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[brotkasten]

Safari supports it, though!

Maybe I should get a Windows Phone.

 

[manfestival]

Moto G 2nd gen loli update going out today.

Spoiler

again

does this mean that I have to redownload it or something?

 

[RedFyn]

What, please don't tell me your phone speakers are your MAIN speakers at home? Get some real speakers and save your soul and ears.

My main speakers at home for what? I have "real speakers" for other audio if that's what you mean.

My phone speakers are my main speakers for sound from my phone.

 

[NotBacon]

This is silly if true. I don't need 2 ways to access the menu. It's why I own a phone with hardware menu button, to avoid this.

wellthereisyourproblem.jif

 

[thespot84]

Google isn't building towards and antennae but they're laying fiber, which means they'll be able to rent out backhaul to for other providers' new towers, or very cheaply get into the tower/antenna game themselves, if they choose to

 

[SimleuqiR]

Google isn't building towards and antennae but they're laying fiber, which means they'll be able to rent out backhaul to for other providers' new towers, or very cheaply get into the tower/antenna game themselves, if they choose to

Doesn't Google own a lot of dark fiber?

 

[Drifters]

Doesn't Google own a lot of dark fiber?

Define a lot? They sub-lease from all the cities they go into and build as little as possible. I know a few guys here in Portland working on G's Fiber rollout and that's how they've described other city deployments.

 

[Vanillalite]

Dear Comcast,

You sell me 100 down 25 up internet, but all your app does is fucking buffer.

Fuck you!

Signed,
Vanilla

 

[The Faceless Master]

This is silly if true. I don't need 2 ways to access the menu. It's why I own a phone with hardware menu button, to avoid this.

upgrade to a phone with no menu button, problem solved!

 

[ILoveBish]

upgrade to a phone with no menu button, problem solved!

Boothisman.gif

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

HTC Employee "accidentally" reveals the HTC M9. Basically the leaks are accurate for the most part:

 

[UFO]

Looks like the camera is still shitty.

 

[Jazzy Network]

HTC Employee "accidentally" reveals the HTC M9. Basically the leaks are accurate for the most part:

Is it gonna be like the shit from last year again?

 

[WhiskerFrisker]

HTC Employee "accidentally" reveals the HTC M9. Basically the leaks are accurate for the most part:

Lulz. Are they subtley admitting Xperia phones will always have the better camera?

Spoiler

Lol

 

[Drifters]

So the camera is still blurry and washed out huh?

 

[Toki767]

Miraculously AT&T tweeted today that the G3 is getting Lollipop soon.

Hilariously before the AT&T version of the Moto X it seems.

 

[Furyous]

Please be 32 GB and come with a GPE. This device looks great and does this mean a new trend? We get three years out of a phone design before the OEM switches to a new design. It makes sense for profitability reasons.

 

[Drifters]

The M7 was great the M8 was better, seems as if Tue M9 will be the final form.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

http://i.imgur.com/GE2TXax.jpg

Please be 32 GB and come with a GPE. This device looks great and does this mean a new trend? We get three years out of a phone design before the OEM switches to a new design. It makes sense for profitability reasons.

people whined about apple releasing S releases in between redesigns meanwhile android phones are basically the same for years lol. Good times good times.

phone activations for Q4 2014, samsung dipping big, everyone else irrelevant:

samsung in their homeland:

 

[BoboBrazil]

people whined about apple releasing S releases in between redesigns meanwhile android phones are basically the same for years lol. Good times good times.

phone activations for Q4 2014, samsung dipping big, everyone else irrelevant:



samsung in their homeland:

Samsung held their ground considering Q4 was the release of a major new Iphone revision. Of course Apple was going to destroy everything though. Let's see what they do with the Galaxy S6. I will never buy a HTC phone. Resale value is too poor.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Is Evan saying all the HTC m9 leaks of the hardware are inaccurate??

https://mobile.twitter.com/evleaks/status/558548700218531840

 

[osiris3355]

people whined about apple releasing S releases in between redesigns meanwhile android phones are basically the same for years lol. Good times good times.

phone activations for Q4 2014, samsung dipping big, everyone else irrelevant:



samsung in their homeland:

You think a looming apple monopoly funny?

 

[RedFyn]

Not specifically android related but it's an iteresting read about consumer carrier satisfaction.

http://www.computerworld.com/articl...vider-is-best-and-will-you-make-a-switch.html

 

[Linius]

people whined about apple releasing S releases in between redesigns meanwhile android phones are basically the same for years lol. Good times good times.

phone activations for Q4 2014, samsung dipping big, everyone else irrelevant:



samsung in their homeland:

I didn't expect Sony to be filed under 'others'. And it's just crazy that so many people still buy Samsung.

