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Maxvla

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Re: The all purpose smartphone advice thread - regular folks welcome
« Reply #110 on: May 01, 2015, 05:21:16 AM »
I have no idea how anyone could be confused by it. The icons speak for themselves. Also, why is it not available as an option? The original AOSP browser didn't have it on by default, and it was actually fairly well hidden in the labs menu. I mean.. if people are confused by it, turn it off??? But give people with more than 2 brain cells the option of using the best innovation I've seen for mobile browsing.

I can't understand why there isn't at least one browser out there with something like it.

I'm going to be physically sick.
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Re: The all purpose smartphone advice thread - regular folks welcome
« Reply #111 on: May 01, 2015, 07:48:43 AM »
Edit: Fuck me... thought this was the other all purpose thread...I just woke up, no flame...
« Last Edit: May 01, 2015, 08:14:15 AM by itsJokko »
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Re: The all purpose smartphone advice thread - regular folks welcome
« Reply #112 on: May 04, 2015, 05:58:07 PM »
I just ordered the LG G3 from amazon for $400.

I backed off the 1+1 for a couple reasons: questionable product support if you have a defective unit, but more importantly limited / no support for trrs headsets. I drive quite a bit for work, and use that time to make phone calls. I hate bluetooth headsets, and use the ety-com, which is great for calls while in a car. It is not supported by 1+1, and after much pondering, that was a deal breaker.

I briefly lusted after the z3, but it is only offered in US by TMO, and isn't sold unlocked anywhere local. I really wanted to play with whatever I spend hundreds of dollars on before I purchase. The closest "local" is B&H online, and still its ~$550.

I started reading about the moto x, and went into the local at&t store (an experience I always hate) to play with one, and the sales person recommended I play with the g3, which has a HUGE screen, yet is impressively similar in hand to the moto x (for me). I swooned. It fits in hand, has sd-card, decent specs, and takes MUCH better pictures than the others I played with, which matters more than I thought it would.

Anyway, I waited to the g4 to drop, and happily the g3 price did as well. I have no idea how much I will hate the UI, but when I was at the store, the only one I really hated was touchwiz.
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Re: The all purpose smartphone advice thread - regular folks welcome
« Reply #113 on: May 05, 2015, 07:12:56 AM »
Glad you found something that works well for you.

Still loving my Z3V. I'm still not happy about the internet controls on modern browsers, but I've found one that seems to be reasonable in it's control scheme, Orbitum.
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Re: The all purpose smartphone advice thread - regular folks welcome
« Reply #114 on: May 08, 2015, 02:41:29 AM »
I'm in Malaysia. Tried update the Z Ultra with 5.0. However, the user experience is far from smooth compared to 4.4. I felt overall lagginess and sometimes forced shutdown. Hmmm. However, the big 1080p screen is marvelous!

Now having a Huawei Honor 6, didn't dare to update to EmotionUI 3.0. Heard that the camera sucks. I wonder. And Huawei really takes their sweet time to roll out updates.
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Re: The all purpose smartphone advice thread - regular folks welcome
« Reply #115 on: May 08, 2015, 03:05:08 AM »
Quote from: phillip88 on May 08, 2015, 02:41:29 AM
I'm in Malaysia. Tried update the Z Ultra with 5.0. However, the user experience is far from smooth compared to 4.4. I felt overall lagginess and sometimes forced shutdown. Hmmm. However, the big 1080p screen is marvelous!

Now having a Huawei Honor 6, didn't dare to update to EmotionUI 3.0. Heard that the camera sucks. I wonder. And Huawei really takes their sweet time to roll out updates.

Darn, you really want 5.1. 5.0 has bugs. It also sounds like your install included the new forced encryption scheme which was part of 5.0. I believe further updates allowed vendors to remove the laggy encryption scheme for phones not able to run it smoothly.
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Re: The all purpose smartphone advice thread - regular folks welcome
« Reply #116 on: May 13, 2015, 03:51:04 AM »
The G3 is a great phone. Everyone who uses one at work loves it.

With regard to the move to lollipop on your Z Ultra, wait for 5.1. Also wipe the cache partition when you get a chance, that has sped up a bunch of older devices I've upgraded to 5.0.
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Re: The all purpose smartphone advice thread - regular folks welcome
« Reply #117 on: May 14, 2015, 05:00:57 AM »
Got Nexus 6 few days ago.
Very good phone overall.
Screen is better than the 2014 Moto X, more accurate, less saturated color.
Biggest con for me is the size, but I am a small asian guy. I guess the phone fits perfectly in Kobe's hand.
For me I really think pure Android outshine iOS now.
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Re: The all purpose smartphone advice thread - regular folks welcome
« Reply #118 on: May 14, 2015, 11:08:24 AM »
Lollipop for Z2 removed more features than it added. I also have to move my fingers much more to perform simple operations. It's laggier as well... I wanna get all zeitgeist on Sony, but the 5.1 did at least add the command to close all programs. Annoyed as hell, even after a month of getting used to it.
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Re: The all purpose smartphone advice thread - regular folks welcome
« Reply #119 on: May 28, 2015, 02:36:56 AM »
Ravi -

Regarding microSD, if using FLAC files, should you worry about the speed of the card too much from a playback standpoint? A standard class 10 card should have ample bandwidth for mere FLAC files but I've heard of some phones acting sluggish with FLAC if using cards of that speed. Should I play it safe and get a UHS-1/U3 card?
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