Jayayess1190
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Rumor, LG making Nexus 6 y Smartwatch
Why can't someone else get a turn? LG better put in a huge battery if true.
Why can't someone else get a turn? LG better put in a huge battery if true.
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qizah
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I was hoping for HTC or Sony, but I guess LG is the cheapest manufacturer for Google.
That said please expandable storage. Pls.
That said please expandable storage. Pls.
cartoon_soldier
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I was a Nexus core and a Nexus high end model with Aluminium, bigger battery, bigger storage than the cheap version.
My past two phones have been Nexii and honestly, I can't complain of LG's builds. However I am finding the Nexus 5 slightly on the large side. I convinced one of my friends to get the Moto X since they've finally released it in Europe and now I have my eyes set on the Moto X2. That size is fantastic. I think 4.7" screens are the sweet spot for me.
Marion Cobretti
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All I want out of the Nexus 6 is for it to be just a bit thinner, and to have a worth while camera for once.
yeah i wouldn't mind a Nexus 6-g and 6-x. Slightly beefed up N4, $149 outright.
Give it to me.
zomgbbqftw
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Going from a Galaxy Nexus to an N5, the camera jump was like whoa, but then I saw the image pumped out of the 5as and S4--this one specifically, and I was like gotdayum. My next phone after the N5 is going to need to be incredible, not just serviceable, but gotdayum incredible in both the battery dept and camera dept. No compromise. And if it means leaving the Nexus line, so be it. I've already succumbed to lower-tier screens when giving up oled. I've got to fill in the gap somehow.
RaySpencer
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Yeah, doesnt seem like you can.
Im super OCD about dumb shit like that, so I just had to delete all those artists. haha
I have a friend who's moving over from a dumb phone. His iPod Touch finally broke (honestly surprised it lasted that long since it's a first gen model) and decided to take the jump into the world of smartphones, mostly due to me mentioning there being good cheap smartphones that can accomplish what he wants. So I gave him a bunch of options around the 150-300 dollar range and he came up with the Alcatel One Touch Idol X and the Lumia 625. I nudged him towards the Nexus 5 and Moto G but he really wants a ton of storage for music and the Nexus 5 is too expensive.
Which one should I recommend to him, the Lumia 625 or the Alcatel Idol X? The latter has way better specs (even if it probably isn't that good for games) and is running android, but at the same time the brand isn't something I'd trust. I have the Lumia 625 and enjoy it (which is probably why he decided it might be good), but the lack of apps might be killer.
Which one should I recommend to him, the Lumia 625 or the Alcatel Idol X? The latter has way better specs (even if it probably isn't that good for games) and is running android, but at the same time the brand isn't something I'd trust. I have the Lumia 625 and enjoy it (which is probably why he decided it might be good), but the lack of apps might be killer.
Jazzy Network
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What carrier? Galaxy S2 possibly. You can get one of those for pretty cheap.
Virgin Mobile Canada but he's purchasing outright from whichever carrier. After talking to him on Skype he's really leaning towards the Alcatel Idol X since he won't have to void his warranty by unlocking and he'll have his carrier support since it's from them. We've been reading a bunch of reviews and it seems the only real knocks against it are the gaming performance (uses a super outdated GPU), lack of updates, and iffy battery life. What does AndroidGAF think?
EDIT: He ended up ordering the Idol X. Oh well, hopefully he likes it.
sweetvar26
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I have an LG G2 and I hate the default email client on this phone.
What is the best email app for [Gmail +Yahoo + Hotmail] in one? Yes, I actively use all three for work, personal and other services.
What is the best email app for [Gmail +Yahoo + Hotmail] in one? Yes, I actively use all three for work, personal and other services.
Is it normal that I sometimes get an ad popup on neogaf ?
It says: A girl wants to chat with you. Press ok to start the chat now
Is my phone infected ?
Have you considered some girl really wants to chat with you?
Do a factory reset. Fixed it on my HTC One.
i will try,thing is i did a factory reset just 10 days ago beccause the phone never went into deep sleep
Nicktendo86
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Is it normal that I sometimes get an ad popup on neogaf ?
It says: A girl wants to chat with you. Press ok to start the chat now
Is my phone infected ?
I got something similar yesterday as well.
ZOMG- that is interesing news and congrats on calling it. I say good, Samsung need to take a kicking and their phones havig to use shity exynos instead of snapdragon makes them less appealing to me, I wish more people would care but hey ho.
Jayayess1190
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poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
There is a thread about it. Apparently it is happening across android and iOS on multiple websites, people also get redirects to the play store. Consensus is that it is a rogue ad network.Is it normal that I sometimes get an ad popup on neogaf ?
It says: A girl wants to chat with you. Press ok to start the chat now
Is my phone infected ?
WOLVERINE LIKE A BAAAWWWS
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Doesn't work on ART, looks like a straight iOS port, no Play Games support. Nope.
Jayayess1190
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I was wrong. The description on the Play Store didn't show Play Games support (it does now) but once you open the game and sign it, the option to enable it is in the settings. 53 achievements.
Damn this game is too addicting.
