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Yeah, I legit don't have this problem. The "dongle" is just a cable extension that's affixed to the cable that came with my wireless headphones, so it's not like I'm carrying anything extra and there's no real reason to ever detach it (not like I'm bringing extra headphones, but if that's your use case I guess I can see why).
But I haven't yet actually had to use that cable in the three or four years since I've gone wireless. The luxury of using over-ears is that you get several tens of hours of battery life and since you don't use them for that entire time, charging them up with a portable battery while they're in your bad eliminates any real danger of being left with an empty pair.
Anyone have experience with the new Moto X4? I'm on Project Fi w/ a Nexus 5X and I finally fell victim to the boot loop issue. Customer support was nice enough to upgrade me to the Moto X4 since I have the device protection, so I'm less nervous about taking the plunge on the X4. However, most reviews I've ready have said that's it's merely a decent phone.
I've really come to appreciate convenient features on some of these flagships, whether it's hardware or software. I can't believe I'm just now finally using apps edge on my phone now.
Before I was using swipable docks on Nova launcher. Using apps edge to access my most used apps is just more efficient and easier to handle. Now I don't think I would want to give this up going to another phone. It's good for handling for quick things like doing quick calculations as well.
When I had a Moto back up phone for a bit, I loved the way the notifications were set up. You picked up the phone and you would see your notifications on the black screen, then hold and swipe to preview or actually complete an action such as replying to a message. Wish Samsung just copied that feature instead of having an always on display.
If the iPhone X had something like this, it would be such a big upgrade. But we know that Apple is stubborn and won't even upgrade notifications.
Before I was using swipable docks on Nova launcher. Using apps edge to access my most used apps is just more efficient and easier to handle. Now I don't think I would want to give this up going to another phone. It's good for handling for quick things like doing quick calculations as well.
When I had a Moto back up phone for a bit, I loved the way the notifications were set up. You picked up the phone and you would see your notifications on the black screen, then hold and swipe to preview or actually complete an action such as replying to a message. Wish Samsung just copied that feature instead of having an always on display.
If the iPhone X had something like this, it would be such a big upgrade. But we know that Apple is stubborn and won't even upgrade notifications.
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I like the convenience of wireless headphones but pairing and battery life are definitely huge issues for me. Now, I understand that these things are less of an issue the more you spend on headphones. Higher quality headphones have better BT chips and depending on the form factor, bigger batteries. But while I use headphones every single day and don't ever leave my apartment without them, I only need them for podcasts and therefore couldn't care less about high-quality audio. That's why I always used pack-ins or similar cheap headphones for 15€. And today, when the battery of my shitty 40€ Philips BT headphones died during my lunch break, I was really glad that I had my wired headphones with me. Going full wireless is just not an option if you don't want to spend much on headphones.
I mean nothing is stopping you from dropping a grand on a 128gb pixel 2 xl ;p
Haha - I've never even spent close to that much money on a phone. I just don't use my phone in such a way that I need something that nice. It was basically the Moto X4 for me (either by purchase or replacement) or I was dropping Fi altogether.
It might not be on a black background but the iPhone X does raise to wake and gives you your notifications right then and there (while also hiding notification content unless it recognises you specifically). And it finally added tap-to-wake too for similar effect. It also has direct-reply from the lockscreen through force touch on a notification.
I have several issues with Apple's notification system, but these things aren't among them tbh.
Yeah, I'm just talking about a specific feature that Moto phones have that I want on any phone I use.
Apple should leverage AMOLED screen door things like this. They don't make efficient use of things they should. I expect for the bigger iPhone X, they'll finally implement multiwindow
LOL I found it funny how previous Xperia have headphone jack but no one cares but now it was some sort kind of killer features they missed or something. I Kind of wish to see the reaction if Samsung or LG decided to follow the leader.
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Well the only reason I have a Samsung over a Pixel 2 is the headphone jack, so I'll just find another option should they remove it.
The only thing worse than companies removing the headphone jack are the idiots who somehow advocate for less choice. The hell is wrong with you? You love Bluetooth headphones so much, it works great on phones with headphone jacks. How brainwashed do you have to be to buy the Apple spin that you have to choose either/or?
As an owner of a phone without a headphone jack (Essential phone) I can definitely say that it's not a big deal to me and I easily got used to using the dongle, plus $20 Bluetooth headphones sound okay to me as I'm no audiophile.
