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I use Contacts+ as my main app for contacts, and Disa.im (now in beta) for SMS while that Hangouts integration doesn`t come.
-Pyromaniac-
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So who thinks Nexus 5 is tomorrow on a saturday 
The Faceless Master
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So who thinks Nexus 5 is tomorrow on a saturday
SUNDAY LAUNCH LIKE NINTENDO
So who thinks Nexus 5 is tomorrow on a saturday
Tomorrow. Or maybe Monday right before Apples thing
-Pyromaniac-
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I'm feeling monday. Praying for weekend surprise.
*edit* guess not, it says "buy now" and then redirects to the regular page that says it's sold out
That page existing might mean that they are planning to restock it though? Would be in line with the rumours.
I ended up going with Sliding Messaging Pro.. lol
hmm I kinda want to try Contacts+... hmm do they have a way of backing up your contacts? does it take up much space/wakelock, etc?
roflwaffles
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Man, picking an Android phone is so difficult.
I checked out the Z1 in person for the first time and was highly disappointed that the screen did not seem significantly improved from the Z and that the whites from the Z UI have now turned into a beige-ish offwhite. I love the look of the Z and I thought the Z1 would be identical, which for the most part it is, but the subtle change really bothered me
Now I played with the LG G2 and the HTC One and I can't believe I've never noticed how gorgeous the HTC One was.Too bad T-Mobile doesn't get the black one but this phone looks great. I tried the LG G2 too and I'm starting to fall in love with it too but I hate how it retains the kiddish messaging themes that the Samsung S4 has and the dialer looks ugly.
I checked out the Z1 in person for the first time and was highly disappointed that the screen did not seem significantly improved from the Z and that the whites from the Z UI have now turned into a beige-ish offwhite. I love the look of the Z and I thought the Z1 would be identical, which for the most part it is, but the subtle change really bothered me
Now I played with the LG G2 and the HTC One and I can't believe I've never noticed how gorgeous the HTC One was.Too bad T-Mobile doesn't get the black one but this phone looks great. I tried the LG G2 too and I'm starting to fall in love with it too but I hate how it retains the kiddish messaging themes that the Samsung S4 has and the dialer looks ugly.
Man, picking an Android phone is so difficult.
I checked out the Z1 in person for the first time and was highly disappointed that the screen did not seem significantly improved from the Z and that the whites from the Z UI have now turned into a beige-ish offwhite. I love the look of the Z and I thought the Z1 would be identical, which for the most part it is, but the subtle change really bothered me
Now I played with the LG G2 and the HTC One and I can't believe I've never noticed how gorgeous the HTC One was.Too bad T-Mobile doesn't get the black one but this phone looks great. I tried the LG G2 too and I'm starting to fall in love with it too but I hate how it retains the kiddish messaging themes that the Samsung S4 has and the dialer looks ugly.
try the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. I'm loving it more and more each day hehe
15.21MB from the app + 1.12MB of data + 708KB of cache. Total is 16.33MB. And no way to back up contacts. =/
roflwaffles
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Haha yeah I tried that one too, the screen quality and colors were out of this world but alas it's a bit too big for me and I just really hate the the blue/black interface and the messaging app that the Note 3 and the S4 use. I'm sure it's an amazing top tier phone, it's just not the right one for me.
There are plenty of 3rd party SMS apps you can use to replace the default ones though. I for example use Sliding Messaging, a full featured app with a bunch of customisability, MMS & Google Voice support, constant updates etc. And Google Hangouts will probably get SMS integration soon enough so you can even replace it with that.
if the blue/black interface is the only thing holding you back, you can always get a launcher. I'm using it and it is awesome hehe
Google is cross platform, they just want as many users as possible. I'm sure the Hangouts update with KitKat has the same features, so you basically have to wait a week to 10 days.
The Faceless Master
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Man, picking an Android phone is so difficult.
