Re: Google is preparing to replace RCS with MLS

Arno Welzel wrote on Mon, 19 Aug 2024 10:05:02 +0200 :

the pixel8a is a bit different out of the box, a long press of the
power button doesn't act as expected (shutdown/reboot/emerg call)
but as a gemini AI assistant button, but you can change it to
"normal"

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It's the same with Pixel 6a, 6, 7, 7 Pro and so on...

I'm a Nexus/Pixel fan, but I don't buy one *every* year.  The 8a is the
first one I have (since the 5a) that has re-purposed the power button
like that ...

 
I just added this for completenes. I don't have all these phones either
(except the 6a).

I love the repurposed power button when used as a quick flashlight app.

I've never had a Pixel, simply because I get all my phones free, so I get
whatever phone they want to give me, for free, which is currently the
Samsung Galaxy A32-5G from 2021 which is doing just fine for me.

I wonder what I'd get if I bought a "more powerful" phone that I'd want?

Dunno. I'm happy with the Samsung Galaxy A32-5G, although it's not really
from 2021 in that I got the first set of three in about April of 2021, but
I screwed up the USB port (by sleeping on it when it was plugged in), so
they replaced that for free under warranty and then somehow I got
overzealous in the customizations where it froze & wouldn't boot up.

That was about November of 2022 (or thereabouts), so my Samsung Galaxy
A32-5G is really only about two years old. It's stuck on Android 13 though.

Unfortunately, as far as anyone on XDA knows, it's unrootable.
But still, what would I get that I want if I got a "more powerful" phone?