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Lblitzer posted:90 minutes of SOT is pretty terrible actually. I think the 90min of SoT was reference to the S4.
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My wife wants the best non-Samsung phone money can buy when her contract expires and I'm not sure what to suggest for maybe the first time ever. iPhone seems like the frontrunner honestly, but I'll never pull her back if she goes iOS again and I hate being locked into their one line. Android has dropped the ball this fall.
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Sep 24, 2015 19:14
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Kaiju Cage Match posted:What does "Priv" mean?
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I'm in that couple of month time period every other year when I pay attention to new devices. I'm interested in the Moto X Pure & the new Nexus devices. Looking at the side by side specs of the X Pure & 5x, it looks like the Moto is a bit better. Is the Bluetooth on the moto better than their previous track record? I am on a Droid Maxx right now & the Bluetooth connection is fair to dogshit, depending on how many apps are open.
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Sep 24, 2015 19:25
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Reverse Centaur posted:My wife wants the best non-Samsung phone money can buy when her contract expires and I'm not sure what to suggest for maybe the first time ever. iPhone seems like the frontrunner honestly, but I'll never pull her back if she goes iOS again and I hate being locked into their one line. Android has dropped the ball this fall.
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The Merkinman posted:How have the Nexus 5X or Nexus 6P "dropped the ball" this fall? Nexus 5x has mediocre specs (basically the same as the last 5) and the P is too big for her. I would love it. It is kinda ugly though.
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Sep 24, 2015 19:35
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Reverse Centaur posted:Nexus 5x has mediocre specs Nexuses have never been flagships except for the 6 and then people bitched about the price. The 5x is exactly what it should be.
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Sep 24, 2015 19:47
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Thoughts on the Xperia Z5 Compact to replace a Z3 Compact? Boywunda posted:So, up in Canada, the Moto X Pure isn't an option, but the Moto X Play is. And it seems a bit scaled down compared to the Pure: These two posts got missed, I think. Goons do not approve of the Snapdragon 615 (Moto X Play) or 810 (Xperia Z5) chips because they waste power / dump heat, especially the 810. There are widespread reports of disappointing performance on the X Play, believed to be due to the choice of SD 615 chip. And with the way that chip wastes power, don't expect the battery life you would hope for with that large battery. Based on what we've heard so far, the Z5 Compact is priced above what most goons consider reasonable. And with a plastic back it doesn't look like it's worth as much as you paid for it. On the other hand, if you don't want a huge phone, there really isn't much choice other than the Z5 Compact.
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Reverse Centaur posted:Nexus 5x has mediocre specs (basically the same as the last 5) and the P is too big for her. I would love it. It is kinda ugly though. Get her the iPhone and accept your fate 
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Sep 24, 2015 20:11
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the nicker posted:Nexuses have never been flagships except for the 6 and then people bitched about the price. The 5x is exactly what it should be. Not so coincidentally the N6 is the only Nexus I've wanted. Note that I said she wants a high end non-Samsung girl-sized flagship, someone else brought up Nexus.
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Lblitzer posted:90 minutes of SOT is pretty terrible actually. That's what I was getting with the Galaxy S4. Now I'm probably able to get around 3 or 4 hours of SoT before I hit 20% in a given day. I worked from home yesterday and had around 3 hours of screen on time and my phone was still at around 30 or 40% when I went to bed at midnight. This was after being unplugged from about 8 AM onwards. My S4 wouldn't even get close to that. Really am baffled by the folks who said the battery on the MXP sucked. axeil fucked around with this message at 20:22 on Sep 24, 2015 |
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Sep 24, 2015 20:20
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Rastor posted:Based on what we've heard so far, the Z5 Compact is priced above what most goons consider reasonable. And with a plastic back it doesn't look like it's worth as much as you paid for it. It has a frosted glass back, though? I mean, it looks like plastic in photos but according to a review I read today (in Norwegian) it's glass. According to that same review they "solved" the heat issue by making the whole phone a heat sink so the processor wouldn't refuse to open the camera because of overheating.
