When you hand your phone to granny to take a photo of you, can she get the job done? Rate this thread to express how you deem the Samsung Galaxy A42 5G's camera software. A higher rating indicates that the software is easy to use, fast, uncluttered, and inclusive of advanced features for when you need them.
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There are lot of apps preinstalled on A42. Most of them are useless for me and can be deleted, many can't be deleted or disabled, some can't be used at all (installed, but can't nbe started), so you have dozens of apps you don't want/can't run on your phone. Some apps (like keyboard, password manager, Samsung cloud) are bound to system and always offer you options you declined already. UI translation to my language (czech, small market) is quite bad, many texts are incomprehensible or have different meaning. Software support is bad, phone was delivered with December 20 patches and now, late March 21, no updates at all. Internet browser is very slow, loading of single page takes up to 30 seconds and durinf this time app is unresponsive. Fingerprint recognition is below average, few time a week it stops completely (fingerprint login is stopped by system and can't be used), so often you have to log in with password/PIN. Probably only plus is Android auto preinstalled and working fine.
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Yes, yes, it's possible to love a phone. Heck, you sleep next to it, don't you? Rate this thread to indicate your love for the Planet Gemini PDA, all things considered. A higher rating indicates that the Planet Gemini PDA is an incredible phone that you enjoy tremendously. You love it.
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I think Vesion 2 will be amazing
I was one of the lucky (well long waiting) ones who got their gemini quite early. I have had it a few weeks and can now say it is by far my favourite device. It is actually surprisingly easy to use as a phone. True, you can't see who is calling when the gemini is shut (the trick LEDs don't work yet), but making calls is easy and the gemini is surprisingly comfortable to use.
The keyboard is what makes the gemini. There have been a few reports of keyboard problems, but mine doesn't have any of them. After getting used to it, it is easy to type on, and quick. The two most useful things about it are the hotkeys (eg. press Fn-Del for settings,....) and the planet bar. With both of these, you can get where you want very quickly. The gemini is quick - not as fast as the current top contenders, but I haven't been wanting for more speed. By using the keyboard, you never cover the screen, so filling out forms online is much easier.
I installed termux for a simple environment and it does what I need in terms of ssh, scp and a general SD card maintenance. It can also handle source compilation using gcc (well actually LLVM).
All in all, my laptop hasn't seen the light of day since the gemini arrived. It is my only device now, and I am loving it!
I am waiting to give sailfish a go - the new keyboard savy sailfish 3 could be the perfect OS for the gemini.
My review of the Gemini PDA
I've posted a detailed review of the Gemini PDA at:
hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/002328.html
You're busy and don't have time to wait, which is why you need to stop reading this thread and get back to organizing your Pogs. Rate this thread to express how the Vivo Nex performs when multitasking. A higher rating indicates that the Vivo Nex keeps many apps in memory so that they don't need to reload, and that when moving between apps, transitions are smooth and performance is excellent.
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I use OneNote and have all my notes on this app. OneNote in windows Phone didn't give you a Badge, which drops an omnipresent, transparent Icon on every app screen you open for quick access to a note for when you need to write down a quicky note. Microsoft added this function for One Note on Android phones and must say it is useful and was much needed even before they included it for Android phones.
You're busy and don't have time to wait, which is why you need to stop reading this thread and get back to organizing your Pogs. Rate this thread to express how the Nokia 9 PureView performs when multitasking. A higher rating indicates that the Nokia 9 PureView keeps many apps in memory so that they don't need to reload, and that when moving between apps, transitions are smooth and performance is excellent.
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When i first got this phone, i wasn't familiar with Pie, and i didn't even realize i had a billion things open. So i think the Android One experience really shines in the multi-tasking area. You can even squeeze more speed by disabling all of googles features and services, however it does come to a point where disabling too much can make the OS shudder or just ruin seamless experiences. You will start to experience just a hair of that if you disable google services. However coming from a Windows phone im not sure if this is the norm.
On average right now i only use 3-4GB of memory
I will try to update this post as i go through a work week, to provide a more 'typical' experience.
When you hand your phone to granny to take a photo of you, can she get the job done? Rate this thread to express how you deem the ASUS ROG Phone II's camera software. A higher rating indicates that the software is easy to use, fast, uncluttered, and inclusive of advanced features for when you need them.
