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Re: Devices set me free (the gadgets thread)
Posted: Fri September 08, 2017 4:35 pm
by run2death
I got a DeX for my work Samsung S8. It's surprisingly good.
Re: Devices set me free (the gadgets thread)
Posted: Mon October 23, 2017 5:21 pm
by tragabigzanda
Naomi Klein wrote:"Clout is the values-free currency of the always-online age — both a substitute for hard cash as well as a conduit to it. Clout is a calculus not of what you do, but of how much bulk you-ness there is in the world. You get clout by playing the victim. You get clout by victimizing others. This is something that is understood by the left and the right. If influence sways, clout squats, taking up space for its own sake."
Re: Devices set me free (the gadgets thread)
Posted: Mon October 23, 2017 11:28 pm
by B
Can I post here that my inlaws keep buying us Kindle Fires, and they suck. Well, actually, the Amazon app store sucks. If that were better, Kindles would be pretty cool.
Re: Devices set me free (the gadgets thread)
Posted: Sun May 27, 2018 2:53 pm
by run2death
Been doing some testing at work with the Samsung S9.
It's a beautiful phone, but I couldn't wait to get back to my Pixel 2.
Samsung's instance to hinder their phones with all the ridiculous hand gestures, terrible interface (TouchWiz) and laughable Bixby is perplexing.
Why waste the development dollars on this shit? Why not just let Google do all the heavy lifting for you?
Re: Devices set me free (the gadgets thread)
Posted: Mon September 24, 2018 6:43 pm
by LoathedVermin72
I updated my iOS last night and now my screen looks blown out and weird and ugly and I can’t get it back to how I like it. Fucking Apple.
Re: Devices set me free (the gadgets thread)
Posted: Mon September 24, 2018 7:48 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
LoathedVermin72 wrote:I updated my iOS last night and now my screen looks blown out and weird and ugly and I can’t get it back to how I like it. Fucking Apple.
It's an easy fix
Don't use Apple products
Re: Devices set me free (the gadgets thread)
Posted: Mon September 24, 2018 9:13 pm
by LoathedVermin72
Yeah yeah
Re: Devices set me free (the gadgets thread)
Posted: Tue October 09, 2018 8:33 pm
by run2death
I'll be getting a Pixel 3 shortly.
Re: Devices set me free (the gadgets thread)
Posted: Tue November 13, 2018 2:27 pm
by run2death
Those new folding cell phones look ridiculous, but flexible displays are important step in technology.
Re: Devices set me free (the gadgets thread)
Posted: Tue November 13, 2018 4:05 pm
by bune
E.H. Ruddock wrote:LoathedVermin72 wrote:I updated my iOS last night and now my screen looks blown out and weird and ugly and I can’t get it back to how I like it. Fucking Apple.
It's an easy fix
Don't use Apple products
I wonder how their stock is going to do with the announcement that they want to make money from software while at the same time hiding their hardware sales numbers.
Re: Devices set me free (the gadgets thread)
Posted: Tue January 22, 2019 5:43 am
by run2death
run2death wrote:I'll be getting a Pixel 3 shortly.
Our IT department was in some kind of pissing match with our carrier, so I'm
finally about to upgrade to the Pixel 3.
The Pixel 2 has been the best phone I've ever had. I hope the Pixel 3 can live up to that standard.
Re: Devices set me free (the gadgets thread)
Posted: Tue January 22, 2019 6:34 pm
by bune
huh.
Re: Devices set me free (the gadgets thread)
Posted: Wed April 24, 2019 4:12 pm
by run2death
New company does a monthly stipend instead of company-issued cell phones.
Had to give back my Pixel 3.
Was kinda tempted to do a 12-month lease (at $12 a month!) with the Galaxy S10, but I can't go back to the bloat of non-vanilla Android. No costume rom and/or minilamist launcher can replicate the Pixel experience.
I guess I'll use my old iPhone SE until the Pixel 3a come out in a month or so.
Re: Devices set me free (the gadgets thread)
Posted: Wed April 24, 2019 4:57 pm
by bune
It's crazy that so much is known about the 3a but it's still technically rumoured since it's not announced.
Re: Devices set me free (the gadgets thread)
Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 2:28 am
by run2death
Glad I waited for the Pixel 3a. Camera's better than the S10 and iPhone Xs and it really only sacrifices shit that I don't need/want.
Re: Devices set me free (the gadgets thread)
Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 3:01 am
by Sgt. Crackpot
Still lower spec than a Huawei Mate 10 Pro. Wtf?
Re: Devices set me free (the gadgets thread)
Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 3:49 am
by run2death
Only $400, Google's photo processing and instant Android updates, bub.
Most people won't notice the difference in processing power.
Re: Devices set me free (the gadgets thread)
Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 5:28 pm
by run2death
Jesus, Google's giving me $250 for my 3-year-old iPhone SE as a trade-in for the Pixel 3a.
Then you also get $100 in Google Store credit with the purchase.
Re: Devices set me free (the gadgets thread)
Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 6:06 pm
by bune
Yeah, that's the same thing I'm doing.
And you get $100? I didn't see that. I need to find that deal.
Re: Devices set me free (the gadgets thread)
Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 6:29 pm
by run2death