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I recently treated myself to a OnePlus Pad 2 and that naturally meant a new home screen setup. I wanted to make it both visually pleasing and functional, so I worked with the stock OnePlus launcher instead of using something like Nova.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As big a sucker me, lol.

I bought my S20 FE to get away from OnePlus for a change. I've been looking to get a smartwatch, and decided I don't want a Mi Warch or anything that's a glorified fitness band, so realistically a Galaxy Watch was my only choice. It just so happened that the Watch 5 got released and Buds 2 (non-pro) were bundled for preorders of the watch.

Just like that my single Samsung device turned into three. Then I decided to get a tablet, and at that point it was obvious I'd get a Galaxy Tab, thus completing the Samsung ecosystem lock-in. This shit does work, especially the nearly seamless reconnecting of earbuds between phone and tablet. Not nearly as good as what I've seen Apple could do, but honestly, I'm happy.

And now whenever I think about a potential future phone upgrade, Samsung appears to be the best choice. Fuck me haha. Not that I don't enjoy those toys.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The ecosystem problem is true even if you don't use apple products. I'm in the same boat, everything's Samsung here, I'm scared to leave.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Not even gonna give this a click. Of course it's still q contender. It's the top of the line offering from the biggest Android OEM on the planet. It will be a contender 12 months from now and it will be a contender 24 months from now.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Hi Mishaal. Asking this for your future review.

  1. How's the vibration motor?
  2. How do you find the "gimmicky" Nothing cable, any quality concerns?
  3. General fingerprint reader experience
  4. Any issues with cellular reception/calls?

And these I believe you could answer before the embargo.

  1. Favorite feature of the Nothing OS 2.0
  2. How comfortable is it to use when laying in bed? Particularly when holding it above yourself and typing.
  3. How big of a difference does it make to use the entire glyph interface vs just the flashlight? Not just for the camera experience but like, looking for stuff under the bed etc. And how easy is it to use it like this (one toggle or digging deep in the settings)?
[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (13 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What the hell does mandatory overtime mean. That's just your regular hours then. Is it a way to make your salary look better as it's for the hours you're supposedly working?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Appreciate the details. But I'm consciously giving up a dual monitor setup. I don't even use the second one anymore.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://f-droid.org/packages/me.ash.reader/

Read You is a beautiful app with material you design. Works great, but the tiny thumbnails, and the fact that not all thumbnails load (whereas in Feeder they do) is my major point of complaint. Still I like using it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I agree ultrawide monitors aren't as well supported, that's a valid concern.

But the solution is not to buy a 4K monitor instead. That's roughly twice the pixels to power with that GPU. That I know won't be a balanced match.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Awesome, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

29" 21:9 at 1080p has about the same pixel density as 24" 16:9 at 1080p, which is what I'm using right now.

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EDIT: A few days ago I bought a HP X34. It's a 3440x1440 ultrawide with 165Hz refresh rate. Obviously my setup can't hit constant 165fps in all games, but I'm comfortably getting 100+ in most games, 120+ in Forza Horizon 5 or Doom Eternal. Can't complain :)

I'm looking to buy a new monitor, making a switch from two 16:9 to a single 21:9. Everywhere I read the opinions are that on an ultra wide it doesn't make sense to go lower than 1440p, which I guess holds true for 34" monitors.

However, I'm worried my 3060 Ti won't be enough for that many pixels. Right now I'm enjoying uninterrupted framerates playing at 1920x1080.

How much should I really worry about making this switch? My other option is to go for a 2560x1080 monitor that's smaller (29").

 
  • Z Flip 5 should launch on July 27
  • Both Google and Samsung apps (select) will be optimized for the cover screen
  • Ability to type on a keyboard with the cover screen
 
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