Android Thread

[sl888]

I cracked the screen on my Note 3. Been looking for a new phone since all repair shops wants $300 for a screen replacement. I'd be all over a Oneplus if it had expandable storage.
Came across this new phone. https://www.zteusa.com/axon7/ Pre-order is up on Newegg Canada for $520. Very tempted.

[jwslam]

Originally posted by sl888
I cracked the screen on my Note 3. Been looking for a new phone since all repair shops wants $300 for a screen replacement. I'd be all over a Oneplus if it had expandable storage.
Came across this new phone. https://www.zteusa.com/axon7/ Pre-order is up on Newegg Canada for $520. Very tempted.

Did you think adding pressure sensitive digitizers would make a screen cheaper to replace?

Been considering one of those BLU phones on Amazon for my parents. Reviews seem good other than zero support from manufacturer on software updates?

Also, my Nexus 6 is still on Marshmallow

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by GoChris
Google needs to start making their own SoCs I think. Apple is killing Qualcomm in that department now. Has there even been a date set for the Pixel announcement? I was hoping by the end of the month. My N5 needs upgrading.

Android is a swiss army knife.

iOS is just a knife, a really good knife.

iOS is tailor made to limited set of hardware. Android is made for all combinations out there.

This is why Android can innovate faster than iOS but when iOS execute something, it tends to have better experiences than everyone else.

Originally posted by sl888
I cracked the screen on my Note 3. Been looking for a new phone since all repair shops wants $300 for a screen replacement. I'd be all over a Oneplus if it had expandable storage.
Came across this new phone. https://www.zteusa.com/axon7/ Pre-order is up on Newegg Canada for $520. Very tempted.

Axon 7 irl seems to be slower than Oneplus 3. But it could be the 2K screen. I 'm also wary of these Chinese phone makers, especially from 3rd party re sellers, which had been caught with spyware.

But at this point, unless the manufacturer promises monthly or quarterly updates, I won't bother. So far I think only Cyanogen and Nexus/Pixel follows that.

Unless Pixel shines, I may be going back to iPhone.

[GoChris]

That Axon 7 looks like a nice phone. Updates are key though.

[killramos]

Any S7 Note users, don't worry. You can use your devices "safely" again.

You just only get access to 60% of battery capacity

Samsung plans to issue a software update for its recalled Galaxy Note 7 smartphones that will prevent them from overheating by limiting battery recharges to 60 per cent.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/sa...arge-1.3759648

[kenny]

Originally posted by killramos
Any S7 Note users, don't worry. You can use your devices "safely" again.

You just only get access to 60% of battery capacity

Those with carrier locked phones will get the safety update via their respective carriers sometime around summer 2017.

[bjstare]

Originally posted by jwslam

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Reviews seem good other than zero support from manufacturer on software updates?

This is arguably one of the most important aspects of a given phone though. My oneplus gets updated quite infrequently, and that's a major driver for me to go back to Nexus (or, well, Google I guess, since they're dropping Nexus branding).

[schocker]

I had been looking at the axon, but the zte overlay and removed features would make me get the OP3 over it. Still hoping the pixel will be more reasonable priced as I am interested in the smaller one.

[Mitsu3000gt]

Originally posted by killramos
Any S7 Note users, don't worry. You can use your devices "safely" again.

You just only get access to 60% of battery capacity



http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/sa...arge-1.3759648

You know that's just temporary, right? So people can use their phones until a new one arrives. Seems like a very reasonable solution for the time being.

Why not post in the dedicated Note 7 recall thread?

[killramos]

Coming from the guy who litters the apple thread(s) with Android phone recommendations

[Mitsu3000gt]

Originally posted by killramos
Coming from the guy who litters the apple thread(s) with Android phone recommendations

Huh? I responded to a specific question in that thread, since the person was considering a GS7 and asked for people who have switched back and forth between apple and android in the past to chime in. My recommendation was not even to switch, but to try out both and see what he prefers. I honestly couldn't possibly care less what phones/devices people use, and I am about a 50/50 split myself.

I just think it's funny because if someone were to post about every reported Apple issue in the Apple thread, especially if there was already a dedicated thread for said issue, people would be losing their minds

[sl888]

Originally posted by jwslam

Did you think adding pressure sensitive digitizers would make a screen cheaper to replace?

No but only my glass is cracked, the LCD and digitizer is fine. No repair shop will replace just the glass. They all want to do a whole front replacement.

Originally posted by schocker
I had been looking at the axon, but the zte overlay and removed features would make me get the OP3 over it. Still hoping the pixel will be more reasonable priced as I am interested in the smaller one.

Which features?

[schocker]

Originally posted by sl888

No but only my glass is cracked, the LCD and digitizer is fine. No repair shop will replace just the glass. They all want to do a whole front replacement.


Which features?

One of the big ones is that you can't view lock screen notifications without interacting with the lock screen and then if you are doing that, why not just unlock the phone.

[spike98]

Originally posted by sl888

No but only my glass is cracked, the LCD and digitizer is fine. No repair shop will replace just the glass. They all want to do a whole front replacement.

Because they can't. They are laminated together as one assembly due to the race to be the thinnest.

Mobile phones have literally been like this since 2012 or so. As the tech shrinks in thickness while the desire for increased resolution, the price is going to grow.

[01RedDX]

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[Xtrema]

Originally posted by 01RedDX
A really good knife that gets dull really fast and costs as much as 2-3 similar Android knives.

Again that's why I'm not trusting all these Chinese Android phone makers. I have always been on Nexus devices and only tried OnePlus because of Cyanogen.

So many reports international version of these ROMs are littered with backdoors and spyware.

[sl888]

Originally posted by spike98


Because they can't. They are laminated together as one assembly due to the race to be the thinnest.

Mobile phones have literally been like this since 2012 or so. As the tech shrinks in thickness while the desire for increased resolution, the price is going to grow.

It is possible to separate the glass from the rest. Probably not recommended but it can be done.

[Mitsu3000gt]

Here are the Google Pixel Phones according to leaks from Bell and Carphone Warehouse:

5" 1920 X 1080 (Pixel) or 5.5" (Pixel XL) 1440 X 2560
Identical other than a larger battery on the XL (3,550 mAh vs 2,770 mAh)
Snapdragon 821
4GB RAM
32 or 128GB
12MP camera with OIS / 8MP selfie camera
SD card slot (questionable - probably a mistake by the carrier)
USB - C / fast charging (obviously)
Headphone Jack
Made by HTC (hopefully with HTC's audio goodies, both speaker and headphone)
Free unlimited full-resolution photo/video cloud storage with Google Photos
Google Allo (smart messaging app) & Duo (video calling like Hangouts) debut
Android 7.1 with new Pixel launcher
Expect price to go up

So basically no surprises whatsoever

Nice to see the flush camera though - that's rare these days.

[BigDL]

Originally posted by sl888

It is possible to separate the glass from the rest. Probably not recommended but it can be done.

A little late to the party but http://www.hightain.com/ will fix just the glass, I like the one above Sun BBQ. They fixed mine and it was pretty good work until i dropped it face down on a gravel alley a few months later

[rage2]

Originally posted by Mitsu3000gt
Free unlimited full-resolution photo/video cloud storage with Google Photos

That's huge, and kudos to Google for giving this one away. One thing I don't like about iOS is while their iCloud Photos works really well and gives me access to all my photos anywhere with data/wifi, Apple's Cloud storage plan gets pretty expensive.