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Android |OT4| I/O Silver
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Oh, I'm waiting since my M7 got stolen. I have a temp phone at the moment, so I figured waiting until next March- June would be best for saving money and choice.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Interesting how the Z3/C is the first Sony phones to be taken seriously. The Z2 was cool but didn't hit all the right notes. All you have to do is wait for the next Nexus phone and you're clear to buy a phone for the next six months. Every other big phone has launched.
brotkasten
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The Vergecast is back and they're trashing the Apple Watch. What.
MuddyDonut
Member
This what i do sprint, yes
This...x10000
NO talk about how their hair looks on cam?
Baroquemantic
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Huh, I enjoyed this Vergecast. Well, except for Dieter.
osiris3355
Banned
That verge cast on the apple event was very very good.
Yeah, it's great. Definitely better than going to the Google Voice page and sending/reading SMS through there (or through the GV drop-down Chrome extension).
for sure. I was without the voice extension for a while as it had a massive memory leak a while back.
rrvv
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I think Sony will be better if they go to Samsung schedule. Flagship phone on first half and Compact and Ultra version on second half
Z3C seem prefect phone for now. make me wonder what they going to do with Z4 other than spec upgrade
this soo much. thought just reading some of the rumor. assuming this one is true. hoenstly I think they kinda stray away from original idea of Nexus device. which is just "simple phone" with pure android without fancy stuff.
why they cannot simply refresh Nexus 4? that one just prefect if they buff the battery.
Z3C seem prefect phone for now. make me wonder what they going to do with Z4 other than spec upgrade
this soo much. thought just reading some of the rumor. assuming this one is true. hoenstly I think they kinda stray away from original idea of Nexus device. which is just "simple phone" with pure android without fancy stuff.
why they cannot simply refresh Nexus 4? that one just prefect if they buff the battery.
Well what do I know, theWirecutter updated their 'Favorite Smartphone' in September, and "After a day of sober thinking" they've crowned the iPhone 6 as their recommendation. They even put up a special buying guide on how to purchase it *lol*
Baroquemantic
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I agree with this, though I think it should be Z4, Z4C, & Z4TabC first half and Ultra & big Z4tab second half. They also need to find a way to get their devices on all the major US carriers.
Edit: Or reverse it with big stuff first half and smaller stuff second half.
Jelly Bean is registered too and Google never used a trademark symbol for it, they only ever used one for KitKat.
vivftp
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I dunno, I kinda like the 6 month flagship cycle. I know it's probably not a sustainable model forever, but for the here and now and the next couple of years, I think it's a great idea. It's timed to match the flagship releases of their main rivals and ensures Xperia devices are kept in the news alongside their competitors. Think about it, if there were no Z3 announced now then all the talk would be about the Note 4 and iPhones. But there is a Z3, and a lot of people seem very excited about it. If all Sony had to present at this time of the year was the Z3 Compact and still had the Z2 as its flagship, they would not be receiving nearly as much attention.
I just wish they'd hurry up with another Z Ultra though! They skipped a new Ultra this year, which saddened me. If they do make another Ultra, I REALLY hope they don't gimp its specs. Give it exactly the same sort of camera, speakers and whatnot as the Z4 and it'll be a popular device. Gimp its specs, and it'll be forgotten pretty quickly.
Anyone here ever had problems with a Samsung phone corruping their SD cards? My Note 3 corrupted a 16gb (or 32, I can't remember) Sandisk card within a month, so I bought a 16gb Kingston after reading that there were some problems with Sandisk cards. Today, after barely 6 months of owning the phone, my card corrupted again. I lost my music, some apps and pictures that I had stored on it. I'm a bit pissed right now.
And I can't access the card even when I connect my phone to my PC. I would try an adapter but I can't find one right now.
Any help?
And I can't access the card even when I connect my phone to my PC. I would try an adapter but I can't find one right now.
Any help?
Jazzy Network
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It gets more noticeable when you use media for a long period of time and it only really feels hot on the back buttons.
Interesting. I'll have to see, but I really don't consume much media on my phone and I can probably count the number of times I've never touched the back buttons on my G2 with one hand.
Jazzy Network
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I should go back to my G3. My OPO's battery is making me want to kill someone.
The Faceless Master
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sounds like the SD card went bad. it happens...
Shit, what a deal. Please PM me if any of his coworkers are offering the same deal.
Well, even though I wasn't feeling the Moto 360, I got my hands on one as a belated Bday gift from someone and it's been a little rough.
Motorola's instructions states you should start the watch, update, and then charge but that's a no no:
So far, works good. Been using it to reply to texts and it's so much easier than doing so on my Moto X (surprisingly). Interface does stutter when swiping through notifications every now and then. After heavy use for an hour it's down to 63%. I'll try using it normally to see how it fares during regular use.
Motorola's instructions states you should start the watch, update, and then charge but that's a no no:
1) Watch couldn't finish updating and shut down after a low-battery prompt
2) Tried charging it with the provided charger, went from 11% then to 12% and then back down to 11% (while on the cradle)
3) XDA posters recommended I charge it up first before setting it up, so I factory resetted, turned it off and charged it
4) The Watch then auto-started once it reached 12% so I turned it off and left to make/eat dinner. Watched 20 minutes of a movie.
5) Checked watch - a little hot to the touch. 12% charge.
6) Checked XDA and they recommended to use a higher watt/amp charger, so I used my Moto X adapter.
