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If the 805 had a better camera/battery/looks, etc?
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If the 805 had a better camera/battery/looks, etc?
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
810 is gonna only be in flagships. They aren't gonna have say a worse camera than last year's model. At worst it's a wash.
Jazzy Network
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Eh? I guarantee a few flagships will have a worse camera than the Note 4.
Got a couple of Droid Turbos for work today. The glossy screen is blinding. I like the shape/heft, and the regular black color is much softer/grippier than the ballistic nylon, so I went regular black.
Phone is stupid fast, and the camera looks pretty good, save for the awful shutter lag. I'd forgotten how ugly stock 4.4.4 is.
Phone is stupid fast, and the camera looks pretty good, save for the awful shutter lag. I'd forgotten how ugly stock 4.4.4 is.
Quite possibly, but he's saying the same brand. So it's doubtful the Note 4.5/5 would have a worse camera.
Fortunately for me, I don't care about camera, so get dat battery life and performance up (which the 810 does promise) and I am a happy man.
You have to put those guys on a charger every now and then. I'm saying the phone should never be on a charger, or else it loses its portability
Oh well, it's a personal preference. I know most people don't mind.
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Those battery bricks are just as bad if not worse than charging. The phone should be free from its charging shackles, and I ain't carrying around no brick :x I feel like I'm in prison everytime my phone is on the charger.
I charge my phone every other night whilst I sleep.
Such an inconvenience.
Maybe is people stopped chasing the ppi fairy there'd be less whining about battery life.
shinshoryuken
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Hopefully battery life will be on par with the z2/z3 ...what Sony did was witchcraft. It's the only phone that I don't think about the bettery at all.
You Are Viewtiful
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Woah, I didn't even know this existed. This looks really cool! It looks a lot thicker than a spare battery though, the phone+charger would not fit in my skinny jeans lol. And doesn't charging the phone irregularly mess up the battery? I can't imagine charging your battery from 50% to 55%, dropping to 37% and going to 68% etc. is going to be good for the battery.
Sacrificing specs for battery life is for the peasants.
BoboBrazil
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Ah, the Korean variants of Samsung's phones are always the first to support the latest processors. Support won't be there like with the global version, so I'd hold off until the next HTC, LG, or OnePlus device. I think the OnePlus Two will be the one to beat with price vs performance once again.
Because none of them will be Nexus
I have one next to my desk at work and one in my living room at home. Whenever I set it down I just set it on a charger.
Infinite battery life...
So I picked up a Galaxy Note 4 yesterday (and also switched to Verizon from Sprint in the process) and I absolutely love it. I upgraded from a Galaxy S3, and man, going from a 4.8-inch 720p screen to a 5.7 inch Quad HD display is like going from SD to HD all over again. I got used to the phone's size in a matter of a couple of hours, and now I can't imagine ever going back to a smaller phone.
And my god, the camera on this thing is amazing.
And my god, the camera on this thing is amazing.
Read it as Nexus 4 for a second there and thought you'd made a deal with the devil.
If you uninstall Facebook and figure out why Android system is so high, you might be able to reach Nexus 6 levels
Yeah, it was always high on mine when I ran stock. Think killing S Voice helped, but this is Galaxy S4.
Don't worry, the Note 4 has yet to be #blessed by the miracle of Project Volta. It'll catch up.
BoboBrazil
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Haha pretty much. At this point might as well wait to see what HTC and Samsung announce in February.
BoboBrazil
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That's guaranteed. I don't even take Sony phones seriously any more as flagships.
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Not as deep as he thinks
It doesn't for me. I disabled s voice and I can still say OK Google while my screen is off and it'll detect it.
And I got similar battery results like you posted, except my screen on time was 6 hours and 30 mins.
I held a Z3v for the first time today, and my first thought was "is this a joke?"
Wait for 5.0.4
Jazzy Network
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Next year Verizon will have the Z1 Compact and rebrand it the Z4CVS Pharmacy.
Very interesting writeup on the 5.0 leak for the Note 3, and implications on performance. Looks very promising for the 3 and 4.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/2qn8s4/new_impressive_lollipop_touchwiz_gives_nexus_line/
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/2qn8s4/new_impressive_lollipop_touchwiz_gives_nexus_line/
Based on the Exynos version, which I think is 64 bit and get a bigger performance boost. Touchwiz being shrunk is great news though.
