Recent content by jm1219

OLED screens can technically save battery with black backgrounds because the black parts of the screen are individual diodes that are off. LCD screens use a backlight behind the entire display that is then filtered by liquid crystals, but the black parts are still "on" since the backlight is...

I don't see how a device's physical rigidity is even something you need to think about. Has there been any smartphone that was so physically weak it was an actual issue for the consumer? The only phones even put out lately with supposed build issues were the last iphone and the nexus 6p...

Moto Display uses two methods to turn on the screen. It uses the phone's accelerometer to tell if you move the device. If you move the device at all, Moto Display will turn on. Only way to stop this is to turn off Moto Display. The other method uses the front IR sensors to detect if you wave...

Apps set a DPI range at which they can run, QHD screens that are phone-sized are natively at a DPI that many apps are simply incompatible with because this type of PPI hasn't been possible before. Many apps have become compatible already, and a simple build.prop edit can trick the play store...