Watch this and basically don't tell me you wouldn't use something like this if you could:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oi1B9fjVs4
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Android |OT5| The Sonic Cycle
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Watch this and basically don't tell me you wouldn't use something like this if you could:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oi1B9fjVs4
Xperia C4 Dual Sim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2GJAyhKcmA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2GJAyhKcmA
I've seen it and I don't think it offers much unless they can get Excel performance to match the 8GB and i5's we've had to be upgraded to at work. It'd be cool for getting media on a big screen quickly, but I can already do that with miracast/Chromecast.
Maybe I'm just sceptical after we trialled some Surfaces and without app support, it's going to crash and burn. If they can ever do all that with a decently powerful x64 CPU and a ton of RAM while somehow maintaining battery life in regular phone mode, I'll be interested. Should really look into the regular Windows 10 on a phone though, I really don't like the Windows Phone 8 I have as a backup.
Saiyan-Rox
Member
Noticing now when using the web browser on my N9 that when I switch tabs they're automatically reloading the page but not refreshing....grrrr
Chrome always does this though
Saiyan-Rox
Member
Doesn't on my N6. I can go back and forward between tabs without it reloading the page by itself but the N9 is doing it even when I use another tab.
Something's wrong with whatever you're using Chrome on then.
If you mean just going back and forth between tabs then yeah I see your frustration.
Jigolo
Member
Wrong thread mate
This thread is about bitching about anything involving android/google and telling each other how much every new flagship phone sucks.
Well, considering I have looked into the kickstarter for this little guy:
http://www.andromiumos.com/
there is value add to be had. Ironically, it's not Google leading the charge on this.
As to your point on apps; Android apps running on Windows 10 (any platform) is basically the killer app that Windows needs on the mobile front. That combined with "Continuum" basically is (what I believe) to be the death knell to Android tablets. All of the sudden, these Windows tablets running W10 and new phones running WP10 will have access to a host of apps in the Android ecosystem. Now sure, no "official" Google supported apps (per se) but you get the idea. Also, we don't know how fluid it will be but I am (again) shocked I am beginning to really appreciate MS's strategy for a comprehensive platform.
Lol, no.
I predict less than a hundred Android apps will be ported over using the kit (and it won't be the hundred people want). It does nothing to change the fact people don't support Windows because the additional support costs don't justify the audience. The framework will add significant overhead, and won't support any security modelling, and still requires dev work.
It will change really very little.
Blackberry has Android apps too.
I actually like Windows phone and owned a Nokia 920, HTC 8x, and Nokia 925 at one point
I think you're confusing this with Blackberry... Microsoft is serious about this shit.
Yup.
No worse than Lollipop.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
and people keep shitting on iphone for lack of ram causing browser refreshes lol
Also the moto line is the new nexus line if you want updates. Still hoping oneplus2 and nexus 2015 hit it out of the park, would love to have a tough decision between 3 phones.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
So has it been posted that qualcomm seems to have fixed the 810 possibly?:
Xiaomi to the rescue. Pics of good thermals and whatnot inside.
What the actual fuck? Qualcomm had to outsource their fix? Wow.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
lol I just hope it means they are spreading the love and the new 810 isn't just for the xiaomi phone but it looks promising. Too bad they missed the boat on some flagships and possibly more since some might be too far into their processes to go back and add it.
osiris3355
Banned
In before someone disagrees because they bought a verizon droid.
Well unless HTC becomes the new Sony and release the M10 later this year....
I can't see why it wouldn't be just their phone as long as the 820 is on schedule for the end of the year. I'd assume most of the flagships for the year are already pretty much locked down.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
Hopefully that new 810 revision goes to something like the new Z4/Z3+.
……forgetit
Member
osiris3355
Banned
It's been a long, hard road for us, okay? We were lied to.
Lol. Just lookup (or remember if you had one) VZW Galaxy Nexus stories before you commit to another vanilla android verizon device. Thats what I do.
Too bad it doesn't fix the 810s that are already in circulation. I'd be pissed if the manufacturers released an updated version and didn't replace the original.
