Jazzy Network
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When you're jerkin it, do you want the moaning sounds to sound away from you?!
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When you're jerkin it, do you want the moaning sounds to sound away from you?!
Baroquemantic
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I disagree. But I don't think the bezels are huge because of the speakers. I swear I've seen some Chinese phones or something with front facing speakers and smaller bezels. Even some of Sony's more recent phones have speakers with smaller bezels, I believe.
Edit: I want front facing speakers because I don't always like using headphones when watching videos and listening to music on my phone. Plus, since most phones have the speaker on the back, my hand tends to cover or partially cover the speaker.
So no one ever uses speaker phone?
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Great for watching videos in public, or even in private if you don't wanna wear headphones.
The Faceless Master
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but they're barely louder than rear facing speakers.
where/s that link thar had measurements and the Note 4 was right below the M8.
a $15 BT speaker outperforms them.
where/s that link thar had measurements and the Note 4 was right below the M8.
a $15 BT speaker outperforms them.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Not true.
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and where does that leave people with phones like the m7, z3, moto x, etc
a $15 BT speaker is something you're stuck carrying around, charging, draining extra battery by having BT on, etc
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Unknown Soldier
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The Exynos 7420 is a beast
The Faceless Master
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what;s so surprising? FinFET
Haha, you are committed to your persona, I'll give you that.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Why?
Okay m8
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Instead of living in this thread to be a professional jimmy-rustler, why don't you get out more?
No, that's just the Nexus 6.
brotkasten
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"I think the camera is screwed", said every Nexus owner ever.
Unknown Soldier
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The camera hardware gets better all the time but it's the same shitty stock Android camera app. Let's just be honest here, Google just doesn't care and they never have. The sensor in the Nexus 6 is pretty damn decent, it's a Sony Exmor sensor that Samsung and Apple have both used so it's not the sensor that's the problem. The real reason Samsung and Apple get such amazing results out of their phone cameras is their software. A good digital camera is both hardware and software working together in equal measure to produce a nice image. There's a lot of post-processing magic going on which no one knows about until it's clearly not there, see Google Nexus and HTC One camera results for further information.
If you want a decent phone camera, don't buy a Nexus. It hardly matters since a Nexus doesn't even have enough internal storage to actually store a bunch of pictures and videos you might shoot with a decent phone camera anyways.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Really? It never focuses close up like my Nexus 5 did. It also overheats, freezes, and crashes after a few shots. The camera app regularly crashes, too. HDR photos take some time to process. Take three HDR photos, you cannot take any more pictures.
These issues are standard?
I think my N6 takes pretty good pictures. And I have a 64 GB model so it's all good. It's just that the experience is poor but I thought it was due to a hardware defect.
w1ck3dn1nj4
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Well, one has good battery life while the other has good camera. If price is within the same ballpark, Ill go with the latter as it has better screen and also replaceable battery. But thats just me.
I think the focus is standard. I don't get any of the other issues, so maybe not. I've used the camera like 8 times at most mind you.
w1ck3dn1nj4
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Meh, not a problem. Your ears are afterall the most sensitive during a baitin
w1ck3dn1nj4
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Yup. The loss of mAh isnt that big of a deal like some make it out to be coz of that power efficiency, though a slightly larger one like in the Actives wouldnt go amiss. Its the loss of swappability that I find hard to accept, because it (along with s-pen) are two of the most important features that I love about the Note series. Loss of expendable storage, though regrettable is something I can still cope with, if theres 128 availability somewhere down the line. Besides, Ive got plenty of those tiny usb otg thingys which are not too cumbersome compared to power banks and dangly bits. I want something thats light with zero downtime when Im travelling goddamnit.
Im really surprised that Samsung has chosen to alienate the userbase that values substance and functionality over form. What I dont get is, theyre already making gazillion different models, so why not offer 2 versions of Note? One that caters to the superficial crowd and the other being the classic version with all the goodies that power users have come to rely on. They must be really stupid or theres something in their data thats really tellin we dont know about. Right now Im having a tough time deciding which is more important. Replaceable battery or s-pen? If I want replaceable batt, LG seems to be the only hope. On the other hand, I find s-pen so useful for my personal usage that I find it hard to go back to one without. Fucking decisions.
The Note line was synonymous for best in class performance, battery, camera, and screen.
I'm baffled Samsung would LOWER the mah on the battery (despite performing better than its predecessor). Samsung fans have always rallied around the best in class parts, and Samsung is falling prey to the reviewers. Reviewers kept bitching about "Metal", and here we are. A metal Note 5 took away the replaceable battery, microSD slot, and somewhere along the lines gave it a smaller battery.
IT DOESN'T matter if the battery in Note 5 is better than Note 4, it should be so blisteringly good that it makes other phones obselete. Samsung doesn't get that.
I'm baffled Samsung would LOWER the mah on the battery (despite performing better than its predecessor). Samsung fans have always rallied around the best in class parts, and Samsung is falling prey to the reviewers. Reviewers kept bitching about "Metal", and here we are. A metal Note 5 took away the replaceable battery, microSD slot, and somewhere along the lines gave it a smaller battery.
IT DOESN'T matter if the battery in Note 5 is better than Note 4, it should be so blisteringly good that it makes other phones obselete. Samsung doesn't get that.
Unknown Soldier
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Judging from the reception the S6 has received, it's going to sell worse than the previous model.
Samsung started literally copying the iPhone with the S6, something they took great pains to avoid before. The result is an ass kicking because who the hell is going to buy a Samsung if they are in the market for an iPhone? Samsung completely lost the plot, they were selling Galaxy on the premise that it is the anti-iPhone, it has stuff the iPhone can't even dream of. Now there's no point in buying Samsung now because it's an iPhone only not as good. And sales numbers are tanking, imagine that.
Milpool
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Have you tried any other camera apps? When I had an N6 I remember the default camera app started acting weird after I flashed M. I used manual camera back on 5.x.x and it was awesome, plus you can manually focus at the closest distance. Then googy broke all the manual camera apps with an update... Including exposure comp on it's own camera app.
That's not going to happen when it doesn't even launch in Europe.
Marshmallow boot animation:
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
It tanked because Apple built a phone with a big screen. Android is done. No one buys a phone because it has an sd card slot, removable battery, etc. Well, the genpop.
……forgetit
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That's not going to happen when it doesn't even launch in Europe.
Marshmallow boot animation:
Okay, I really like those.
BTW, did the dark theme ever come back?
To get the dark theme yo have to touch the setting icon in the quicksettings panel until it spins. You unlock a new menu with UI tweaks, demo mode, dark heme, etc.
I already had that since it's SystemUi tuner, but none of the options I add actually show up in the quick settings.
killertofu
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Looking at that crazy iPhone 6 deal at T-Mobile...if I keep the 6s for 18 months its basically gonna be cheaper than buying a Moto X Pure now...
maybe next time guys
maybe next time guysHad the same issue with Chrome refusing to update. Had to move to the beta version. Good to know they fix whatever issue it was having on release 2.
brotkasten
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That's not going to happen when it doesn't even launch in Europe.
Marshmallow boot animation:
That's cute, but Windows cold boots quicker than that. Why can't Android or iOS? Cheap flash storage?
Pretty much. I don't think any manufacturer has put in fast storage as it's not needed and would bump up the cost a fair bit.
Jazzy Network
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Windows doesn't have to preboot any apps.
Jayayess1190
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Sounds like they did a good job with a shitty processor. Runs like an 808 but flicks around to keep the heat down, but using the 810 gets you the better GPU. Fair play to them.