thehypocrite
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So why is snapchat trash on my nexus 6?
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Jzero
Member
Because snapchat is trash on Android in general. It's ridiculous how much better it is on iOS.
thehypocrite
Member
The fuck? What year is this? You would think that tech media would trash them for this shit.
Really? That's a big shame, especially with larger screen. Was the note 7 issue tied to battery size? I had thought it was more about who they sourced their batteries from.
chicken_pasta
Banned
Android is still a 2nd class citizen to several devs.
Baroquemantic
Member
Looks good. I prefer the more squared design.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
If any of you are bored and want to join our tech discord chat hit me up with a PM. We got other chats for movies and games and shit too.
Sounds familiar. Not sure if I played the original back when I had an iPhone or not. Are any of the newer versions considered to be better?
I've liked Deus Ex Go so far but they don't introduce you to abilities in any way at all. They stealth item gains a remote hacking ability without any notification beyond the fact that it's the only way to beat the level.
The Faceless Master
Member
Soodanim
Gold Member
I think I'm done waiting for the G5S Plus, as Carphone Warehouse has the SIM-free G5 Plus for £200, and I think that's probably going to be too good to pass up. I'll probably pop in and pick one up tomorrow, so GAF you have until about 11am tomorrow morning to tell me no!
I doubt I'm going to go crazy and get a Pixel (also on sale), although it's tempting.
I doubt I'm going to go crazy and get a Pixel (also on sale), although it's tempting.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
I never got the point of the G5+ S anyways. Always seemed stupid.
PS: Jazz check your PM for chat invite.
PS: Jazz check your PM for chat invite.
The second one (Frontiers) is the best IMO, but they're all great. They've added so much extra content to all three games at this point you can basically put hundreds of hours into them. Great value for the buck and they all play great.
I know Snapchat is one of the big offenders. Their CEO states that it's because Android phones are "hard to develop for", which kind of makes sense considering the variety of Android phones, but doesn't excuse the fact that this hasn't stopped other devs from making great apps.
Snapchat, as a company, is full of Apple fanboys and basically looks down on Android as a system for "poor people". I know that iOS users tend to spend more than Android users per app, but surely, the number of Android phones across the world could make up for that. You'd basically be ignoring more than half the world market with that attitude. It already made many investors in Snapchat worried since the install base on iOS is kind of plateauing and their Android app has been left in the dump. If they want to keep growing and making money, they can no longer ignore Android in the long term.
That was a lot more than I had anticipated. Sorry for that rant.
Certainly I'm not the target for this if true, but then existing flagships are more than I'm willing to spend 400$ or so is my max. Part of that is my disposable income part of it simply is the longevity of phones.
It reminds me of the whole Edition version of the Apple Watch. Crazy amounts of money for a device that has a short lifespan if you want to be current, especially when the feature set was the same as other models.
Which is interesting in that with this crazy talk of even more expensive iPhones, I'm the most interested I have been in iPhones because of their health focus that Google seems to be not interested in. So I hope to God if they are going more expensive its with a dopey Edition or Pro model and that there's a model that's even possible for me to afford.
Pixel is £469 on sale? Inthohhtnit might have been lower by now.
NeOak
Member
They aren't meant to be slim cases.
Source: https://twitter.com/Slashleaks/status/884642577919737856
Headphone jack confirmed?
I don't care 
Dual speakers is what I want
Dual speakers is what I wantbrotkasten
Member
Do we know who's going to make the Pixel phones this year?
LG for big one HTC for small one i think
Mr.Shrugglesã
Banned
That design is gonna be so dated by the time it launches.
brotkasten
Member
Makes sense, considering the bezels. The small one looks as awful as the current Pixel. Shame about the fingerprint reader on the back. I hope we're done with this nonsense next year.
OLED
Still not on Emui 5.1.
Samsung tier memory management.
Otherwise a great phone for the price. 960 still competitive against 835, huge battery. Stereo speakers. Good camera.
Picked it up since I also had $125 Amazon gift card and really need a new phone to replace Xperia Z Ultra.
Frustrated_me
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Mr.Shrugglesツ;243153388 said:
It's already outdated.
Baroquemantic
Member
Return of stereo speakers? Lord please let this be real. And with a headphone jack. And on at&t.
Source: https://twitter.com/Slashleaks/status/884642577919737856
Headphone jack confirmed?
I don't care
BoboBrazil
Member
Bought if true. This htc u11 isn't really doing it for me. I remember why I'm on stock Android now lol
Amazon US? $449?
Isn't HTC skin pretty light these days?
It's so sad picking up a friend's iOS device and finding out an app you regularly use on Android is leaps and bounds better on iOS, sometimes with completely different UIs. There's a couple of Apps I use which are basically abandonware on Android at this point but are still getting regular updates on iOS (Fitocracy springs to mind).
BoboBrazil
Member
Even the unlocked u11 comes with a pretty big amount of bloat ware, which can be mostly fixed by installing a custom rom, but there are still elements of the ui there. Not a big deal, but I'm pretty disappointed in the loudness of the phone when playing back media and taking calls. It doesn't get loud enough for me and the stereo speakers don't sound as good as what I thought they would. Lack of software updates is another concern as I'm pretty much dependant on HTC since no one is doing lineage os for it. Pluses are that build quality feels really great, camera is awesome, battery life is good, and it's rootable.
BoboBrazil
Member
Someone here said they bought one a week or two ago. Make sure you unlock 4k all the time on the phone. Those corners are too sharp for me.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
Honestly, I do hope the Pixel 2 XL looks like that. Sharp as hell and the bezels are very nice. If it does come with stereo front speakers, water proofing and a headphone jack, goddamn that would be sweet.
Picked a silver one up from Amazon for similar price earlier today.
Tempted to grab one myself
Heard bad things about the low volume on the speakers though