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| Author: | myp [ Tue Oct 03, 2017 17:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
Another for the “wireless charging is a pointless gimmick” gang here. It’s just so slow, and isn’t really any more convenient than plugging a cable in. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Oct 03, 2017 17:29 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
Lonewolves wrote: Another for the “wireless charging is a pointless gimmick” gang here. It’s just so slow, and isn’t really any more convenient than plugging a cable in. That's utter rubbish. The emboldened part, anyway. Obviously it's slow as balls. |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Tue Oct 03, 2017 19:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
Grim... wrote: Obviously it's slow as balls. A lot faster now. The new 15W pads will wirelessly charge a phone faster than we could charge with cables a few years back. (Still slower than a modern cabled fast charger putting out 20-30 W, admittedly.) |
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| Author: | myp [ Tue Oct 03, 2017 22:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
Grim... wrote: Lonewolves wrote: Another for the “wireless charging is a pointless gimmick” gang here. It’s just so slow, and isn’t really any more convenient than plugging a cable in. That's utter rubbish. The emboldened part, anyway. Obviously it's slow as balls. I have a circular pad thing that you need to make sure the phone is placed correctly on. Doesn’t seem much more convenient than plugging a reversible cable into. If you could just place it down anywhere on your nightstand it’d be a different argument. |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Wed Oct 04, 2017 6:33 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
Lonewolves wrote: Grim... wrote: Lonewolves wrote: Another for the “wireless charging is a pointless gimmick” gang here. It’s just so slow, and isn’t really any more convenient than plugging a cable in. That's utter rubbish. The emboldened part, anyway. Obviously it's slow as balls. I have a circular pad thing that you need to make sure the phone is placed correctly on. Doesn’t seem much more convenient than plugging a reversible cable into. If you could just place it down anywhere on your nightstand it’d be a different argument. Or if you could wear 10 charging thimbles. Then you'd look fucking awesome AND charge your phone while you use it. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Wed Oct 04, 2017 7:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
Something like this is the way to go, all you have to do is get the phone sort of in the middle and it'll charge fine. Plus if you've got an always-on screen it makes for a nifty clock and notification centre. Attachment: Screenshot 2017-10-04 at 07.54.10.png
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Wed Oct 04, 2017 8:41 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
Do you have to plug it in? |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Wed Oct 04, 2017 8:46 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
DavPaz wrote: Do you have to plug it in? Of course not, it works on magic. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Wed Oct 04, 2017 8:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
Hearthly wrote: DavPaz wrote: Do you have to plug it in? Of course not, it works on magic. Awesome. Tape it to the back of your phone and free power forever! |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed Oct 04, 2017 9:45 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
I have two of the chargers in that screenshot a few posts back. They're very good. Lonewolves wrote: I have a circular pad thing that you need to make sure the phone is placed correctly on. Doesn’t seem much more convenient than plugging a reversible cable into. If you could just place it down anywhere on your nightstand it’d be a different argument. Use cases:1) on my nightstand, having a wireless charger means never having to fumble around in the dark looking for the cable then fumble around more plugging it in. Overnight, I don't care how long charging takes. 2) on my desk, having a wireless charger and Bluetooth headphones means I can put my phone down when I get to my desk and it'll pick up a charge, then scoop it back up when heading to meetings, lunch, coffee, etc. I might do that 15-20 times per day so not having to plug something in is meaningful. It's not life changing but it is convenient. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Wed Oct 04, 2017 9:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
Of course in my day, my Nokia 3210 would last for 3 months in between charges... and it didn't matter which way the charger was plugged in as it was circular. |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed Oct 04, 2017 10:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
TheVision wrote: Of course in my day, my Nokia 3210 would last for 3 months in between charges... In other comparing-apples-with-oranges news, these had infinite battery life: Quote: and it didn't matter which way the charger was plugged in as it was circular. I can't remember when I last used a phone with an asymmetric charging port. Early 2015 maybe? |
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| Author: | LewieP [ Wed Oct 04, 2017 10:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
I want actually wireless charging like bluetooth or wifi. |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed Oct 04, 2017 10:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
LewieP wrote: I want actually wireless charging like bluetooth or wifi. Good luck with that. |
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| Author: | Kern [ Wed Oct 04, 2017 10:11 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
Doctor Glyndwr wrote: these had infinite battery life: Guest: Do you mind if I use my phone? Host: Go ahead *plugs phone into socket* |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Wed Oct 04, 2017 10:15 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
TheVision wrote: Of course in my day, my Nokia 3210 would last for 3 months in between charges... and it didn't matter which way the charger was plugged in as it was circular. Mine did 5 |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Wed Oct 04, 2017 10:17 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
Doctor Glyndwr wrote: on my nightstand, having a wireless charger means never having to fumble around in the dark looking for the cable then fumble around more plugging it in You should probably get some lights in your bedroom. |
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| Author: | LewieP [ Wed Oct 04, 2017 10:17 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
Doctor Glyndwr wrote: LewieP wrote: I want actually wireless charging like bluetooth or wifi. Good luck with that. They can do it now but it's very inefficient, very noisy, very expensive, and it generates a lot of heat and causes cancer, but we'll get it eventually. |
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| Author: | devilman [ Wed Oct 04, 2017 10:17 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
Doctor Glyndwr wrote: 2) on my desk, having a wireless charger and Bluetooth headphones means I can put my phone down when I get to my desk and it'll pick up a charge, then scoop it back up when heading to meetings, lunch, coffee, etc. I might do that 15-20 times per day so not having to plug something in is meaningful. It's not life changing but it is convenient. I just went for a cheap and cheerful option for my desk. A couple of USB charging things that double as stands. They were only a few quid apiece, so they're not designed for the particular phone, but they do the job at least. The phone on the right is my old Galaxy Note 1 which no longer detects SIM cards so I use it as an always-on Google Analytics thing instead. Attachment: WIN_20171004_10_10_23_Pro.jpg I realised that with both phones in their stand, I had nothing to take the photo with, so I used my webcam instead. 
