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Variable_H posted:Did the Verge rate it 9/10 just because it's the M9, like they did with their Windows 8.1 review? They gave it a 8.3. I'll probably still get the M9 since I skipped the 8 and just don't care for the Galaxy. The M9 is going to do great I think but I'm sure HTC will change it up again for the M10. That is assuming HTC doesn't close for good because according to /r/Android the M9 is the worst phone in the world.
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New Leaf posted:So I'm about to leave Verizon for Sprint. Their "cut your bill in half" ploy has gripped me, and Verizon has legitimately lovely service at my house. What is the top-of-the-line Sprint Android device these days? LG G3? HTC One M8? Motorola something? I'm using a Galaxy S4 right now, and while I like it, I'm not enamored with Samsung. My first 2 Droids were HTC because they were the best at the time, but I'm not completely brand loyal. Go to T-Mobile or something instead because Sprint is absolute garbage. I'm saying this as an ex-Sprint customer of like 10 years.
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Mar 23, 2015 15:56
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New Leaf posted:So, same question for T-Mobile.. You could go ahead and just get a One M9 if you want to use that but depending on which review you read it's only slightly better than the M8 or all around worse than the M8. There's also the Galaxy S6 which I'm hearing is pretty good. But blah blah Samsung etc etc. I dunno.
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Mar 23, 2015 16:01
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New Leaf posted:If both are better than the S4, will I really know the difference? Then you have other options, M8/M9 could be nice. Sony Z3 or Z3C depending on if you want a smaller phone. I've heard the G3 is pretty nice also. e. Personally I'm going for the M9. I skipped out on the M8 since I had the Nexus 5 and I just all around prefer HTC. They have never been bad to me so it's what I like.
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Mar 23, 2015 16:04
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tongboy posted:Depending on where you live or use the phone that is not so true anymore. Oh word? I've never heard someone say Sprint is outstanding anywhere but it's nice that they are slowly (s...l...o...w...l...y) getting better at stuff. I'm in Miami and Sprint is absolute trash. Got super tired of not being able to stream or even show someone a Youtube video without it buffering all the time.
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Mar 23, 2015 16:30
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ruby idiot railed posted:Welp, Jump!'d my mom to a Note 4 and my wife to (preorder) Galaxy S6 Edge. Guess I'll find out how much I'll be tempted to go Note4->S6 this year. How did the pre-order stuff work out? I want to jump to the One M9 but do I have to wait till April 10th when the phone is out or can I do it now? I'm assuming I have to wait for the phone to be physically in stores but I'm curious.
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Mar 29, 2015 00:15
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ruby idiot railed posted:You can Jump to a preorder device. The phone gets shipped to you when it's available but otherwise it works like a regular online upgrade order. You get 90 days (i think)to turn your old phone in after. Oh wow awesome. I'll go for it next Friday then.
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Mar 29, 2015 00:31
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My M9 case came in and I get paid Wednesday. Can't wait to get this phone by then. Also I realize I might be the only dude stoked about the M9 on here.
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Mar 31, 2015 00:09
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I'm still not even sold on the M9 at this point. After that post I made I found a couple more reviews and stuff that came out today and it doesn't seem to be worth it. Was always a bit torn because I knew the S6 had better features overall. Feels like I should go with the S6 and use a phone that has a better camera and wireless charging and all. I'll check it out at Best Buy tomorrow or something.
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Mar 31, 2015 05:17
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thebushcommander posted:Just read some reviews on the S6 and S6 Edge... it's the first Samsung phone since the Note came out that has me considering Samsunging myself. I might be Samsunging myself for the first time.
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Mar 31, 2015 17:51
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Nierbo posted:[TIMG]http://i.imgur.com/uud8Jjj.png[/IMG] Use the Awful app and it'll be blue instead.
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Mar 31, 2015 18:04
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thebushcommander posted:I guess the question is, which do I want more out of the two. On one hand the edge is gimmicky even though the contact edge looks neat and if you look at the phone horizontally from the bottom it looks cool, but it it worth $100 dollars. Battery life across 4 different reviews all seem to indicate similar results, so it's not just The Verge at the moment, but as long as it last as longer than my m7 I'll be happy and considering I have 3 drat Tylt Vu's purchased at random times when they were on sale even though I don't have a phone capable of wireless charging I should have power available anywhere I need it the most! It was really easy for me. The S6 Edge was a no go because according to the Community Hardware dude from T-Mobile (Des) the green Edge isn't coming out in the States. So I'm just going with the regular S6. Honestly I wish the regular S6 was in green also.
