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I'm one of those kinds of people who has had Android a long time, has used it a lot and many different versions / systems / devices, but I don't have deep technical knowledge of it (for instance, I've never rooted Android before). But I do know a few little fun things here and there, kind of like with Windows Longhorn betas, just from using it so much.

I have recently gotten back into my Android "craze", and ordered a few more items. I also have many current devices running android (since they'...

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Finally seeing some new colors on the S23 Series, although much lower volume than the main 4 colors. The new colors on the S23 Ultra include Gray, Light Blue, Light Green and Red in addition to Beige, Black, Green and Light Pink. - Ross Young
https://twitter.com/DSCCRoss/status/1611462872294641664

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Samsung Unpacked 2023 - February 1 (via Samsung Colombia pre-registration link)
https://www.samsung.com/co/unpacked/

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24h with the Iqoo 11 5G

Bought it off of eBay, the international version with Funtouch OS . I'm in the US and it works great on T-Mobile.

Couldn't wait to get my hands on the snapdragon 8 gen 2 .... All I can say is that battery efficiency on this thing right out of the box is impressive . I'm getting 8+ hours of screen on time and am absolutely punishing it.

Looking forward to the new line of flagships coming out in the next few months....

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The Pixel 7 is the latest smartphone with spontaneously shattering cameras
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/01/google-pixel-7-users-say-defective-camera-lens-will-spontaneously-shatter/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_source=twitter&utm_social-type=owned&utm_medium=social

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Many Android phones to get satellite connectivity
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64182383

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My Zenfone 9 review after a week - coming from an S21

I'm coming from an S21. When it gets hot (which it does very much so here in the Aussie summer), the S21 overheats, throttles to a crawl, and has abysmal battery life. Even in winter it's still shit.

So after 2 years of my love-hate relationship with Samsung, I decided on the Zenfone 9.

And man, this thing is light years faster than anything else I've ever used. Like it flies. I'm guessing this is all thanks to the TSMC-built Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1.

The overall software is basically stock And...

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Saturday APPreciation thread (Jan 07 2023) - Your weekly app recommendation/request thread!

Note 1. Check out our apps wiki for previous threads and apps curated by the reddit Android community!

Download the official /r/Android App Store based on our wiki!

Note 2. Check r/MoronicMondayAndroid, which serves as a repository for our retired weekly threads. Just pick any threa...

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Google weaponising due process, making ‘sensational’ allegations in challenging CCI ruling
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/google-weaponising-due-process-making-sensational-allegations-in-challenging-cci-ruling/article66349427.ece

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Sunday Rant/Rage (Jan 08 2023) - Your weekly complaint thread!

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This weekly Sunday thread is for you to let off some steam and speak out about whatever com...

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Will the surface duo 2 ever be restocked? (Windows Central)
https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/laptops/surface-duo-2-runs-out-of-stock-but-microsoft-says-its-still-committed-to-the-line

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The Doogee V Max Phone with a whopping 22,000 mAh battery and Night Vision camera leaks
https://www.gsmarena.com/doogee_v_max_full_specs_images-news-57114.php

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Daily Superthread (Jan 09 2023) - Your daily thread for questions, device recommendations and general discussions!

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Guide on how to use Microsoft Azure's Text-to-Speech engine.

special thanks to this [post](https://old.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/l1f45i/article_on_how_to_use_microsoft_edge_read_aloud/) by /u/jiayounokim

* Link to download APK is here [v0.5](https://wwa.lanzouj.com/iX13jkyi9ub), link is in chinese: here's a [screenshot of the english translation](https://i.imgur.com/JDmk7tP.png)
* After downloading and installing, select this option shown in the image [here](https://i.imgur.com/bMDOYd6.jpg)
* This will open the Preferred engine settings, select the e...

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Google’s bringing new features to older versions of Android
https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/9/23543657/google-android-new-features-old-os-extension-sdk

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Here's what's new in Android 13 QPR2 Beta 2 (thread) - Mishaal Rahman
https://twitter.com/MishaalRahman/status/1612518712036454400

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Day And Night Map for Android is now open source

An open source port of Day And Night Map (which in turn is based on Sun Locator) is now available on GitHub:

**https://github.com/r-follador/DayNightMap**

The World map shows what areas of the Earth are in daylight, which are at night and in twilight.

Use the slider to interactively set the tim...

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UPDATE Just switched from S20FE to Pixel 7

Original post

After playing around with the Pixel for a few days, I finally decided to return it and keep my S20FE 5G.

My decision wasn't based on specifically negative aspects of the P7. Here are my conclusions:

• PROS: Everything ran as expected. At the beginning, I had noticed the P7 heating quite a bit, but that seemed normal due to all the updates and background magic. That eventually sorted itself o...

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Differences between FGS Task Manager, Swipe up and Force Stop

Saw several questions spread across different subreddits and on non-reddit sites asking about the differences. Note this is for Android 13 but may apply to older versions or be useful.
From
https://blog.esper.io/android-13-deep-dive/
Chart
https://i0.wp.com/blog.esper.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Comparing-behavior-of-FGS-task-manager-versus-swipe-up-and-force-stop.png...

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An Update on Fairphone 2
https://www.fairphone.com/en/2023/01/09/an-update-on-fairphone-2/

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Daily Superthread (Jan 10 2023) - Your daily thread for questions, device recommendations and general discussions!

Note 1. Check MoronicMondayAndroid, which serves as a repository for our retired weekly threads. Just pick any thread and Ctrl-F your way to wisdom!

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