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Android |OT6| Huawei or the iWay [Nobody Reads Edition]
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People keep posting terrible journalism, so the more clicks they get, the worst these reviews are and will become.
Instead, we get "tech bloggers" who are just thinly disguised sales people who regurgitate marketing terms rather than analyze *gasp* technical details.
I enjoy teardowns that show the manufacturer + part described. Those photos + descriptions are the best.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Android Police is good. Though they've gone down. I prefer Arstechnica
Also, my Sony Smartwatch 3 finally got the marshmallow update. Nice.
But now I can't pull to swipe back or forward. And hitting the back button to close a new tab from a link I clicked shuts the entire browser down. Weak.
Also, my Sony Smartwatch 3 finally got the marshmallow update. Nice.
Okay guys. I need help with something with my Zenwatch 2 I just got today.
I bought an app on my phone called Pujie Black (has some great faces on there, btw), and it shows the standby mode version of a clock face I like looking like this:
However, when it actually goes into standby on my watch, it looks like this:
I see it get to that point in the first pictures for a TINY sliver of time and then it's like it goes a step further to just a monochromatic watch with no date.
What I'm wondering is, are there multiple levels of "always on"? Is there a way I can make it look like the top picture?
I bought an app on my phone called Pujie Black (has some great faces on there, btw), and it shows the standby mode version of a clock face I like looking like this:
However, when it actually goes into standby on my watch, it looks like this:
I see it get to that point in the first pictures for a TINY sliver of time and then it's like it goes a step further to just a monochromatic watch with no date.
What I'm wondering is, are there multiple levels of "always on"? Is there a way I can make it look like the top picture?
Uhu, and I also burned myself when my HTC Universal magically broke it's screen in my pocket after 1,5 week of use.
And now I will no longer burn myself after giving them a chance after that, no more HTC for me.
Check Benson Leung's recommendations on amazon to see which ones are good. He's a google engineer on a mission to rid the world of bad usb-c cables.
brotkasten
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AP had a great article on the current state of software buttons and its broken promises.
Thanks , will pass then. Been tempted to try a smartwatch and price was affordable. Should've bought LG G watch a while agowhen i found it at 99€ too.
Will wait until xiaomi shows their smartwatch then.
Other options would be Sony SW3, but screen seems to be really bad, and Zenwatch 2 but hard to find in Spain
how is battery life on it? a plus for the sony SW3 is the usb port for charging. I fucking hate dedicated ports.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Great. It can last two days. Not easily. But if you turn it off at night, it could. One day absolutely easy.
as long as it lasts one day easy i am fine. Will try to see it in person how it looks. It costs 150 but it is not that expensive
I can't answer that question I'm afriad but you do get two cables in the box. The main charger is USBC to USBC and a very small cable that is USB3.1 to USBC. That is; if you buy it from Google. Mixed results from buying from phone stores in the UK.
The Faceless Master
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Ars only got gud when Ron left AP for Ars.
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, have ordered one of the Anker powerline ones that Benson reccomends. Just been into my local Carphone Warehouse and they wanted £20 for a Belkin one! Most of the shops here didn't even know what type c was.
So that's what I noticed. I thought the colors popped a bit more.
on standard or sRGB?
Jazzy Network
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Man I'm so happy my G5 has no issues build quality wise. Some of these retail units on reviews are bad.
What's your average on screen time? That's the only reservation I have vs the Galaxy s7.
Jazzy Network
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3.5-4 hours. Nothing great or not bad either. It's about what you would expect on a 2800mah battery. I don't use the AOD feature though. Even if the battery were better I wouldn't use it as I have a Gear S2 for my notification needs.
Pretty much, most of my Android news reading is Android Police or Ron's Ars stuff now.
I've been playing with my Pixel C for a few days, and running Android N. It's pretty sweet, obviously things to do in making the task switcher work better (it's not responsive enough now, and the idea to make the current window in the changer was stoopid) but it's far less broken than I thought it would be for a first preview.
That said even before the N upgrade I had to flush the system cache to get autobrightness to work. The Pixel C clearly still needs another round of firmware updates yet to get it up to par.
Has anyone ever got a Dual Shock 4 to work with the Pixel C? The state of it's USB connection drivers isn't clear to me from reading online, and I don't want to root this device in order to keep Sky Go working so I can't run it over Bluetooth.
