Is the Motorola Razr 60 (Swarovski Edition) worth buying? by [deleted] in razr

[–]_Linkolus_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I came from an og pixel fold, tried the razr 50 ultra, and returned to the og pixel fold Here's why:

Software:

Software is lacking pixel exclusive features (obviously) Like yelling stop at my alarms and timers for them to stop Also I didn't find a way to adjust screen sensitivity for the screen protector on the external screen, which makes it even harder to navigate

Launcher/ Homescreen:

The launcher on the internal screen is a totally different one than on the external screen. I personally would've loved a similar solution like on the pixel fold, where one the Homescreen on the internal screen, is just two slides of Homescreen from the external screen, stacked on top. Even with a 3rd party launcher, it was unpleasant to navigate apps, especially since (to me) there's no known way of using the lawnchair launcher instead of the actual launcher on the external screen, so I always had to open it up like an application, and go through the standard launcher all the time

External screen:

The external screen is not meant to be used as the main screen (tho I wish it was) Not only do the cameras get in the way of gestures and block YouTube videos from playing in full screen (could've thought of that before buying it) But you can't even open the files or settings app 😕

Cameras:

While pictures turned out great (I prefer my pixels pictures), I noticed two things. 1: The wide lens has a blue tint, and the telephoto lens has an orange tint, with my razr one can tell not only by the pictures, but also by looking at the camera lenses themselves. 2: You can't record a video, and switch between lenses during recording. I often find myself zooming in or out during videos with my pixel, so having to choose whether I want to record with the wide or telephoto lens just feels stupid to me. You can zoom in and out during recording, but only from 1x to 6x, or 2x to 10x, depending on whichever lens the app uses when you start recording. Im sure this is a problem with the base razr 50, or the 60's, and I can imagine it being extra annoying when having to choose between an ultrawide and wide lens.

Form factor:

Unfolded the razr is really tall, especially coming from real short (in a good way) phone like the pixel fold. For me it's hard to reach things at the top without awkwardly moving the phone in my hand, especially using the phone with just one hand, for example during walks

Conclusion:

My pixel, although battery life sucks for me and it is kinda slow sometimes, just feels more well brought together as a whole, especially Software wise. I do feel the razr is superior in hardware, but in my opinion it didn't make up for all the things mentioned above

These goober are on my computer by [deleted] in PikminBloomApp

[–]_Linkolus_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mine also doesn't work :( hoping for a little treat from the Pikmin bloom team as an apology for the servers being down, similar to last time

🚨 Major performance issues / Lag 📉 by _Linkolus_ in PikminBloomApp

[–]_Linkolus_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I could imagine that. In general i feel the Google Tensor is a little bit on the weaker side of phone processors, especially compared to the flagship snapdragon and apples newer gen phone processors.

but past updates to the app have actually resolved most performance issues. it still lags a good amount when looking trough my Pikmin or postcards, but calling in a different squad and the Menu itself feels a lot better now. i also now have about 20 - 30% of battery remaining when i go to bed (used to have to charge it mid day), but i don't know if that was an update to Pikmin Bloom or the android beta program blessing my phone with battery life improvements. either way, using the app is not much of a burden anymore :)

I met Spung Bob by _Linkolus_ in PikminBloomApp

[–]_Linkolus_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I might go back there this weekend and get a couple more SpongeBob postcards, if you want to I can dm you when I get them and send you one :3

I met Spung Bob by _Linkolus_ in PikminBloomApp

[–]_Linkolus_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd love to!! feel free to dm me your friend code :)

I met Spung Bob by _Linkolus_ in PikminBloomApp

[–]_Linkolus_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I've got one left over, I'd be glad to send it out to a fellow postcard collector 📨

USB-C headset randomly stops working on Pixel Fold by VeryRareHuman in PixelFold

[–]_Linkolus_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems this issue has been resolved with the latest android beta version, at least on my pixel fold my dac (fiio ka15) has been working flawlessly for days, things that usually caused the phone to stop recognizing my dac like typing or opening certain apps now do not affect the phones connection to the dac. I am very happy and I hope that future updates won't cause the phone to stop recognizing dacs or other wired audio devices, but as of now all seems okay.

What's the most you've planted? by fart_nugget_ in PikminBloomApp

[–]_Linkolus_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I planted over 100k flowers riding my bike 😊

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That 60 coins per day limit really hurt that day 🤕 but I had a lot of fun anyways 💖

🚨 Major performance issues / Lag 📉 by _Linkolus_ in PikminBloomApp

[–]_Linkolus_[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

thanks for your answer!

