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nah touchwiz was absolute garbage. This is the first year I'd consider it pretty damn acceptable.
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Android |OT5| The Sonic Cycle
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BoboBrazil
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I got hands on a s6 today. Shocked how light it was and that screen is oh so beautiful. Definitely the smart phone to get if you don't want a bigger screen. Screen felt small after using my OPO for so long.
osiris3355
Banned
Yes because s-voice as the personal assistant on the home button was awesome.
Read: http://www.sammobile.com/2014/10/31...software-still-lag-even-on-a-flagship-device/
Jazzy Network
Member
I'm curious to know what is wrong with this year's TW? They fixed like 90% of most complaints.
osiris3355
Banned
Why would they get rid of it when their goal is to leave android?
Agreed, outside of a few bugs it's the first year that it isn't offensive to the senses. It's actually nicely designed for the most part.
TouchWiz is nice this year. Like a major upgrade. Just don't kid yourselves into thinking it's as good as stock. It's still jarring coming from such a simple elegant experience (stock).
Lock screen notifications are pretty damn wonky, and probably the worst of any 5.0 phone I've tried. That's really my only beef.
IDK either but it can fix various issues with the playback
Not used the S6, but no, it at least used to be total trash.
While stock is elegant, especially now that we have lollipop, it wasn't in the Kit kat era: it was 'simple', but not elegant. Stock android is also lacking in features and is far from ideal. For example why can't i have a ,as my main screen a page without widgets or shortcuts and anothe one on the right wit the calendar? Stock android doesn't allow blank screens. Most launchers allow this, but google launcher doesn't.
TW needs optimization, but that's it, it is not better or worse than other launchers/UIs, it is just different.
That battery and no quick charging :'(
Nightengale
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cartoon_soldier
Member
No quick charging on premium phones now makes zero sense
SolidSnakeUS
Member
Wow... the battery is probably the biggest letdown.
osiris3355
Banned
This is not looking good for Motorola. The 808 is obviously junk as well. I really hope they stay with 1080p or the 2015 moto x will not be a good phone.
For a first review, I wouldn't trust it 100% either - just thought it was worth posting
dunno, nobody seems to be 101% sure - to be fair, LG's site doesn't even mention it
http://www.lg.com/us/mobile-phones/g4/tech_specs
dunno, nobody seems to be 101% sure - to be fair, LG's site doesn't even mention it
http://www.lg.com/us/mobile-phones/g4/tech_specs
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Damn... you may be right about that.
Jazzy Network
Member
I'm like 99% sure the G4 does not support Quickcharging 2.0.
osiris3355
Banned
Well from a tech consumers standpoint if the moto is a flop hopefully we can get a regular sized nexus with the 820.
Either way you look at it Apple is going to take a ton of marketshare because of qualcomm
I guess we will get a better idea if the 808 is awful soon.
Lots of people were doing it on XDA to troll too. Turns out they were just basically letting the screen sit on a black screen in Airplane Mode.
Jazzy Network
Member
This is what I usually get.
4 hours would definitely make me feel a bit more at ease about getting an S6. I just can't do under 3 hours. 3 and a half at the least is my standard for good battery life.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
I expect it to be just like the G3 aka it doesn't have the flashy name, but it charges fast just fine with the included charger.
The G3 never charged fast, just normally. The whole point of quick charging is to get a good number of hours in the phone quickly when it's on low battery, not to charge it to 100% much quicker (although the net benefit is it will be slightly quicker).
I know some people have issues with Phone Arena, but I usually find their battery league table placements fine even if the number is a little off compared to others.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
The fact that the S6 has a longer battery life with a smaller battery is kind of amazing.
Also, to get your battery replaced in your S6 (when outside of warranty) is $45. Compared to the iPhone which is $79.
Also, to get your battery replaced in your S6 (when outside of warranty) is $45. Compared to the iPhone which is $79.
Was curious about that. To get an iPhone battery replaced you can just take it to an Apple Store. But to get Samsung/HTC/whatever else replaced you'd have to send it in rather than go to a store right?
SolidSnakeUS
Member
Maybe a Best Buy Samsung kiosk?
EDIT: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2481605,00.asp
You have to ship it :/.
They just give you a different iPhone and switch it out.
And yeah, you have to ship Samsung even if it's in warranty. Then if they say that the logo is slightly scratched off so it must be your fault, they want to charge you £150 just to reaplce the USB port whereas when I dropped my iPhone 4S 64GB down the toilet, I went into the Apple store, they checked the water sensors anyway as if they didn't trigger they would have done it under warranty, then took £70 and I walked out of the store with a new iPhone.
Samsung is rolling out more service centres, there's 3 in the Greater Toronto Area including one that is 20mins from me. Same day service, I hope they continue to roll these out. Also if your S6's battery drops lower than 80% capacity within a year they'll swap it out for free.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
I fucking hope a new Nexus 5 is announced at I/O this year. Would kill for one that works on Verizon.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
Are they just going to roll with the 6 inch phone for the rest of the Nexus line? Are they even going to replace the 7? Or is it the 9 or nothing from the Nexus line?
Think he means the I/O part. While there's always a chance, they're usually at the end of the year.
osiris3355
Banned
I agree. VZW will probably tell Google to piss off this year.
There are probably more active Nexus 6's from the playstore on Verizon than sold from Verizon.