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Android |OT5| The Sonic Cycle

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Hasney

Member
Bboy AJ said:
I think the convenience of them isn't there yet. Pairing is a pain, charging, no ideal designs yet, they don't just work always.

People don't really care about sound quality.
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I don't think people care about sound quality much either judging by how many people use the pack ins, but the £50 Bluetooth earbuds and headphones I've trialled last year sound worse than the iPhone pack ins which is going to be a deal breaker to some people.

Those Beats Solo wireless will probably change people since even the wired model has a battery. NFC pairing makes it easy, but they're still over £200 a pair.
 
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L.O.R.D

Member
manfestival said:
haha oh wow. I DEMAND MORE!
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Talon

Member
Affordable, solid bluetooth headphones are going to start to be a thing by end of this year, I feel like.

Audio quality is just straight-up going to be worse than line-ins, obviously, but it's a big trade off for significant portability.

I know that it's a huge pain in the ass playing basketball with wired buds in.
 
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Hasney

Member
Talon said:
Affordable, solid bluetooth headphones are going to start to be a thing by end of this year, I feel like.

Audio quality is just straight-up going to be worse than line-ins, obviously, but it's a big trade off for significant portability.

I know that it's a huge pain in the ass playing basketball with wired buds in.
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I hope so. My Jaybird Soundband 2 was £100 a few years back but that price point seems to have stayed the course for acceptable wireless sound quality. I think if we can get to to the point where it's a £20-£30 premium for going wireless for a set of a similar quality to line-in, then we'll be in the right place.
 
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Talon

Member
Hasney said:
I hope so. My Jaybird Soundband 2 was £100 a few years back but that price point seems to have stayed the course for acceptable wireless sound quality. I think if we can get to to the point where it's a £20-£30 premium for going wireless for a set of a similar quality to line-in, then we'll be in the right place.
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We definitely won't get near the $15-35 range that okay athletic earbuds have gotten, but I would totally expect something like $50-75 before end of year.

Honestly, I mostly listen to podcasts when at the gym, so I probably have a lower standard for audio quality for gym buds considering they're almost always 128 bitrate. Leave the music to my over-ear Sennheisers.
 
manfestival

manfestival

Member
L.O.R.D said:
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this is fantastic! lol
The amount of static and distortion is crazy. Can you post some regular day pictures for comparison? I prefer your real world shots over the "test" shots from sites.


btw I am disappointed in the on screen battery life for my s6. I am about to try that volte factory reset thing to see if it makes any major differences.
 
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L.O.R.D

Member
manfestival said:
this is fantastic! lol
The amount of static and distortion is crazy. Can you post some regular day pictures for comparison? I prefer your real world shots over the "test" shots from sites.


btw I am disappointed in the battery life for my s6. I am about to try that volte factory reset thing to see if it makes any major differences.
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i will shot tomorrow , it 1 AM in my city
BTW . the S6 just launched in my country , and the lines is taller then the PS4 pre order lines .


about the battery in m9 , i full charged in the night , took it off at 6 AM
now it 1 AM and still 25% left

didn't activate 4G or 3G
wireless all the time ( i have portable modem )
i check twitter and telegram all the time
played sonic runners for 2 hours ( not in one sitting )
installed some apps and watched some youtube and browsed neogaf

i see the battery is good
 
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Rodney McKay

Member
kinggroin said:
You are correct. Completely slipped my mind; Note 4 was pretty damn decent a shooter - about par overall with the N6 (having HDR+ enabled) and slightly trailing the iPhone 6+.
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I just upgraded to the Note 4 from the Note 2 and overall I was thinking it was kind of a minor update for me (loved my Note 2)... until I started taking more pictures.

I took a picture of a car's license plate that was swerving all over the freeway so I could call the cops, but I couldn't see the license plate because it was pretty far away. I assumed that zooming in would be a blurry mess like I'm used to, but on my Note 4 is was perfectly legible.

Amazing how technology can improve over 3 years! :D
...Unless you're HTC apparently, yikes at those pics. D:
 
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mrklaw

MrArseFace
Talon said:
Affordable, solid bluetooth headphones are going to start to be a thing by end of this year, I feel like.

Audio quality is just straight-up going to be worse than line-ins, obviously, but it's a big trade off for significant portability.

I know that it's a huge pain in the ass playing basketball with wired buds in.
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You could use something like the Nokia BH-111 (I'm sure they have more recent ones, and sony have them too) - bluetooth receiver with a clip and built in mic, which you then plug any earphones into. Big enough to have decent battery life, but small enough to still be very portable.
 
