What should I buy Thursday (Dec 29 2016) - Your weekly device inquiry thread! |
- What should I buy Thursday (Dec 29 2016) - Your weekly device inquiry thread!
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| What should I buy Thursday (Dec 29 2016) - Your weekly device inquiry thread! Posted: 29 Dec 2016 03:07 AM PST Credits to the team at /r/PickAnAndroidForMe for compiling this information:
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| Super Mario Run - You can now pre-register to be notified when it's out Posted: 28 Dec 2016 10:49 PM PST
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| Exclusive: Samsung will launch wireless in-ear headphones with the Galaxy S8 Posted: 29 Dec 2016 05:21 AM PST
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| MrWasdennnoch (Android N-ify developer) stops Android N-ify development Posted: 29 Dec 2016 07:45 AM PST | ||
| Samsung Focus Turns Your Phone into a Productivity Powerhouse Posted: 29 Dec 2016 04:28 PM PST
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| Posted: 29 Dec 2016 06:43 PM PST
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| Infrastructure Status & Official Builds - LineageOS Posted: 28 Dec 2016 09:11 PM PST
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| The only apps Google will care about in 2017 Posted: 28 Dec 2016 09:40 PM PST | ||
| Samsung new patent for smartwatch Posted: 29 Dec 2016 01:42 AM PST
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| 7.0 Multiwindow is great, but.. Posted: 28 Dec 2016 07:30 PM PST What I really miss from Samsung's implementation is 'Open Links in New Window' (not sure of the exact wording) If you turn this option on, it opens all links in a new split-screen window. If someone sends you a link, it opens the browser as a new window in half the screen. If you click on a YouTube link while on reddit, it opens YouTube as half the screen and you can continue reading the reddit comments. This functionality made multiwindow so much more useful. You don't have to remember to open a new window, it does it automatically. I am willing to pay if someone makes a mod that allows this on stock Nougat. Edit: Not sure in s6/s7 but on Note 4 I had to tap the text next to the multiwindow switch in settings. [link] [comments]  | ||
| Are new Android versions faster on the same device? Posted: 29 Dec 2016 12:27 AM PST I've watched almost every Google I/O and Android live stream and catched up about Android internal optimizations in the last 5 years since the HTC Hero in 2009. That's about 8 years of Android usage. I'm sure many of you also had a bunch of Android devices for several years and you noticed how they got faster. I wonder if it's mainly due to better and faster Hardware, or also because of all the Android optimizations:
I have an unverified feeling, that every new major Android version, Google promises massive battery and performance improvements like 10-50%. But over those years, my device seems to need the same time to open apps, same time to reboot and to install apps and apps doesn't seem to run faster at all. I'm aware that this is due to apps, media and websites increases in quality and complexity and thus need more ressources are to execute. But wouldn't that mean, if we take the oldest device still supported by CyanogenMod Nougat and compare it to the devices original shipped Android, that the performance boost running apps (from the time of the device release), should be noticeably faster? At least whenever I've updated only one major Android version on the same device, I couldn't feel any performance boosts. Discussion welcome:
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| Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime | Damir Franc's first impressions Posted: 29 Dec 2016 12:25 PM PST
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| Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge Nougat beta program could end soon Posted: 29 Dec 2016 12:57 AM PST
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| The Best Smartphones of 2016 at Any Price: Pocketnow Editors Vote! Posted: 29 Dec 2016 05:45 AM PST
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| Just notified about a Cyanogen update on Wileyfox Swift Plus 2 Posted: 29 Dec 2016 07:27 AM PST | ||
| Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X with 4 GB RAM, 64GB ROM passes TENAA Posted: 28 Dec 2016 10:54 PM PST
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| Posted: 29 Dec 2016 03:56 PM PST What do vendors have to publish in terms of source/tree of kernel/device, is it a "law" of using android? [link] [comments]  | ||
| Lineage OS released for LeEco Le2 Posted: 29 Dec 2016 05:52 AM PST | ||
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