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I've had free texts for like six years now, and it was available long before I had it. Decent deals for unlimited texts were around before smartphones and mobile data here. iMessage is completely uninteresting, and basically was before it even existed. People use Facebook messenger or text. e: Sweden
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bull3964 posted:No one is white knighting anyone. They are both equally poo poo as far as customer hostility. T-Mobile for the win. Live in the right place and enjoy the best carrier  Whatever you don't like about em, they're definitely way way ahead on being less actively hostile to their customers.
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Jun 10, 2016 17:13
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I actually think the 2-year contract structure has more to do with iMessage than the SMS situation in the US. Sure, the lack of free cross-border SMS is what drove people to WhatsApp in Europe, but also the fact that an 600 USD iPhone cost 0-dollars + 2 year commitment surely drove many more people into the iPhone world than would've paid upfront for that same experience. I also doubt iMessage is coming to Android. Its a key differentiator and what keeps many people locked into the platform, why would you open that up?
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Jun 10, 2016 17:32
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Mr. Powers posted:Your toilet is super low. I think everything would fall out of my pockets in the squat position. Solution for your phone: raise your toilet. Most people don't sit on the toilet with their pants up 
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Jun 10, 2016 17:56
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Hang on just a fuckin second -- what??
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Jun 10, 2016 17:59
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FunOne posted:I actually think the 2-year contract structure has more to do with iMessage than the SMS situation in the US. Sure, the lack of free cross-border SMS is what drove people to WhatsApp in Europe, but also the fact that an 600 USD iPhone cost 0-dollars + 2 year commitment surely drove many more people into the iPhone world than would've paid upfront for that same experience.
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Jun 10, 2016 18:10
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Vykk.Draygo posted:Most people don't sit on the toilet with their pants up I wasn't on the toilet when I wrote that, so I wasn't really thinking mechanics.
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Jun 10, 2016 18:26
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I have unlimited texts (UK) and I still prefer to WhatsApp people if I know they use it. Weirdly though I will choose SMS over Facebook messenger. I don't know why.
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Jun 10, 2016 19:01
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It really just depends on your group of friends I have a whatsapp bunch, and a fb messenger bunch Its a ballache Oh, and me and the mrs use hangouts. She's the only person I've ever used it with
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Jun 10, 2016 19:06
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Skarsnik posted:It really just depends on your group of friends Interesting. She's also the only one I use it with.
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FunOne posted:I also doubt iMessage is coming to Android. Its a key differentiator and what keeps many people locked into the platform, why would you open that up? yeah, i don't understand what apple would gain from putting it on android. it's one of those "It Just Works (as long as you and your family buy our hardware exclusively)" features that Apple uses to keep people buying Apple poo poo. it's way different from the apple music service, where they are making actual money from android users, and as a company they have a huge installed base of users that aren't totally within the apple sphere of devices, like people whose only interaction with apple is that they use itunes and maybe an ipod
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Jun 11, 2016 03:24
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Seriously, Google has flipped the kill switch in this phone. A month ago I had an old phone that worked, and now it's got a battery drain issue with Bluetooth, the down volume button broken, wireless charging broken, a crack in the corner of the screen and now a crack diagonally across the whole display. It seems every week I'm back in here with another item on the list. I think I should back up my phone this weekend. I really want to skip the 5x and get the next Nexus, but it is trying really hard to stay out of my reach.
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Jun 11, 2016 04:19
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My next phone will be the iPhone 7, I think.
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Jun 11, 2016 04:44
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Mr. Powers posted:Seriously, Google has flipped the kill switch in this phone. quote:a crack in the corner of the screen and now a crack diagonally across the whole display. Yep, sounds like Google killed your phone. 
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Jun 11, 2016 04:45
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RVProfootballer posted:T-Mobile for the win. Live in the right place and enjoy the best carrier Can confirm, I went T-Mobile 3 years ago and they've been great. I think they're not bullshitting when they say they've expanded their network, too. I drove 1000 miles around fuckass Washington last weekend and only lost reception in a couple of those Palouse valleys. Their reception in my office building is loads better than when I switched, too. The real test will be this summer when I do another cross-country.
