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I think the S6/S6 Edge look ok. Not as good as the HTCs (even with their recycled designs) but still reasonable. The features in the S6 sound pretty good too but considering its from Samsung, there's a good chance everything is just half-arsed in its actual implementation. As for HTC, all they really needed was a solid improvement on the camera and (for me personally) a good fingerprint reader.
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Mar 1, 2015 22:52
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Initial review of the M9 from Anandtech: http://anandtech.com/show/9102/the-htc-one-m9-review-part-1 Not looking very good for HTC.
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Mar 23, 2015 01:52
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Prescription Combs posted:If it were an iPhone it would be a raving review for such an incremental upgrade Except that the review pretty concludes that the M9's gone backwards in many areas?
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Mar 23, 2015 04:44
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Variable_H posted:So apparently with the M9 being not good/somewhat worse than the M8, what is the suggested go-to android phone available from t-mobile? I like my G3, but the cracks it's formed in it's bezels are becoming increasingly worrying, and both LG and T-Mobile won't acknowledge its a known issue despite it apparently being kind of widespread. Dare I suggest wait for the Samsungs?
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Mar 23, 2015 07:24
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HTC could've kept the same processor and just updated the stuff that people actually want: better camera, sleeker design, better battery life, a touch based finger print scanner. Instead, it looks like they spent all their time trying to get the 810 under control. Looks like I'm getting a Samsung. Civil posted:No surprise that LG is considering staying away from the Snapdragon 810. What a disaster. I wouldn't be very confident on the 808 either. It has 2 less cores than the 810 but at the end of the day, it's still a rushed effort to get a 64bit chip into the market based on an ARM reference design rather than the custom Krait cores that were used on previous Snapdragons.
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Mar 31, 2015 07:11
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BlackMK4 posted:If only the market could be used in the emulated environment. I actually only need to buy the app, download it, and get the APK. I need to decompile it. Use Bluestacks?
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Apr 3, 2015 05:59
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Norns posted:I've had my S6 Edge just under a week. No complaints. The screen is gorgeous, it's super quick and the bloatware wasn't crazy agressive out of the box. How are the sides of the screen for normal usage?
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Apr 7, 2015 03:44
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Mr. Funktastic posted:S6 owners, please tell me that the S6 isn't nearly this bad with TouchWiz and lovely bloatware. Think this is carrier dependent. On my Australian carrier S6, pretty much all the bloat can be uninstalled.
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Apr 10, 2015 07:46
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Is there a way to restore data for singular apps on a non-rooted phone?
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Apr 10, 2015 15:30
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thebushcommander posted:I always turn the screen off with the power button, but that doesn't lock the phone like I am talking about. It still doesn't ask for the fingerprint for 5 minutes. Under Secure lock settings, the first option is "lock automatically" and you can set it to a range of options. Skeezy posted: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? Under Privacy and safety > Locations, is Locating method set to use GPS as well?
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Apr 14, 2015 02:38
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Skeezy posted:It's set to GPS, WiFi, and Mobile by default. Mine was set to Wi-Fi and mobile only. When I turned on GPS as well, I kept on getting the location set by GPS toast.
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Apr 14, 2015 03:18
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G4 is reported to be using the 808, a cut down version of the 810.
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Apr 21, 2015 09:06
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ruby idiot railed posted:
Are you on a S6?
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myron cope posted:In that touchwiz screenshot, why is there a "power saver" in one part of the drop down and then right below it a "u. power saver"? "Ultra" power saver? Does it make the phone even less usable? Ultra powersaver turns your screen to greyscale and limits the apps available. It's for when you just really need to save power but still be in contact. 
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Guillermus posted:That's way too spergy even for this thread. What bothers me is that Qualcomm 4G sticker when the S6 uses an Exynos one, do I miss something there? Some versions of the s6 use a qualcomm radio.
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Apr 28, 2015 23:37
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Or apple picks its own standard just because.
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May 6, 2015 12:31
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Rapner posted:s6 edge or note edge people, do you regret your purchase at all? You could just get the S6 or iPhone 6 on contract then sell it on ebay and use that cash to buy your preferred phone.
