Android: Phone News and Discussion Thread
Ex-OEM King
Whats up with RDX owners?
iTrader: (9)
Hold out for Black Friday and see what deals are out there for it.
No issues on my P3XL or P4XL.
Ex-OEM King
Deals are already out. $200 off the P4XL, P3XL for $535 through Amazon basically makes it a $150 gap. My gut tells me it's worth the $150 but I'm not sure.
Whats up with RDX owners?
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$200 off isn't a really good deal imo. Something in the $500 range for the 4xl is
Can someone recommend some Android phones that are equivalent to iPhone X? Not 8 or 11. Targeting this price range today. Don't need the newest.
My uses are:
- phone
- web search
- youtube
- camera/video
- water resistance (incase I dropped in it the bathroom sink.)
My uses are:
- phone
- web search
- youtube
- camera/video
- water resistance (incase I dropped in it the bathroom sink.)
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iTrader: (2)
I would say my Google Pixel 3XL is very much a good equivalent to my wife's iPhone X
Team Owner
Yeah Pixel 4XL since iPhone is $$$ as well as newest Note and S models for Sammy. Other than that maybe the OnePlus 7T?
Whats up with RDX owners?
iTrader: (9)
As expected, there's a new black Friday deal on the 4 and 4XL for new and existing Fi customers:
The downside is it's a statement credit towards usage only, and with my current usage, it'll take me about 17 months to get the full refund.
The downside is it's a statement credit towards usage only, and with my current usage, it'll take me about 17 months to get the full refund.
Sony Xperia 1
Like the reviews said, it's a large phone that one can still hold in one hand, because it's long and narrow. That's great for movies in it's true ratio. It's different.
Will that get old? Anyone own one and can share real life experiences of living with a Xperia 1? I imagine it won't fit comfortably in my front pocket. And may fall out from the back pocket because it sticks out so much.
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sony-xp...sL9w&gclsrc=ds
Like the reviews said, it's a large phone that one can still hold in one hand, because it's long and narrow. That's great for movies in it's true ratio. It's different.
Will that get old? Anyone own one and can share real life experiences of living with a Xperia 1? I imagine it won't fit comfortably in my front pocket. And may fall out from the back pocket because it sticks out so much.
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sony-xp...sL9w&gclsrc=ds
Team Owner
I think some Samsungs are shaped like that. Why Sony?
Latent car nut
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Team Owner
I have a Pixel 3. Lots of deals for 3 and 3a. I'd recommend those before a Sony. Superior camera and cheaper from deals I saw.
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civicdrivr (12-12-2019)
Needs more Lemon Pledge
Anyone have a recommendation for an ad blocker for Android? I use chrome on my pixel 2 and the ads are getting out off control. I don't want to have to use some new browser if that's possible.
Any recommendations?
Any recommendations?
Ex-OEM King
Ended up grabbing a used P3XL off of Fbook marketplace for $300 in great shape. I'll rock this for a while until the P5 shows up and make a call at that point.
I am #76,361,211,935
Pros: it works pretty well, doesn't require root
Cons: when it blocks ads the black space where the ad would have appeared is still there
If you're rooted, you can install Xposed framework and download the Minminguard module.
Minminguard works beautifully and even removes the empty space that blocked ads
would have occupied.
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stogie1020 (12-30-2019)
Welcome to 2020 Y'all and Happy new year!!!! ... my wife got me a Note 10+ for Xmas.. pretty amazing rig... lighter / faster / thinner / bigger (screen) and faster than the Note 8's we had for a while...
And yes, I is the most solid and thin phones I have had... Mine aura glow in color so i got a clear back spigen case
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is300eater (01-10-2020)
I shoot people
I've been loving my Note 10+ as well
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Pixel 4 and Pixel 4XL on sale on T-Mobile. Only 64GB available though. But its about 50% off.
Should I get it? My HTC U11 is starting to show signs of old age. The wireless pay stopped working a few months ago, I assume because of old software/hardware.
