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Android |OT6| Huawei or the iWay [Nobody Reads Edition]
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Early A9 impressions.
Fast. Insanely light. Looks like a less refined iPhone body. Feels amazing in the hand. Screen is slightly cooler than the 6p, less saturated. OLED has perfect black levels.
Camera. Oh shit. In auto mode (no HDR), in mid to low light its trading punches with a fucking 6p. No scratch that, I'm getting cleaner images from the A9!
High contrast shots and good lighting haven't done yet.
Fast. Insanely light. Looks like a less refined iPhone body. Feels amazing in the hand. Screen is slightly cooler than the 6p, less saturated. OLED has perfect black levels.
Camera. Oh shit. In auto mode (no HDR), in mid to low light its trading punches with a fucking 6p. No scratch that, I'm getting cleaner images from the A9!
High contrast shots and good lighting haven't done yet.
I would be interested in the A9 if it wasn't such a complete iPhone clone and had a better SoC.
Also, they had to have the fucking chin bar. Again.
Not a fan of the iPhone body style that HTC started?
SoC only sucks for intense gaming from what I've played on it so far.
All that said, it feels like it should be $350
brotkasten
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Please post some impressions of the battery as soon as it makes sense.
-Pyromaniac-
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unless there's voodoo behind the scenes there's simply no way a 2150mah battery will produce anything other than shitty battery life on an android phone that is 5 inches lol.
Should be interesting. Ya never know.
Tough choice -- Graphite looks clean but seems like it would show nicks and fingerprints a lot more if you go caseless. Aluminum may hold up better but the camera area is more of an eye sore. Decisions, decisions.
Update on camera.
When we introduce more contrast into the shot, the 5X and 6p pull ahead. Better dynamic range.
It seems flat lighting and low contrast shots, the A9's great noise reduction helps give it an edge in auto mode. The 5x and 6p get up to some insane iso levels and without HDR+ can introduce a lot of noise.
Still haven't done shots with great lighting.
Anyway, no more info from me. Phone taken away. Lol.
When we introduce more contrast into the shot, the 5X and 6p pull ahead. Better dynamic range.
It seems flat lighting and low contrast shots, the A9's great noise reduction helps give it an edge in auto mode. The 5x and 6p get up to some insane iso levels and without HDR+ can introduce a lot of noise.
Still haven't done shots with great lighting.
Anyway, no more info from me. Phone taken away. Lol.
Psychotext
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Anyone know how the new 5X is vs the original Nexus 5 on battery life? I really don't care about any of the new functionality, but I'd like a better battery if I can get it.
Crimson_Gold
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Now it says my phone is leaving the warehouse on Nov 5th. Progress
I know Apple copied HTC first, but at least they had some design differences. The A9 is 100% an iPhone 6 with the camera moved to the center and a different shaped home button.
And the SoC is basically identical to the Snapdragon 615 (just with Quick Charge 3.0 support and a different modem), which has struggled in other 1080p phones before.
-Pyromaniac-
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615 is definitely solid. At least it is in my xplay. BUT it's definitely noticable if you visit a site or use an app with a lot of photos/graphics. There be stutta. Other than that it's all the same shit.
I need a new phone pretty bad, my first gen Moto G is really starting to show its age. Not looking for a flag ship, something in the $300 range. eBay has the LG Flex 2 for $250 which looks to be a great deal - http://www.ebay.com/itm/17183867756...&afepn=5335869999&afepn=5335869999&rmvSB=true - but I'm on T-Mobile, and since this as an ATT phone (unlocked), I won't get any OTA updates. I'm conflicted because I don't think I'll find a better phone for that price, but being stuck on an old version of Lolipop, which supposedly lead to overheating problems which have since been fixed in updates, worries me. I'm also not thrilled with the LG skin on Android since I'm used to near stock on my Motorola. Basically, is there any way to get OTA updates on T-Mobile and/or remove the LG bloat?
-Pyromaniac-
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why not just get the zenfone 2, throw nova launcher on there or root it and do whatever you want and you're good.
There's also some cheap Lenovo phone someone here who I'm forgetting is using that you can root and install stock on. Think it was the Lenovo K3 or some shit. Not sure if tmobile supports that one though.
Here's a pretty interesting post about how the recent Nexus wallpapers have been created. I was shocked to learn that they are photographs and not just created in Photoshop.
Wow, didn't know these were photos.
I guess it depends how you define struggled. Just moving through the OS and chrome has given me no noticeable performance difference between it and the 5x.
3d gaming is the only weak spot so far.
