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There are workarounds
There are other phones
OriginalThinking
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Hello Android GAF 
octave one
Member
i have an n5 and the pictures I take come out just fine. I mean its not the best, but its more then serviceable I think.
brotkasten
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My Lumia 920 takes much better pictures.
FallingEdge
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wait what? Really? booooooooooooooooo
These days, I really don't care for custom roms but I do like the option to root my phone. I am curious to see how much the phone will cost on T-Mobile. If it isn't too bad, I will get the Z3 and sell my G3.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Rumor on the twittersphere is...
Jigolo
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Rumor on the twittersphere is...
805, QHD, 3200mAH
makes sense. At least they are not charging $700 like Samsung, HTC, and LG for their flagships.
Rumor on the twittersphere is...
Hmm, more expensive. The Nexus 5 was £299 for the 16GB model and £339 for the 32GB edition IIRC. This is getting near flagship territory. Flagships tend to launch for about £550 for the non phablet versions in the UK, with offers down to £500. Usually within a few months if the unpopular ones, they tend to go down to about £450
You could have said the same thing about the nexus 5 last year, s800, fhd, OIS. Doing incremental upgrades yearly should not drive the price up, all other OEM's have kept their price at the same area, you don't see LG asking 200 more for G3 vs G2 because it now has QHD.
Jigolo
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N5 has OIS??
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
To be fair you do see Samsung asking more for the Note than the regular Galaxy. I think we are getting fucked cause this is phablet pricing with that basically 6" screen.
Also to be fair nobody else was selling their phone near as cheap either. Maybe the margins just dictate the higher cost. YMMV
Yes
-Pyromaniac-
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If the one plus can be 350 anyone can!
And only 5 people will get it for 8 months
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
insert notsureifserious.gif
-Pyromaniac-
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I'm gonna sell a phone by burying the boxes in random points around the world. Paying buys you hints. #newMarketing
Kill Your Masters
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And it would still be easier to find than a Z3 in the US.
-Pyromaniac-
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Sony is the Nintendo of smart phones. They're still wrapping their heads around things that others figured out a while ago like Internet and account based systems and whatnot. Releasing phones in NA in a timely fashion is tough guys!
Kill Your Masters
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Currencies.
How do they work?
But in tech its usually 1 USD = 1 EURO = 1 GBP (okay GBP is probably always a little less, but we euros always pay more)
So at least for the US folks, the phone might still be affordable.
Thinking of getting a microSD card for my Z3 soon but just wanted to check what I can actually store on the thing when it gets here to decide whether it's worth it. Here's what I understand, correct me if I'm wrong please:
Can be stored on external microSD card
- Local music and/or Google Play Music All Access offline stored songs/playlists
- Photos
- Videos
- Offline maps data
Must be stored on internal memory
- Apps
Anything obvious I'm missing or is incorrect there?
Edit: Also if anyone has recommendations for a microSD brand I'd appreciate it (I'm in the UK if that matters). Was originally thinking Sandisk but I've read a couple of reports that they aren't too reliable so looking a a Samsung one on Amazon at the moment, £25 for 64GB.
Can be stored on external microSD card
- Local music and/or Google Play Music All Access offline stored songs/playlists
- Photos
- Videos
- Offline maps data
Must be stored on internal memory
- Apps
Anything obvious I'm missing or is incorrect there?
Edit: Also if anyone has recommendations for a microSD brand I'd appreciate it (I'm in the UK if that matters). Was originally thinking Sandisk but I've read a couple of reports that they aren't too reliable so looking a a Samsung one on Amazon at the moment, £25 for 64GB.
Samsung Evo.
Thanks, that was the one I was looking at it seems. Prime delivery is "3 business days" for some reason rather than tomorrow despite it being in stock, but I can wait. Still got quite a bit of space on the internal memory but got a 75% full warning today.
You're correct. I've actually been fine with the 16 GB because of the ability to transfer all my Google play cache to the memory card (I did not know this before). I don't really play a lot of high end games on my phone as that would be reserved for my tablet.
If you don't feel the need to spend the money on the 64GB, at least get the 32GB. Micro SD are ridiculously cheap now a days. You can just wait for a big sale. On the US Amazon site there have been a ton of sales on those Samsung EVO Micro SD cards. I would stick with that brand some of the Sandisk branded cards (i.e. http://slickdeals.net/f/7186800-san...osdhc-sdhc-sdxc-ssd-flash-drives-up-to-60-off)
Thanks. Music will be my main use for the card so I figure I might as well go for the largest affordable capacity. 128GB seems quite expensive compared to the other capacities so 64GB seems like the sweet spot. Ordered a 64GB Samsung Evo off Amazon which should be here in a couple of days.
Vyse The Legend
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See below.
And people do... EVERY YEAR.
"There's no way Google can get (insert specs here) under XYZ price." And yet, they do.
Going as far back as the GNex, which when Google finally started selling it unlocked on the Play store, it was $400. Then, with the Nexus 4, people saw the glass and quad chipset, and they thought it would be $500 -- except it was $350 on the low end. Then the same happened with the N5: 1080p, bigger phone, OIS. There, the pricing remained largely the same: $400 for the low end 16gb, which matched the pricing of 16gb N4.
The same will likely happen with the N6. If it doesn't, it has nothing to do with the specs. Nothing.
Currencies.
How do they work?
Cross-region pricing, how does it work?
Hint: you don't covert the currencies at face value. It never works that way.
As someone mentioned the N5 was £300 when it launched in the UK (nearly $490 at the time), yet it was $400 in the US.
There's literally zero chance of the N6 being priced at or above $600, let alone $700.
My guess is $450-500 at worst, since the low-end seems to be 32gb.
Also, Paul's tweet said under £450. There's a lot of room between £300 and £450.
How the hell is Verizon allowed to make VZW Messages the default messaging app on the homescreen for the newer phones? Does Google want nobody to know about Hangouts being the default these days??
Googly has the power to enforce some guidelines, but instead they let carriers trample all over flagships....
GTFO with your logic and trends
Googly has the power to enforce some guidelines, but instead they let carriers trample all over flagships....
GTFO with your logic and trends
Google doesn't care.
ARE YOU FUCKING SHITTING ME?
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The Faceless Master
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VERIZON4GLTE
looks like Sony's US invasion thru Europe has finally hit phase 3!
looks like Sony's US invasion thru Europe has finally hit phase 3!
ARE YOU FUCKING SHITTING ME?
#Americasbest4GLTEnetwork
Why does it look so...short and fat instead of tall in skinny in that picture?
because it's a remodeled z2
Please respond.
"What's hangouts? I've been using the red messaging app that came with my phone. It sucks. I'm going back to iPhone...."
Alligatorjandro
Banned
Any pricing info for the Z3?
Approximately 4 Verizon LTEs
Is this some sort of new thing?
I don't remember Verizon android phones having a default Verizon messaging app.
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