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  1. lvt

    What smartwatches have metal caseback?

    I'm currently considering to buy a smartwatch, but through the reviews they seem to have plastic casebacks which I don't like. So far the TicWatch Pro and Huawei Watch 2 have metal casebacks. Do you know other smartwatches with metal casebacks? Thanks.
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    Facebook is down?

    It seems that Facebook is down and unaccessible for a couple of hours now. What could be the cause, internal issue or external attacks?
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    Sim2 has better reception quality than Sim1 slot

    So I had my Vivo phone for a couple of months now, originally I installed the 4G card in the Slot 1, reception quality is good outside but in the underground parking it's almost impossible to capture 4G signal, most of the time the network symbol is switched to H+. Last month I spent 2 weeks...
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    4GB/128GB vs 6GB/64GB?

    Which option should you go with? And why? The OS being Oreo, eventually upgraded to Pie.
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    Help Strange message pop-up

    I don't remember having seen this message, anyone knows something about it? I don't think that it's a system message because I still have more than 100GB available (phone has 128GB internal storage). Thanks.
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    Vivo 1806 Helio P60 Gaming Test With Full Screen Recording

    MediaTek Helio P60 4GB RAM Graphic quality: Highest Screen Recording: On
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    Apple hires key ARM engineer in race to ditch Intel

    https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/26/18760083/apple-arm-architect-hire-cortex-a76-mac-processors-intel
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    Do you always check your new phone's screen?

    That's the question, do you always check your new phone's screen for potential dead pixel or faulty touch area on it? Personally, yes I do. But not immediately after purchase, I usually wait a couple of days after using the phone in various tasks like hamming, watching HD movies... The same...
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    $100 for 10TB storage for life! Are they serious?

    Found this offer on their website, what do you think? https://shop.mashable.com/sales/degoo-premium-lifetime-backup-plans-1tb?utm_term=scsf-325585&utm_xe2e=06FhniXqh48SodEtQ5RZek8&utm_source=mashable.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=degoo-premium-lifetime-backup-plans-1tb&scsonar=1
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    My first real-life experience with Android Pie

    I have a Vivo phone that comes with Oreo, a couple of days later my phone receives a message about a new Android version has been downloaded and ready for installing. I ignored the message for several days until yesterday... I clicked the Install button and Boom... my phone has been transformed...
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    Galaxy Fold Teardown on iFixit

    https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung+Galaxy+Fold+Teardown/122600
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    K3 Note owners, be careful if you update your apps...

    My K3 Note (Marsmallow) runs smoothly for years until the last week... I open the Playstore and see a list of app updates available, so I click "Update all", the update process took a while to complete. But the next day when I restart my phone, a message saying "Android is starting. Optimizing...
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    Nexus 7 resurrected

    I still have my Nexus 7 laying around for a couple of years. It used to be a good tablet untill Google released the OTA update from 4.4 to 5.0 that killed the device. After the update I can barely use YouTube and some basic apps like calendar, Amazon reader... It's so laggy that I had to give up...
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    Help Anyone has problem with the fingerprint scanner?

    The fingerprint scanner on my HTC 10 (Bolt/Evo) starts showing some issues. It would stop working and comes back to normal after a while then stops again. Sometimes it disappears completely from the Settings. I've done a lot of searching and it turned out to be a common issue, devices from any...
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    K3 Note owners, he careful when you buy replacement batteries

    So I bought a replacement battery for my K3 Note, the BL243 battery. That's the correct battery, but it doesn't fit the K3. Upon further visual check, it turned out that the replacement battery is a Li-on battery, while the original battery that came with the device is a Li-po battery. The...
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    What MECHANICAL wristwatch are you wearing?

    Still wearing a wristwatch that doesn't sync with your phone and has a lot of small gears and spring inside? Does the watch have any sentimental value? Please show a wrist shot if possible.
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    What was your first handheld device?

    Back in the 90s I bought the Psion 3a (256KB of RAM) as my first real handheld device, I used to have a couple of Casio electronic organizers but this was the true pocket computer that I had before the PDA era. Wiki link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_Series_3 What was yours?
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    Capacitive buttons will be gone forever, do you miss it?

    Starting maybe two years ago, capacitive buttons are gradually replaced by on-screen buttons, and for good reasons, they are fully customisable, allow larger screen/body ratio, less flex cables running inside, saving a bit of battery... The last thing that keeps the capacitive buttons alive is...
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    Corning Gorilla Glass 5 & 6 and up... Still buy extra screen protector?

    So Corning Gorilla Glass gets better and better, from the Gorilla Glass 5 your phone screen can survive a drop from 1.6m height. Will it be the end of an era where we buy craps called screen protectors to cover our devices's screens and at the end we never have the real feel of a product that...
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    Anyone uses Accubattery app?

    I used this app for a while on all my phones including a tablet. It's quite interesting to know that my Asus tablet's battery is still healthy at 99% after 1.5 years while other devices don't have such good battery.
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    HTC 10 BOLT EVO Teardown - Battery replacement

    So after 2 years of heavy use, my HTC 10 Evo's battery could only hold 75% of its original capacity. It's a very good phone so I decided to give it a new battery so I can keep it for another 1 or 2 years, knowing that the operation would be very difficult and the phone might lost its...
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    The K3 Note is compatible with 64GB SD card

    When you are looking for the K5 Note you might see the description stating the storage capacity of 32GB max. But in fact the K5 Note accepts any 64GB SD card, tested mine with two different 64GB cards and it works flawlessly in both portable and adoptive mode. So if you like the K5 Note but...
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    Using an Android phone for confidential documents

    So I have about 30GB of confidential documents including scans, photos, videos... I don't trust any cloud storage service so I were thinking about using an Android phone as a secure vault to store those stuffs. The idea is to use a dedicated smartphone with Andoid 6.0 and a large SD card to...
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    Do you use encryption in your phones?

    Any of you uses that extreme measure of security? What is your main reasons? Do you observe any slowdown in performance of the phones? Please share and advise, thanks.
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    How many smartphones are you carrying?

    So how many phones do you carry in a daily basis? If there is more than one, please explain the reason if possible. Personally I have three phones with me almost all the times. Phone 1: reserved for calls, text with limited 4G data plan (5GB of data per month). Phone 2: web browsing, social...