However, it is without a doubt the type of feature that should only be on budget phones trying to save a few cents on manufacturing/licensing cost. I paid $170 so I'm not complaining but ask anybody if they would buy a flagship TV you without an HDMI port? It's nice to have wireless input/output but relying on it as your sole solution has no benefit to the user.
Latest rumors are a 81% screen to body ratio, but there are so many numbers being tossed out by "insiders" these days you never know who to believe.
Like I said, if the rumors somehow end up being true and they have a camera that can hold its own, I'm all in.
As someone that doesn't really care about audio quality and use bluetooth headsets most of the time, there are still plenty of issues with going BT.
- Multidevices pairing and hopping around is a pain if you aren't in the apple w3 ecosystem.
- Battery indicator is finicky in terms of support (was finally introduced to stock android in 8.0) and accuracy (all my shit seems to go from 50% to low battery). Gotta shell out the big bucks for some that have apps.
- the hottest thing of 2017, the switch doesn't support BT headsets for some reason so thats another hassle.
- 99% of BT headsets still use microusb, so another cable to bring around.
I didn't mind the lack of head phone jacks in the beginning, but after almost losing the adapter multiple times I got fed up.
And bluetooth get a clumsy when you carry multiple phones.
And bluetooth get a clumsy when you carry multiple phones.
Samsung had that at-a-glance style feature first. it was in the S3/Note2, etc... Moto and others got it later and Samsung moved on to AOD.
Damn, would have been nice to have it as an option. I don't need the phone display on all the time, even if it's minimal. I mean it just makes more sense for the phone to activate when you touch it because it's that when you intend to use it...
I don't remember Samsung having any at a glance feature back then, but it's been years. As for AOD, that's just a copy Active Display/Moto Display.
Raise to wake is a good feature. It's surprising that that king of sometimes superfluous features, Samsung, doesn't have it.
Same for double-tap to wake. They sort of have it by letting you double-tap on a notification icon on the AOD, which brings you to that app, but I'd rather have regular double-tap to wake and I really don't understand why they don't have it.
You mean Nokia Glance?
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You can wave your hand over the sensors to wake phone. But yeah raise to wake would be nice
go into Gboard settings > Dictionary > Delete learned words
or you can always touch and hold the suggestion as they appear and delete them from there
Why not connect the dongle to your fav pair of headphones?
Use bt on one phone and connect via 3.5 when needed on the other(if the headphone has a jack?)
This is the other thing I'd do with my Moto phone. It worked great.
At least from the Sony's diagram their dongle is split with usb input? Or maybe sony is going to include a 4.4mm headphone jack lol
JDI develops Glass-based Fingerprint Sensor; shipments start this year
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Anyone know why my S7 vibrates at me sometimes when I pick it up? Is it trying to tell me something?
I bought a $50 Moto E4 and returned it 24 hours later because of all the things it lacked. I need a compass and all the modern sensors. For $50 ($30 at Wal-Mart) it is more than capable for someone that wants a smartphone to have one. Build quality is great for the price and the display is more than adequate. My main issue is the overall footprint of the device. It's too big for what you get. It would be fine if the camera didn't suck and offered raw support.
Just ordered an XZ1C unlocked for $464 off Amazon. It's not as bad of a ripoff on paper as it looks compared to the iPhone SE. You get the flagship SOC, bigger display, possibly brighter display, wide angle front facing cam, and newest OS. You save over $36 to boot. Can't wait to review this. Hope it doesn't disappoint as my first official tissue flagship in years.
Just ordered an XZ1C unlocked for $464 off Amazon. It's not as bad of a ripoff on paper as it looks compared to the iPhone SE. You get the flagship SOC, bigger display, possibly brighter display, wide angle front facing cam, and newest OS. You save over $36 to boot. Can't wait to review this. Hope it doesn't disappoint as my first official tissue flagship in years.
You will not regret it.
It likes you. Pet it some.
Can't believe I've been putting up with Gmails threaded conversation crap for so many years, the amount of emails I've missed from getting lost in a stupid collapsed thread.
Outlook works exactly as I need it.
Outlook works exactly as I need it.
Never used the Moto X4, but I did use the Moto G4 Plus which is lower end than the X4. Honestly, it ran better than the Nexus 5X (I owned and used it for about 1-2 months). I always felt the 5X was a little slow and lagged if you opened the camera or Google Maps.