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Mar 31, 2015 20:01
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ruby idiot railed posted:On the one hand, yes no green, that's awful, but on the other, the blue shimmer highlights with the black version looks sexy as gently caress. Yeah the black one is probably the one I'm getting. Looks very nice.
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Mar 31, 2015 20:16
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Got my preorder in this morning for the S6 and also went ahead and bought a Tylt Vu. I'm so ready for wireless charging and all that.
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Apr 3, 2015 17:06
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hotsauce posted:Qi is nice while you sleep, but QC 2.0 will change your life. I'm thinking of taking the Tylt into the office yeah. Haven't decided yet. Just really wanted to buy these accessories to finally try them out. QC 2.0 
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Apr 3, 2015 17:20
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OhFunny posted:I love the Blue HTC One M7. Why did HTC drop the color from the M8 and M9? I want more blue phones. I want more green phones.
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Apr 3, 2015 23:48
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hotsauce posted:Emerald green S6 edge. It's absolutely gorgeous and I wish the regular S6 also got it. Heard that the US isn't getting the green one though. At least none of the carriers are.
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Apr 4, 2015 00:06
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Norns posted:I wanted the green. But I have a sapphire black one in my hands right now. No regrets. That's the one I ordered. I like the black/blue also.
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Apr 4, 2015 01:43
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Vykk.Draygo posted:I just do not understand this thread. When the Galaxy Note Edge was announced last year, everyone called it a dumb gimmick and made fun of it relentlessly. Now everyone is fawning over the S6 Edge. What is so different this time that makes this one so great? For one the Galaxy Note Edge had its Edge screen be a separate thing. The S6 Edge is one full screen with edges on it so it looks much better.
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Apr 4, 2015 20:36
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I'm curious to see how the S6 Edge is received 3 months from now. Watching a video about it on Droid Life one of the dudes mentioned that he liked the Edge because it was something different. So he didn't have the same phone everyone had or whatever. I can get that but I'm sorta feeling like those people will eventually say a couple months down that the Edge is whatever and not worth the premium.
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Apr 4, 2015 21:14
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You can take the battery percentages off in Touchwiz right or is that just a Samsung thing and it's permanent.
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Apr 4, 2015 22:56
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lostleaf posted:Part two of anandtech's HTC M9 review So glad I went with the S6.
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Apr 6, 2015 16:58
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Gotenks0053 posted:I have an upgrade coming this or next week. With all the stuff I've seen about the M9, I'm guessing I should just go with an M8 instead then? I really like the One's design and feature set, but the M9 is seeming really disappointing. The only real positive I see is Sense 7, and that's coming on the M8 anyway right? Go for the M8. If you want something else that's flashy and new the S6 isn't a bad choice.
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Got my S6 in the mail this afternoon. Phone is slippery as poo poo but thankfully I had some grip tape lying around and it's perfect now  Seriously though, buy a case or something for this phone. e. Also I haven't had much time to play with it but I can see that I can't charge the phone on the Vu if it's sitting vertically. I have to turn the phone on its side and then it charges lol.
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Apr 7, 2015 02:14
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ChiTownEddie posted:I don't find it slippery in 3 days of use, but to each their own. However, it is a bummer to hear about the vu not working 100% with it since I just ordered one It does work with it, it's just that I have to turn it to the side but it charges. As long as it charges I'm fine.
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I forgot to mention that it might be the case I'm using but that would be weird because it's super thin***** Also I had to go into developer options and tone down the animations because compared to my Nexus 5 the S6 had a lag with the defaults. Edit: **** I took the phone out of the case and stood it up vertically. Charges just fine so it is the case. Oh well, no biggie. Bit surprised like I said since it's a pretty thin case (http://www.spigen.com/brands/samsung/galaxy/galaxy-s6/galaxy-s6-case-neo-hybrid.html). Whatever, as long as it works on its side I can live. Skeezy fucked around with this message at 02:48 on Apr 7, 2015 |
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hooah posted:Well, I guess I'm going back to my N4. 1 GB of RAM just isn't enough these days, I guess - I can't be sure of SwipePad will be there when I swipe in or not, and it did on fact get killed while in the foreground once this morning. I'll just have to deal with crappy battery life. What phone did you have again?
