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Huh, they're saying Note 5 and the S6 Edge+ both have quick wireless charging--2 hours to full.
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August 21 release date for the Note 5. But don't buy a Samsung. Hardware keyboard chat trigger warning: It has a hardware keyboard accessory available. nimper fucked around with this message at 16:19 on Aug 13, 2015 |
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Aug 13, 2015 16:14
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Samsung had the samsung reps bringing by demoes of these devices over the past two weeks, so I got to already see them. Things I would say: Samsung did a really smart thing with the S Pen, and now you have to click to remove and put it back in. Really nice. The Samsung rep showed me a bunch of software things I don't remember They look extremely similar to the current S6 and Edge, but they are surprisingly not that big. Anyway that's my story.
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Aug 13, 2015 16:39
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I was hoping for a Turbo-sized battery, but in lieu of that I suspect the make-or-break will be how fast the fast wireless charging works since I've got charging pads all over now.
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Aug 13, 2015 16:41
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ruby idiot railed posted:I was hoping for a Turbo-sized battery, but in lieu of that I suspect the make-or-break will be how fast the fast wireless charging works since I've got charging pads all over now. It's been ten months since the Turbo launched, how on earth can the Note 5 (with its size) not have a battery as big as a turbo? It's absurd.
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Aug 13, 2015 16:50
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ruby idiot railed posted:I was hoping for a Turbo-sized battery, but in lieu of that I suspect the make-or-break will be how fast the fast wireless charging works since I've got charging pads all over now. Something tells me the current Qi charging pads won't work with the new wireless fast charge feature. If not, plan on re-buying new ones.
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mastershakeman posted:It's been ten months since the Turbo launched, how on earth can the Note 5 (with its size) not have a battery as big as a turbo? It's absurd. Thinness. Also, the newer SoCs are more efficient than the 805 on its 28nm process. Samsung's 14nm FinFet process is pretty much the best in the mobile SoC industry. And, at least for me, the Turbo is overkill territory. I put it on charge at the end of the day every day at 65-70% left. So, that's why I'm not worried about the Moto X. Even if I did get close, quick charging would solve that completely. bull3964 fucked around with this message at 17:29 on Aug 13, 2015 |
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hotsauce posted:Something tells me the current Qi charging pads won't work with the new wireless fast charge feature. If not, plan on re-buying new ones. With the new Qi spec they're saying it's backwards compatible as if it's really only a matter with the receiver portion on the phone? I don't know. Needs more details, including if the new wireless fast charging is the new Qi spec.
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Aug 13, 2015 17:27
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ruby idiot railed posted:With the new Qi spec they're saying it's backwards compatible as if it's really only a matter with the receiver portion on the phone? I don't know. Needs more details, including if the new wireless fast charging is the new Qi spec. I'm assuming backward comparability is that it will still work at the old charging rate not that the old charging equipment will be able to jump to the new rates.
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Droid-Life is saying yeah Samsung's shipping new fast-charging pads. Oh well, that means I'll wait for compatible pads in car docks.
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Honestly, while quick charging is amazing and really good at what it does, it's also not something I see the need to have in EVERY charger you own. At least for me, if I'm going to be using a car dock, I'm probably in for a long drive. In that case, a normal 2A charger is more than sufficient to keep the phone topped off while using it. If I need Quick Charge in my car, it's going to be more of a use case of "Oh poo poo, I forgot to charge my phone last night and I'm going out for the day. Stuffing a ton of charge in the phone for 20 minutes while I drive is going to save my rear end."
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Aug 13, 2015 17:56
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I think charging faster is a good thing, with literally 0 downsides
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Hace posted:I think charging faster is a good thing, with literally 0 downsides Well, there is a downside. Replacement of existing stable of chargers. I already have a set of high quality nicely featured car chargers as well as a good quality 5 port charging station for the home. There's both a cost and compromise downside there (for example, I can't just simply replace my existing car chargers with a QC 2.0 version since one isn't made yet.) As they age and potentially break, I would swap them out with QC versions, but I'm not going to just change everything over at once.
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bull3964 posted:Well, there is a downside. Replacement of existing stable of chargers. I already have a set of high quality nicely featured car chargers as well as a good quality 5 port charging station for the home. There's both a cost and compromise downside there (for example, I can't just simply replace my existing car chargers with a QC 2.0 version since one isn't made yet.)
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Aug 13, 2015 18:32
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Does the note 5 really not have a SD slot? I was holding off upgrading my venerable note 2. The battery issue seems dumb (who buys a note for thinness) but I could cope. No SD is a dealkiller. I guess I either get the 4 or eschew the pen and get a different brand of hugeassphone? Apologies if I'm veering into "recommend me a" territory.
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Aug 13, 2015 18:36
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ilkhan posted:Yeah but you should still be able to use those chargers, they just won't charge as fast as updated ones will. Right, absolutely. i'm all for every device including QC, I'm just saying you eventually hit diminishing returns when it comes to it. That's why i'm not too excited over wireless QC. I just don't see the need to replace my existing investment of wireless chargers since how I'm using wireless charging is a use case that wouldn't benefit from faster charging.
