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What should I buy Thursday (Dec 29 2016) - Your weekly device inquiry thread!

What should I buy Thursday (Dec 29 2016) - Your weekly device inquiry thread!

Posted: 29 Dec 2016 03:07 AM PST

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Here’s North Korea’s Totalitarian Android Tablet -- Whenever a user opens an app, the tablet takes a screenshot. "This is the clear message: we see what you're doing right here."

Posted: 29 Dec 2016 07:10 AM PST

The LG G5 has been rooted!

Posted: 29 Dec 2016 09:52 AM PST

Android customers are so committed that exploding Note 7 did little to help Apple -- "Most of those who bought or wanted to buy a Note 7 opted for a different high-end Galaxy phone"

Posted: 29 Dec 2016 09:35 AM PST

Super Mario Run - You can now pre-register to be notified when it's out

Posted: 28 Dec 2016 10:49 PM PST

Exclusive: Samsung will launch wireless in-ear headphones with the Galaxy S8

Posted: 29 Dec 2016 05:21 AM PST

MrWasdennnoch (Android N-ify developer) stops Android N-ify development

Posted: 29 Dec 2016 07:45 AM PST

Samsung Focus Turns Your Phone into a Productivity Powerhouse

Posted: 29 Dec 2016 04:28 PM PST

LineageOS for the OnePlus One

Posted: 29 Dec 2016 06:43 PM PST

Infrastructure Status & Official Builds - LineageOS

Posted: 28 Dec 2016 09:11 PM PST

The only apps Google will care about in 2017

Posted: 28 Dec 2016 09:40 PM PST

Samsung new patent for smartwatch

Posted: 29 Dec 2016 01:42 AM PST

7.0 Multiwindow is great, but..

Posted: 28 Dec 2016 07:30 PM PST

What I really miss from Samsung's implementation is 'Open Links in New Window' (not sure of the exact wording)

If you turn this option on, it opens all links in a new split-screen window.

If someone sends you a link, it opens the browser as a new window in half the screen.

If you click on a YouTube link while on reddit, it opens YouTube as half the screen and you can continue reading the reddit comments.

This functionality made multiwindow so much more useful. You don't have to remember to open a new window, it does it automatically.

I am willing to pay if someone makes a mod that allows this on stock Nougat.

Edit: Not sure in s6/s7 but on Note 4 I had to tap the text next to the multiwindow switch in settings.

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Are new Android versions faster on the same device?

Posted: 29 Dec 2016 12:27 AM PST

I've watched almost every Google I/O and Android live stream and catched up about Android internal optimizations in the last 5 years since the HTC Hero in 2009. That's about 8 years of Android usage.

I'm sure many of you also had a bunch of Android devices for several years and you noticed how they got faster.

I wonder if it's mainly due to better and faster Hardware, or also because of all the Android optimizations:

  • Android 2.x
    • Performance improvements: Better power management for background apps, increased responsiveness for apps and games
  • Android 4.x
    • Project Butter: 60fps smoother experience, less lags
  • Android 5.x
    • Dalvik to ART: Faster app start, faster app execution
  • Android 6.x
    • Doze: Less battery drain when phone is not used and stationary
    • App Standby: Less slowdown when the device is used over time and more apps installed
  • Android 7.x
    • Doze optimizations: Background Optimizations for less battery drain even when device is not stationary (in pocket and moving)
    • Project Svelte: Optimizing background app usage / RAM management

I have an unverified feeling, that every new major Android version, Google promises massive battery and performance improvements like 10-50%. But over those years, my device seems to need the same time to open apps, same time to reboot and to install apps and apps doesn't seem to run faster at all.

I'm aware that this is due to apps, media and websites increases in quality and complexity and thus need more ressources are to execute.

But wouldn't that mean, if we take the oldest device still supported by CyanogenMod Nougat and compare it to the devices original shipped Android, that the performance boost running apps (from the time of the device release), should be noticeably faster?

At least whenever I've updated only one major Android version on the same device, I couldn't feel any performance boosts.

Discussion welcome:

  1. Do you also feel upgrading your current device to a new major Android version doesn't boost it's performance or battery life significantly?
  2. Do you know any real tests about this?
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Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime | Damir Franc's first impressions

Posted: 29 Dec 2016 12:25 PM PST

Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge Nougat beta program could end soon

Posted: 29 Dec 2016 12:57 AM PST

The Best Smartphones of 2016 at Any Price: Pocketnow Editors Vote!

Posted: 29 Dec 2016 05:45 AM PST

Just notified about a Cyanogen update on Wileyfox Swift Plus 2

Posted: 29 Dec 2016 07:27 AM PST

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X with 4 GB RAM, 64GB ROM passes TENAA

Posted: 28 Dec 2016 10:54 PM PST

Vendor obligations

Posted: 29 Dec 2016 03:56 PM PST

What do vendors have to publish in terms of source/tree of kernel/device, is it a "law" of using android?

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Lineage OS released for LeEco Le2

Posted: 29 Dec 2016 05:52 AM PST

ELI5: Why don't Android phones come with theme engines and other options for customisation out of the box?

Posted: 29 Dec 2016 05:24 PM PST
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