Finally! I just hope it’s precise when updating scores, and that it’s customizable to some degree. But knowing Google, you may get one, but not the other.
For those who prefer an app, so they aren’t tied to an OEM’s settings, I use BuzzKill for notification history, along with it’s more infamous tool set - deep notification management. Its a paid app, but it’s a one time purchase of less than $5 when I bought it.
Someone mentioned a rumor on Reddit about the possibility of the Ultra having the SD Card returning. Anyone have the Vegas odds on that, because that would be the most exciting news a Samsung release would have had in years.
You just made me put on my tinfoil hat. Because AI uses so much RAM and resources, and all these OS’s are implementing them on-device, this would be the ideal way to slow down all previous generation devices and force customers to buy new ones! Heck, even if they do onboard the AI software efficiently, they’d probably use it as the perfect excuse to slow them down anyway. Imagine how big the OneUI 7.0 update with AI would be. 30GB of internal storage and occupying 90% of RAM at all times, perhaps?
Great dev too! I suggested a few improvements awhile back, and not only did he respond back, he had it implemented within the next update. And a one time payment instead of a subscription, which automatically makes this highly customizable app better than most of its peers.
I really wish my sports communities migrated over. Even a few dozen users would be better than talking to the play by play bots, although I think the bots here are much better than the ones on Reddit.
All I find is suggestions from a few years ago, so probably outdated or maybe there appeared some better tools in the meantime, there are some apps in the play store but I need something good privacy wise, no training demon, also small battery life impact would be nice...
Not sure what Moto’s camera gestures are, but if you’re now using a Samsung, you can say “smile” or “cheese” to take a picture when in camera mode. Super handy when you’re holding something in the other hand. As for flashlight, there are plenty of options, such as MacroDroid & Tasker. I currently have the flashlight on/off bound to double-clicking the Bixby button.
I used to rely on team reporter’s notifications for any rain delays during a baseball game, or potential injury scratches during NBA season. Instead, I have to keep refreshing Google to see their tweets (I’m not giving traffic to X, if I can help it).
I am in the process of looking between repairing my phone or switching to a new one. And the no brainer evolution to the OnePlus 7 Pro I have is a Pixel phone. Pixel Phones are definitely not perfect, I know that the battery would fall faster than other phones but hey, that’s ok, google chip in it, possibility to go...
A lot of comments in this thread defending OEMs from customer’s benefits, which is disheartening to me, but I’m sure joyous for shareholders. I see comments saying you should buy premium phones that have SD cards, but there aren’t many options. The only one is a $1400 Xperia I V. I would love nothing more to have the SD card on only the “ultra” variants, if costs are too much of an issue for those who don’t use the feature, but there’s not much “ultra” in the “Ultra” variant besides an extra camera or two.
For those who are baffled by what we hoard on our devices, why does it matter? Do we ask what you do on your phone when there doesn’t seem to be anything on them? “I barely use 50GB on my device” and “128GB is more than enough for me” seem to be the prevailing notion here, and it’s frustrating since your demographic is already highly represented on the market. It’s similar to those who wish there wasn’t a selfie cam because they never used it, ignoring all the video calls millions use on a daily basis.
But maybe an answer might stop the “curiosity” of the sparse data hoarders, and they might understand our plight. On my 1TB SD Card, I currently have:
220GB Audiobooks 18GB Music 34GB Pictures 330GB Videos, Movies, and TV Shows 10GB Work and Project Files 12GB Podcasts 14GB Games
As someone who is frequently in low-signal areas, especially while driving, streaming is not an option. My media has entertained me during flights, public transit commutes, working out, jury duty, and the DMV. I also don’t want to transfer my media in and out of my device (I do back up my data wirelessly to my own server), nor do I want to bring an adapter when the technology is already embedded inside.
So OP, I feel you, and I’m hoping SD cards comeback.
I love audiobooks, haha. There’s also some by a studio called Graphic Audio, which is a dramatized version of audiobooks filled with a full cast of voice actors, music, and sound effects! It’s pretty cool, but each audiobook is like 4x the size of a normal book. I also read books that are part of a series. Each one is usually 5+ books long.
Exactly! I literally don’t know what to do with my SD card if I succumb to OEM’s wishes and get a phone without the memory expansion. Nor do I want to spend +$150 per phone to get the 1TB option if they even offer one. I already bought my SD card once, so why would I want to do it again and again and again?
Yup. How much would it hurt you if your phone had a small space for a SD card slot? If you don’t use it, who cares. It’s not affecting you a single iota. The only people benefiting are the OEM’s, because god knows your phone hasn’t gotten any cheaper since they began removing hardware features.