It's a great comic reading machine though. Awesome. If Google kick out another one of these with free window mode enabled, a mouse trackpad on the keyboard and robust pen support that would be a really sweet machine...
Which comic app are you using? I've just got a Tab S2 9.7" and finding I prefer Challenger Comics Viewer over Perfect Viewer.
That's not amazing battery life but good enough to get through the day. For reference I'm using a Moto X Pure and get about the same battery life and I'm happy. (to be more specific - I average 4-4.5 hours when I was on AT&T, and now I'm getting about 3.5 hours on T-Mobile).
Jazzy Network
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I also have everything turned on such as Bluetooth and nfc. Also on LTE like 75% of the time.
osiris3355
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I'm guessing if its not Qualcomm it's going to be a Google designed processor from here on out.
abstract alien
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I'm really enjoying my G5 as well. The performance is so smooth, and I'm not having any real issues with it. As strange as it sounds, it's actually a bit satisfying detaching the module and popping it back into place. It's so quick, and I have yet to need to swap batteries since one has held up nicely, but damn it feels kind of good lol
Jazzy Network
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I got a confirmation of my 360 cam being approved from LG but nothing for my spare battery. Weird. Hope I get something by monday.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
I think just standard. I use sRGB and didn't notice anything. I only read about it. Cool how these monthly updates are actually user updates. I always thought they'd just be security patches.
brotkasten
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It's pretty awesome how they sneak little tweaks into the "security updates". I hope they get a great N5 out this year. The N5X is getting really cheap here, but it still doesn't feel right yet.
Prototype Viktor
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Wait I thought I was just seeing things this morning
osiris3355
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It just goes to show how long previous critical fixes were getting put in the 3 - 6 month release bucket to go out with the next Android maintenance update. Thank God those days are over.
That's low bit ambient mode. That limits the colors you can use to black, white, blue, red, magenta, green, cyan, and yellow.http://developer.android.com/design/wear/watchfaces.html#SpecialScreens
There's a setting in PB to turn it off.
LG G4? It's last year's flagship so it's relatively cheap but with good specs. Camera is amazing and while the screen is 5.5" I find it to be easy to handle. Has a removable battery and a microSD slot. I just got one recently and I'm liking it a lot.
Jigolo
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Nexus 6p
Not really low budget though.
Jazzy Network
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Moto X Pure - $350-$400
LG G4 - $300
Honor 5X - $200
One Plus 2 -$350
Nexus 5X - $200-$250
I think those would be the best bang for your buck. They are all 5.5 or bigger except for the Nexus 5X.
Jigolo
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Whoops, read best bang for buck
osiris3355
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Isn't the battery life shit?
The Nexus 6 can be picked up pretty cheaply and is still a good phone.
I got mine in Sept and I've got no complaints with it.
The 5x is pretty cheap as well.
Stand-by time is flawless (leave it overnight and it still has 100% the next day) but playing games seems to kill the battery quickly. Granted, I'm comparing this to my Vita and my New 3DS XL since I've never really used my previous phones this much before.
For light tasks (checking email, listening to podcasts, browsing gaf, streaming video) it doesn't seem much worse than my older phones.
LostMyNarbles
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Saying "Kinda on a low budget" doesn't help much if you don't say what your budget is. If you can spend $300 or less I'd get a Nexus 5X from the Project Fi deal.
Yes. Dire.
Thanks, never knew that existed.
Are those lifetime stats or recent stats? My wifi has been off for a while even since I last fully charged my phone.
Thanks for the response.
- My reception at home is great, at work it's just ok.
- My wifi and data are almost always on, that particular weekend it was off because I was on a vacation and at a hotel.
- Turning wifi or data off for periods of time really doesn't help the battery drain.
- I have a Blu Studio X Plus. I'm still on 4.4.2 because the upgrade to Lollipop isn't great for this phone (in terms of responsiveness).''
- The bad battery drain is something new. For a long while the battery was pretty great. I replaced the battery with a brand new battery but I am still getting noticeably bad battery drain.
Damn Blu getting the shaft here. At least throw the moto G on there
LostMyNarbles
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Why would anyone pay $220 for a MotoG if you can get a better phone for $200 or a Nexus 5X for around $250?
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