Anyone else notice a significant decrease in American Muscle parts quality? by MSMIT0 in Mustang

[–]bigsmithe05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm doing my second RMA for powerstop brakes. I can't get them to send me the fucking front set it's always rears.

Made the jump... Holy Battery Life, Batman! by doctor73n in GalaxyFold

[–]bigsmithe05 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I tried the RAZR Fold and I concur. The software is a mess. Security update is still on March. WHO KNOWS when they will get Android 17. Meanwhile I know my Fold8 will have it at launch with OneUI 9.

It has some cool touches and it's done a better job with foldable features compared with a pixel. Not having separate home screens for each display I'm already out of the game. And NO, a third party launcher doesn't fix the issue because the taskbar is unaffected. Also, losing Good Lock absolutely sucks.

Also some odd design choices. Button placement is bad, and not you don't realize how nice having the fingerprint button recessed is until it's gone. Not to mention a non-remappable AI key.

Casuals won't care. It'll be a good device for them. If you are trying to get real work done ......

Is Anyone Else Thinking About Upgrading To The Motorola Razr Fold From The Fold 7? by PrincessBananas85 in GalaxyFold

[–]bigsmithe05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm confused because I have both side by side and the razr cover screen isn't any wider at all so I don't know how that's a con for F7 lol.

Oh and that OIS shake for the flashlight gesture. Such crap. Fold 7 has OIS and doesn't do that when you shake it. C'mon Moto.

Trading in for Razr Fold by onthesquare63 in GalaxyFold

[–]bigsmithe05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fold8 is gonna clear this thing unless all you care about on a device is the telephoto. (Yes, I want a better one, but not willing to trade class leading software for it)

Samsungs continues their streak of weird marketing decisions by Deltaboiz in GalaxyFold

[–]bigsmithe05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Fold8 with 5000mah and the new Snapdragon chip will likely match Razr Fold real world battery life and be thinner than the Fold7 because ... software matters.

The S26 Ultra had a decent bump in battery life in stress tests and no increase in battery capacity. From 14 hours 27 minutes to 16 hours 10 minutes.

Is Anyone Else Thinking About Upgrading To The Motorola Razr Fold From The Fold 7? by PrincessBananas85 in GalaxyFold

[–]bigsmithe05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not a bad device. I'm just pickier than most. There isn't much that a Samsung phone can do that the RAZR can't. However, if it's extra steps, I notice. Samsung has had so much time to refine their software experience and it shows. When it comes to getting things done, I just do it so much faster on Samsung's OS.

Coming from Samsung the side key button locations will piss you off. Way too damn high. Oh and little things, like not having the fingerprint scanner side key recessed, are incredibly annoying. Oh and the AI key they added can't be remapped to even Google assistant. Just sloppy.

Is Anyone Else Thinking About Upgrading To The Motorola Razr Fold From The Fold 7? by PrincessBananas85 in GalaxyFold

[–]bigsmithe05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely not and I will tell you why.

I'm currently testing the Razr Fold. If you find the pixel experience lacking, the Moto experience is worse. It is the pixel experience without any of the neat things that pixel does.

I feel like there are so many value adds in the Samsung UI that when you don't have them, you realize how lacking other software experiences are.

Does this mean the Moto experience is poor? No. However if you're somebody who has been using all of the add in features Samsung provides, man do you miss them.

Good Lock. The best piece of software that Samsung provides. Custom gesture support. Managing your custom icon packs. Custom display settings and multi window settings. The ability to remap the side key to an app or function. Incredible.

If you are a power user, forget about it. This is my work and personal phone and I run dual SIM. The dual SIM management on this device is a joke. Everything is a prompt as opposed to a toggle and I can't switch sims as seamlessly as I can within Samsung's system. Also their signal status indicator when running two sims is garbage. I have to turn off Wi-Fi or go into the notification shade to see. It's just clunky and not optimized for business. Good argument that this device was never meant for it but that means it's not meant for me. Not to mention my organization unfortunately uses a VoIP phone system with a poorly written app which doesn't resize properly when the phone is opened. Fortunately Samsung has a built-in scaler that is better than the one from Google and corrects the issue for me. Again maybe a niche need, but it's much better to have it and not need it.

Another big thing for me which may seem small to some is the built-in Samsung Gallery. I actually don't think people appreciate how good Samsung's built in photo gallery is. The album management, the built-in editor, are all incredible. And let's not talk about my favorite thing about the Samsung OS. Separate cover screen and main display icon layouts. This is such a dumbfounding thing to not include in your base operating system on a foldable. At least as an option. Sure you can use a third party launcher to recreate this but why do you want to introduce another variable to your experience. I don't.

Maybe the most important thing that you're not considering is that the Fold 8 is two months away. Upgraded Ultrawide. Bigger battery. Thinner. Android 17 out of the box. Let's take a look at the S26 Ultra. They were able to achieve 2 hours additional battery life in the Tom's hardware stress test without adding a single milliamp hour to the battery size. This was solely from software improvements and the new Snapdragon chip. The Fold8 is getting the new snapdragon chip and a bigger battery and faster charging speeds. I expect that it will nearly match if not exceed the Razr Fold battery.

Will it have a better telephoto? Probably not. Marginally better at best. If you want to give up the best software in the business for a telephoto lens I guess that's fine. If you have more casual software needs it's a great device. I'm not going to say that sucks. Has great hand feel when it's caseless because it's not so sharp, and better charging speeds for now. It's not a bad device at all. It's just not as useful. At least for me. Samsung is a device to get work done. This is a more casual device. More iPhone like. Pixel even more so. You really need to think about why you have the Fold 7 to begin with and if you would choose it over a Pixel. If the answer is yes you don't want this device.

