kirk781

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[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 months ago

Yes, Wear OS is still behind Apple's Watch OS, which essentially is the market leader(despite their watches sometimes having even shorter battery life).

The original Pixel Watch barely lasted for a day for most users with AOD on. Atleast, the newer ones come in different size options(the larger one has a bigger battery) plus LTPO display. Still it is only a 2 day watch; not anywhere close to Fitbit or Garmin.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

And Samsung's implementation sucks even more. The insistence on using wireless charging baffles me considering that it loses so much power as heat. Rival devices like Oneplus and even Pixel Watch charge faster(in other territory, Huawei's watch uses silicon carbon battery, lasts thrice as long and charges twice as fast).

Not to mention, in summers, the wireless Puck heats up more than a Pixel and throttles itself to the point where one has to point a fan in that direction.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 6 months ago

Where's the meme in this?

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I have a question from this article not directly linked to this phone though. In the charging section, they have compared multiple phones and how much they charge in 30 minutes. The top slot is occupied by a Samsung phone with 45W charging support and 4900 mAh battery. However, Motorola and Xiaomi both have almost similar battery capacity and still charge slightly slower despite boasting significantly more (67W) charging support. What is the reason for this discrepancy?

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 6 months ago

How else are they gonna sell you their Galaxy Buds? Except for entry level Samsung phones, they don't exist in this company 's lineup.

Amongst other manufacturers, Sony offers it but makes fewer devices per year and offers bad software support. Even companies like Motorola and Nothing prefer folks buy their MotoBuds and Nothing Ear respectively.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 months ago

Yes, Samsung tends to load a lot of apps, sometimes almost duplicate variants of Google apps that do the same task.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes, I was referring to HTC Thunderbolt from the article. My current phone itself has relatively low battery life and it annoys me. One would have needed to charge the Thunderbolt phone probably twice a day

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Not all phones listed are equally bad though. Nokia Pureview suffered from bad camera quality but I can live with that. What probably is unlivable is exceptionally short battery life, like on the HTC one. Still, an interesting opinion piece, if nothing else.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 44 points 7 months ago (6 children)

I have YouTube Premium though not the Family variant and Google won't just fix their app. It is way behind NewPipe or YouTube ReVanced. No, I don't need shorts. No I don't need constant nudges to join groups of YouTubers by paying after I just paid you money, Google!

What I want is system wide quality setting (what exactly does High or Data Saver mean; would it kill you to give 480p, 720p or 1080p as options) or Sponserblock integration (okay, this thing is probably never gonna happen but still). YouTube 's app is a stinking pile of shit. I just use YouTube Music from them and will cancel/not renew my plan after it lapses.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Whole set of panels from the author here. These are very old stuff (take a look at the Politics section, it is filled with references to 60s and 70s era US; therefore I guess this too was made much before).

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 7 months ago

I'll find a Sun article for this :p.

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