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[bjstare]

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Ok, I need to grab one this week so is it:

- S9/+
- Pixel 3/+
- Huawei Mate 20
- LG G7

Our business account is on Bell

Pixel 3XL (biased cause I have one, but I like it).

[Mitsu3000gt]

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Ok, I need to grab one this week so is it:

- S9/+
- Pixel 3/+
- Huawei Mate 20
- LG G7

Our business account is on Bell

Pixel 3 XL is the obvious choose from that list, in my opinion, and with the Black Friday discounts. By far the best camera in that grouping and a clean Google experience with all the benefits that go with it (like free original quality photo storage). Loving mine so far.

The S9 is going to be replaced in about 4 months.

[Xtrema]

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Ok, I need to grab one this week so is it:

- S9/+
- Pixel 3/+
- Huawei Mate 20
- LG G7

Our business account is on Bell

I assume G7 and S9 are free phones? Out of the 2, I would take S9.

But overall, I would take Pixel 3 for the pure Android, best camera, latest security update.

[JRSC00LUDE]

Pixel it is, thanks guys.

[mzdspd]

My brother just ordered one of those P20 Pro on the medium tab. Can't wait to try it out.

[JRSC00LUDE]

Mildly related, best password management app?

[spike98]

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Mildly related, best password management app?

I use lastpass but lately i have been thinking about switching as its been not autofilling apps properly. It might just be the slight incompatibility with the latest version of android as im on the pixel as well.

[D'z Nutz]

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Mildly related, best password management app?

I wouldn't say the best password management app, but Passwdsafe is definitely flexible since I can transfer the database file between Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android applications.

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

I'm really liking Dashlane.

[taemo]

I've been frustrated with my Amazon Fire HD8 lately as it seems to have been running really slow and unresponsive.

Found a way to disable the amazon bloatware crap and man it is a lot snappier than our Ipad Air 2.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8...ral/a-t3820744

I've disabled pretty much most of the amazon stuff other than Prime Video and Music, other than that it was mostly downloaded app.
Will be using this primarily for VNC/Citrix/Youtube/ebook reading so I'm happy now. Might try run emulators again as last time I did it was really slow too.

[D'z Nutz]

Google finally announces their mid-range Pixel line. These will probably sell pretty well, considering how the regular Pixel 3 line was a bomb for Google.

https://mobilesyrup.com/2019/05/07/g...-availability/

After catering exclusively to the high-end phone market for the past two-and-a-half years, Google is entering the mid-range smartphone market.

The Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL, announced today at the company’s annual Google I/O developer conference, take the best of the Pixel 3 and put it into a more affordable package.

Availability
Canadian consumers can pre-order the Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL starting May 7th (today) via the Google Store.

In the coming weeks, the two phones will also be available to pre-order via Rogers, Bell and Telus, as well as their respective flanker brands: Fido, Virgin Mobile and Koodo.

In addition, the Pixel 3a and 3a XL will be available through Best Buy, Costco, T-Booth Wireless, Wireless Wave, Walmart and WoW Mobile.

Price
Through the Google Store, the Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL cost $549 CAD and $649, respectively.

At launch, the two phones are available in three colour options — ‘Just Black,’ ‘Clearly White’ and ‘Purple-ish’ — and one storage size: 64GB. We’ll update this article with individual carrier and retailer pricing as it becomes available.

[jaeden]

I've been pretty interested in this phone. Looks to save on cost by excluding features that I don't care much about. Well under the price of flagship phones. Google has $150 store credit promo for new orders until the weekend. I wanted to wait for reviews but tempting to pull the trigger now.

[ZenOps]

Purple-ish. Best description ever.

[spike98]

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Google finally announces their mid-range Pixel line. These will probably sell pretty well, considering how the regular Pixel 3 line was a bomb for Google.

https://mobilesyrup.com/2019/05/07/g...-availability/

Calling it a bomb is not a fair statement. Its an amazing phone. The problem is that its only incrementally more amazing than the Pixel 2 and the 2 grabbed a lot of market share. A lot of folks didn't see the value in the upgrade. The "a" series is going to capture a different segment and i think perform quite well as a low-ish cost alternative.

Comparing it to the only nexus days is laughable though. They were truely an affordable flag ship not a phone at a reduced cost with reduced features.

[ZenOps]

Yeah, it definitely was a raod bump though. People don't want to spend 1K every two years. I'm in the process of babying my tablet into year three, sure the battery is on its last legs, but otherwise its still good.

My thinking is also that if you are going to go 6 inch, might as well go small tablet with voice data services. Ipad mini is just a centimeter too wide for me to use as a daily driver.

[ExtraSlow]

The midlevel devices are pretty compelling. Buying a $400 phone every two years makes more sense than trying to stretch a $900 device to 3 years.

[ZenOps]

I'd suggest that both Google and Apple have too much tracking. Noone is going to use their big brother device to surf for questionable porn. But if you buy a Chinese throwaway, I get the oddest feeling that they are more comfortable with some unknown Asian company watching their porn surfing habits.

I know it pissed me off when I first found out that tracking was a TOS requirement to even use a Blackberry playbook, which is why I recommended it to no one.

Use your premium device in public/work. But everyone has a cheapy Chinese in the house in night mode. Then it becomes a question of which device do you actually use more? And some people never come back to the "premium" device.

[mr2mike]

As a pixel 2 owner, not sure what would make me upgrade yet. Nothing presented thus far has gotten me excited.

[D'z Nutz]

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Calling it a bomb is not a fair statement. Its an amazing phone. The problem is that its only incrementally more amazing than the Pixel 2 and the 2 grabbed a lot of market share. A lot of folks didn't see the value in the upgrade. The "a" series is going to capture a different segment and i think perform quite well as a low-ish cost alternative.

Considering it failed to meet sales expectations and sold fewer units than the Pixel 2, I'd definitely say from the company's perspective the Pixel 3/3 XL was a bomb.

[Xtrema]

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As a pixel 2 owner, not sure what would make me upgrade yet. Nothing presented thus far has gotten me excited.

Just got a Galaxy S10 (SD855) to replace my Oneplus 5 (SD835).

I think it's a change for the worse given how lean Oneplus runs vs how much Samsung crap is running on the S10. But S10 being one of the VoLTE and Band13 phone supported by Freedom, I get improvement on network side.

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The midlevel devices are pretty compelling. Buying a $400 phone every two years makes more sense than trying to stretch a $900 device to 3 years.

I think the days of everyone going for the $1000+ flagship is over. iPhone XR is now the top selling iPhone.

That said, Samsung had trouble moving S10 512GB that they were giving them away at 55% off MSRP. Cant' say no to that, especially next Oneplus Flagship is rumored to be $1000.