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bull3964 posted:My mind keeps changing Priv to Privy for some reason. That's a dumb name.
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pun pundit posted:It has a frosted glass back, though? I mean, it looks like plastic in photos but according to a review I read today (in Norwegian) it's glass. According to that same review they "solved" the heat issue by making the whole phone a heat sink so the processor wouldn't refuse to open the camera because of overheating. My bad, plastic sides, not total plastic surround.    And yeah it has heatpipes to draw heat away from the 810 so that it won't burn your hand or shut down functions, but it's still annoying that the chip has so much tendency to waste electricity as heat.
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Reverse Centaur posted:Not so coincidentally the N6 is the only Nexus I've wanted. Note that I said she wants a high end non-Samsung girl-sized flagship, someone else brought up Nexus. Z5c is her best option.
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Splinter posted:Is there a way to use a Z5c on Verizon? Switch to another carrier. (I'm sorry)
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Reverse Centaur posted:My wife wants the best non-Samsung phone money can buy when her contract expires and I'm not sure what to suggest for maybe the first time ever. iPhone seems like the frontrunner honestly, but I'll never pull her back if she goes iOS again and I hate being locked into their one line. Android has dropped the ball this fall.
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Endless Mike posted:Why are you discounting the correct answer? Samsung? She hates her s4.
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Reverse Centaur posted:Samsung? She hates her s4. I think he's saying iPhone. She'll be locked into that though. You can still do whatever Edit: Any reason to discount windows phone? It's not terrible and does 90% of everything for 40% of the price. Tesla Was Robbed fucked around with this message at 21:20 on Sep 24, 2015 |
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The G4 is a top 2 camera, according to dx0: http://www.dxomark.com/Mobiles/LG-G4-Mobile-review-A-new-contender-in-the-top-3/LG-G4-vs-competition-Podium-position-for-image-quality Strangely, the Moto X Style is tied with it and the Note 4 (and the S6 edge+/Note 5 aren't on the list).
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Reverse Centaur posted:My wife wants the best non-Samsung phone money can buy
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Tesla Was Robbed posted:Edit: Any reason to discount windows phone? It's not terrible and does 90% of everything for 40% of the price. I actually really like the looks of the new upcoming Windows 10 phones. I just wish the app situation wasn't so abysmal.
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Rastor posted:These two posts got missed, I think. Thanks for taking the time to reply. I'm so glad I posted here first. I do remember reading about that chipset, so thank you for the reminder. As I currently have a Nexus 5, I guess I'll hope and pray that the Pure gets released up here eventually. I could obviously wait and see about a new Nexus, but I really want to play with the Moto features while still getting a "near stock" experience.
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Tesla Was Robbed posted:I think he's saying iPhone. She'll be locked into that though. You can still do whatever I already mentioned why I'd rather not do iPhone again. It's still the frontrunner. Windows phone doesn't do anything better than Android and being 40% cheaper doesn't make it a better choice. P.S. that Vertu actually looks great. Maybe a bit too masculine. First time I've seen one of those phones aimed at the Kanye Wests of the world actually look appealing.
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bull3964 posted:In order. Cool. Thanks! Last I heard was everyone getting jumpy because of the different screen technology before the phone actually came out. I was just curious if any of it ended up being true.
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Boywunda posted:Thanks for taking the time to reply. I'm so glad I posted here first. I do remember reading about that chipset, so thank you for the reminder. As I currently have a Nexus 5, I guess I'll hope and pray that the Pure gets released up here eventually. I could obviously wait and see about a new Nexus, but I really want to play with the Moto features while still getting a "near stock" experience. Pure is no slouch either http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/3553098 808 gives good perf without melting.
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Rastor posted:These two posts got missed, I think. Think Play is missing ac band too.
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withoutclass posted:Priv is pretty close to privy, a common name for an outhouse. Maybe they're hinting that it will be poo poo. I have to admit, with this name change my resolve to buy this phone is waning. It seems like such a dumb "straw that broke the camels back" but it just...it's so so bad. Starting to look more seriously at the G4 just because it's so much cheaper & the camera is excellent. I've read reports as recent as just a few months ago though saying the touch screen wasn't very responsive? Does anyone have a G4 that can confirm/deny?
