limerod
Pros
- Aluminum unibody.
- Bright HDR screen, 144Hz refresh rate.
- Great battery life, fast to charger.
- Very loud speakers.
- Flagship-grade performance, good stability.
- Clean and fast OxygenOS.
- Optional stylus and keyboard with touchpad available.
Cons
- Low screen contrast ratio.
- No fingerprint scanner.
- Poor camera quality.
- No desktop UI.
- Charger is bundled only when purchasing direct from OnePlus.
- The Smart Keyboard could be better at switching between languages and trackpad click action is hit-and-miss.
This was probably the translation. But, they mean Vegan leather when they say fake leather.
Pros
- attractive and high-quality chassis
- self-repairable
- fast WLAN
- many mobile phone frequencies
- eSIM support
- freely assignable button
- 4K video recording
- wireless charging
- hardly any throttling under load
Cons
- PWM flickering
- Self* repair requires special tools
- only 2 OS updates promised
- Screen could be brighter and more color accurate
- comparatively slow SoC
- high price
- quite heavy
Zoom enhance not only increases the resolution of a picture it also zoomes in the picture making it neat. The feature requires powerful hardware and according to the article only available on Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro, 9 Pro XL, and 9 Pro Fold.
Pixel 9, Pixel 8, Pixel 8a are not included. So, if you care about this picture do not get these pixels.
A good alternative if you just want to enhance the resolution of a picture is SuperImage on Playstore. There’s a version on fdroid but it’s outdated.
tldr;
The short story is that dual-device wearing has some perks but may not be for everyone.
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Buy the Galaxy Ring and Watch together if charging schedules give you anxiety, or if you frequently go from sweat sessions to formal affairs and need a subtle tracker as often as you need a dedicated workout tool.
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Don’t buy the Galaxy Ring and Watch if you’re comfortable tracking Zs in the latter, your priority is detailed wellness stats, and your go-to workouts include weights, bars, and handled exercise machines.
Google is shutting down the program due to its improved security measures
In its email, Google states that it is closing down the program because of the “overall increase in the Android OS security posture and feature hardening efforts.” This has led to researchers submitting fewer vulnerabilities than before.
In its last annual report, Google claims to have stopped 2.28 million privacy-violating apps and banned 333,000 malicious developer accounts. Last year, it also announced major improvements to Google Play Protect, including real-time scanning for Android malware. More recently, it bolstered the Play Integrity API with in-app signals to prevent fraudulent activities.
These improvements are evidently working and have led to fewer vulnerabilities being discovered in Android apps and the ecosystem.
The Pixel 9 Pro and even the Pixel 9 Pro XL may not have LTPO displays in India, Malaysia and Singapore. In those regions they have Actua Displays instead of the Super Actua Displays that are used on units sold in the rest of the world. Note that Actua and Super Actua tech is about display brightness rather than refresh rate, but it still shows that different panels are used. That is strange since the Pixel 8 Pro (the large phone that is the predecessor of the 9 Pro XL) already had an LTPO panel.
So, the article is based on speculation instead of hard evidence. They dropped the may and made a concrete statement in the title.
Anyway, there’s more – Pixel 9 phones sold in India do not support Wi-Fi 7, but phones sold anywhere else (including Malaysia and Singapore) do. This includes the two Pro models and the vanilla Pixel 9.
So, only in India?
We should note that India’s wireless agency still hasn’t okayed the use of the 6GHz band. That said, Wi-Fi 7 has improvements that also function in the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands, so there’s no reason to drop support, whether or not the phones ever get to use the 6GHz band.
And the reason being regulation in India.
sigh news these days…
