Fancy Phones Are the New Object of Revenge Spending
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-05-06/apple-iphone-14-other-high-end-devices-benefit-from-revenge-spending?srnd=premium&leadSource=uverify%20wall

https://redd.it/13bcj1c
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Daily Superthread (May 08 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!

Note 2. Join our IRC and Telegram chat-rooms! Please see our wiki for instructions.

Please post your questions here. Feel free to use this thread for general questions/discus...

https://redd.it/13bmxv8
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It’s time for Google to fix the Nest Hub
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/8/23688662/google-nest-hub-interface-io-2023

https://redd.it/13bw742
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Google Pixel Tablet specs leak just days ahead of I/O
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/8/23715130/google-pixel-tablet-specs-leak-release-date-io

https://redd.it/13c31ng
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Tutorial: How to stop apps like Authy, Venmo etc. from being locked to portrait mode on Android tablets/foldables

One of the most annoying parts about using most Android tablets or foldables is being forced to flip the device over because an app doesn't support landscape mode. This is a big issue on the OPPO Find N2, for example. Fortunately, there's a fix. Here's how it works.

If you aren't familiar with this problem or don't think it's a big deal, watch this part of Michael Fisher's OPPO Find N2 review
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Google One VPN readying ‘broader IP address region’ setting
https://9to5google.com/2023/05/08/google-one-vpn-broader/

https://redd.it/13c7186
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OnePlus Pad review
https://www.gsmarena.com/oneplus_pad-review-2563.php

https://redd.it/13c7z23
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Google and Samsung Team Up to Fix Android's Background App Problems
https://www.extremetech.com/mobile/google-and-samsung-team-up-fix-androids-background-app-problems

https://redd.it/13cclsn
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AQUOS R8 line up- SHARP
https://jp.sharp/k-tai/23summer/

https://redd.it/13ccveg
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Daily Superthread (May 09 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!

Note 2. Join our IRC and Telegram chat-rooms! Please see our wiki for instructions.

Please post your questions here. Feel free to use this thread for general questions/discus...

https://redd.it/13cnmyq
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Poco F5 Pro and Poco F5 launched globally
https://www.gsmarena.com/the_poco_f5_pro_and_poco_f5_price_availability-news-58491.php

https://redd.it/13crmtc
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Why did you switch to Android ? Pros and cons

Once again, I may be lured to the side of the Droid, mainly because I have the feeling that apple has really stopped innovating (I had some hopes for the latest iphone and Dynamic Island but it turned out to be a mistake) and when I see the Xiaomi Mix Fold 2 (which I just discovered) on the phone side or the Lenovo Yoga book 9i on the laptop side, I feel much more attracted to all those novelties.

To give you a bit of background, I have had most iPhones since the 1st one, also had a lot of Macs...

https://redd.it/13cpulk
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Huawei Mate X3 review
https://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_mate_x3-review-2565.php

https://redd.it/13ctzsn
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Huawei P60 Pro comes 1st in the DXOMARK Camera test with 156 points, 3 points higher than the Find X6 Pro
https://www.dxomark.com/huawei-p60-pro-camera-test/

https://redd.it/13d1pmm
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WhatsApp starts beta testing Wear OS app
https://9to5google.com/2023/05/08/whatsapp-wear-os-app-beta/

https://redd.it/13d2dyg
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US Smartphone Shipments Decline in Q1 2023 Amid High Inflation, Inventory Correction; Apple Share Up
https://www.counterpointresearch.com/us-smartphone-shipments-decline-in-q1-2023-amid-high-inflation-inventory-correction-apple-share-up/

https://redd.it/13d0qzj
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Nokia XR21 rugged phone announced with IP69K & MIL-STD-810H certifications

Official Product Page: [Nokia XR21 is one tough phone that’s ready to entertain](https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_int/nokia-xr-21?sku=VMA752H9FI1CN0)

Datasheet (courtesy of Nokiamob): [PowerPoint Presentation (nokiamob.net)](https://nokiamob.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/NokiaXR21Datasheet.pdf?x98275)

I know this will probably get trolled to high-hell because of the chipset-to-price ratio but news is news...

**Key specifications**

* OS: Android™ 12 | 3 years of OS upgrades / 4 years of sec...

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Project Bringing Hardware Accelerated Language Models to Android Devices

We introduce MLC LLM for Android – a solution that allows large language models to be deployed natively on Android devices, plus a productive framework for everyone to further optimize model performance for their use cases. Everything runs locally and accelerated with native GPU on the phone.

We can run runs Vicuña-7b on Android Samsung Galaxy S23.

Github https://github.com/mlc-ai/mlc-llm/tree/main/android

Demo: https://mlc.ai/mlc-llm/#a...

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"The Google Pixel 7a Leaked Video is Taking the Internet by Storm (Exclusive)" - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHc3kCTCTgU

https://redd.it/13d6rcg
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TIL that YouTube Music has a real, built in hearing test which customizes sound output for both of your ears - and can also tell you whether you have hearing loss in a certain range, as I apparently do...

Go to settings in the app, then playback, then equalizer, then "adapt sound" and click "hearing test"...

https://redd.it/13d7bg3
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Google Pixel x NBA: The Greatest Watch Party - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00a9yBiyqQM

https://redd.it/13dilpc
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