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Android |OT4| I/O Silver
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Galaxy Nexus - Release 17 November 2011
Last supported update - Jelly Bean (4.3) 24 July 2013
Four months shy of two years.
If KitKat would have been officially released it would have made it over two years (31 October 2013)
Yeah.
That phone blew chunks anyway. Had even less updates since I had it on Verizon for over a year. Battery was an absolute joke and that plastic.
The jump from 4.0 to 4.4 wasn't even significant from what I remember. Everyone can just install custom roms if they really wanted to update their phones. Isn't 4.4 still only on like 8% of Android devices?
I can see Nexus 4 being updated to later versions of Android because of it using Snapdragon. The reason why Galaxy Nexus wasn't updated to Kitkat was because Texas Instruments isn't really in the mobile business anymore and didn't have the updated drivers to support it.
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/10/31/galaxy-nexus-will-not-receive-android-4-4/
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/10/31/galaxy-nexus-will-not-receive-android-4-4/
shinshoryuken
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After a few weeks with the Z2 I'm pretty dayam impress with it, and I'm glad I got it over the S5 or M8.
Screen is vibrant without being neon.
Battery life is excellent, almost 8 hour screen time!!
Performance is snappy and responsive.
Cameras automode seem to take better and faster photos than the Z1.
Device itself looks awesome, it just looks premium and high end.
The dock that comes with it is very convenient.
The noise cancelling headphone actually works!!
Minor gripes are the front speaker are not loud at all...wish it was load as Boomsound of HTC. Also no root method yet
Sony really dropped the ball for delaying the Z2 in the US...glad I didn't wait and just imported an unlock version.
Screen is vibrant without being neon.
Battery life is excellent, almost 8 hour screen time!!
Performance is snappy and responsive.
Cameras automode seem to take better and faster photos than the Z1.
Device itself looks awesome, it just looks premium and high end.
The dock that comes with it is very convenient.
The noise cancelling headphone actually works!!
Minor gripes are the front speaker are not loud at all...wish it was load as Boomsound of HTC. Also no root method yet
Sony really dropped the ball for delaying the Z2 in the US...glad I didn't wait and just imported an unlock version.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
That is fucking stunning. Holy shit balls...
TheLaughingStock
Member
That looks pretty sexy.
shinshoryuken
Member
The black one looks good, the gold one still looks like pedobear.
brotkasten
Member
That is a really good looking phone. I'll take one in red.
newdayrocks
Member
Only complaint about those G3 renders is that the speakers are stuck on the back. If not on the front like the HTC one, at least avoid muffling audio by sticking them on the bottom!
It will probably be the same size, if not slightly smaller than the M8.
The power of them LG Bezels
SolidSnakeUS
Member
The question is, how is the memory management on LG phones compared to Samsung phones?
It could be terrible and still run fine given it has 3gb of ram...
Hmm...in somewhat of a dilemma. AT&T is offering their 10GB Mobile Share thing for $160 for 4 lines...I'm currently paying about $260 a month for 4 lines. Obviously the Mobile Share for $160 is a better deal, but there's a catch in that plan where you can no longer get subsidized phones which my brother keeps seeing as a deal (once you wait for a phone to be $50 or free at least). Apparently with Mobile Share, if you want a new phone you have to either pay for one outright or sign up for the Next program.
How are your guys feelings about it who have AT&T and family plans?
How are your guys feelings about it who have AT&T and family plans?
Zero Hero
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I just switched for the same reason. 4 lines and around $290/month. What happens is they spread the payments for new equipment out over 20 months. For an iPhone 5 or a S5 would add around $35 to your $160 bill. After 20 months, the phone is paid off and your bill gets $35 cheaper. Buy 4 new phones 4 x 35 = $140 + $160 = $300 so you can easily be paying more than your old plan pretty quick. You can also trade you new phone in after 12 months on a newer phone. That is the way the plan works.
I think my problem is that my situation is one where I can get a subsidized phone every year already since only 2 out of 4 people take advantage of upgrades so we alternate which lines upgrade every year and give the older phone to one of the other 2 people who don't care about having a new phone. I'm just trying to figure out if it would be worth the hassle to do the mobile share plan or if I'm better off just sticking with what I have which has worked for me already.
Holyshit that looks stunning.
Well. This looks good.
That's called a Nexus 6.
I'll laugh when it has a 2400mah battery or some shit
I don't have battery issues with my Nexus 5, even with the smaller battery compared to the G2. :::shrugs:::
shinshoryuken
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and mediocre camera....
CurlySaysX
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Ughhhhhhh! Why did google mess up the text reflow option on Web browsers with kk?
If I wanted a half arsed Web browsing experience I would have got an iPhone, innit?
I normally use naked browser because it used to do everything exactly how I wanted. I have tried every setting and nothing will get text to reflow. Opera does a decent job of it, but it doesn't have pin to zoom or image toggle.
Are there any Web browsers for kk that let me disable images per tab, that do text reflow and have pin to zoom - I can live without pin to zoom?
Seems dolphin has text reflow, but it's a bit laggy, doesn't have on the fly image disable/enable, and no pin to zoom.
If I wanted a half arsed Web browsing experience I would have got an iPhone, innit?
I normally use naked browser because it used to do everything exactly how I wanted. I have tried every setting and nothing will get text to reflow. Opera does a decent job of it, but it doesn't have pin to zoom or image toggle.
Are there any Web browsers for kk that let me disable images per tab, that do text reflow and have pin to zoom - I can live without pin to zoom?
Seems dolphin has text reflow, but it's a bit laggy, doesn't have on the fly image disable/enable, and no pin to zoom.
shinshoryuken
Member
It seem so far KitKat messed more stuff than fix...
me neither, i am really happy so far, much better battery life than my old Xperia T, on par with my wife's S4+ (2600mAh).
Only thing that kills battery is camera (and gaming, but since i do not play games on smartphones, problem solved)
disagree. It ain't the best camera, sure, but it is not mediocre or bad. Compared to Xperia T (13MP exmor) it performs better, it also performs better than my wife's S4+ 13MP camera. It is not mindblowing but it just works.
I also have tested quite a bit a relative's Z1 and performs better, but not that much, considering its price was almost 2X
brotkasten
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I do the WP OT, but that's it.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
That LG seems to be ticking off all of the boxes, but if those specs are true, battery life can't be as good as the 801-based phones, can it?
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