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Android |OT7| Now With a Whole New Messaging System
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WhiskerFrisker
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Best buy version let's you change the resolution.
Johnny Ryall
Member
I've had mine since November. Sure it would be nice to have waterproofing but that's about all i would feel to add beside the obvious screen and camera improvements all new phone revisions get.
Dash charging is really great. And large internal storage if you get the 128gb version solves the headache of android's crappy sd card handling. Did my head in on my old Sony phone having some apps that wouldn't move to external storage, or they would auto update and go back to internal storage.
No way could i go back to a 16gb phone.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
I played with an S8 and S8+ and the fingerprint location is truly the dumbest thing I've seen on a smartphone in a while. Also the phones are too tall. Performance was typical samsung fare. Meaning it was mostly fast but you don't have to travel far to find hiccups and whatnot but I also don't know what they had running on it. This wasn't a store model. Limited bezels on the front was beautifuls tho. Good screen too but that's expected.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
I'll be interested to see if OnePlus goes 18:9 or sticks with the traditional 16:9 aspect ratio. Ditto with Google and the Pixel 2.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Too tall? I thought it was great.
Doubt it. Takes more time to steal! I bet 2018 will be where all flagships have weird screens.
Like I can't imagine galaxy s9 not having stereo speakers.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
I think it's kinda shitty that LG isn't even including headphones with the G6. Yeah usually included earbuds suck, but it's just another cheap move by LG IMO.
Feels great in the hand.
It's too tall for apps though. Everything is designed for wider screens. So either you stretch to fit or deal with black bars.
Feels great in the hand.
It's too tall for apps though. Everything is designed for wider screens. So either you stretch to fit or deal with black bars.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
It's probably more narrow to feel better to hold. Makes sense to me. Frankly, I miss the OG Note aspect ratio. That was boss. Though difficult to hold.
Only a handful of us know about the OG Note before the Note series caught fire.
Only a handful of us know about the OG Note before the Note series caught fire.
im still not seeing where you are coming from for this. Besides video and games, 'content' apps generally are vertical scrolling list stuff which a taller screen has its benefits.
I can see it being harder to reach the top areas with 1 hand, but it never was that easy in the past with larger phones anyways.
Borders on games and videos I can live with, especially with OLED screen and black front bezels, watching a youtube video on the demo devices didnt' bother me.
lol wasn't it basically a ipad mini mini?
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Scrolling might be better, but content is then pushed into being more verticle.
Instead of having it be like
Xxxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
It's
Xxxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
You're not actually displaying more content as the total surface area of the phone display isn't actually larger. It's just taller and they can say "bigger" just by touting the aspect ratio/diagonal.
So either you end up with black bars which means you're wasting screen space or else your just elongating content without actually displaying more. Plus UI design isn't made for the aspect ratio.
Isn't the horizontal resolution the same as normal screen phones? So content shouldn't get narrower?
Horizontal should be the same?
Like a line of text won't be any bigger or smaller on a S7 vs a s8 in vertical orientation.
Uhhhh 50min to charge 50% on s8 plus?
https://youtu.be/gIqWUG97Y40
Edit
Oh he's using a quick charge 3.0 on the Exynos version. False alarm
Like a line of text won't be any bigger or smaller on a S7 vs a s8 in vertical orientation.
Uhhhh 50min to charge 50% on s8 plus?
https://youtu.be/gIqWUG97Y40
Edit
Oh he's using a quick charge 3.0 on the Exynos version. False alarm
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
That works until apps are updated, but then your just looking at a smaller screen.
Like it's not like Samsung took the Edge and added verticle height. They instead chopped off horizontal to make it skinnier.
So in that case you might see more GAF posts, but each post would be smaller.
It shouldn't be any more or less of a s8 plus vs a S7 edge though?
Aren't the S7 edge and s8 plus basically the same width?
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Yes but keep in mind Samsung is touting the regular S8 as 5.7" which on paper for people would be bigger on the stat sheet than the 5.5" of the Edge.
Yeah. Shit is confusing.
jim2point0
Banned
I was able to get my hands on an LG G6 (in a Verizon store) and a Samsung S8+ (Best Buy). The S8 was already set to the higher resolution in the options. The screen was gorgeous. They even had example videos in the 2:1 aspect ratio.... which was kind of a tease because you'll never actually find videos like that.
Still, the screen was gorgeous and the curve didn't really bother me all that much.
I pre-ordered the orchid gray.
Now I wait.....
Still, the screen was gorgeous and the curve didn't really bother me all that much.
I pre-ordered the orchid gray.
Now I wait.....
-Pyromaniac-
Member
I don't like big phones in general and thought the s8+ was wayyy too tall. Just seemed weird.
With that said, the S8 is fine I guess.
longdi
Banned
You can theme it from their theme store, to look like stock (dark theme) for free.
