Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
I've encountered zero issues by moving to small on N.
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Android |OT7| Now With a Whole New Messaging System
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Jigolo
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osiris3355
Banned
Wow that's impressive. Hopefully Qualcomm follows their lead.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Devices will have 10 nm A73 by the end of the year? That's pretty crazy if another foundry gets to 10 nm before Intel does...
edit: Oh, A73 will start out on existing 16/14 nm nodes. Nevermind.
What weather widget are you using for the forecast there? Looks great.Yeah changed to small on the Android N preview, good for screen space
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
It'll look nice on Marshmallow for the next five years.
Alright, currently on 280 DPI through the ADB command. (Default one is 320) Everything works well so far and it looks all so SLICK.
Also made a post on the community for my ROM and no major issues reported: https://plus.google.com/+YenMertens/posts/BbaHoJTAibM
Even the Xperia Keyboard works fine (in contrast with e.g. SwiftKey).
edit: Currently on 260. A one-handed tablet. Amazing.
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Side-by-side comparison of Relay For Reddit on DPI 300 - 280 - 260 - 240:
-Pyromaniac-
Member
So Asus announced 3 phones and they all just had to be huge lol.
osiris3355
Banned
I just want a new Nexus 9. There are zero rumors to hold onto. I don't want the Pixel C
Form factor?
Saiyan-Rox
Member
I just want a new Nexus 9. There are zero rumors to hold onto. I don't want the Pixel C
Buy the pixel
Join us
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Form factor.
Zenpad is holding out. But this thing is the same today as it was months ago and as it will be years from now. I need dat N.
The Faceless Master
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Sammy showing off 6GB RAM modules and 5.5" 4K "VR" screens...
some7hing's up
some7hing's up
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
I'm not crazy on the form factor either.
Prefer the other factor looking more like iPad/Tab. That Tab S2 chipset old as balls and they still want $499 too.
I'm with AJ. Wish we had more choice.
Your also need it to be running the same software for it to be anywhere near fair.
-Pyromaniac-
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I'm starting to believe the camp that thinks google will ditch android on tablets for chrome OS. The play store integration is extremely well done and chrome OS is on a way better update cycle. Also explains why pixel c was originally supposed to run chrome os. Maybe they thought the play store integration would be done.
osiris3355
Banned
That doesnt makes sense considering Google is spending how much energy on multiwindow on Android. Not to mention the free form window code found by Ars.
It's also giving all their developers a big fuck you after they just pitched multiwindow so much at IO.
Majority of Chrome OS devices run on x86 processors. ARM Chrome OS was a disaster.
Is that out now?
The Honor 5x wipes the floor with the Moto G in every possible way.
More RAM, bigger battery, higher resolution display, faster CPU, better camera, finger print scanner. You name it.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
all I know is android tablets are selling like garbage for the most part and chromebooks are going up (I just bought one too!! pics sooner or later when I get it!). Then again that's mostly due to education
not yet but there's videos, check out this one to see how well it's integrated. That vid doesn't show but notifications are also baked in natively.
I wouldn't say google is spending a ton of energy into android, imo they've been moving at a pretty slow pace. Not that they need to move rapidly, the OS is pretty mature at this point but I mean when iOS beats you to multi window you know you're moving slow. I also get why they aren't beating themselves over it because it's not like anyone but a vast minority gets to actually use these features at a reasonable rate.
Damn that looks really good, very tempting. Parents have one so I'll have to try it out there.
Jazzy Network
Member
Consider the Huawei GX8 if it's 250. The 5x doesn't have GG and no OIS.
Unknown Soldier
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Rumors are the Note 6 will already have the 6 GB of RAM.
The other rumors are that Samsung has internally tested a Note 6 with curved Edge screen and regular flat screen but will only bring one variant to market. Don't fuck this up, Samsung. Note users don't want that Edge bullshit, much like how we didn't want non-expandable storage and only 64 GB of internal storage. We aren't into the gimmicks S series owners love.
Working for me.
I hope samsung doesn't screw Note series. Leave experiments for the S edge series.
Oh, and please, include IR blaster. If i am going to leave my Note 4 behind i need the same features.
