phone to replace my Pixel 2 XL with, I thought I finally found my dream phone. It hit literally every single criteria I wanted my new phone to have:

    • Acceptable screen size: After having to use an iPhone SE 2020 due to work, I just realised my Pixel 2 XL is a bit too large for me. It's just a lot more convenient to be able to effortlessly reach the top of the screen. (More on that later) Important.
    • High refresh rate (at least 90Hz). Important.
    • Headphone jack: Yes, I do know my Pixel 2 XL also doesn't have one, but after having it for more than two years I realised how many times I felt like missing something. Nice addition but I would accept a phone without if all criteria are met.
    • Acceptable speaker sound quality. Relatively important.
    • Camera that is not a downgrade from my Pixel. Important.

    Given these criteria and wanting ANC Earbuds for a long time, I immediately ordered after finding a decent deal here in Germany.

    After having it for one day, I unfortunately need to say: I'm sending it back. Though before going for the negative, let my just summarize the positive:

    • The speakers are astonishing. They literally sound like professional grade ones, are very load on max(notably loader than my Pixel's) and offer continous sound quality from almost inaudible to max. To be fair, my Pixel's speakers are pretty terrible on higher volume levels (very canny and lots of overdrive).
    • High refresh rate: After setting everything up, it came to my mind how incredibly smooth 120Hz feels in comparison to regular 60Hz. Also there is considerably less ghosting on low brightness levels than on my Pixel.
    • Compared to my current phone, it really felt incredibly smooth and responsive. Though there was some unexpected lag during installing my apps that I did not expect for a phone having the fastest not Apple chip available right now.
    • The build quality feels top notch and is notably better than Google's.

    Neutral: - The form factor. I think it just takes some time to get used to it. - Preinstalled apps like Facebook and Netflix. Some say it's unacceptable for a phone of that price point, I don't really care to be honest.

    The negative: - Everything about the screen apart from the refresh rate and colors. I can't really describe it, but comparing it hand to hand with my Pixel it looks significantly more blurry. It's weird to describe though, it's not only the lower resolution, it looks like there is some kind of goussian blur / smoothing applied. - The screen is significantly less bright on max brightness as well. That is a no go criteria for me, as in full sun, even my current phone is sometimes not bright enough to make everything easily legible.

    • Now to the most important: The camera:

    Given that Sony manufactures most of the sensors used in modern day phones and three years having passed since the release of the Pixel 2 XL, I didn't even think about the possibility of the camera being a downgrade. But unfortunately I have to say:

    It is. At least if you plan to use it as a point and shoot camera and don't want to mess with manual settings on your phone. Summary of reasons:

    • The front facing camera is terrible. It's heavily smoothed to the point that it looks like a cheap blur filter is applied to the entire image (beauty mode/ face smoothing was disabled. Yes, I did check twice). The dynamic range is basically nonexistent, if you take a selfie in front of a window you have the choice between a pitch black face with an differentiable background and a visible face with a heavily overexposed background. This might sound exaggerated, but I think my old iPhone 6 has a better front facing camera.
    • The image processing software. I do know that the Pixel is very good at it, but I did believe most highend manufacturers caught up. Apparently not all: While looking more natural in general, it regularily fucks up the colors (greens sometimes look blueish, sometimes yellowish, it's especially in interiors).
    • The autofocus: It's embarrisangly slow. Seriously, it takes an eternity to focus on simple things, especially if the object is near to the lens. Also, in the dark the autofocus is almost unusable. After taking dozens of pictures, shooting a moving animal like a dog in a darker environment is impossible.
    • At times it has pretty notable chromatic abberation and halo effects. I don't even know how this can be an issue anymore.

    While the additional lenses are a significant upgrade to the single lens of the Pixel 2 XL, for my personal use cases the Sony just feels like a downgrade all in all.

    Feel free to ask me any questions, I try to answer if I can but I already sent the phone back, so I might not be able to reply to some specific ones.

    TLDR:

    Wanted to replace my 2 1/2 y.o. Pixel 2XL after being disappointed with the display and the size. Sony Xperia 5 II felt like the perfect replacement. Sent it back because of the too dim display (on max brightness) and the lackluster camera quality, especially on the image processing side.

    Edit: Here are some sample images: https://photos.app.goo.gl/4A5L62uerkekBFvm6

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    On-device machine learning on Android smartphones with the Android NDK and Vulkan Kompute

    Posted: 17 Oct 2020 06:14 AM PDT

    This is the Huawei Mate40 Pro w/ Kirin 9000 5nm 5G SoC and 50 MP Leica triple cam. Official pics and specs:

    Posted: 17 Oct 2020 05:39 AM PDT

    New Google Workspace icons are rolling out

    Posted: 17 Oct 2020 08:21 AM PDT

    PSA: Don't have a scanner at home? Use the Google Drive scanning feature

    Posted: 17 Oct 2020 05:34 PM PDT

    I discovered this the other day when my scanner stopped working. You can scan multiple pages into a single PDF. The quality of the images are incredibly sharp thanks to the post processing image enhancements, and in some cases, might actually be better quality then my actual scanner. The images are also automatically cropped to only capture the pages you are scanning.

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    Nearly 1.75 lakh LG G8X smartphones sold in less than 12 hours during Flipkart sale

    Posted: 17 Oct 2020 11:06 PM PDT
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