"boy did we patent that"
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Seriously though I have to agree, even though I really like the S3.
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Seriously though I have to agree, even though I really like the S3.
-Pyromaniac-
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One X looks pretty good but I don't think it feels that high quality. Not terrible though like the galaxy S3.
Apple doesn't have a patent on shit that looks and feels high quality, these companies are just too lazy to go the extra mile and offer the best possible product they can offer.
Apple doesn't have a patent on shit that looks and feels high quality, these companies are just too lazy to go the extra mile and offer the best possible product they can offer.
The Faceless Master
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they're all polycarbonate, not just the One X.
That's weird, since almost every non-techie person I let try out my S3 remarks on how it feels really nice.
One S is really nice in build materials and design. Anodized aluminum.
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Galaxy Note 10.1 says otherwise
but that's the tablet there and Nexus 7 already has an orientation lock in the notification shade, doesn't it? I'm talking phone.
-Pyromaniac-
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maybe as a standalone but in comparison to lets say the iphone? It feels like garbage.
The Faceless Master
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what are you talking about man? plastic is cheap! that's why they don't make grocery bags out of metal!!!
Wasn't designed by Google either
That's weird, since almost every non-techie person I let try out my S3 remarks on how it feels really nice.
One S is really nice in build materials and design. Anodized aluminum.
That back design looks terrible. This is exactly what I'm talking about.
To each their own I guess. Most of the people I let use it have iPhones. I have an iPhone 4, and it feels a little better, but it doesn't REMOTELY make the S3 feel garbage. In fact, S3 feels a lot more comfortable to hold rather than the sharp angular dense iPhone.
Huh. Okay. That is an absolutely ridiculous opinion to me, but alright.
The Galaxy Nexus looked equally bad. The materials, sides and back at least.
The Faceless Master
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Galaxy Note 10.1
Galaxy Nexus 10
Not sure if serious
Lumia 920 said:
iPhone 5 said:
iPhone 4 said:
One S said:
GS3 said:
One X said:
The Faceless Master
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
what does that mean?
what does that mean?
-Pyromaniac-
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To me it's less about look and more about feel. They simply feel cheap.
When I hold my 4S it feels like something that costs a lot of money, it feels fucking SOLID, it feels well built and thought-out and designed.
Then I hold a nexus S or galaxy whatever or random android phone and it's like :/
They definitely need to step it up, to deny that is making excuses. Lumia phones definitely feel a bit better.
When I hold my 4S it feels like something that costs a lot of money, it feels fucking SOLID, it feels well built and thought-out and designed.
Then I hold a nexus S or galaxy whatever or random android phone and it's like :/
They definitely need to step it up, to deny that is making excuses. Lumia phones definitely feel a bit better.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
I'm more worried about the screen being Super AMOLED.
I just go in assuming android industrial design 90% of the time is going to suck.
The screen has me semi worried though. I'm just not an AMOLED fan at all. I know I know. Supposedly they fixed Super AMOLED on the Note 2, but I still think even if the pentile problem is solved the color reproduction problem is still there.
I had an amoled screen, and I've moved back to an lcd screen with my current phone. I have no reason to want to go back to amoled anytime soon.
I just go in assuming android industrial design 90% of the time is going to suck.
The screen has me semi worried though. I'm just not an AMOLED fan at all. I know I know. Supposedly they fixed Super AMOLED on the Note 2, but I still think even if the pentile problem is solved the color reproduction problem is still there.
I had an amoled screen, and I've moved back to an lcd screen with my current phone. I have no reason to want to go back to amoled anytime soon.
-Pyromaniac-
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The screen for the tablet? yeah we'll see I guess.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
OriginalThinking
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I'm 95% sure it's not Amoled.
I'm with you. The s3 in no way feels like garbage. That's just silly.
The Faceless Master
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a phone made of materials that easily show wear and tear doesn't look good or instill any confidence that the designer knew they were making a phone. it's like making a car with sweet looking iconic octagon shaped wheels
spec list says AMOLED, accompanying photos say "lol, no."
unless they completely blew it on the calibration, no way that's AMOLED.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
I'm just going off my personal experience, but I have a White One X which looks fine. I've heard the rumors that people were saying the polycarb was getting discolored in their pockets, but so far I've not had this issue. I could just be lucky though.
