You go for LG G2, seems to be a better choice.Gah. No AT&T? I don't want my only choices to be pretty much an S4, One, or Moto X.
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Sqrt_minus_one
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Does the amount of bezel on a phone significantly affect its useability ? When I think about it on the side bezel should be a problem no one ever needs to tap the bezel at the top and the phones are already easily pocketable
zomgbbqftw
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The 20.7MP camera module needs a large bezel because it didn't fit behind the LCD screen without a massive bulge or a 13mm thick phone. The bottom bezel is large to stick to the "omnibalance" design and to fit a mega sized battery in there.
I'm just not sold on the back buttons for the G2. The side has always seemed like the most logical place to put a power button for me. It's always annoyed me that HTC puts their power button on the top, otherwise I'd get the One.
shinshoryuken
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Ok Mr Sony expert guy, I have a question and I'm to lazy to google-fu cause it's Friday.
If I import a z1 in the US will LTE work on ATT?
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Seem like it will work on ATT lte ...woot!
AT&T's LTE band is 4 and 17. The Z1 seems to only support 4. So I guess limited LTE support.
I've been wondering this - the global page for the Z1 says it supports band 4 AND 17: http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/phones/xperia-z1/specifications/#tabs
If you check the white papers there, it links to the C6906 model, which has band 17.
I honestly don't know which one is right. Does the global model support band 17 or not?
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shinshoryuken
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Yeah...just waiting for authorize reseller to get some....I don't want to get excited for nothing..
The Faceless Master
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the biggest drain is the screen, but (1) it's not 'by far' and (2) it;s not such a huge gulf between a 720p and 1080p screen. there are a lot of optimizations to be made, and if you check out the Anandtech Moto X review, they even mention in the benchmark tests that while on some of those tests, the Moto X is hitting the same FPS, it's doing so with its dual core CPUs running at max clock for a high % of the time, when other devices like the GS4 are running 3-4 cores at a lower clock speed and some cores hitting idle a lot which is actually more power efficient.
ATT, Verizon, and Tmo Note 3's will be $300 on contract, $700 off contract.
http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=251624&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1852610&highlight=
http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/devices/samsung/galaxy-note-3-jet-black.html#fbid=b6kdkUCOT7n
$$$$$
same price as Note and Note 2. and the Nokia Lumia 1080!
i think buttons on the back will actually be a big hit. i can really see people falling in love with it.
My biggest issue with buttons on the back is that there is always a certain amount of pressure you have to use to press a physical button and I don't know if that will go well with trying to hold the phone with one hand.
The Faceless Master
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hit up the Sprint, Verizon and AT&T stores today
after owning a Note 2 for so long all these other phones feel so light and tiny. cheap even...
the Red HTC One looks nice
DAT NEON YELLOW MOTO X BACK.. WOOOOOOW!!! have not seen a yellow so nice since the HTC 8S
every time i use WP8 i just can't believe some of the browser design decisions. shit really needs Firefox! or at least Chrome. and i mean the real thing, not some rebadged OEM engine.
after owning a Note 2 for so long all these other phones feel so light and tiny. cheap even...
the Red HTC One looks nice
DAT NEON YELLOW MOTO X BACK.. WOOOOOOW!!! have not seen a yellow so nice since the HTC 8S
every time i use WP8 i just can't believe some of the browser design decisions. shit really needs Firefox! or at least Chrome. and i mean the real thing, not some rebadged OEM engine.
I might like some of the features of the Moto-X, but I'd be lying if I said the colors weren't a major factor of my interest.
The Faceless Master
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the best part is the mid-range spec actually makes the battery life worse!
smartwatches are niche period. maybe someday someone will make one that isn't... maybe not.
I think you and me are the only two who believe this. Seems like a smart placement, especially for a device so big.
zomgbbqftw
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White papers say restricted service, only band 4, no band 17 in C6903/43.
Because Bladerunner.
Jazzy Network
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Picked up a Pebble. Liking it so far. Live the convinience of texts and being able to control my music without having to take my phone out everytime.
The Faceless Master
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vivftp
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Oh mighty zomg, any info on Canadian Z1 release please?
Hoping to get it on Rogers... AFAIK it should support all bands here, no?
The Faceless Master
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someone needs to solve this: The best ways to share pictures between iOS, Android, and Windows Phone
AWS Wireless sucks. Ordered a case from them over a month ago. After it was instock, the put it on back order after waiting 2 weeks. I found the case I wanted and ordered it from someone else. After multiple attempts to cancel with them they charged and shipped it anyways.
Luckily I paid with Paypal through Amazon, so I am sure they will have my back. But wow, what shitty service.
Luckily I paid with Paypal through Amazon, so I am sure they will have my back. But wow, what shitty service.
