What is really wrong with Bluetooth 5, how the phone manufacturers have tricked the buyers and why this matters on the long term

First a very quick recap - [Bluetooth 5](https://www.bluetooth.com/bluetooth-technology/bluetooth5/bluetooth5-paper) is the latest iteration of Bluetooth and the most important 3 improvements are:

- a new long-distance PHYsical Layer (PHY) with about 4x the range (or in fact about 12dB better sensitivity, very smartly obtained using same power and lower final speed)

- a new double-speed PHY

- significant extensions to the advertising model (EDIT - advertising in Bluetooth is how devices find ...

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Nokia makes MWC 2019 official and it could be that Nokia 9 will be unveiled
https://waitfeed.com/nokia/nokia-9/trending/news

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Nokia 7.1 Review (early 2019) - The 'King of the Midrange Smart Phones" is...meh : technology
https://headcycle.com/h/technology/comments/e8222fa0b28f/nokia-71-review-early-2019--the-king-of-the

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A complete Android fork to remove all tracking aspects from Google and others
https://gitlab.e.foundation/e

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Did the phone companies forget to make phones that comfortably fits the pockets?

Gone were the days when they made phones ranging from 4.7 to 5.5 inches. The only smartphone i am very nostalgic to even today is Motorola defy. God bless that fit, finish and feel in the hands. I loved it way too much that I broke it in less than a year.

And with the bezel-less design, I've always wanted to buy an average sized phone. This is what i found in Gsmarena:

Search Filters include : Phones from 2018 to current, 4.7 inches to 5.6 inches, Resolution ranging from FHD to maximum. Note ...

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Google Play and Download manager not downloading (looping) (Fix:Find your suspect App)

[Latest version of APKPure.
Latest version of google play.
Note 8 on Android 8.]

Tried all the classical advises on the "google play doesn't work" topics, which are :

- Clearing the data and cache of Google Play, Google play services, Google services framework, Google backup transport, Downloads, Download manger (yes, download manager because in-app downloads were affected too, like downloading an attachment from gmail or any third party app relying on download manager to download files).

- R...

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Google Opinion Rewards just asked me if I recognize the street names of illicit drugs, WTF

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Test the Future of Firefox on Android with Mozilla's Reference Browser (Faster than Firefox!)
https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/reference-browser#test-channel-on-google-play-store

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Benefits of Unlocked Phone?
https://pos.li/2b37mp

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Samsung Electronics to Replace Plastic Packaging with Sustainable Materials (including for Galaxy phones)
https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-electronics-to-replace-plastic-packaging-with-sustainable-materials

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Google Chrome will get protection from drive-by-downloads
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-chrome-protection-drive-by-downloads/

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Pop quiz - Which Android skin is this?
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-skin-quiz-945645/

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Remove Android Bloatware Without Root

## Requirements
- An Android
- USB Debugging should be on.
- A Computer (Mac, Linux or Windows)
- ADB should be installed and working.

ADB Downloads: https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools


## Staging
- Connect your phone with your computer and make sure adb is working by typing `adb devices -l`, it will show a prompt in your phone, accept it, run `adb devices -l` again and it should output your phone model/codename in terminal.
- In many phones you have to select con...

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Louis Vuitton just made a $2,800 smartwatch
https://www.technobuffalo.com/2019/01/25/louis-vuitton-just-made-a-2800-smartwatch/

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Pictures to clipboard

Android really need to add feature to copy picture to clipboard. The other competitors really pleased us with this simple feature that make us, social media strategists to keep being creative using only that simple feature to works flawlessly on Instagram and any other apps. ...

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Google has added the ability to make multiple custom lists -- not just "Shopping" -- to Google Assistant

Not sure yet about restoring Google Keep integration....

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Regarding bottom chin - If even the S10 can't do away with it, then it's more of a technical impossibility rather than a cost issue.

We gotta hand it to Apple if the S10 fails to remove the chin, and from the leaked renders it appears to be so....

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Sunday Rant/Rage (Jan 27 2019) - Your weekly complaint thread!

Note 1. Join our Discord, IRC, and Telegram chat-rooms! [Please see our wiki for instructions.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/wiki/index#wiki_.2Fr.2Fandroid_chat_rooms)

This weekly Sunday thread is for you to let off some steam and speak out about whatever complaint you might have about:

* Your device.

* Your carrier.

* Your device's manufacturer.

* An app

* Any other company

***

**Rules**

1) Please do not target any individuals or try to name/shame any individual. If y...

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Google goes after ‘Phone X’ with Night Sight on Pixel 3 in latest ad
https://9to5google.com/2019/01/26/pixel-3-vs-iphone-xs-night-sight/

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Android Memory Management - How does it work? - YouTube
https://youtu.be/LEbKFLbUNzM

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Xiaomi Mi A2's are bricking because of the January Security Update & No Media covering it!

Xiaomi Mi A2's are bricking because of the January Security Update & No Media is covering it! Some users experiencing poor fingerprint speed, poor picture clarity, portrait mode issues, memory issues and now some users are having their phones bricked.

No media is covering the fact that Xiaomi's January security update is now bricking some users phones. If it were iPhones or Samsungs they'd be covering it right away.

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Android Pie update was awful for the Mi A2, the January update made ...

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