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Android |OT6| Huawei or the iWay [Nobody Reads Edition]
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Yeah I noticed the improvement on my Moto G (1GB of ram as well) when I upgraded it to 5.1.1 from 4.4.4. Kit Kat ran like crap on that device.
Dat ART.
Did you flash Cyanogenmod 12.1? Even the Nightlies are pretty mature at this point.
Yep. I didn't do the latest nightly but went with the newest stable build from October.
The Faceless Master
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it makes more 'lazy dev' sense to take it out and not have to work on it.
The Faceless Master
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i was gonna say Honeycomb because i remember that being a thing but apparently it was around since Gingerbread 2.3.4
Honestly I'd say 2GB is the minimum for a pleasant experience and I say that after using a Moto G with 1GB for two years.
It's usable with 1GB, specially post lollipop, but patience is needed since apps will refresh, and refresh often. Often Spotify or Antennapod would crash when using Chrome or Google Books. And having SwiftKey reload predictions can also be annoying.
Now that I have a nexus 6 I feel like I'm in smartphone Valhalla.
Fucking FINALLY gonna be back to having a decent android. I got fucked by my company's phone system and ended up with some piece of shit Sharp android which looks set as hell but has so much fucking bloatware installed and is unrootable.
Last phone I liked was the nexus 4. My 6p gets here in a couple of days.
Last phone I liked was the nexus 4. My 6p gets here in a couple of days.
And on the Moto G it is worse than in other devices with 1GB of RAM. The phone had some problems that made it refresh all the time.
A lot of people blame it on Motorola's aggressive RAM management, but honestly I used the GPE ROM and CM 12.x on it quite a bit and it was just as bad after a while.
It must be said that all of those flavors of 5.x where immensely better than Kit Kat on the Moto G, though. Boy, was that rough. It was my first experience with Android and it almost made me give up on it.
Luckily I stuck with it and I can't see myself using anything else.
osiris3355
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Those are only 32 bit Roms mentioned above.
My browser tabs refreshing constantly on both my 2 GB Ram 64bit Nexus devices disagree with you.
HazySaiyan
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It's like they enjoy fucking themselves over right out the gate.
The mobile division is in some strange purgatory where they believe the Sony name in 2016 is synonymous with "premium" - when Samsung has a better screen, LG has a better DAC, and Apple has a better camera. Yeap.
When I sent my OPT for repairs, I used the latest CM13 nighlies on my Moto G, and it was even better.
I went the Huawei...
If you're in the market for a Wear device, definitely go Huawei, absolutely worth the premium price.
(crosspost from the Wear thread)Yeah, went to a store...
Probably shouldn't have done that...
Absolutely gorgeous watch, screen is insanely crisp and way brighter. One of the things that always annoyed me about the LG G Watch R is that there's a black border around the screen between where the displayed pixels end and the bodywork starts. Not on the Huawei Watch though, it ends right at the body. The Sapphire screen and overall clarity and brightness are way ahead of G Watch R too (and the Urbane, since those are the same watch), absolutely worth the bit of extra cost.
And you were right, it's not thicker than the G Watch R, and in fact looks smaller due to the smaller bezels.
If you're in the market for a Wear device, definitely go Huawei, absolutely worth the premium price.
firehawk12
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Dumb question since I got my first Android device... but how do upgrades work? I can't just download 6.0 from Google? I have to wait for the company who makes the phone to make their own version of 6.0?
Xiaomi Mi 5 pricing:
Standard version with 3GB RAM and 32GB of storage: 2000 yuan (~$306)
High version with 3GB RAM and 64GB of storage: 2300 yuan (~$352)
Ceramic Exclusive version with 4GB RAM and 128GB of storage: 2700 yuan (~$413)
Yup, looks like my next phone for what it offers: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Xiao...SD820-4GB-of-RAM-and-exquisite-design_id78734
(wonder about battery time)
Standard version with 3GB RAM and 32GB of storage: 2000 yuan (~$306)
High version with 3GB RAM and 64GB of storage: 2300 yuan (~$352)
Ceramic Exclusive version with 4GB RAM and 128GB of storage: 2700 yuan (~$413)
Yup, looks like my next phone for what it offers: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Xiao...SD820-4GB-of-RAM-and-exquisite-design_id78734
(wonder about battery time)
That or you can install a custom ROM
nature boy
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As expected, Xiaomi come out with a killer price for the Mi 5.
brotkasten
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Tom Warren, the bitter Microsoft hack at the Verge, is teasing a Cyanogen OS phone from Microsoft.