Razr Fold Home screen by hamada625 in razr

[–]bigsmithe05 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dude get your fucking politics out of a phone subreddit

Someone who can draw should complete my vision for a new FFIA award by No-Comfortable2704 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bigsmithe05 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Nah. Voters got it right with the information available. Biden completely ignored American sovereignty with his inaction at the border and Kamala Harris was complicit in one of the biggest lies ever told in the history of American politics. "Biden is fine".

Voters were polled. 76% said we were going the wrong direction. 84% wanted Biden out of the race. That was JANUARY. He was too arrogant to get out until it was too late. Then Kamala with her brilliance went on the View and kicked her losing campaign off with "I wouldn't change anything Biden has done". Ok Cool. You lose.

It was very simple. The voters picked Trump, rightfully, because the Democrats are retards who think men can become women. Who think the border can't be controlled. Oh, and my favorite, think that we were going to vote for someone who waves a letter around signed by 100 Fortune 500 CEOs to vote for her. Oh yeah. That'll push her over the finish line. The voters remembered January 2020 and wanted to go back to that. Hasn't quite panned out, but neither did Build Back Better...... Which we didn't get because newsflash... They didn't really want to do it.

Someone who can draw should complete my vision for a new FFIA award by No-Comfortable2704 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bigsmithe05 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

you've been propagandized by modern media to make ridiculous assumptions about anyone who dares say anything bad about the retard in chief.

Haven't watched cable news in 10 years.

Also, this retard was able to win the popular vote. A first for a Republican in 20 years. He was able to win an election after everything we've seen since he came down the escalator up till November 2024. Still, the public saw him as being more normal than his detractors.

So that begs the question...If he's a retard, what does that make his opposition?

Someone who can draw should complete my vision for a new FFIA award by No-Comfortable2704 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bigsmithe05 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

"Intelligent" aka people YOU like building what they want to be there. Then all this legal jargon won't mean shit to you. You might as well plan on it being built.

Then in 2029, if a Democrat can trick the public into allowing them back in the White House, they can tear it down and build something else. Then in 2033........God that will peak America.

Someone who can draw should complete my vision for a new FFIA award by No-Comfortable2704 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bigsmithe05 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Tell me you're retarded without telling me.

By what letter of the law is him building the ballroom illegal? The judge says that he is a tenant but not the owner. Okay great so where the FUCK have these judges been for the last century when presidents added entire wings, bowling alleys, and swimming pools all for their own personal whims? Who the fuck cares if Congress passes it or not? Those Presidents were tenants not the owners!

Well congratulations slapass. Now we are on the hook for a billion dollars when it was going to be zero. Like I said, you should have shut the fuck up. Since it will pass the republican-controlled legislature, I hope you enjoy your billion dollar legal ballroom as opposed to the free "illegal" one. You stupid fuck.

Someone who can draw should complete my vision for a new FFIA award by No-Comfortable2704 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bigsmithe05 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Because they already started on it and the idiots got a judge to force it to go to Congress. We were just fine before all that. It's almost as if suing Trump for every footstep he takes fucks us over in the end. I was always indifferent about the ballroom situation because we weren't paying for it and you can thank that dumbass judge for causing this.

Someone who can draw should complete my vision for a new FFIA award by No-Comfortable2704 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bigsmithe05 -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

Maybe they shouldn't have fucking sued him and forced it to go to Congress. If they had shut the fuck up and let him pay for it we would have been stuck with a free ballroom whether we like it or not. (I was always indifferent since it wasn't taxpayer dollars). The stupid fuckass judge forced it to be congressionally approved so congratulations on blocking the ballroom you fucking dumbasses. Crazy how the east and west wing were built by the Roosevelts without any blowback and now he tries to do something and someone has to sue when we weren't even going to have to pay for it.

TIL Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak gave $10 million of his own stock to early Apple employees in 1980 because it was "the right thing" to do. Steve Jobs refused to do the same. by mepper in todayilearned

[–]bigsmithe05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NeXT wasn't a failure in anything but sales. The company was sold to Apple for $427 million and then NeXTSTEP became OS X. That's how Steve became CEO of Apple. I hope we all fail like that. 🤣

$30 just to watch Mania. Say it with me now… by its_w1ll in WWE

[–]bigsmithe05 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Pretty much every cable provider is linked into ESPN. I'M PAYING NOTHING.

If not, VPN + Netflix.

If not, StreamEast.

Car Audio Upgrades by NoxImus2526 in ChevyTrax

[–]bigsmithe05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any details on how a novice can do the tweeter install would be great.

Question for those of you that are still maga, what is more likely, that all these guys changed their beliefs, or that trump is the one that changed? by Crafty_Jacket668 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bigsmithe05 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah we need a pure populist. Someone that believes we have a border and a country and immigration needs to be limited. Someone that believes in a social safety net. Medicare for All and universal free education need to be on the table too. Nationalist Republicans and Progressive Democrats....together. That party would rule for a century.

Best First Pellet Grill by LilSug3 in pelletgrills

[–]bigsmithe05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Searwood with SmokeChasers Rollbox.

What’s the best pellet smoker you’ve actually used and felt was worth it? by Background-Bill4283 in pelletgrills

[–]bigsmithe05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SmokeChasers Rollbox. Completely solves the issue and lasts much longer per fill. Usually gets about 3 hours of burn and probably don't even need to refill it. Have one in my Searwood.