Still on my Note 20 Ultra, since it’s the last real “Ultra” phone that Samsung has released, except for the headphone jack, but I’ve learned to adapt with this compromise. I think my SD Card was a SanDisk? I don’t remember, since I bought it years ago, and it has lasted me since I got this phone on release day. I didn’t really care about read-write speed, because everything I’m accessing doesn’t really require blazing fast transfers.
In what way are any of those phones “premium?” You’re literally listing the two phones I can get to access an SD card. The $1400 Sony or low to mid-range ones. So I have to compromise my choice in my diminishing feature set so that the common man can have yet another Galaxy, Pixel, or even an iPhone that doesn’t distinguish themselves beyond their OS/skin, camera count, and folding screens? Pick any one of these phones in the last 3 years and tell me what makes them unique and more practical than my Note 20 Ultra.
Plus, at least in the US, the common man is going for an iPhone. Apple just got nearly 60% of the market share here, so no, there isn’t a plethora of choices, and Android OEMs aren’t exactly fighting tooth and nail to provide exceptions in their products. So if I want a phone with actual “premium” features - such as cameras that eat up storage - and includes an SD card slot, it’s down to Sony and Sony alone.
Currently on chapter 85 of Pierce Brown’s Light Bringer, the latest installment of the Red Rising series! Granted, I’m listening to the audiobook, but audiobooks are still books. And man, like the rest of the series, I can’t put this shit down!
After this? Not sure yet. Still waiting on Sanderson’s next book in his Stormlight Archive series. Maybe I’ll re-listen to The Wheel of Time again while the final books of these two series wrap up.
I finished The Expanse awhile back and that was also fantastic!
A bit of personal advice for TWOT - the first time reading can be considered slow by some, but the opening acts are some of my favorites of all fantasy novels that I’ve read. There’s a certain charm that’s reminiscent of Tolkien, and has a certain depiction that’s speaks to me. But maybe it requires a second reading to really appreciate it.
Absolutely agreed about TGR’s amazing talent! He colored - no pun intended - the Red Rising books in such an immersive way, that I can’t imagine the characters and atmosphere as anything other than what his vocal descriptions provided.
And I’m not 100% certain, but I think he mentioned on one of the Red Rising podcasts that the last book should come within a few months of this one, because they were meant to be one final book, but the length didn’t allow his original plans. I certainly hope that’s true!
He didn’t start adding new perspectives until his second set of series, but I totally agree. I thought it was such a refreshing take to only focus on a single character in such an open and expansive world, but after finishing Light Bringer last night, I promise that it’s completely worth it! It recaptured the original trilogy’s essence in such a masterful way.
Late to the party since I just finished the book last night, but I absolutely loved it! Probably my favorite of the second series, and it recaptured a lot of the original trilogy’s charm.
[SPOILERS] That ending dealt such a melancholic blow that I couldn’t do much else the rest of the evening. The entire storyline of their reunion was just so perfectly written, like almost the rest of Brown’s work.
Hey, I’m looking for a note app to replace notion. The main features I’m looking for are the ability to have different notebooks (or folders), the ability to have notes available offline(something I recently realized notion does not do), the ability so search in notes for words or phrases, and preferably a sync feature to...
My favorite notes app has been UpNote. Has most of what you’re looking for. Folders (and subfolders), cross device syncing, cross-platform, offline access, and search. It’s also smoother than it’s closest comparison, Zoho Notes and OneNote, each of which had stutters and microlags when I used them, especially as you accumulate more notes. There’s also a lifetime purchase if you don’t like subscriptions.
I said it before and I’ll happily say it again. Removing hardware features while increasing prices will always cause stagnation down the road. When software features, camera bumps, and folding screens are all you have to offer, people will just keep their phones longer and use a $3 app to fill in the missing “feature” on One UI 6, Pixel’s exclusive feature drops, or even Apple’s Dynamic Island.
Shouldn’t the author of Red Rising be Pierce Brown? But I can’t wait to listen to it! Just waiting to finish the last book of the Stormlight Archives first!
I promise the teen angst evaporates quickly! I honestly believe it was meant to dissipate as the main character’s perspective gets rocked to the realities of life. And by book 2, it’s as somber and grim as anything GRR Martin would write!
I feel like I wrote this post from time to time on Reddit and I think I’ll start this tradition here. I’m. a Honor Harrington fan. I’ve read several other space operas and they always fall short. The three that came close were Lt. Leary, Kris Longknife and Vorkosigan saga. Lt. Leary was nice, but it failed on World...
