Having used custom ROMs for years, it can get tiring to fight with SafetyNet, find root backup apps that still work, dealing with bugs the developer may not be able to reproduce and, of course, even finding decent phones that have decent ROMs. I refuse to buy a Pixel until they have a decent SoC and price.

So for my next phone I’m currently considering an OEM that supports phones for long and has decent customization by default - Samsung. As I’ve never owned Samsung phones before, I don’t know whether I’ll like their OS, but so far it looks good enough.

So it took 4 major releases to make the quick settings reasonable again… I’m actually glad most other OEMs did not follow when Google did the change in 12.

every app wanted to have its own persistent notification

When? Which apps? I’ve been using Android since KitKat and I only remember persistent notifications by apps that needed them (to keep working, stay in memory).

That said, I agree that a permission would be nice, as I am skeptical of the use cases shown in the article mockups. I think it should stay an ongoing notification thing as anything else would indeed take more space.

Probably Google Play Services, motion sensors, heuristics

Surely you can use it, the tab switching just requires more taps compared to competitors.

Edit: that said, I just found this extension which I expected someone to make by now.

Firefox used to allow a lot more extensions though, until they switched to Fenix UI and restricted them to a selected few. And then they expanded the support again.

Firefox’s new UI still lacks a tablet-optimized interface, for example.

My question was why do you think degoogling will help you with notification sync.

Why do you think degoogling will help with that?

According to the article, that’s due to more features and more updates.

I think the only thing that should be right is the price.

Everything else - form factor, thickness, aspect ratio, whatever - can and should be experimented with, and nothing will break because the apps adapt anyway.

Well, unless they are unoptimized for tablets in general, which most are…

That’s why it took years to even build a first generation product.

Why window blinds when it could roll up more like a snail?

Why do you think this is something “nobody asked for”? There is clearly a market for large wide-screen tablets and this form factor just makes them pocketable.

Are Tecno phones sold in your country or did you import one?

Somehow I’m still surprised their target market can even afford 1000$ phones.

Aimed at emerging markets, Tecno has focused its business on the African, Middle Eastern, Southeast Asian, South Asian, Latin American, and Eastern European markets.

I wonder why won’t they expand their markets, even just for the flip/fold series?

Eh, a “reset hole” like calculators and toys have would suffice, as the phone already needs one for the SIM slot.

Having owned 3 OnePlus phones, I never liked that feature.

Android 5 introduced a “do not disturb” mode, which OnePlus’s software just… removes, in favor of the toggle. Hence I have constantly used workarounds or custom ROMs to avoid that toggle altogether.

This is why I prefer DND/software toggle:

• Automatic silence at night
• If you know you need to have it silent for X hours, you can set a timer
• Location automation, especially LineageOS’s, but I believe there is some form in AOSP (or Pixel) now too.

I’ve also tried using the switch for something else, like flashlight, but sometimes ended up activating it by accident, draining the battery.

So now I just have the switch doing nothing at all.

Well, you are not expected to grip around the lens, you don’t want to smudge the lens anyway. Hence the lens’ thickness is not that relevant day-to-day, while I do agree that it can still be relevant in certain cases.

What if you used a part of your palm instead of a finger?