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hotsauce posted:Something tells me the current Qi charging pads won't work with the new wireless fast charge feature. If not, plan on re-buying new ones. Whoops this is being discussed. Here's the source I'm using: http://www.androidcentral.com/your-qi-charger-will-soon-support-15w-fast-charging
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Looks like the new Note 5 all be around $720. The $399 MotoX and $220 MotoG are looking much more appealing.
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It will be really interesting to see Samsung react to market realignment in 2016. The demand just isn't there for $700 devices anymore, especially since carrier subsidies are pretty much gone across the board. Unfortunately for them, the Galaxy S7 may be too far along in its development at this point to change course towards a lower cost device.
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Hughmoris posted:Looks like the new Note 5 all be around $720.  good luck with that, Samsung.
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Aug 13, 2015 20:49
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Good news: the patch that Google released didn't really fix the stagefright exploit.
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:Good news: the patch that Google released didn't really fix the stagefright exploit. Amazing.
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Has anyone actually figured out a way of using it yet, or is it just a crash still?
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Hughmoris posted:Looks like the new Note 5 all be around $720. The $399 MotoX and $220 MotoG are looking much more appealing. The un-subsidized Moto phones cheaper than the Samsung would have been on contract.
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Jonathan Yeah! posted:Does the new Moto G still have an FM radio? Old post but yes, it does. Works very well, too.
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CLAM DOWN posted:Amazing. Its ok, the android security platform is solid! You can't hit every single phone if there are 4,000 distinct handsets! 
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incoherent posted:Its ok, the android security platform is solid! You can't hit every single phone if there are 4,000 distinct handsets! Thank GOD the Galaxy S2 is safe, I was really worried there
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Aug 14, 2015 00:47
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Does anyone else get random SMS' (using Messenger on a Nexus 5) that say "Random name sent you you a photo, click here to see it "random website link that usually has something facebook related in it"? Is this a whole new age of spam or is it some new legit feature from some app I have installed?
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bull3964 posted:Thinness. It's all about usage patterns. I don't often have access to a charger during the workday, and I can drain the battery to 0 before getting home . It's under 5 hours of screen time on usually to do that.
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:Good news: the patch that Google released didn't really fix the stagefright exploit. Love the ending image of "mission accomplished android". What's going on over there Alphabet/Google/Whatever?
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mAlfunkti0n posted:Love the ending image of "mission accomplished android". What's going on over there Alphabet/Google/Whatever? To be fair, this isn't exactly unheard of in security patches. Software is hard, secure software is harder, quickly patching secure software is even harder.
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:Good news: the patch that Google released didn't really fix the stagefright exploit. They should look at the dif in the new OTA to see what was changed. I certainly downloaded some update. Was it just //TODO FIX STAGEFRIGHT VULNERABILITY ?
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The Merkinman posted:They should look at the dif in the new OTA to see what was changed. I certainly downloaded some update. Was it just //TODO FIX STAGEFRIGHT VULNERABILITY ?
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Thermopyle posted:To be fair, this isn't exactly unheard of in security patches. I could give them a break if it was a quickly patched issue, but they were notified of it months ago. Saying "it's hard" is a lame excuse. They pushed out a patch that said "hey look we addressed this vulnerability!" when it didn't .. they shouldn't get pass on crap like that.
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mAlfunkti0n posted:I could give them a break if it was a quickly patched issue, but they were notified of it months ago. Saying "it's hard" is a lame excuse. They pushed out a patch that said "hey look we addressed this vulnerability!" when it didn't .. they shouldn't get pass on crap like that. It's the thought that counts.
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mAlfunkti0n posted:I could give them a break if it was a quickly patched issue, but they were notified of it months ago. Saying "it's hard" is a lame excuse. They pushed out a patch that said "hey look we addressed this vulnerability!" when it didn't .. they shouldn't get pass on crap like that. I don't give them a pass either, but that doesn't mean they've done some rare gently caress up. It happens all of the time to different companies.
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Should I get an S6 Edge+ next week? Or is TouchWiz/Samsung still total garbage? Thank you
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Nostrum posted:Should I get an S6 Edge+ next week? Or is TouchWiz/Samsung still total garbage? Thank you Is money an object? If it's not go for it, if it is the Moto X/G are a better bet.
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Nostrum posted:is TouchWiz/Samsung still total garbage? TouchWiz is tolerable now, but Samsung still gonna Samsung, and for that matter at some point any manufacturer will drop support - and not necessarily well after the phone's become intolerable on merit like an iPhone or something - and you don't want to be left holding the bag. Hold out for a Nexus or at least some other dev edition phone like a Moto Pure or something, if you can. EDIT: Left-field opinion: iOS 9 is supposed to have a webview ad-block feature. If you can swing an iPhone and you don't have a lot of investment in Android-as-ecosystem it's not a terrible idea, especially if you're willing to spend Samsung dollars. dont be mean to me fucked around with this message at 05:56 on Aug 14, 2015 |
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Touchwiz hasn't changed much at all since at least the S3 (my first Samsung). They always say it has but it hasn't. Samsung hardware is top notch though. I love my N6 but wish I could get a GPE Note 5.
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