I got one a few days ago. Totally worth the price. Great screen and as long as you don't expect the world out of the chipset it's been running great.
I use it mainly as a video screen and some games for my kid with comic reading.
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I got one a few days ago. Totally worth the price. Great screen and as long as you don't expect the world out of the chipset it's been running great.
I use it mainly as a video screen and some games for my kid with comic reading.
tomei
Member
$390 Samsung Galaxy Tab S SM-T705 16GB LTE
or
$345 Google Nexus 9 32gb LTE Tablet w/ Portfolio Case
Broke my Nexus 7 (2013) so I need a new tablet with LTE for international use. Like the samsung screen with 16:9 ratio for movies and microsd but the Nexus 9 has the better chipset for games and bigger battery.
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$345 Google Nexus 9 32gb LTE Tablet w/ Portfolio Case
Broke my Nexus 7 (2013) so I need a new tablet with LTE for international use. Like the samsung screen with 16:9 ratio for movies and microsd but the Nexus 9 has the better chipset for games and bigger battery.
-Pyromaniac-
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I vote nexus 9, I like mine now more than I did when I got it. Also 4:3 is the only way to go for a tablet.
Baroquemantic
Member
At least I wish that were the case.
Get your garbage Chrome Pixel ratio out of here.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
People need to understand what actually low end means, and who they are targeting around the world.
Baroquemantic
Member
Chromebook Pixel? No, my friend. I was referencing the Surface Pro 3 and its superior (to 4:3) aspect ratio.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
I feel like the moto g aint even that cheap. Chinese companies be sellin 150 dollar phones with 2-3gb of ram.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
This I'll agree with.
it's = a contraction of "it is"
its = a possessive form of "it"
Surface Pro 3 = a solution in search of a problem
Eanan
Member
Who needs USB C when you have this.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1041610927/znaps-the-9-magnetic-adapter-for-your-mobile-devic
Actually looks very clever. Ordered a set there.
That $700k backing also...
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1041610927/znaps-the-9-magnetic-adapter-for-your-mobile-devic
Actually looks very clever. Ordered a set there.
That $700k backing also...
Only been posted twice.
ChoklitReign
Member
I'm buying an iPhone if I don't get a reply in 24 hours
Jazzy Network
Member
I have an iPhone 3GS for sale you want?
-Pyromaniac-
Member
Back in the day when I worked tech support I got a bunch of calls that were similar where they saw an android update available but passed on it or whatever and then when they wanted to do it it wouldn't come back. You're basically screwed until it comes back I think.
Maybe try disconnecting from your carrier in the settings and reconnecting
Eanan
Member
Sorry I dont spend all of my day on Neogaf.
3 for 3 major OS' behind now. I loved that phone. If it wasn't so sluggish now, I'd still use it.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
Step your game up
Baroquemantic
Member
I'm well aware of the proper usage. That was a typo. Gesture/swyping to be exact, so it defaulted to "it's". I didn't notice it, but I appreciate you pointing it out for me so that I can now correct it.
Nah. It's not at all a solution in search of a problem. It's just another option; a superior one to be exact. The first popular tablet, the iPad, came with a 4:3 ratio. Had it released with a different aspect ratio, people would be proclaiming it as the best one.
Turn off mobile data, airplane mode, reboot phone et al.
The issue is your IMEI saw the update and now needs to re-regisrer on the network to re-pull it. May have to wait 24hrs.
Cool insult, bro.
The Faceless Master
Member
wait for the 6S/6S+
why do some people get salty when they post old news and get called out?
Saucycarpdog
Member
I swear to god if the N6-2 doesn't come to Verizon then I'm just going to pick up the 6S+. I need those speedy updates.
Probably because they're getting "called out" for trying to be helpful? It's just rude.
If you are dead set on Verizon, don't even wait for it, just get the 6s+. Verizon ruins every phone it touches that isn't an iPhone
If the entry i3 surface pro had more than 64GB storage it could be a good option for my wife. Spends all her time with her laptop which is usually connected to external monitor/keyboard/mouse, and then brings it down to the living room in the evening. Surface pro would do both nicely, and be way more convenient for browsing the web in the evening.
Says the man who doesn't own a Surface Pro 3. Makes my heart sad.
Saiyan-Rox
Member
it's still a slow tablet. if you plan on listening to music while browsing on the tablet or listening to something on youtube then you're gonna be disappointed cause it closes the background stuff after pausing/stuttering. it's a shame because the tablet should be able to cope with doing it but it just can't.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
yeah I def hate that aspect.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
Well guys, you finally did it. You killed Qualcomm.
WSJ is reporting that they may lay off 4000 employees and spin off their mobile chip making business. Which is the least successful part of their business anyway so it's not a huge deal I guess. Or maybe they're trying to save money.
WSJ is reporting that they may lay off 4000 employees and spin off their mobile chip making business. Which is the least successful part of their business anyway so it's not a huge deal I guess. Or maybe they're trying to save money.
I blame the EU inquiry.
Saiyan-Rox
Member
I didn't do it
What? The SP3 is better than any ultrathin or tablet on the market.
The Faceless Master
Member
but is it as rude as not reading?
The Faceless Master
Member
Baroquemantic
Member
Ha, says the guy with the iPhone!
Qualcomm screwed its mobile chip business itself. They put out some crappy products this go 'round and this is the kind of thing that could happen.
Damn, that's a lot of people that may end up losing their jobs.
Edit: Groof bringing the classics.
