OnePlus: Not Dead Yet? - Android Faithful

Описание: Rumors swirl about a popular manufacturer's demise but we see right through it plus the latest Gemini news that Google has to offer to keep Jason Howell, Florence Ion and Ron Richards amused in the key of Android for another week!

00:00:00 - Stream Begins
00:14:30 - Show Begins

00:19:35 - NEWS
We've got Q4 2025 smartphone market data and it shows growth!
ASUS confirmed no new phones this year and maybe even beyond 2026
Also, news of OnePlus's demise may have been overwrought, but there's definitely something happening in Oppo-land
The latest from Google and Gemini is called Personal Intelligence and Jason got the advanced look at it!
Patron Pick: Smartphones are likely going to be more expensive this year and here's why...

00:50:20 - HARDWARE
Someone's Samsung Galaxy Z Trifold already broke...oops.
Honor is hard at work ripping off the iPhone Air, making a wacky camera phone with Porsche and Jason compared the Honor Magic8 Pro vs. Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra at the Grand Canyon!
The new battery king might be the RealMe P4 Power with a 10,001 mAh battery!

01:06:00 - APPS
Google is looking to amp up MagicCue thanks to Google Wallet and Tasks
Need a quicker answer from Gemini? Google has a button for that.
There are some major upgrades to Voice Search from Google featuring, you guessed it, Gemini.
Nova Launcher lives again with a new owner! And now there will be ads, but that's ok!

01:17:32 - FEEDBACK
Robert from Alaska blesses us with the discovery of the rugged phone Xever 7 Pro from RugOne, and it's a doozy

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