Android Thread

[Tik-Tok]

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Yeah, I scored the last one in Calgary and the last one in Airdrie for that price. That's cheaper than when I bought the Nexus 4 on clearance haha

I went in to my London Drugs the morning after the deal was posted in this thread, and the girl laughed when I asked if they had any. I guess she'd been inundated with phone calls about it.

[R-Audi]

Foldable Google Pixel in the works?


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Heard from someone I trust that the foldable Pixel -- codename: Passport, retail branding: unknown -- will indeed launch before the end of the year. Apparently they've been working on this device for over two years, and if the P6 is any indication, it'll be worth a look.

[ZenOps]

Unisoc "Tanggula" T760 should be showing up soon. Nowhere near as well known as Snapdragon or Apples chips, but its definitely a contender on paper.

I find Unisoc to have very strong communications chips, GPS, wifi, etc. Apple seems to struggle with cellular.

[Xtrema]

T760 at best is a mid range chip. I don't see Unisoc have any top tier offerings.

But it can probably make its way into a bunch of low cost devices like Mediatek.

[ZenOps]

I wouldn't say it competes with the top of the line Apple or Snapdragons, but its realistically only about three years behind (T6xx)

And the gap only gets smaller, and the price is definitely right. If the Steam Deck takes over PC portable gamers, it might actually eat a little bit into the Ipad market.

It seems that the consumers like the idea of a cheap tablet to play Candy Crush, and one to play Netflix, and one to use for productivity. All three need not be top of the line, sometimes you just want a "winter beater". I find the GPS so strong, that its useable as an in dash navigator for permanent installation in a car, so you can pretend you have a Tesla. Can even get the cigarette USB power adaptor that changes bluetooth audio to FM, and you can use it as mobile spotify without excessive rewiring.

If Unisoc overtakes Apple in marketshare next year, even with three year old speeds - it will be telling.

Add: Unisoc should also be wary of the USA kidnapping their company officials. Though its fool me twice, it has proven to work.

[mr2mike]

Random rumor is:

Google Pixel 6 could launch as low as €649 (around $758 / £560 / AU$1,045), which is around the same price as the Pixel 5’s launch price — except, in comparison, the Pixel 5 appears to be a far less capable, mid-range handset, as opposed to a bona fide flagship.

If you are holding out for the Pixel 6 Pro’s faster 120Hz screen, ultra-wide band tech and (rumoured) extra telephoto rear camera, then you’ll reportedly have to fork out €899 (around $1,047 / £776 / AU$1,448). It’s a pretty hefty difference if true, but not entirely unreasonable if you care about a slicker screen and more capable camera system.

[Xtrema]

Make me wonder if the weak Tensor benchmark is a throttled version for the base model to match the price.

[davidI]

Can someone give me a TLDR about wtf is happening with the Android 12 roll-out?

I've read a dozen shitty clickbait articles about it that all end up saying nothing.

[Xtrema]

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Can someone give me a TLDR about wtf is happening with the Android 12 roll-out?

I've read a dozen shitty clickbait articles about it that all end up saying nothing.

ASOP is out. But everybody is late, including Pixels. I assume they will release it to Pixels after Oct 19th Pixel 6 launch. You know, you got to give people a bit of reason for people to buy the new shiny thing.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/4/2...wnload-install

[Buster]

Why are we only getting Android 12? iOS is up to 15!

[Tik-Tok]

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Why are we only getting Android 12? iOS is up to 15!

Apple cheated and skipped 4 numbers.

[Xtrema]

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Apple cheated and skipped 4 numbers.

Android was just too dumb to put 2 major release under 2.0 and 3 major release under 4.0 before they caught what Apple is doing.

[Buster]

I'm not buying shit unless it's Android 16. Just saying.

[ExtraSlow]

Android 47 is next.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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Android 47 is next.

Is that the Downs Syndrome Edition? Due to the 47 chromosomes?

Speaking of phones being retarded, my glitch finally went away after I searched for and downloaded some sort of update.
That was irritating as shit. I'm glad that's never happened to me before, but it means I'll probably wait 6+ weeks before downloading future system updates.

[davidI]

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I'm not buying shit unless it's Android 16. Just saying.

You must really love Waffles.

[beecue]

Anyone else getting the Pixel 6?

[kJUMP]

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Anyone else getting the Pixel 6?

Prolly me, but not immediately, the Pro.

[ExtraSlow]

***interested***

[Tik-Tok]

Look forward to them being on the shelves in two year.