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Junior Mint
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I believe the rumours have said it is staying the same size as the M8. So 5"?
When are you selling your N6, then?
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
The new HTC needs to have beast battery.
I've been using android since droid 1 hit verizon, and i've never seen 2 of the same apps running at the same time. Maybe its a lolipop thing?
And yah, my note 2 works flawlessly for me, i really have no reason to upgrade, its a damn shame. Phone industry needs a shake up. And US carriers are just the worst thing to happen to android. What would be a huge selling point for me, would be if you could boot up a phone for the first time, and choose a GPE rom or the factory rom from oem. That would be a huge big deal for me to upgrade, because CM can DIAF, such a horrible mess it is.
And yah, my note 2 works flawlessly for me, i really have no reason to upgrade, its a damn shame. Phone industry needs a shake up. And US carriers are just the worst thing to happen to android. What would be a huge selling point for me, would be if you could boot up a phone for the first time, and choose a GPE rom or the factory rom from oem. That would be a huge big deal for me to upgrade, because CM can DIAF, such a horrible mess it is.
brotkasten
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I thought people said the M8 had a great battery?
If it's not as tall as the M8 and has "mid-range" specs with a 1080p screen and a great battery, I'd definitely consider it.
My carrier in the UK, Three, have pretty much carried every Xperia Z phone released in the west.
If Sony closed its mobile business – which brand would you turn to?
With Sony to lay off 1,000 employees in smartphone division, it seems like an inevitable question
With Sony to lay off 1,000 employees in smartphone division, it seems like an inevitable question
Kill Your Masters
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It does, considering its a 2600mah but can easily competes with bigger ones.
-Pyromaniac-
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I'll still praise HTC allllll day for sticking to 5 inches on the flagship in a year where I'm sure LG and Samsung are going to measure their dicks.
Life will not be good if LG decides to go bigger than 5.5". The G3 was a perfect size imho and they should stick with that.
The design too. Just make it out of nicer materials. And no fucking sharpening filter on the display.
WhiskerFrisker
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This. Z line is great besides minor issues. If Sony were to cut its mobile division, I'll just get whatever phone impresses me the most.
I have no brand allegiance. I've had a Samsung, LG, and now Motorola. OEM have to dress to impress this year.
Just saw this. This might be enough to make me jump back over. But Play Music is too good with being able to upload your own stuff.
Honestly, I do love Spotify, but this is a marginal feature for me. Much more convenient to chromecast spotify than to turn on the PS4.
You rather have bezel than extra screen real estate? The M8 was just as big as the G3 (except when it came to screen size)
The HTC Desire Eye is bigger than the G3 but has a smaller screen.
Depends if you want background music in your games or not really. It's tempting for me at least.
osiris3355
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Oh wow
brotkasten
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It's mostly PS4 users who are winning in this case. I don't think Google was ever in the running for this and I'm not seeing them putting their apps on consoles, outside of YouTube, of course. Then again, Maps and YouTube just have been pulled from the Vita, so who knows.
Jazzy Network
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Based HTC.
i3allistic
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DAMN, dat M9 looking sexy ....
Marty Chinn
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The M9 looks almost too good to be true.
brotkasten
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I wonder if they got the USB port on the M9 right this time. I never understood why it's not centered.
Speaking of USB, how far are we away from the reversible micro USB port? If I can't get wireless charging, I want at least that.
Oh, believe me. It's already the worst phone of the year. 810 chip, HTC logo on the front. Terrible, just terrible. HTC is doomed.
Speaking of USB, how far are we away from the reversible micro USB port? If I can't get wireless charging, I want at least that.
Oh, believe me. It's already the worst phone of the year. 810 chip, HTC logo on the front. Terrible, just terrible. HTC is doomed.
I am seriously thinking that providing a few things (Sony no show at MWC, great battery in the M9 and at least clocks faster than the Z3) then that sexy beast will be mine come Aprilish.
Assuming the bigger one has a big ass battery, since the M8 had a fairly small one but it held its own.