AbandonedTrolley
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Weather Timeline, it's a really good and full featured app. Could do with linking in to a few more API's for the forecasts though (Met Office ideally)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samruston.weather&hl=en
https://youtu.be/WPOsF53iVA0
Saiyan-Rox
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I always thought OEM were under some sort of deal that they must provide updates for at least a year can they really get away with having none?
The pixel is great though go grab one. The only issue I face is with N the keyboard can take a bit to reconnect to wake the tablet up its a bit annoying.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
the hp chromebook 13 is actually the one I bought. Can't wait to get it , looks bootyful. Don't really care for a touchscreen so I didn't hold out for a touch version.
Sony just announced prices/dates for the X series in the US:
Model Release date Price
Xperia X June 26 $549.99
Xperia XA July 17 $279.99
Xperia X Performance July 17 $699.99
Xperia XA Ultra July 24 $369.99
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sony...-for-the-new-Xperia-X-line-of-devices_id81646
Model Release date Price
Xperia X June 26 $549.99
Xperia XA July 17 $279.99
Xperia X Performance July 17 $699.99
Xperia XA Ultra July 24 $369.99
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sony...-for-the-new-Xperia-X-line-of-devices_id81646
brotkasten
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The price for the Xperia X is just bonkers. It's essentially a mid-range or lower high-end phone (Snapdragon 650, 1080p display) for a flagship price.
The 650 (which was renamed from 620) is barely faster than the 808 and you can get 808 phones for a lot less these days.
oh and the US version of the Xperia X is missing a fingerprint scanner: http://www.androidcentral.com/sony-xperia-x-review?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Randy Lanzarote
Member
How does the Galaxy Note 4 hold up performance-wise, has the upgrade to MM helped it at all?
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Not sold.
While Android apps run its all in a wrapper, and your still left with Chrome OS (which I like btw). Chrome OS UI isn't exactly optimized for touch. If I wanted to mainly use it as a tablet first device it seems like a downgrade.
It seems more like a boon to Chrome OS as a productivity extension for things you can't currently do in Chrome OS, but could do with an app.
At that point though I wonder why go Chrome OS in the first place. If you needed to do all of that other shit why not just OSX or Win.
Krauser Kat
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i need some advice.
I shattered the screen on my nexus 6 64gb. Its 160 at least for me to buy a new screen and replace it all ( i have done this with nexus phones in the past). Has anyone here replaced their nexus 6 screen before?
Or i can switch to google fi and get the nexus 5 16gb for 200... i dont know what the better deal is.
in third place is getting a Honor 5x for 200.
I shattered the screen on my nexus 6 64gb. Its 160 at least for me to buy a new screen and replace it all ( i have done this with nexus phones in the past). Has anyone here replaced their nexus 6 screen before?
Or i can switch to google fi and get the nexus 5 16gb for 200... i dont know what the better deal is.
in third place is getting a Honor 5x for 200.
It is smoother now on marshmallow for sure. Also a bit better when idle regarding battery life. Performance wise I'd say about the same but I do not play games on my note.
It has s pen features from note 5, but TW has no themes.
I doubt it will update to N though.
I tried out the Asus Flip the other day and actually enjoyed using it. Using the touch screen in stand mode was very nice and easy. Being able to run Android apps is more big for gaming than anything else. For me, as long as I'm able to run the custom version of the PS4 remote play app, then I'm all good. My fear is that you would still have to use ARC welder for apks outside the Google page play store and remote play currently doesn't work this way.
The other great Android app that you would be able to run, outside of the productivity apps, is chrome remote desktop. Of course none of this will matter at all to me if I can confirm that I'd be able to dual boot Windows 10 and chrome OS on some of these new 2 on 1 devices in the future. I would only do this if I was certain that I wouldn't run into any issues later due to Google somehow restricting this. I'd be able to just use the windows version of remote play and still have access to Google OS, which would allow for some amazing battery lif, performance, and native support for Android games/apps.
Saiyan-Rox
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Heh i'd love to know the reason why they leave out the scanner for the US
surely it can't be "because fuck you that's why"
brotkasten
Member
They did the same with the Z5 series and it turned out that the scanner was disabled via firmware. Perhaps it's some patent or license issue and they don't want to pay up.