-Pyromaniac-
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Those phones are gonna bomb hard in canada. The prices are insanity lol. I wonder what american pricing will be. I'm talking ~400 - ~500 on contract between the two.
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Android |OT5| The Sonic Cycle
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True and it's quite new (1.5 months). They don't degrade by a third in 9 months though.
……forgetit
Member
I'm sure they'd be happy to oblige.
That's true, might be some hyperbole in their statements, but it is pretty bad.
BoboBrazil
Member
Get real. It's great specs for the price.
For the same price you get a sweet Moto. Better customer support and the second best phone company right now giving you the goods.
……forgetit
Member
There are better offers for the same price.
BoboBrazil
Member
No the One Plus 2 with 16gb of storage is $329. You are paying $70 more for the Motorola and losing the fingerprint scanner, ram, and optical image stabilization and laser focusing on the camera. The Moto X is a great value though at $399.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
Would I really miss it if I moved on from my LG G3?
LostMyNarbles
Member
I don't know. Their executives may talk a lot on Twitter, but I very rarely have heard good things relating to Motorola's customer service.
……forgetit
Member
The upgrades this year are minor, just keep your phone.
Just don't believe the quick update bullshit they spew. I'm sure my turbo will get M sometime next September.
From what I read around reddit and such, they are usually great and they always have someone around there seeing how satisfied people are and looking to improve their service.
Soodanim
Member
I'm getting tired of Google Play Music closing on me while I browse GAF or even do things like rotate the screen on my Z3C (latest updates as far as I know), from what I assume is a memory related problem. Google brings up results about a memory leak in Lollipop that goes back to before its release, so I don't have much hope.
Does anyone have any insight on this? I'd switch to Spotify if it meant the app not closing on me, but if it's OS related it seems futile.
Does anyone have any insight on this? I'd switch to Spotify if it meant the app not closing on me, but if it's OS related it seems futile.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Lol the original is a better phone.
BoboBrazil
Member
This is probably true. It was definitely better at the time of its release than the 2 will be when it comes out. I blame Qualcomm for releasing horrible processors this year.
Randy Lanzarote
Member
brotkasten
Member
I dunno if we can only blame Qualcomm. I know you're our resident 1+ lover here, but there are mistakes on their part.
Hamster Plugin
Member
Yes. I heard about the OTA 3.0 problems and was happy I didn't have to deal with that clusterfuck. But I want the latest Android without having my device melt on me.
I had to upgrade to 3.1 to even start the recall, now I don't know if I want to use the thing. Haha.
brotkasten
Member
LG was smart enough to pick the 808 for the G4.
Woo, same overheating and inefficient hardware, just less cores! They couldn't really release yet another overheating phone after the Flex...
#2sKip15
brotkasten
Member
Still better than the 810, even if it's only by being less awful.
……forgetit
Member
We need an alternative to Qualcomm at this point, Samsung was brilliant for dropping them before all this shit went down.
……forgetit
Member
You should go back a page and scroll up.
Oh, I didn't know the Tegra had problems too.
brotkasten
Member
I'm sure they're only a delay or two away from a truly great SoC for phones.
……forgetit
Member
Yeah, they run crazy hot, really both companies need to get their shit together when it comes to heat.
……forgetit
Member
Price range?
-Pyromaniac-
Member
Does the family member prefer Android? iPad's usually make great gifts. If Android...uhhh maybe one of the samsung ones (they have like 50 to choose from, just get the best one you can afford with the gift card) or the nexus 9.
Why do you hate your family?
The Faceless Master
Member
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4
The N5 camera was descent for its time (still capture results were very nice). Better than anything Samsung put out of the same year. I think Google not keeping HDR+ on by default is a mistake.
Also, the software is slow and bare bones.
NO, tell your "friend" to sign up "other friends with different email addresses" around the world like the rest of us. I went from around 589,000 to under 20,000 with three email addresses.
Tell him to use the invite bug:
The trick is that you can sign yourself up any number of times by placing '.' (the character dot) anywhere in your gmail id.
Saiyan-Rox
Member
apparently they'll be searching the database for multiple emails like that and removing them
probably the dell venue 7840
if you can wait a few weeks they might have the higher end Zenpad 8 selling for $300.
EDIT: oh yeah! forgot about the Nexus 9 of course. Not sure if they 32 GB is selling at $400 yet, but it is on Amazon... if we start seeing sales on it cutting it down to $350 then it's another good option.
I hate to even talk about iPad's since half of thread has Apple's cock in its mouth half of the time, but I would make sure that your family member specifically doesn't want an iPad for a reasons. Once the new one come out, the iPad Mini 2 could be good buy depending on this price. iPad Air 2 would be main thing to look for but I'm not to sure if your family member would be satisfied with only 16 GB of storage. I've seen those models for sale at best buy for $400 before.
The main reason I'd consider that you would look into the iPads has nothing to with app/ecosystem. I hear this being brought and unhealthy amount of times for why iPads are better than android/windows tablets, even those most people use their tablets for watching video, reading, and browsing the web. I think the combination of build quality + battery life + performance + now recently, the multi window support in iOS9 makes it a smart purchase depending on the price.
brotkasten
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-Pyromaniac-
Member
the helio x20 has 10 cores. 10.
I should be clear that it doesn't support LPDDR4 ram and is still 20nm.
In the end the 820 will be the good shit next year barring something unforeseen.
Jzero
Member
Transfering stuff to other NFC enabled phones, Wireless charging, custom NFC Tags
Most people don't use these features but those of us who do appreciate NFC
I still haven't used it for payments though
To have it.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Nexus 9 should not be a gift. I'd recommend an iPad to be quite honest.
Xperia Z3 Compact if the relatively small screen size is inconsequential to them. It's a fantastic device. I used to have a Nvidia Shield Tablet and I'm very glad I made the switch (I don't mind non-stock android on my tablet).