Does anyone want an asshole company to scan their faces?

Probably a heap of AI garbage.

I use this! Probably not to its fullest extent, but it's neat.

SpamBlocker - my phone never rings now.

I don't want this. I want to turn off the phone part so any callers get a "this number is not active". Or one where only my list of known contacts can call my phone.

Fork and forget.

But my pixel 10s battery lasts half as long as my 9 did with heavier use.

Same in California.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/calif-passes-strongest-right-to-repair-bill-yet-requiring-7-years-of-parts/

In the EU they now have to by law.

That's seven years of bad luck for those trying to obtain replacement parts in this market.

My current folding (flip) screen is still working after 3 years. My prior folding (flip) phone also lasted 3 years before I had to replace it because I dropped it and broke the camera. The screen is still fine on that phone though.

My current flip does have a wear mark at the fold seam on the screen, but that was my fault for using it for over an hour in -22°F outdoor weather, then promptly folding it and putting it back in my pocket out of habit. I don't recommend doing that. However, the folding screen is fully functional and you can only see the mark on the screen when its off or if you hold it at a specific reflective angle. When the screen is one and you're reading on it, its very hard to see the mark. Its not nearly bad enough for me to replace the phone.

Gemini Intelligence Lost me as a potential customer.

yeah I don't trust folding screens to last much more then 1 year before needing to be replaced.. and I don't trust google worth a pinch of coon shit

The real question is whether they will support GrapheneOS or not.

bet it's still made by a shit company that doesn't care about their own products or consumers and actively works against humanity and trys to burn the planet for more profit from crappy junk like this... watch

Looking forward to it! Was supposed to ship in June but apparently they took more time to enter production than expected.

You probably already know this but don't wear that thing. Google will probably overnight you a new one and a fireproof box for that one. I'm sure they don't want stories of them exploding on people's wrists floating around.

The bulge is pretty apparent in the photo.

Plus atmospheric heat isn't enough to make the adhesive fail - who would choose such an adhesive? They'd have failures where it's normally hot, like the US Southwest.

Sun load can heat such things significantly, manufacturers use adhesives for such conditions.

No, it's from the swollen battery.

Those adhesives take more heat to make them fail, or they'd be failing in the US South/Southwest all the time.

You're supposed to put a portrait of your sweetheart in there

Now you can use that space to discreetly store some snacks! I bet you could fit several listerine strips or maybe even part of a pringle.

Ah, I admittedly didn't look very close at the watch or my wrist and assumed the glue fucked up. Looking again it does seem to be bulging a little

I checked the repebble site a bit and it seems interesting. I didn't see much on the OS though, can it get notifications or reply to said notifications? And can it be used without the connected phone nearby (with service obv; I forget my phone sometimes)

pebble watch

You're gonna love it. Best watch since the original Pebble Time.

Repairable.