The Faceless Master
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for me, the 4S feels like a delicate flower. something i would put on my desk in a vase and water it until it wilts, then when it starts to go, i would put it in between two sheets of wax paper and place that in between two books to flatten and preserve its looks. the S3 feels like a phone. something i would carry around and use every day.
Good thing they pics only show the back so we don't have to look at the iOS atrocious home screen
Please stop posting iphone stuff here.
iPhone stuff? I posted the backs of 6 different phones.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
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So HTC is the only android manufacturer that cared about build quality and design right? Samsung is without a doubt the premier android OEM and yet they design bogus looking phones. I played with a galaxy s 3 today and it definitely wasn't a looker and felt "cheap". The one x would be the perfect phone for me but the battery they put in it is terrible. I heard that the evo late battery is supposed to bigger but it's still only 2000 mAh. I own a epic touch 4g(galaxy s2) and I can't find a perfect upgrade. With jellybean coming soon I might not even need to upgrade.
The Faceless Master
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i've seen rumors. oh wait, those are photos.
i think you mean HTC is the manufacturer that doesn't care about what people want, while Samsung includes removable batteries, sd card slots, etc and gets the sales from customers interested in that sort of thing. people who don't want features like that can already get a Nexus, iPhone or Lumia.
Okay, but what was the point? That you like angular backs more than curved?
No that was in response to you saying that my opinion that the back was ugly was ridiculous. I'm pretty sure the general consensus is that its ugly compared to other devices. I have nothing against Android. It was a genuine question asking why Android manufacturers don't make better looking phone and use better materials.
The Faceless Master
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GS3 said:
GN2 said:
i'm bringing sexy back
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
I've seen those photos. I'm just saying personally my One X is still fine, and yes I wear jeans.
I really wish they would change the Samsung logo to an actual logo instead of text or at least make it look more classy. And also not plaster it on the top on the front of the phone like anyone wants it.
darkblade77
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I see all these back pictures and all I can think of is my G1 with its extended battery cover, which is half-broken at the bottom from jean pocket attrition.
I still use it. Hurry up and come out Nexus 4 so I can lay it to rest ;_;
I still use it. Hurry up and come out Nexus 4 so I can lay it to rest ;_;
The Faceless Master
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it's already been established that your definition of better looking phones actually use worse materials.
so you want them to copy Apple?
-Pyromaniac-
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Nilay on the vergecast on the same boat as some of us. Wants to go Android next but all the phones suck right now, lol, with the one X being closest but still missing the mark because of sense and battery life.
Nexus 4 is the final hope.
Nexus 4 is the final hope.
If he thinks all Android phones suck right now, then I don't think he legitimately wants to go Android next.
-Pyromaniac-
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Why. I want to go back to android and I wouldn't buy a single phone on the market right now. None. He's fine and satisfied with iOS, as I am, but wants something different. But is fine going either way.
The Faceless Master
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it's funny that people who want to switch are all about crippled devices that don't sell, while the feature packed devices that sell aren't the ones that the outsiders want...
you (and him) don't want android... you've just been married for a few years and you love your wife, but you just saw this hot 23 year old chick in a sun dress and got a little wood. don't cheat on your wife.
Not exactly. I think Microsoft's logo change was fantastic even though it was just a font change. Typography makes a world of difference.
-Pyromaniac-
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casuals man, they don't care. They don't know any better. They see big screen and the people that work at the stores tell them the galaxy s3 is amazing so they take it.
But we know there is better, or there can be better
Ignorance is bliss.you realize I've used android just as much as I have used iOS right? I had a nexus S for a year and only stopped using it recently, now I also have a Nex7 that I use every day.
The Faceless Master
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so you want them to copy Apple and/or Microsoft?
The Faceless Master
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casuals man, they don't care. They don't know any better. They see big screen and the people that work at the stores tell them the galaxy s3 is amazing so they take it.
But we know there is better, or there can be better
why do people say they want better then ask for worse?
HTC One X? really!?!? Nexus 4 should be a fine choice for people who considered that device as their almost.
OriginalThinking
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It's funny cos I rarely find myself agreeing with Nilay. But I will say that Touchwiz and Sense are still stuck in pre 4.0 UI's and that doesn't help.
-Pyromaniac-
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I'm saying I want nexus 4, and Nilay wants it to be good as well.
Or you know, any other company that moves on with the times. I doubt they'll ever change it though due to them basically owning Korea. Think about what a logo change would do. Anarchy in SoKo.
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