It's a love it or hate it type thing I guess. Personally I think it looks great.
What really matters though is that every single hands-on so far has said the phone screams premium.
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It's a love it or hate it type thing I guess. Personally I think it looks great.
What really matters though is that every single hands-on so far has said the phone screams premium.
The Faceless Master
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that shit was rough.
Shipping early!
Impressions please!
http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/1...early-arriving-on-doorsteps-as-soon-as-today/
Jzero
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BoboBrazil
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Does Motorola charge tax on their store?
Dammit Googy! Same better happen with the Nexus 6! I can't wait until the 24th!
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
No clue, I live in Oregon.. no tax anywhere.
They charged me sales tax when I ordered my wife's Moto X last year. I live in IN.
Screw you guys, why do you get it first than Google Play buyers
shipping was free too
Yes. My card got charged yesterday, but I have not received a shipping notice.
http://phandroid.com/2014/11/06/pri...tch-amazon-instant-video-on-chromecast-for-3/
Mmm...I want to touch it with my ten foot pole...but my gut says no.
Mmm...I want to touch it with my ten foot pole...but my gut says no.
Jazzy Network
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Pay for something when in reality it should be free? No thanks. Netflix 4 lyfe.
Baroquemantic
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This is great, especially for tablets. It seems AP didn't even know this was a feature as it's not mentioned in their post about the different keyboard updates. Anyway, I hope this is part of the regular Google Keyboard as well, whenever Google decides to update it on the Play Store.
The built-in Japanese keyboard on Nexus devices is different from Google's own on the Play Store. It's outsourced to a company called Omron Software and the app is called Iwnn IME. Problem with that is that it's only updated through full software updates.
Hmmm.
Don't know wether I should get one in March and sell my Z3 (my first android phone btw) to partly cover it. What do GAF?
Baroquemantic
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Ah ok, gotcha.
cuevas. PhD.
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Quick Droid turbo battery review:
The only way you will get 48 hours from this battery is if you don't use your phone for 2 days. That doesn't mean it has bad battery life. I can wake up at 6am and by the time I go to bed at 10pm the battery will be at 15% with 5 hours of screen time while streaming a couple hours of audio during my commute. On a busy day where I'm not really on my phone it can last me the entire day then I can go out and keep checking it till around 10 am-12pm the next day with 3.5+ hours of screen time.
Not 48 hours but damn good battery life. And if it is running low the turbo charger gets you good to go again pretty quickly.
The only way you will get 48 hours from this battery is if you don't use your phone for 2 days. That doesn't mean it has bad battery life. I can wake up at 6am and by the time I go to bed at 10pm the battery will be at 15% with 5 hours of screen time while streaming a couple hours of audio during my commute. On a busy day where I'm not really on my phone it can last me the entire day then I can go out and keep checking it till around 10 am-12pm the next day with 3.5+ hours of screen time.
Not 48 hours but damn good battery life. And if it is running low the turbo charger gets you good to go again pretty quickly.
Basically exactly what Droid Life reported, which is good news.
WhiskerFrisker
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Yep. When I first heard of this, I was hype because of the 3900 mAh battery. I guess having a QHD at freaking 565 ppi is too much to handle.
Jazzy Network
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Da fuck? I get 5 and a half to 6 hours of sot for my OPO with 800mah less.
cuevas. PhD.
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The idle battery drain is oddly high; I'm guessing it's all the sensors that keep running for moto display.
Another downside is that no other charger besides the turbo charger seems to actually charge the device well. I tried using my Nexus 9 charger and the battery actually went down even though the phone gave me the pop-up for a turbo charger being connected.
It's all relative. By the way typically I use my phone (stream music) while browsing sites like GAF, screen on for an hour or so daily on commutes, chat on hangouts, occasionally stream video, etc with pushbullet, gmail, drive, calendar, chrome, music, dropbox, etc sync'd with Google Now on - my phone get "three day battery life".
If I were to start gaming, that would probably turn to 1 1/2 to 2 day battery.
The first day I got my phone was the day I hit it the hardest. From full I got 6.5 hours screen time and I believe 10-12 hours (downloading a lot of apps and using non stop). I'm sure the battery has improved since then.
Baroquemantic
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That's good, but pretty underwhelming battery life considering the size of the battery. I wonder if it's the QHD display, software, or something else that's the cause.
Honestly, I'd like to see thicker phones with 5000mAh batteries like that Chinese phone The Verge did an article about earlier.
Honestly, I'd like to see thicker phones with 5000mAh batteries like that Chinese phone The Verge did an article about earlier.
