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Android |OT5| The Sonic Cycle
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It was fun skating mine around for a little while. you could never rest it on anything with an angle tho.
but man how cool did the polarized black stuff on the back look? so cool.
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At least you won't lose it if you drop it on a dark night.
-Pyromaniac-
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so they cheaped out on the camera sensor and the display.
weekend_warrior
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A night light and hand warmer? Feature packed phone!
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Good to know your OK with spending lots of money on broken shit. I got a ton of broke shit I'll sell you for hundreds of dollars a pop.
Some of you are fucking stupid that you are OK with this.
i wonder if HTC will be dead before we even get this
Wasn't that now being shoved to a mid-range Desire phone?
i wonder if HTC will be dead before we even get this
Pretty sure Asian markets are getting this. HTC gonna HTC.
greyshark
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I'd suspect it's not a bigger deal right now because the vast majority of users aren't even on Lollipop yet.
Nothing here on 5.1 and not saying I need an update in play store. Had a quick look at the reviews and one person says it opens itself every night which could be related, but no-one mentioning this specifically.
I reboot every 3 days and everything is going swimmingly. If anything, 5.1 made my Nexus 6 it the smoothest phone I've ever owned and I just reboot after a few days once I see the UI drawing.
Update will be great, but I'm more than happy right now.
Yeah, I was a little shocked about this. I thought it would be way bigger haha.
And then I went to the iPhone section. Oh god. The 5S and 5C seem sooooo small nowadays.
BertramCooper
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God, I wish we'd gotten a refreshed Nexus 5 last fall.
I'm really starting to feel the urge to upgrade from my current N5.
I'm really starting to feel the urge to upgrade from my current N5.
Yeah, my housemate wanted me to take a photo of her while we were out on her iPhone 4S. I felt like I was going to crush the tiny thing in my hand.
So glad we didn't. Might have gotten an iPhone 6+ had we not gotten the N6.
Is a shame Google only do one phone a year and satisfy both markets though. But if they keep doing it like this, I'm hoping they alternate once a year because I'm not going smaller when I want to upgrade.
-Pyromaniac-
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There's always hope that LG's nexus phone this year will be a souped up N5. Beliiiiiiieve.
And that the 815 is in production by then. 810 in a 5" form factor would scare the shit out of me.
fluffydelusions
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Any audio geeks out there? I'm working on an audio app with audio calculations. Here is what I have so far:
Got anything else for me add?
Got anything else for me add?
soundahfekz
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I mulled over this choice for a bit and in the end I played roulette chose a OnePlus. The G3 IMO looks better, fits a better screen into its smaller form factor, and has a removable battery/micro sd slot, but it gets way too hot, has lots of complaints about viewing in sunlight, and screen on time wasn't impressive.
Have no issues with the oneplus, it stays super cool temp wise and I can easily go two days without a charge.
My biggest gripe with the oneplus is the subpar contrast ratio and the cheap (when lit) looking capacitive buttons. the 64gb makes up for the lack of microsd IMO and is much faster.
Or maybe the cancelled LG Nexus phone from last year that was scrapped for the Moto S
BertramCooper
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Moto seems to have done a solid job on the N6, so I wouldn't necessarily be opposed to them taking over the N5 from LG.
I would happily chop the 0.6" screen off the Compact even. It's too big.
Yeah, I'm struggling here too. I want to sell my Xiaomi note because its too big. But even though the One Plus One is thinner, it has the same size. But I have to find a decision quick haha. Tomorrow is the last day where the one plus one costs 299.
soundahfekz
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I'm not sure I would get rid of a phone merely for the thickness, but if you do (and you get a good unit) OPO is a solid choice. I've had a pretty seamless experience thus far. To be fair, what I need out of a phone has changed significantly over the last few years. I just need a large screen, competent camera, adequate storage, smooth OS as close to pure android as I can get, and great battery life. I don't play video games (unless I'm bored on a plane) and I don't care about benchmarks. UE Mini Boom takes care of any situation in which I'd need to play music so don't care about speakers either, even though OPO's are passable.
soundahfekz
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I almost went for the note 4 just for that screen. It's ridiculous. I just can't stand being locked into touchwiz
Yeah, if they didn't outsource their customer service to Capita, I might have considered them again. They're horrible in the UK if something goes wrong.
Just wondering, but what is that "point"?
Jazzy Network
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Which is....?
