A decent spec bump without the overheating is enough though. Like an 801/805 uenventful bump.
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A decent spec bump without the overheating is enough though. Like an 801/805 uenventful bump.
Frosted glass ala Z5 would look so much better.
Glossy makes it look cheap.
But curves and less camera hump, great.
I've never been happier with a phone than I am with my 6P, so I honestly haven't been keeping up with news all that much. And I still can't wrap my head around why people like tablets so much, so I couldn't care less about that segment.
HazySaiyan
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Picked up a Note 5 a couple months back and I'm happy with it so nothing really.
I'll be keeping an eye on everything revealed out of curiosity though.
Still happy with my N6. See what Nexus devices are out this year as well as Sony (since I'm in Europe and won't be fucked over) and LG do alongside 7.0 performance on an N6 and see if I can be swayed away. But nothing in phone land in general has my attention yet.
Jazzy Network
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G5 has my curiosity right now. Also the Huawei P9 but that definitely won't be released in the US.
Patents?
It can actually be re-enabled by flashing international firmware lol
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z5/general/e6653-flash-e6603-firmware-enable-t3307158
Baffling
Wasn't really looking for a bigger phone, but ended up getting the 6P for the stock Android, nice screen, decent-good battery and 128GB storage. Everything else in a smaller size or that wasn't $600+ was lacking in a few areas. This one hit the most checkmarks without being insanely expensive.
6P battery life is a relief after coming from the Nexus 5. The battery on the N5 was not so good from day one and going over 2 years I was practically tethered to a charging cable all day. I did discover just now that OneDrive has used up 15% of my battery doing literally nothing since this morning, and since I installed it really. I only needed it to verify from my 6P that the N5 had properly uploaded all its photos and videos before wiping it... so yeah, that's a crazy drain and I'm uninstalling until I actually need OneDrive again.
Chrome is also strangely slow to load pages on the 6P so I'll be trying out that Rsbrowser.
6P battery life is a relief after coming from the Nexus 5. The battery on the N5 was not so good from day one and going over 2 years I was practically tethered to a charging cable all day. I did discover just now that OneDrive has used up 15% of my battery doing literally nothing since this morning, and since I installed it really. I only needed it to verify from my 6P that the N5 had properly uploaded all its photos and videos before wiping it... so yeah, that's a crazy drain and I'm uninstalling until I actually need OneDrive again.
Chrome is also strangely slow to load pages on the 6P so I'll be trying out that Rsbrowser.
I've never owned a Nexus, but how is custom rom support on it? Cyanogenmod on the Galaxy Note 3 works well, but still is janky. Do the Nexus roms have that jank - or are they legitimately enhanced?
Part of the reason I've fallen in love over and over again with my Note 3 is the ability to go the custom route to get features I wasn't supposed to get. The community has done a damn fine job supporting it, but not everything is perfect. I do get slow down (especially when multiple apps are in the background), random reboots, and I've lost features (NFC).
Part of the reason I've fallen in love over and over again with my Note 3 is the ability to go the custom route to get features I wasn't supposed to get. The community has done a damn fine job supporting it, but not everything is perfect. I do get slow down (especially when multiple apps are in the background), random reboots, and I've lost features (NFC).
Jigolo
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My eyes deceiving me or is that the edge? Sides look a bit more curved in than your usual 2.5D glass.
nature boy
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AMOLED becoming a common display in cheaper phones.
The Snapdragon 650 Series not gimped in any shape or form, since it's pretty much a "good enough" SoC on paper. Mediatek has lost some ground, and Samsung and Huawei don't really outsource their SoC.If the 650 Series had a co-processor for low-power functions it would be perfect.
Dual-cameras are a bit of a gimmick, let's see the implementation.
And how Qualcomm's ultrasonic fingerprint techology compares to capacitive fingerprint tech.
Otherwise it's LTE related tech, faster speeds that nobody gets.
On the OS front, I just want a maintenance release that fixes issues with Android and not fancy new features that are worthless. Polish, polish, polish.
Jigolo
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The S3 is literally a pebble
Pretty much. But after the 3 they definitely went to sharper edges.
longdi
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Is that a good score? How does it compares to S6+ Exynos?
Nexus phones probably have the most active custom ROM support of all phones, likely since most of the people who are in active ROM development use nexus phones themselves. The Nexus 6 has over 10 ROMs made for it alone.
Nexus phones have a very active custom kernel development scene as well which I don't think really exists for any other phones.
As for cyanogenmod, I tried CM13 on my Nexus 6 about a month ago and it was not daily driver material yet. Usually it's best to wait until the Nightlies have had a couple of months to mature or just wait for the milestone or stable builds.
Iacobellis
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I'm greenifying AfterShip, Dropbox, FORM Clock Widget, Google+, Instagram, Twitter, and Zooper Widget Free.
I've stuck to Facebook's mobile site. It's better than the app and faster lol.
yep, I've done the same
Dont see why people care so much and I dont know whats "good".
But iirc Edge+ gets around 85000 stock.
Baroquemantic
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The Edge continues to be a among the best looking devices ever. Gotdamn.
Rodney McKay
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Anyone have a great Bluetooth controller recommendation for Android? I bought a cheap Moga, but the lag on games and emulators (like the GBA one I use) is pretty much unplayable. I'm better off carrying around my GB Micro for laying older games at the moment. I'd use my PS4 controller and a phone clip, but my AT&T Note 4 is unrootable and it doesn't work wired either.
LG definitely has my interest in seeing what the G5 has to offer.
