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bull3964 posted:I'm thinking if the spec rumors of the Droid Razr HD are correct, it's going to be truly special phone.
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dominator posted:I don't think the HD battery is going to be as big as the MAXX, somewhere in between the regular Razr and the Maxx which would still be pretty good. All current leaked information indicates the following as the Razr HD specs. 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, on-screen navigation keys, 4.6″ HD display, 3300mAh battery (just like the MAXX), 12MP or 13MP camera, 4G LTE I think Motorola has realized that battery life has been a much bigger hit than thinness right now.
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May 3, 2012 15:16
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The 4.6" screen would give the body enough width/height to thin out the battery a bit, potentially making the HD a touch trimmer than the MAXX. More likely, they'll just use the exact same battery, so it will be the same thickness, which isn't bad to begin with.
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May 3, 2012 15:19
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AlexDeGruven posted:The 4.6" screen would give the body enough width/height to thin out the battery a bit, potentially making the HD a touch trimmer than the MAXX. The outer casing of the phone will likely be the same as the current Razrs or pretty close. It may be going from 4.3" to 4.6", but it's also losing the capacitance buttons. So the final size should end up being a wash.
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May 3, 2012 15:24
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I'm glad Android phone manufacturers have finally figured out that people actually want to be able to use their smartphone like a smartphone and not have to go running to a charger by 4PM.
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May 3, 2012 16:08
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bull3964 posted:I think Motorola has realized that battery life has been a much bigger hit than thinness right now. I went from an iPhone 4 to a Razr Maxx. I have no idea what people are talking about when they say the Razrs aren't thin. They're so thin it's a complete non-issue, if they were any thinner I feel like I'd hurt my hand on it.
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May 3, 2012 16:46
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Vertigus posted:I went from an iPhone 4 to a Razr Maxx. Well, compared to the regular Razr, it's just slightly thicker. But yes, even the Razr MAXX is a thin phone, but it seems like some manufacturers are trying to go as thin as possible against everything else.
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May 3, 2012 17:38
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The fact that 3300 mAh is even physically loving possible in the RAZR Maxx's chassis is basically amazing. The idea that there'd be some pigheaded dispute about the phone not having that battery in the interest of it being a tiny obnoxious amount thinner is sort of mindblowing. Maybe I read too much internet, but I haven't seen or heard a single opinion where someone prefers the regular RAZR over the Maxx.
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May 3, 2012 20:05
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It's just another form of the megapixel race. Everyone wants to market the "thinnest" phone.
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May 3, 2012 20:27
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kalibar posted:The fact that 3300 mAh is even physically loving possible in the RAZR Maxx's chassis is basically amazing. The idea that there'd be some pigheaded dispute about the phone not having that battery in the interest of it being a tiny obnoxious amount thinner is sort of mindblowing. Actually if you read up on how the phone performs (by comparing the new HTC phone to the Razr Maxx) you see that about the only time the big rear end battery shines is call time. When it comes to everything else the OneX actually lasts a whole loving lot longer doing basically anything else due to die shrink + better chips inside. TLDR: bigger battery means nothing. better engineering means a lot. In essence, it sounds great, and it's nice to have them do a battery of that mwh inside a phone - and represents a step forward for batteries, it's not a step forward for the phone as a whole. put a 3300mah into a onex? then you'd be looking at what we all kinda expect - 2-3 + days on the phone easily.
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May 3, 2012 21:11
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notwithoutmyanus posted:Actually if you read up on how the phone performs (by comparing the new HTC phone to the Razr Maxx) you see that about the only time the big rear end battery shines is call time. When it comes to everything else the OneX actually lasts a whole loving lot longer doing basically anything else due to die shrink + better chips inside. Well, yeah. That's why it's time to get excited about the Razr HD since it will be sharing the same chipset as the One X.
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May 3, 2012 21:24
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bulbous nub posted:After all of this talk about how terrible the GNex is, I'm really starting to regret my purchase which hasn't even gotten here yet How did you manage this? My Droid X has really been limping along the last few months, and the GPS died last week. My scheduled early upgrade window starts in August, and last time I asked about an upgrade prior to that it was a pretty flat "no."
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May 3, 2012 23:18
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Any news/traction on Voice over LTE? Last I heard out of Verizon was the LG booth at MWC in 2011 and a brief bit on a possible 2013 hard launch. It appears that the MSM8960 chipset seems to "support" it, though the fallback is on HSPA/GSM and not CDMA. Further, I wonder how will this be implemented with Google Voice, i.e. outbound calling, AMR-WB/VoLTE/Whatever -> Google Voice -> Reversion to Land-line quality -> receiver. My garbled conversations - which is certainly a function of signal quality as much as codec - are driving me a bit crazy, lately.