Android |OT6| What the fuck, Google?
Sell your Nexus 5 before it's too late.
crashnburn
Member
Best Buy has the LG G2 on Sprint and Verizon for $150 new, no contract. Now I know old phone is old, but my wife has been rocking a Galaxy S3 for almost 3 years now and we can't go the subsidized contract phone route cause she is on a grandfathered unlimited data plan (and blows through probably 7-10GB a month).
Should I bite on the G2 for her? Or maybe wait for some of the 2014 models (M8, Moto X, G3) to drop down $<300?
I'm not sure how well the G2 has aged with updates and such, so any experience is helpful.
Should I bite on the G2 for her? Or maybe wait for some of the 2014 models (M8, Moto X, G3) to drop down $<300?
I'm not sure how well the G2 has aged with updates and such, so any experience is helpful.
Saiyan-Rox
Member
OT6 Okay Google, What the fuck?
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
……forgetit
Member
I had a g2, it was great at first but aged like milk. I'd stay away if I were you. Last year's phones should drop soon and you'll be able to get a moto x 2014 at a decent price. Heck, with how things are going, this year's moto g might beat put the G2
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
It's virtually the same marginal upgrade the Moto X would be other than slightly faster memory bandwidth. *rolls eyes*
I feel like this is the most context appropriate title. I find it funny that while MS has Cortana, and Apple has Siri... what the hell is Google Now? A him? A Her? An it?
A digital thing that doesn't need to be gendered. I never referred to Siri as anything more than 'it', especially as it's different gender voices in different regions.
But I guess that's my point; If Cortana is Cortana, and Siri is... an Apple Hipster... then if Google Now were a girl... who would it be?
The G2 is a huge upgrade. Hardware wise, it's better than the Moto X 2014 (battery and camera are superior). I went from LG G2 -> LG G3 -> Moto X so I have experience with both.
Jazzy Network
Member
Found out my S6 has a Sony sensor. Yay.
I don't know. If my smart watch compels me to start talking to my phone, I'll let you know. I think the commercials pin her as a sensible adult woman, at least here in the UK.
crashnburn
Member
I thought about that actually but of the 2014 phones, I've felt the Moto X got a bad rap. The tepid battery life is a bit concerning for her normal uses. I actually have a Droid Turbo ( the slow to update Moto X step-brother) and love it, but its behemoth battery definitely helps that impression.
She is pretty resistant about spending excessive $ on a new phone, but I honestly want to upgrade her cause her S3 is barely chugging. Ideally I think she'd like the Note line of phones, but even the Verizon Note 3 has barely nudged down in price for a new phone. Maybe I'll keep an eye out for refurbished, or wait to bite on a 2014 model.
Kill Your Masters
Member
Gianna Michaels because it sucks your juices out like a mofo.
or pick a porn star by your choice
Saiyan-Rox
Member
Think the voice still needs a little work though. In places it still sounds a bit to roboty.
Google now has come along well over the years though
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Don't forget the G2 is 32 gigs stock and theat $350 Moto X was only 16 gigs. That's another reason to add for the G2.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
G2 is a great phone for that price, and shits all over the GS3 she has.
Don't listen to the other posters who are fucking clueless.
……forgetit
Member
The $350 moto x deal from yesterday was 32 gigs, but I've never used a moto X, so I can only talk about my g2 experience where I've had both heat up so badly they burned the display.
Maybe it was a Verizon exclusive issue, but they were pains in my ass. Either way for the low price the G2 is pretty much the best phone you can get.
osiris3355
Banned
For that price the G2 is a better deal and you are right on about the hardware though isnt the G2 CPU a slight downgrade?
What isn't being said is the software. The G2 may be stuck on 5.0 forever while the Moto X will be receiving 5.1 any day now which is a huge performance improvement.
How much is the Z3 Compact over there? Price has been dropping like a stone over here and it sounds like battery would be the main concern, which will beast mode through it.
Was going ot laugh off the G2 as a battery lasting machine due to the G3/4, but I looked it up first. How the fuck are LG downgrading their battery life? Unreal.