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DemonMage posted:Because with Samsung's terrible memory management it constantly kicks apps out of memory even with 2GB. It performs like a 1GB or less phone in terms of memory management. It's fingerprint scanner is trash compared to any modern phone. And it doesn't even support MST, one of the few potentially interesting Samsung specific things. Ah, well I don't even know what MST is, and I don't use the fingerprint scanner, and I guess I don't have many problems with the memory (I don't know if that's because of 6 or my custom ROM of what). But still, very fair points!
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Alan_Shore posted:My S5 is doing a bang up job right now and I can't see why I'd upgrade for a considerable time. It's up to date and will get N, so why not get an S5 if money is tight? Tunga fucked around with this message at 11:01 on Sep 27, 2016 |
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My T-Mobile one is on July 2016 security patch, so... sorta? It's a temp phone I had laying around until the Pixels launch, my N6 has the honor of being the first screen I've cracked ☹
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Tunga posted:Does this thing even get security bulletins? Yeah I think so! Well my ROM is up to date with the latest security from Samsung I believe.
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Alan_Shore posted:Yeah I think so! Well my ROM is up to date with the latest security from Samsung I believe.
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Jerk McJerkface posted:You could not wait only 7 more days to find out? Seven whole days! And the phone was on sale for just that one day and I'm a consumer whore so
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Tunga posted:Samsung are pushing monthly security updates to a phone from early 2014? I'm not saying this is not true, I actually have no clue, but I'm actually rather impressed if that is the case. Samsung are the bane of my life but I guess that's one good thing they are doing at least.
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Thermopyle posted:Wait...people are still flashing custom ROMs? but but but open source
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Tunga posted:Samsung are pushing monthly security updates to a phone from early 2014? I'm not saying this is not true, I actually have no clue, but I'm actually rather impressed if that is the case. Samsung are the bane of my life but I guess that's one good thing they are doing at least. Endless Mike posted:He's rooted on a custom ROM, so who knows what the Russian script kiddie is including for his phone. (Hint: it's the opposite of security updates) No idea if it's true for other variants, but the AT&T Galaxy S5 apparently has Marshmallow, is on the September 1 security patch, and has been getting monthly security updates regularly for the past 5-6 months. Blew my mind.
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A press shot of the Pixel has leaked. Nothing exceptionally revealing, except the home button change. http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/09/26/google-pixel-press-shot-leaked-shows-new-home-button-round-icons/
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RVProfootballer posted:No idea if it's true for other variants, but the AT&T Galaxy S5 apparently has Marshmallow, is on the September 1 security patch, and has been getting monthly security updates regularly for the past 5-6 months. Blew my mind. Bingo! It's all about debloated ROMs up in here bay-BY
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Luchadork posted:A press shot of the Pixel has leaked. Nothing exceptionally revealing, except the home button change. Touchwiz looking good
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Thermopyle posted:Wait...people are still flashing custom ROMs? I'm so, so glad my days of flashing ROMs are in the past. There was a time where I think it could genuinely improve your user experience (but ANY change was an improvement to the Droid X2), but now Android is at a point where it no longer feels like a massive beta program. I do occasionally consider rooting my 6P so I can have system wide ad blocking, but I've bought the Pro version of all my apps and could use a browser that allows blocking if I really cared, so it's not a huge concern.
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XIII posted:I'm so, so glad my days of flashing ROMs are in the past. There was a time where I think it could genuinely improve your user experience (but ANY change was an improvement to the Droid X2), but now Android is at a point where it no longer feels like a massive beta program. I do occasionally consider rooting my 6P so I can have system wide ad blocking, but I've bought the Pro version of all my apps and could use a browser that allows blocking if I really cared, so it's not a huge concern. I have a Nexus 5X and honestly Pure Nexus/Elemental X Kernel is almost mandatory for me, if I want to get anything out of this phone. I tried to go back to stock when N came out and the battery was dire(android OS 18% What is Android OS? Who knows!), overheating really fast, and the whole phone felling sluggish(due to overheating and SD808). PN is still in M though on September patch, but it's night and day compared to stock. Not sure what Google(LG?) is doing with this phone, it's early life was plagued by software problems, overpriced at release(Still is here in Euroland), and now just installing N is sending the phone into bootloops. But yeah, still on the flashing rom train, and it's still pretty fun if you have the patience. Just you know stay away from whatever rom z-grade tech blogs recommend.
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After two days of using my old Moto X while waiting for my replacement 5x (1-2 days processing, 2 days shipping, bleh), I have to say, this 3 year old phone is just as fast and responsive if not better than the 5x after 1 year. Battery life is still decent. Just makes me more disappointed in the 5x. Now if it wasn't for the potato-grade camera in the Moto X...
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Alan_Shore posted:My S5 is doing a bang up job right now and I can't see why I'd upgrade for a considerable time. It's up to date and will get N, so why not get an S5 if money is tight? It will get security updates, but it won't be getting N. The chipset needs to support the Vulkan api for Nougat, and the SD800/801 explicitly won't.