US smartphone shipments declined 24% YoY in Q2 2023, according to Counterpoint Research’s Market Monitor data. This was the third consecutive quarter of YoY declines. Android brands like Samsung, Motorola and TCL-Alcatel saw the steepest declines in shipments, while Apple’s shipments were more resilient. As a result,...
Not surprising, and many Android enthusiasts called this a few years ago. Other than folding devices (some of which costs enough to buy an Iphone Pro Max + iPad), how is Android differentiating themselves from Apple on the hardware front? The few things they could have done to separate themselves, like SD cards, headphone jacks, etc. are now gone with some niche exceptions. And now that Apple is finally adding some customization on iOS, plus being dragged kicking and screaming by the EU to conform to universal standards, the feature set differences continue to diminish.
Copying Apple only benefits Apple, and we’re seeing this occur quarter by quarter. Pixels may be the exception simply because they cost two-thirds (half, during their generous sales) as much as Samsung’s. But if they continue their trend of raising prices, I think their sales will eventually stagnate too.
How can the data show that these phones are selling less when no phones are selling them at all? With the exception of Sony’s Xperia line, who made a profit for the first time last year, what other mainstream phone sold in North America (a direct Android to Apple sales comparison where Apple has grown 10% YoY) has both of these features?
You’re talking about the sales of a phone line that has virtually $0 in advertising in the US Market as a sign of flagging sales of feature-complete phones compared to Apple and Samsung’s marketing team?
But let’s say you’re 100% right. Lets say 95% of people don’t care about headphones jacks, SD Cards, etc. You’re STILL losing to Apple 10% YoY, and they haven’t even released the iPhone with USB-C or forced to open their OS to yet. It’s 6-4 iPhone majority today. Are you really going to continue the same strategy that got you to this point? How are you, if you’re Samsung, Google, Motorola, going to entice customers? Suddenly, that 5% of power users look pretty important for your shareholders.
We obviously disagree, so I’ll just conclude with these last few points. With a 6-4 deficit (and getting worse), can you afford to lose ANY features that might drive your customers to your competitions? What is Samsung going to do if Apple decides to suddenly introduce an SD card in their phones (far-fetch, but they did do it with their MacBook Pro)? Bring it back and hope the people who left will come back? That’s a gamble on its own. Enthusiasts are also more likely to shill for your feature-complete phone (I know I talked/recommended several friends into the Note series back in the day). And honestly, other than a folding screen, has enthusiasts have anything to be excited about? Even their folding screens are losing their luster with the lukewarm introduction to the 5 series, and with new competition from Google and Motorola.
At the end of the day, I’m just a consumer. I’m not a shareholder or in Samsung’s C-Suite, so I can only give my opinion as a frustrated user, so I don’t really care about their revenue earnings. I just don’t want to keep losing features for the sake of quarterly earning calls, and I don’t understand people who defend their practices without a financial stake in their company.
Authenticator Pro - Free open source two-factor authentication app for Android. Has encrypted backups, icons, categories and a high level of customization. There is also a companion app for Wear OS....
I moved from Aegis to this, and it has been seamless! And for those who care, it has Material You theming, and most importantly, the WearOS app is stellar.
There’s nothing wrong with Aegis, I just preferred the extra features on Authenticor Pro. Before I switched, I was hoping Aegis would implement WearOS support, but apparently the developer wasn’t interested.
On Tuesday, OpenAI released an official ChatGPT app for Android, now available in the Google Play Store in four countries: the US, India, Bangladesh, and Brazil, with more coming soon. As a client for OpenAI’s language model family, the GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 models run on the cloud and provide results to your Android device. It...
Tried it yesterday - first time trying any sort of Chat AI, actually - and the app is smooth, if barebones. I’ve actually found it to be pretty useful as a suggestion bot - best sci-fi books, best zombie movies, etc.! It fills the +Reddit Googling I did before. I’m just hoping for more user customization going forward!
That’s actually genius! I didn’t even think it had that much functionality! I wish I could include things like “please add sources and Yelp links to all recommendations.” That would make it 10x as useful, but if it were to happen, it would probably be paywalled.
Obviously this will be a biased post becasue I’m asking on lemmy, but I wanted to hear opinions, since I find kbin’s interface to be really awkward and all over the place
I started off with Kbin, and it was great because it was initially more straightforward with a more sensible UI. But since they didn’t release an API quickly enough, apps like Voyager came in, so I’ve switched to Lemmy.