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"d[-.- posted:b" post="450631825"] They never tested the G3 and just recently got around to testing the G4 so who knows how long the Note 5 and Edge+ will take to get up there if they ever do. That said, very impressive of Motorola to go from one of the worst cameras around to equaling the Note 4, that is a massive improvement.
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Reverse Centaur posted:but I'll never pull her back if she goes iOS again and I hate being locked into their one line What does this even mean? That she really likes iOS and if she gets an iOS device you know she wont want to use android again or what? Because if its that just get her the loving iphone.
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In case anyone is interested, this is the extent of the software loadout on a Pure out of the box.
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Endless Mike posted:Why are you discounting the correct answer? Reverse Centaur gets weirdly fixated against certain devices for some reason. See also him sperging out whenever someone mentions the Moto 360 in the watch thread.
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Reverse Centaur posted:iPhone seems like the frontrunner honestly, but I'll never pull her back if she goes iOS again and I hate being locked into their one line. 2 lines now. Also if that's the best argument against the iPhone you can come up with you might as well give in now.
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Whizbang posted:Reverse Centaur gets weirdly fixated against certain devices for some reason. See also him sperging out whenever someone mentions the Moto 360 in the watch thread. Is the 1st gen 360 considered bad now? I hope not, cuz I just bought a used one 
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TollTheHounds posted:Starting to look more seriously at the G4 just because it's so much cheaper & the camera is excellent. I've read reports as recent as just a few months ago though saying the touch screen wasn't very responsive? Does anyone have a G4 that can confirm/deny? People told me that I'd regret my purchase of an LG product a couple weeks after buying it. It's been longer than that and they are wrong. G4 fuckin' rocks. I thought I'd really hate the buttons on the back but after using the phone for all of three days I was already so used to them and my finger was going right where it needed to be. I tried using my wife's S4 (yup, her S3 broke so she just wanted to go up one generation, as long as she's happy I guess) and I was like "WHERE are the BUTTONS" the whole time, pressing under the camera like an idiot. Camera takes some amazing shots, better than the Note 4 I had for a few months before selling it. Size, in my opinion, is just right; bigger than the Moto G, which I thought was a bit too small, but smaller than the Note 4, which I thought was way too big. Seems weird that .2 inches would make a big difference, but I dunno. It feels small to hold but the screen feels big to look at. Screen is beautiful, and the touchscreen seems no less responsive than any other phones I've used; occassionally, it'll take a few tries for Knock On to work, but I think that's more the case of the phone being in a deep sleep and not quite 'watching' closely enough for it to register the first couple times. You can always use the button on the back. Knock Off works every time. Battery life isn't as great as the Moto G but I guess much more powerful guts plus a bigger screen means that makes sense. It's not really bad at all, just sort of mediocre. I still get around 40ish hours with 3 hours SOT (or 4 hours SOT in 24 hours), which means the phone lasts two days between charges for my use (a lot of browsing, texting, camera, no games). Right now, I'm sitting at 34h off charger with 2h SOT, 53% battery remaining. I like LG's android skin, and I guess saying so will cause everyone in this thread to call for my crucifixion, but I don't miss AOSP at all. Very fast, no lag. The clock/news/weather app thing rocks. The settings menu is fine if a bit busy, but a lot of the features I used Nova for (icon packs, changing individual icons, hiding apps in the app drawer) are already baked into LG UX, so I don't even use Nova anymore, which I've put on every other phone I've ever had since my Nexus 4. Being able to customize the softkeys on the bottom rocks. Being able to set your own toggles in the notification shade rocks. Best phone.  
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hooah posted:Almost certainly yes, and it'll be the same method as all other nexi. Well not quite Currently the only way to get root on marshmallow is to flash a custom kernel with selinux disabled, and then use one of the standard nexus root methods Until M is released properly and someone like chainfire figures out a way around it, that will be the same for the new nexus phones
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