How's battery life? Ordered the 5x, but I'm seriously considering the A9. I don't play games on my phone so I think real world usage I won't notice the slower processor, and having the extra ram would be nice. I like the size (width is much less than 5x) and build quality, plus on HTC's website I wouldn't have to pay taxes so I'll save $50 versus the 5x 32gb. The premium audio dac also would be nice to have to use with my Sennheiser headphones. Only thing holding me back is the small battery size. Htc uh oh protection is the cherry on top.
I sound like an ad.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
That's the issue, and it won't change.
Mother fucker
Check out @xdadevelopers's Tweet: https://twitter.com/xdadevelopers/status/656832670610161664?s=15
The FIRST thing I wanted to do was unlock and remove encryption. Now I have no way to do this without voiding my warranty.
Check out @xdadevelopers's Tweet: https://twitter.com/xdadevelopers/status/656832670610161664?s=15
The FIRST thing I wanted to do was unlock and remove encryption. Now I have no way to do this without voiding my warranty.
Yeah, and the fact that it's even more expensive in Europe at a bigger rate than the usual Euro/£ jump is still making me laugh.
Eishhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
That's messed up. Way to go Google.
Is there still a big difference on an encrypted device like it was on the N6?
I've read the software is terrible. I've never done any sort of rooting or custom loaders, so I've always been weary of trying.
Err... where is the part where it says your warranty is voided?
Hint: There's not one.
I'm assuming, sure. Its not like that's an illogical one to make though.
BoboBrazil
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Google reps have already said it doesn't void the warranty.
thehypocrite
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Just get a nexus 6.
I would if it wasn't so big.
Saiyan-Rox
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This doesn't shock me whatsoever. Google have been trying more and more to try and make you not want to flash custom ROM or even root for that matter. ever since they failed to acquire cyanogen they've had encryption, now added a warning level system on boot to tell you your system image may be corrupted and untrusted and now this.
in other news anyone want to see an Aluminium unboxing? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o4CgYg-Zc0
Vyse The Legend
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It's the chip and the body that causes the heat on the Flex, there's a reason it's a high specced phone at that price. The updates just slow down the CPU and possibly the GPU to make it work.
I thought once unlocked, it got away from carrier updates though? Maybe just outside the US. You're not getting rid of the LG bloat without rooting and/or flashing also.
BoboBrazil
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Ouch. There is conflicting info if you relock the bootloader and reflash stock they will still honor it though. Things are looking more likely that I will just sell my 6P when it arrives.
When you see someone on the bus with their shiny new Samsung using Verizon messaging.......
You get used to it in a week
You get used to it in a week
-Pyromaniac-
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Obvious but if you're still in type C denial, here's another: Zenfone 3 will have type C
Do you mean the UI or the included software? UI is barely different from stock. All included software can be uninstalled.
thehypocrite
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I understand your preference for something smaller, but for 300 the value of the N6 is hard to beat. Plus, you can always adapt to the big size.
It comes with a ton of pre-installed crapware, but it can be disabled without having to root the phone . The Skin Asus uses is ugly, but I don't think it's much worse than TouchWiz or LG's.
It's a solid phone for the price, specially the 4GB $230 model. I think it'll make a great interim phone.
Here's the Anandtech review so you can check it for yourself.
Everything I've read says you can't uninstall the pre-installed software without rooting it, hmm
-Pyromaniac-
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wrong thread
For $749 plus tax which amounts to around damn near $830+, you can own an Blackberry Priv.
$830+ can get you:
A Z5 + Asus Zenfone
An LG G3 + Nexus 5X
An Nexus 6P + Nexus 5
An OPO + OP2 plus money in your pocket
An Z5 + G2
Literal *scust* at the price of Priv.
I'm waiting anxiously for news on the American version of the Z5. At least sell it to us via online store with a warranty. Sony fucking up again by not giving the people what they want.
$830+ can get you:
A Z5 + Asus Zenfone
An LG G3 + Nexus 5X
An Nexus 6P + Nexus 5
An OPO + OP2 plus money in your pocket
An Z5 + G2
Literal *scust* at the price of Priv.
I'm waiting anxiously for news on the American version of the Z5. At least sell it to us via online store with a warranty. Sony fucking up again by not giving the people what they want.
-Pyromaniac-
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So true lol
This is the thread for every subject, friend.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
That feeling when Google Chrome has support for dual window on iOS while in AOSP land multiwindow is *crickets*
You can't uninstall all of them, but you can disable them and keep them from running in the background, sort of what Greenify does. You don't need root for this.
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