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vyst posted:Only turbo nerds get really salty about touch wiz. It's perfectly serviceable and now as of my galaxy s6 edge the only unmodifiable part of it is the lock screen. My major problems with it are that it adds a bunch of non-removable stuff to the notification drawer and that it majorly slows down updates. I do think those 2 things matter. I agree with your general point though, it has gotten way better over the years. Speaking of, how is Samsung doing keeping up with the security updates?
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Grumpwagon posted:Speaking of, how is Samsung doing keeping up with the security updates? My Note 5's "Android security patch level" is 2015-11-01
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Feb 24, 2016 00:37
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I just got my first Android (Moto X Pure running 6.0 with November Security Update). 16GB, 64GB MicroSD card There any must-have things I should be looking out for? I'm looking forward to playing with the new shiny 
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Feb 24, 2016 01:05
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CLAM DOWN posted:My Note 5's "Android security patch level" is 2015-11-01 Did they really skip over the Note 5? smdh. I thought I just saw January go out for a bunch of models. http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/01/25/samsung-is-rolling-out-its-january-security-patch-to-major-flagship-models/
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Feb 24, 2016 01:14
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CLAM DOWN posted:My Note 5's "Android security patch level" is 2015-11-01 T-Mobiles Note 5 at December patchlevel. Going straight to 6.0 with February patch level here is probably a pretty good bet at this point.
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Feb 24, 2016 01:19
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My galaxy s6 edge is at the same security level
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Feb 24, 2016 01:30
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Can carriers gently caress with the security update deployment? If so, Rogers probably did.
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Feb 24, 2016 01:44
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Just ordered the Samsung S7. Will be nice to be off Windows phone and actually be able to use my phone with... Well pretty much anything, since Windows has a pathetic amount of support when it comes to just about everything.
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Feb 24, 2016 02:14
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Phuzun posted:Just ordered the Samsung S7. Will be nice to be off Windows phone and actually be able to use my phone with... Well pretty much anything, since Windows has a pathetic amount of support when it comes to just about everything. Same here...I preordered the S7 as well. I'm pretty excited, since this will be my first truly new phone I am upgrading from a S4 that I got preowned.
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Feb 24, 2016 03:24
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What I like about the S7 is that it's in some ways the whole kitchen sink, but still a good, premium phone unlike the S5. All the features, none of the compromise. Well, you compromise having a (very very slightly) thicker phone, but for the same size battery that's in my Note 5. I like my bigger phone, thankfully, but both of Samsung's new phones are very impressive just as good, refined phones. You can definitely see them riding the road to being as profitable as they were in the S3 days.
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Feb 24, 2016 03:50
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BottleKnight posted:What I like about the S7 is that it's in some ways the whole kitchen sink, but still a good, premium phone unlike the S5. All the features, none of the compromise. Well, you compromise having a (very very slightly) thicker phone, but for the same size battery that's in my Note 5. Yeah, I've seen them get some flack for being boring compared to the G5, but it's a respectable iteration on the S6 design. They're focusing more on functionality than specs, so the megapixel count is lower but the camera itself is better, and the phone is thicker but in exchnge we get a better battery, which is something people have been begging for for years now. A replaceable battery would be nice, but in every other respect it's exactly what I want.
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Feb 24, 2016 04:48
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CLAM DOWN posted:Can carriers gently caress with the security update deployment? If so, Rogers probably did. If Rogers can gently caress something up or screw over their subscribers, rest assured that they will.
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Feb 24, 2016 05:13
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vyst posted:Only turbo nerds get really salty about touch wiz. It's perfectly serviceable and now as of my galaxy s6 edge the only unmodifiable part of it is the lock screen. Does it still poo poo up the notification area with stuff you can't dismiss like NFC and that Eye tracking icon?