Assuming the bigger one has a big ass battery, since the M8 had a fairly small one but it held its own.
Junior Mint
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Yeah, I'm thinking of it as my next phone as well. Pretty much improved everything I wanted to see. "Better" camera with no more ultrapixel crap, power button moved to side, and smaller bezels. Sense is one of the only custom skins I can stand so no issue for me there either. Hopefully, they do a GPE version like the M8 so we can flash stock on it if needed.
RoyalLaFlame
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I really hope they don't shut down their mobile division.
It's not about brand allegiance but I do love Sony phones. Been using them for more than 10 years now. They just need to make less models and be more aggressive with each one (1 phone for each end)
SolidSnakeUS
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I really hope the mobile division doesn't fall through. Seriously, they make some great shit, but they need to be way more accessible and have overall better marketing.
Jazzy Network
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TBH, no one in the US is going to shed a tear that Sony will close their mobile division.
I always get the feeling the phone market in the US works in mysterious ways when I see all that talk about which carrier is carrying which phones. Over here there are like eight major carriers who carry pretty much every phone from the big brands. Getting Sony phones over here has never been a problem. For example, if I want a Z3C now I can pick one from seven different carriers. Even for relatively new brands on the market here like Huawei and Honor that goes.
I'm not a fan. The regular one looks decent but I don't like that style (the iPhone like rounded edges) and the bezels are still way to big. The plus on the other hand just looks awful. The Samsung button and the HTCBezel are ugly.
I wonder how big these are. Is this another case of the m8 vs g3 or iPhone 6 vs Nexus 6?.
I wonder how big these are. Is this another case of the m8 vs g3 or iPhone 6 vs Nexus 6?.
Apparently 5" and 5.5"
That's the screen size, not the phone size
Well yeah. I'm guessing by bezel size and getting a fingerprint reader in there, the bigger one will be very close to the iPhone 6 Plus while the other one will be about the regular iPhone 6 since the bezels look smaller since they don't need to have the home button/scanner on there.
Thats what I was referring to in my original post. If this thing (the m9+) is as big as the nexus 6 with .5 less screen size... I could forgive them for the screen size difference with the g3 because of the speakers but they don't have that advantage with the n6.
That's correct. Are you surprised?
Of course. Moto X means you sacrifice battery and camera for the latest OS update or so they say.
WhiskerFrisker
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On every carrier not on ATiT. You should have gone with a pure edition. I've been rocking Lollipop since December.
I got mine cheap off of ebay so I'll live with it. So if the rumors are true about the AT&T LG G3 getting lollipop this week, then LG will beat Motorola to the punch.
Baroquemantic
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In case there was still any doubt, Samsung definitely seems to not be using the 810.
Qualcomm: Snapdragon 810 Not in Upcoming Cycle of Large Customers Flagship Device
http://www.droid-life.com/2015/01/2...ustomers-flagship-device-lowers-expectations/
Edit: This doesn't actually point to the chip overheating though. I personally believe Samsung just wants to keep more of the hardware in house, globally.
Qualcomm: Snapdragon 810 Not in Upcoming Cycle of Large Customers Flagship Device
http://www.droid-life.com/2015/01/2...ustomers-flagship-device-lowers-expectations/
Edit: This doesn't actually point to the chip overheating though. I personally believe Samsung just wants to keep more of the hardware in house, globally.
Agree with the edit. I mean, it might actually still overheat, but it would have been odd if Samsung didn't pull the trigger on using their own chips exclusively this year now they're pretty much feature complete.
I seriously don't understand this Do Not Disturb feature on Android 5.0. I have set it to automatically activate from 11 to 6. Get it says a sound when receiving messages.
If I put it to Do Not Disturb manually in the Notification Center, then the alarm clock won't wake me up in the morning.
It's frustrating me.
If I put it to Do Not Disturb manually in the Notification Center, then the alarm clock won't wake me up in the morning.
It's frustrating me.
BoboBrazil
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Ouch. The bad thing for them is I can't see Samsung going back to Qualcomm after successfully using their own processor in a phone, so they've probably lost their business forever.
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