LG might actually deliver on Samsung's promise.
Remember this:
WSJ: LG Will Launch Smartphone With A Curved Screen In November
New Yahoo! phone.
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New Yahoo! phone.
That's not true. Fingerprint readers will be all the rage next year.
I just wish there was a phone that put all recent hardware innovations in one bundle.
Wireless charging, gloves-on touch, 1080p screen, OIS, Nokia's 41 MP sensor, NFC, waterproof...
All these things exist, some of them in combination with each other, but why can't there be a "full-featured" phone. I wouldn't mind it being a bit thicker.
The Faceless Master
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i'm sure a 2014 Nokia will have all of the above except maybe waterproofing...
The Xbox Phone One
I sure hope so.
Compare to 1080p screen or larger memory its still a very minor upgrade. It's as useful to me as the face unlock feature. I put it on the same level of usefulness as the IR blaster and NFC. Know what, its more useful than NFC, NFC is useless.
LG might actually deliver on Samsung's promise.
Remember this:
WSJ: LG Will Launch Smartphone With A Curved Screen In November
They never fucking released that doc for verizon.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Ingrained. Google should build more apps for it. Like Google Games should have something similar to Nintendo's Street Pass.
Zombie James
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So I have my old Samsung Vibrant I haven't been able to find a buyer for and I'm looking into other things I could use it for. I've seen a couple of videos on how to use it as a webserver or a remote control, and that sounds kind of neat. Any other suggestions besides the obvious like using it as an MP3 player?
Use it as a dashcam for your car.
Zombie James
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Great idea but my Vibrant's camera doesn't autofocus, damn.
Whatever happened to that cool navigation app that would overlay directions onto the live road image?
Doesn't it matter? Anyway you can use a time lapse app set it to infinity.
PseudoKirby
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Question, my girlfriend has that purple S3 from sprint, if we picked up a GSM S3 I wouldnt be able to transfer the purple shell to the GSM S3 would I?
The Faceless Master
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i use my Epic 4G as a clock/radio
the back plate is just snap on/snap off, but the front is bonded to the glass and display, so you would have to take the entire device apart.
PseudoKirby
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Yea I can do that, but I am just wondering if the hardware between GSM and CDMA phones are similar enough to swap over those parts.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
My co worker got the Note 3 today and we were playing with it all afternoon at work. Plenty of impressions out already, but I'm surprised how "compact" it is given the screen dimensions. It's also quite thin, which makes it so that it doesn't look absurd when you hold it. Perhaps too big for me, but my co worker is big, so he didn't have any problems, although it's still a two hands device.
The camera was a nice surprise for me too, lightning quick and the pictures looked pretty good up against my 1020's pics. You could tell a difference if you zoomed in enough, but even in the bad lighting of our office the pics were pretty crisp. The other nice surprise is that the phone comes with 32gb of storage, I thought it would be just 16 plus SD.
Running apps side by side is neat, drawing the small window to run an app in it was kinda gimmicky, but there are probably some scenarios where it would be useful. Touchwiz is....yuck, but the phone ran butter smooth, absolutely no hiccups at all, even while testing out all the features. Some of the apps showed up pretty funky on the screen, like the ESPN fantasy football app where there were gaps because the app didn't scale properly. Others, like the facebook app, looked glorious on that gigantic, gorgeous screen. It looked a little washed out on the blacks, but that was compared to my oled screen, which of course has other inherent color saturation issues, so it's a tradeoff. Overall, this thing is a beast-in every sense of the word. I know my co worker is going to love it.
The camera was a nice surprise for me too, lightning quick and the pictures looked pretty good up against my 1020's pics. You could tell a difference if you zoomed in enough, but even in the bad lighting of our office the pics were pretty crisp. The other nice surprise is that the phone comes with 32gb of storage, I thought it would be just 16 plus SD.
Running apps side by side is neat, drawing the small window to run an app in it was kinda gimmicky, but there are probably some scenarios where it would be useful. Touchwiz is....yuck, but the phone ran butter smooth, absolutely no hiccups at all, even while testing out all the features. Some of the apps showed up pretty funky on the screen, like the ESPN fantasy football app where there were gaps because the app didn't scale properly. Others, like the facebook app, looked glorious on that gigantic, gorgeous screen. It looked a little washed out on the blacks, but that was compared to my oled screen, which of course has other inherent color saturation issues, so it's a tradeoff. Overall, this thing is a beast-in every sense of the word. I know my co worker is going to love it.
The Faceless Master
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Note 3 has an AMOLED screen too.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Yeah, I just read that on the Verge review. The colors were definitely punchy, but the blacks weren't amoled-deep at all. Not sure why that could've been, but I'll take another look tomorrow.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...ll-screen-mode-and-task-switcher-integration/
Damned webapps.
andrex!
They're getting chrome all over my android.
Damned webapps.
They're getting chrome all over my android.
The Faceless Master
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could be the color profile.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
That same co worker is selling me his One X for $120. The screen is flawless and the body is well preserved. Worth it as a backup phone?
sweetvar26
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What's the best email client for Android?
On the iOS I like Mailbox and Sparrow, they don't seem to have them for Android. This LG email client seems to be like a piece of shit, LOL. I hate the look.
Any better ones out there?
On the iOS I like Mailbox and Sparrow, they don't seem to have them for Android. This LG email client seems to be like a piece of shit, LOL. I hate the look.
Any better ones out there?
I warned you. I warned you all.http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...ll-screen-mode-and-task-switcher-integration/
Damned webapps.
andrex!
They're getting chrome all over my android.
Fuck you Sundar.
My Optimus G has had the feature since December 2012 bruh.
Great phone which gets overlooked for some odd reason. It's basically a nexus 4 with legit LTE and a 13mp camera.
No vanilla android, but the skin is minimal.
Oh well.
Jazzy Network
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Optimus G skin is definitely not minimal. It's a great phone though.
The Faceless Master
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run, don't jog or walk.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
OK, I drove over and picked it up. Typing this post from it now using the Google keyboard. So far so good.
Wow. Good deal.
The Faceless Master
Member
check it for child porn or something, $120 is way too good of a price!
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
I've known him a long time and he bought it for $150 from his brother. Still, I realize that was a fantastic price.
I've already taken a few pictures with it. You must be drunk or confused.
LOL Faceless you are a creepy guy.
ThatObviousUser
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http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...ll-screen-mode-and-task-switcher-integration/
Damned webapps.
andrex!
They're getting chrome all over my android.
Unfortunately they're not Chrome apps. This is just the equivalent of Chrome desktop's "Make application shortcut."
Still, one more step forward..
Umm, what's your problem? Lol.
Junior Mint
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Holy shit Twitter completely backtracked on their beta UI lmao. Looks better now without the useless drawer.
I don't really like the quick action bar they added to the bottom.
He is confused.
No, you just misread the HTC One X for the HTC One. Although thats more of HTC's fault with their dumbass names.
It just takes some consistency for people to pay attention to an OEM. LG is getting there, the G was okay, the G2 is pretty damn nice all around. If they can deliver great phones for another solid year (next years flagship) then they might have a consistent enough streak to get people paying more attention to them. They have been doing well though.
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