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Android |OT7| Now With a Whole New Messaging System
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Junior Mint
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Google still won't be able to figure out why Google play services drains the battery
via Evleaks:
i'm in
I'm so ready. My Note 4 has been great these last (near) two years, and it seems like a Note 7 Edge would be a worthy upgrade. Heck I might even pick up Galaxy VR with it.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Damn it's basically July doges. We are half way through the year and not a single new flagship tablet had released.
Talk about abandoning a sector.
Talk about abandoning a sector.
There was a rumour about HTC doing a new Nexus one, but I've not heard a peep from that in a while.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Even if they do that shit won't release for another few months.
Plus OEMs still have abandoned the sector it seems.
When Sony put the NFC chip on the front of the phone in the X series, I knew they had given up
Rewrite
Not as deep as he thinks
I digg it a lot.
Vinterbird
Member
HTC are making two phones, and it seems like today's report about the Google Phone is not real (I've taken it as a misunderstanding and it is just the HTC phones, but Google has taken massive control over the production of the unit).
There was some talk that there would be more phones then the two HTC phones, but I don't know if there were any more substantial talk regarding that.
Prototype Viktor
Member
Be together not the same
osiris3355
Banned
The new Google phone rumor is most likely bogus.
We are just going to see Nexus phones without any OEM branding going forward.
We are just going to see Nexus phones without any OEM branding going forward.
Saiyan-Rox
Member
Literally just saw that Google aren't giving the original pixel chromebook the Android App update....wow I know it's a few years old but i'm sure it's hardware could handle it.
Vinterbird
Member
They've said its not due to restrictions in the hardware, but devices older then two years will not be getting the functionality.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
that's the thing, google also might be getting rid of the nexus branding which is something I heard a couple weeks ago, which would explain why this report is confused.
Too much shit going on, need more leakz.
Google officially calling them the Google phones? I want the HTC but I am not going to downgrade my screen size from 5.7 to 5.5 inches :/. I really wish Google had stuck with the Based Nexus OEM - Huawei.
osiris3355
Banned
Ahh good thought on the matter!
What? How do you know the nexus/google phablet is going to 5.5 in?
Unknown Soldier
Member
Even Apple is having trouble moving iPads lately. I think the saturation point has been reached.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
it's not the same trouble though. Apple is moving tens of millions, just not growing. Android is at like...10s of 10s
yawwwwn I hate this time of year. Want to fast forward to september.
it's not the same trouble though. Apple is moving tens of millions, just not growing. Android is at like...10s of 10s
yawwwwn I hate this time of year. Want to fast forward to september.
Isnt android like 40% of the tablet market! And add to that surfaces and other windows tablets?
How much of that is low-end garbage that are basically streaming media players?
I think the former is still true.
Prototype Viktor
Member
Google Play works but not if you want to queue up multiple different podcast
Otherwise
AntennaPod
I just want an update to the Galaxy Tab 10.1 with a 4:3 screen and improved stylus integration. Practically no flagship android tablets have native stylus support with stuff like pressure sensitivity and palm rejection for digital drawing, sketching or painting. It's what made my 2014 edition of the 10.1 so much fun to use before age just made it too stuttery and slow to use reliably anymore.
Jigolo
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……forgetit
Member
I'll pick it up when it hits sub - $200 in a month.
Jazzy Network
Member
Can you give me an example of when Sony ever has reduced their price more than like $100 in a 12 month period?
……forgetit
Member
Was more joking due to the fact that it won't sell at all. Honestly I could see Sony stubbornly sticking with the price for way too long.
The Faceless Master
Member
you mean devices perfect for kids and tweens?
Not sure how many fire products Amazon has sold.
AbandonedTrolley
Member
Well the Mi5 arrived yesterday, so far so good, although will look to root and remove some trash on there or go the CM13 route. Certainly shifts along with the 820 inside it.
Waiting for the first gaffer to post a question about the phone who's new to Android or something and ended picking up this phone.
I really hope someone is examining their P45 over the state of the X series. Scrap it, relaunch the Z. A z6c with the Z5C body, an 821 processor, AMOLED (lol) and rewritten camera software. Sony could charge whatever bullshit price for that phone they liked, I'd happily pay $1000 for it.
Randy Lanzarote
Member
My Note 5 has arrived. So good having a (10 month old) flagship, it runs rings around my old Honor 7.
However, the reviewers weren't kidding, this thing is a fingerprint magnet. Can anyone recommend a skin/wrap for it?
Or any other general tips/tweaks?
However, the reviewers weren't kidding, this thing is a fingerprint magnet. Can anyone recommend a skin/wrap for it?
Or any other general tips/tweaks?
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
At least with the iPad you're still getting great specs. Across their whole lineup.
In Android land it's Pixel C or well Pixel C. Why we don't have an updated Snap 820 tablet yet I do not know.
In Android land it's Pixel C or well Pixel C. Why we don't have an updated Snap 820 tablet yet I do not know.
Saiyan-Rox
Member
Still though for something that is near enough the same as the new one in terms of software and price (originally) I'd have expected it to be supported for waaay longer.
osiris3355
Banned
I don't see how a snapdragon 820 is going to be any better than the x1 in the pixel c. In fact its most likely a worse soc in many ways than the x1. It's hard to get good benchmark comparisons due to the pixel c pushing more pixels than 820 phones.
If the form factor isn't an issue I would just buy the pixel c. The pixel c is the first Android tablet I have ever used with zero compromises. It's an amazing device.