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    March 11, 2021

    Android What should I buy Thursday (Mar 11 2021) - Your weekly device inquiry thread!

    What should I buy Thursday (Mar 11 2021) - Your weekly device inquiry thread!

    Posted: 11 Mar 2021 04:00 AM PST

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    Asus ROG Phone 5 review

    Posted: 10 Mar 2021 09:27 PM PST

    [OnLeaks] Exclusive first look at the Huawei P50 Pro. You ain’t ready...

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    Google rolls out Chat 'preview' to replace classic Hangouts

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    Redmi Note 10 Pro Max Review: Almost a home run

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    OnePlus 9 (Pro): Official pictures of the new top smartphones in advance - Winfuture.de

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    Xiaomi Mi 10S debuts with Snapdragon 870, dual speakers and 108MP camera

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    Google Fit Camera Heart Rate vs Apple Watch vs Blood Pressure Monitor - How Accurate Is Google Fit?

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    The Xiaomi Mi 11 Review: A Gorgeous Screen and Design

    Posted: 10 Mar 2021 07:09 AM PST

    [MKBHD] ROG Phone 5 Ultimate Review: The Most Ridiculous Custom!

    Posted: 10 Mar 2021 05:33 AM PST

    Chrome for Android now lets you 'preview page'

    Posted: 11 Mar 2021 03:38 AM PST

    Samsung launches Galaxy M12 with 6,000mAh battery, 90Hz display

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    Asus ROG Phone 5 - 18GB of POWER!

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    Finally back on Android but with a few reservations

    Posted: 09 Mar 2021 10:50 PM PST

    Just upgraded from iPhone 11 pro max to S21 ultra

    A few takeaways:

    First of all this phone is amazing! I've been on ios since the iPhone X (had the pixel 2 and note 8 before that)

    • With one ui 3, samsung has really improved since the TouchWiz days! Everything is so customizable and haven't even thought about switching to nova launcher yet, especially since they added the google discover page to the home screen.

    • I thought I would miss imessage the most from ios but I actually don't...I do miss certain things like my apple watch, airdrop and most importantly APP OPTIMIZATION! Android apps really get the short end of the stick when it comes to this issue. The majority of apps in my use case just run a bit better on iPhone. Not a deal breaker but still worth mentioning.

    Overall, I don't regret the switch. The fact that I have control over exactly how I want my phone to be, to place my apps where I want them, using multi window to use two apps at once & utlizing smart gestures to elimate hand gymnastics to reach anything remotely at the top of the screen (ios needs to fix this ASAP & no reachability is not the answer)

    I like using both ios & android and am not biased towards either. For now this phone suits my needs, but maybe some day I'll hop back on ios.

    Anyone else make this switch or thinking about it?

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    Why I'm worried about the OnePlus 9's 4K 120 recording capability...

    Posted: 10 Mar 2021 08:28 AM PST

    Hasselblad did not put any of their optics or sensors into the OnePlus 9, they basically kinda gave OnePlus color science advice.

    So, it all comes down to 2 things, software and hardware. It's going to be using a new Sony IMX789, which is good news, but it will still be smaller than the S21 Ultra's near 1 inch sensor.

    And software... we'll see. OnePlus cameras lean between being great, and wierdly disappointing. And the new 4K 120FPS recording option looks like it's setup to fail.

    I could maybe trust the feature in Samsung or Apple's hands, but the fact that OnePlus is going to a launch a big camera feature, while not being great at camera software does not look good at all.

    It's like McDonald's announcing they're adding gourmet steaks to the menu, when they don't know much on how to get your order right.

    The higher the resolution, and the higher framerate you capture, youre getting less light as well.

    Sometimes my dad's S21 will capture clearer 1080p 60 video, than 4K 60 even if decent lit scenarios, just because more light is entering the sensor.

    If you were to bump that up to 120fps, even on 1080p, (you know how slow mo looks) it's a noisy mess. Try bumping that up to 4K 120, and you might as well start recording in 720p.

    I think OnePlus is punching above their level, and they might trip and fall. I hope that maybe Hasselblad also sprinkled in some camera magic.

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    Concept of a pipe dream: Per-app extended storage settings [screenshot]

    Posted: 10 Mar 2021 07:48 AM PST

    Side note: Because image posts are deactivated here, I posted the screenshot to an external site.

    This custom-made screenshot (PNG link) is a concept of how storage access controls could have been implemented in Android OS, and would allow legacy file access to co-exist with Google's "Storage Access Framework" (SAF).

    If you have suggestions for improving this screenshot, please comment.

    The idea

    Rather than imposing a blanket restriction and causing lots of colleteral damage and massive frustration among users, users should have been given per-app options for storage access, all the way since 2014 (Android 4.4 KitKat, which also removed 4.3 Jelly Bean's "app-ops", only to bring such a feature back in version 6.0 Marshmallow). This would also prevent breaking compatibility with existing established apps.

    Problems with "Storage Access Framework" (SAF): High latency, poor documentation (possibly improved by now), and lack of backwards compatibility: https://www.xda-developers.com/android-q-storage-access-framework-scoped-storage/

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    At this moment, no good file manager has proper file access, and also I found no way to revoke access from a specific folder once granted via the system's own folder selector. Amaze File Manager is the best open-source file manager I am aware of, but it lacks range selection, and the pre-adware ES File Explorer versions such as 3.1.0.x were made before SAF was around. Amaze File Manager also lacks FTP client (while supporting FTP serving!), but SAF-enabled "File Manager HD" by RhythmSoft has that at least. But again, RhythmSoft's file manager sadly also lacks range selection.

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    No text editor that is as good as QuickEdit supports it yet. Even the built-in text editor of Amaze File Manager is unable to write to files through SAF. All these compatibility breaches are painful, and one has to wait until apps adapted to SAF are finally around. Or update functional apps and risk that the developer tried to "fix" something that was not broken in the first place, making things worse.

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    SAF is slow (in my own experience, but also confirmed by XDA), the Terminal apps do not support it yet, and if I move files within the memory card using Amaze File Manager or RhythmSoft File Manager HD, the files are copied and then deleted from the source directory, instead of directly moved (how moving is supposed to work), which is a massive waste of resources and rewriting cycles.

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    Sorry, but these are just too many problems.

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    All these chaos and frustration would have been spared if what is shown in this concept screenshot had been implemented. And I see no downsides to it.

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    Now, some might say that with such freedom come risks. However, it is the user's obligation to grant file access responsibly. Imagine Microsoft blanket-revoking file access to USB flash media for all non-Microsoft programs "for security reasons", or Internet access altogether! Except that Windows Explorer is a good file manager, while Google DocumentsUI is stinking feature-crippled garbage: https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/jj4mwl/warning_possible_bug_in_builtin_file_manager/.

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