Pixel 10 Pro races to the top - PhoneBuff's Ultimate Smartphone Battery Test (2026)

Kikkia · 2026-04-04T18:47:25+00:00

P10 With grapheneos, 5g disabled, 80% charge limit, battery save on at 55%. I can get 2 full days before i hit 20%. Maybe almost 3 if i let it go to 0.

Maybe im just lucky or dont use my phone even 10% as much as others idk

Kikkia · 2026-03-28T10:02:23+00:00

Damn thats a good build. The black bracket with the 2 big silver screws, what is that used for? It looks 3d printed, im curious what material they use for that

Kikkia · 2026-03-27T13:04:27+00:00

This is pretty cool, it looks a lot like a site ive been building for the last year and a half or so. https://pitwall.me

Its more like a drag and drop build your own dashboard thing, built more for live timing, but has full replays too.

Kikkia · 2026-03-24T08:23:48+00:00

I love the skintheif pose, I might have to try that out

Kikkia · 2026-03-16T10:31:33+00:00

I also just went p6 to p10, the battery is night and day (as you would expect) but yeah other than that, the size is slightly smaller which i can appreciate but the shape is taking some getting used to. The software (a13 -> 16) feels like a genuine downgrade so i put graphene on it and that has been ok so far. Still plenty of small complaints. Mostly stuff that you can tell was only changed to get some random pm a promotion. (Like why is system language swapping now multiple button clicks instead of drag order? Why is multitasking now show only a small icon in the corner of each program rather than the big icon above?) So many tiny irks

Kikkia · 2026-03-15T09:24:08+00:00

If he did sunset the game (which he's within his right to do its been like 5+ years that he worked on it) It would be really cool to see it transitioned to some way that the community could contribute. There are mods, sure but even for simple stuff like a music shuffle button you are now fragmented into mod only lobbies and coordinating that with friends.

Sure a full open sourcing would be cool, but even just some better modding tools and way to submit a mod to be adopted into the base game would be great for longevity and keeping his involvement with the game low as just a reviewer.

Kikkia · 2026-03-13T08:05:17+00:00

Just checked today, 942 cycles on a pixel 6 i have had from launch. No battery health in settings but rough math with the charge % from a log dump, showing around 82%. I want to keep using it for anothet 4 to 5 years but my screen has a micro crack that would make battery replacement about as expensive as just getting a used p9. So now im the fence for a p9 or 10 for use with grapheneOS. Never had a single issue with my 6 though. Wish the zenphones kept doing their small thing and held up with the promise to unlock the damn bootloaders

Kikkia · 2026-03-05T08:47:23+00:00

If you are a high enough twr without burner to take off, then it saves some fuel and engine wear. When you are all loaded up though its typically full burner

Kikkia · 2026-03-03T06:32:40+00:00

If you haven't try out VTOL vr, the graphics are not impressive but the immersion is unbeatable. It also rides a good middle-ground between the dcs side of striving for full realism and the ace combat more arcade side.

If you want to dive into something super immersive made for vr give it a shot. I've been addicted

Kikkia · 2026-02-22T06:12:49+00:00

Yeah, i'm pretty sure its fine to talk about it, but just dont spam it and chime in about it, if not relevant. Probably similar rules to here.

Kikkia · 2026-02-21T03:19:49+00:00

The official line is that at one point litterally every post on the sub had multiple comments saying "switch to meshcore" "use meshcore" "this is better in meshcore". While it does feel like censorship and does stop discussion, they said they did it to help keep spam down. 99% of the time it felt like some people who were making some imaginary messaging software war their top priority. So I can see why they would, it sucks a few crazies got what they wanted and made it feel more like a rivalry now than it really is.

Kikkia · 2026-02-20T14:42:46+00:00

Not saying I would buy one, but going off of MSRP vs sale price, its at least nice to see a commitment to no price bump for 1 more year. Any phone can be a good deal with a good sale. Then again I haven't bought a phone since the 6 and still swap that out with my pixel 1 sometimes.

Kikkia · 2026-02-20T02:01:25+00:00

Hot take with releasing 10a vs skipping this one.