Should I get it? My HTC U11 is starting to show signs of old age. The wireless pay stopped working a few months ago, I assume because of old software/hardware.
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iTrader: (1)
I'd wait till the 4a dropped.
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iTrader: (1)
the pixel 3a released in April.
we could see an April release date for the pixel 4a
we could see an April release date for the pixel 4a
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I'd take the 4 over the 4a. My biggest concern is with the 64GB. Price is very tempting, but only if they had the 128GB version.
Team Owner
New Sammy's announced and the specs are insane as well as the price. Too bad I'd only get $300 for my Pixel 3. Depreciation as officially hit.
https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/galaxy-s20/specs/
12GB RAM, 4000mAh battery
https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/galaxy-s20/specs/
12GB RAM, 4000mAh battery
Team Owner
I have not been following on Samsung phones but how did i skipped whole 10 phones?
S20? What happened to S11,12,13, 14......... S19???
S20? What happened to S11,12,13, 14......... S19???
Team Owner
Ok just checked the price... are they smoking crack?
Whats up with RDX owners?
iTrader: (9)
The S20 Ultra is ridiculous in all the wrong ways. It can be had with 12gb or 16gb of RAM. A 108mp rear camera and a 40mp front facing camera. And a 5000mah battery.
Starts at $1400. Who actually buys these?
Starts at $1400. Who actually buys these?
Team Owner
Smallest phone is 6.2" also. Is Note going 7"
Team Owner
Look at this. Are these not "high spectrum" 5G phones, where the phone is barely faster than 4G?
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/13/tech/...ity/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/13/tech/...ity/index.html
Whats up with RDX owners?
iTrader: (9)
I got my check for the Nexus 6P class action suit today. It was a whopping $29.
Team Owner
You can use that towards the phone that is $1399+tax now
Can't lose the pissing contest, now.
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Got $20 because i bought a Pixel 1 that never had a microphone problem. I guess that's good?
Team Owner
Yes to all but I've been apprehensive about going to A10. I honestly haven't researched if the speaker and BT issues have been fixed on it but the battery has continued to be an issue. The features don't make me want to update, except for the annoying daily popups, so I'll stick with the devil I know.
I'm surprised Samsung was giving me $700 credit to buy their $900 S10 pre-launch. But yeah, there's always some sort of special to get the phone cheap especially if you're flexible porting back and forth to different services. These things are like mini-cars value-wise.
I'm surprised Samsung was giving me $700 credit to buy their $900 S10 pre-launch. But yeah, there's always some sort of special to get the phone cheap especially if you're flexible porting back and forth to different services. These things are like mini-cars value-wise.
Latent car nut
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Finally upgraded to A10. Within 2 hours battery went down by 20%. I went ahead and upgraded because my battery is utter shit as I've complained about since purchasing the phone. When I get to 15%, the battery literally counts down to 0 in about 15 seconds. Requested a work phone in the mean time (iPhone) but probably going to have wipe and start fresh and see what happens. So annoying, only one damn year old.
Team Owner
If I recall correctly, the phone you are having battery problems with is a Pixel 3; yes, no? It is interesting because I have had the 3XL for over a year now and have experienced no battery issues at all; depending upon usage, I can often go 4 days on a charge, and three is typical.
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Whats up with RDX owners?
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A10 has been draining my 3XLs battery quite quickly lately. I take it off charger around 8am, and it usually hits 15% around 13 hours later under normal usage (texting, instagram, facebook, web browsing; ~3hrs screen on time).
My 4XL has no issues though.
My 4XL has no issues though.
Latent car nut
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Geez, I must be doing something wrong, A10 has had no impact on my battery life.
Team Owner
Welp. A10 upgrade didn't help. Countdown starts in the low 20's. Even 3rd party battery apps don't properly estimate remaining life. It just recalculates each time it ticks down. Time to back up the porn.