Oh cool. Thanks! Coming from an iPhone here and that app does not exist on iOS.
Speaking of......all I have to do when I get my 6P is take the sim out from the iPhone and put it in the 6P, right? It's that simple? This is my first unlocked phone.
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Oh cool. Thanks! Coming from an iPhone here and that app does not exist on iOS.
Speaking of......all I have to do when I get my 6P is take the sim out from the iPhone and put it in the 6P, right? It's that simple? This is my first unlocked phone.
Milpool
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Mine just changed to shipped, but no confirmation email yet.
edit: Got the email, parcel force booo
Saiyan-Rox
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Mate on twitter just had his 6P shipped.
Come on Goooogle
Come on Goooogle
Vyse The Legend
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Yeah, my ship by date has proven to be 100% accurate so far. I got charged yesterday but my ship date has always been for today.
WhiskerFrisker
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What are some good apps to buy?
Vanillalite
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Pocket Casts
Lux
*insert Twitter App of choice
PS: Not counting games of course.
You also want to turn off imessages on the iPhone. There's horror stories of people not receiving text messages when switching away from iphone because imessage eats them up.
Got the Shakes
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What's weird though is they support Apple Pay. Wonder why they drew a line in the sand with Android Pay and Samsung Pay?
You can't risk pissing off Apple, you have to have the iPhone.
Saiyan-Rox
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Milpool
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Did it say it would ship by today? I want mine to ship but I doubt it will
Yeah mine was 'dispatched from warehouse by 27th' with a 28th-30th delivery estimate. I ordered pretty much as soon as the site went live I think.
Looks like some orders with Nov estimates are going out too according to reddit.
Saiyan-Rox
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Yeah I doubt mine will go anywhere today
I'm not that lucky or lucky at all for that matter.
Friends "leave warehouse by the 30th" also shipped which is the same as mine. Come on google.
All phones?
It's not just the screen resolution. In the same test the 6+ achieved 32fps which is just 2fps lower than its initial run. The 6S+ and 6+' internal screen res (remember that it downscales everything to 1080p) is sort of in between 1080p and 1440p. It's 32% more pixels than 1080p while 1440p has 34% more pixels.
From what I've seen on GFX' web pages (they upload what people using their benchmark achieve) the 6S and 6S+ are held down by the 60fps limit, but battery life is similar to their predecessors so they might throttle in a more demanding workload.
Apple also doesn't use fairy dust for their GPUs. I'm sure they have some special deals (I think the A8X GPU layout is still undisclosed), but PowerVR supply GPUs to other chip makers like Intel and Mediatek. The trick is running it at a sensible clock rate and voltage.
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Just because you out peform someone doesn't mean you can't throttle.
Apple has just worked on this to be less of an issue, and specifically highlited this last year at one of their conferences.
Apple has just worked on this to be less of an issue, and specifically highlited this last year at one of their conferences.
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nature boy
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Every computer device throttles if it hits a thermal level.
That's not the point.
If people are running benchmarks all day then of course it's going to throttle.
If it's throttling with web browsing or watching a video then it's a far more serious issue.
The 820 is using the best manufacturing process and it still requires a heat sink? That kinda tells me it throttles under normal conditions. You don't put a heat sink for extreme conditions.
Why don't you? Especially if that company doing it wants the CPU and GPU running hard as it pushes its VR product using the phone?
They're the last company that wants their performance dropping at any point if they can help it.
WhiskerFrisker
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I use a ton of apps, but they all free. I mean Feedly, Facebook, ESPN, Instagram, anything Google, LastFM, Spotify, Netflix, HBO Go ect... Are all free *shrugs*
PS: Can I recommend some games?
nature boy
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I don't think VR is a major selling point and/or a major use case.
And besides, it's the law of diminishing returns which is especially the case with mobiles devices (battery).
Wait, HTC is going to increase the price of the A9 100 dollars? Who runs this company?
They deserve to go bankrupt.
Saiyan-Rox
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6P is shipped
I agree with the first part, but Samsung is pushing VR hard and they're the ones trying to manage the heat. They're just not getting much traction I don't believe.
What's a good music player app to use in the car? I've always used PowerAMP while leaving the screen on so I can swipe to switch tracks/albums without looking at the phone but I'm planning to get a 6P and after reading of potential burn-in from AMOLED I'm guessing I'll have to try some other app/solution.
The ones I listed are pretty much the only paid apps I use with any regularity on my phone, with the possible exception of PicSay Pro, which I use fairly often for cropping and painting on screenshots. Most of what I use is made by Google or otherwise free, and I don't really play games on my phone.
WhiskerFrisker
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Of course.I use a ton of apps, but they all free. I mean Feedly, Facebook, ESPN, Instagram, anything Google, LastFM, Spotify, Netflix, HBO Go ect... Are all free *shrugs*
PS: Can I recommend some games?
Saiyan-Rox
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Personally when it comes to paid apps the only ones I use is
Falcon pro for twitter
Pocket casts
I have more paid apps i dont use like nova prime etc but The rest are just free apps or games I never play lol
nature boy
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Camera FV-5, Cinema-FV5 and Press are also worth paying for.
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Lara Croft Go is the best new Android game.
Also check out Hitman Go, Monument Valley + expansions, Minecraft Pocket, and my goto Android app... Hearthstone (which is F2P).
lunchtoast
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Getting lines on the right side on chrome on the 5x. Confirmed it's only on chrome, no issues on Dolphin, or anywhere outside of Chrome.
Lets see... here are some highlights (aside from what's been mentioned so far)
Paid:
FlightTrack
Plex
Solid Explorer
Tasker
Torque
Weather Timeline
Free:
Aftership
Aviary
Citymapper
Greenify
Helium
Messenger or Textra
Muzei
Office Lens
Pushbullet
Splitwise
Swiftkey
Trigger
Waze
The anticipation of a shipping email is killing me. It's been 24 hours since I was charged and moved to processing, but not shipped. I'm having mine delivered to work so it probably will have to ship by today to get it Friday.
My Project Fi sim, Adopted Case, and new Chromecast are out for delivery now which will make it worse. It will suck to have everything but the phone haha.
My Project Fi sim, Adopted Case, and new Chromecast are out for delivery now which will make it worse. It will suck to have everything but the phone haha.
Saiyan-Rox
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Textra is well worth a buy. Completely forgot thats one of my paid apps.
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It's telling you that you are a horrible person for using the dark theme.
Baroquemantic
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But dark theme is best theme.
It's just shitty chrome. Use the beta version, it goes. away
Jazzy Network
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It's well known it was going to go up.
WhiskerFrisker
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Thanks for the recommendations. I already know/have most of the good free apps. I have the $50 Google Play credit and I'm wondering what I should buy.
Anyone know the name of the platforming game MKB was playing in the 6P review?
Anyone know the name of the platforming game MKB was playing in the 6P review?
Monument Valley
Monument Valley. I can also recommend Hitman GO and Lara Croft GO.
Jazzy Network
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So......how bout those Droids today?
This is soooo fucking lame. Like seriously. I want Apple and Google to team up and break the backs of CurrentC MCX BS.
QR code? Are you freaking kidding me?
Vyse The Legend
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Android dooooooooommed
#NobodyReads
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