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Skeezy: Jul 3, 2007

Here's some videos from MKBHD and Droid Life about the OnePlus 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91av8wCH7CI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy6FO7L3n30

The $389 64GB one is tempting tbh. Hoping for some cool stuff from Moto tomorrow as well.

Edit: Here's an Android Authority comparison between the OnePlus 1 and 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkPlrBxzPaM

# ? Jul 28, 2015 04:29

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# ? May 10, 2024 17:06

Super Dude: Jan 23, 2005; Do the Jew

Any chance of the 1+2 working on Verizon?

# ? Jul 28, 2015 04:39

Skeezy: Jul 3, 2007

Super Dude posted:

Any chance of the 1+2 working on Verizon?

Did the 1 ever work on Verizon?

# ? Jul 28, 2015 04:43

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

Why would you buy anything but a Nexus?

# ? Jul 28, 2015 04:46

kitten smoothie: Dec 29, 2001

Super Dude posted:

Any chance of the 1+2 working on Verizon?

# ? Jul 28, 2015 04:56

Syrinxx: Mar 28, 2002; Death is whimsical today

CLAM DOWN posted:

Why would you buy anything but a Nexus?

Because it's loving ridiculously huge and still way overpriced at $549?

# ? Jul 28, 2015 05:33

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

Syrinxx posted:

Because it's loving ridiculously huge and still way overpriced at $549?

I meant more instead of getting the loving one plus two you should wait for whatever the Nexus announcements are this fall.

# ? Jul 28, 2015 05:33

Skeezy: Jul 3, 2007

CLAM DOWN posted:

I meant more instead of getting the loving one plus two you should wait for whatever the Nexus announcements are this fall.

I know a couple people with the OP 1 who enjoy it so I feel like it's a nice option. Options can be nice.

# ? Jul 28, 2015 05:35

SB35: Jul 6, 2007; Move along folks, nothing to see here.

No wireless charging OR QuickCharging on the 1+2? No NFC?

But for some reason it has a fingerprint sensor and laser cameras and USB-C. Interesting priorities there guys.

# ? Jul 28, 2015 06:17

Skeezy: Jul 3, 2007

Isn't Quick Charging part of the Snapdragon 810? Can't they just add that in?

I don't know how that works.

# ? Jul 28, 2015 06:26

WhyteRyce: Dec 30, 2001

Edit- double post

WhyteRyce fucked around with this message at 06:50 on Jul 28, 2015

# ? Jul 28, 2015 06:47

WhyteRyce: Dec 30, 2001

SB35 posted:

No wireless charging OR QuickCharging on the 1+2? No NFC?

But for some reason it has a fingerprint sensor and laser cameras and USB-C. Interesting priorities there guys.

Never settle

I'd actually consider a 1+2 this time around if I could be sure the build quality didn't wildly vary and that it would be handled in a professional manner

# ? Jul 28, 2015 06:49

Ojjeorago: Sep 21, 2008; I had a dream, too. It wasn't pleasant, though ... I dreamt I was a moron...; Gary’s Answer

WhyteRyce posted:

Never settle

I'd actually consider a 1+2 this time around if I could be sure the build quality didn't wildly vary and that it would be handled in a professional manner

1+2 is the amount of phones you have to buy from them before you get a working device.

# ? Jul 28, 2015 06:52

WhyteRyce: Dec 30, 2001

On good they still are using the invite system. For a second I thought they learned their lesson and were trying to improve things

# ? Jul 28, 2015 06:57

FAUXTON: Jun 2, 2005; spero che tu stia bene

Star War Sex Parrot posted:

This isn't really a valid defense. They're both embarrassing software engineering oversights, but it sure looks like one's in a different league than the other — both from severity and patching standpoints. Go ahead and keep white knighting an operating system whenever cremnob baits you though. That's productive.

One was patched by Google in April (meaning fuckall for people getting samsung'd or huawei'd) and the other doesn't seem to have stopped sending iPhones into bootloops since late May. It's more of an illustration of the difficulties an issue can cause with both the walled garden of iOS and the autistic playground of Android when presented similarly to both (malicious message content being parsed by the system) but I'd hesitate to say anyone's whiteknighting Android given a quick skim of the thread. Pretty much everyone's frustrated with their turbo-tastic Lollipop experience on the Droid Turbo or falling-apart N4s/N5s, etc unless the term has become such a throwaway that pointing out "lol you mean a vulnerability like this" to a low-watt troll attempt qualifies as reason to drag it kicking and screaming out of its last known whereabouts circa 2008.