Not to mention they actually ported a sizable chunk of Note 4 features into this update, which just further illustrates how bloated 4.4 was.
Good to hear. Now if only they could update the UI/UX.....
-Pyromaniac-
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Samsung just needs to scale touchwiz back hardcore. No one is into this bloat and the tons of gimmicky features and the millions of pointless settings and there's no reason to tweak the UI in some of the ways that they do like the app drawer or notifcation panel and so on. Will make life easier for them, people will be happier because they'll have less issues, they can get updates done faster, etc... Every single year they release a phone it is the one big knock against it. Not sure what they're waiting for. Maybe this will be the year. Not holding my breath. They'll "redo" touchwiz, won't be as ugly but still unnecessary or something.
shinshoryuken
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Regardless what samsung do to touchwiz, people who are emotionally invested to their bias, won't bother with with touchwiz no matter how good it gets....
I want to quote Faceless.......
I want to quote Faceless.......
I disagree entirely. After about a week of using Touchwiz I found I had to search around on ways to remove it or at least make it less ugly. That was before I knew about performance.
It may have improved since the Galaxy S4 that I have (it's still an eyesore I know that much), but it's probably the worst interface I've used as I eye up friends phones with jealous eyes.
It may have improved since the Galaxy S4 that I have (it's still an eyesore I know that much), but it's probably the worst interface I've used as I eye up friends phones with jealous eyes.
BoboBrazil
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Should instead the google edition ROM on that phone. I think they will deliver a redesigned interface with the S6.
Or people could just buy what makes them happy, but that might be a little too complicated.
LOL. the Verizon reveal for the Z3 was so bad. I'm waiting for the M9 now.
-Pyromaniac-
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If I'm samsung I do 2 things. Continue making the Note series exactly as you make it. Touchwiz is still ugly as fuck but at least it offers a useful features for note/s-pen users. Secondly, for the galaxy line I'd pivot into making it an affordable (off contract) flagship to try and not lose the game to xiaomi and oppo and zte and every other chinese company.
Samsung recently discontinuing the galaxy alpha says it all. They're losing the premium battle. Basically all android manufacturers are. Apple has that game hemmed up. You can still make good products at affordable prices. You can re-skin touchwiz, make the screen have higher rez and so on but that won't suddenly make people want to get the phones again.
In reality though they'll release the same phones with bigger badder specs and reskin touchwiz and continue to see a staggering decline across their entire flagship lineup.
Samsung recently discontinuing the galaxy alpha says it all. They're losing the premium battle. Basically all android manufacturers are. Apple has that game hemmed up. You can still make good products at affordable prices. You can re-skin touchwiz, make the screen have higher rez and so on but that won't suddenly make people want to get the phones again.
Also on the affordable flagship release both stock and touchwiz editions, same price.
In reality though they'll release the same phones with bigger badder specs and reskin touchwiz and continue to see a staggering decline across their entire flagship lineup.
They really do have some genuine talent and ideas, but oh boy is it the worst execution. It's sad. If I hear one more person say Android sucks because they used an S4/5 and went to iPhone 6 I'm gonna go bonkers.
-Pyromaniac-
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As someone who worked tech support for wireless in a large telecom company I can't even begin to tell you how many Samsung phone isssues all stemming from weird toiuchwiz shit and how many times I heard I shouldnhgave just got an iPhone. Explains why they are plummeting. Ah well. Natural selection is cool with me.
But it was frustrating. I'm like no android is good trust me
Baroquemantic
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TouchWiz or not, I'd still take it over iOS. Android is the superior OS by quite a margin, in my opinion, and iOS just doesn't allow me to do as much as I can with Android.
Not at CES, but I recall HTC delaying the release and announcement of their smartwatch to Q1/Q2 2015.
It's a breath of fresh air TBH.
It will be interesting to see what they bring to the table.
-Pyromaniac-
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My nexus 9 battery. 1 hour 5 mins or so of screen on time. Lowest brightness. Lol. Just chrome. No videos.
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