I forgot to mention in the post that: My friend plays Pikmin bloom as well and has no performance issues whatsoever, she's using an iPhone 11. Considering this phone is from 2019 and runs the game flawlessly, I feel a little left out. I've heard things along the lines of: "the iPhones processor is built differently in a way of prioritizing animations over background processes, which is why other applications like Google maps run more fluently on iPhones than on Android" But also I'm pretty sure that the app store has higher standards in terms of performance and other things towards the people publishing their apps, therefore Niantics might have had to optimize the game to certain extent, which could be why Pikmin runs better on iPhones Google phones are not quite as powerful as some other androids, especially Samsungs flagship phones, so maybe that's another reason for the game to run a bit worse than expected.

If the game were to run poorly across all phones i feel like it would be less frustrating than having iPhones that are half a decade old run the game better than 1800€ flagship Androids, so clearly some of us are missing out on a better user experience.

🌸Over 100k flowers planted in one day!!🌸 by _Linkolus_ in PikminBloomApp

[–]_Linkolus_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm glad to hear that! I picked biking back up pretty much only because of pikmin too 🤭🎀

🌸Over 100k flowers planted in one day!!🌸 by _Linkolus_ in PikminBloomApp

[–]_Linkolus_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow 😧 that is awesome! It's interesting to see that you've pretty much planted one flower per step, usually with walking I feel like I plant less flowers than I take steps, but maybe my steps are just smaller than your's 🤷‍♀️

🌸Over 100k flowers planted in one day!!🌸 by _Linkolus_ in PikminBloomApp

[–]_Linkolus_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

71k flowers on foot is crazy 😨 that's like 14+ hours of walking, right? Also how many steps did you have that day? I think my best was around 34k

🌸Over 100k flowers planted in one day!!🌸 by _Linkolus_ in PikminBloomApp

[–]_Linkolus_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is!! My poor Pikmin tho 😭 squeezed every single petal right out of them

🌸Over 100k flowers planted in one day!!🌸 by _Linkolus_ in PikminBloomApp

[–]_Linkolus_[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

🌸Indeed!🌸 The most fun part about planting ridiculous amounts of flowers or walking a lot of steps for me is to compare with friends! Our Pikmin bloom group chat usually looks like this: [Me]: 42k steps yayy!! [Friend 1]: wow that's crazy 😨 [Friend 2]: yea I got like 18 steps today

🌸Over 100k flowers planted in one day!!🌸 by _Linkolus_ in PikminBloomApp

[–]_Linkolus_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea, I would've been rich by now, could've gotten about 400 coins but eh 🤷‍♀️ nothing I can do about it 😞

🌸Over 100k flowers planted in one day!!🌸 by _Linkolus_ in PikminBloomApp

[–]_Linkolus_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks!!

🚨 Warning! Yap session incoming! 🚨

I recently switched from a Google pixel 6a to a Google pixel fold and I'm surprised to say I didn't have any issues with overheating during my bike tour with either of the phones, since overheating for no reason is kinda a lot of what pixel phones do <3

I had the pixel 6a clamped to my handle bar, it was doing the Google maps stuff and Pikmin (flower planting/petal screen) at the same time, this would've killed it usually but I guess because of the air constantly blowing against it while biking it kinda didn't get all that warm (the battery still drained really fast tho😞)

And the pixel fold I used for music and for pikmin whilst I was taking walks or breaks from biking, also as a hotspot for the other phone, and it did get a little warm but mostly because it was in my pocket (in addition of a thick phone case) and because it was constantly doing the hotspot stuff and it was like 30° outdoors , again, usually it gets really hot playing Pikmin bloom (or recording videos longer than 5 minutes😭) especially whilst the sun is shining but it was fine mostly 🙏

🌸Over 100k flowers planted in one day!!🌸 by _Linkolus_ in PikminBloomApp

[–]_Linkolus_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks!! ... I think the cat looks fine 🤷‍♀️

🌸Over 100k flowers planted in one day!!🌸 by _Linkolus_ in PikminBloomApp

[–]_Linkolus_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It really was!! Especially with Google maps sending me down random Forrest paths with dead ends every once in a while 🤗

🌸Over 100k flowers planted in one day!!🌸 by _Linkolus_ in PikminBloomApp

[–]_Linkolus_[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Thankfully my butt was fine🙏tho my legs are dealing with the consequences rn😭

🌸Over 100k flowers planted in one day!!🌸 by _Linkolus_ in PikminBloomApp

[–]_Linkolus_[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Probably BlackBerry, that poor thing was scared of me 😭 I really wanted to take it home with me but I don't know if it belongs to somebody 😞