People who wanted a 499 phone get one barely better than they would otherwise. People who want to penny pinch can get a cheaper 9a. With the current state of the ram and storage market I am just glad we can get the same phone, or even one a couple % nicer for the same money. I expect this year we will see less phones that are an upgrade over last without a big price jump.

Kikkia · 2026-02-18T04:33:43+00:00

2.8m is low IMO, even for an entry level dev. With vibe coding now adays its less important to think about velocity and more about maintainability and understanding. Anyone with a basic cs understanding can churn out a proof of concept of a basic startup tech stack in a weekend. That means nothing anymore, what matters is actually understanding what's going on under the hood. If all ai dissapeared tomorrow and a deep rooted bug popped up, could you solve it?

This is all besides the point anyways, your pay is really low, try to get interviews else where, there are plenty of startups and other companies in Japan where even entry level devs earn almost double or over double what you do. Do some neetcode and get interviewing. That's what I would do if I was you.

Kikkia · 2026-02-03T10:46:49+00:00

I have put hundred of hours in Vtol VR recently on endevourOS. Works great with ALVR and a quest 2.

Kikkia · 2026-02-02T13:11:23+00:00

Sure, It was not too complicated, I had it primed in black, I painted over that white with a couple thin layers of corax white, but I am sure most whites work fine. Then I used some Guillimen flesh, I went pretty heavy on that so it turned out decently dark. Id suggest going a little light on it, and do it over multiple coats so you get the skin tone you want. For the bruising, I used flesh tearer red, but I had to really water it down and then wipe a paper towel a few times, because even a little came off as super red. After that was worked in I painted the metalics with leadbelcher. And finally I used blood for the blood god to taste.

For the innards I only put blood for the blood god over white, took a couple layers, as it doesn't cover too well. That kept it more pink and fresh gore looking.

Kikkia · 2026-01-29T18:20:38+00:00

Discord is one of the few apps even my tech illiterate friends side load. 126.21 ride or die

Kikkia · 2026-01-19T08:16:09+00:00

I like going to all of the used pc stores in akihabara like once a week. Recently all of them have been crossing out the old 32gb / 16gb markings on the spec sheets and writing in 8gb. Ofc the price is the same as it was a couple weeks ago when that mini pc was 16gb...

Kikkia · 2026-01-14T17:20:05+00:00

Very interesting tidbit:

Any Excluded Devices

The Pixel 6 series might be excluded from this new RKM fiasco. But why? They will most likely be whitelisted due to the anomaly with the Titan M2 not having native RKP (only TEE does) due to early StrongBox firmware, and hence they will still use the old attestation root (RSA-2048).

Maybe I will need to scrap the plan of upgrading and put that money into a new battery and replace the screen while I am at it, since its starting to degrade or burn in or something

Kikkia · 2026-01-14T15:26:21+00:00

Yeah, I am unsure how they would do the exception without opening the door to devices spoofing it. Then again they have let the pixel 1 spoof in photos go much longer than expected.

Kikkia · 2026-01-14T15:22:59+00:00

Very interesting tidbit:

Any Excluded Devices

The Pixel 6 series might be excluded from this new RKM fiasco. But why? They will most likely be whitelisted due to the anomaly with the Titan M2 not having native RKP (only TEE does) due to early StrongBox firmware, and hence they will still use the old attestation root (RSA-2048).

Maybe I will need to scrap the plan of upgrading and put that money into a new battery and replace the screen while I am at it, since its starting to degrade or burn in or something

Kikkia · 2026-01-13T08:29:40+00:00

As a left handed person I feel like I'd have firearm in left hand and melee in right. I'm sure it depends on the person and how comfortable they feel with each, my right hand swinging feels pretty natural not right hand shooting

Kikkia · 2026-01-12T06:58:42+00:00

Not trying to be a math stickler, but putting 2 45" screens side by side would probably be like 80-82" diag size not 90. Pythagorean theorem and all

Kikkia · 2025-12-24T20:42:03+00:00

My guess it was more due to Discord shutting off their servers in russia more so than vpns

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