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[Vyse The Legend]

So, a log file from a Nexus 5 leaked.

Prepare for potential disappointment:

It seems that the camera has been changed to an 8MP snapper (the Nexus 4 also got a lower-res camera than the Optimus G it was based on). It's too early to tell if there will be optical image stabilization (probably not though). There's a 1.2MP front-facing camera too.

This contradicts earlier rumors/"confirmations" that the N5 would have the same sensor as the G2. In fact, the FCC filing for the N5 had the same exact camera module as the G2. So, it's possible the log file is just reporting the N4's camera information, since as the GSM Arena article points out, the log refers to the phone as the Nexus 4 and Nexus 5 at different points.

The log also confirms 16gb, at least. I'm guessing the options will be 16/32.

 

[Wuthering_Heights]

Now it's been a while since I used a Samsung phone, but I think if you go into setting and then the apps option there's a separate tab for apps on the SD card. Try that!

The app data says 0.00B on the SD card, so I assume its on the device memory. Would it make a difference for better or worse if it were installed on the card?

 

[Groof]

The app data says 0.00B on the SD card, so I assume its on the device memory. Would it make a difference for better or worse if it were installed on the card?

I figured if it was installed on the SD card that it might've affected performance for the worse. Guess that's not it then.

 

[mturco]

So, a log file from a Nexus 5 leaked.

Prepare for potential disappointment:



This contradicts earlier rumors/"confirmations" that the N5 would have the same sensor as the G2. In fact, the FCC filing for the N5 had the same exact camera module as the G2. So, it's possible the log file is just reporting the N4's camera information, since as the GSM Arena article points out, the log refers to the phone as the Nexus 4 and Nexus 5 at different points.

The log also confirms 16gb, at least. I'm guessing the options will be 16/32.

I don't think the camera taking 8MP shots in and of itself is a disappointment (I mean look at the 5S camera). Plus, didn't Google say they were focusing on the camera for the next Nexus? They'd look pretty dumb to not deliver.

 

[besiktas1]

Pics plz

Taken from nexus 4.

Its soo much lighter and better "feeling" than I could imagine. Just wish I could figure out how to make the hove command work again lol.
http://imgur.com/Nas5qFA
http://imgur.com/6Uf2z9D
http://imgur.com/FBT9VrC
http://imgur.com/WKT23zg
http://imgur.com/BrvQD0v
 
 
 

 

[Bboy AJ]

So, a log file from a Nexus 5 leaked.

Prepare for potential disappointment:



This contradicts earlier rumors/"confirmations" that the N5 would have the same sensor as the G2. In fact, the FCC filing for the N5 had the same exact camera module as the G2. So, it's possible the log file is just reporting the N4's camera information, since as the GSM Arena article points out, the log refers to the phone as the Nexus 4 and Nexus 5 at different points.

The log also confirms 16gb, at least. I'm guessing the options will be 16/32.

Hmm. Hopefully it has the G2 camera and battery. That's what I want. Make it happen, Google.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

• This
• Is
• Only
• A
• Test

 

[kehs]

Nope, chromeos still exists.


Better luck next time rex.

 

[Groof]

Taken from nexus 4.

Its soo much lighter and better "feeling" than I could imagine. Just wish I could figure out how to make the hove command work again lol.
http://imgur.com/Nas5qFA
http://imgur.com/6Uf2z9D
http://imgur.com/FBT9VrC
http://imgur.com/WKT23zg
http://imgur.com/BrvQD0v
 
 
 

Damn the Nexus 4 camera is shit. Like, for real.
Wow.

 

[Eanan]

Damn the Nexus 4 camera is shit. Like, for real.
Wow.

What do you expect for €200?

It looks like he didnt have HDR mode on either, which makes a substantial difference in quality.

 

[Groof]

What do you expect for €200?

It looks like he didnt have HDR mode on either, which makes a substantial difference in quality.

The joke is that I have a Nexus 4. Guess ever since I got a proper camera I've used it so little I forgot.
Also flash ruins everything I guess. Turn on the lights man!

 

[Shambles]

Damn the Nexus 4 camera is shit. Like, for real.
Wow.

All smartphone cameras are, perhaps with the exception of the 1020. I haven't had hands on with that. I always find it funny that you see so many amazing looking pictures at the release of every flagship phone and then you get your hands on it and everything looks like garbage unless you have an entire lighting studio set up. And yes, this goes for the iPhones as well.

 

[besiktas1]

About to take a picture with the note 3 then nexus. Both same conditions... let's see also passing me off I can't get that s pen menu anymore. Not sure how I switched it off or doing wrong...

 

[kehs]

nexus 4 camera is bullshit. HDR only makes it worse because you gotta hold it for like three and a half minutes to get a half decent shot.

 

[Eanan]

Also flash ruins everything I guess. Turn on the lights man!

Xenon flash should be a standard for high end mobile phones IMO. I'd gladly pay another €30-50 for a xenon flash instead of a crappy LED flash.