 

[RoadHazard]

Boothisman.gif

You're gonna have to pretty soon, it's inevitable. The menu button has been deprecated since Android 3.0 was released FOUR YEARS AGO (on phones since 4.0, almost 3.5 years ago). That companies like Samsung have stubbornly been including it for so long after that is a bit disgusting.

 

[The Faceless Master]

samsung in their homeland:

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[-Pyromaniac-]

You think a looming apple monopoly funny?

There won't be a monopoly. These are strictly premium devices. The future of Android has been trending toward low-mid end prices for a while now. That's why everyone is so scared of companies like xiaomi and zte and huawei and whatnot.

This year will be huge. I think if samsung continues their their downward trend it means they officially won't make a comeback considering they seem to be going all in on revamping their premium line right now.

 

[Linius]

My orange Z3C arrived, it's a beauty. And the size is perfect, just a tad bit smaller than the original Z. The regular Z3 would have been too big for sure. Now I just need to wait till my nano sim is activated tomorrow.

Hopefully Lollipop arrives soon.

 

[Jazzy Network]

My orange Z3C arrived, it's a beauty. And the size is perfect, just a tad bit smaller than the original Z. The regular Z3 would have been too big for sure. Now I just need to wait till my nano sim is activated tomorrow.

Hopefully Lollipop arrives soon.

I loled.

 

[Hasney]

I loled.

It's next month.

 

[WhiskerFrisker]

My orange Z3C arrived, it's a beauty. And the size is perfect, just a tad bit smaller than the original Z. The regular Z3 would have been too big for sure. Now I just need to wait till my nano sim is activated tomorrow.

Hopefully Lollipop arrives soon.

Soony my friend.

 

[Linius]

Yeah, I looked it up. Apparently it starts rolling out in february. Bring it on Sony. My old Xperia Z will probably get 5.0 much later since they start with the new devices. Updating has never been Sony's strong suit sadly.

 

[osiris3355]

Yeah, I looked it up. Apparently it starts rolling out in february. Bring it on Sony. My old Xperia Z will probably get 5.0 much later since they start with the new devices. Updating has never been Sony's strong suit sadly.

As long as you aren't with a us carrier, maybe.

 

[osiris3355]

There won't be a monopoly. These are strictly premium devices. The future of Android has been trending toward low-mid end prices for a while now. That's why everyone is so scared of companies like xiaomi and zte and huawei and whatnot.

This year will be huge. I think if samsung continues their their downward trend it means they officially won't make a comeback considering they seem to be going all in on revamping their premium line right now.

Clearly you do not live in the US. All of those companies have zero presence here.

People buy high end in the US whether they can afford it or not.

 

[rrvv]

which phone that have lollipop now other than google phone?

 

[Vanillalite]

Clearly you do not live in the US. All of those companies have zero presence here.

People buy high end in the US whether they can afford it or not.

That's not totally true. You just don't get the publicity on the lower end. You'd be surprised how many people in the US are on cheap prepaid though.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Clearly you do not live in the US. All of those companies have zero presence here.

People buy high end in the US whether they can afford it or not.

I'm saying those companies will come to the US. I live in Canada and they don't have a huge presence here either. You can't deny facts though. Premium android handsets are simply not doing well any more and ones that cost less are. Apple is eating up the premium market, and that's fine. I have no qualms with people preferring iphones.

Also companies like huawei have a presence in canada and as does ZTE. It won't be long before they all look to get stronger there. It's just a shame companies like samsung and LG can't possibly compete at those price points. Maybe Samsung will unleash an amazing phone and make a comeback. Only time will tell but androids future is low prices/low margins. In fact I'm pretty sure there was an article not too long ago saying the only reason samsung didn't completely go down the shitter was because of their low/mid range handsets.

The smartphone market is kind of going the way of the PC market. People are figuring if they are gonna spend a lot they might as well get the most premium device and apple owns the premium mindshare both in computers and phones. But there's tons of people who don't want the most premium device or can't afford it or are looking for bang for buck. Android will live in that space barring a huge samsung/htc/lg comeback.

 

[Pachimari]

I'm gonna totally wipe everything on my LG G3 tonight, and install Android 5.0 fresh. But do anyone else with a G3 have the stock Lollipop experience (not with the LG skin) ?

 

[Sch1sm]

which phone that have lollipop now other than google phone?

Moto, LG (coming real soon, or already released, I dunno), and Samsung (but not all of their devices), to my knowledge.

