Jazzy Network
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HTC 10 has shit speakers btw. The volume is so low.
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Android |OT8| ConFuchsia say beta is better
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-bakalhau-
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I'm blown away so far. Huge upgrade even from the P10. I'm not going to comment on whether this is the best camera in relation to others, but the quality is at least on par for me. When you add long exposure modes, light painting, and the black and white photography, for me, it's gotta be up there with the best now, and not a notch below the S8s and iPhones of this world.
Even the selfie bokeh seems nearly perfect now.
Ps: to the poster with questions above, I'll get to you on my lunch break.
V30 is probably what I'm going with (depends on Black Friday). They're super similar phones in regards to what I care about (SD card being the main thing) but I like LG's UI more than TouchWiz, the last Samsung phone I had lagged bad, and the V30 has the quad DAC and I actually like the floating bar.
Both are fantastic picks though.
Yeah see, that's the fence I'm on. All the things I like are preference, for example I like the response of the on screen home button of the S8, but I like the touch ID sensor on the V30 way more. I suppose this happens every time I try to pick a new phone lol. I'll probably also be going with the LG.
Yea at the end of the day for me it came down to the little things, and the V30 just edges it out.
Saiyan-Rox
Member
Wouldn't be a phone launch without issues seeing a couple for the pixels.
Screen stuff for the XL and now the smaller one apparently makes a clicking sound when the NFC chip is active (this one is being investigated)
Screen stuff for the XL and now the smaller one apparently makes a clicking sound when the NFC chip is active (this one is being investigated)
Jazzy Network
Member
So I bought a 200GB microSD card on Amazon and they delivered it to the wrong address. I called them and they sent me a new one. Now the other one showed up. What do?
If you contact them they'll tell you to keep it. I've had this happen with a book before. I guess it isn't worth the effort to deal with returns.
Al-ibn Kermit
Junior Member
Just call Amazon and explain. They'll either send you a shipping label or often just let you keep the second microsd card.
Baroquemantic
Member
I can get a new 128GB Pixel XL (1st Gen) for $480. Good deal? I've decided not to go with the V30 and I don't think a 1+5t is a thing this year.
Any reason why you decided to not go with the V30?
BoboBrazil
Member
5T is definitely happening. Not a bad deal on a 128gb XL though. I paid $400 for my 32gb new in box.
Baroquemantic
Member
Mainly price and LG's software.
If the 5t is happening then I wish they'd hurry up and announce it.
BoboBrazil
Member
Announced in November.
clem84
Gold Member
I'm looking for a phone to replace my Galaxy note 3. I thought the camera on that thing was superb for both videos and pics and I took all my vacation videos and pictures with it. It's the most important feature for me.
I was wondering... Is there a phone that came out in the last few years that had a camera considered very good for its time, that can also be had for relatively cheap since it's a few years old? Something that outdoes the Note 3 in that department preferably. Thanks.
I was wondering... Is there a phone that came out in the last few years that had a camera considered very good for its time, that can also be had for relatively cheap since it's a few years old? Something that outdoes the Note 3 in that department preferably. Thanks.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Just about anything out does that now.
How much do you want to spend? $200? $400? $800?
I know you said cheap, but how cheap?
clem84
Gold Member
Oh, they've improved that much? Great. Sub 200 preferably. I googled a little bit and the LG G4 seems like a good choice. It's not that old, camera was rated very highly and it can be had for pretty cheap on ebay. I'm leaning toward that one unless I can find a better bang for buck.
-bakalhau-
Member
There is a notification LED.
There is a always on display option, took me a while to find the option, but it's here.
Now the display question is interesting. Both are gorgeous, honestly, more so if you love AMOLED displays. I tried capturing a photo of both on a white background to show you, but it didn't help, so I'll report what I saw. In terms of white, Mate 10 wins, because one of two reasons: white is simply "whiter" than the Note, or the Mate screen is brighter, so white appears to be closer to the real thing. Note has the colors saturated a bit more, it wins there if you want it as punchy as possible. I think both are amazing screens.
Hope that helped.
You can get a Galaxy S7 on Swappa for ~250.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Don't go with anything that wasn't released in 2016 or 2017.
You'll be fucked in terms of updates.
Check Swappa to see what you can snag used or else get a phone with Amazon ads off Amazon. You can get a great phone for $170-$230 on Amazon with lock screen ads.
PS: We're on the Note 8 so your essentially 5 phones behind. So even the low end has caught up and passed what you have.
Never says this anymore.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
I got my Galaxy 8 on Straight Talk. It's got a promo unlimited data plan for 55 bucks a month. Not sure if it runs on AT&T or Verizon and still can't find out how to tell. Do the Straight Talk phones have bloatware, features cut, etc? Do they get updates in a timely manner compared to other Galaxy 8s by other carriers?
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Bruh, I thought I'd never read such a thing. Why do you want for a phone so old??
BoboBrazil
Member
Erica Griffin hates xl2 panel lol
Baroquemantic
Member
I'm not surprised.
clem84
Gold Member
I want a cheap phone with a good camera. That's the only reason I want to upgrade.BoboBrazil
Member
I cancelled my xl2 preorder. I can't deal with those display issues.
BoboBrazil
Member
Like Erica said it's oled tech from 3 years ago.
Admittedly I don't know much about display tech but I thought that sort of thing wasn't suppose to happen on OLED screens?
I had a Windows 7 phone that was better than that.
Not anymore.
ZTE makes great budget phones, I have had a bunch of them.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Get a used phone off Swappa?
Jazzy Network
Member
Just spend an extra hundo and get an Honor 8. Or get one used on Swappa for around 200. Much better than G4.
BoboBrazil
Member
It hasn't in at least a couple of years. I had a note 5 with amazing oled display. Lg oled is garbage.
how can you not deal with something you haven't experienced
got em
Have LG fixed their bootloop and heat problems? Every LG phone I've used got super hot during gaming or Web browsing (more than other brands I've tried), and I had to deal with a constant bootloop nightmare with the G4 (until I bought out my contract and upgraded).
My contract is gonna be up soonish and I'm probably going to wait for the G7 or Pixel 3 but I was curious if LG has finally got their shit together or not. I heard the G6 finally fixed the bootlooping but I wanna make sure.
My contract is gonna be up soonish and I'm probably going to wait for the G7 or Pixel 3 but I was curious if LG has finally got their shit together or not. I heard the G6 finally fixed the bootlooping but I wanna make sure.
BoboBrazil
Member
I've experienced it in Verizon's store. Also just look at what Jeffrey is posting about it.
Jazzy Network
Member
We are getting "Hey Google" command on phones.
I don't really use GA on my phone much at all but on my GH I use this command more than the standard ok Google.
I don't really use GA on my phone much at all but on my GH I use this command more than the standard ok Google.