Removable batteries need to come back. CMV.

Most smartphone manufacturers axed removable batteries today for mostly dumb reasons in my opinion. This is stupid and needs to end.

**Reasons why removable batteries are imperative for a good user experience:**

1. **It prolongs your smartphone's life.** When your battery dies, you can easily get a new one for a few bucks or so, slide it in, and boom your smartphone is back and kicking, without dying at 12 PM. This way you won't need to change your smartphone every two years or so.
2. **It's t...

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If a phone requires a case, it's a design failure

Manufacturers have become pretty lazy with people forgiving them for this and that. Nowadays most phones are designed in a way that makes using a case mandatory.

If a phone is slippery, if its back is fragile, if it has a camera bump, it is a major design flaw.

Plastic, metal, rubberized plastic, leather are better than glass. A textured or matte body is better than a smooth and glossy one. A thicker phone with flush cameras is better than a thin one with a camera bump.

Of course it is too la...

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Google Support is awful
https://9to5google.com/2019/08/15/comment-reddit-requests-google-support/

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Wear OS barely makes a dent in North America’s wearable market as Samsung grows
https://9to5google.com/2019/08/15/wearable-market-north-america-q2-2019/

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Would it be great if manufacturers adopted the 'Aroma Installer'-esque approach for their ROMs?

[Image for people who doesn't know how Aroma looked like](https://www.xda-developers.com/files/2012/02/aroma-ss.png).

I know this is a long shot but IMO that'd be a great option. Just let us pick the stuff we want when we begin setting up the phone. I remember ASUS doing something like this for the Zenfone 6 ( Zen UI and almost Stock Android) but it doesn't even have to be two different ROMs, just apps/services we'd like to install.

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Samsung's Galaxy Note 10 game streaming service launches next month
https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-game-streaming-1018879/

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Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus - Unboxing and First Impressions - YouTube
https://youtu.be/WFzQ9P6gnAI

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Asus ZenFone 6 review: a neat flipping camera, but the battery life is better
https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/15/20807440/asus-zenfone-6-review-flipping-camera-battery-android-specs-features-price

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Evolution of hardware features in Android phones over time

I was curious about how certain hardware features have changed on Android phones over the years, so I thought I could graph it out since I couldn't find any. I used GSMArena since its advanced search is pretty useful to see the number of phones released that fit certain conditions. It would be better to track sales numbers instead of models produced, but that information is harder to track. Smartwatches and tablets are excluded.

First, [here's a graph of the percentage of Android phones release...

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What Does Sony, HTC, or LG Need to Do?

Besides marketing, what do these OEMs need to do be more competitive in countries like the US? From my experience, they have all been making quality phones for years but are largely ignore. Only LG and ASUS have headphone jack, with only the former supercharging it with the Quad DAC. Sony has included 4K HDR display in their phone for years, use a pretty stock skin, and actually update their phones. HTC U12+, I believe in one of the best phones in past few years but has no chance. And the latter...

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'Reddit Requests' show the sorry state of Google Support - 9to5Google
https://9to5google.com/2019/08/15/comment-reddit-requests-google-support/

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Experience 5G on Moto Z2 force with the 5G moto mod
https://blog.motorola.com/2019/08/15/experience-5g-on-moto-z2force-with-the-5g-moto-mod/

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BLOCKS wearable is finally gone

I received [this](https://imgur.com/3LTeYFn) email this morning. I'm assuming it's legitimate, but haven't actual checked it out yet. It's about time we get our money back. That was such an epic black hole of failure. Great concept at launch, but ridiculously terrible execution....

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Oppo Reno 2 to launch this month, complete with 20x zoom, quad cameras
https://www.androidauthority.com/oppo-reno-2-1019631/

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New play store UI

[Library page](https://i.imgur.com/o4BpCtA.png)

[Updates page](https://i.imgur.com/WkI1eMT.png)

[Main screen](https://i.imgur.com/FKvNpO2.png)

Woke up to this today. I feel it's pretty refreshing. Opinions?...

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[Benchmark] ROG Phone 2 vs Black Shark 2 Pro vs Red Magic 3 - Game FPS Test
https://youtu.be/ifNiIt1szOA

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Redmi K20 Pro Review: ‘Flagship Killer’ Reimagined
https://www.xda-developers.com/redmi-k20-pro-xiaomi-mi-9t-pro-review-flagship/

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Keeping this in 2019 - HTC "Hold the Crown"

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvjDtaCkacQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvjDtaCkacQ)

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A true sign of the end for HTC, when someone thought it would be best to make a song for the One M8....

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Motorola’s One Action tries to stuff a GoPro into a smartphone
https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/16/20807264/motorola-one-action-camera-gopro-smartphone-budget-release-date-pricing-features

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Huawei Mate X Delayed Until November, Mate X2 Coming in 2020
https://www.techradar.com/news/huawei-mate-x-release-date-pushed-to-november-but-next-version-may-even-more-screens

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The new HTC Wildfire X isn't actually an HTC
https://phandroid.com/2019/08/14/the-new-htc-wildfire-x-isnt-actually-an-htc/#.XVbiNnp1SI8.reddit

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