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Android |OT7| Now With a Whole New Messaging System
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The Faceless Master
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they shut down Milk Music
I guess this is a good thing?
brotkasten
Member
Oh no! Not Milk Music!
outunderthestars
Banned
Any impressions on the ASUS ZenPad S3 10?
My Nexus 7 is about to die and I don't want to drop $500 on a Pixel C.
My Nexus 7 is about to die and I don't want to drop $500 on a Pixel C.
Play Music APK is out
http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/1...and-automatic-music-caching-for-offline-play/
The 'new' is only the splash page
http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/1...and-automatic-music-caching-for-offline-play/
The 'new' is only the splash page
i mean theres been rumors of a $80 price hike for a while. hope it at least has a higher base storage. 64gb without expandable is getting a bit low for flagship phones.
Wonder if the normal OP3 will get any kind of price cut for black friday, if they are still making those.
Sigh, they managed to not fix any of the issues with it, and made the main screen worse. Congrats Goog!!
How hard would it be to use the new bottom button design they are using for the rest of their apps with 'Home, My Music, Podcasts, and Radio/Curated' along the bottom? Solves 99% of the apps' problems.
Junior Mint
Member
lmao.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
What's the point of doing an app redesign if it's only the fucking splash page? The people at Google aren't dumb so who thought this was ok?
True on the price hike rumors I'm just not sold on it. Your not really getting that much more for your money. Idk why you wouldn't just get the regular OP3 other than if you have amoled issues.
If you're gonna spend more then just spend more and get the Pixel or GS7. If not then why pay $500 when you could just pay $300-$400 for a similar experience.
osiris3355
Banned
Are you in a dream or something? The 821 was rumored to cost a lot more than the 820.
80 bucks more if I remember right. Lol.
Edit: nm you responded above.
Junior Mint
Member
Maybe they started off designing a new app for it until someone yelled at them
The Faceless Master
Member
Note5 activated
half a dozen junkware apps removed. all carrier apps except Sprint Zone and Voicemail gone.
so glad the junk apps that get auto-installed after activation can actually be uninstalled.
nah, i don't need DraftKings od Sprint Music Unlimited.
his videos are for normal people interested in tech, they aren't for nerds.
half a dozen junkware apps removed. all carrier apps except Sprint Zone and Voicemail gone.
so glad the junk apps that get auto-installed after activation can actually be uninstalled.
nah, i don't need DraftKings od Sprint Music Unlimited.
his videos are for normal people interested in tech, they aren't for nerds.
wonder if that's true. don't notice a bit price hike in assorted chinese 821 phones. Heck Le Eco Pro 3 is $300*.
osiris3355
Banned
Considering Android Police was right about everything thing else concerning the Pixel I think it's a safe bet that the price hike is real.
You also cannot compare a pixel that is going to receive heavy support to a Chinese phone that will be forgotten the second it is shipped to the United States. Support costs big bucks
Played with the updated Google Play Music.
It's a step forward in terms of recommendations, though I wish it surfaced public playlists, though there it's better than Apple at least. Search seems to be turning up better results for me.
I still have deeper issues though with how limited the genres surfaced in various parts of the interface goes. That and big holes in the catalogue so I still have keep buying CDs and uploading.
And not unlike Apple Musics for you I'm not that sure how to influence the reccomendations. Does 'thumbs up' ing tracks do anything? Does frequent playback of songs/artists influence that?
It's a step forward in terms of recommendations, though I wish it surfaced public playlists, though there it's better than Apple at least. Search seems to be turning up better results for me.
I still have deeper issues though with how limited the genres surfaced in various parts of the interface goes. That and big holes in the catalogue so I still have keep buying CDs and uploading.
And not unlike Apple Musics for you I'm not that sure how to influence the reccomendations. Does 'thumbs up' ing tracks do anything? Does frequent playback of songs/artists influence that?
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Well at least there's still Groove Music. That's still around on all platforms, right?
