It was called a gimmick because you cannot actually use the feature where it can be useful

Its a gimmick because it only worked in a few benchmark tests. Everywhere else it was 120hz. Perhaps, it would’ve been unlocked for a few games they missed.

If it was actually doing something outside of adding AI label to more features. I could’ve agreed. But, doing what everyone else is doing. What’s rebellious or defiant here?

Nothing also has something akin to mindspace. Are they hiring the same 3rd party devs? These stupid AI gimmicks need to stop. Focus on actual UX and UI improvement for once. This AI stupidity is way out of hand. Especially, when the processing is done by a handful of cloud providers.

Usually, you can tell if someone is putting some effort. The OP is not even repying to deny any of the comments. So, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

LLMs are good at language processing tasks. Asking it to write code or solve complex maths it will make things up. Plus, it takes large amounts of energy to run them. Not to mention the data needed to train them.

Code written by them always has security holes. Use it to find facts, correct grammer or maybe generate a small paragraph or essay. But, don’t use it to generate code, medical device, etc.

As a recent example Chatgpt cannot answer if there is a seahorse emoji. It will get infinitely stuck in trying to be funny and finding an answer. Changing the answer mid token.

No, it was the regular iphone 17.

What QOL features improved your experience?

You don’t need this feature. But, it’s a nice convenience. Especially, if you pay flagship prices for a phone. Having a backup magnetic powerbank in an emergency is one use case, magnetic wallets are another.

Yes, I saw this in a comparison test where the iphone lost in a battery test while using a wireless magsafe powerbank against Xiaomi 17 with its single internal battery.

Its not actually capturing the screen though. Its display a transparent overylay on another app and using a timing side channel attack to track the pixels for the generated 2 factor auth code.

Its telling if JRE says he hasn’t had a phone explode in the last 10yrs or so.

Apple’s Magsafe. You don’t have to support apple’s magsafe. Qi2 is a standard. Supporting that should be good. Accessories which target Qi2, and creating those would be much better.

Limited in what way? Faster storage means you won’t see the loading icon as frequently and when the device ages there won’t be a noticeable difference in speed later.

Depends. If a significant chunk of your userbase starts to leave you will have to rethink sooner rather than later.

When you try to inform them. They make the argument about having nothing to hide or what do they care. Everyone harvests data anyway. It does not matter.

This most interesting thing to me is the charging time.

It takes 2hrs tk refill this 20k mAh powerbank strapped to a phone and projector at 45w.

My power bank of similar size takes 3-4hrs which is high.

Or ever.

TL;DR

• Leaked builds show Samsung’s next One UI 8.5 update, debuting with the Galaxy S26, will be based on Android 16’s second quarterly release (QPR2).
• This is significant because most device makers skip quarterly Android updates, delaying new features until the next major annual version is released.
• By adopting QPR2, Samsung can bring new Android platform features to Galaxy devices much faster than before, matching Google’s own release cadence.

You can instead use apps which block trackers. I can recommend 3.

Netguard with tracker filters enabled, PersonalDNS filter – a fire and forget DNS filter app, or Adguard android app from Adguard website.

The 1st one needs payment to access some pro features but can also block internet connection to all your apps.

The 2nd one is a simple DNS blocker which can have millions of rules and won’t choke under the load.

The last one is not Foss or available on fdroid like the 1st two are, but is much more powerful than the 1st two combined.

Pick your tools and limit information now.

Yeah, this is most infuriating thing about this. Other countries could compel any apps they deem bad and ask for identification.