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Just got the phone on Thursday and still testing. But anecdotally it seems to drain at about half the speed as the S20 Plus. The longevity is truly incredible. As crazy as this sounds, the battery drain is roughly comparable to the Moto G Power.

This phone is a fail in the US in so many ways. How can Motorola launch a phone here without bands 12, 17, or 71? Reception will be so limited outside of major cities and in buildings.

I understand this might be a dumb question, but why is WiFi calling so important? I would have thought most people would use Hangouts, Zoom, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Duo. Any of those effectively provide WiFi calling.

I get about 9-10 hours of SOT. YMMV, of course, but for me the battery life on the V60 is significantly better than the S10+ (6-7 hours), particularly the standby drain rate.

Good to know this works. Has anyone been able to get an esim activated on Verizon? I have two Verizon lines and would love to use both on my Pixel 3aXL. Verizon chat tells me they only activate esim for iPhones.

Got it, thank you!

How do I disable Pixel 3XL AWB?

Maybe the wrong thread, but is there a way to take motion photos (like in gcam) on the XZ2 Compact?

Are there any third party camera apps that utilize the monochrome camera?

Doesn't seem crazy hot, but it's probably best to not let the phone sit at that temperature for too long.

You have to turn off battery care or else the last 20% charges very slowly.

To update, when I downloaded and switched to Verizon Messages+, everything works fine (SMS and MMS). That means it probably is not a phone or carrier issue, but is something with Textra. Anyone know of a Textra setting I could try to get SMS and MMS working on the XZ2 Compact for Verizon using...

So I've been able to make and receive calls and texts, but for some reason, I'm not receiving MMS. If someone sends me a picture, the text portion will come through, but not the image. I've tried both Textra and regular Google Messages. Anyone able to help? And by the way, I already tried...

How is battery life on the phone?

Any chance it's a Textra issue?

Can you give us some early impressions of the phone?

Thank you!

Also, to see to my previous post, when I try to download and install the okay .73 beta version, it downloads, but then the app will not install.

Hi. I'm kind of a novice at this whole tech thing. I was messing around with a Google Play Services Beta version 11.9.74, but it only has the 948 variant, no 940. Now I don't know how to go back to the non-beta version! Can anyone provide an apk for the best, most stable version of Google Play...

Same. The battery life is awesome.

Wow. Setting animations to 1.5 worked. I'm impressed with the improved smoothness.

1.8 on mine too. Anyone have something besides 1.8?

I don't know. I'll try when I get home tonight.

Interestingly, after the most recent update, WiFi calling is an option in my settings menu. I'm on Verizon.

Anyone notice haptic vibration is a little bit lighter after the update?

Which Tudia case are you referring to?

Is the Glost case slimmer than the Tudia Tamm case? I have that one already. It's fine, but I'd prefer something slimmer.

Speaking of notifications, anyone know why ambient display won't turn on when I get a new SMS when I'm using Textra, but it will do so when I'm using Google Messenger?

When I installed RR on my LG G2 a long time ago, it let me reduce the haptic vibration. Wonder if it would do this on the PH-1 too.

Can vibration intensity be fixed with a software update? Isn't it more the hardware?

I'm having the opposite experience. I went to bed last night at 94% and woke up 7 hours later at 93%

Gotcha. So I need to be using the Google Camera port AND be on Oreo?

I have the Pixel 2 and the Essential. I think the Essential gets brighter. Very satisfied on that front.

Anyone know how to do the 3 second live photos on the Essential (a la the Pixel phones)? I'd be curious if it's possible using the stock Essential camera app or the Google port.

Where can I order a more textured back door for the extended battery? The back door in the pictures looks do glossy and flimsy. Someone mentioned one may be available for $9.99?

Battery life has been incredible after the 5.1 update! I'm completely floored at how noticeable the difference is. I've been using my phone for 2 hours straight (podcasts, Web browsing, email, etc.) and I'm still at 90%. On a related point, my battery hasn't gone above 92 degrees, which must be...