It also looks like the UI/UX hasn’t changed much when I logged into Kbin, so it feels significantly more stagnant. And once Sync for Lemmy hits the Play Store, I’m probably going to stick with it.
As someone who exclusively used Samsung flagships as their daily driver (GS2 > Note 4 > Note 8 > Note 20 Ultra), I was a Samsung absolutist and fanboy. But their decisions since the N20U has been frustrating, and has had me eyeing other brands for the first time.
To start about what I love about them: fantastic hardware with solid software. I don’t mind their excessive features, because they become so useful, Android/Google adds them to stock 2-3 years later. So it’s like a decent beta test for some awesome utilities, like saying “smile” to take a photo with the camera when you can’t reach the shutter button. I think several phones now offer this.
What has me eyeing something else for my next phone: shitting on their hardcore power users and greedily taking away options. The removal of the SD card (critical for my usage), the dilution of their features across different models (base, plus, ultra), removing the magstripe, etc. are all anti-consumer with NO benefit to their customers. Even if your typical customer doesn’t use a specific feature, it strips the option away from those who do, and it’s not like the savings go towards the consumer. If not for these decisions (among other, smaller infractions), I wouldn’t be contemplating other brands.
I respectfully disagree, and I know this is a hot button topic. But isn’t the fact that it IS a controversial topic that has trawled for 3+ years on various tech forums not evidence that it’s a popular enough feature(s) to warrant consideration?
SD Card: If companies are so afraid of liability, they could simply have an initial warning dialogue about potential hardware failures. Why cripple a portion of your userbase because of the fault of others? I know it’s anecdotal, but I have used 9 SD cards across various devices (including my current N20U and Tab S8 Ultra) without ever encountering an issue. I also back up my data as is proper data management. And just as the car company in your example would say to the idiot who filled it up with the wrong gas, they would refer them to the user manual (warning dialogue in this case), and dust their hands of the matter. And let’s be honest, this is just a blatant cash grab to force customers to buy the larger storage sizes.
Mag-Stripe: There are still more shops that don’t have the standard contactless payment where I live than there are that do. And I’m in Southern CA. Big box stores are not an issue, but the mom and pop shops that I frequent don’t have it set up. I’m sure this is an issue that will eventually be solved, but it’s just frustrating that the option was taken away from us.
Dilution of Features: Samsung already makes a huge range of phones. From $120 semi-disposable ones to $2K Folds. The consumer is confused enough. From A series, J, S, M, Fold, and Flip, every price is covered. And yet, what’s the flagship (mainstream) phone? The S23U? For $1400, you get an extra camera compared to the S23+. You get a larger screen - which used to be the Note’s job - plus another camera from the base 23. That $400-600 difference adds up to 1 camera (plus some sensors) and a larger screen and battery. Point being, the reason why I gravitated to the Note series before was because of all the jammed packed features in a single phone. I didn’t have to decide if I wanted to feel FOMO for saving $400 and losing an extra camera. What I paid was what I got, and I knew I got the most bang for my buck.
I know this is controversial, but this is the hill I’m dying on. Samsung’s reputation was built on “everything but the kitchen sink” when they were competing with LG, HTC, etc. Now? They’re a naming convention from Pro and Pro Max away from another lawsuit with Apple. Who, by the way, brought SD cards back onto their flagship laptop series!
It doesn’t have a SD card slot, unfortunately. At the moment, only Sony Xperia still carries it on the flagship level, so I’m eyeing that one for now. Fortunately, my N20U is still going strong, so I’ll see what the field looks like when I upgrade. I guess whichever OEM decides to include a $0.50 piece of hardware will probably get my $1K+.
Wasn’t Samsung holding ~30% share in the US? I was trying to find more concrete numbers, but Google isn’t Google anymore. What I could find says that North America is their #1 revenue producing region, which leads me to believe that the majority of their revenue is coming from their S series. This is conjecture, but absent more public data, it’s what logically makes sense to me. And since the US is the major market to not be on universal contactless payment systems, I would assume would benefit it’s customers the most.
SD Card - The consumer has about as much control as trusting their data to cloud storages or even at-home NAS or hard drive set ups. They could get robbed, or they could have another daily data breach somewhere. Safety with your SD card contains similar risks. And like you said in your other response to another user, Samsung already mines your data, Knox or not. So why not include an SD card, so that people can save $200 on storage teirs (corporate greed aside)? If the hacker really wants my SD card data anyways, they’ll get to indulge in my vast library of audiobooks, podcasts, music, movies, and files that would make absolutely no sense to them, even if they were corporate spies. So congrats to them. Pictures and videos would be painful to let them peruse, but that could be said about any stolen phone or data breach.
