So, why did the Amazon Fire phone fail as badly as it did?
When the Fire Phone was announced in 2014, Amazon was undergoing massive growth and the brand was consistently in the news cycle with major developmemts throughout the year.
The Fire Phone UI, named FireOS, was based on Android 4 Jelly Bean, but with a massive customized skin that made the phones OS seem original. To this day it's by far the most customized an Android skin has ever been (With NGE: New LG Experience, being a distant second.) In such a radical way.
With that said, the phone itse...
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When the Fire Phone was announced in 2014, Amazon was undergoing massive growth and the brand was consistently in the news cycle with major developmemts throughout the year.
The Fire Phone UI, named FireOS, was based on Android 4 Jelly Bean, but with a massive customized skin that made the phones OS seem original. To this day it's by far the most customized an Android skin has ever been (With NGE: New LG Experience, being a distant second.) In such a radical way.
With that said, the phone itse...
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So, why did the Amazon Fire phone fail as badly as it did?
When the Fire Phone was announced in 2014, Amazon was undergoing massive growth and the brand was consistently in the news cycle with major...
Apex Legends Mobile pre-registration is now open on Android
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Apex Legends Mobile pre-registration is now open on Android
The mobile battle royale game is set to launch this year.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Exynos 2300 tipped to be even less efficient thanks to thirsty Cortex-X3 cores
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Rumor | Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Exynos 2300 tipped to be even less efficient thanks to thirsty Cortex-X3 cores
A new leak has now provided a first look at the performance characteristics of next-gen flagship chipsets like the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, Exynos 2300, and the Dimensity 10000. Supposedly, ARM's upcoming Cortex-X3 super cores look to be even less efficient than…
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Samsung Galaxy A53 5G | Forget the iPhone SE 2022
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Samsung Galaxy A53 5G | Forget the iPhone SE 2022
The Samsung Galaxy A53 5G is already looking like one of the best mid-range smartphones of 2022 and it's only March. Boasting some feature-packed camera tech, upgraded performance vs the A52s, bigger battery and updated specs, the Samsung A53 5G is a serious…
OxygenOS 12 for the OnePlus 8 Series
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OxygenOS 12 for the OnePlus 8 Series
Hello everyone,We are excited to release our OxygenOS 12, based on Android 12, to the OnePlus 8 Series. For those who want to fully understand what the new Oxyg
Fun fact: The Android calculator uses computable numbers, not floats. This means you can see the results of calculations to arbitrary precision.
Go to the calculator! You can scroll to the thousandth digit of pi, and then keep going. You can't do this with most calculators.
This is because the Android calculator uses a very fancy trick, called "computable numbers". These don't suffer from the precision problems that floats do....
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Go to the calculator! You can scroll to the thousandth digit of pi, and then keep going. You can't do this with most calculators.
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Android's Messages, Dialer apps quietly sent text, call info to Google
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Android's Messages, Dialer apps quietly sent text, call info to Google
Hashed text, phone call logs collected without opt-out nor specific notice
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OnePlus' mobile strategy is going from bad to worse
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OnePlus' mobile strategy is going from bad to worse
With no regular OnePlus 10 and an increasingly muddled Nord line-up, what exactly is OnePlus' smartphone strategy for 2022?
Android 13 will add a setting to throttle Internet speeds
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Android 13 will add a setting to throttle Internet speeds - Esper Blog
Android 13 adds APIs for bandwidth limiting and will let developers control the rate limit via a setting. Here's what it works.
Snapdragon 8 Gen1 Plus (TSMC 4nm) to be announced in early May. Qualcomm will also be announcing some chips for the midrange & upper midrange segment.
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So Qualcomm SM8475 (Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus) will be announced in early May. Will be based on TSMC's 4nm platform with a number of improvements. But that not it, Qualcomm has some other chips as well for the mid & upper mid-range segment..
Protip: If listening to a book in audible, you can tell Google assistant "resume audible" and it will pick it up where you left off.
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New EU law could require iMessage and WhatsApp to work with other, smaller platforms
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New EU law could require iMessage and WhatsApp to work with other, smaller platforms
Blue bubble dominance may be on the way out
How Google is quietly building Android 13 for smart displays
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How Google is quietly building Android 13 for smart displays
Google has quietly added several features and APIs in Android 13 to improve the experience of using a docked tablet and smart display.
Google I/O '22 👇 From what I understand, Google will officially be announcing the Pixel 6a + "teasing" the Pixel Watch. Pixel 6a launch (in most markets) pushed to July 28th. Pixel Watch will be formally announced and launched with Pixel 7 and 7 Pro in October. - Jon Prosser
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Google I/O '22 👇 From what I understand, Google will officially be announcing the Pixel 6a + "teasing" the Pixel Watch. Pixel 6a launch (in most markets) pushed to July 28th. Pixel Watch will be formally announced and launched with Pixel 7 and 7 Pro in October.
In-depth analysis of Dimensity 8100 & 9000 performance: how strong is it? (GeekerWan Chinese)
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天玑8100 & 9000性能深度分析:到底有多强?
这次我们要测试的是红米K50和K50Pro,他们搭载了万众期待的联发科新处理器——天玑8100和天玑9000。在之前的工程机上天玑的表现很不错,但在最终的量产机上他们也能一样神勇吗?今天我们就来详细分析一下,天玑8100和天玑9000的性能和功耗,看看他们的游戏表现,以及他们对续航造成的具体影响吧!