OnePlus security updates downgraded to Quarterly from every two months
https://security.oneplus.com/mend.html

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What's your opinion on pre-installed software?

I'm honestly tired of it. I'm tired of my devices being full of pre-installed bloatware. It doesn't matter what device it is, it's bound to be full of useless and unnecessary apps. Especially if you have Sprint, they're notorious for it. If someone is spending over $800 for a single item, they should have the capability of doing whatever they please with it. These companies ask you to pay a rents sum of money to them just to have software that's covered and filled with advertising apps and bloat...

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Samsung Galaxy S10+ 128 GB US Version - $ 550
https://www.amzn.com/dp/B07N4L36H7/ref=gbps_img___b52c5fe2?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=DZACM7PDNEDW9FYJ5715

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Pixel December 2020 Feature Drop Is Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjMnBV51wbk

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A smarter smart home from Google and Samsung
https://blog.google/products/assistant/smarter-smart-home-google-and-samsung/

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Gboard is rolling out a new font to some beta users
https://9to5google.com/2020/12/08/gboard-new-theme-font-beta-rollout/

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I tried to find every Galaxy [Alphabet] used by Samsung

Galaxy A : Korea only - First Samsung Android phone in Korea (2010), Midrange lineup (2014 \~ )

Galaxy C : China targeted upper-midrange lineup (2016 \~ 2017)

Galaxy E : Midrange lineup with plastic back (2015)

Galaxy F : Camera focused budget lineup (2020 \~ )

Galaxy J : Japan, Taiwan only - Japan targeted high end phone (2013), Budget lineup (2015 \~ 2018)

Galaxy K : Derivative model of Galaxy S - Korea only (2010), Galaxy K Zoom (2014)

Galaxy M : Budget lineup "Magical" (2011 \~ 2012), ...

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Seeing is believing: Launching HDR for YouTube live streams
https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/seeing-believing-launching-hdr-live-streams/

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Exclusive: Here are the official Galaxy S21, S21+, and S21 Ultra teasers
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/12/08/exclusive-here-are-the-official-galaxy-s21-s21-and-s21-ultra-teasers/

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Seamless payments and password management in Chrome
https://blog.chromium.org/2020/12/seamless-payments-and-password.html

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Spotify makes custom playlist covers for its mobile app official
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/12/08/spotify-makes-custom-playlist-covers-for-its-mobile-app-official/

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Rakuten is behind some of the new Google Pay's surprisingly good rewards
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/12/08/rakuten-is-behind-some-of-the-new-google-pays-surprisingly-good-rewards/

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What are your top 5 phones of 2020, and why?

The reason I am making it a top 5 is because there have been so many great phones in 2020. Both flagships and budgets too. It seems like every phone is offering top notch experience nowadays.

For me, they are are the following:

* Google Pixel 4a - Probably the perfect budget phone - Has everything one would need. It has a minimalistic, practical, and utilitarian design and build. Great size. It's a tool. Great camera, 128GB storage (64GB is what killed 3a for me), fast enough SoC, it really co...

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No, OnePlus hasn't switched from a bi-monthly to a quarterly update schedule
https://www.xda-developers.com/oneplus-not-switched-bi-monthly-quarterly-update-schedule/

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Google’s Pixel 2 Has Gotten its Final Update
https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/8/22164027/google-pixel-2-final-update-security-patch-november-2020

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Samsung's new UD fingerprint scanner will be bigger than last gen and faster
https://twitter.com/UniverseIce/status/1336600561135718400?s=20

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FCC listing confirms Galaxy S21 to come w/ Snapdragon 888 - 9to5Google
https://9to5google.com/2020/12/09/fcc-listing-confirms-galaxy-s21-to-come-with-snapdragon-888/

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Introducing Google Health Studies: Start contributing to health research
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgeGRvJgUkY

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The pandemic had Android users spending 25% more time on their phones than last year
https://thenextweb.com/plugged/2020/12/09/the-pandemic-had-android-users-spending-25-more-time-on-their-phones-than-last-year/

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League of Legends:Wild Rift open beta available in Europe
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riotgames.league.wildrift

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PSA FOR ALL LG OWNERS: If you haven't been able to send/receive SMS for the past couple days, uninstall Google Carrier Services from the Play Store. (More info inside)

I know there's /r/androidquestions for support, but this appears to be a widespread issue right now and it's a pretty big deal for something like this to be going on for several days now.

I just spoke with Verizon support and they informed me that this is currently an issue with all LG models. I've seen several posts about this today from other users and it doesn't seem to be isolated to just Verizon.

[Here's a screenshot](https://i.imgur.com/aQonLkO_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=m...

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