I like the rumors saying that it keeps the removable battery and SD card while going with a metal body design.
If Samsung ever backtracks and adds replaceable batteries back to their phones I'll probably get interested in them again, either that or if they do some cool stuff with Gear VR (which I do like on my Note 4, but I don't use it very often). If Gear VR could be plugged into a PC and be used as a full Occulus Rift, that'd be my dream VR device (both mobile and able to plug in and play more powerful games. I'm also on AT&T and I'm sick of not being able to Root my Note 4, so I doubt I'll go back to Samsung as long as I have AT&T.
Odds are I'll probably stick with the Note 4 for another year, but I'm always open to something really awesome coming out.
LG definitely has my interest in seeing what the G5 has to offer.
I like the rumors saying that it keeps the removable battery and SD card while going with a metal body design.
If Samsung ever backtracks and adds replaceable batteries back to their phones I'll probably get interested in them again, either that or if they do some cool stuff with Gear VR (which I do like on my Note 4, but I don't use it very often). If Gear VR could be plugged into a PC and be used as a full Occulus Rift, that'd be my dream VR device (both mobile and able to plug in and play more powerful games. I'm also on AT&T and I'm sick of not being able to Root my Note 4, so I doubt I'll go back to Samsung as long as I have AT&T.
Odds are I'll probably stick with the Note 4 for another year, but I'm always open to something really awesome coming out.
I can't stand it, especially how the clock falls off the right edge. The warping drives me up a wall.
Baroquemantic
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Well I'm talking purely hardware here, but I can definitely see how the warping could annoy some people. They should probably tweak the status bar a bit.
LostMyNarbles
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Unfortunately for Samsung while I doubt the S7 is going to break records in sales I fully expect it to be the "best" Android phone to release this year. The Galaxy S6 already had one of the best screens on the market and an excellent camera with its only real weak-point being the battery life and that sounds like it is getting fixed in the S7. Throw in the supposed MicroSD slot and waterproofing and it sounds like a winner.
why does this look like plastic to me
Junior Mint
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Classic samsung
I don't see there problem with plastic cases. Using metal exclusively is a stupid trend and it should die, in my humble opinion. I'm particularly fond of the moto G style cases that are easy to swap, and also cheap if you need to buy it.
Scratch a metal phone and you are stuck with the scratch forever, not to mention loss of signal and workaround around antennas.
Just got the February update for my Nexus 6P, BTW.
Scratch a metal phone and you are stuck with the scratch forever, not to mention loss of signal and workaround around antennas.
Just got the February update for my Nexus 6P, BTW.
it is rumored to be removable, so maybe that is why?
Its not...
SD card expansion is back
Removable battery is not.
Its glass like the S6, it just looks plastic because of the lighting and all those fingerprints.
Plus it might be solid black again instead of black saphire, which could explain why also.
Ah ok thank you for clearing that up.
Don't think so. These are analytical people, they would have told me if there was a noticeable difference due to uptime. App usage is more likely knowing the sketchy nature of Google Play Services, but it seems this stark contrast of performance is just a 5X thing so....
Still looks awkward to me. I mean maybe if its place was in a museum, but knowing that it is a handheld device just make it's look awkward.
Google Play Music question: I'm sharing a playlist of all uploaded tracks; however, the person I'm sharing with sees that playlist as empty. They are also a member of my Family Plan. How do I fix this?
Attempting to download the playlist on their end just displays a "Subscribed" popup.
Attempting to download the playlist on their end just displays a "Subscribed" popup.
osiris3355
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I still have trouble believing it. 50 percent of the feedback on the web says the nexus 9 is extremely snappy too.
I know we had slow nand back in the day on the old 16gb nexus 7 2012? But lately performance has been shit on too many google products.
Its a combo of encryption and 64 bit IMO.
-Pyromaniac-
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That s7 leak looks worse than the s6. At least in that pic.
Yeah, agree. Looks like a cheap Indian plastic phone.
I'm interested in the international Z5 version found everywhere else besides the US. Android M is rolling out for it so that should make it perform better.
What's wrong with the S820?
Excited for the Z5/Z6, G5, One Plus, and upcoming Pixel phone sometime this year,allegedly.
-Pyromaniac-
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Pretty much just the iPhone 7 and nexus 2016. Everyone else is irrelevant to me. The other players can't release a phone or are close to going out of business or the same shit (samsung/LG). Tired of never ever getting updates as well. That's why it's just nexus phone 2016 or iphone 7 for me. Leaning toward the latter pretty heavily.
I definitely want to replace my nexus 9 this year though...hoping a good tablet comes out on the android side. If not...well same as above. iPad it is.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
I'm really looking forward to improved wireless tech. Bluetooth has always been garbage and it'll never improve beyond "it works ok." I'm hoping we find something that works extremely smooth. The death of 3.5 aux should get us there shortly.
I don't see major issues with my 6P. Encryption done properly, and better IO memory speeds, would make me happier.
Of course, I still think Apple will have a dslr quality camera soon. They'll use the dual cameras and insanely fast processor to software fix the lack of a large lens. One for depth of field, one for distance. I keep talking about Apple's purchase of PrimeSense and how we have yet to see anything come from it. Something big is happening.
I don't see major issues with my 6P. Encryption done properly, and better IO memory speeds, would make me happier.
Of course, I still think Apple will have a dslr quality camera soon. They'll use the dual cameras and insanely fast processor to software fix the lack of a large lens. One for depth of field, one for distance. I keep talking about Apple's purchase of PrimeSense and how we have yet to see anything come from it. Something big is happening.
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