Baroquemantic
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Do Xioami phones have a decent amount of community support? I'm really not a fan of MIUI.
It was bound to happen at some point. I wonder if it'll come with Google Play services.
Xiaomi phones are amazing. My current redmi note 3 is one of the best android phones I have ever owned. For the price it is absolutely no 1 in terms of value per dollar. I would expect no less from mi5.
My previous android phones before my current redmi note 3.
Sony xperia mini pro
Galaxy note
Galaxy Note 2
Xperia z2
Xperia z3c
My previous android phones before my current redmi note 3.
Sony xperia mini pro
Galaxy note
Galaxy Note 2
Xperia z2
Xperia z3c
firehawk12
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Too bad, I was really hoping to use that feature that lets you use an SD card as internal storage... guess I gotta hope Blu is making an update.
Looks like Xiaomi has moved on from copying Apple. I mean my lord, that Samsung influence...
Apple's iPhone no longer has a standout out design that everyone wants to mimic (except for HTC, who started the whole ugly antenna band thing anyways).
Anyways this phone in black looks sexy as hell and I can't believe the pricing. Really impressive stuff for both the Mi5 and Mi4s.
If this thing ended up having 12 band LTE I would would flip a shit lol..
The S7 I'm getting getting won't cost me anything as long as I'm still working for my company and it still has things like a VR capabilities, a more compact phone, a more energy efficient screen, and waterproof / expandable storage but damn, this is a great amount of phone you're getting for the price.
Apple's iPhone no longer has a standout out design that everyone wants to mimic (except for HTC, who started the whole ugly antenna band thing anyways).
Anyways this phone in black looks sexy as hell and I can't believe the pricing. Really impressive stuff for both the Mi5 and Mi4s.
If this thing ended up having 12 band LTE I would would flip a shit lol..
The S7 I'm getting getting won't cost me anything as long as I'm still working for my company and it still has things like a VR capabilities, a more compact phone, a more energy efficient screen, and waterproof / expandable storage but damn, this is a great amount of phone you're getting for the price.
brotkasten
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I really doubt that.
No, but usually easy enough to add in.
nature boy
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So, S820, UFS 2.0 storage, interesting camera tech (not sure it's better than Samsung's) all for under 400 dollars.
Oneplus is DOA.
Oneplus is DOA.
nature boy
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Because Oneplus is probably the most known Chinese brand in the Western World, at least for tech enthusiasts.
And price point as well.
Have to say, Hugo Barra does a great job in the keynote to explain things without going overboard.
And price point as well.
Have to say, Hugo Barra does a great job in the keynote to explain things without going overboard.
It's not better than Samsung's. Apple hands their hands full this round (talking camera obviously, not benchmarks)
nature boy
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I think the OIS might be better than the OIS in the S7, but in a low light situation the S7 should be much better.
HazySaiyan
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Damn Xioami, not bad at all!
-Pyromaniac-
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That new Xiaomi phone is basically why flagship android OEMs are all dying lol. Can't compete with those specs/that price. Insanity.
And it's better designed than most of them too.
And it's better designed than most of them too.
Their software reputation isn't great.
The hands on reports from MWC is that the camera wasn't amazing either.
They seem to be the only negatives though (apart from "too big").
nature boy
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Sales start on March 1st.
Camera isn't their strong point. Some hates their software skin but I really like it. It's basically ios clone with no trace of the usual android leftover. It's very consistent all over the board.
No chance.
Get 2. I'll pm you
crazy monkey
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mi5, 300, 820 omg
Saiyan-Rox
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does the S7 edge not come in that titanium silver here in the UK?
HazySaiyan
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Samsung's UK website only has black and gold.
Saiyan-Rox
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Yeah thats all I could find swell.
Oh and can anyone help me out? when im changing my wallpaper in the "recent" images part theres an image there thats not even mine and it had the drive logo on it. I looked through and found it but i can't delete it as it says it's someone else's image so why is it in my drive and how the hell do I remove it??
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