BoboBrazil
Member
Congrats. It really is a great phone. Plus dev community will keep it alive along time. Also if you have T-Mobile it has WiFi calling and volte.
BoboBrazil
Member
The exynos s8 benchmarks were slightly better than the OnePlus 3t in antutu. I'm done with Samsung. I'm excited to see the Axon 8 and next Oneplus phone. Hope ZTE announced the axon 8 soon.
The Faceless Master
Member
you can find some Netflix and Amazon content with that AR
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Bigger issue for me is my most used app is Chrome by far, and yet Chrome/General Web Browsing benchmsrks still lag behind iOS even on faster phones like the Pixel and OnePlus.
Google needs to put some mad work into mobile Chrome to compete especially since the latest version of iOS helped Safari even more.
Obviously scrolling is its own issue.
I'm not sure the 835 in the GS8 or even the OP4 will do much to fix things. Feels like a Google issue with Chrome/Android.
The next OnePlus will have a 18:9 screen for sure. They can advertise it as a bigger screen while being smaller. Their phones have great marketable specs, but to keep the price low they have to save some money in other parts. My 3T cant download faster than 200mpbs (i have a 300 connection, worked full speed in a 6p), the screen is pentile, the Bluetooth isnt perfect (i dont have problems with it for a while though). Having a smaller screen that seems bigger is great for them. Then they can even jump the resolution without impacting much in the battery (smaller area). It just makes sense that all phones come to this aspect ratio, but I still dont think its great for users besides looking more modern/even futuristic.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
I meant actual ui.
Even on the $30 plan?
What is it about chrome that causes this?
jim2point0
Banned
Really? Exactly 2.05:1? It's such an odd ratio.
Sqrt_minus_one
Member
Anandtech has repeatedly called out Google on not optimising Chrome - I know Qualcomm used to release a snapdragon optimised Chromium build.
I guess Google just never wanted to show favouritism toward particular processor architectures. At least that was my understanding of the situation.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Nonsense. At least the ones in store right now.
Junior Mint
Member
As the company that makes Chrome, it's pretty shameful that 2 generation old iPhones *feel* like they have better web browsing performance than a Google Pixel
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
True. I don't use Chrome on iOS because it's at a disadvantage compared to Safari.
Apple is smooth and slow. Android is fast and janky af but you can go HAM and it's awesome. I think I prefer Android web browsing tbh. Although Android web browsing is killer on the battery.
ZTE did a great job with software support on Axon 7. If they can improve the camera (especially low light) I'll definitely consider them.
Was Chrome version 57+ supposed to better for battery life? Or is that only on laptops?
Roberto Larcos
Member
I know Samsung has an 'easy mode', and has a wide array of accessibility settings - do any other Android OEMs compare?
-Pyromaniac-
Member
but how else can they be first!!!!!1!1
Samsung doesn't care about user experience they just care about checking off checkboxes on a spec list.
Hey guys, I have a little question.
Just arrived to the states yesterday, and I haven't managed to get any signal with my main SIM card from my Honor 6x. The network option is set in automatic and it can't find anything. If I set it to manual, after a long time, 2 will appear (T-mobile 2G and 3G), but it gives an error after a long time of trying.
The funny thing, my secondary sim with a crappy data plan that I don't want to use, finds a network (and I have that one with itinerancy deactivated).
I tried reboot, activating/deactivating plane mode, activating/deactiviting each SIM, but it's still not working. I can survive on hotel wifi,but still anoyed...
Any ideas?
Just arrived to the states yesterday, and I haven't managed to get any signal with my main SIM card from my Honor 6x. The network option is set in automatic and it can't find anything. If I set it to manual, after a long time, 2 will appear (T-mobile 2G and 3G), but it gives an error after a long time of trying.
The funny thing, my secondary sim with a crappy data plan that I don't want to use, finds a network (and I have that one with itinerancy deactivated).
I tried reboot, activating/deactivating plane mode, activating/deactiviting each SIM, but it's still not working. I can survive on hotel wifi,but still anoyed...
Any ideas?
They also save costs on having absolutely fucking shite after sales support.
This. It's extremely light and fast.
Xiaomi MI 6 packaging is out. Specs are as usual ridiculous for probably super affordable.
https://www.gizmochina.com/2017/04/...ks-black-white-both-sporting-different-specs/
https://www.gizmochina.com/2017/04/...ks-black-white-both-sporting-different-specs/
BoboBrazil
Member
Not sure. I thought those features were with any T-Mobile plan.
Yeah, Axon 7 is my favorite phone hardware wise from 2016 for the price. The dual speakers were awesome. Hopefully they keep it open for unlocking and friendly to the mod community.
Wait what? Had no idea. You all should try it out.
Says not available for my pixel? 7.1.2 not compatible?
7.1.1 pixel. Could install Samsung Internet beta from play Store.