I’ve learned that I can’t do the in-ear bud style for more than an hour. Full overhead headphones (I use Bose NC-700s are good for 2 hours or so for me), but buds like Samsung Bud Lives can stay in ear for 3+ hours. I just wish the ANC for these types of buds worked better.
Google app preps new Sports widget for Android (9to5google.com)
Samsung and OnePlus are pointlessly burying one of Android’s best features [Notifications History] (9to5google.com)
Exclusive Images: Galaxy S24 Lineup gets AI, Flat Screen, New Colors & Titanium Build (windowsreport.com)
Google Podcasts to shut down in 2024 with listeners migrated to YouTube Music (techcrunch.com)
what are some dying niche lemmings?
Attempts to create niche communities that ended up being the owner talking to himself and receiving 2 upvotes. (niche coms appear to be gaining steam)
Just moved from Motorola, any worthwhile tools to emulate moto flashlight and camera gestures?
All I find is suggestions from a few years ago, so probably outdated or maybe there appeared some better tools in the meantime, there are some apps in the play store but I need something good privacy wise, no training demon, also small battery life impact would be nice...
What are some good Twitter accounts that you really wish they move to Fediverse?
For me it’s Naval.
[Rant] Cloud service is not a reason to have phones with only 128 GB
I am in the process of looking between repairing my phone or switching to a new one. And the no brainer evolution to the OnePlus 7 Pro I have is a Pixel phone. Pixel Phones are definitely not perfect, I know that the battery would fall faster than other phones but hey, that’s ok, google chip in it, possibility to go...
Android News App that isnt hot garbage?
Using the Samsung News app on my tablet now and it’s one endless clickbait article after another. Plus they inject ads onto the page too....
Bookworms of Lemmy, what are you currently reading?
And what’s on your to read shelf?
[DISCUSSION] Light Bringer - Pierce Brown (SPOILERS) (lemmy.world)
Discussion thread for the latest installment of Pierce Brown’s Red Rising series....
Note app recommendation to replace notion
Hey, I’m looking for a note app to replace notion. The main features I’m looking for are the ability to have different notebooks (or folders), the ability to have notes available offline(something I recently realized notion does not do), the ability so search in notes for words or phrases, and preferably a sync feature to...
Hummus, Feta cheese, Benedictine eggs, homemade bread among other delicious things. (lemmy.world)
I came across this wonderful brunch in Paris after walking a lot and being very hungry. I really enjoyed it.
Worldwide Smartphone Shipments Continue to Decline with 7.8% Drop in the Second Quarter, According to IDC Tracker (www.idc.com)
Popular Sci-Fi Audiobooks - July 2023
Elder Race (4.14 : 12,718)...
Book suggestion: LONG Space Opera (or sci-fi or cyberpunk) packed with action and cool characters
I feel like I wrote this post from time to time on Reddit and I think I’ll start this tradition here. I’m. a Honor Harrington fan. I’ve read several other space operas and they always fall short. The three that came close were Lt. Leary, Kris Longknife and Vorkosigan saga. Lt. Leary was nice, but it failed on World...
US Smartphone Shipments Fall 24% YoY in Q2 2023 on Lower Upgrade Rates (www.counterpointresearch.com)
US smartphone shipments declined 24% YoY in Q2 2023, according to Counterpoint Research’s Market Monitor data. This was the third consecutive quarter of YoY declines. Android brands like Samsung, Motorola and TCL-Alcatel saw the steepest declines in shipments, while Apple’s shipments were more resilient. As a result,...
Authenticator Pro (lm.ilyamikcoder.com)
Authenticator Pro - Free open source two-factor authentication app for Android. Has encrypted backups, icons, categories and a high level of customization. There is also a companion app for Wear OS....
Pocket assistant: ChatGPT comes to Android (arstechnica.com)
On Tuesday, OpenAI released an official ChatGPT app for Android, now available in the Google Play Store in four countries: the US, India, Bangladesh, and Brazil, with more coming soon. As a client for OpenAI’s language model family, the GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 models run on the cloud and provide results to your Android device. It...
Lemmy or Kbin?
Obviously this will be a biased post becasue I’m asking on lemmy, but I wanted to hear opinions, since I find kbin’s interface to be really awkward and all over the place
How does everyone feel about Samsung phones?
Hold on tight, we are almost back…...
Turn your phone into a powerful Bluetooth keyboard and mouse (lemdro.id)
cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/131133...
Sony WF-1000XM5 to arrive next week (www.notebookcheck.net)