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed Oct 04, 2017 10:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
Bamba wrote: Doctor Glyndwr wrote: on my nightstand, having a wireless charger means never having to fumble around in the dark looking for the cable then fumble around more plugging it in You should probably stop staying up long after your wife goes to bed playing Killing Floor 2. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Wed Oct 04, 2017 10:47 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
Doctor Glyndwr wrote: I can't remember when I last used a phone with an asymmetric charging port. Early 2015 maybe? I charged my N-Gage with one just the other week. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Wed Oct 04, 2017 10:48 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
MaliA wrote: TheVision wrote: Of course in my day, my Nokia 3210 would last for 3 months in between charges... and it didn't matter which way the charger was plugged in as it was circular. Mine did 5 Ah, the benefits of not being very popular. 
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed Oct 04, 2017 20:13 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
Pretty good hands-on with the Pixel 2 from The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/4/1640 ... o-hands-on |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Wed Oct 04, 2017 20:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
Pfffft, I ain’t watching another Adam Sandler film. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Wed Oct 04, 2017 20:27 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
Pretty sure the Pixel 2 will be my next phone, I'm fed up with Samsung pushing down their crap updates to my S7 (NO I FUCKING DON'T WANT TO USE SAMSUNG CLOUD AND YOU BROKE MY DRIVE INTEGRATION YOU FUCKBUNNIES), or HTC abandoning the One-X after about 18 months, it was something like that anyway, as I recall the phone was basically 'abandonware' before my contract was even up on it, in terms of getting OS updates. It rankles a bit that Google have entered the 'premium' smartphone space when the Nexuses of various iterations were all about high-end smartphone tech for a midrange sort of price - but I guess that's where the dollars are as far as Google is concerned. Either way, I'm happy to stick with Android, but the 'pure' Google phones seem to be the way to go. Contract is up next April, so we might even have them on the IOM by then...... |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Oct 04, 2017 21:37 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
Satsuma wrote: Pfffft, I ain’t watching another Adam Sandler film. Very good 
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| Author: | Sir Taxalot [ Wed Oct 04, 2017 22:36 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
Doctor Glyndwr wrote: It's not life changing but it is convenient. I'm not on the wireless charging train yet, but I can see the appeal in the future. Can you get wireless charging mats big enough to take multiple items? I see that as being super convenient for the future, instead of having cables for phones, watches, headphones (er... and other stuff too...), just plonk them all on one pad overnight. Also, if cars had a section on the dash (or, sensibly, in a cubby) that could also charge the phone while one is driving. I tend to put my phone down in the same few places throughout the day - bedside table, in a dash-cubby in the car, work desk, arm of sofa so if these could also deliver a trickle of charge just to keep the phone topped up that'd be super. |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed Oct 04, 2017 23:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
Yes. For example, IKEA have a three-device one: 
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| Author: | TheVision [ Thu Oct 05, 2017 0:02 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
I wonder how long those bread rolls take to charge? |
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| Author: | Sir Taxalot [ Thu Oct 05, 2017 3:15 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
Looks like the device has to sit centrally on the little 'cross'....What are the margins for positioning like? I was kind of hoping that it would be a basic mat you could just chuck things on, with little regard for positioning, but perhaps that's a simple view |
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| Author: | Mr Russell [ Thu Oct 05, 2017 8:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
TheVision wrote: I wonder how long those bread rolls take to charge? Wheat and see. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Thu Oct 05, 2017 8:51 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
Mr Russell wrote: TheVision wrote: I wonder how long those bread rolls take to charge? Wheat and see. Genuinely got me! Good work. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Thu Oct 05, 2017 9:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
TheVision wrote: Mr Russell wrote: TheVision wrote: I wonder how long those bread rolls take to charge? Wheat and see. Genuinely got me! Good work. Jokes are his bread and butter |
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| Author: | Trousers [ Thu Oct 05, 2017 9:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
DavPaz wrote: TheVision wrote: Mr Russell wrote: TheVision wrote: I wonder how long those bread rolls take to charge? Wheat and see. Genuinely got me! Good work. Jokes are his bread and butter Aye he's on a roll. |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Thu Oct 05, 2017 10:28 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
I'm quite amused that on the Google Play store right now the basic model Pixel 2 is actually cheaper than the Pixel (when you take into account that the £30 difference wouldn't get you an extra 32GB of storage). |
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| Author: | Sir Taxalot [ Thu Oct 05, 2017 10:33 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
