I would have thought that the unsightly notch on the iPhone would outweigh any 'disadvantages' of the pixel's


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Like the previous poster , I'm having no real issues with the 6 Pro and love the new cameras , just wish they
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Had mine a few weeks now and generally agree with Paul's points - camera much improved over Pixel 5 with the 4
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Yes you can , works fine for me with a Dbrand Grip case
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I think the finger print reader issues are overblown. For me it is at least as fast as my pixel 5 which was po
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It all depends what you want/need from your phone, I for one am glad that Google bucked the trend to only offe
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I've had my UK sorta sage Pixel 5 for a week now and it's standing up to normal use without a case w
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The forthcoming 5G 4A will be the XL version in all but name , I for one have been waiting for these phones fo
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Very interesting , would like to hear more about the Google Wi-Fi and how well it works in Stone or Brick buil
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Samsung in the UK have actually let you buy the S10/S10+ when that came out at the price less trade-in value o
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In reply to lvthunder:In firefox 68.02 Across Ghostery, AdBlock Plus and UBlock Origin , I'm showing abou
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In reply to wright_is:Ok thanks for explaining that, I guess the real lesson is that standards should always b
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I rather doubt that Apple would license their A9 chips to anyone else so if Qualcomm choose to apply condition
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Thanks Mehedi, It's turned up on Keep for me in the UK today , still waiting for Calendar and still hopin
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Spot on about it being customers that have chosen to pay for services (ad-free) I happily subscribe to YouTube
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What's with the USB 2.0 ports? a couple of USB-C's and another USB 3.0 would be much more useful. i
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In reply to Chris_Kez:Good points, switching focus is highly disruptive, I think whilst working I have split i
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Maybe its just me but I'm not sure why you'd want notifications on windows as well ... I have them o
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This whole thing was very irritiating and wasteful - how many extra Roku sticks were bought to replace firetv
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Does it allow you to paste links into the Address bar yet? That was the bit of Edge sheer stupidity that alway
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looks very cool, I'd happily do without the front facing camera on any phone so this is a good start.
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Polar bands are tough and outlive the devices themselves in my experience , that said it would be nice if manu
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Interesting and a good point for Spotify. I also have hundreds of ripped cd's plus downloaded lossless fi
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Just when dark mode is becoming really popular , Google start pushing out a white/bland mode......
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It's maybe not all bad my last 2 phones (Nexus 6P and Galaxy S8) have been USB-C and my laptops (HP and T
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In reply to Chris_Kez:I'm surprised it's that high , when google fell out with Amazon and stopped yo
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Great news and brings it into line with Azure Devops Git repos (formerly Visual Studio online) which have alwa
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In reply to Eric_Rasmussen: "OS X. It works across all Apple hardware sold in the last 10 years, and if a prog
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They've taken their time on this - Firefox has had dark mode support for ages - one of the reasons I swit
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I think the reliabibility issue really matters even more than the pricing and is a bit like cars - if you have
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I'd be interested in a colour laser version - I presently use an HP colour laser in a similar mode as Pau
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In reply to Nonmoi:Have you tried the Language support for Java by RedHat extension? Works great on Windows fo
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In reply to Sprtfan: If you agree to the license you agree to the terms of it , no one forced anyone to licen
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This was the EU doing what it does best - ignoring real consumer issues in favour of pointless stuff like this
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In reply to dcdevito:Some of the lower level ThinkPads have backlighting as an option like on my E480 so it ca
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With the abysmal new Skype version the phrase "polishing a turd" springs to mind , any product that's so
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When Google blocked YouTube on Amazon Fire Sticks (Is it still blocked? I haven't checked in ages) , I re
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In reply to DocPaul:Too true - and online retailers are often just as bad - I tend to buy shirts online in bul
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Well as someone I know always says "what's for you won't go past you" , maybe it's just meant t
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I was wondering where the fingerprint sensor is , but apparently its side mounted presumably on the power butt
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This will become a more prevalent consideration and is not unlike the scenario where some product or flavour t
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Having used browser Gmail for about 13 years I just don't see any issue with it , its always been solid ,
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In reply to Chris_Kez:Probaby means these adapters use a lot more power and resources than a plain old headpho
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Max doesn't sound classy/elegant enough to be used by Apple? Not to mention 'Max' sounding like
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A bit harsh calling the iPhone 4 'incredibly buggy' I absolutely loved mine and had no issues whatso
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In reply to wright_is:I had the same experience 10 years ago Parallels was great then it got really buggy and
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This can happen in life generally - a few years ago my wife was a volunteer counselor at a local women's
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Great news Brad, and kudos to Microsoft for listening to their users. It's never a good idea trying to ma
