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zomgbbqftw
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Nokia came back?
brotkasten
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Who?
That's actually pretty good so you obviously didn't come up with it.
The silliest thing about Apple's constant jab at Android's fragmentation is that iPhone/iPod/iPad has fragmentation too. Just cause 80% or whatever of all iOS devices are on iOS 5 doesn't mean all of them have all the features iOS 5 gives. For all intents and purposes I'd equate it to Apple just changing the number of the OS from 4 to 5 on some of the older devices just to say that they're on a new OS since they certainly aren't bringing in the new features.
Sleeplessnights
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Is the Sony Arc S worth it at £175/$272 without contract?
zomgbbqftw
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Yes. It's still a pretty good phone, and at that price you are unlikely to get anything other than a Sensation in the same kind of range, and I would not recommend the Sensation after Sense 3.6, it is shitty and slow. Everything takes an age to complete and swipes are no longer smooth. I have heard that ICS on the Arc S does not use the latest Linux Kernel, but I don't know whether this affects performance greatly or if Sony have committed to updating to the newer Kernel once they have completed the updates to the 2012 line of Android phones.
If you want a mid-range phone you should also look at the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 and the Sony Xperia P/Sola. Don't get the One V. It is a pile of horseshit.
Sleeplessnights
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Thanks for the advice, I personally like the Xperia P look but I am not getting it for myself and they prefer the Arc S look.
zomgbbqftw
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Tegra 3 no?
OriginalThinking
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There's always a (slim) chance but collective scuttlebut says Tegra 3. The Nexus thanksgiving handsets tho - now that would be awesome timing..
Very little chance of that. I think JBQ(could have bee Morill) mentioned that they moved away from Qualcomm because they were hard to work with in regards to getting binaries for AOSP.
Same reason why the camera's on the NS/GN were inferior to the Galaxy models.
I also take offense to your commentary gcube, it took nearly 24 hours to fine tune that jab.
Same reason why the camera's on the NS/GN were inferior to the Galaxy models.
I also take offense to your commentary gcube, it took nearly 24 hours to fine tune that jab.
there was a rumor that they werent happy with the tegra3 or some other thing, dunno, but i doubt it would be a last minute change
that sucks, didnt know they had the issues with AOSP.
zomgbbqftw
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Not sure, I doubt they will go with TI again after the fail that was GN, and Qualcomm are out of the picture because of restrictive practices. Samsung are barely producing enough Exynos parts for their own phones which to me means Tegra is the only viable platform for a mass device. The only other platform that makes sense is ST-E U9540, but I don't know if it could be produced in enough quantity to be used as a reference Android tablet.
Ah, we're in Canada so I'll have to check to see if the Atrix is coming any time soon. Though I'm not sure it's a good fit for her, she seems to really want an attractive phone and was annoyed by every single model being white/black/grey. I ran into the same problem when I was building her a custom computer, heh.
I put some monies into this kickstarter.
Infinitec Pocket TV Hands On:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1Tn5PJg_IU
Hope we see more devices like this down the road.
Infinitec Pocket TV Hands On:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1Tn5PJg_IU
Hope we see more devices like this down the road.
Have you been following the comments on the kickstarter page? I'm a little taken aback that there appears to be people already selling these same devices for cheaper, even with the market included and all(that was my biggest draw to this).
They didn't really address it, so I'm not sure how to feel about it at this point. If they manage to upgrade it to 1 gig of memory then I guess they really are having their own version built. Otherwise I'll probably just drop out and get one off here:
http://www.aliexpress.com/product-g...ex-A9-Processor-Media-Center-wholesalers.html
http://www.aliexpress.com/product-f...se-Wireless-Keyboard-with-IR-wholesalers.html
Huh? Wow... I think they might just be getting this from an OEM and maybe just customizing it a bit. Pretty disappointing.
is that what iOS 6 looks like?
it's a good sign of limited mental capacity from the person who says it imoIts rather endearing no?
What do you expect, every american phone this year is likely using the S4 because of at&t and verizon's required radio testing for LTE devices. They likely had to make a choice and decided it would be best to neuter the lower end phone.
you should do standup
The Faceless Master
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it's too hard to keep track of Android features with all these fragmentation...
lol
if you did that on your own, i apologize, the few days off did you good!
zomgbbqftw
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They should call it something else and not pretend that it's the same phone. The One S with Krait is passable, with Scorpion it will run like utter shit as Sense is very heavy duty. HTC are pulling a bait and switch by announcing the phone with one specification and then changing it for another one while keeping the same name and branding.
I thought the verge said they were changing the branding? If not, that's really fucked up
edit: holy hell are these verizon shared data plans bad
zomgbbqftw
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They didn't when they changed the Desire screen from AMOLED to S-LCD...
"As with many high-demand HTC devices, we always work with our supply chain partners to source models which will allow us to meet customer demand as quickly as possible. In cases where more than one part is used, we ensure the same high bar of quality in the part to provide an equal user experience."
From HTC. Doesn't look like the change between Krait and Scorpion will bring a change of branding, it will "provide an equal user experience" after all. Which is bullshit.
HTC turned into such a shitty company over the last couple of years. I can't wait to get away from them and get a Sony or Samsung.
JonathanEx
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I just want to put my hand in here and say I've found the One S a brilliant phone, more than capable and haven't felt Sense slowing it down (though I've already ranted multiple times on pointless UI choices that I won't repeat).
That says, changing internals like that as a sneaky little thing, that's not on and is bad form.
That says, changing internals like that as a sneaky little thing, that's not on and is bad form.
I believe samsung did the exact same thing though-nexus S, galaxy S and S2 with SLCD instead of SAMOLED in other countries, different processors. It's really nothing new unfortunately :/
zomgbbqftw
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Still shitty though.
What phone are you trying to get? If you have an upgrade available and you want to keep unlimited data, you absolutely should upgrade now and if you want the S3 or another phone that comes out later, sell the phone you get from your upgrade since you'll have to pay full price for the phone regardless after the 28th
Sigh, I was thinking of the S3... Hmm this blows. Maybe I should look into Sprint or something.
Edit: wow even Sprint's family plan is more expensive than what I have now on VZ because you are forced to choose more minutes in order to have data. Right now I have the most basic 700 shared minutes with added $5 text plan, 1 smartphone and 1 regular phone. This is really annoying...
Get a razr maxx with your upgrade, sell it via craigslist when the GS3 becomes available and use that money to purchase a GS3 from another craigslister or verizon directly. It's definitely a hassle but it's doable if that's the phone you want.
I can take as well as I give. I am basically an sTard.
Intel not even worthy of speculation?
QC issues not unique to Samsung eh..
http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/06/12/h...oose-antenna-company-promises-to-investigate/
http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/06/12/h...oose-antenna-company-promises-to-investigate/
droid razr maxx outsells iphone on Verizon? World melting!
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtrader...iam-blair-unfazed-as-iphone-slips-at-verizon/
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtrader...iam-blair-unfazed-as-iphone-slips-at-verizon/
its been in 3rd for a while i believe, its i think 2nd on Sprint behind the iphone
Hopefully it isn't a tegra 3. The transformer prime proved to me that Asus and tegra3 is a bad combination. It can have all the cores in the world but even the rumored $150 isn't worth the sloppy performance.
shinshoryuken
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WOW...that RAZR HD MAxx will be a beast. It will on my must have list...
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