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May 7, 2015 03:02
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b0nes posted:The thing I don't like about removable storage is that Android doesn't automatically transfer programs into the removable storage, you have to do it manually and even then not all of the data transfers. I had a 16GB S5 for a while, with a 64GB MicroSD card in it. Phone became full within a few weeks, even when transferring all the programs I could to the SD card. So I wont buy any phones with atleast 32 to 64gb of storage. Because the removable storage is less reliable and much slower than the internal storage.
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May 7, 2015 09:02
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chocolateTHUNDER posted:Yup, don't know why Google hasn't made that an ~*official android*~ thing yet. Multi-window owns on my Samsung tab. Also considering how most google apps (e.g. gmail) support this on Samsung devices.
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May 18, 2015 02:49
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RZA Encryption posted:3 ways to access the same feature on 3 phones from the same company. Incredible. Works fine on my S6: An icon appears on the cards of all multiwindow compatible apps in the multitasking card view or hold down multitasking in a supported app and it goes into multiwindow mode.
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May 18, 2015 12:46
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Apparently the new Motos are missing a gyroscopic sensor (no photosphere, cardboard, etc).
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Aug 23, 2015 01:50
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BottleKnight posted:It's honestly not that big of a deal to me, I'm just wondering. Also is Samsung known to ever fix stuff over the course of a phone's life or is this definitely staying forever? Their memory management on 5.1 for the S6 was better than 5.0.1 so I guess?
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Sep 7, 2015 15:01
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Glass protectors can protect against fairly minor impacts that would normally shatter the screen proper.
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Sep 10, 2015 03:49
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Dedicated Chromecast remote?
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Sep 23, 2015 07:08
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Is Smart Network Switch on? It automatically switches to data if the wifi connection is poo poo.
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Sep 24, 2015 04:04
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drat it, the 5x is bigger than my S6.
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Sep 29, 2015 12:31
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Decius posted:Same as how the super-image chip made it impossible to use OIS or why they charge about 100 € more in Europe than USD in € + 20 % VAT would be, even beating Apple in the overcharge game. The markups on the phones this time around is shocking. http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/09/30/prices-nexus-5x-nexus-6p-across-globe/
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BurritoJustice posted:The bands in America are all different though (at least compared to Australia), and there are two different models of phone for America and international, so it would be suboptimal. But yeah, way cheaper. I nearly did that last year with the Nexus 6 (when the dollar was close to parity and it was still a thousand dollar phone). I had someone in this thread offer to do it actually. It's only LTE Band 28 which is handy to have but not essential.
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Oct 1, 2015 10:23
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hooah posted:My aunt has an iPhone on AT&T, and twice in the past month she's texted me, but it goes to my email as [her number]@att.com. Why does this happen? Might be some MMS related thing?
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kensei posted: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. You're going to wait loving forever for updates and there will be some weird performance issue that's not very perceptible until 6 months in and someone points it out and then it's holy gently caress, why are you so incompetent at programming software? Also fingerprint unlock and Android Pay will become common place in 2016 anyway.
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Nifty posted:Okay I consider myself a pretty self sufficient and tech savvy guy, so for the life of me why can't I figure out how to have my S7's screen turn on when I get a notification. This isn't a standard Android feature - it's app specific (. E.g. Textra, an alternative SMS program has the ability to turn the screen on if a SMS is received) or use a general notification app to do the same thing (Lightflow).
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Apr 19, 2016 08:50
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Whats the benefit of Google Assistant over what we currently have on Android today?
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Don Lapre posted:It costs $649 Well it costs $1079 here.
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Oct 4, 2016 20:53
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CLAM DOWN posted:Watch Google bring SMS support to Allo, but on
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Oct 5, 2016 02:34
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Tbh, the prompt updates that the Pixel should get means that I'm still likely to get one - its just that the price and other set of features turn the phone from a "must buy" to a "probably buy".
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Oct 6, 2016 01:36
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As long as performance is reasonable but they can support the silicon for as long as they want, it should be ok.
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Oct 7, 2016 02:00
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Taffer posted:Easier said than done. Even Intel has failed to break into the mobile market in any big way and processors are practically all they do. Isn't that because they're trying to do it via x86 rather than ARM?
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Oct 7, 2016 04:20
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Looks to be a budget phone.
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Reviews for the Pixel are out at all the usual places. Nothing too surprising but no shows stoppers - the best Android phone if you're willing to pony up the cash.
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