# ? Jul 28, 2015 09:10

wooger: Apr 16, 2005; YOU RESENT?

You folks seen this Moto X^3 leak:

https://plus.google.com/+hellomotoHK/posts/PQfYPxLm3Br?utm_source=chrome_ntp_icon&utm_medium=chrome_app&utm_campaign=chrome

code:

- 3600+mAh battery
- 5.5" FHD display
- 21MP Main Camera, 5MP front Camera
- Dual SIM version available
- SIM + MicroSD Integration Card Slot
- Android 5.1.1

Battery alone makes me consider it, though he screen is larger than I'd like.

For me the things preventing me buying Motos previously have been:
Launching 6+ months later (in the UK) than the comparable Nexus (which I'd already bought).
Locked bootloader.
No wireless charging.

# ? Jul 28, 2015 09:12

Skarsnik: Oct 21, 2008; I...AM...RUUUDE!

wooger posted:

No wireless charging.

well gently caress that then

e: oh wait, misread that. Does it or not?

# ? Jul 28, 2015 09:31

mobby_6kl: Aug 9, 2009; by Fluffdaddy

I was curious about the 1+2 but yeah that's a pretty disappointing incremental (decremental?) upgrade.

# ? Jul 28, 2015 10:11

ClassActionFursuit: Mar 15, 2006

Skarsnik posted:

well gently caress that then

e: oh wait, misread that. Does it or not?

We'll find out for sure in a few hours. I'd never consider a phone without it.

# ? Jul 28, 2015 10:47

Shooting Blanks: Jun 6, 2007; Real bullets mess up how cool this thing looks.

-Blade

I seriously want a 1+2 just for the dual SIM capability. Any other unlocked Android phones with similar capabilities and that feature? I know one of the Galaxies had it, but I can't think of anything else offhand.

# ? Jul 28, 2015 11:24

track day bro!: Feb 17, 2005; #essereFerrari; Grimey Drawer

Endless Mike posted:

Sounds like you'd better ditch Android altogether, then!

I did this after using several Nexus phones and im very happy with muy Space Grey iPhone 5s 32gb

I did get one hundred and thirty British pounds for my Black LG Nexus 5 16gb on ebay though. 😅😅

# ? Jul 28, 2015 12:12

shut up blegum: Dec 17, 2008; --->Plastic Lawn<---

I did a factory reset of my Moto G and I was pleasantly surprised how smooth everything went. It auto-downloaded like all of my stuff and I only had to re-organise my apps etc. Didn't really expect that.

# ? Jul 28, 2015 12:28

WattsvilleBlues: Jan 25, 2005; Every demon wants his pound of flesh

beedeebee posted:

I did a factory reset of my Moto G and I was pleasantly surprised how smooth everything went. It auto-downloaded like all of my stuff and I only had to re-organise my apps etc. Didn't really expect that.

Is there any word on 5.1.1 for the first gen Moto G? The memory issues are really apparent on it, even after a factory restore.

# ? Jul 28, 2015 12:44

Rastor: Jun 2, 2001

These are the newest Android phones in Korea, the LG Gentle and the Samsung Galaxy Folder:

Why are these a thing and hardware keyboards are not. :suicide:

# ? Jul 28, 2015 12:46

codo27: Apr 21, 2008

Thermopyle posted:

Prepare to be constantly frustrated that the app you want isn't available on Windows Phone.

Been tempted to pull my 1020 out of the box again just to try Win10 but yes, I know I wont be able to have apps I need. I loving hate cell phones. Have iOS: cant do poo poo, have android: buggy unsecure garbage, or go Windows, no apps!

# ? Jul 28, 2015 13:08

ClassActionFursuit: Mar 15, 2006

codo27 posted:

Been tempted to pull my 1020 out of the box again just to try Win10 but yes, I know I wont be able to have apps I need. I loving hate cell phones. Have iOS: cant do poo poo, have android: buggy unsecure garbage, or go Windows, no apps!

What can't iOS do?

# ? Jul 28, 2015 13:44

Vagrancy: Oct 15, 2005; Master of procrastination

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0N6cHJ-o4w

Moto event starts in ~8 minutes.

LastInLine posted:

Really only care about the possibility for the next-gen 360.

