Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 855 With 5G Modem

[pellius]

PELLIUS, Thanks for that latest CellPhone info.

On the back of my phone it says "Cricket ZTE" and as you can already see, I am as dumb as an oyster when it comes to "up to date" cell phones. But I think that it is a smart-phone.

But I think that this $39 cell phone of mone can do everything that you mentioned above ... but I am too darn dumb to use some of those 'features as you mentioned above... except when I go to the Cricket store and ask, "How do I do that?".

And then the Cricket guy/gal takes my phone and pushes a button or two .... and it does it.

My problem is ... I am a nut-job when it comes to understanding what "Bluetooth" or "WI-FI" does or is supposed to do and on a number of occasions I switch to "Airplane Mode" and have no idea how  that happened. (But I am pretty good at understanding the BASICS of Quantum Mechanics.)

But I do gotta admit that I am totally dumb when it comes to getting the best usage of my $39 cell phone, but I only realize that "dumb-ness" when I read input such as this from GetBiggers who know how cell phones actually function.

I come from the days when we used to converse using two metal cans and a short piece of taunt string so I think that my ignorance should be totally acceptable until I get back to CRICKET and ask them to make it work just like your cellphone does.

And I bet ya that my $39 phone will work just as well, but maybe not as swiftly.

AND .... YES ... Las Vegas is one of the main places where Hawaii folks come to reside ... because it is so damn cheap (relatively speaking.)

I can buy a whole  pineapple here for 80 cents or less but Hawaiian Sweet Bread is never cheaper.

You keep saying that but how could you possibly know when you don't even know what phone you have? Why don't you just look at the box it came in or ask the sales person. Features like call screening and nightsight are unique only to Google Pixel.

[kcb5150]

This has, and always will be, an issue. But there are so many easy access to outlets that its never been an issue for me. My car charger usually takes care of power supply but I also keep a pocket size portable charger with me. Phones charges so quick now that I get a 30% bump on just  15 minutes of charge.

The issue is the battery is embedded and the capacity takes a swan dive once you go through enough cycles.

[denarii]

OP sells phones in a mall kisok?

No glues new screens onto cracked phones

[Palumboism]

No glues new screens onto cracked phones

This is also true.  I repair cell phones at night after my first job at the Kiosk. 

[Palumboism]

Gary explains the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8CX.

It will be interesting to see how laptop manufacturers price laptops with the 8CX compared to Intel and AMD.  In reality, this chip is significantly cheaper than AMD or Intel.  Will laptop manufacturers pass that saving on to the customer, or keep it for themselves?  I suspect they will initially keep it.

[stuntmovie]

PELLIUS, Thanks for puttng up with my cellphone stupidity and respnding to my basic cellphhone shit.

I now realize that I have to turn my cell off and then turn it back on  and then the name of my phone pops up ... It's a ZTE FANFARE 3 which I believe is a smart-phone because it can do the things you mentioned earlier and also 'responds' to  my verbal inquiries ... but most-likely much slower than a more epensive one which you most likely use.

Once again ... this Fanfare 3 cost me $39 and I get unlimited service for $42/month but it won't call an ambulance if I get run over by truck ....As the latest Apple claims to do

But I'm still not convinced that I shoild buy an Apple phone at $1,000+, but this Christnas I'll be with a good number of Apple cell phone enthusiast family members ... and one of the kids (6 - 12) will possibly covince me otherwise.

Thanks again.

[Palumboism]

PELLIUS, Thanks for puttng up with my cellphone stupidity and respnding to my basic cellphhone shit.

I now realize that I have to turn my cell off and then turn it back on  and then the name of my phone pops up ... It's a ZTE FANFARE 3 which I believe is a smart-phone because it can do the things you mentioned earlier and also 'responds' to  my verbal inquiries ... but most-likely much slower than a more epensive one which you most likely use.

Once again ... this Fanfare 3 cost me $39 and I get unlimited service for $42/month but it won't call an ambulance if I get run over by truck ....As the latest Apple claims to do

But I'm still not convinced that I shoild buy an Apple phone at $1,000+, but this Christnas I'll be with a good number of Apple cell phone enthusiast family members ... and one of the kids (6 - 12) will possibly covince me otherwise.

Thanks again.

Your phone has a Snapdragon 210 processor with a quad core Cortex A7 CPU.  This is the same Arm architecture used in the Raspberry Pi 2B.  The current Raspberry Pi 3+ uses quad A53 Arm processors and costs $25.

I only point this out because it shows why it's important to look at and understand the processor in a smart phone.  Cricket (now owned by AT&T) just want to sell you the service for $42 dollars a month, so they sell you the cheapest Chinese cell phone with the cheapest processor possible.  Most of the older buying public isn't tech savy and won't understand the extreme difference in user experience between the different phones and processors.  

Smart phones are very much a generational thing.  Generation Y and Z don't know life without a smart phone.  Older generations don't understand why they need a smart phone or what they can do with it.  

 

[pellius]

Your phone has a Snapdragon 210 processor with a quad core Cortex A7 CPU.  This is the same Arm architecture used in the Raspberry Pi 2B.  The current Raspberry Pi 3+ uses quad A53 Arm processors and costs $25.

I only point this out because it shows why it's important to look at and understand the processor in a smart phone.  Cricket (now owned by AT&T) just want to sell you the service for $42 dollars a month, so they sell you the cheapest Chinese cell phone with the cheapest processor possible.  Most of the older buying public isn't tech savy and won't understand the extreme difference in user experience between the different phones and processors.  

Smart phones are very much a generational thing.  Generation Y and Z don't know life without a smart phone.  Older generations don't understand why they need a smart phone or what they can do with it.  

 

Spot on. How did you become so knowledgeable? For most it's hit and miss. There's no owner's manual that spells everything you can do because it will fill a library.  How old are you?

BTW, how do I get my phone, Pixel 2, to switch automatically to my data plan? I have WiFi calling set to off but at home or anywhere I'm connected to WiFi it doesn't switch. WiFi calls are always breaking up

 

[Palumboism]

Spot on. How did you become so knowledgeable? For most it's hit and miss. There's no owner's manual that spells everything you can do because it will fill a library.  How old are you?

BTW, how do I get my phone, Pixel 2, to switch automatically to my data plan? I have WiFi calling set to off but at home or anywhere I'm connected to WiFi it doesn't switch. WiFi calls are always breaking up

 

I gained most of my knowledge about smart phones from watching  Youtube video's like Gary explains or Tech Alter.  I also have a computer science degree and an Engineering degree.  I built my own computer and enjoy both the hardware and software side of computers.  

I'm a forty year old generation X, so I didn't grow up with smart phones, but I did grow up with computers.

I'm not sure I can answer your question about Wifi.

[pellius]

I gained most of my knowledge about smart phones from watching  Youtube video's like Gary explains or Tech Alter.  I also have a computer science degree and an Engineering degree.  I built my own computer and enjoy both the hardware and software side of computers.  

I'm a forty year old generation X, so I didn't grow up with smart phones, but I did grow up with computers.

I'm not sure I can answer your question about Wifi.

I've been trying to keep up watching YouTube videos like Android Authority, CNET, and I've really gotten to like Marques Brownlee. He has a very pleasant, easy going manner and doesn't try to put on an act. I even like his cliche tagline:

"PEACE"

[GymnJuice]

Wake me up when they invent the phone that has free porn without viruses and popups