One of the reasons ill always love my old Nokia N82. The phone was ahead of its time in a lot of aspects.

 

[Junior Mint]

All smartphone cameras are, perhaps with the exception of the 1020. I haven't had hands on with that. I always find it funny that you see so many amazing looking pictures at the release of every flagship phone and then you get your hands on it and everything looks like garbage unless you have an entire lighting studio set up. And yes, this goes for the iPhones as well.

No the iPhone cameras are great. My dad has a 4S and it completely destroys any picture I've taken on my Nexus 4 and on my GF's S3.

 

[besiktas1]

Note 3
http://imgur.com/B7NW5ES

Nexus
http://imgur.com/Qhvr93V

 

[Wuthering_Heights]

I figured if it was installed on the SD card that it might've affected performance for the worse. Guess that's not it then.

Well damn.

Something has to be causing it. Unless it just doesn't like the quad core in the S3

 

[besiktas1]

Lol figured it out. There is a toggle outside the s pen menu called air command. I must have turned it out by accident. Wow I love this thing...

 

[Shambles]

No the iPhone cameras are great. My dad has a 4S and it completely destroys any picture I've taken on my Nexus 4 and on my GF's S3.

I'm not saying it doesn't. I'm saying that while the Nexus 4 looks like a grainy pile of poop the iPhone 5 pictures look like a grainy pile of finely aged manure. Even low end P&S seem to completely outclass the best of phone cameras.

 

[3phemeral]

Well damn.

Something has to be causing it. Unless it just doesn't like the quad core in the S3

I have no clue if this would work, but it's just a shot in the dark: have you tied enabling "Force GPU Rendering" is the developer options? Does Touchwiz even allow access to this?

 

[tino]

All smartphone cameras are, perhaps with the exception of the 1020. I haven't had hands on with that. I always find it funny that you see so many amazing looking pictures at the release of every flagship phone and then you get your hands on it and everything looks like garbage unless you have an entire lighting studio set up. And yes, this goes for the iPhones as well.

A phone camera with a 1/3" sensor still takes sustantially better picture than a 1/4" sensor. "Substantial" as in normal people can tell.

 

[Vanillalite]

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...takes-the-tediousness-out-of-applying-themes/

Android Police got exclusive hands on with the My Color Screen Themer app. It confirms what you smart people all thought. It's basically it's own launcher with themes built around that and then the design is saved so others can one click apply it.

 

[Junior Mint]

Those themes look like over-designed, usability nightmares.

 

[tino]

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...takes-the-tediousness-out-of-applying-themes/

Android Police got exclusive hands on with the My Color Screen Themer app. It confirms what you smart people all thought. It's basically it's own launcher with themes built around that and then the design is saved so others can one click apply it.

MIUI has been doing this since Andriod 2.2

 

[Vanillalite]

Those themes look like over-designed, usability nightmares.

While I don't disagree the key is if the app actually works or not. If it works then we are good to go. The MyColorScreen website has a metric ton of themes which range from horrid looking or horrible from a usability standpoint to really cool looking and really functional.

You'll just have to keep checking back in the app to see as more themes get added. I assume you'll get a ton more themes once the app is actually available to the public at large.

The app itself has to work as advertised though. It really needs to be browse themes, find one, and then click apply.

 

[Junior Mint]

So who's sick of miniature flagships not having full fat specs?

Behold the Xperia Z1f:

http://www.xperiablog.net/2013/09/30/xperia-z1-f-so-02f-aka-honami-mini-specs-leak/

2.2GHz S800, 2GB RAM, 4.3" 720p (I have heard IGZO but I'm not 100% on it), microSD, LTE, IP58, 20.7MP camera, but it trades in 1mm in thickness to fit the camera in.

Afaik, these specs are correct and this leak is legitimate as it matches up with information I have heard.

Interesting... I love the smaller size though I would have preferred it being closer to 4.5". I don't really like that the Nexus is already going to 5"... the 4.7" on the Nexus 4 is already pretty big and approaching the limits on one handed usage for me. Don't know if I can give up the fast updates on the Nexus though.

 

[Groof]

Interesting... I love the smaller size though I would have preferred it being closer to 4.5". I don't really like that the Nexus is already going to 5"... the 4.7" on the Nexus 4 is already pretty big and approaching the limits on one handed usage for me. Don't know if I can give up the fast updates on the Nexus though.

Honestly, if devices of late has showed us anything, it's that bigger screens are way more useable as long as the physical footprint of the device itself isn't too big, a la Moto X/Galaxy S4/LG G2.

 

[The Broken Ska Record]

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...takes-the-tediousness-out-of-applying-themes/

Android Police got exclusive hands on with the My Color Screen Themer app. It confirms what you smart people all thought. It's basically it's own launcher with themes built around that and then the design is saved so others can one click apply it.

I really like that LCD theme they have.

 

[Bboy AJ]

Just got a background Hangouts update. Huh.

 

[SimleuqiR]

Just got a background Hangouts update. Huh.