WhiskerFrisker
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It's most likely a software issue. The Note 4 and N6 can eek 6+ hours out of a 3200mah battery and they both have >=.5" larger displays. At the very least the turbo should be putting up Z3/c numbers. Those 810 SoCs can't get here fast enough. Next year should be the sweet spot for flagships.
The Faceless Master
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sounds like Note 4 battery life with a 30% bigger battery
-Pyromaniac-
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Droid turbo definitely sounds like it should have plenty more battery life than it seems like it has. For shame.
osiris3355
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Yes because I never made a post before the hate fest saying that I was going to take a vaca from the forum now did I?
Let's just ignore that and continue the blind hate. Wouldn't want y'all to bust character. While your at it.. Maybe you guys could also post some more of my replies without showing what i was actually replying to.
Jazzy Network
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Oh hey look who it is!
osiris3355
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Had a pm from another member to reply to so I figured I would swing by for a little elbow elbow wrist wrist. 😀
Edit: BTW the nexus 9 is the bomb. 50 bucks or so over priced and not quite up to par with apple construction but the best android tablet hands down.
I love that you channel pctx's vigor when it comes to your belief system.
osiris3355
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I was going to, but the lack of ethernet combined with the rough edges on the OS has me waiting till after CES to see if someone else announces a androidtv box with ethernet.
Plus theres so many questions about the codex support in hardware and the OS. Certainly I'd like it to pass through lossless audio codecs for instance.
BoboBrazil
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Ah that sucks.
-Pyromaniac-
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tablet usage in north america:
But I'm sure the $400 nexus 9 is going to help, lol.
But I'm sure the $400 nexus 9 is going to help, lol.
Baroquemantic
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Gotdamn! But price isn't the problem with Android tablets. The high end, flagship ones are definitely worth the price. Anyway, every Android tablet could be 99 bones and people still wouldn't buy them in large numbers. The iPad just has the Kleenex effect, and moist people don't even know the competition exists.tablet usage in north america:
But I'm sure the $400 nexus 9 is going to help, lol.
I'd love to see worldwide numbers as well. I expect it to be a little less of a slaughter.
WhiskerFrisker
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tablet usage in north america:
But I'm sure the $400 nexus 9 is going to help, lol.
That Apple market share. I never realize the absolute control Apple has in the U.S.
ginger ninja
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wait, are u tell me there is a way to avoid paying sales tax on the turbo..Because i intend to buy one tomorrow, thinking about jumping to the 64GB model
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If some random person asked me which tablet they should buy, 99% of the time I'd probably recommend the ipad. As would any non-biased person, assuming price isn't an issue. That's the real problem.
I feel like price was the differentiator. At least if you're charging a much smaller fee you can say it's still decent and it'll cost you less for web browsing. Without that....why would the average person get anything other than an ipad mini/air. They just wont. There's no reason for them to.
I feel like price was the differentiator. At least if you're charging a much smaller fee you can say it's still decent and it'll cost you less for web browsing. Without that....why would the average person get anything other than an ipad mini/air. They just wont. There's no reason for them to.
Not sure where else to ask this, but...
I'm having problems with the rear-facing camera on my HTC One M8. It's constantly blurry and never delivers crisp pictures, especially around the photos edges. The front facing camera seems more clear. I'm not sure if the hardware got borked somehow or if I've got some unknown setting on that's giving me a blurry, soft-focus look.
Any ideas?
I'm having problems with the rear-facing camera on my HTC One M8. It's constantly blurry and never delivers crisp pictures, especially around the photos edges. The front facing camera seems more clear. I'm not sure if the hardware got borked somehow or if I've got some unknown setting on that's giving me a blurry, soft-focus look.
Any ideas?
Pretty much my experience so far. I got better battery life out of my G2 when it was brand new.
-Pyromaniac-
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Oh my godddd yall gots to read this evisceration of amazon's consumer tech:
http://dcurt.is/amazon-has-no-taste
and it's all true.
http://dcurt.is/amazon-has-no-taste
and it's all true.
Those ultrapixels.
Are you sure you aren't using that mode where it focuses in one one picture and blurs the background?
Ruthless_Barbarian
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RoadHazard
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Android tablets are way ahead of iPads in sales since last year or so, although Apple still has the total usage lead (but it's not even close to the US situation worldwide). Pretty soon Android is gonna be in the lead there too, it's just taking longer than it did with phones (and maybe the dominance will never be quite that crushing on the tablet side).
Don't have any particular links right now, but just Google it.
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