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Apr 7, 2015 13:07
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comper posted:I found that just leaving my phone in airplane mode has solved any battery or malware issues I've had with my android phones. Nothing comes in or goes out and the battery lasts for days. I still use an antivirus and firewall just in case, though. Is this a joke or are you serious because lol E. It's just early. I got it.
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Exitlights posted:I'm torn on the S6 vs. S6 Edge. To any owners of either: do you wish you had gone for the other version, don't care, or are you glad for the one you picked? Regular S6 is just fine and while I admit the Edge is cool I'm glad I stuck with the regular. Aside from that just go to a Best Buy and try them out.
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Thermopyle posted:Are we going to be able to get green S6's that work on AT&T at all? I mean, I'm pretty sure AT&T won't be selling it, but will we be able to buy one outright from somewhere? From what I've been told, the green S6 isn't even coming out in the States.
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Okay so is it just me or is the drop down widget or whatever (the now playing thing in the notification bar) not updating when I hit next track on the S6? It will play the next song but it doesn't update with the proper title. App in question is Spotify. E. Looks like a restart fixed it. Guess it was an issue with dual screening Spotify with something else? Skeezy fucked around with this message at 02:26 on Apr 8, 2015 |
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evilskillit posted:So I've got two questions that might figure into which way I lean on a new phone. For the first question yes for the most part. You'd have the stock launcher basically on the S6 but Touchwiz runs pretty deep on the S6. It's not terrible and better than before but you should fiddle with one in a store and see what you think.
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Apr 10, 2015 15:33
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It looks like it fell on the floor or something. Can't vouch for my S6 because I have a case on it though.
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Apr 12, 2015 23:00
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mango sentinel posted:The Facebook app has messaging back? Kinda? If you have the messenger app installed you can use messaging through the regular app.
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Apr 13, 2015 22:36
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thebushcommander posted:Maybe someone else with an Edge can answer this. I have the people edge on and edge lighting on etc. I have contacts added to them as well. When I get a call from these contacts and my phone is face down the edge lights up as expected. It doesn't light up with any of them text me and it doesn't do the missed notification stuff as seen in this image - http://www.samsung.com/common/images/galaxys6/pdp/e_2_edge_pc.jpg - All of the options are enabled for it, it just doesn't seem to work fully. I've tried using stock messaging app and hangouts as I think the notification type might be different (it's a different icon) but it doesn't seem to matter. Should be an option under security settings to lock the phone automatically after a certain time. If you lock the phone by hitting the power button it's automatically locked. Okay so my question is, how do I check which app is pulling in GPS? I keep getting a notification on my S6 about "location set by GPS" I've never had this happen on my N5 and I don't have any different apps from my norm. So I assume some Touchwiz thing is the culprit. How do I figure it out?
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Ragingsheep posted:Under Privacy and safety > Locations, is Locating method set to use GPS as well? It's set to GPS, WiFi, and Mobile by default.
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CraigSlice posted:I'm probably going to grab a moto x today since its the last day the coupon works, but have two quick questions. IMO I wouldn't spend the extra $50 for 64gb but I'm the kind of person who is alright with 32gb and all my stuff living in the cloud/using Spotify etc. I guess what I'm saying is that it depends on your use case. Also if you use a lot of apps it might be good. Apps are getting bigger and stuff. Also I guess if money isn't an issue yeah go for it.
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Apr 16, 2015 23:11
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Can I turn off that app resizing thing Touchwiz does on the S6? I have no use for it and sometimes trigger it by accident.
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Apr 22, 2015 18:30
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lelandjs posted:WTF? The Nexus 6 doesn't even have it yet (I'm guessing it's being held back for Project Fi reasons). It's one dude who says he has it on his Edge. Who knows if it's real.
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datajosh posted:It's real, but it's not an official rollout or a finished update. It's been posted in the T-Mobile S6 Edge forums on XDA for anyone with that particular phone that feels brave and/or crazy. Oh word? That's cool. Hope some news comes out officially on a roll out.
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