What's your build version?

I'm at 1.2.018.

I actually got an update after the last update. So it might be that same one.

 

[Bboy AJ]

Same. Guess I was late.

 

[jokkir]

So apparently you can only win one prize from the Kit-Kat contest and get no prize after that? So if you win the 5$ Google Play card or something, you get nothing else despite having more.

At least according to this G+ post:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/108684674183667444006/posts/FmbsGvojumf

And Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1ner9j/kitkat_promotional_once_you_win_5_you_are_done_oo/

Need some confirmation on this! And I still ave yet to see one in Toronto

 

[Vyse The Legend]

So apparently you can only win one prize from the Kit-Kat contest and get no prize after that? So if you win the 5$ Google Play card or something, you get nothing else despite having more.

At least according to this G+ post:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/108684674183667444006/posts/FmbsGvojumf

And Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1ner9j/kitkat_promotional_once_you_win_5_you_are_done_oo/

Need some confirmation on this! And I still ave yet to see one in Toronto

Those kitkats don't exist in NY. I've been to dozens of stores in the Bronx, Manhattan and Queens.

I even went to the Hersey store in Times Square.

Nothing!

 

[thespot84]

Just got a background Hangouts update. Huh.

did you also get 1.2 last week?

 

[3phemeral]

Yeah, I've yet to see any in Michigan. I've checked gas stations, Best Buys, Target, supermarkets. Nothing.

 

[Bboy AJ]

So apparently you can only win one prize from the Kit-Kat contest and get no prize after that? So if you win the 5$ Google Play card or something, you get nothing else despite having more.

At least according to this G+ post:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/108684674183667444006/posts/FmbsGvojumf

And Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1ner9j/kitkat_promotional_once_you_win_5_you_are_done_oo/

Need some confirmation on this! And I still ave yet to see one in Toronto

Anyone with an extra, please PM it to me!

did you also get 1.2 last week?

I downloaded the apk from Android Police last week.

 

[The Faceless Master]

So who's sick of miniature flagships not having full fat specs?

Behold the Xperia Z1f:

http://www.xperiablog.net/2013/09/30/xperia-z1-f-so-02f-aka-honami-mini-specs-leak/

2.2GHz S800, 2GB RAM, 4.3" 720p (I have heard IGZO but I'm not 100% on it), microSD, LTE, IP58, 20.7MP camera, but it trades in 1mm in thickness to fit the camera in.

Afaik, these specs are correct and this leak is legitimate as it matches up with information I have heard.

"720p"

nope

 

[Junior Mint]

I have a feeling the Z1F will have huge bezels like the Z1 too.

 

[Threi]

Yeah my old infuse takes better pics than my nexus 4

Don't really care too much though since i rarely use the camera at all (and when I do its for quick stuff i'm too lazy to write down)

 

[The Faceless Master]

Taken from nexus 4.

Its soo much lighter and better "feeling" than I could imagine. Just wish I could figure out how to make the hove command work again lol.
http://imgur.com/Nas5qFA
http://imgur.com/6Uf2z9D
http://imgur.com/FBT9VrC
http://imgur.com/WKT23zg
http://imgur.com/BrvQD0v
 
 
 

damn, i've taken better pics with my Sprint Mogul Windows Mobile 6 mobile handset

 

[Groof]

I'm so glad I have a dedicated camera, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to survive the N4 camera. It's such a shame too, because the rest of the N4 is so good.

 

[reKon]

So, a log file from a Nexus 5 leaked.

Prepare for potential disappointment:



This contradicts earlier rumors/"confirmations" that the N5 would have the same sensor as the G2. In fact, the FCC filing for the N5 had the same exact camera module as the G2. So, it's possible the log file is just reporting the N4's camera information, since as the GSM Arena article points out, the log refers to the phone as the Nexus 4 and Nexus 5 at different points.

The log also confirms 16gb, at least. I'm guessing the options will be 16/32.

I'll trade an improved 8 MP camera + 2700mAh battery for the 2300 mAh + 10 MP

 

[kinggroin]

"720p"

nope

at 4.3" this is 341 ppi.




341ppi.




Don't remember folks having issues with the Note 2's resolution; this will more than likely be good enough.

 

[Junior Mint]

Yeah there's absolutely no reason for 1080p on 4.3"

 

[The Faceless Master]

at 4.3" this is 341 ppi.

341ppi.

Don't remember folks having issues with the Note 2's resolution; this will more than likely be good enough.

sure it's good enough, just like a Moto X is good enough...

 

[kinggroin]

sure it's good enough, just like a Moto X is good enough...

Glad we agree then.

 

[Vanillalite]

Verizon to honor those that upgraded and kept their unlimited plan

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=688279

 

[Toki767]

Good on them for letting it go. Hopefully those that really needed a new phone got one.

 

[Vanillalite]

I know many will say good for Verizon, but I still don't see how this was anything but the outcome. Going back on things after the glitch would have been a cluster fuck to deal with.