Recent content by ca_steve

I use this as well via my PC. JRT Studio has a Mac client as well.

There's a lot of different Li-Ion chemistries...but, in general, deeper discharge of the battery will shorten the battery's lifetime...and many of these batteries start to degrade after 300 charge cycles (can't find the reference paper at the moment). So, there will be a sweet spot between how...

https://www.androidauthority.com/download-android-8-1-oreo-810096/

Ordered my Project Fi Pixel 2 non-XL (64 GB, Just Black) on Monday 11/29 as part of the $100 Fi credit sale and it arrives today. Two day free shipping :) Lucky for me it's coming from a California warehouse.

How's the outdoor visibility? Readable with sunglasses on (any odd polarization effects)?

Thanks!

Thanks for the hands on review. I'm curious about outdoor visibility as you say it's worse than the 6P. Is it a brightness issue or glass reflections/coatings? Because, the 6P is reviewed as having max brightness of ~340 nits and the x4 is ~510.

Oreo update arrived on my Fi 5X yesterday.

Oreo became available on my 5X via Project Fi yesterday. Haven't downloaded it, yet. Waiting for you test gerbils to find the bugs :) Actually, I'm waiting for the Moto X4 to be reviewed/tested to see if it's a good 5X replacement. The LG/5X bootloop issues with Nougat update makes me want to...

I'm hoping the Moto X4 will be a nice midrange replacement for the 5X. Project Fi trade-in of $110 drops the X4 32GB price to <$300.

Got mine this am on my 5X

Rumor is it's a version of Moto X.

There's a rumor a mid-grade Moto X is coming to Project Fi this fall.

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You might want to look at the restrictions on flying with power banks for the international carriers/Peru. https://www.easyacc.com/media-center/are-power-banks-allowed-on-a-flight/