I think for the first time in a while Samsung finally got the point.
Vanilla, we know about it, it's been talked about, it's been complained about before, so we don't need more hissy fits. It's also a new memory leak, not the same one, the issue is no where near as bad as the first memory leak that rendered 2gb devices unusable after a few days. They need to fix it, we all agree.
If this is actually true, it's about time. The ability to actually remove Samsung installed applications.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/03/23/samsung-galaxy-s6-edge-bloat/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/03/23/samsung-galaxy-s6-edge-bloat/
So far, Samsung seems to be the only ones getting the point - this is good^^
Baroquemantic
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Even the Play Store can be uninstalled? That doesn't seem right. Are we sure that isn't just hiding/removing apps from view.
Kill Your Masters
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Year of the Samsung guaranteed.
Nexus and Moto flagships will have at least one jarring flaw anyway.
G4 will be more of the same with more power.
Nexus and Moto flagships will have at least one jarring flaw anyway.
G4 will be more of the same with more power.
Junior Mint
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Nexus will come out with bad battery life.
Moto X will come out with a very bad camera.
S6/Note 5 will be the best Android phone and phablet of 2015.
Moto X will come out with a very bad camera.
S6/Note 5 will be the best Android phone and phablet of 2015.
longdi
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S6 looking very strong for 2015...the phone will literally make Android performance flies. UFS and Exynos are going to be blazing fast, and for the first time, makes iOS/iPhone6+ feels slooow in comparison. I can just feel it.
Since trying the Note4, my feelings towards Samsung is changed for the better. Just that i much prefer Sony UI and design language. Here is hoping Z4 will use a good processor and not SD810..
Since trying the Note4, my feelings towards Samsung is changed for the better. Just that i much prefer Sony UI and design language. Here is hoping Z4 will use a good processor and not SD810..
In hindsight, my post makes no fucking sense. I just woke up and cranky. mea culpa, etc..
but that is basically many company's 2014 flagships..
You Are Viewtiful
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Hope they release the bloatware killer update for Note 4. "Google Apps" has been keeping my phone awake for 14 hours (i.e. all night) and I don't know why.
Not the battery life part.
zomgbbqftw
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So the Snapdragon 815 is apparently sampling very soon. 20nm TSMC process, expected mass market delivery for late Q2/early Q3 2015.
Looking good for the LG G4 and Sony's H2 flag and possibly the Note 5.
It utilises Qualcomm's first 64bit custom architecture, Kyro, but not the final version, rather an early version.
I do wonder whether Qualcomm would have been better off not bothering with the 810 and just bringing the 815 release forwards by a few months. The 820 is not going to be ready until next year. The 810 has really hit their reputation for delivering efficient and quality silicon by using off the shelf architecture for 64bit rather than backing their own IP.
If I were Sony I wouldn't even bother with the Z4 and just go in hard with the Z3 and get some discounts on the screen and chips now that they are quite old. Reprice it to £349/$399 offline and just wait it out for S815 and have a July release of the Z4 with S815/QHD/4GB DDR4.
I'm sure Sony's hardware team will manage to tame the S810 but it seems like a lot of work for not very much gain.
Looking good for the LG G4 and Sony's H2 flag and possibly the Note 5.
It utilises Qualcomm's first 64bit custom architecture, Kyro, but not the final version, rather an early version.
I do wonder whether Qualcomm would have been better off not bothering with the 810 and just bringing the 815 release forwards by a few months. The 820 is not going to be ready until next year. The 810 has really hit their reputation for delivering efficient and quality silicon by using off the shelf architecture for 64bit rather than backing their own IP.
If I were Sony I wouldn't even bother with the Z4 and just go in hard with the Z3 and get some discounts on the screen and chips now that they are quite old. Reprice it to £349/$399 offline and just wait it out for S815 and have a July release of the Z4 with S815/QHD/4GB DDR4.
I'm sure Sony's hardware team will manage to tame the S810 but it seems like a lot of work for not very much gain.
Sounds not too bad. Let's hope I will get a device without issues.
Most likely culprit is an app that's using Google services(ie. location).
When I had the Cricket World Cup app on my phone, for example, it was destroying my battery life, but Wakelock Detector was showing it as Google services being the culprit. I later found out that it was actually the CWC app constantly invoking Google's location services, absolving itself in any of the detector metrics and laying the blame at Google's feet.