Ice Universe - Twitter: Huawei P50 Pocket
https://twitter.com/UniverseIce/status/1471307146885464065?t=Th1gk73jfh0LocQUzcMezA&s=19

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Sony Develops World’s First Stacked CMOS Image Sensor Technology with 2-Layer Transistor Pixel
https://www.sony-semicon.co.jp/e/news/2021/2021121601.html

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Jio Phone Next Unboxing & Overview - Seriously Why?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bii0-idOiIs

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Daily Superthread (Dec 17 2021) - Your daily thread for questions, device recommendations and general discussions!

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A heads up to Pixel 6 and 6 Pro owners.

If you have yet to receive the new December update for your phone, then I would hold off before updating. I have found the fingerprint sensor to be marginally better at best, but as others have pointed out, signal and speeds have both dropped a fair bit since installing this update. There's also occasionally a UI bug when you get a notification that causes the screen the go black with a small circle visible at the bottom, Google is now aware of this.

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In short, i would hold off from inst...

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New notifications when Drive content violates abuse program policies
https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2021/12/abuse-notification-emails-google-drive.html?m=1

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MediaTek shows off Dimensity 9000 benchmarks, beats Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 in some tests
https://www.gizmochina.com/2021/12/17/mediatek-dimensity-9000-benchmark-beat-sd8gen1/

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The Moto G Stylus 2021 is a great budget phone.

So long story short. I had to upgrade from my Poco X3 Pro since it isn't supported on AT&Ts network anymore. I bought an S21 as a replacement for it, but was extremely disappointed with the UI and battery life, so I started looking elsewhere...

A week ago I was looking at Motorolas lineup and the G Stylus stood out. Huge screen, and big battery is exactly what I wanted. I got it today and so far it's everything I wanted in a phone. Fast snappy performance, 2 day battery life and a giant screen....

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Google "investigating" reports of connectivity issues on Pixel 6 and 6 Pro after the December update
https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/140688612/very-poor-or-no-signal?hl=en

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Free Software Foundation - Extend the Life of your Android Phone
https://media.fsfe.org/w/kGvs3JNADvvQfkC1dR9FGr

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OnePlus made an NFT collection, in case you needed more reasons to not buy OnePlus products

"1 of 15 characters we created to memorialize our devices in celebration of our 8th Anniversary and give back to our community. All 5,000 collectibles are minted and FREE for you to collect right now while supplies last."

https://twitter.com/OnePlus_USA/status/1471905068383444998

I don't know how OnePlus possibly thinks this could be good PR after what just happened with Stalker 2, Stan Lee, and everyone else trying this....

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[MKBHD] The Blind Smartphone Camera Test 2021!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp4nWm59esI

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The Sad, Avoidable Downfall of the E-Book Reader Aldiko - Planet Geek!
https://planet-geek.com/2021/12/17/geekitude/the-sad-avoidable-downfall-of-the-e-book-reader-aldiko/

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Motorola Edge X30 Initial Review by Technick

Youtube link: https://youtu.be/cCCutDPxbEw

First Snapdragon 8 Gen1 phone.
Benchmarks:
Antutu: 990214
Geekbench: 1235/3566 vs Iphone 13 Pro Max 1592/4713
3d Mark Wildlife: 9894/59.2 fps vs Iphone 13 Pro Max's 57.5 fps

TLDR: Great performance, comes with Android 12, mediocre cameras, subpar heat management, no wireless charging, no water resistance.
Good effort but wait for other upcoming flagship phones....

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Xiaomi TV Stick 4K is official with Android TV 11 and AV1 support
https://www.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-tv-stick-4k-is-official-with-android-tv-11-and-av1-support/

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Galaxy Z Flip 3 from iPhone user

Last week i finally gave in after months and bought a galaxy z flip 3. Although I LOVE the phone I don’t see myself keeping it to be honest. Switching from iPhone is so hard 😣 I’m so used to a more natural looking camera and my emojis lol. Really can’t get used to how bad 3rd party apps are despite it being a flagship device :( but I honestly feel myself falling in love with it more everyday lol. The design is SO comfortable to hold even without a case which is something I’d never even consider ...

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Daily Superthread (Dec 18 2021) - Your daily thread for questions, device recommendations and general discussions!

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Saturday APPreciation (Dec 18 2021) - Your weekly app recommendation/request thread!

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Early test results: Dimensity 9000 CPU efficiency is >40% better then snapdragon 8 gen 1.
https://twitter.com/Golden_Reviewer/status/1472197621309526016?t=PpafWDE6flWuf0W5037DVw&s=19

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Current Smartphones with User Removable Battery

Cubot Max 3 - 4GB/64GB/6.95"/720 (ebay $160)
Cubot Note 20 Pro - 8GB/128GB/6.5"/720 (on amazon/ebay for $150 in 2021, appears just discontinued)
Fairphone 4 - 8GB/256GB/6.3"/1080 (europe, 5G, \~$1000 ebay int)
Gigaset GS5 - 4GB/128GB/6.3"/1080 (europe, \~$500 ebay int)
Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro - 4GB/64GB/6.3"/1440 (amazon $420)

Incredibly hard to track down the removable battery options. Help needed to verify or collect info on any other options.

Let's band together and say no to plan...

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Google Play app with 500,000 downloads sent user contacts to Russian server
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/12/google-removes-malicious-app-that-infected-500000-google-play-users/

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