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Android |OT6| Huawei or the iWay [Nobody Reads Edition]
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Afro Samurai
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Is Nova Prime worth using over Marshmallow or is Marshmallow so good I don't need Nova Prime?
Baroquemantic
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Nova is always worth using. On any phone, on any Android version.
Use Nova
-Pyromaniac-
Member
it's worth it just to normalize and make smaller those stupid app icons lol
Afro Samurai
Banned
Oh yeah, App Icons are much bigger!
I'm assuming by Marshmallow you mean Google Play Launcher. In that case it depends what you want, neither is 'better'. There is no performance difference.
Want something that Just Works? Use GPL.
Want something with a crazy amount of customization? Use Nova.
whatsinaname
Member
It's exactly a month since 6.0's factory images. Where's my 6.0 OTA Google.
wait for volta
Random thoughts on Google's attempt to become a bit like A*****:
I'm all for it if it at least gives us a Nexus tier of high end smartphones or at least promises faster updates.
Give us a Z7C with a 4.7 inch 1080p display with a 2900 Mah battery w/microsd support running stock.
Matter of fact make Sony the next Nexus partner, pls.
Fragment the upgrade paths even more: Everything sourced in-house and sold unlocked, uncannier branded receives updates straight from Google while everything else goes through normal process.
I'm all for it if it at least gives us a Nexus tier of high end smartphones or at least promises faster updates.
Give us a Z7C with a 4.7 inch 1080p display with a 2900 Mah battery w/microsd support running stock.
Matter of fact make Sony the next Nexus partner, pls.
Fragment the upgrade paths even more: Everything sourced in-house and sold unlocked, uncannier branded receives updates straight from Google while everything else goes through normal process.
Jazzy Network
Member
No thanks. Sony gonna fuck up Nexus cameras now that we have decent Nexus cameras.
Nova has always just worked
……forgetit
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Can't say I like where the company is headed. When they were under Google they consolidated their devices a bit. Now I feel like they just want to see what sticks.
The Z5C camera is great minus, allegedly, the blur on some devices. Can youname two competitors that match the device spec for spec? The Z5C camera is fucking dope and only really suffers from zooming in but that's compared to the S6.
You bring up a pont that no Z5C reviewer touched on: WHY IN THE FLAMING FUCK CAN THE DEVICE RECORD IN FUCKING 4K BUT ONLY USE A 720P DISPLAY?
Yeah, Google needs to save us with a quality universal SOC that boosts performance.
I dunno. Why do 50MP cameras come with a 480p display?
It could be fairy dust, but the point is they haven't been very promising in the past.
In the Anandtech article you mentioned it is pointed out that they opted for a small GPU at high clocks to save die space (price) at the cost of efficiency.
A72s are better than A57s, but the difference isn't very big in the mobile world and everybody not Apple will be using them so it's not a unique advantage. Same with the GPU which is also designed by ARM.
It probably wouldn't be Kirin 930 levels of awfulness (needs more A53s at 2+Ghz), but regardless of Antutu numbers I don't think this will be a top contender.
What a bizarre complaint.
Yeah, I get that they are focusing on low end / mid range phones since that's what sells in emerging markets but why do they need so many variants? Make 3 phones:
Moto E (basically the 3rd gen Moto G, maybe smaller, sell it for $170)
Moto G (basically the Moto X Play. Sell it for $250. Reserve the Moto X brand for the flagship)
Moto X (the Moto X Style, $400)
The other day I walked into Best Buy and they had over 12 different Moto phones, ranging from the E to the 2014 X to the Maxx to the Nexus 6. That's a nightmare of confusion for the average consumer.
Think about it: most people don't have 4K TVs or computers that can display those photos at full resolution. That didn't stop Sony from placing a 4K camera in the Z5C with a 720p display. At least give us a 1080p display to go along with the 4K camera as a key differentiator. Ionno, it seems really ass backwards. This came to me as I watched Btekt's review of the z5c camera functions.
FallingEdge
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it does reset with a reboot and has happened to me
Saiyan-Rox
Member
Anyone with a 6P
If you press the battery icon in the notification shade does your phone stutter and freeze up for a second then move to a white screen then show the battery stats with only 1 item in it showing with a number "1" ?
Even going to the battery in the multitasking menu freezes up. And I need to reboot a few times to fix it.
If you press the battery icon in the notification shade does your phone stutter and freeze up for a second then move to a white screen then show the battery stats with only 1 item in it showing with a number "1" ?
Even going to the battery in the multitasking menu freezes up. And I need to reboot a few times to fix it.
Prototype Viktor
Member
Nope battery info sxrolls up from the bottom when I do it
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Has never happened to me (and I check battery stats a few times a day because I'm weird).
Googy plz.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Nope. What in the world?
No sir.
Saiyan-Rox
Member
Huh what the actaul hell
I tried to get a screenshot of the way the screen goes but the whole system locks up when it happens for those couple of seconds.
It's fine now but this is the third time it's happened.
Maybe a total reflash of the stock OS is in order...but I don't wanna unlock the bootloader ffs.
I tried to get a screenshot of the way the screen goes but the whole system locks up when it happens for those couple of seconds.
It's fine now but this is the third time it's happened.
Maybe a total reflash of the stock OS is in order...but I don't wanna unlock the bootloader ffs.
Afro Samurai
Banned
WOOOO!!! Finally got the OTA on my Verizon Nexus 6
What did this update do? I got it too.
I was about to say no to this, but literally as I tried it I had the same thing happen. I've been checking the stats alot the last 2 days and it never happened before. Its charging now, wonder if that has something to do with it?
This happened to me two days ago. The power button is stuck. If you pull on it a bit it'll fix itself
you should be hired by apple... no wait no IR blaster there. By samsung then.... no they ditched it too on the Note 5
You can always work at huawei
Having everything is fine if no or small compromises. Wonder how will those force touch screens affect battery capacity if implemented on Android devices.
It's the power button. It can be replaced prery easily.
brotkasten
Member
That shit really makes me afraid to use the power button, as stupid as it sounds. Much like how I want to use the home button on my iPad as little as possible, because I'm afraid it might break. Except there's no alternative way to turn the phone on.
I had two nexus 5's. First one's power button lasted about 13 months. But we get a 24month warranty from the play store in the UK. The replacement lasted 9 months. They sent me a third which i put on ebay and flogged as new. Fuck that for a third time (and the initial warranty was running out)
BertramCooper
Banned
Google Wallet is clearly getting the pushed-out-to-water-on-an-ice-floe treatment from Google.
It will probably never be updated ever again and then quietly killed in a couple of years.
Junior Mint
Member
Damn the Priv doesn't look too bad at all. Wish they released an updated Classic with the Android OS. I'd totally replace my work phone with an updated BlackBerry Classic running Android.
Baroquemantic
Member
I don't think that'll happen. Wallet and Pay are two sides of the same coin, and do different things. Besides, they just updated the app yesterday.
I agree, it seems to be a really good phone, but I think with that price and carriers moving away from subsidies, it's not gonna do too hot.
yeah, $700 is a lot, I especially like this feature:
http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/06/blackberry-priv-review/
http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/06/blackberry-priv-review/
-Pyromaniac-
Member
So they increased the price of their phone for a gimmick they don't even utilize properly?
They'll fit right into the android space, welcome aboard BB
Junior Mint
Member
As someone who has to constantly check calendar and email on my work iPhone, I'd really find that floating sidebar on the Priv useful.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
No.
So they increased the price of their phone for a gimmick they don't even utilize properly?
They'll fit right into the android space, welcome aboard BB
frivolity, the android way!
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