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Feb 24, 2016 14:05
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Lowen SoDium posted:Does it still poo poo up the notification area with stuff you can't dismiss like NFC and that Eye tracking icon? Pretty sure you've been able to dismiss those for some time, now. I disabled them from showing up in the notification area/quick toggle bar on my s4 running the official lollipop update last summer sooooo
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Feb 24, 2016 14:31
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So the Xiaomi Mi5 was announced and it's got some pretty awesome specs: Snapdragon 820. 4 GB of RAM. 128 GB of Storage (for the Pro version) 5.15″ 1080p LED Screen Front-facing fingerprint sensor on the home button 16 MP Camera (IMX298) with OIS 4 MP front facing camera 3000 mAh Battery USB C with Quick Charging 3.0 NFC Color options: White, Gold, Black There is going to be 3 versions and the estimated price is pretty awesome: $300 (32GB/3GB) $350 (64GB/3GB) $410 (128GB/4GB)
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Feb 24, 2016 15:52
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GSM carriers, only. I'm guessing. I wonder how Verizon and Sprint are going to react when that all-in-one LTE chip hits the market.
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Feb 24, 2016 15:54
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AlexDeGruven posted:I wonder how Verizon and Sprint are going to react when that all-in-one LTE chip hits the market. Which one is that?
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Feb 24, 2016 15:58
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Lblitzer posted:So the Xiaomi Mi5 was announced and it's got some pretty awesome specs: Yeah, but how good is their skin? It sounds like they push their Miui store over the Play store, which is troublesome.
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Feb 24, 2016 15:59
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nimper posted:Which one is that? Qualcomm press release: https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2016/02/11/qualcomm-announces-mobile-industrys-first-gigabit-class-lte-modem Qualcomm posted:In addition to the advanced connectivity feature sets, the new modem and transceiver support Snapdragon All Mode, including all major cellular technologies (LTE FDD, LTE TDD, WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, EV-DO, CDMA 1x, and GSM/EDGE), frequency bands, Carrier Aggregation band combinations, LTE dual SIM, LTE Broadcast, HD and Ultra HD Voice over LTE (VoLTE) with single radio voice call continuity to 3G and 2G.
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Feb 24, 2016 16:35
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AlexDeGruven posted:GSM carriers, only. I'm guessing.
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Feb 24, 2016 16:38
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Ended up buying the Moto X Style and holy poo poo, I'm in love. The screen is a bit too big for my taste but I'm loving this phone.
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Feb 24, 2016 16:42
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orange sky posted:Ended up buying the Moto X Style and holy poo poo, I'm in love. The screen is a bit too big for my taste but I'm loving this phone. You'll get used to it but if you're gonna put a case on it, get it ASAP or you'll have to get used to the still bigger phone haha
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Feb 24, 2016 17:16
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Shinino Kage posted:I just got my first Android (Moto X Pure running 6.0 with November Security Update). 16GB, 64GB MicroSD card Also set up Moto Gestures, Moto Voice and Moto Actions because they are what really makes the phone stand apart from the rest. Syrinxx fucked around with this message at 17:24 on Feb 24, 2016 |
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Feb 24, 2016 17:21
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ilkhan posted:Doesn't the 808/810 already do that? As proven by the 5X/6P? Are the modems all integrated like the X16? I didn't look that far into the 810/820 stuff because I'm not in the market, just noticed that when I saw the article spin by.
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Syrinxx posted:Also set up Moto Gestures, Moto Voice and Moto Actions because they are what really makes the phone stand apart from the rest. This can't be repeated enough. Between the active display and the gestures it's obvious why Google bought Motorola. The only bad thing I am finding is that the twist-camera function is locked to the Moto camera app and not able to be changed. It takes good pictures but I really prefer a separate shutter button on the screen and tap-autofocus, rather than dragging the focal point around and then tapping anywhere on the screen to shoot. It just feels weird and makes me constantly worry whether the focus is right. YMMV on that. You missed one other thing that makes the phone stand out though - the custom backplate materials. I've gotten a few "hey cool phone case, where can I get a case like that" questions to which I get to reply "It's not a case, that's the actual phone  " and it never gets old. Granted, I have the bamboo backplate so people with plain ol' rubber might not get noticed.
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Lblitzer posted:So the Xiaomi Mi5 was announced and it's got some pretty awesome specs: Is it still going to be based on KitKat?
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AlexDeGruven posted:
We already have truly universal phones on the market with the 5x, 6p, and Moto X Pure and they all work on both of those carriers. The challenge is getting the manufacturers to actually not create carrier variants rather than getting then to work on the carriers. There's no reason that both the G5 and S7 couldn't have been carrier agnostic. However, larger manufacturers value their carrier relationship above what's best for the customer.
