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    Android Moronic Monday (Feb 01 2021) - Your weekly questions thread!

    February 01, 2021

    Android Moronic Monday (Feb 01 2021) - Your weekly questions thread!

    Moronic Monday (Feb 01 2021) - Your weekly questions thread!

    Posted: 01 Feb 2021 04:00 AM PST

    Note 1. 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!

    Note 2. Join our IRC, and Telegram chat-rooms! Please see our wiki for instructions.

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    LineageOS 17.1 now supports the Nextbit Robin, Moto G5, and Moto E5 Plus, drops the Galaxy S9/Note 9, Redmi Note 7, and OPPO Find 7

    Posted: 01 Feb 2021 03:01 AM PST

    Snapdragon 888 is slightly more power efficient than the Exynos 2100 in SPECint

    Posted: 31 Jan 2021 08:46 AM PST

    https://twitter.com/Golden_Reviewer/status/1355873315324194818

    Edit: TL;DR The Exynos 2100 X1 Core is 12% less efficient at 7% weaker performance compared to the 888 with the X1 Core

    A78 in the 2100 26% Less Efficient than the 888 but is 12% faster than the 888. Also in terms of Power Efficiency the 888 is overall better.

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    Exynos 2100 vs Snapdragon 888 by PBKReviews

    Posted: 31 Jan 2021 08:39 PM PST

    Comparison of the 2 variants. Exynos 2100 seems much improved than last year's 990, but lacks a bit on gpu performance compared to Snapdragon 888. Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc1pj1QiPYg&feature=youtu.be

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    Where to get reviews of Android devices outside of the social media/affiliate link ecosystem?

    Posted: 31 Jan 2021 09:42 AM PST

    I've come to the conclusion that the existence of affiliate links has made it almost impossible to get discerning critical coverage of products. Even the negative reviews are basically advertisements, that just throw me in a few cautious warnings about missing features. And the popular ones seems to be just surface-level stuff for the most part.

    This applies to YouTube of course, but also a lot of the popular websites too whose coverage is almost entirely focused on providing links and making it easy for you to buy stuff.

    To be fair reviews in either places like the New York times and Washington Post aren't much better. They do have much stronger ethics rules, and the individual reviewers aren't directly benefiting from sales, but they tend to be list of the five most popular devices in any particular market. And it also tends to parrot conventional wisdom.

    I would be more than willing to pay for reviewers who remove themselves entirely from out of ecosystem and do critical reviews as a matter of policy. There are outliers on YouTube...tech tablets, for instance.

    but even the most diligent well-meaning YouTubers still tend to be pretty positive in their reviews of almost every device.

    Tl;dr... Is there anywhere to find critical reviews of products besides message boards and forums?;are there any alternatives to YouTube and social media for reviews of Android devices?

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    Anyone considering jumping ship to Apple lately?

    Posted: 31 Jan 2021 10:04 AM PST

    I've been rocking a Galaxy phone since the S3. Typically a really big fan of the phones -- I still think Samsung makes some of the best flagship phones in the Android market.

    That being said, I'm disappointed in where the market is headed, an iPhone gets more appealing by the day.

    Grievances

    • My Samsung Active2 is total trash compared to my girlfriends Apple Watch. The GPS and heart rate monitor are hilariously inaccurate (+/- 0.3 miles, every time). The UI is messy and just not intuitive to use. Completely worthless as a fitness watch and a lame side extension of your phone.
    • Still no real iMessage competitor! Google Messages is clunky/slow and Link-to-Windows stopped working a few months back and the only solution I've found online is to factory reset my phone. Uh, no.
    • PRIVACY! This is a big one. The recent iOS 14 updates seem like Apple is giving the middle finger to Facebook and other apps that track what you're doing excessively. Meanwhile my S9+ is preloaded with FB and I can't uninstall it. I've never felt comfortable enabling Bixby either, seems like another data collection service/revenue stream for Samsung

    Anyone else thinking along the same lines? Really frustrated in the direction Android has headed in the past 5-ish years. Give me a half decent watch, iMessage, and freedom from Zucc and I'd be happy. I still hate how iOS is laid out vs. Android.

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    Samsung Galaxy S series camera comparison for S9, S10+ and S21 [indoors, outdoors, zoom, night mode]

    Posted: 31 Jan 2021 05:28 AM PST

    Hey all, I did a naive / non-scientific comparison of the cameras on S9, S10+ and S21 over the weekend as I had all three phones available. Mainly a series of sample photos taken with the 3 devices, covering indoors, outdoors, 2x zoom and night mode photography scenarios. Hope you like it.

    https://nicktgr15.github.io/samsung-galaxy-camera-comparison-s9-vs-s10-vs-s21.html

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    Use google assistant as Text-to-speech output

    Posted: 31 Jan 2021 01:57 AM PST

    Is this possible? Google assistant voice is much more natural than embedded android solution

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