Maximum Leader posted:

if they want similar success with phones they just have to buy at&t and tell them to only allow microsoft phones on the network

The Management posted:

Xbox is in no way a success. it is a huge financial failure and Microsoft spent years of creative accounting trying to hide the losses.

the entire Steve Ballmer era at Microsoft has been one gigantic rolling disaster, propped up by windows and office being endless money fountains. the new guy seems to be doing much better in at least not loving up as much as ballmer did. I bet we will never see another real Xbox.

The_Franz posted:

"if they want to succeed they just have to spend billions buying an established telecom provider and then drive away 99.9% of the customers"

Maximum Leader posted:

if they want similar success with phones they just have to buy at&t and tell them to only allow microsoft phones on the network

The Management posted:

he literally so bitter at apple that he's spiting himself by using a terrible phone. this is a guy who forbade his kids from having an iPod and tried to stop his wife from using an iPhone but she told him to piss off.

A Pinball Wizard posted:

a better analogy would be they need to buy a phone manufacturer and tell them to make only windows phones

qirex posted:

lol sprint exclusive

Comfy Fleece Sweater posted:

android... more like... hemrroid

Endless Mike posted:

the essential phone by andy rubin has sold approximately 5000 units since launch. very surprising that android people don't want to spend iphone money on a phone!

http://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/essential-has-sold-just-5-000-phones-since-launch-baystreet

Tatsujin posted:

worked great for palm!

Endless Mike posted:

lol the note 8 is literally just an s8+ with a stylus no one uses for hundreds of dollars more

CommieGIR posted:

I miss my physical keyboard Android phone

CommieGIR posted:

I miss my physical keyboard Android phone

Endless Mike posted:

the essential phone by andy rubin has sold approximately 5000 units since launch. very surprising that android people don't want to spend iphone money on a phone!

http://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/essential-has-sold-just-5-000-phones-since-launch-baystreet

Last Chance posted:

Anroid.

The Store posted:

didn't stop me from getting one brand new for sub $100

The Management posted:

Xbox is in no way a success. it is a huge financial failure and Microsoft spent years of creative accounting trying to hide the losses.

the entire Steve Ballmer era at Microsoft has been one gigantic rolling disaster, propped up by windows and office being endless money fountains. the new guy seems to be doing much better in at least not loving up as much as ballmer did. I bet we will never see another real Xbox.

infernal machines posted:

what should have stopped you was buying a piece of trash, at any price.

NEED MORE MILK posted:

they were the console leader during the 360 era, then they hosed all of that up by not putting the right ram in the console and also thinking that HDMI overlay paired with a cable box was a future (google did this like 7 years earlier with google tv and it failed miserably). they then put a non user replaceable hard drive while simultanously requiring that you install your 50gb games to said hard drive (after constantly ragging on sony for having done this with the ps3).

oh and then put a camera that nobody wants with the console that literally could not be unplugged* or they system would not work

*eventually removed in a software update despite saying it was impossible

ballmer era microsoft was basically defined by "never learn from your mistakes and always double down"

NEED MORE MILK posted:

they were the console leader during the 360 era, then they hosed all of that up by not putting the right ram in the console and also thinking that HDMI overlay paired with a cable box was a future (google did this like 7 years earlier with google tv and it failed miserably). they then put a non user replaceable hard drive while simultanously requiring that you install your 50gb games to said hard drive (after constantly ragging on sony for having done this with the ps3).

oh and then put a camera that nobody wants with the console that literally could not be unplugged* or they system would not work

Cocoa Crispies posted:

lmao gamers are dumb as hell for thinking this is why the xbone failed

it's because there aren't any games people want to play on it, just a bunch of manshooters

cinci zoo sniper posted:

aren't even the good manshooters

qirex posted:

once microsoft's blank check for buying studios and exclusives dried up all they're left with is their same basic microsofty manchild trash like halo and gears except all those manchildren are 35 now

NEED MORE MILK posted:

they were the console leader during the 360 era, then they hosed all of that up by not putting the right ram in the console and also thinking that HDMI overlay paired with a cable box was a future (google did this like 7 years earlier with google tv and it failed miserably). they then put a non user replaceable hard drive while simultanously requiring that you install your 50gb games to said hard drive (after constantly ragging on sony for having done this with the ps3).

oh and then put a camera that nobody wants with the console that literally could not be unplugged* or they system would not work

*eventually removed in a software update despite saying it was impossible

ballmer era microsoft was basically defined by "never learn from your mistakes and always double down"

NEED MORE MILK posted:

they were the console leader during the 360 era

NEED MORE MILK posted:

they were the console leader during the 360 era, then they hosed all of that up by not putting the right ram in the console and also thinking that HDMI overlay paired with a cable box was a future (google did this like 7 years earlier with google tv and it failed miserably). they then put a non user replaceable hard drive while simultanously requiring that you install your 50gb games to said hard drive (after constantly ragging on sony for having done this with the ps3).

oh and then put a camera that nobody wants with the console that literally could not be unplugged* or they system would not work

*eventually removed in a software update despite saying it was impossible

ballmer era microsoft was basically defined by "never learn from your mistakes and always double down"

quote:

Don't let the tiny size of Essential's camera fool you into thinking it's just a pair of lenses and sensors. The device has its own on-board SoC, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625, which is used as a "real-time stitching engine" connecting the two camera feeds. The SoC gets so hot that there is actually a spinning fan in the camera module. The fan emits high-pitched whirring noises that you can hear in a quiet room, and the phone and camera get pretty hot when the 360 action starts.

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Right now (again, hopefully because it's in beta), the whole 360 camera system is extremely slow. Any time you have to fire up the 360 camera—even if the module is already attached and paired—you're in for an 8 to 10 second wait before you get a video feed. The camera app never stays in memory, so any time you relaunch the camera app, even after a one-second trip to the home screen, you have another eight-second wait again. It's also easy to lock up the camera app with the 360 cam attached. Any time I push the "4k" button, which is supposed to switch the camera output to 2k, the screen goes black forever, and I have to kill the app. Sometimes re-entering the camera from Recent Apps doesn't work, either; I'll get that black screen again.

Once the video feed kicks on, you'll find the usual camera interface, with a camera shutter button and "record video" button. The video feed is slow—it's about a second behind real life, which can be disorienting when framing a shot. You only get to see a slice of the video feed, but you can change your viewpoint on the video sphere by dragging on the screen. The "4k" button in the top left crashes the app, while the top right button will re-center the video.

Cocoa Crispies posted:

arse technical reviewed the essential (lol as if) phone and 360° camera: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/09/essential-phone-review-impressive-for-anew-company-but-not-competitive/

quote:

The Essential Phone is launching with one accessory, a 360-degree camera. There are also two accessories that Essential claims will come soon: a "dock" that's a flat pad, which connects to the pogo pins for charging, and (not a joke) a "high end audio accessory" with a 3.5mm headphone jack.

Generic Monk posted:

EL BROMANCE posted:

android shutter lag is hilarious. I saw some kid taking photos non stop at a gig a few years ago and the lag on his branded phone was a good 4 seconds. every single photo looked like complete poo poo.

EL BROMANCE posted:

android shutter lag is hilarious. I saw some kid taking photos non stop at a gig a few years ago and the lag on his branded phone was a good 4 seconds. every single photo looked like complete poo poo.