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FAUXTON posted:This can't be repeated enough. Between the active display and the gestures it's obvious why Google bought Motorola.
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Feb 24, 2016 18:48
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Tunga posted:Actually just for their patents. Which have done gently caress all for them being almost entirely FRAND and not terribly expensive to license even if you were infringing. But they got to turn an OEM around and set them on a less self destructive path, so that much was good!
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Feb 24, 2016 18:58
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FAUXTON posted:It takes good pictures but I really prefer a separate shutter button on the screen and tap-autofocus, rather than dragging the focal point around and then tapping anywhere on the screen to shoot. It just feels weird and makes me constantly worry whether the focus is right. YMMV on that. You can and probably should be using the vol-down button to take pictures.
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I need a new phone with bigger storage. I have a 16gb Xperia Z3 right now which I like in all respects except the storage. I'd also like to get a phone that can use one of them new fangled camera APIs to spit out RAW files. I juggle a few Instagram accounts for work and unfortunately that piece of garbage app regularly takes up almost a gig in cache alone so at least 32gb is crucial. Also I'm in Canada so my choices are limited. Any recommendations would help. Thanks!
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Geektox posted:I need a new phone with bigger storage. I have a 16gb Xperia Z3 right now which I like in all respects except the storage. I'd also like to get a phone that can use one of them new fangled camera APIs to spit out RAW files. I juggle a few Instagram accounts for work and unfortunately that piece of garbage app regularly takes up almost a gig in cache alone so at least 32gb is crucial. Are you on the 6.0 Concept Rom? I've got the Compact but I used my sd card as internal storage and it is awesome. If not, I'd recommend getting the Concept Rom because it is awesome as well.
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http://displaymate.com/Galaxy_S7_ShootOut_1.htm Dat screen
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Lblitzer posted:Are you on the 6.0 Concept Rom? I've got the Compact but I used my sd card as internal storage and it is awesome. If not, I'd recommend getting the Concept Rom because it is awesome as well. I appreciate the response but I've long lost interest in flashing ROMs and rooting and all that jazz. Nothing against people who like that kinda thing since I used to as well but I just don't have the time for it anymore and I need my phone to work without having to worry about backing up and restoring all the time.
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Geektox posted:I appreciate the response but I've long lost interest in flashing ROMs and rooting and all that jazz. Nothing against people who like that kinda thing since I used to as well but I just don't have the time for it anymore and I need my phone to work without having to worry about backing up and restoring all the time. Honestly I am tired of even rooting now but getting the Concept rom is just downloading an official Windows application from Sony and clicking "Install Software". It is super painless and really worth it imo. There is another goon running the Concept rom and will stand behind it. Honestly it is easier to do all that than it would be to upgrade to a new phone but even then you're worry about backing it up as many times as installing that rom.
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Vykk.Draygo posted:You can and probably should be using the vol-down button to take pictures. I still want to tap to focus though. The volume button doesn't have two stages where I can press it halfway to focus, which would be my next preference.
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Feb 24, 2016 22:47
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Phuzun posted:Just ordered the Samsung S7. Will be nice to be off Windows phone and actually be able to use my phone with... Well pretty much anything, since Windows has a pathetic amount of support when it comes to just about everything. Disco Salmon posted:Same here...I preordered the S7 as well. I'm pretty excited, since this will be my first truly new phone
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Feb 24, 2016 23:05
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That lens accessory looks like it attaches via a mandatory leather back case.
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Feb 24, 2016 23:26
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I have a Droid Turbo and am thinking about the S7, I really want the fingerprint unlock and the Samsung Pay. Someone talk me out of pre-ordering one of these.
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The Charm looks neat. I wouldn't mind a simple watch like device that lasts weeks on a charge with time/notifications. Though I'll likely just save my money for a running watch. Was considering the Gear S2 since I'll get a deal on that, though I've found nothing to support it being a good running watch and the battery is pathetic. So I'm thinking I'll get a Garmin or Polar watch. Certainly a nice idea though. Something subtle and stylish that you could wear to be aware of messages without rudely pulling out your phone.
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