This phone is going to be a beast!!!!

 

 

Put this on my Xperial, very cool: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...auncher2&hl=en

 

Did u also make sure you mess up the motion sensors so the maps would work

 

I use google maps....

 

http://www.androidauthority.com/meiz...ounced-261232/

 

Tried to get ISIS wallet since I'm not allowed to use google wallet for nfc payments. Anyway it requires you to get an NFC SIM card as well. And I believe right now its only being tested in Austin and salt lake city.
My friend on Verizon was able to use it with the Moto X though

 

I love this badass 5" phones like the Xperia Z being waterproof, the G2 auto focus, and the Chinese one above with 128GB. Innovation kicks ass!

 

What about the G2 auto focus? Don't all phones have auto focus?

 

Can't wait for this

http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/07/l...ay-production/

Flexible screens (although they will be in a fixed device)

Probably means its a lot less resistant to breaking. So long as you dont smash the plastic, it should work great. I wonder how the display itself looks, and how it feels.

 

the battery and PCB and camera and other things wont be bendable....Its a cool thing but am unsure on how it will benefit on a phone...

 

Per the commercial it's supposed to be a much faster or smarter auto focus. In the commercial the dude is taking a picture of fast movements and the pics aren't blurry. I do have issues with blur sometimes on my Note 2 from not letting the focus process.

 

Erhm.. I think you guys mean the OIS and not auto focus.

 

The phone itself will not be bendable, but because the screen is not made out of glass, it is not subject to cracking when you drop it I believe. Also the phones can look more than just a slab of black bricks. Curved screens feel nicer to swipe or against the face, depending on the orientation.

 

Yea I'm guessing he was talking about OIS. What does that do exactly? Does it prevent blurry pics because your hands were shaking or what doom described? Also anything else?

 

OIS in phone cameras just means the lens and sensor are suspended/passively stabilized if i'm not mistaken. it's not an active mechanical OIS that we're used to on fancy SLR lenses and the like.

 

Simply put, it greatly reduces blurry pictures from happening.

Does it with an actual moving piece in the camera module that counters the movement you may make with your hands while holding the phone in order to stabilize the lens for the shot. Also results in that giant looking housing.

It's what cameras have had for a long time. Nokia started putting similar OIS in their phones last year.

 

So then why are my pics easily blurry?

 

Do you have Parkinson's?


SMS in Hangouts is coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/10...-capabilities/

F YEAH!

 

I don't mean it's a horrible blur but unless completely still you can see a slight blur.

 

Hope it does group messaging in a user-friendly fashion.

 

What do you mean?
Do you not like the way group messaging is done in Hangouts, or Messaging now?

 

^^I'm on 4.1.2, so my version of Messaging still does group MMS the old fashioned way.

I'm using GoSMS for this very reason.

 

Yea we dont all have the luxury of threaded group messaging

I'm sure, well i really hope hangouts will have it. Now that I think of it, I doubt it. Google won't do a workaround like its done in Gosms, it probably needs to be baked into the system. Who knows, hope it works.

I should be getting 4.3 sometimes soon, hope i do.

 

The darkside smells funny.

 

^^^ It does, now that you are here


welcome

 

So are you guys with JB Samsungs going with GoSMS over stock Messages?

 

^^Yep. I've been using it since gingerbread.

Still waiting on Samsung to update my Note 2 so I can get this new-fangled Messages that everyone is talking about.

 

wifeys S4 got 4.2.2 update from ATT

 

^^show-off

 

 

Well, the samsung round got announced (and yes,that's the name).
I'm not sold on the curved phone - wasn't there a slightly curved nexus phone?
I'm 100% down for a non-crackable screen, of course.

Also in the news, htc one max announcement on the 15th.
I hope, for HTC's sake, it's a snapdragon 800, not 600.

 

TSXy Luster said they have been in cameras for a long time, not phones (with cameras). It's a different OIS mechanism anyway.

 

How would you use a curved phone on a desk or table?

 

Curved table.

 

So much better!!! The stock app has HUGE lag.

 

My ATT S4s got that update a while back...

In a Samsung desktop dock, duh!

 

^^^ I was playing with the wifey's phone yesterday and saw the update....not sure since when it was "chilling" there but I went ahead and installed it...

 

This is definitely a "we made it because we can":

 

be easier to just hit the button