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BoboBrazil
Member
I cancelled my price glitch axon 7 order and ordered a 6p for $279. Axon 7 resale prices have tanked anyway and I want that 7.1 deliciousness this week.
axon has better screen, confirmed day dream support, 2 years warranty, better DAC and front facing speakers.
OP3 has 6gb of ram and better community hacky support.
Pick what matters to you.
lol
https://youtu.be/_GhODn4FRoE
I'm hoping those used 6P stick around past the announcement tomorrow so I can grab one if I don't like what I see. I'm a little hesitant to get a used 6P with unknown defects though.
Saiyan-Rox
Member
All the Nexus are OOS on the UK store (may have been for ages)
Damn i'm hyped for tomorrow....hope the Pixel C gets all these new things cause atm we don't know if the software will be exclusive do we?
Damn i'm hyped for tomorrow....hope the Pixel C gets all these new things cause atm we don't know if the software will be exclusive do we?
That's what I thought with them offering two storage variants but their listing was quite comprehensive when I read over it earlier.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
The prices slide hasn't leaked yet (hopefully).
Lol that's awesome
LostMyNarbles
Member
As I argue in the Pixel thread that you can only fit so much hardware into a smaller body thus the need for larger bezels I have to question what kind of magic LG was working with when they made the G2. Seriously, the phone is smaller in height and width than many 5 inch phones available today except it has a 5.2" display. I went and watched some old reviews to see what negatives the phone possessed since I never owned one and it seems like the only cons were the plastic build quality and the buttons being on the back.
Now there's the whole you can only fit so much in those smaller bodies argument I used, but the G2 had a ton of hardware inside of it. It had OIS, an IR blaster, a huge 3000mAh battery and the latest high-end components available at the time. Now I am not quite sure how CPU advances work, but if I was to assume that the lower nm means the chipset is smaller than I would have to assume that the Snapdragon 800 took up more internal space than the 820 does.
Now there's the whole you can only fit so much in those smaller bodies argument I used, but the G2 had a ton of hardware inside of it. It had OIS, an IR blaster, a huge 3000mAh battery and the latest high-end components available at the time. Now I am not quite sure how CPU advances work, but if I was to assume that the lower nm means the chipset is smaller than I would have to assume that the Snapdragon 800 took up more internal space than the 820 does.
Look at the Axon 7 for another phone with small bezels. Even has front facing speakers too.
LostMyNarbles
Member
I should have specified in the sense of smaller phones with small bezels. The Axon 7 has small bezels, but it is still a pretty large device being a phablet.
Wonder if google will ever get around to making chrome not suck? It's seriously the biggest pain point of android performance atm compare to apple, which nitro engine wrecks in every benchmark, also you can get adblockers officially off their app store.
Having to resort to dling some chromium apk made by the chinese and sync my google account to it to get a decent web browsing experience is less than optimal.
Having to resort to dling some chromium apk made by the chinese and sync my google account to it to get a decent web browsing experience is less than optimal.
BoboBrazil
Member
They are in good shape and have warranty. Most of them are just returns from people that decided they didn't want them. They will all be gone by tomorrow if not already.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
I think it's fine. The 810 does cause some issues, mainly in terms of being very warm when used a lot and can also, at some points, be a hindrance to the battery life. But it's kind of random on how that is.
While processor gates are getting smaller, more features are being added so the physical size is probably not really getting smaller. Otoh, they are running hotter and need better heat dissipation. HTC 10 is just barely larger than G2. My question is why couldn't they fit 3000mah battery in Pixel. (My guess is because the fingerprint is on the back which takes up the space.) iPhone 7 probably is still going to have the largest bezel while hosting a 1960mah battery. You gotta wonder how much space they wasted for the haptic chip.
osiris3355
Banned
People that love it don't care about about battery life. The 6p is getting like 3 hours of SOT max for most people with Nougat. Not very good for that size battery.
My 5x gets 2 hours SOT
I'm getting 2 hours SOT on my 5X too. Though I'm running CM13 and a ton of other crap. Need to reset rom some weekend.
Can you link to them? I'm in.
I'm not really sure what I get on my 5x, I do get a day and a half to 2 days per charge though.
Picked up my old g2 the other day and really missed the form factor, shame its cheapy plastic and the dev scene for it wasn't great. The stable-est version of cm12.1 (or 13 I can't remember) was removed from the cm servers and I think a copy that I uploaded to gdrive was the only available source for a few months.