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May 4, 2012 05:18
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bull3964 posted:Well, yeah. That's why it's time to get excited about the Razr HD since it will be sharing the same chipset as the One X. Don't get excited about anything Motorola, they find a way to make absolute poo poo handsets. Don't be surprised if you see an RGBW HD layout
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May 4, 2012 05:49
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AppleCobbler posted:Don't get excited about anything Motorola, they find a way to make absolute poo poo handsets. Really 'cause my Razr is doing fine - how's the nexus doing?
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May 4, 2012 05:51
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If I gift a used Verizon iPhone 4 to someone using an old Droid 2 on Verizon will it change their plan/data or whatnot? What do I need to do to transfer it to them, given there's no SIM to swap?
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May 4, 2012 07:15
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Cardboard Box A posted:If I gift a used Verizon iPhone 4 to someone using an old Droid 2 on Verizon will it change their plan/data or whatnot? quote:What do I need to do to transfer it to them, given there's no SIM to swap?
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May 4, 2012 07:45
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:Nope, nothing will change. Androids and iPhones use the same data plan, and since it's not a subsidized phone there's no contract extension. *228[99] does not work, the ESN must be entered on the account and then the phone factory data reset (erase all content and settings)
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May 4, 2012 07:55
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The phone is all factory reset already, basically can I just show them how to press something and it will work or will I have to contact Verizon on their behalf/they have to contact Verizon first? By "the ESN must be entered on the account" I assume it's the latter?
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May 4, 2012 08:58
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Did anyone install the official 4.0.4? Did it fix the service drop issues? Just curious if it's worth switching to from the leaked.
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May 4, 2012 11:58
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Rye Bread posted:Did anyone install the official 4.0.4? Did it fix the service drop issues? Just curious if it's worth switching to from the leaked. I haven't really noticed any difference in anything between IMM30B and IMM76K. If anything, I'm seeing more wake locks. It's possible the radios fix some things in edge cases so it might be worthwhile to flash back to 4.0.2 radios and then flash these newest ones, but I wouldn't go through the effort of wiping and putting IMM76K on the phone until it is confirmed that it's going out for real.
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May 4, 2012 13:34
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Cardboard Box A posted:The phone is all factory reset already, basically can I just show them how to press something and it will work or will I have to contact Verizon on their behalf/they have to contact Verizon first? By "the ESN must be entered on the account" I assume it's the latter? The account manager should be able to manually enter the ESN on their account through the website, which should eliminate the need to call Verizon before doing a *228.
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May 4, 2012 13:37
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SeaborneClink posted:*228[99] does not work, the ESN must be entered on the account and then the phone factory data reset (erase all content and settings) You can also just do "Reset Network Settings" for a quicker way to reactivate that won't remove any information from the iPhone.
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bull3964 posted:I haven't really noticed any difference in anything between IMM30B and IMM76K. If anything, I'm seeing more wake locks. Thanks for the heads up. I'll hold off for now. It's really the only issue I have with the phone.
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May 4, 2012 14:03
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Weird, just noticed that Verizon.com is offering me the full upgrade discount price on a new phone even though my early upgrade window should start until August. Is there some kind of promotion running right now?
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May 5, 2012 07:21
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stormrider posted:Weird, just noticed that Verizon.com is offering me the full upgrade discount price on a new phone even though my early upgrade window should start until August. Is there some kind of promotion running right now? Currently, some customers are eligible to upgrade into 4G smartphones early.
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May 5, 2012 07:25
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SpacedOut posted:Currently, some customers are eligible to upgrade into 4G smartphones early. Awesome. Question, do you have to be on a Verizon network to activate a new phone? I'm in Alaska for at least a few more months. Roams on ACS Alaska, which counts as an "Extended Network" (I've never been billed fees or anything). To get phone updates I've always had to switch the network to "Home Only," and then connect via w-fi. A few years back I had an issue with a T-Mo phone that couldn't activate until I was actually on a T-Mo tower.
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stormrider posted:Awesome. Question, do you have to be on a Verizon network to activate a new phone? I'm in Alaska for at least a few more months. Roams on ACS Alaska, which counts as an "Extended Network" (I've never been billed fees or anything). To get phone updates I've always had to switch the network to "Home Only," and then connect via w-fi. Probably for the 3G phones, 99% sure you will with any LTE phone.
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Penguissimo posted:The account manager should be able to manually enter the ESN on their account through the website, which should eliminate the need to call Verizon before doing a *228.