I checked out the Z1 in person for the first time and was highly disappointed that the screen did not seem significantly improved from the Z and that the whites from the Z UI have now turned into a beige-ish offwhite. I love the look of the Z and I thought the Z1 would be identical, which for the most part it is, but the subtle change really bothered me
Now I played with the LG G2 and the HTC One and I can't believe I've never noticed how gorgeous the HTC One was.Too bad T-Mobile doesn't get the black one but this phone looks great. I tried the LG G2 too and I'm starting to fall in love with it too but I hate how it retains the kiddish messaging themes that the Samsung S4 has and the dialer looks ugly.
get a Nokia Lumia
Stop recommending plastic crap that you won't use yourself.
brotkasten
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If a launcher would replace the system settings, I wouldn't have such a problem with Holo.
zomgbbqftw
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It'll never get that smooth, they have a different operating philosophy than Apple. Apple prioritizes touch and screen draw over any other CPU usage
It can get closer by throwing more power at it but it won't ever match it completely.
The Faceless Master
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i won't wear red pumps or a string bikini, won't stop me from recommending them to hot women.
Iacobellis
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Android still isn't as smooth as iOS? I'm contemplating on leaving iOS (for now), but the overall smoothness of the OS is what keeps me on an iPhone.
True but I think they can improve on it a bit more especially since announcing Project Butter
Not quite on the same level but it's still pretty smooth. I was on a Nexus S using Android 4.3 and had no complaints about speed (until it ran out of RAM and just started slowing down). But modern devices shouldnt have that problem especially have 2GB of ram nowadays
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
You don't know whether Android is smooth yet iOS's smoothness keeps you on the device? Huh.
The guy was talking about screen (with good viewing angle and saturation), there is no reason to recommend a Nokia phone. Nokia use amoled screens on their top phones anyway.
The Faceless Master
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but he said the Note 3 screen colors were "out of this world" so AMOLED would be a plus.
Iacobellis
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Well, the post I replied to confirms that Android isn't as smooth as iOS. I've used a friend's GS3 before and it was good, but third party apps like Pandora are miles behind the iOS versions.
The Faceless Master
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from what i've used of iOS7, Android is definitely smoother. and one thing that has always bugged me about iOS was the scrolling speed of ... EVERYTHING, it's this molasses pace, so so so slow.
Iacobellis
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iOS 7 isn't as smooth as iOS 6, I'll agree with that. But the scrolling runs like molasses?
Scrolling is smooth, but it's SLOW on iOS. I have both a 5s (and have had previous iPhones) and an S4 at the moment. Android momentum scrolling is much faster. iOS gets a slight pass for this since it's easy to return to the top of a scrollable interface by tapping the status bar, but it's still very annoying if you're used to Android. Another way to put it, iOS's "top speed" of scrolling is very low.
Nokia's amoled screens are made by Samsung (which they refuse to knowledge).
The Faceless Master
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i thought we all knew this and the main difference was the 'clearblack' filter layer Nokia adds.
Android tends to lack the ability to snap to top of pages by tapping, for example, though some apps add this ( I love the way Boat Browser does it for example). Seems like flying through stuff is the alternative. I've never been a fan of that though, I find iOS scrolling much more precise.
iOS 7 runs like ass on my iPad Mini. Scrolling is most definitely worse than recent Android builds. And don't even get me started on the terribly slow animations.
iOS 6 definitely had superior performance.
Dang, that A7 must not be put to good use. The N4 absolutely destroyed the 5s in smoothness while also loading far more and doing it on a screen with a much higher resolution. Can't wait to play with the N5.
Quick - post this in the iPhone thread for an all out phone war.
roflwaffles
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This is going to sound silly, but ... what's a launcher?
I've been an Apple slave for too long.
The Faceless Master
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the detault app. the all you get when you press the home button. the app the phone starts up on. etc... that app.
Just skimming over the headlines it reads like a Windows Phone design guide from 2010 ;-)
Iacobellis
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iPhone 4 wasn't the worst kept secret?
ThatObviousUser
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It really isn't. Get a Nexus (or Moto X if you're on Verizon.)
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Yup. If you know what you want, then go get it. If you don't know, get a Nexus.
try this one
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher&hl=en
EDIT: I'm kinda enjoying wireless charging xD
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