I've had my 6p since march and I love it, little big sometimes, having to remove it from pockets when I sit down or crouch down in certain trousers can be a bit annoying. Battery life has reduced a bit under nougat, I am getting 4 hours sot now, I'm sure it'll improve when 7.1 hits as android os/system are still too high.
It does it quite hot when the temperature outside is warm and I use navigation but not really noticed any slow downs.
Got mine at launch and it's the best phone I've ever owned (and I have owned a lot of both Anrdoid and iOS devices). However, I don't game or spend hours on it every day, so I haven't had issues with insufficient SoT or heat. I take it off the charger in the morning and the battery is usually at 40-50% when I go to bed. It's fast and the camera is great.
Jazzy Network
Member
Anyone picked up or picking up the Mibox? I have a Nexus Player that I barely use and am deciding whether I should get it or not.
But what if it's dope tho
Maybe your phone is just shit. Chrome works great on my Nexus 6.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
I'm really hoping that the Pixel XL is a damn good phone. Very much hoping.
osiris3355
Banned
Yeah I picked mine up a couple of days ago from Walmart selling it early, I love mine but have only used plex and youtube with it so far.
Is true though. I imagine it just says more about my usage than anything, which is mostly as a audiplayer if I'm honest. I'm not actually using a lot of screen time. Sporadic short use of email, sms, google and a few other apps to do with health tracking. My heavy screen time is on my ipad.
For instance its currently at 64% after 14 hours and says 1 day 9 hr left. And looking at screen time its a mere 27 minutes.
Battersea Power Station
Member
Quick question: I've been getting dinged really badly on Chrome's data usage lately. I know nothing about ad blocking either on mobile or desktop and I haven't been rooted since the Galaxy Nexus days (currently using a Nexus 6P).
What's the best way to figure out how much of my data usage is from ads and to run an experiment in how much I would save if I block them? Is it even legal to block them?
What's the best way to figure out how much of my data usage is from ads and to run an experiment in how much I would save if I block them? Is it even legal to block them?
Do you have the data saving feature on?
If you have a snapdragon phone, you could use RS Browser instead, which had ad blocking built in.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Well, we're almost at the announcement time. If the Pixel is great, great. If it isn't, I look forward to the price drops.
Just get RSBrowser if you're using a Snapdragon phone.
Jazzy Network
Member
What's different from it and the Nexus Player outside of it being 4K eligible?
Battersea Power Station
Member
Trying RSBrowser now. Is it impossible to sign in with Google or something? When I try to, it tells me the account already exists on my phone... by I don't get a chance to actually *choose* it.
I don't have a Nexus Player but from what I can see, it's pretty much a faster, better spec'd Nexus Player.
Can you install plex media server on it?
osiris3355
Banned
Doubt its powerful enough for that even if you could.
Remote is more premium and has volume buttons. More common chipset.
Honestly, the nexus player is a cheap, buggy piece of shit. The chipset in it just isnt supported well. It was like a one hit wonder for intel.
OdysseusVA
Banned
Anyone having issues with the recent version of Hangouts on 5.1?
Not receiving notifications/texts/calls until I wake the device it seems
Not receiving notifications/texts/calls until I wake the device it seems
You can install Plex Media Player but haven't tried to install server, like osiris said, I don't think it's powerful enough for that.
tomei
Member
You need to allow RSBrowser app permission to use your contacts for account information.
Nougat Factory image for the Nexus 6 is finally up.
osiris3355
Banned
Use allo bruh. Everyone is doing it,.
man this is sad to read.
we could have gotten that Nexus 6P-2 :/
hope that would happen for 2017
where are you seeing it for $279
I can't find anyone talking about it, how has Plex been? Got a 4k tv and need to upgrade my Roku anyways, this seems like a winner
osiris3355
Banned
Get the Shield if you want the best 4k streamer. Get this one if you need to go budget.
Plex is rock solid on the Shield.
newdayrocks
Member
Jeez, about time. Wonder how long it'll take Verizon to push it out.
It was just released today, but some people have had it for over a week and I don't think Walmart will officially start selling it til later this week.
Plex has been running great on it for me, interface is fast and snappy, a lot better than the Plex app I was using on my Samsung smart tv from a few years ago.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Tomorrow? What if I'm already disappointed now?!?!