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Electronico6 posted:But yeah, still on the flashing rom train, and it's still pretty fun if you have the patience. Just you know stay away from whatever rom z-grade tech blogs recommend. It doesn't matter who recommends it...no one is doing a security audit of these things. Your security is hosed. If you're fine with that, then whatever, but people need to be aware of it.
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Thermopyle posted:Wait...people are still flashing custom ROMs?
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Know what's cool? Buying a phone that's not a huge shitpile out of the box.
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Endless Mike posted:Know what's cool? Buying a phone that's not a huge shitpile out of the box. Good luck with that.
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Update: still enjoying my Moto Z. Still wish they'd do plastic 2014 X style backs with the dimple.
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Lowen SoDium posted:Good luck with that. Android: It's a huge pile of poo poo - Android thread, 2016
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Endless Mike posted:Know what's cool? Buying a phone that's not a huge shitpile out of the box.
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Endless Mike posted:Know what's cool? Buying a phone that's not a huge shitpile out of the box. I know, but the iPhone 7 Plus costs 1000€ and the Pixels look to be priced the same, so if you want to pitch in. Thermopyle posted:It doesn't matter who recommends it...no one is doing a security audit of these things. Your security is hosed. You mean the thing every ROM team will tell you about? The "Do this at your own discretion".
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Syrinxx posted:I'm sure the people with exploding Notes or bricked 5Xs would agree with you My Note 7 rules 
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Skarsnik posted:Whilst my 5x did indeed brick itself, it was pretty much flawless for 10 months up to that point Been happy with mine, too. Happiest I've been with an Android phone, though admittedly that's not the highest bar. I even really like how it looks, for reasons I can't begin to explain. And it hasn't even bricked itself.  Edit: the bottom drawer of my nightstand is basically a dedicated gadget graveyard. Every so often I pull out my HTC Hero (north American version) and shake my head. And wiggle the trackball a little.
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mango sentinel posted:Update: still enjoying my Moto Z. Still wish they'd do plastic 2014 X style backs with the dimple. Does it still do all the cool Moto stuff like the attentive display/notifications, wiggle for camera, shake for light, etc?
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Doctor Butts posted:Does it still do all the cool Moto stuff? It does, which is about the only thing it's got going for it.
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Any decent replacements out there for Nexus 5? Similar size to a n5 would be awesome. To be used on att/cricket
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Motorola also slashed another 50% off their workforce yesterday and won't commit to putting N on anything that wasn't released in 2016. Unless you are planning on keeping a phone for a year or less, I can't recommend Moto anymore. Lenovo killed them dead and then continues to curb stomp the corpse. The fact that they are asking 3rd parties to buy into long term support for their mods platform is laughable since they can't seem to support their own devices for longer than 10 months.
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Electronico6 posted:You mean the thing every ROM team will tell you about? The "Do this at your own discretion". Yes, people pay very close attention to those warnings.
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Electronico6 posted:I know, but the iPhone 7 Plus costs 1000€ and the Pixels look to be priced the same, so if you want to pitch in. How much is the iPhone se?
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RZA Encryption posted:How much is the iPhone se? The 16GB starts at 499€. Here in Portugal operators/carriers are also a major pain, so it's not like in the States. For example Vodafone, Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge you have to pay in advance 233,90€, then for 24 months you have to pay 24€(all in total 809,90€). You only get this deal if you already have a contract with Vodafone and not any kind of contract, the Red contract(the expensive) which is 29€ monthly for free unlimited calls(to all other operators) and 500mb(!!!) of data OR the Vodafone TV+Net+RED pack which will put you at around 50€ per month. So just in monthly payments you can lose anything from +50€ to +75€, which for Portugal is a lot of cash to go every month.(minimum wage is 505€) Even folk with cash to burn are starting to stay away, or just holding on to their 2-3 year old high end phone for longer. Electronic pricing, specially in smartphones, in Europe is beyond hosed up. Which is why Xiaomi are flooding the Portuguese and Spanish markets even though it doesn't sell directly to either. Thermopyle posted:Yes, people pay very close attention to those warnings. If they don't pay attention to that, what makes you think they pay attention to phone security?
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So that Wi-Fi Assistant thing came on for me this past weekend. It was actually pretty nice. It was on without notifying me and had the little lock in the corner. I'll probably be looking at the Pixel phones myself next year since my N6's camera is pretty lovely and slow. Hopefully the 7P or whatever it is will be a nice tablet if it's real. Lowen SoDium posted:How are they going to merge OSes when they can't even merge chat apps? I don't think anyone noticed this post what with all the 5X bricking and custom ROM stuff, but 
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Electronico6 posted:If they don't pay attention to that, what makes you think they pay attention to phone security? They don't. Thus the reason I'm reiterating it here?
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