I think there's a good chance the 360 will skip the Motorola event completely and instead launch as the reference hardware alongside whatever major AW update is left for the year. The 1st gen being Google's initial reference hardware for the round watches + being the AW watch with the largest market share pretty much guarantees increased collaboration for the follow up, so it makes sense it would follow Google's schedule instead.

# ? Jul 28, 2015 13:52

Cable: Dec 20, 2005; it'll come like a wind.

Is anyone else getting an error message in that Youtube stream saying that it's not available in your country? I'm in Germany and it'd be so dumb that it can't be seen here.

# ? Jul 28, 2015 13:57

shut up blegum: Dec 17, 2008; --->Plastic Lawn<---

WattsvilleBlues posted:

Is there any word on 5.1.1 for the first gen Moto G? The memory issues are really apparent on it, even after a factory restore.

Nope, those memory issues were the reason I did a factory reset. Hoped they would be fixed :negative:

# ? Jul 28, 2015 14:02

Super-NintendoUser: Jan 16, 2004; COWABUNGERDER COMPADRES; Soiled Meat

Nomophobia. No-mo? Get it?

# ? Jul 28, 2015 14:04

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

LastInLine posted:

What can't iOS do?

Can't make it look like Windows 95. Garbage for idiots, obvs.

# ? Jul 28, 2015 14:08

Vagrancy: Oct 15, 2005; Master of procrastination

Cable posted:

Is anyone else getting an error message in that Youtube stream saying that it's not available in your country? I'm in Germany and it'd be so dumb that it can't be seen here.

Seems par on course for Germany/GEMA.

Try a liveblog: http://live.theverge.com/moto-x-liveblog-moto-g-xgx/

# ? Jul 28, 2015 14:08

Super-NintendoUser: Jan 16, 2004; COWABUNGERDER COMPADRES; Soiled Meat

Vagrancy posted:

Seems par on course for Germany/GEMA.

Try a liveblog: http://live.theverge.com/moto-x-liveblog-moto-g-xgx/

It's a cringe-fest, wow, it's awkward. Also a lot of S6 comparisons. I think Moto sees blood in the water for Samsung and really wants to snatch that market share.

Super-NintendoUser fucked around with this message at 14:20 on Jul 28, 2015

# ? Jul 28, 2015 14:17

MagusDraco: Nov 11, 2011; even speedwagon was trolled

They did announce a 5.5" 1080p phone with a 3630 mAH battery. So that's nice. Moto X Play is a snapdragon 615.

The Moto X is 5.7" qhd phone with a 3000 mah battery with the snapdragon 808

# ? Jul 28, 2015 14:23

Super-NintendoUser: Jan 16, 2004; COWABUNGERDER COMPADRES; Soiled Meat

havenwaters posted:

They did announce a 5.5" 1080p phone with a 3630 mAH battery. So that's nice. Moto X Play is a snapdragon 615.

The Moto X is 5.7" qhd phone with a 3000 mah battery with the snapdragon 808

No wireless charging...ugh.

I'll probably wait until the Nexus is announced in the fall and then decide.

# ? Jul 28, 2015 14:23

Super-NintendoUser: Jan 16, 2004; COWABUNGERDER COMPADRES; Soiled Meat

Interesting, the MotoG has the Nexus6 camera in it.

# ? Jul 28, 2015 14:26

Luchadork: Feb 18, 2010; Take a look at the masked man
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Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
Chris Benoit killed his family

No wireless charging, no USB-C. Boo.

# ? Jul 28, 2015 14:26

Super-NintendoUser: Jan 16, 2004; COWABUNGERDER COMPADRES; Soiled Meat

Require More Fire posted:

No wireless charging, no USB-C. Boo.

Seriously. I've already invested heavily in wireless chargers, I'm not going to get rid of them all.

# ? Jul 28, 2015 14:28

FistEnergy: Nov 3, 2000; DAY CREW: WORKING HARD; Fun Shoe

All 3 of these phones look very interesting and potentially great. Can't wait for pricing and reviews. Bold camera statement: DXO Mark rates the new camera as better than the iPhone 6. We'll see!

# ? Jul 28, 2015 14:28

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# ? May 10, 2024 17:06

Hughmoris: Apr 21, 2007; Let's go to the abyss!

SIR FAT JONY IVES posted:

No wireless charging...ugh.

I'll probably wait until the Nexus is announced in the fall and then decide.

For sure no wireless charging on the new Moto X?

# ? Jul 28, 2015 14:28

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