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Jun 11, 2016 05:22
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Pyroxene Stigma posted:Yep, sounds like Google killed your phone. The cracks are a bit odd because I check after every drop (and there have been drops) but both of these cracks were so fine that I didn't notice them after a drop, so, yeah, probably Google. It's the second display/glass on the phone, and I'm not sure if it is 100% OEM. It went 20 months with no damage at all until it broke catastrophically, so I figure maybe the glass is lower grade than original.
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Jun 11, 2016 05:53
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Mr. Powers posted:The cracks are a bit odd because I check after every drop (and there have been drops) but both of these cracks were so fine that I didn't notice them after a drop, so, yeah, probably Google. It's the second display/glass on the phone, and I'm not sure if it is 100% OEM. It went 20 months with no damage at all until it broke catastrophically, so I figure maybe the glass is lower grade than original. No dumbass, it's because you keep dropping it.
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Jun 11, 2016 06:22
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Mr. Powers posted:The cracks are a bit odd because I check after every drop (and there have been drops) but both of these cracks were so fine that I didn't notice them after a drop, so, yeah, probably Google. It's the second display/glass on the phone, and I'm not sure if it is 100% OEM. It went 20 months with no damage at all until it broke catastrophically, so I figure maybe the glass is lower grade than original. "I keep dropping my phone and the glass cracked WHAT'S GOING ON HERE" 
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Jun 11, 2016 07:17
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Lutha Mahtin posted:yeah, i don't understand what apple would gain from putting it on android. It lowers switching resistance come new phone/contact time.
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Jun 11, 2016 10:23
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Whizbang posted:No dumbass, it's because you keep dropping it. Yes, I actually think it's Google's fault that my screen is cracked and I totally wasn't being facetious. I do think the replacement screen I bought was lower grade glass, though.
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Jun 11, 2016 13:39
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"Android system" crashes every time I tap a gmail notification. Going into gmail via the app icon works fine. This has happened since getting the June security updates on my Nexus 6, though that could be coincidence. The app was updated on the 2nd, the phone updated on the 9th, I noticed it sometime on the 10th. Persists across reboots. Anyone seeing similar?
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Jun 11, 2016 15:36
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Hey, I'm looking to get a blue Nexus 5x 32gb through Google Fi, but they're out of stock. Does anyone know if they restock that frequently?
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LikeFunOnlyBoring posted:Hey, I'm looking to get a blue Nexus 5x 32gb through Google Fi, but they're out of stock. Does anyone know if they restock that frequently? I don't know. I was looking at one 3-4 weeks ago and it was out of stock then. I'm guessing they've been sold out the entire time.
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So I've got a fun problem with my LG G3 from AT&T. Since the Android 6.0 update, my phone has been slowly bogging down and one point gave me an invalid sim card error which upon restarting and so forth then gave me a no sim card error. Switched sim cards with my father's since we have the same phone and reads my sim card in his phone, but temporarily read his card then error'd. Did a network reset and seems to have fixed that problem. Fast forward a few weeks and after a call, my phone crashed and rebooted to the same sim error again. This time the network reset fix helped only for an hour. After that invalid and no sim card errors persist with only one time the sim card was read after turning it off and back on but only for less than 30 seconds. Anyone else have that problem, should I mull over the problem with AT&T, and should I just shoot this thing into the sun and get a new phone? I've done just about every simple troubleshoot with rebooting, network reset, and factory reset also came across a post elsewhere where G3's were having similar problems with the 6.0 update so not certain if it's a hardware or software issue to be precise.
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Mr. Powers posted:The cracks are a bit odd because I check after every drop (and there have been drops) but both of these cracks were so fine that I didn't notice them after a drop, so, yeah, probably Google. Jesus christ. You've got to be trolling. 