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stormrider posted:Awesome. Question, do you have to be on a Verizon network to activate a new phone? I'm in Alaska for at least a few more months. Roams on ACS Alaska, which counts as an "Extended Network" (I've never been billed fees or anything). To get phone updates I've always had to switch the network to "Home Only," and then connect via w-fi. Like SeaborneClink said, I don't think a 4G device will activate on an extended network, since they're SIM card based, just like you're old T-Mobile phone. If you need to activate a 3G device on an extended network, you can call *22890, as the "90" portion forces the tower to seek out Verizon's OTA activation servers. Unfortunately, 4G devices don't use *228, so I don't think they'll activate off network. Do you have friends/family back in the contiguous that could possibly activate if for you, then ship you the phone? You'd be without a phone for a few days, but just thought I'd throw it out there.
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Latest update on the lovely battery life saga. I took this screenshot as soon as I got home, but I spent five of those hours with a full four bars LTE. Screen time on was 39 minutes.  The phone spent almost the entire time in my pocket doing nothing, with full signal. Depressing.
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May 6, 2012 04:49
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That's a lot of awake time, at least 50% of that. You're either lying or dumb as hell because your pictures disagree with what you post just about every time.
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big mean giraffe posted:That's a lot of awake time, at least 50% of that. You're either lying or dumb as hell because your pictures disagree with what you post just about every time. Why would I lie about my screen time, and why would leaving my phone in my pocket while it drains the battery make me dumb as hell? The GN is notorious for waking up while not in use and destroying batteries. Unless you mean I was dumb as hell to buy a Galaxy Nexus in the first place, or replace it twice and hope I got a good one. Why is it so hard for you, and other people on this forum, to admit that the Verizon GN isn't all it's cracked up to be and has major issues? EDIT: Here's a screenshot from earlier in the night, my screen on time at this point at 18 minutes.  Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud fucked around with this message at 07:10 on May 6, 2012 |
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May 6, 2012 07:00
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Tedious_Bastard posted:Why would I lie about my screen time, and why would leaving my phone in my pocket while it drains the battery make me dumb as hell? The GN is notorious for waking up while not in use and destroying batteries. I've been lucky, I love mine. My first one, sadly had a charging port flake out. But the new one is just as solid as the first which is near perfect. My only complaints the touch screen input weirdness (Not responding to multitouch sometimes). But whatever, I dont play games enough to care. It makes me sad seeing so many bad experiences. I really love my phone.
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Any thoughts/feelings on the HTC Trophy? I feel like picking one up to play around with/as a backup to my GNex
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May 6, 2012 13:09
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The real question here, is "why the hell is "Android OS taking up nearly half of your battery life every time?"
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Weird Uncle Dave posted:The real question here, is "why the hell is "Android OS taking up nearly half of your battery life every time?" As of 4.0, Android OS is what the battery use screen lumps everything into that doesn't go into anything else. He's probably got a wakelock going on with something, which is why BetterBatteryStats is the best app ever. It'll tell you specifically which process is causing a partial wakelock and draining your battery.
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Tedious_Bastard posted:Unless you mean I was dumb as hell to buy a Galaxy Nexus in the first place, or replace it twice and hope I got a good one. Why is it so hard for you, and other people on this forum, to admit that the Verizon GN isn't all it's cracked up to be and has major issues? Your phone is in your pocket, doing nothing for ~30 minutes of those 6 hours. You're either exaggerating about how little you're using it or some app is preventing it from going to sleep. Something like that won't happen on a phone at factory settings, period.
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So I'm eligible for an upgrade and I'm stuck between the galaxy nexus and the razr maxx. From what I've read the razr has better build quality and an awesome battery but its stuck in android update limbo for who knows how long. On the other hand the nexus has the latest software, a bigger screen, but it feels a bit flimsier it sounds like the battery/reception is kinda poo poo. So yea, I have no idea what to get, any input would be greatly appreciated.
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Vertigus posted:Your phone is in your pocket, doing nothing for ~30 minutes of those 6 hours. You're either exaggerating about how little you're using it or some app is preventing it from going to sleep. Something like that won't happen on a phone at factory settings, period. I'll grab better battery stats and see what that says, but the personal attacks are ridiculous, if you think I have some reason to sit here and lie about how garbage this phone has been (all three of them) and I enjoy wasting my time exchanging phones, you are out of your mind. Today I was out from 7:00 AM to 12:30 PM and the phone was at ~10% when I got it home. I used it maybe one hour total trying to take pictures, or post things on Facebook, and this was in a downtown area with four bars of reception at all times. I decided to put the leaked IMM76K on it since another exchange obviously isn't going to help. We'll see what happens. Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud fucked around with this message at 00:14 on May 7, 2012 |
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