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That's not a growth wrote:Here's what I thought of it back in September when Poser asked me on my opinion of it:

It's brilliant, but I upgraded from a pixel 1. It's the same size as the pixel 1, but all screen apart from the camera dot which doesn't bother me as it never blocks anything (if you have it landscape videos don't go wide enough to touch it). Screen is really, really vivid. Lack of 90 Hz doesn't bother me since I've never used a phone that has that feature, and this already feels smoother than my previous phone.

It's a bit heavier so feels sturdier. Might feel a bit smaller than your pixel 2, even if the screen might be bigger - but personally I've moved away from the larger form factors now that it's possible to get a phone that's basically all screen - to me this is the best of both worlds; something I can control with one hand easily, not too bulky for pockets, but still a decent screen size.

Has stereo speakers when landscape (although one of the speaker holes by the charger port are just there for symmetry), headphone jack and a back fingerprint reader - all of which are pluses in my eyes. This is my first phone using gestures rather than the 3 buttons at the bottom, which is taking a bit too get used to but not too bad.

The camera is the same hardware they've been using since the pixel 2, but going by reviews it's still top of class so they must keep updating the software. Seems good to me, but I don't have modern phones to compare to. Selfie cam is much, much better than my old pixel's. Big square on the back for the camera is ridiculous, but doesn't get in the way.

Lack of water resistance doesn't bother me. I've not tried Android pay yet.

It's already got Android 11 which has some minor changes, and fast updates is one reason why I went for this over the Nord.

After a few months of using it I still agree with this. Battery life is fantastic, it's not often I use half of it in a day.

ignition wrote:Unsure of all the details, but pretty sure Huawei phones don't have access to the Google Play store/Google apps. So while technically excellent products, particularly for photography, they're probably not a good option for a lot of people.

ignition wrote:How does that work when the app needs updating? Do you need to sideload each time?

Chocolate-Milk wrote:I just got an S20+ through work, and I've spent the evening swapping over from my S8. Pretty pleased so far!

Does anyone if there's a way I can hide the navigation bar inside of certain apps on Android 10? I remember there used to be a button on one side that would lock/unlock the bar in fullscreen apps, but it seems to have been abandoned in favour of either a persistent bar, or no bar with gestures only.

The problem is, gesture navigation sucks gooseberry fool, but the persistent bar pushes the Game Pass screen way off-centre, and I'll be damned if I'm switching back and forth each time.

Any suggestions?

Errkal wrote:Does this help?? https://www.howtogeek.com/660147/samsun ... ton-order/

Chocolate-Milk wrote:

Errkal wrote:Does this help?? https://www.howtogeek.com/660147/samsun ... ton-order/

Sadly not, that's about as far as I'd got already. I can turn the bar on and off easily enough, but I was hoping there was an option to hide it when using certain apps.

Netflix, for example, will show the bar when browsing the library, but hide it when playing a video. Maybe it's just up to the app developer, and we don't get a say.