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BMB5150 posted:So I've got a fun problem with my LG G3 from AT&T. Since the Android 6.0 update, my phone has been slowly bogging down and one point gave me an invalid sim card error which upon restarting and so forth then gave me a no sim card error. Switched sim cards with my father's since we have the same phone and reads my sim card in his phone, but temporarily read his card then error'd. Did a network reset and seems to have fixed that problem. Fast forward a few weeks and after a call, my phone crashed and rebooted to the same sim error again. This time the network reset fix helped only for an hour. After that invalid and no sim card errors persist with only one time the sim card was read after turning it off and back on but only for less than 30 seconds. edit: Nm saw you tried factory resetting. You could give calling AT&T, as a former employee there are some backend told that can force a reset on the network registration for the SIM itself, just be prepared to get some redundant troubleshooting instructions as they're required to try certain things first before doing that. Jacobus Spades fucked around with this message at 01:49 on Jun 12, 2016 |
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Kerbtree posted:It lowers switching resistance come new phone/contact time. yes, it lowers resistance to people switching away from your hardware products, and your hardware products are your primary revenue/profit area. this may be why you aren't running apple
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Lutha Mahtin posted:yes, it lowers resistance to people switching away from your hardware products, and your hardware products are your primary revenue/profit area. this may be why you aren't running apple You're assuming that iMessage is the primary reason people are paying close to double the price of a Nexus for an iPhone. (Yes, I know not all at once; it's not my fault the general public is not so good with the math.)
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Sir Unimaginative posted:You're assuming that iMessage is the primary reason people are paying close to double the price of a Nexus for an iPhone. (Yes, I know not all at once; it's not my fault the general public is not so good with the math.) Nobody buys Nexus phones, and Android phones that people do buy, like Samsung Galaxy S and Notes, cost as much or more than iPhones.
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RVProfootballer posted:Nobody buys Nexus phones, and Android phones that people do buy, like Samsung Galaxy S and Notes, cost as much or more than iPhones. Wow, that actually makes Lutha Mahtin's argument look worse.
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Sir Unimaginative posted:Wow, that actually makes Lutha Mahtin's argument look worse. this is turning into a derail, so here's my last post apple and samsung and like every big electronics, computer, software, and internet company does this. they build exclusive features into their products that nudge people toward staying within their own product ecosystem. this is basic economics, where a firm seeks to extract profit by reducing competition. if a customer of yours is considering a new product, and they know that going with one of your products again will give them certain advantages, it makes it harder for other firms to attract that customer away
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RVProfootballer posted:T-Mobile for the win. Live in the right place and enjoy the best carrier Even with our building reception issues, if I had to switch I'd go with T-Mobile over AT&T though as I've got a really bad taste for them after countless support calls for their poo poo DSL and UVerse service. Nothing but endless billing errors, user-hostile modem/routers, and garbage performance. At least with wifi calling I could make it work with T-Mobile vs ever having to deal with AT&T support ever again. My Verizon support calls have never been fun exactly, but they haven't disconnected me after 45 minutes on hold yet.
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I get 4 bars of T-Mobile in our concrete police bunker and 0-1 bars of Verizon. And our work phones and police tough books are on Verizon.  Also there's wifi calling for the truly intractably impenetrable buildings.
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Jun 12, 2016 15:38
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I quite like the wifi calling since I turned it on. Seems to work well, and sound quality is pretty good. Didn't realize I needed to flip a switch to enable it until recently.
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Lutha Mahtin posted:yes, it lowers resistance to people switching away from your hardware products, and your hardware products are your primary revenue/profit area. this may be why you aren't running apple I meant resistance in switching to an iPhone. If you've already got a foot in the door with iMessage, then frustration with the usual raft of Android issues might be enough to push you into switching.
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I did the huge mistake of falling asleep with my cellphone in my hands while on a train, so time for a change! I come from a Moto X Pure/Style, I love stock android, I'm between: Samsung S7 32gb (More recent hardware) Nexus 6P 64gb (Stock Android) Has anyone experimented with both enough to have an opinion?
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Cable posted:I did the huge mistake of falling asleep with my cellphone in my hands while on a train, so time for a change! No, but I had an S6 and I'll never go back. Get the Nexus. I replaced the S6 with a Moto X and it's night and loving day better, you should either stick with Moto if you prefer their additions or get a Nexus.
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broken clock opsec posted:I get 4 bars of T-Mobile in our concrete police bunker and 0-1 bars of Verizon. And our work phones and police tough books are on Verizon. They did for our concrete bunker building, at least.
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:So make Verizon pony up for micro-cells through the building. Depending on the value of your corporate contract, they'll do it. I confused you with LITERALLY A BIRD and was VERY confused why a person working in a Vet hospital needed a concrete bunker.
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Cable posted:I did the huge mistake of falling asleep with my cellphone in my hands while on a train, so time for a change! So for those of us who don't ride trains, did this mean someone stole it and you have no expectations to get it back? Do you have to worry about things in your pockets if you fall asleep on the train too?
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