 

[osiris3355]

That's not totally true. You just don't get the publicity on the lower end. You'd be surprised how many people in the US are on cheap prepaid though.

People go low end once or twice and then they go high end and never look back. It happens over and over. Even all the prepaids carry iphones now as well. Prepaid has nothing to do with it.

 

[osiris3355]

I'm saying those companies will come to the US. I live in Canada and they don't have a huge presence here either. You can't deny facts though. Premium android handsets are simply not doing well any more and ones that cost less are. Apple is eating up the premium market, and that's fine. I have no qualms with people preferring iphones.

Also companies like huawei have a presence in canada and as does ZTE. It won't be long before they all look to get stronger there. It's just a shame companies like samsung and LG can't possibly compete at those price points. Maybe Samsung will unleash an amazing phone and make a comeback. Only time will tell but androids future is low prices/low margins. In fact I'm pretty sure there was an article not too long ago saying the only reason samsung didn't completely go down the shitter was because of their low/mid range handsets.

The smartphone market is kind of going the way of the PC market. People are figuring if they are gonna spend a lot they might as well get the most premium device and apple owns the premium mindshare both in computers and phones. But there's tons of people who don't want the most premium device or can't afford it or are looking for bang for buck. Android will live in that space barring a huge samsung/htc/lg comeback.

So we won't have a monopoly BC apple will only be controlling the high end? Lol

And that's banking on the fact that hypothetically our new Chinese gods will come in and take control of the low end?

The low end that is probably less than 10 percent of US smartphone market share. Are you not realizing apple alone is on the verge of controlling half the US market?

 

[Cheebo]

The low end that is probably less than 10 percent of US smartphone market share. Are you not realizing apple alone is on the verge of controlling half the US market?

Apple has always hovered around the 50% mark in USA. Well, at least for the last few years. Android never dominated in the North American market like it does in Europe/Asia, due to as you said North America being primarily a high-end market.

 

[Vitanimus]

if the HTC M9 is just HTC M8 with a good camera and comes in GPE then they will get my coins

I love my M8 so much

 

[brotkasten]

if the HTC M9 is just HTC M8 with a good camera and comes in GPE then they will get my coins

I love my M8 so much

Isn't GPE dead?

 

[tr4656]

Isn't GPE dead?

Google could be just pulling it before they have a batch of new phones for GPE. It makes no sense to sell last year's phones anyways, especially for such a small market.

 

[brotkasten]

Google could be just pulling it before they have a batch of new phones for GPE. It makes no sense to sell last year's phones anyways, especially for such a small market.

But it's not like they replaced the old GPE phones with new models. The One was actually the only GPE phone that had a follow-up on the store.

 

[Vitanimus]

Isn't GPE dead?

I have no idea really

I only say because I'm using a ROM now with stock android and it's [ h e a v e n ]

 

[SimleuqiR]

Isn't GPE dead?

Google could be just pulling it before they have a batch of new phones for GPE. It makes no sense to sell last year's phones anyways, especially for such a small market.

If Google will become a MVNO then they will need to offer phones that work on their service. Specially phones that could easily switch between Sprint and Tmobile networks.

They could go full blown Nexus and offer only that, or they could resurrect GPE and allow other OEM designs to be available at full retail prices.

I don't think GPE is completely dead. We will probably see a similar approach if they do end up launching this Nova wireless service.

Silver/GPE/Nexus/Nova...the pieces are coming together.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

So we won't have a monopoly BC apple will only be controlling the high end? Lol

And that's banking on the fact that hypothetically our new Chinese gods will come in and take control of the low end?

The low end that is probably less than 10 percent of US smartphone market share. Are you not realizing apple alone is on the verge of controlling half the US market?

Uhhh the low end is a far bigger market than the high end so yes it will not be a monopoly. But if we're specifically speaking about the high end yes apple owns it but they aren't using cheap tactics like monopolies tend to do. People just....like their shit more than they like the high end android shit. And that's fair. There's a big difference between high end android and high end iphone, it's a totally different experience. Whereas there isn't that big of a difference between a oneplus for 350 and a galaxy s5.

 

[osiris3355]

Uhhh the low end is a far bigger market than the high end so yes it will not be a monopoly. But if we're specifically speaking about the high end yes apple owns it but they aren't using cheap tactics like monopolies tend to do. People just....like their shit more than they like the high end android shit. And that's fair. There's a big difference between high end android and high end iphone, it's a totally different experience. Whereas there isn't that big of a difference between a oneplus for 350 and a galaxy s5.

Sure world wide it may be but I don't give a shit about that. I care about the US where the low end is small. And I don't know if you noticed but the US is one of the most important markets on the planet.