Recent content by Aquila

IMO Pixel 2 XL is the best device on the market with the latest gen iPhones being in 2nd, 3rd and 5th place (4th I have Pixel 2 smaller version). I wouldn't really call it an upgrade over the iPhone X and barely an upgrade over the iPhone 8+. Based on your other comments I agree with others...

Does this not seem contradictory to you?

Very unlikely that there would be

Awesome, hope it goes well! I recording my first trip and it's an amazing experience.

Si, that would require a non metal body or very expensive hardware to bypass the metal body. They wanted the aluminum and increase in durability that comes with it. I emphatically agree with that decision, even though I loved wireless charging on my Nexus phones that came with it.

What he's doing wrong is assuming that more MP = better camera and then allowing anecdotal preconceptions to cloud any sort of objective understanding of the effectiveness of various photography strategies in mobile devices. It's confirmation bias to the extreme, which includes the fact that...

Pretty much. Case and point, I was testing this device for almost 3 months prior to release, and not only did I not see these "issues" during that period - I did not read of a single person who encountered any of them. That pretty much destroys the idea of, "early versions sucked", it's more...

No, they are all bad. The best ones do absolutely nothing and the rest are basically malware.

Most stock "photos" of devices are renders. Those 4 images here are renders: You can tell because of the fake shadows, over exaggerated gradients, they have inconsistent light sorces and because they're entirely devoid of reflections.

I approve of this design.

Was that a serious response?

I suppose I might also add that perhaps we ought to discourage spreading misinformation and misleading conclusions such as this article.

Step one to mobile security: don't download shady crap.

According to some guy at the IDC Google sold 3.9 M Pixel phone units in 2017. That puts them in the top 5 OEM's in terms of flagship sales for the US market, but only top 10 on overall sales in the US.

The YouTube app offers this functionality directly, though it may require a subscription to YouTube Red. There are no other apps or services that are allowed to offer that functionality.