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Discussion in 'Sunderland' started by Prehab26, Jul 30, 2025 at 6:50 AM.

  1. Lucky19672

    Lucky19672 Well-Known Member

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    Think I may have changed my mind. Phone I have has a night vision camera and it's class. This one has the same, but also with a projector and a MASSIVE battery.

    https://oukitel.store/products/oukitel-wp100-titan?variant=50379086594342
     
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  2. John Wick

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    it's always handy to have stuff like that in your "notes" depending on what phone you have. Only issue is if you lose your phone, however you can always be clever with what you call the service your password is for. Most phones have a notes app,
    Screenshot_20250730-231823_One UI Home.jpg Screenshot_20250730-232231_Samsung Notes.jpg
     
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  3. John Wick

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    Argos, split payments mate.
     
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    talking of cheaper alternatives, i went for this one, i love droid and avoid apple stuff but i find a lo tof 'names' simply throw a lot of stuff on that most will never use (much like microsoft did with windows) so this does what i need...i was dubious of the camera specs and i was correct, while it will take decent enough pics on the go that is one aspect that the 'names' win hands down, me being and old careless fecker it has proven it's worth after several drops and knocks.

    on the smartwatch topic i lag well behind, i am happy with my cheap ones, again, they do what i want.

    https://www.doogee.com/products/s20...2qpkspIo1Gy9QJp_4sP1NB3iB_W9mArkns47evJnKbLK4
     
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  5. Lucky19672

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    Know someone who has a doogee and they really like it.

    Oukitel (mine) did a very similar one to yours (customisable rear screen) and I was tempted.

    Battery life will be class?
     
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    samwise_new Well-Known Member

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    yup, good battery but really depends on what is running...had a week away recently and was constantly searching for wifi (my fault) and the battery drop off was far quicker but on a 'normal' week can get two or three days out and basically just charge it for the hell of it plus i am not a heavy user.

    the rear screen is a nice gadget, set my own 'screen saver' and mainly use it for the clock and a quick battery check...thing is a lot of these unknown brands are almost identical to the brand names we all know, there are one or two 'short cuts' but pretty much do the same.
     
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  7. Lucky19672

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    Indeed.

    What I like as well about them is they tend to come with standard android set up and no additional stuff as Samsung used to do.
     
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    aye, think i mentioned that in an earlier post, some brands attempt to grab more customers by throwing a sh1tload of unwanted extras on top...i just want it to work, there are millions of apps to add if i want something specific.

    people just need to learn to trust these 'strange names' as we had to when all that japanese stuff crept in cos there is some real good gear to be had.
     
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    What are the good more obscure brands then? Because imagine there is some terrible ones out there and phones albeit even the cheapers ones are quite a big outlay

    Whos good?
    Who to avoid?
     
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  10. Lucky19672

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    I've had 4 x oukitels in 8 years.

    They're all still working, just I change every couple of years, of my own choice.
     
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  11. The Legendary Tongue

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    I’ve jumped in and bought it but thanks anyway mate.
     
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  12. John Wick

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    Well if you have the means mate, not a problem. Loads of YouTube videos doing the rounds of features, set up the lot. What watch you been getting mate?
     
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  13. rowley

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    Way above my napper some of this watch stuff!

    But I have kept up mostly with tech stuff through the years, even at one point being able to fix some of it.

    Still love a good camera, decent laptop etc.

    As an aside, I wonder how many have heard of " Moore's Law"? This is what's behind it all.

    Moore's Law was an observation from a bloke called Gordon Moore, made in the sixties. Moore was an engineer and all round clever guy. I think he had a bit to do with Intel or IBM in the early says.

    His "Law" suggested that every eighteen months or so, the amount of transistors that could be incorporated into a silicon chip would double.

    It doesn't sound much, but he was widely ridiculed for such an outrageous prediction, as the mathematicians quickly realised the implications of it. It would be impossible to achieve.

    But Moore was right. In those days of the swinging sixties, a transistor radio hanging on the arm of some mini skirted lovely might, if it was a good one, have up to fifteen transistors in it. Most had less than ten.

    The phone in my hand has at least one billion!

    Gordon Moore lived until he was 95, dying a couple of years ago. He saw full vindication of his observation, though it has now slowed down quite a bit. Even silicon has its limits.
     
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    The Garmin swim 2 mate. Mainly for the training methods to get longer and faster, apparently the app lets you download stuff like that and it counts distance in the pool.
     
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    Apple everything
     
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    Here's a review of tips and functionality mate.
     
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    The Legendary Tongue Well-Known Member

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    Aye it’s everything I wanted. Cheers
    I’ll be away from doggy paddle in no time at all.
    :emoticon-0105-wink:
     
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  18. Prehab26

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    Class mate
     
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    Yep. It was very much part of PC technology although i think it has slowed somewhat in recent years - the jumps between processors used to be massive - not so much now imo.
     
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  20. rowley

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    Definitely slowed down now, which is why phones don't do much now that they didn't do ten years or more.

    The big hunt is for the next material, possibly organic I've read. There are suggestions that such a leap will be like going from valves to present day.

    I'm pleased I won't be around to see it!
     
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