Have Microsoft cancelled it yet? No? How about now?
edit: lo and behold, right after I typed that, there was a Groove Music update to the Android version on my phone lol
The Faceless Master
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Saiyan-Rox
Member
Oppomart do put up BS prices it happens every single OP launch and somehow always makes the news.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
I mean they also denied the phone even existed at first.*
*Though I guess technically they denied it was replacing the OP3 instead it's just another variant.
Jazzy Network
Member
Gear S3 will be 300 on 11/20. Should I upgrade?
brotkasten
Member
Does it do anything better than the S2? What's new about it?
It's bigger (looks better to me), has a built-in speaker for voice calls and music playback via spotify(lol) for the Bluetooth version and it has MST as well as NFC for Samsung Pay. Also, Samsung Pay on the watch works with any Android phone now.
Vyse The Legend
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Um, OnePlus 3T specs leaked on the official site: https://oneplus.net/3T/specs
Bigger battery, 3,400mAh vs. 3,000 in the original.
821 confirmed.
Same camera sensor on the rear; different one on the front.
Possibly NO 3.5mm headphone jack. It's absent from the specs list. You can see it on the schematic on the page, but the image is the same one from the regular OnePlus 3, so it may be an error.
Bigger battery, 3,400mAh vs. 3,000 in the original.
821 confirmed.
Same camera sensor on the rear; different one on the front.
Possibly NO 3.5mm headphone jack. It's absent from the specs list. You can see it on the schematic on the page, but the image is the same one from the regular OnePlus 3, so it may be an error.
Junior Mint
Member
http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/15/13636072/budget-android-phones-blu-china-text-messages
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/us/politics/china-phones-software-security.html?_r=0
more reason not to buy phones pooped out of china
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/us/politics/china-phones-software-security.html?_r=0
more reason not to buy phones pooped out of china
State subsidy!
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
gunmetal eh?
That's a OnePlus 3. Idk why you wouldn't just get the regular OP3 and save the $100 bones.
that's interesting, so you don't need to buy a samsung phone to use samsung pay? how do you set it up then?
I don't want to mess with touchwiz, but samsung pay is something I'd use, definitely more usable than apple/android pay in the US where most shit don't even offer chip card slots :/
Junior Mint
Member
OP3 gets relegated to OP2 status with updates moving from target dates to TBD
i think anyone who follows smartphones news and has a brain knew that for a long time, China requires all software maker to give their source code to the government.
So I bought one of those cheapass Zuk Z2s or whatever. Dont have it yet, but are there any good Roms for that thing yet? I bought it to mess around with (especially more so after confirmation of what we all suspected was happening with these Chinese phones). I looked at XDA and it seems the community for that phone is kinda poop.
I really should have looked into it before I bought but it was just so cheap lol
I really should have looked into it before I bought but it was just so cheap lol
I'm going by the compatibility list on their site. http://www.samsung.com/us/explore/gear-s3/. I assume you would register your cards through the gear app.
Jazzy Network
Member
3T seems super underwhelming. This is such a Sony move.
Jazzy Network
Member
Is it 7.0 at least?
Vyse The Legend
Member
Not worth it if they removed the headphone jack. It wasn't listed in the leaked official specs (but it was listed in the specs for the original OnePlus 3).
The leaked official specs said Marshmellow, but some of the specs, like the dimensions and weight, looked copied and pasted from the regular OnePlus 3, so... TBD.
osiris3355
Banned
It doesn't matter. The geniuses in here and on /r/android will continue to praise these cheap ass phones even though they are key logging to the Chinese government and will never receive software updates or support.
But hey! I saved 200 dollars on the phone. Who would buy a Pixel when they both have the same spec sheets!
It makes you wonder what sacrifices Apple made on their Chinese customers behalf that Google refused to do.
Testicular Sound Express
Member
SO I bought a bundle of USBc cables a while back and unfortunately all of them aren't quick charge compatible. I'm looking to buy another pack of them, but allow my phone to charge rapidly when I plug them into my laptop. Any suggestions?
I've seen the reviews on individual ones, but looking more for a pack.
I've seen the reviews on individual ones, but looking more for a pack.