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Android |OT7| Now With a Whole New Messaging System
- Thread starter Hasney
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Worrying about battery life and buying a used phone sounds quite counterproductive.
The LG G3 still rocks though. Best phone I've ever had.
I can't find anything on the current market like this one.
Although if I had the money I would spend it on Samsung. I've never bought a Samsung smartphone.
If it's $50 difference might as well get new.
Just wait a month until s8 to get it cheaper.
Very true. The price is dropping everyday but then at some point it stops or goes up. Some times you see the price of an older item go up when the new one is a disappointment.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
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Mr.Shrugglesã
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Junior Mint
Member
Watch it turn into a Snapchat clone in another 2 years
NeOak
Member
You mean you look back to the day when battery life was godlike.
I remember charging my cheap Motorola flip phone once every week in 2005.
Mr.Shrugglesã
Banned
The verge is garbage.
So it's even worse, they are splitting hangouts into two different services.
https://blog.google/products/g-suite/meet-the-new-enterprise-focused-hangouts/
So it's even worse, they are splitting hangouts into two different services.
https://blog.google/products/g-suite/meet-the-new-enterprise-focused-hangouts/
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Mr.Shrugglesツ;231777169 said:
So Allo and Duo?
Battery life is probably great with the size and screen resolution.
I don't see the issue. Hangouts is clearly going the corporate web meetings/presentation route. It's even more clear after today. And Allo/Duo should be the consumer/fun tools.
If they give us Allo PC chat like Hangouts, I am switching in a heartbeat.
Mr.Shrugglesã
Banned
Alot of the stuff they are adding are things people have wanted for consumer use.
Mr.Shrugglesツ;231777169 said:
Glad I went ahead and went back to the Voice app for everything. This crap is ridiculous, but probably makes sense if they're making it more of an enterprise solution so companies can decide whether they want to support both functionalities.
TTOOLL
Member
It's working! That's why people use Facebook or whatsapp instead, since they do pretty much everything Google tries in four different apps.
Huh seems like at least sd820 s7edge took a performance hit on nougat?
https://youtu.be/AFoAhKN0NoQ
Samsung pls.
https://youtu.be/AFoAhKN0NoQ
Samsung pls.
There was also talk of the Exynos version taking a big battery hit but haven't heard anything since the first week. The Nexus phones took a hit to battery life after the upgrade but it seemed to stabilize.
crazy monkey
Banned
I use google hangout to make free local calls and cheap international call. Fuck google if they take it away. It is highly mismanaged company when it comes to apps doing same shit.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
And this is why you don't put a 3000mah battery in a 5.7 inch QHD display:
re: HTC U Ultra. Terrible. Forgot it has that ticker too.(U Ultra, heavy LTE-only day with photos and an hour of music streaming. 8 hours off charger.)
Mr.Shrugglesã
Banned
The International calls will probably stay in voice.
Rodney McKay
Member
The only thing I noticed after the Nougat update is that notifications take longer to go away from the top of the screen.
I'll click a notification like a new email, go to Gmail, read the app, go home, and it will take several extra second for the gmail icon to go away, sometimes longer even.
crazy monkey
Banned
I have Lg G3 which is similar in size and battery. It lasts around 3 hours of SOT.
Honestly screen on time is not fair criteria unless you are not doing anything else and just running screen. If I am running games it is much less life than just browsing.
My Mi5 lasts around 6 hours of SOT if i am doing browsing and youtube.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
well this does have the extra ticker and it is running a more efficient cpu than the g3 did so it's still super disappointing.
The Faceless Master
Member
Mr.Shrugglesツ;231777169 said:
thread subtitle literally becoming more and more relevant
-Pyromaniac-
Member
I know you're all a fan of this phone so thought I'd share 'I Miss the Moto Z Play';
http://www.droid-life.com/2017/03/09/miss-moto-z-play/
http://www.droid-life.com/2017/03/09/miss-moto-z-play/
NeOak
Member
If the BB KEyONe has that battery life, it will be seriously something to consider.
Jazzy Network
Member
V20 has ticker always on (BTW the U Ultra ticker is not always on) and has better battery life than that. Can't be the reason.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
My Axon 7 has worse battery life after getting nougat and I only use it on wifi. Split screen works nice though.
what black magic did you perform
I still love mine. Not sure how I'll stand moving to another phone at some point with lesser battery life.
I completely missed that Nougat was finally rolling out for it. Something to look forward to I guess - assuming they've not screwed up the battery life with the update.
Seems silly but i guess this is android so it's worth a shot thanks!
megarockexe
Member
Is it even worth buying last year's phone once the price drops? Like, I get the low price, but that's one less year it's relevant and one less year it could potentially be useful.
I don't feel phones are changing that much right now in terms of performance. Most apps still aren't taking advantage of multiple cores and so new processors aren't making noticeable differences. Benchmarks are always getting higher but noticeable differences are not seen in my opinion. So yes a 1 year old phone is a good value.
BoboBrazil
Member
I really have to say how much the s7 edge sucks. I've tried this phone 2 different times in the last year and I could never use this on a daily basis. The V20 on the other hand is very nice. Great big screen, great audio quality, easier rooting that doesn't ruin the phone, no stupid curved edges. Wide angle camera. It's a win. S7 Edge is going back to T-Mobile.
Reset your Android install.
Found a great deal on the Asus Zenfone 3 (not the max) for my dad in Brazil. 20% off in the cheapest price ever (it will still be 385eur/410usd though...)
5,5'', full hd, fingerprint, 64gb, 4gb ram, android 7.0, snap 625.
Perfect for him (basically email+whatsapp phone, he just needs bigger storage for photos and bigger screen to read easily, and 4gb is great for future proofing it a little, 625 is battery friendly also).
He is coming from a gen1 Moto E, which he can only install whatsapp and nothing more (it has only 4gb of internal memory lol). Im sure it will be a huge upgrade and even he will notive the difference. (he is the type of tech guy that says stuff like 'is the internet faster? - after buying a new computer...)
Anything terribly bad in the phone ? (I am aware of the asus bloatware, but most of it can be unninstalled and the rest disabled, so its ok... plus Google Now Launcher to make it look better)
5,5'', full hd, fingerprint, 64gb, 4gb ram, android 7.0, snap 625.
Perfect for him (basically email+whatsapp phone, he just needs bigger storage for photos and bigger screen to read easily, and 4gb is great for future proofing it a little, 625 is battery friendly also).
He is coming from a gen1 Moto E, which he can only install whatsapp and nothing more (it has only 4gb of internal memory lol). Im sure it will be a huge upgrade and even he will notive the difference. (he is the type of tech guy that says stuff like 'is the internet faster? - after buying a new computer...)
Anything terribly bad in the phone ? (I am aware of the asus bloatware, but most of it can be unninstalled and the rest disabled, so its ok... plus Google Now Launcher to make it look better)
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Yeah but I haven't turned it on in weeks. It probably has to be updated a bunch heh. Do you seriously want me to check? I can although you'll need to be specific in your request.
I have only been using my SE and man, I don't miss a big screen at all. I've been going bigger and bigger, peaking at the Nexus 6. I implore all you big screen users to give a small phone a shot.
Hey folks! I think I will jump to the Android platform really soon. Now I am looking into smaller phones, 5" or less, and eyeballing the Xperia Z Compact. Now benchmarks and all that do not seem that great in comparison. Was there a general consensus if Nougat improves that a bit? Is it maybe recommended to root it and get rid of the Sony stuff to make it more performant?