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In reply to wolters: Is the camera issue an Android issue? I get the same camera delays on a Samsung S8, both
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The Nexus 6P made by Huawei had chronic battery issues (I know I had one even with a giant battery case it wou
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Not sure this is worthy of your time Brad , Microsoft bought a pretty decent To-do product - Wunderlist and t
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Thanks Brad, nice article on a very useful topic! I am also a big fan of OneNote and Todoist , I will look int
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I've just looked on my Samsung S8 and it's trivially easy to switch to Bing or Yahoo as default sear
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I had IBM Thinkpads back in the day and loved them, but the Lenovo spyware scandal a few years ago made me wa
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Been there with the moving a Sonos issue , decided to put ours in the lounge to have music for a dinner party
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Can you try and get Leanpub to get rid of the obnoxious captcha logon they have please which is an irritation
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My newest machine a Jan 2018 HP ProBook with 8th gen Intel i7 , blue screen of deathed continuously after the
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Its like Dilbert's pointy eared boss days all over again , a little knowledge is a dangerous thing where
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Hopefully they'll also pay some attention to the actual Google back up and sync software which chews up 3
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Thank you for being so candid and honest about a big issue you faced down Brad, we are all what we think about
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I have just never seen the need for or point of the Android and iOS versions of Outlook as the stock email app
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Also noticed that the App version seems to use twice the memory of the Office version , so twice the memory f
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Been trying the cut down win 10 onenote and at first glance it looks ok but it has loads missing including mo
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Please stop this crazy notch copying - if it has a physical home button and lower bezel its clearly not an iPh
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You'll love it Paul, Oreo update for my S8 is just downloading today, I've loved the S8 coming from
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Interesting, as a long time UK Prime subscriber (for the free delivery) the video stuff is a bonus , I mainly
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A Standing desk is very helpful ideally electrically adjustable from sitting to different standing heights, ca
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Your thoughts on Google blocking the YouTube App on Amazon fire tv/stick , which is getting more publicity tha
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Something to switch to then when Google block YouTube on the Amazon FireTV/sticks in January!
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Thanks Mehedi, coincidentally I was just in the new Android OneDrive app before reading this article and was s
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I loved my Nexus 6p but the random battery discharge issue rendered it dead well inside 2 years and it had to
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Just waiting for the video of Paul in a blond wig channelling iJustine!!
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In reply to jimchamplin: Exactly - offence can't be given it has to be taken.
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Nice job Brad! I like the vid you made at the start looked almost like an official ad for the surface.
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I love that I can now watch first ring daily on my smart tv's now that it doesn't need a log on so c
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Mind you its scary that stuff like slide to unlock could ever be patented that's like patenting the conce
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In reply to timothyhuber:Yes same here , its amazing how you appreciate good battery life having been without
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In reply to timothyhuber:Absolutely, the way it would drop from almost any percentage up to 75 down to zero al
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Just get an S8 Paul! I was hanging on for the Pixel 2 launch to decide what to replace my Nexus 6P with but it
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In reply to gvan: it's doubtful they'll do that given they removed the custom domain and website el
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In reply to pepesilvia:Thanks for posting that, very helpful.
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Just checked the UK pricing the entry price for the OLED screen is £2774 , 16Gb and 1TB SSD - seriously expen
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HDMI ARC is definitely flawed I purchased a 4K Panasonic TV and a Panasonic sound bar and subwoofer in the hop
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In reply to jrickel96: I think the specific issue with the 6P is more than just Android's poorer (than iO
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Spot on article Paul, for me the Nexus 6P was the highwater mark for Google's phone hardware , the Pixel
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Great topics for an article Brad, thanks. I have been using todoist for a couple of years and their support is
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In reply to wolters:Try the Polar M600 the Polar app does the fitness side and you still get all the Android W
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Some of the cheaper Samsung models make a lot of sense (A3 , A5 for example) and are excellent value even if t
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Part 2 runs fine on Android (I have the tool bar button for forecast) , but running Windows Local Machine , I
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100% agree with all of that Paul, and what is even more scary looking in particular at the constant update iss
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For the fan noise check the BIOS, HP seem to have bit of a fan fetish - I have an HP Envy and Spectre X360 bot
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Thanks Brad, hopefully this one is free from spyware (we switched to HP over that) - something to test for whe
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Lift to check notifications has always been on Nexus 6p and 5x and is very useful, jump to camera ditto.
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I think they'll sell plenty, Tesla sell lots of expensive cars that arguably do less than cheaper petrol ones
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In reply to Waethorn: Displayport often has better support for 4K displays which might be in HP's thought