7) After maybe 35 minutes, finally the charge was up to 45%. I let it eventually go up to 100%.
8) Completed the setup process. Moto 360 can't find an internet connection.
9) Tried rebooting phone, airplane mode off/on. Nothing worked. Eventually decided to do a factory reset and saw a processing screen I never saw before (similar to the progress bar when your phone reboots and updates). Seems the very first install process wasn't aware that it didn't completely finish and decided to try to function regardless.
10) I then saw the standard "updating apps" once it rebooted...again.
11) Rebooted another time and VOILA, it connects.
2) Tried charging it with the provided charger, went from 11% then to 12% and then back down to 11% (while on the cradle)
3) XDA posters recommended I charge it up first before setting it up, so I factory resetted, turned it off and charged it
4) The Watch then auto-started once it reached 12% so I turned it off and left to make/eat dinner. Watched 20 minutes of a movie.
5) Checked watch - a little hot to the touch. 12% charge.
&*(*^&^T(%
7) After maybe 35 minutes, finally the charge was up to 45%. I let it eventually go up to 100%.
8) Completed the setup process. Moto 360 can't find an internet connection.
9) Tried rebooting phone, airplane mode off/on. Nothing worked. Eventually decided to do a factory reset and saw a processing screen I never saw before (similar to the progress bar when your phone reboots and updates). Seems the very first install process wasn't aware that it didn't completely finish and decided to try to function regardless.
10) I then saw the standard "updating apps" once it rebooted...again.
11) Rebooted another time and VOILA, it connects.
So far, works good. Been using it to reply to texts and it's so much easier than doing so on my Moto X (surprisingly). Interface does stutter when swiping through notifications every now and then. After heavy use for an hour it's down to 63%. I'll try using it normally to see how it fares during regular use.
Oh wow. Awesome thing I didn't realize was in the G3 stock rom. You can choose which apps can hide the navigation bar to regain screen space. Then just swipe up from the bottom to make the navigation bar reappear. This was one of the features that was really popular for rooted phones.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
The OG Note I owned was a good phone. I miss that aspect ratio.
Hey, that's a great deal. Congrats.
killertofu
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How terrible is Sony's skin? Or with updates? I've been an iPhone user but have been looking into the Z3 a lot more. I'm into stock stuff mostly but am not sure how that affects the stamina mode and such
SolidSnakeUS
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Sony skin is very minimal and very close to vanilla. They are updating much more frequently, and plus, they will supply you (with most of their phones) with a program that will root/unlock your phone (made and given out by Sony). Without the Stamina mode, at least on the Z3C tests, it will be a long ass battery life, and even more so in Stamina.
longdi
Banned
yep i been using Maxthon over Chrome now and i love how the immersive mode allows for full screen web browsing!
i hope L will allows for more hiding of the navigation bar.
longdi
Banned
2 cons imo about Xperia flagship:
1. Sony added their "What's new" along side "Google Now" on the home button (it is very annoying to accidentally launch their "What's new" apps and it happens often!
2. Their touch to response timings are a bit slower than the others. In other words, flipping through their UI is not as snappy as the others. It is not gaming breaking unless you have the others in a side by side comparison
Otherwise the battery is awesome and their skin is clean with less customization options.
The system/OS updates seems to require use of PC if you want it fast, though it may be carrier dependent.
I heard the original Z just got Android 4.4.4.
That's the thing though. The stock ROM of the G3 allows you to hide the navigation bar in any app you want. The app itself doesn't have to support it. This is a pretty great feature that LG chose to add to their stock ROM since a lot of people root their devices especially for this.
I definitely get the idea that a lot of LG's additions to their ROM are being added to Android L. Whether they came up with it first or they got an even earlier sneak peek at Android L than everyone at Google I/O is the question.
That's a great thing to do in all honesty. Think where Android would be without stuff like quick toggles in the notification shade. I know Google definitely took quite a bit from LG's skin going back to the G2 last year. Even Apple's whole thing where you can answer phone calls from to your iPhone from a Mac/iPad came from LG's integration with the G2 and G Pad.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Hopefully Android L has knockon and knockcode then.
if the Nexus 6 has some flaws then i might pick up a Z4 next year....if i have confidence that a Z5 won't be released in a few months, it would be nice to have Sony release one flagship 5inch phone a year like Samsung, HTC etc
longdi
Banned
To be fair Samsung and HTC and LG do release variant of their flagship
S5 with LTE-A
S5 with 4G+
Alpha
E8
G3 with LTE-A
Then there is the Note and likely a G3 Pro and M8+ soon. Only Apple seems to keep their lineup truly yearly
At least Sony made some more than good changes with Z3 instead of just a different SoC or a casing redesign.
I do hope Sony support their 'older' flagship for instance something like PS remote play should be easy to do on Z2.
Moto Display > Knockcode. But I guess that requires amoled...
shots fired
But they dont really get wide releases though. Outside Korea, the S5 will remain the flagship 5inch phone for Samsung for a year. Same thing for the One (M8) and the G3. Even the Nexus 5 gets a year on the shelf.
The note line is a completely different product so its note like its replacing the s5 like the Z3 is replacing the Z2
Im sure people will disagree but its something that would prevent me from buying a sony phone
rrvv
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Classic samsung marketing division
I will get Z3C if Nexus 6 failed to disappoint me
I know you like pushing the Moto X down people's throats, but Moto Display is not even the same category as Knock code. They're two different things.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
They're not the same thing.
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