Android: Phone News and Discussion Thread
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well they sent an email stating that there may be a 1-2 day delay for shipping because of a storm. Also I believe there was an asterisk when ordering the phone saying shipment may be delayed due to overwhelming demand. Haha but I may try...
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And looks like a couple of new Google Play Edition devices got announced today:
Sony Z Ultra GPE
https://play.google.com/store/device...d=sony_z_ultra
LG G Pad 8.3 GPE
https://play.google.com/store/device...ls?id=lg_g_pad
and a white Nexus 7 (2013)
https://play.google.com/store/device...2gb_2013_white
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Notice how they are all running 4.4 but with black bars. Damn Nexus 5 GEL exclusivity crap!
Google Play Store now has mobile devices with screen sizes that are 4.75, 4.95, 5, 6.4, 7.02, 8.3, and 10.055 inches
p.s. You'll notice that most of these have FREE shipping right now.
Google Play Store now has mobile devices with screen sizes that are 4.75, 4.95, 5, 6.4, 7.02, 8.3, and 10.055 inches
p.s. You'll notice that most of these have FREE shipping right now.
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Its not that dark as represented in the picture. The lighting was bad. I'll take another and show it later. The manual states to let it charge for 3 hours before turning it on. Why is that recommended??
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Doesn't the Moto X have a gorilla glass screen? I guess if you don't like smudges...
Too bad I missed out on the cyber monday deal. Still, I was dead set on the N5 and now I think I'll being going for a MX. Which color though...
Too bad I missed out on the cyber monday deal. Still, I was dead set on the N5 and now I think I'll being going for a MX. Which color though...
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Gorilla Glass is just to prevent low level scratches. The company even states (read: hides it very well) the limit on its website, but rarely anyone ever checks it because of all the FUD out there. Marketing! Marketing! Marketing! (Bewshit! Bewshit! Bewshit!). It is very breakable and scratchable. How easy is it to scratch Gorilla Glass? Take a few grains of sand. Heck even some keys can do it. Drop it on the ground/road and you instantly have scratches from loose gravel, if you are lucky. If not, you probably have a broken screen.
Also, the iterations of Gorilla Glass did not improve their scratch resistance, but just made the glass thinner and thinner each time.
A company that actually produces unscratchable glass is Sapphire because the only thing that can scratch sapphire is diamond.
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Moto x vs my roommates iphone 5s
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Do you know if there is a reason why Google is doing a "round-robin" for manufacturers to make their phones? It's just Google has asked HTC, Asus, Samsung, and LG to make a lot of their products.
I don't have a problem with it. I actually like to see what companies have to offer when it's their turn to manufacture Google's devices. I'm just curious.
Oh and to clear it up, I'm not responding to the Nokia one above. It just sparked a thought.
I don't have a problem with it. I actually like to see what companies have to offer when it's their turn to manufacture Google's devices. I'm just curious.
Oh and to clear it up, I'm not responding to the Nokia one above. It just sparked a thought.
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this is kinda weird, I took this pic yesterday because we had some light snow... and over at G+, I see it off to the side of my recently taken photos (basically suggesting me to "share"), but I didn't do this snow flake gif... Is this something of Google's doing? Or my Note 3 decided to do this? 
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Do you know if there is a reason why Google is doing a "round-robin" for manufacturers to make their phones? It's just Google has asked HTC, Asus, Samsung, and LG to make a lot of their products.
I don't have a problem with it. I actually like to see what companies have to offer when it's their turn to manufacture Google's devices. I'm just curious.
Oh and to clear it up, I'm not responding to the Nokia one above. It just sparked a thought.
I don't have a problem with it. I actually like to see what companies have to offer when it's their turn to manufacture Google's devices. I'm just curious.
Oh and to clear it up, I'm not responding to the Nokia one above. It just sparked a thought.
this is kinda weird, I took this pic yesterday because we had some light snow... and over at G+, I see it off to the side of my recently taken photos (basically suggesting me to "share"), but I didn't do this snow flake gif... Is this something of Google's doing? Or my Note 3 decided to do this?
Here you go, this will explain everything. http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/5/51...e-snow-effects
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