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poor software,it feels handicapped when trying make combos with the settings
Could you please elaborate further?
Not Sure why that guy has an issue with the phone
omar.abbas said:
Could you please elaborate further?
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I've had the phone for around 4 days now (short time I know). I found if you're using the gaming theme , yes it's hard to understand. though basic functionality of camera and phone are easy enough to understand and use.
If you use the standard google/ asus launcher and theme, its essentially a pixel or stock android, so much easier to use and understand.
So to answer your question: Yes grandma can take a picture for you. as long as you don't have a weird icon layout/ theme and she can use a standard smartphone camera.
Are you comfortable in your own skin? Is your phone comfortable in its skin? Rate this thread to express how you deem the skin on the OnePlus 7T. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it adds just the right amount of features, it's visually pleasing, and overall it's additive to the experience. If this is a Nexus phone (you didn't think we hand-wrote all of these prompts, did you?) then use this rating to indicate how the latest version of Android looks to you.
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I don't have a lot of experience with Android 10, so I really have no baseline to compare OnePlus's implementation to "pure" Q.
I will say that none of OnePlus's pre-installed stuff has behaved in a rude, intrusive, or otherwise obnoxious manner. Their apps seem content to quietly sit in the corner coloring until summoned, like well-behaved children and recently-commissioned military officers. Neither have I come across anything about the interface that I hated or found confusing. It took me about half a cup of coffee to figure out where stuff was compared to Oreo, which is not bad at all.
Overall the phone is good. The only complaint is the GPS that I can recall. When I initially updated it to 10.0.4 the GPS was weird and couldn't lock onto my position. The GPS it's still a little buggy at times when it comes to locking onto my position. The other complaint is just minor. The ambient display has a lack of customization, but it's not buggy. I appreciate the lack of bloatware! This phone is blazing fast. Faster then a Samsung Galaxy s10 + head to head.
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Overall the phone is good. The only complaint is the GPS that I can recall. When I initially updated it to 10.0.4 the GPS was weird and couldn't lock onto my position. The GPS it's still a little buggy at times when it comes to locking onto my position. The other complaint is just minor. The ambient display has a lack of customization, but it's not buggy. I appreciate the lack of bloatware! This phone is blazing fast. Faster then a Samsung Galaxy s10 + head to head.
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GPS is very important to me, so I made a few tweaks last night that I'll test when I'm done doing actual revenue work. I shall let you know how they work out.
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Overall the phone is good. The only complaint is the GPS that I can recall. When I initially updated it to 10.0.4 the GPS was weird and couldn't lock onto my position. The GPS it's still a little buggy at times when it comes to locking onto my position. The other complaint is just minor. The ambient display has a lack of customization, but it's not buggy. I appreciate the lack of bloatware! This phone is blazing fast. Faster then a Samsung Galaxy s10 + head to head.
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There's a stretch of road not far from me that gives satellite receivers in general fits due to the topography. Accordingly, that's where I go to test satellite receivers.
There was no spot along that road where any of the dedicated GPS-testing apps I tried on my 7t were unable to get and keep a fix. The SNR's were also very usable. That tells me the radios are fine.
However, presumably because the birds keep disappearing and being replaced with new ones due to the topography, moving-map applications other than Google Maps kept losing their positions for a few seconds or minutes, and then recovering it anywhere from a few yards to more than a mile later. If I pulled over to the side of the road, however, they would quickly get a fix.
Magic Earth seemed to have the most difficulty, followed by OsmAnd. Google Maps didn't appear to have any problems. I rarely use it and its interface doesn't provide very detailed information, but it appeared to maintain its fix.
I tried several tweaks to solve the problems with Magic Earth and OsmAnd, but what seems to have fixed the problem was going into Dev Options and enabling "Force full GNSS measurements: Track all GNSS constellations and frequencies with no duty cycling." I suspect that the duty cycling caused problems for the apps because of the frequency of satellites disappearing from view, and the difficulty of re-establishing a fix in a moving vehicle under those conditions.
With that setting enabled, Magic earth only lost its fix twice, in the two most problematic points in the route, and quickly regained it. OsmAnd didn't have any problems that I noticed, nor did Google Maps.
Of course, toggling that setting to on does consume more power; but nothing in life is free.