I must admit thats part of why I like Nexus phones (admittedly a tiny part). For me its the best phone line name ever. And certainly perfect for an Android line.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
I know it's a fan render but yeah, that's unimpressive.
shinshoryuken
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But the c6906 says band 4 and 17 ...I'm confuse..
Got the S4, and I realized how much I missed having a blinking led.
Still, it's a crime that Android, famous for being customizable as much as you want, allows carriers/manufacturers to have such a shit OOBE. Why do you start the client out with 5 home screens and not just one (easy to change). More importantly why do you preload NFL, Amazon, shit media player, shit office apps with NO WAY to uninstall them? Why start out the OOBE with 2 e-mail apps, seriously? Google should follow the WP method and anything that's not made by google should be uninstallable without having to root or install another ROM for crying out loud.
Still, besides the uninstallable app problem and being forced to use an e-mail client that I don't want, touchwiz isn't slow at least. I would have considered keeping it if I could uninstall stuff and it wouldn't break the system.
Still, it's a crime that Android, famous for being customizable as much as you want, allows carriers/manufacturers to have such a shit OOBE. Why do you start the client out with 5 home screens and not just one (easy to change). More importantly why do you preload NFL, Amazon, shit media player, shit office apps with NO WAY to uninstall them? Why start out the OOBE with 2 e-mail apps, seriously? Google should follow the WP method and anything that's not made by google should be uninstallable without having to root or install another ROM for crying out loud.
Still, besides the uninstallable app problem and being forced to use an e-mail client that I don't want, touchwiz isn't slow at least. I would have considered keeping it if I could uninstall stuff and it wouldn't break the system.
Yeah you can disable them but they're still visible in the applications control panel and also take up space, and that bugs me tremendously
I went them terminated, and then there's the e-mail problem. E-mail is as crucial as messaging, you shouldn't let carriers/manufacturers screw. I also don't want multiple browsers on my phone, stock android browser is just fine.If you were using it before the date they switched it off, you can keep using it.
I got an iPad mini in March 2013, supposedly they switched it off in January, yet I was still able to set up Gmail as EAS on it. Doesn't make sense.
SirMossyBloke
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lol What you described there is Touchwiz, not Android. Turn on an HTC One for the first time and you'll have a very different experience.
Nicktendo86
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Yay, joined droidgaf community. Thanks for accepting!
Doesn't the HTC One force Blinkfeed on you out of the box?
Vanillalite
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Are any of you bloggers gonna review the Nexus 7? If not I figured I might post my GAF review.
SirMossyBloke
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Not exactly forced. It's on one of the only two pages you start with. I also only got about 4 bloat apps that I cant get rid of (5 if you include the battery hogging chrome). However I think that could relate to specific carriers. I hear Verizon is awful for that.
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I swear I must be the only person without Chrome problems. I use Chrome Beta as my main browser and I haven't had all of the crashing and/or battery problems I keep seeing people post about on the web.
Weird.... guess I can consider myself lucky *or not that picky.
Weird.... guess I can consider myself lucky *or not that picky.
Nicktendo86
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That looks insane. Not surprised, doesn't it have a massive battery?
Edit: Brett, it is pretty stable for me but it rapes my battery.
The Faceless Master
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nobody starts with one homescreen because it's counterintuitive. starting with 3 or 5 makes them more discoverable. i actually agree that a lot of the pre-installed apps should come on the user data partition and not the system partition since even if you root and remove the extra apps it frees space in the system partition, which isn't particularly useful. the ones that don't exist on the Play Store should be published. as for mail, there's the Gmail app that works with Gmail and a normal email app that works with any mail server. The Gmail app is a specialized app for a specific service.
Chrome Beta is beautiful on my Galaxy S4. I can't tell the same of my OG Nexus 7. =/
8 pages isn't what I'd call mini. It doesn't get as deep into the software as others, but Anandtech's always been far more of a hardware-focused site and damn, do they do it well.
On a different note, is there a consensus recommendation for Verizon customers with grandfathered unlimited data? I'm definitely not using as much data as I did a year or so ago, but my Galaxy Nexus is getting a bit janky, and I'm itching for something a little more current. My upgrade date's in January, but I'd have to pay full price for my next phone to keep the unlimited data anyway, so...
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G2 reviews bode well for Nexus 5. Lets hope google steps up dat camera software. LG managed to go from shitty cameras to good in like a year or less.
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Pray the Nexus 5 is actually Verizon compatible like the rumors are saying.
Oh, I'm already there. The G2's looking phenomenal, too, for obvious reasons, but it might take me a while to accept paying $600 for a phone.
Keep your most used in one home screen and use the app drawer for the rest, much less confusing and much less convoluted. Most people use a single desktop on their computer not 3 or 5.
Also gmail is email. Using specific apps for different email providers is moronic. My single email app on iOS gets all my mail from all my accounts. I can't even evaluate the stock android email client because the cheap Asian clone manufacturer known as Samsung doesn't realize that they suck at software.
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