Just like in that video, things got a little too hot (and steamy) for them to handle.
So my nexus 5 broke.
I decided to go to my carrier and see what I can get for free with the credit I have. My options were the Sony xperia M4 aqua or the lg g stylo. I picked the lg because of the bigger screen.
I like the phone.... Except it's leggy.
I have 30 days to go back and switch it for the Sony. Is the m4 aqua any faster?
If not I'm just going to put a little cash on top of my credit and get the LG G4 since I know that's a fast snappy phone.
I normally don't care about phone specs, but after having used the nexus 5 this stylo felt really hogged up.
I decided to go to my carrier and see what I can get for free with the credit I have. My options were the Sony xperia M4 aqua or the lg g stylo. I picked the lg because of the bigger screen.
I like the phone.... Except it's leggy.
I have 30 days to go back and switch it for the Sony. Is the m4 aqua any faster?
If not I'm just going to put a little cash on top of my credit and get the LG G4 since I know that's a fast snappy phone.
I normally don't care about phone specs, but after having used the nexus 5 this stylo felt really hogged up.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
If samsung is willing to give out their good exynos processors they can make some serious bank and takeover that market. I don't think they're able to manufacture them at a good enough price to offer others though, which is probably why they haven't done it much.
out of 50 android OEMs it seems none of them want my money!
Testicular Sound Express
Member
my trusty nexus 5 finally died over the weekend after being dropped like100x haha. I just went on to craigslist and found another one for 160. Honestly, I'd still take it over most phones.
BoboBrazil
Member
One Plus 2 scored 63719 on antutu.
LPDDR4 RAM doing work. Puts it around the Samsung Exynos which shows how much of an effect that RAM has.
Now hopefully they've cooled it enough to actually perform that well in the real world without melting things.
Vyse The Legend
Member
Snapdragon 810, though. Yuck.
Jazzy Network
Member
Next year or 2 we will be seeing Kirin and Mediatek processors. Bank it.
BoboBrazil
Member
We just have to see how well it performs in this phone. Maybe the OnePlus solution is better than the others with it. Other phones with it before scored lower due to thermal throttling already, so it has already shown to be better than the others atleast.
Battered Android Syndrome at its finest, gentlemen.
brotkasten
Member
Nilay Patel wrote a piece where he explains how much the mobile web sucks.
"But man, the web browsers on phones are terrible. They are an abomination of bad user experience, poor performance, and overall disdain for the open web that kicked off the modern tech revolution. Mobile Safari on my iPhone 6 Plus is a slow, buggy, crashy affair, starved for the phone's paltry 1GB of memory and unable to rotate from portrait to landscape without suffering an emotional crisis. Chrome on my various Android devices feels entirely outclassed at times, a country mouse lost in the big city, waiting to be mugged by the first remnant ad with a redirect loop and something to prove."
Maybe, instead of complaining about browsers and phones that should handle the mobile web just fine (at least with 2 GB RAM!), don't create a bloated piece of shit site that requires 4 GB RAM to load and browse properly. Just maybe.
No wonder people want more RAM on their phone or get hesitant to get a PC with "only" 4GB, because it couldn't be enough to browse the web.
Or maybe I don't browse enough on my phone to run into issues with 2 GB RAM on my phone, except when I land on TheVerge.com.
"But man, the web browsers on phones are terrible. They are an abomination of bad user experience, poor performance, and overall disdain for the open web that kicked off the modern tech revolution. Mobile Safari on my iPhone 6 Plus is a slow, buggy, crashy affair, starved for the phone's paltry 1GB of memory and unable to rotate from portrait to landscape without suffering an emotional crisis. Chrome on my various Android devices feels entirely outclassed at times, a country mouse lost in the big city, waiting to be mugged by the first remnant ad with a redirect loop and something to prove."
Maybe, instead of complaining about browsers and phones that should handle the mobile web just fine (at least with 2 GB RAM!), don't create a bloated piece of shit site that requires 4 GB RAM to load and browse properly. Just maybe.
No wonder people want more RAM on their phone or get hesitant to get a PC with "only" 4GB, because it couldn't be enough to browse the web.
Or maybe I don't browse enough on my phone to run into issues with 2 GB RAM on my phone, except when I land on TheVerge.com.
BoboBrazil
Member
Well its better to hope a processor is fixed than expecting the next Motorola phone to be good atleast.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Other than a random bug issue that crops up in chrome like once a year that then gets fixed in the next update I really haven't had any problems with Chrome once I got a device with 2 gigs of RAM.
Maybe it's because I'm not trying to open 100 tabs on my phone or something IDK.
It works perfectly fine for me though.
The bigger issue I have is when you go to a site that either hasn't made the switch to mobile (smh) or has a mobile site, but you can only do like 25% of the shit you want on the mobile version. The rest of the shit you'd want/need to do requires you to go to the desktop version.
I have way more problems with that than I do with Chrome on Android.
Safari on iOS purely comes down to 1 gig of RAM in the phones.
Maybe it's because I'm not trying to open 100 tabs on my phone or something IDK.
It works perfectly fine for me though.
The bigger issue I have is when you go to a site that either hasn't made the switch to mobile (smh) or has a mobile site, but you can only do like 25% of the shit you want on the mobile version. The rest of the shit you'd want/need to do requires you to go to the desktop version.
I have way more problems with that than I do with Chrome on Android.
Safari on iOS purely comes down to 1 gig of RAM in the phones.