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mrklaw

MrArseFace
MercuryLS said:
Is Sammy the only company that's doing a full on new design this year? Everyone else is phoning it in. The Z3 design isn't bad but there is to for improvement there.
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Z4 is rumoured to have an open micro USB port and still be waterproof. That's a stunning leap forward in product innovation right there.
 
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MercuryLS

Banned
That Z4 design might be a regression, the earpiece speaker right at the edge of the screen sucks. I hated that shit with the Nexus 4. It made calling such a pain, damn phone would dig into your ear.
 
M

MercuryLS

Banned
Talon said:
Affordable, solid bluetooth headphones are going to start to be a thing by end of this year, I feel like.

Audio quality is just straight-up going to be worse than line-ins, obviously, but it's a big trade off for significant portability.

I know that it's a huge pain in the ass playing basketball with wired buds in.
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They're already here. I use the Jabra Move and its pretty great for $100 over the ears headphones.
 
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j-wood

Member
Nexus 6 owners, do most of you use a case? I have moto care on mine so I'm tempted to go caseless, the phone just feels and looks so much better.

I've only dropped and shattered one phone before, and moto care would cover that anyways...I just hate the added bulk a case gives.
 
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Unknown Soldier

Member
Bboy AJ said:
I hope the next Nexus uses USB c and removes the headphone jack. Headphone jacks are awful and such a relic. Then again, the Nexus 6 has speaker grills that are used to house lint.
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Honestly, is a USB-C even necessary? Why have any ports at all? Inductive charging is a thing, and you have WiFi and the cloud for everything else. Phones shouldn't have any unsightly holes in them anywhere on their surface if you ask me.

Also because of the cloud, phones should have at most 8 GB of internal storage. Any more than that is a waste. This is why we don't need microSD cards either, because why would you keep anything on your phone when it's all in the cloud?
 
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j-wood

Member
Unknown Soldier said:
Honestly, is a USB-C even necessary? Why have any ports at all? Inductive charging is a thing, and you have WiFi and the cloud for everything else. Phones shouldn't have any unsightly holes in them anywhere on their surface if you ask me.

Also because of the cloud, phones should have at most 8 GB of internal storage. Any more than that is a waste. This is why we don't need microSD cards either, because why would you keep anything on your phone when it's all in the cloud?
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Because not everyone has unlimited data.

We are at a major impasse with the things we can do and with the companies that provide access to do said things.
 
Saiyan-Rox

Saiyan-Rox

Member
j-wood said:
Nexus 6 owners, do most of you use a case? I have moto care on mine so I'm tempted to go caseless, the phone just feels and looks so much better.

I've only dropped and shattered one phone before, and moto care would cover that anyways...I just hate the added bulk a case gives.
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i have a slim case and a thicker one which i stopped using due to the way the volume buttons are on it.

with the way this phone is i dont think id ever go caseless even though it feels much nixer without one. i have a problem of spinning the phone if its sitting in front of me lol

heh i see 5.1 came out for the 1st gen 3G nexus 7 now too xD da fuck Google
 
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gcubed

Member
j-wood said:
Because not everyone has unlimited data.

We are at a major impasse with the things we can do and with the companies that provide access to do said things.
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He was being sarcastic...
SolidSnakeUS said:
According to Brownlee, they used some piece of shit Toshiba camera instead of making their own or just go for Sony's.
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Who makes their own? I will always assume that any non-sony sensor is inferior until I can clearly be shown one that isn't
 
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freshair

Member
RuGalz said:
Those are static subjects which works with low ISO in low light. By limiting max ISO you are limiting shutter speed. That means more blurry pictures when there's not enough light. Toshiba's sensor just can't compare with Sony and Samsung's.
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Yeah :\

Definitely not an end all solution, but at least slightly better than what comes default.

But you shouldn't have to tweak things manually on a flagship when something like the S6 is great out of the box.
 
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Talon

Member
Unknown Soldier said:
Honestly, is a USB-C even necessary? Why have any ports at all? Inductive charging is a thing, and you have WiFi and the cloud for everything else. Phones shouldn't have any unsightly holes in them anywhere on their surface if you ask me.

Also because of the cloud, phones should have at most 8 GB of internal storage. Any more than that is a waste. This is why we don't need microSD cards either, because why would you keep anything on your phone when it's all in the cloud?
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I know you're trolololololling, but inductive charging is still pretty inefficient from an energy transfer perspective.
 
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