All Things Android - Apps, Phones, Tablets - Discussion

No, it's not.
There is a gulf between between the Mega and tablets - the weight difference, for a start.

 

Ok, so Engadget loved the Z Ultra.

It's next on my docket. Dat Triluminos...

 

I really want to see one in the flesh, I keep missing the Sony rep :-|

 

A bit too big for me.

Now Honami with that screen...

 

Whoo Boo Howdy. If Phistachio thinks it's too big, you know it's too big for a phablet.

 

I am startled that "phones" now have screens nearly as big as my Kindle Fire. To each their own...not my cup of tea. I personally think 4.3"-4.7" is the "sweet spot."

 

4.3" Xperia Honami mini with S800, 20MP camera incoming? - GSMArena.com news

 

Seems like a smart choice by Sony if it's true. Not only will they have pretty much the entire size spectrum covered; they'll be the one manufacturer offering something in a ~4-inch package that isn't mid-range.

 

The Honami Mini is the first "mini" Android phone that actually sounds nice instead of being a cruddy midrange phone just borrowing the branding of an Android flagship.

Shame Sony doesn't give a darn about CDMA carriers like US Cellular...

 

You can thank Verizon for that one as well, same scenario with the Verizon Galaxy Nexus users.

 

I have not pity for CDMA carriers. They knew which way the entire world was going... they should have followed suit.

 

In large parts of rural Oregon, it's CDMA or nothing. All those AT&T and T-Mobile folk who are "more in touch with the future" or whatever? They can't even make a darned phone call if they stray a few miles off I-5. Go hunting or camping in Oregon and every single person you meet has Verizon or US Cellular.

My understanding is that rural China has the same situation as the rural American West. It's CDMA or nothing.

 

I'm quite curious as to how well this will also work out for China, as they are the only other major CDMA carrier oriented country besides the U.S.

 

China is TD-SCDMA. Meanwhile, it's not a rural thing keeping GSM carriers out of those areas. It's local agreements and tower placement areas, neither could be procured for AT&T so we never deployed much there. I was actually in Oregon/Washington before I left AT&T.

 

I don't really care so much about the "why" or whose fault it is; the fact is is that I only get good coverage where I live with a CDMA carrier. So CDMA is definitely not obsolete for people like me; it's essential.

 

Well, they're different than the rest of the world. They're primary networks are TD-SCDMA... but they're bass-ackwards from every other country on Earth.

Well, when it won't work anywhere ELSE... there's your sign. Verizon will be the first carrier to start transitioning off CDMA in 2015. They're moving their voice network over to VoLTE, then they'll refarm their CDMA spectrum.

 

Do you guys in the USA have Amber alert and Emergency alert setting, nothing like that i the UK though.

John.

 

Yes, last week I got an amber alert on my phone for an abducted girl being transported up I-5. The pop-up even showed up on the front of my lock screen; I didn't have to even unlock the phone to get a description of the perpetrator and his vehicle.

Technology can be awesome sometimes.

 

I wish I went back to a SIM card carrier, we plan on visiting Asia more often, I can just get a prepaid SIM plan and pop it in a phone.

 

Asphalt 8: Airborne launches tomorrow for those that are interested. Also, have a comparison:

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The Verizon iPhone is world capable. Just pop a nano-SIM in... should work fine if it's a supported band.

 

I thought carrier branded iPhones were locked to said carrier except SIM variants?

 

Verizon iPhone 5's are unlocked. Pop in any GSM nano SIM you want.

 

Crazy.

HTC Butterfly S battery life test completes, numbers inside - GSMArena Blog

 

I see HTC has finally discovered that you can have batteries larger than 2000mAh.

Revolutionary.

 

If only that had been the One.

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AnandTech | The Nexus 7 (2013) Review

Hm, now the Nexus 7 has an above-average battery life.
Oh well, I think I'll get the two next Nexus, the N10 and (hopefully) the N5.

 

Too little too late.

I doubt they will discover a way how to make their phone NOT suck now.

 

'New device' training on the 13th

 

Took them long enough. Samsung had that figures out with the original Note.


If HTC only learned to make things that didn't suck, I expect the next HTC to be a vacuum cleaner.

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OG Note = 2600mAh. That with the 45NM Exynos Dual and a giant pentile 1280x800 AMOLED... battery life sucked, TBH. Had to carry two batteries with that one.

But IDK. That One Max looks impressive.

 

I used to like HTCs but then I got a lookey-see at the new version of Sense. Not so hot on them anymore. The One Max boasts some serious muscle on paper, but I'll wait to see what the first takers have to say.

 

For the normals of the world... Sense still sucks. I don't actually pay money for a phone unless I know I can get AOSP of some version on it. The One Max fits that bill, at least in the INTL version. AT&T will probably lock the bootloader on their version. I have a feeling the One was a one-time deal.

 

I consider myself a "normal" in the sense that I understand less than 50% of what is posted in this thread, and I like the look of the new Sense over TouchWiz, but I'm very leery of HTC after my wife and my HTC 7 Pros were both bugtastic messes.

 

HTC can make some buggy devices, but their Windows Phone devices in particular have been especially crap-tastic. I love their designs, but the actual hardware and their WP support is horribly lacking.

 

Fixed for ya.

Major fix. You'll thank me later.

 

Note 3?

<-- Jealous

 

At least, yeah.

 

Maybe it's the Galaxy Surfboard, the first smartphone large enough to go ride some mavericks off the coast of California...

 

Tunnel/restricted vision is strong with this one. They are in some rough times, but the One was far from crappy. Acclaimed everywhere by critics by it's great construction and software. You're an iOS user now, you barely have any voice on the matter anymore.

I used to be like you too, but then I realized that thought is immature.

 

So I guess I'm the only person who likes Sense in these parts...

 

So it'd be immature of me to say the HTC One tastes like feces?

You know that old saying Phistachio... if it craps like a duck.

 

Sense &gt; tater tots &gt; Touchwiz

I'm using an S4 now, and I have a One at home.

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I liked TouchFlo/Sense in the Windows Mobile days since it made navigation without a stylus easier while looking better than the original UI. On Android, HTC still manages to differentiate themselves with Sense but it's no longer a question of utility. No, I don't think it looks bad but Android doesn't need skinning. To me, it's an added resource hog (some devices/iterations more than others) that complicates the update process.

 

Absolutely not. Now, negatively criticizing a device without having/trying it for a long time, AND not being in the same OS as the device, is.

 

Hardly.
Saying a manufacturer can make crappy devices is simply a statement of fact, especially in the case of a company who have churned out a number of poor handsets in the past few years.

Claiming maturity whilst dismissing someone's opinion by virtue of the phone they use/own doesn't really seem to gel.

 

Meh



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And since when do iOS fanboi's know a good OS when they see one? In Tsuname's case, iOS latched on to his medulla oblongata and refuses to let go. He wants to go back to Android but he can't.

 

Seems like that improved DSP core that detects voice in the background isn't all that power conservative.

 

I could justify buying it and turning that extra stuff off if it wasn't $575 off contract.

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