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Help Which phone should I buy for better gaming and photography

"Perfectly" is a high bar, and I'd not myself say that any phone reaches it.

The most important thing about mobile phone photography is the software. All phones have small sensors, most have fixed apertures, and even where they have variable apertures the short focal length means that the depth of field is still large. So if you see a phone coping with tricky lighting, producing impressive shots in low light, producing a bokeh effect, that's all down to the software. And while some of the others have come on lately, Google have the best algorithms, which points you to the Pixel series. HTC (remember them?) so still do very good cameras in their flagships, but they've so little support these days that it would be hard to recommend them. I've read a number of people saying that the Snapdragon s10s (North America, China, Japan I think) have better image processing than the Exynos models (most of the world), but I can't confirm that personally. Ports of Google's camera software are available for some other phones: the closer in hardware to the Pixels the better, but that's something you might want to consider looking into if there is a non-Google model that you favour.

Of course you should be aware that when people are discussing "best" they are sometimes nit-picking over small differences. What matters is what works for you. Tastes differ too, e.g. I prefer natural colours and will accept some noise in order to preserve detail. Others might prefer "punchy" colours and no sign of noise (at the price of smearing away details). So I'd always recommend finding some samples from any phone you are considering, ideally in a range of lighting conditions, and judging for yourself.

One thing that the Pixels won't give you (at least until this Autumn) is multiple cameras. So if having a modest telephoto is important for you that might be worth considering (you can zoom digitally, but there's always some loss of quality with that). But in those cases make sure you check samples from both cameras, since the quality of a secondary camera (ultra-wide or tele) is not always the same as the main one.

I'm afraid I know very little about gaming, other than to say that if that's important to you you want a flagship-class specification. The Snapdragon 855 SoC has the best gpu currently, so if gaming were a priority for me I'd consider that plus adequate RAM as priorities. Of course lower resolution screens are easier to drive, so this will be more important with a 2k screen than a 1080p for example.

I'm sorry that's thoughts on features rather than specific phone recommendations, but I'm not currently in the market (my phone is under 2 years old) so I'm not following specific phones as closely as I would if I were looking to upgrade. I also don't know your budget, what country you are in (some phones are different in different countries), and what your other preferences might be (bigger or smaller, flat screens or curved, etc).

Help After upgrade cordova version 6.4.0 to cordova 9.0.0 android platform build gets fail with error

I have upgrade cordova version 6.4.0 to cordova 9.0.0 and facing issue on android build command. Also updated cordova-android version for cordova-android 6.1.0 to cordova-android 7.1.3
I can not understand what exactly error is about can any one please help me out regarding this error.

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Mirror My LG G7 Screen Onto My Fire HD 10?

Is Wi-Fi not an option? No, I am a truck driver and this is when I am out of range of Wi-Fi.
i do not really see a way to do what you are asking. there is no app that will let you mirror like that. to maybe a tv.....yes. but to another tablet? i'm not so sure. i'll have to do some thinking if there is a way or not. my gut says no.

Here is info from T-Mobile. I am wondering if there is an app that could be installed on my tablet that would cause it to be seen and receive the stream from the G7. Or maybe the HDMI dongle shown in the first Fire info link I'm posting.

It appears the Fire 7th Gen does not even mirror, it uses "second screen". I haven't looked into it yet.

https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-37582

https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201540250

https://www.techjunkie.com/amazon-fire-tablet-mirror-tv/

https://uk.amazonforum.com/forums/devices/fire-tablets/1498-display-mirroring

Help Adding Slimport/MHL (HDMI Output) to my Phone

I'm trying record/stream my phone's gameplay using an El Gato capture card. There wouldn't be an issue if my phone supported an HDMI output, but unfortunately it does not. I've looked into various mirroring applications that use USB and/or WiFi connectivity, but simply put, they all suck. I'm wondering if it's possible and practical to have someone take my phone apart and manually add this feature to my phone. If so, where could I get this done?

Thanks
no idea on that sorry. is it really that important that you are willing to take apart your phone?

why not chromecast you phone to your tv and have some kind of recording device record your tv.

Cast your screen from your Android device

Possible fake google app?

Have you installed anything from outside of Google Play, like sideloaded apps from whatever other sources?
I usually don't upload files,or photos,I am on wifi and have a firestick also.I was looking though my apps and i did happen to see configureAPK with over 70kb of data.So there maybe malware somewhere.I read you usually only have 20kb.But I am going to do hard reset.Taking it to carrier tomorrow so they can help me.I really just wanted to know if this has ever happened to someone or something like it?Perhaps?This is the second phone i bought.the first one(bought in Oct)was confirmed hack but software was too destroyed to recover any info.New phone was bought in March.So it has to be something!

Help An app that uses the NFC chip

Someone else recently posted about a very similar issue with NFC blood sugar tags and and an LG phone. Has your phone been updated to Pie, Android 9?

Could be there is an issue with the app and LG phones that needs to be fixed. No idea if there are any alternatives, as it's not something I've ever had to deal with.
Nope. My phone was updated to Pie before I started using NFC and the new app. When I first downloaded the app, the NFC chip and the app were working well together. After a few weeks, without the app updating, no more status reporting. They still work the same and the NFC icon is still in the Notification Bar. Just no more status reporting. Can you tell me which forum you saw the other NFC issue in. Maybe if I talk to him we can help each other. Thanks for trying.

Pixel Space Blast - new scroll shooter pixel game

Hello! 

Recently released a game for Android. I made the game alone, the development took several months. I hope for your feedback, I will be very grateful. The game is an endless pixel scrolling shooter in space, where at the end of each level you are waiting for the boss.

There is an advertisement in the game, but it is not intrusive and you can easily play without it.

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