The Faceless Master
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there's a Tab Pro 12.2 and a Note Pro 12.2
Just an FYI, Google doesn't add the Play Games badges to an app's page on the Play Store until enough people (who knows the number) sign in and use it. Going just by badges isn't a for sure thing for brand new apps.
It doesn't support ART, which isn't an official feature, boo freaking hoo.
I'll try it out later today!
Unknown Soldier
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Samsung bet on the wrong horse with ARM Cortex-A15 and big.LITTLE.
People enjoy shitting on them here but the only company which has a remote chance of taking Qualcomm on now is Nvidia who are working on their own custom implementation of the ARM instruction set, they have their own custom mobile GPU solution, and they are working on an integrated baseband/radio solution as well. Assuming they can ever put the pieces together on a shipping SoC and deliver it on time, they will have a real Snapdragon competitor.
Im far to impressed with Nvidias history to ever fully count them out. But man, they have dogged it so far. Its actually impressed me how bad they have been. I expected them to be knee deep in the game by now.
I hope you are right and that they pull it together. Samsung looks ridiculous right now.
I saw that in some reviews too "Why no ART support!" Im like..... ART isn't even officially released yet. Its nice but jesus, can you really shit on a dev/game for not supporting an unofficial RT? The tech community is fucking ruthless.
Meh. The game is a push button port of the iOS version. Shit like that should be called out (and it is). The port job is probably also the reason why it can't support a runtime that millions of other apps and games had no problem supporting day 1, official or not.
I would agree with you IF the program had issues like sluggish performance or crashes or other things actually reminiscent of an actual bad 'port job'. However what I see here is a game that actually performs well, is stable, does what its supposed to do and has GPlay integration as it should.
It doesn't adopt HOLO, but I have never seen that as a requirement but more of something a developer should do if their app sucks. Its not a requirement. The app runs fine, its feature complete and has Games integration, I don't see the gripes about ART as fair at all.
ART as a whole is not something that developers should have to 'tune' their applications for at all. In fact, if it exits its beta status and requires developers to modify all their apps I would classify it as a failure. Google needs to build their runtime to be backwards compatible, not put the burden on everyone else, especially since ART in its current state isn't even official and requires a develop option to be toggled followed by the longest reboot in the history of smartphones.
Im the first to crap on a developer for a lazy effort, I'm just not seeing it here. Looks straight up unfair to me.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
It's a shit job. ART isn't this incredibly difficult implementation. It's dead simple and something nearly every app supported out of the box. The iOS design just screams lazy, least amount of effort port job. I don't care it's not holo but I do care that the app is a straight iOS port.
Haha, they took the ad off YouTube. Honestly one of the worst commercials since that Samsung Gear ad.
You have this backwards. Nobody supported ART out of the box, but rather ART supported most apps out of the box, as it should be. It doesn't support them all because its an unofficial feature yet to be fully launched tucked away under developer options where 99% of users are unlikely to even be aware of its existence.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Then I await a 4.4.3 update since .2 fixed WhatsApp.
This seems correct. Google is basically Beta testing ART, which will hopefully make for a much smoother rollout when it becomes official.
PhantomOfTheKnight
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Question about Google Play Books: I want to buy some manga/graphic novels for my GSIII, but when I tried out the preview, most of the time the display is set to have two pages on screen and the only way to read it is by constantly zooming in and out. I've been buying comic books over the past few months and they display fine. Is there an option for it to display only one page at a time?
The Nexus 4 camera is so broken and can't believe Google hasn't fixed it yet. Any app using the camera has the chance to crash and restart the entire phone and that includes the stock camera app, Snapchat, etc.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/nexus-4-camera-issues-reboots-4-3-4-4-2-t2568962
There's the issue on xda and is still happening now. My phone crashed 3 times the past 30 minutes trying to take a picture of something and it's getting frustrating
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/nexus-4-camera-issues-reboots-4-3-4-4-2-t2568962
There's the issue on xda and is still happening now. My phone crashed 3 times the past 30 minutes trying to take a picture of something and it's getting frustrating
Whoa this is insane. Never happened to me from what I can remember, but that sounds like a pretty big deal.
That's unexcusable. Its apparently infinitely reproducible too, and widespread.
The Broken Ska Record
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I think I had a few crashes using the camera on my Nexus 4, but overall worked fine.
I get this a lot, but only with snapchat. It restarts my phone probably 1/10 times I use it.
Jazzy Network
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Battery probably. I wouldn't hold my breath for a better camera.
It will be out in December... so not for a while. I would assume both would be there but only from a yearly refresh and nothing crazy.
My Nexus 4 took some water and the digitizer got screwed up, so I think it might be time to order a new phone.
Doing the no-contract route, so I'm debating getting either a Moto X or a Nexus 5. I'm pretty disappointed in the battery life and build quality of the Nexus 4 - and I dig the ability to customize the Moto X - so I'm leaning towards it.
So, which do you guys recommend?
Doing the no-contract route, so I'm debating getting either a Moto X or a Nexus 5. I'm pretty disappointed in the battery life and build quality of the Nexus 4 - and I dig the ability to customize the Moto X - so I'm leaning towards it.
So, which do you guys recommend?
The Faceless Master
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get the Moto X if you're leaning that way, though either would be a fine choice.
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