That makes it heavier. These are your options
- thin and flat back with worse cameras
- flat back and thick and heavy
- flat back and thick and not so heavy, but with quite a bit of empty space in the phone.
- the status quo: camera bumps
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iPhone 17's Competition: Google Launches New Pixel 10 Smartphones
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Android phones have always had more compelling hardware, except for the SoC, which is where apple shines. Apple seems to have this strange tunnel vision where it laser-focuses on a perceived problem, puts everything into addressing that one problem, then moves on to the next problem. But they dont cover all the bases well. It's all the inbetween things they do so well in software (well, used to. the next iOS is horrible) they totally neglect in hardware.
"On Pixel 8 and later, you can also use Face Unlock to verify that it’s you, like when you sign into apps or approve a purchase."
Unlock your Pixel phone with your face - Pixel Phone Help
How Face Unlock works You can create a unique model of your face to unlock your Pixel phone with Face Unlock. Face Unlock is available on Pixel 4 and Pixel 7 or later Pixel phones, including Pixel Fo
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It runs Android is a reason to buy it. IOS = Android 12 or so.
AI is not going away. Best to learn and use it to your advantage or be left behind.
Hopefully you now understand to be more specific in your initial post and not assume everyone knows what you are talking about.
Google should of had Stephen Colbert instead of Fallon. The phones look pretty good. Anxious to see the iphone 17 models, though.
I'll take better water/dust resistance, bigger battery, Qi2 with magnets and Google's take on Android on my folding phone over super thin with Samsung's OS any day of the week.
Apple just used to fill half the seats with their employees at their live events to get the same effect.So apparently at the Google event they had an applause sign and they asked the press to clap whenever the sign lit up. Imagine the roasting Apple would get if it ever did that.
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At this Made by Google event they are asking MEDIA AND PRESS to clap when an “applause” sign comes on during the event. This is kind of wild.www.threads.com
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You enjoy pissing off your friends and making fun of them. Great "friend" you are
Do you even realize that when you share images with your Android friends, the same quality degradation happens? It's a perverted way to prove iPhone superiority.
"On Pixel 8 and later, you can also use Face Unlock to verify that it’s you, like when you sign into apps or approve a purchase."
Unlock your Pixel phone with your face - Pixel Phone Help
How Face Unlock works You can create a unique model of your face to unlock your Pixel phone with Face Unlock. Face Unlock is available on Pixel 4 and Pixel 7 or later Pixel phones, including Pixel Fo
You can, but it doesn’t work in low light since it’s not infrared based like FaceID is.
Sure, if you like supporting a company whose only reason to exist is to mine your user data to sell ads.
the dynamic island is a buzzword apple uses because someone in the design department thought they needed to hide the pill hole cutout. It's not a thing. it's a design decision that would look cool if you didn't know what a cutout was. it's a pop-up box that happens to overlap with the camera cutout.
Apple was also the first to move to Retina-class pixel density screens in each device category.
Others got to HDR high-color OLED first, but often with poor color management. Apple shows content in the correct color space, and even in multiple spaces simultaneously (though I think Android has caught up here)
The Pixel Pro line apparently has camera hardware equivalent or better than the iPhone, but with more caveats. At least on my Pixel 8 Pro, slow motion and panorama modes only work with the wide lens—not with the ultrawide and telephoto. HDR video recording doesn't work in 60 FPS mode (it looks like it finally can with the 10 Pro). The 48mp photos look nice, and significantly more detailed than the 12MP mode, but the camera is laggy in 48mp mode. The iPhone had a better panorama mode.
With all honesty … We should be thankful for what we have right now. The foldable phones are in no way a good idea because of the horrible crease in the middle and Apple is not accepting it. Regarding the AI capabilities, as long as I can use ChatGPT, Gemini on my phone, I don’t need anything else and Apple intelligence for now is well an insult to our intelligence and someone should be sacked for this … But I am hopeful and content. at some point I could switch to the only viable alternative « Samsung »
Oh I just think it's weird because folks all in on Apple (and Messages) are actually blue bubbles.
Nice looking phones and interesting features, unfortunately, I’d buy a Huawei before a Google phone. Their questionable business practices of censorship, data hoarding, etc is alarming. I do like the colors, the phones, etc but couldn’t bring myself to do something like rocking a Google created phone.
I don't understand why people think flip phones and foldables are the biggest innovation ever. Devices like Nintendo DS have existed. All of this is simply an extension of that basic idea. And personally, I do not want a foldable. It does not make any sense at all.
looks cool and i like the material design of the new OS. i'd love to change to the android side but i'm so deep in the apple universe it's almost impossible to get out (whole family is on iOS, AppleTV, HomePods, Apple Watches). but it's my own fault for that situation. i'm going to stay in the golden cage forever i think. hopefully the new iphone will bring some cool stuff... hope is last to die.
Good to see the new Pixel devices. Both Pixel Fold and Galaxy Fold are having zoom lens. Will be really disappointing if the upcoming iPhone fold is missing it. Also hoping that the screen will be bigger than what is rumored now. Wonder why Samsung has not come up with accessories like the Magsafe charger from Apple.
It's not my problem you got the assumption wrong actually. That's your responsibility.
I'm not discussing this with you further. Have a good day.
And here we go, someone comes in to immediately defend the Android side without knowing the full picture.
That's literally what I'm going for. Why are you even asking this? Did you not understand the point I was making?
Almost everything is simply an extension of a basic idea in some form of another. The smartphone? Simply a PDA with an antenna iterated over time. I don't think taking it down to that level really produces helpful results.
Smartphones exist and are useful. Tablets exist and are useful. Devices that can be both and fit in your pocket are an innovation. Clearly not a paradigm-shift innovation like the smartphone itself, but still.
I would buy a foldable -- fold, not flip -- in a heartbeat if it wasn't so expensive. I would love one at work for multitasking purposes on the go and I would love one for personal use (again doing multiple things at once, read books etc).