Opinion: The Google Pixel is no longer what it was known for

It was known for its best performance, great battery life, great speakers, and the best camera. Now?

- The Pixel 3 has mediocre RAM management (even after December patch), and multiple reviewers even report it stuttering. Definitely not best performance.

- Speaker quality is worse than Pixel 2 XL, and Pixel 3 XL has widespread distortion issues. Not great, but above average speaker.

- The battery life of the Pixel 3 XL is noticeably worse than Pixel 2 XL according to benchmarks, and many r...

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How I stopped pre installed malware without root on a Phicomm Energy 3+

Hey folks someone gifted me a ''Phicomm Energy 3+ chinese device but there was malware preinstalled.

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The malware is of this type

[https://blog.avast.com/android-devices-ship-with-pre-installed-malware](https://blog.avast.com/android-devices-ship-with-pre-installed-malware)

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Basically a preinstalled dropper app pulls more ad infested games, ad notifications and so on.

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Getting those trash notifications, I was about to throw the phone away. Remembering that it was a...

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Samsung reportedly in talks to buy company behind Oppo’s periscope camera tech
https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-corephotonics-purchase-947109/

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Galaxy Note 9 Android Pie UK OTA rollout is now underway
https://www.sammobile.com/2019/01/28/galaxy-note-9-android-pie-uk-ota

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Xposed Framework gets unofficially ported for Android Pie: Install at your own risk
https://www.xda-developers.com/xposed-framework-unofficial-port-android-pie/

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Samsung releases the Galaxy M10 & M20 with Android 8.1 Oreo, nearly 6 months after Android 9.0 became available
https://youtu.be/6VzpTIOrho8

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Samsung Galaxy M10, Galaxy M20 With Infinity-V Display Launched.
https://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/samsung-galaxy-m10-galaxy-m20-with-infinity-v-display-panels-dual-rear-camera-setups-launched-in-ind-1984520

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How much RAM does your phone REALLY need in 2019? - YouTube
https://youtu.be/9mkrtWg4c3E

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Official TWRP for Realme 2 Pro (codename: rmx1801)
https://twrp.me/realme/realme2pro.html

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How Facebook tracks Android users, even those without Facebook accounts
https://boingboing.net/2019/01/28/deletefacebookdelete.html

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[DEV] [FREE] We wanted to view Billboard charts on mobile with great UX. So we created an app for that.

Drake, Imagine Dragons, Cardi B? How many of you like to check whose song is on top this week? Or which band is currently bossing the Rock scene? Well, here's your chance.
 

We've have created an awesome Android app with material design guidelines which shows latest Billboard.com charts
 

Introducing [Billboard - Top Music Charts] (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spians.music.billboard)
 

You can also access charts for different genres such as rock, hip hop, c...

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AnTuTu releases a benchmark to test the AI performance of smartphones
https://www.xda-developers.com/antutu-releases-a-benchmark-to-test-the-ai-performance-of-smartphones/

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Samsung Galaxy M20 First Impressions! by Beebom
https://youtu.be/CiUmcytSVlM

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Foldable Phones Aren't Ready (Yet) [MKBHD]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLA1XLO8p1A

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What Should Android “Q” be Called? – Droid Life
https://www.droid-life.com/2019/01/28/android-q-name/

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Pie in the Nokia 5.

So, my phone decided to commit deadn't and I forced the Pie update right away.

First things I noticed.

* God, this is like iOS 12 to an iPhone 6, everything's so smooth.
* I had to sideload Digital Wellbeing and install a Wind Down alternative due to the Nokia 5 not being in Android One.
* The new animations are great, but the open app one looks like an iOS ripoff.
* No gestures for me! (thanks)
* Always On Display (more like Sometimes On Display) scares me, this might deplete my battery.
* Th...

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DOJ Charges China's Huawei, Alleging Fraud, Obstruction of Justice, and Theft of Trade Secrets
https://gizmodo.com/doj-charges-chinas-huawei-alleging-fraud-obstruction-1832134946

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Justice Dept. charges Huawei with fraud, ratcheting up U.S.-China tensions
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/justice-dept-charges-huawei-with-fraud-ratcheting-up-us-china-tensions/2019/01/28/70a7f550-2320-11e9-81fd-b7b05d5bed90_story.html?utm_term=.84e13b5db2d8

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Discussion on battery life and why we should have more of it.

Personal anecdote: I had a Moto Z Play, 3 times even, one I killed with water damage by accident, one I sold and the other one I also sold eventually, because I switched phones a lot. The last one had a Moto Turbo power pack too.

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I also had a Lenovo P2 somewhere in between, gave that one to my little sister who still uses it.

I really could hit myself in the head for ditching each and every one of them, over the course of these years I have come to realize there is nothing sweeter th...

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Why not use folding phone as smart watches?

I just watched MKBHD's on folding displays and I couldn't help but ask myself why there wasn't any mention of a phone that would bend into a smartwatch.
The phone wouldn't have to be perfectly flat since it has to warp around your wrist.
I would solve the problem of fitting all the tech into a small device (if it was even a problem).
And software wise android wear already exists they would just have to adapt it to a "folded phone" version.
Is there something major I'm totally missing and I can...

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Notch vs Bezzle vs Punchout: Do you use your front facing camera?

Do you? I dont. I honestly can remember the last time i opened my camera app and wanted to see what the front facing camera had to offer, and it was to see behind a TV to find out where the optical audio port was; and it didnt help. Outside of that scenario, the front facing camera is an after thought and only makes itself known when i want to take a photo of something in front of me, and I get my unprepared face.

I have no interest in any overly R&D solution to fit a front facing camera o...

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