My Nexus 5X froze today and won't come back on. I managed to get it to the boot menu by holding power+vol down, but after I selected 'start'...nothing. Tried again, after selecting 'start' I got the Google logo, and then, nothing. Now i can't even get to the boot menu.... I think it's toast, sadly. I've had it 16 months, which feels disappointing, moreso as my iphone 3G and 4S still work - and I was really quite pleased, battery life aside, with the phone. |
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| Author: | Bobbyaro [ Thu Oct 05, 2017 10:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
hmmm, google phone dies day after announcing new google phone... |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Thu Oct 05, 2017 18:26 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
So the Pixel 2 costs £629 which is about the going rate for premium smartphones, except crazy Apple ones, of course. Price wise it's acceptable. Early impressions of the phone from review sites who've had a hands-on at the demo seem good, but no headphone jack (WHY?) and the fingerprint scanner is still on the back which is stupid. I'm not even much of a listener to music or suchlike on my phone, but I do occasionally plug headphones into it to listen to something. I don't understand the logic of removing something as neutral as a headphone jack, unless it's just to sell you the £150 wireless bud thingies. The fingerprint scanner on the back is a pain. Maybe it's something you get used to but it seems like a daft choice to me. Still, it'll probably be my next phone, I'm fed up with third-party fucking with Android, and miss the 'clean' Android experience of my Nexus 5. |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Oct 05, 2017 23:05 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
Wireless is the way to go. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Thu Oct 05, 2017 23:47 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
My OnePlus 5 is pretty 'clean', is well cheap for a high end device, and has a headphone socket |
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| Author: | Cras [ Thu Oct 05, 2017 23:47 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
Lonewolves wrote: Wireless is the way to go. I lose headphones at least monthly. Find me £10 Bluetooth headphones and I'd agree with you. |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Thu Oct 05, 2017 23:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
Cras wrote: Lonewolves wrote: Wireless is the way to go. I lose headphones at least monthly. Find me £10 Bluetooth headphones and I'd agree with you. As a regular headphone user, I’ve got through A LOT of wired headsets cause they always seem to break at that hard plastic but near the jack. It’s always the same, it feels like a loose wire or something and you’re turning the jack around in the socket or bending the wire to try and get it to pump sound out of both speakers instead of one; oh wait, no, now the sounds crackly; no, here goes, oh fuck, now Siri thinks I want to talk to her sporadically, nope, here goes, the sweet spot, and it’s back in my pocket with you Mr Phone, nope fucking lost sound in the left again. Im not saying I’d pay eARPHONE money for a wireless pair but wired headsets are gash and I’d rather pay a bit more so I didn’t have to fork out more money in 3 months time. |
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| Author: | Bobbyaro [ Fri Oct 06, 2017 8:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
I have 3 pairs of bluetooth headphones from China for less than a tenner, probably not your Audiophile standard, but absolutely fine for listening to music on your phone with, they are as good as the £45 Sennheiser's I had as a comparison - I have never bought anything more expensive. I bought them for the exact reason Sat said. |
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| Author: | Kern [ Fri Oct 06, 2017 8:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
My issue with wireless earphones is the same one I have with wireless keyboards and mice. I don't want to worry about something fundamental to my interaction with the device running out of juice. |
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| Author: | markg [ Fri Oct 06, 2017 8:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
I've got some of these anker ones from Amazon for running and on the bike: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-Headphon ... 01IUP89LS/ They're pretty good. A bit lacking in bass but ok for the most part and absolutely fine for audiobooks and whatnot. It is one more thing to remember to charge but because I don't have some stupid shitty phone with no headphone jack I know I could always use the pair of buds that are stuffed down in one of the pockets in my work bag. |
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Oct 06, 2017 16:27 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
Kern wrote: My issue with wireless earphones is the same one I have with wireless keyboards and mice. I don't want to worry about something fundamental to my interaction with the device running out of juice. Which is why most Bluetooth headphones come with a cable so you can connect them if you run out of battery. Just keep it in your bag or desk drawer. Not that it really affects me. Mine are amazing and last weeks on end. |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Fri Oct 06, 2017 17:13 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
"Most"? I've owned 5+ pairs and only one (the reeeaaalllyyy expensive ones) has that. |
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Oct 06, 2017 17:36 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
I've had three and they've all had them. They weren't all that expensive. 
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| Author: | TheVision [ Fri Oct 06, 2017 17:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
Are you sure you haven't just been buying lanyards? |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Fri Oct 06, 2017 18:40 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Android |
What you want is these.* https://www.zungleinc.com/ I got a pair as a Kickstarter backer. The sound quality is super bad, but they're nifty for wearing on the bike for instructions from Google maps, and have the benefit of not impairing your ability to hear road noise. *You really don't |
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