For video playback it’s more than fast enough. I don’t have any stutters or hangs in the UI either, iodéOS is a lot lighter than the One UI version it came with. To be honest, aside from the 60Hz refresh rate, I can’t really tell that it’s a 6-year-old tablet. It is very thin, even by today’s standards, which makes it feel quite modern.

If you wanted to use it for gaming I’m sure you would run into issues, but I’m guessing you’re like me and just want it for watching stuff on.

A cheaper option is the Galaxy Tab 5e, a mid-range tablet from 2019. It has a very nice 1600p Super AMOLED panel and it is supported by both LineageOS and iodéOS. I own one myself and it can do HEVC fine, but I’m not sure about those other codecs as I haven’t tried them. I don’t know what the availability is like where you’re from, but here in Australia they are very easy to pick up secondhand in great condition for ~AU$200 which I think is a great price considering the quality of the display and their ongoing monthly updates.

Just so you know, the person you are replying to created that account today purely to respond to every single thread about this issue. It’s highly likely they are associated with GrapheneOS.

Narrator: idunnololz died later that day after attempting to eat an entire Black Forest cake solo

Go for it! You won’t get another chance when you’re dead.

Hi Daniel, nice to see the anger management classes are working. Keep on keeping on, champ!

Have you done it before?

Why do people need a piece of technology to guess at their mental state? This is nearly as stupid as the “alarm reminder to drink water” culture that has sprung up in the last few years. Your body knows when it is stressed and it knows when it needs water. Listen to and trust in your own body and the signals it is sending you and stop trying to make big tech your new parent.

No shit sherlock, that’s why they’re comparing market share and not revenue.

Err, yes…that’s what I was commenting on. The article frames this as some big concern for Apple using phrases like “looking shaky on home turf” and “if it wants to regain its standing in the US market”, but the reality is that small changes in market share ultimately don’t indicate much with regards to future market dominance when they are being driven primarily by less influential sectors. Apple is and will continue to be incredibly dominant in the US and the West more broadly, an uptick in sales of Galaxy A-series phones is barely worth running a story on and definitely not if the aim is to cast doubt over Apple’s position in the market.

Much of Samsung’s second-quarter improvement hinged on its more affordable Galaxy A series, like the Galaxy A36.

Seems like a pointless article/story. Apple still has a very dominant position whilst relying solely on the expensive end of the market to drive its total numbers. In other words, regardless of whether Samsung’s total presence is improving thanks to increasing sales of lower priced devices, the scale from Apple’s profit margin means it is still miles ahead.

I think the latest Sony Xperia 1 was bumped up to at least 5 years of security updates, so that will probably be their new minimum going forward.

That’s fair, it’s probably smarter to wait if you can’t afford to lose/waste that amount of money (in a worst case scenario). I noticed there is quite a bit of crossover between people following the Unihertz Titan series and people following the Mind One, which is why your comment stood out to me.

You might be interested in the iKKO Mind One. It’s a fully-funded Kickstarter tiny phone with an optional case that adds a physical keyboard, 3.5 mm headphone jack and a Cirrus Logic CS43198 DAC. There are a few days left in the Kickstarter if you want to back for a discount on the release price.

wE’Re not GoiNg bAcK!!!

Tangent, but why are people scared of the .ru repository? This was also an issue last time Bypass Paywalls was mentioned, and I thought it was quite strange to see in a piracy community. Are people unaware that a significant amount of the world’s piracy originates from Russia?

You guys are still signing into search engines?

It’s not about giving them extra slack, it’s aboit whether you want to live in reality or not. No small FOSS app is going to be a 1:1 match for Google Maps, that’s just a complete fantasy. So you, and others complaining in this thread, need to decide whether you are willing to make sacrifices to support big tech alternatives. If not, fine, but I don’t see the point in moaning about it online if you are unwilling to be part of the solution. The alternatives won’t magically improve if no one uses them, they need people to support the project and offer feedback to help shape future development.

Switching to FOSS/private alternatives is full of compromises. Considering this one takes about 10 seconds out of my life and is literally how all navigation worked before smartphones and learned helplessness, I think it’s well worth the trade-off.

if you don’t know the specific address of a place you’re pretty much SOoL

Look the address up and put it into the map app…problem solved.

The internet’s inability to fact check anything before re-sharing it? Yes, I agree.