Android: Phone News and Discussion Thread
10-05-2013, 11:21 PM
#9121
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This phone is going to be a beast!!!!
10-06-2013, 12:19 PM
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10-06-2013, 01:15 PM
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Put this on my Xperial, very cool: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...auncher2&hl=en
10-06-2013, 01:25 PM
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Did u also make sure you mess up the motion sensors so the maps would work
10-06-2013, 01:28 PM
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10-06-2013, 06:36 PM
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10-06-2013, 08:28 PM
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Suzuka Master
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
My friend on Verizon was able to use it with the Moto X though
10-07-2013, 10:15 AM
#9129
Suzuka Master
10-07-2013, 12:33 PM
#9130
Suzuka Master
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.
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.
10-07-2013, 12:45 PM
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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...
10-07-2013, 01:02 PM
#9132
Team Owner
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.
10-07-2013, 03:32 PM
#9134
Suzuka Master
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.
10-07-2013, 05:01 PM
#9135
Suzuka Master
10-07-2013, 06:42 PM
#9136
the overexplainer
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.
10-07-2013, 08:31 PM
#9137
Goodbye.
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.
10-08-2013, 09:04 AM
#9139
Goodbye.
Do you have Parkinson's?
SMS in Hangouts is coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/10...-capabilities/
F YEAH!
SMS in Hangouts is coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/10...-capabilities/
F YEAH!
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10-08-2013, 11:14 AM
#9141
Do you have Parkinson's?
SMS in Hangouts is coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/10...-capabilities/
F YEAH!
SMS in Hangouts is coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/10...-capabilities/
F YEAH!
10-08-2013, 11:59 AM
#9143
^^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.
I'm using GoSMS for this very reason.
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10-08-2013, 03:13 PM
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Suzuka Master
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.
10-08-2013, 05:53 PM
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^^^ It does, now that you are here 
welcome
welcome
10-09-2013, 10:45 AM
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^^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.
Still waiting on Samsung to update my Note 2 so I can get this new-fangled Messages that everyone is talking about.
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10-09-2013, 10:49 AM
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wifeys S4 got 4.2.2 update from ATT 
10-09-2013, 10:56 AM
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10-09-2013, 11:51 AM
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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.
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.
10-09-2013, 11:58 AM
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10-09-2013, 12:57 PM
#9154
How would you use a curved phone on a desk or table?
10-09-2013, 12:58 PM
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Go Giants
10-09-2013, 01:02 PM
#9157
Goodbye.
10-09-2013, 01:07 PM
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^^^ 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...
10-09-2013, 02:47 PM
#9160
I shoot people
be easier to just hit the button