Probably to make it obvious since Apple has been going the "Look look look Apple pay" and "If it's not an iPhone, it's not an iPhone" route lately.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Android |OT6| Huawei or the iWay [Nobody Reads Edition]
- Thread starter -Pyromaniac-
- Start date
- Status
Probably to make it obvious since Apple has been going the "Look look look Apple pay" and "If it's not an iPhone, it's not an iPhone" route lately.
I think it's more that certain people around here just love to hate/complain about everything.
brotkasten
Member
They kinda do.
So you know where to put your phone if you want to link it. With the Compact it probably doesn't matter, but my Z3 won't link with my Soundbar if I put the bottom of the phone to the Soundbar's NFC logo, I have to put it a bit higher.
rrvv
Member
Because we want perfect phone but no phone is perfect so they always find a way to complain. Even if they are very nitpicking
I mean most of the conversation is simply "Phone 1 have feature A and Phone 2 have feature B. But I want phone that have A and B! therefore Phone 1 and Phone 2 sucks!!!"
Funny enough, original android selling point is "it offer many options!". Now we just want an android phone that rule all other phone.
What else do people do on a forum?
You don't spend the effort criticising something to try and make it better if you hate it.
The Faceless Master
Member
16GB is mid-range
32GB has been flagship material since the HTC One (M7)
32GB has been flagship material since the HTC One (M7)
At this point, if there was an android phone that literally did everything and did it well, we wouldn't know what to do with ourselves.
Cause everyone is still awaiting this mythical phone that will never come. They have to settle for things like the Moto x Pure or Nexus line. I can understand the hate.
Lack of biometrics and usb c is also mid range.
Saiyan-Rox
Member
16GB is more than fine for me since I stopped my crack flashing days. I just stream my music and listen to podcasts which take up minimal room and get deleted when a new one pops up.
Probably a minority but for me the storage is fine.
Probably a minority but for me the storage is fine.
If we had the perfect phone and it ended up costing $600 off contract, people would still be bitching that it's too expensive.
T-Mobile Life
WhiskerFrisker
Member
T-Mobile.
Jazzy Network
Member
Gear S2 works on other android phones! No more garbage Android Wear!
T.M. MacReady
NO ONE DENIES MEMBER
LostMyNarbles
Member
Personally I think 16GB's of storage is fine. I've used that much on previous iPhone's I have owned and am currently using it on my MotoX without any storage issues. That being said 16GB for $400 isn't acceptable at all. I'll wait until it is officially announced, but if that ends up being the case I'll hold out and hope the Nexus 6 goes on sale for $350 or something to try and discount them before the new one comes out or I'll just grab one on eBay.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
32GB or higher. People shouldn't have to micromanage their storage.
soundahfekz
Member
And then the phone will constantly nag you that your memory is 75% full and you should move some data to the SD card. And won't let you dismiss the notification
EnVy_CaLiBeR
Member
Sony has been doing that since forever though. They take the treat your customer as a retard thing one step too far
This is a perfect tagline for Sony Consumer Electronics.
I mean, Android Wear isn't great, but Tizen? PAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
LostMyNarbles
Member
The Gear S2 actually looks really great and being able to use it with any Android Phone is enough to get me interested. Unfortunately it'll probably cost way more than I want to pay for a smartwatch at the moment.
Unrelated, but I still can't get over the fact that Android Pay launches this year and what from I've gathered none of the Second-Generation watches are going to have NFC readers in them because whatever...
Unrelated, but I still can't get over the fact that Android Pay launches this year and what from I've gathered none of the Second-Generation watches are going to have NFC readers in them because whatever...
This.
And this.
Reading a load of complaints is still more tolerable than the "1GB RAM is fine" posts that used to pop up in iPhone threads up until recently.
T.M. MacReady
NO ONE DENIES MEMBER
How do you pronounce Huawei?
wa (as in water) - way
Iacobellis
Junior Member
That's not necessarily an iPhone thing, but more of an iPhone 5 thing.
Whatever Apple did, they used some craptastic batteries in the 5. The calibration on mine was terrible, it drained way too quickly, and the device would shut off immediately if exposed to a drastic change in temperature. No other iPhone I owned (3G, 4, 4s, 6) did this.
Can we talk about these Z5 prices?
http://9to5google.com/2015/09/03/sonys-new-xperia-phones-will-set-you-back-a-pretty-penny/
All alleged costs:
Z5 Premium costs $1,070 in US dollars
Xperia Z5 costs $915
The Z5 Compact costs $838 US.
These prices cannot stick for the US market because they far surpass Apple and Samsung prices.
Someone help me justify the cost of these devices.
http://9to5google.com/2015/09/03/sonys-new-xperia-phones-will-set-you-back-a-pretty-penny/
All alleged costs:
Z5 Premium costs $1,070 in US dollars
Xperia Z5 costs $915
The Z5 Compact costs $838 US.
These prices cannot stick for the US market because they far surpass Apple and Samsung prices.
Someone help me justify the cost of these devices.
It's Hua, not wa. It's kind of said quickly though so you don't necessarily hear the extra syllable. Kind of like how a u in Japanese is virtually silent.
Iacobellis
Junior Member
This is Sony we are talking about.
Sony aggressively doesn't want to sell any phones in the US.
I like to pretend I'm Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman and say "Hooo-AHH!, way"
Right
Every time I hear it said it sounds like "wa", but you are right...the u-a sound is supposed to be pronounced.
brotkasten
Member
A T-Mobile rep told CNet that they won't be carrying the Z5 line.
So no one's carrying the Z5? lol
WHERE AM I?
*Angry Joe voice* The fuck?!!
This means we have to buy this unlocked at full price??????????????
FUCK my wallet.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
Huawei did a whole marketing campaign to teach people how to pronounce their name. Does no one remember this:
It's wa, they're not individual vowels (monophthongs). If you glide a U over to an A you can feel it turning into 'uwa'.
The recording for wiktionary sounds like hwa. (no recording for huá)
……forgetit
Member
Eh, all the Verizon bloatware can be disabled. They're usually group of useless apps and the one you'll use(the data tracker)
- Status