[General question to the Android community] Have you given up on the audio jack, or do you still only buy devices that have it?
(Posting this here rather than !askandroid as it’s a quite general question)...
Small Phones are Dead and We Killed Them (www.youtube.com)
Motorola releases new 5G mid-range smartphone with 125 W charging and 144 Hz OLED display (www.notebookcheck.net)
iFixit: We’re Ending Our Samsung Collaboration (www.ifixit.com)
Why I refuse to upgrade - 8 minutes video explaining why it's not that interesting to upgrade phones nowadays (www.youtube.com)
Minimal Phone: Low-priced smartphone with E Ink display and complete keyboard (www.notebookcheck.net)
LineageOS is currently installed on 1.5 million Android devices (9to5google.com)
Android now lets you transfer eSIMs between your phones (www.androidpolice.com)
Google starts rolling out a separate Contacts Ringtones section in Contacts app (thespandroid.blogspot.com)
It's time to stop thinking plastic phones can't be premium (www.androidpolice.com)
I'm tired with all this Big-Phone-Elitism
I’m someone with relatively small hands, plus I want my phone to be on the smaller side since I prefer to use my tablet/computer/tv to watch content. But this trend where many manufacturers tend to keep futures away from smaller phones to drive people to bigger phones is driving me crazy and really makes it hard for me to buy...
Remember when Google made their assistant worse and we all predicted they were planning on bringing the same features back but using AI bullshit?
Yeah. They did exactly that...
Fossil is quitting smartwatches (www.theverge.com)
Sync for Lemmy is now available for everyone (play.google.com)
Android may soon tell you when it's time to replace your phone's battery (www.androidauthority.com)
Google clamps down on VPN workarounds for cheaper YouTube Premium subscriptions (www.androidauthority.com)
Syncthing saved my ass
Note for Americans: here WhatsApp is the de facto communication standard. Literally nobody uses SMS/iMessage/Facebook messenger/signal. And carriers still charge 2 euro for a MMS which completely kills iMessage/RCS (if accidentally send MMS, it’s expensive)...
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra Review: Why Buy Anything Else? (youtu.be)
Cross posted from: lemmyf.uk/post/5106939
YouTube is finally cracking down on third-party apps like ReVanced (www.androidpolice.com)
I’m sure they are working on a youtube messaging app behind the scenes.
Indian government moves to ban ProtonMail after bomb threat (www.androidcentral.com)
Google is blocking RCS on rooted devices (www.theverge.com)
Wtf is the reasoning here, just checked and it’s broken for me also.
YouTube has now begun skipping videos altogether for users with ad blockers (www.androidpolice.com)
Beeper ready to wave white flag if its latest iMessage fix gets shut down (www.androidauthority.com)
ASUS now actively sabotaging attempts to unlock Zenfone 9 bootloader (xdaforums.com)
Google's inconsistent Pixel experience makes its phones impossible to recommend (www.androidpolice.com)
We typically like Pixel phones a lot, but we have some reservations about Google’s quality control
