Official Android Discussion Thread

[Millennium]

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Best Buy upgrade deal was too good to pass up, so I ordered my white Nexus 9. Should have it Friday.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note 3

[jb12780]

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Best Buy upgrade deal was too good to pass up, so I ordered my white Nexus 9. Should have it Friday.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note 3

Great choice. I've had it for a few weeks now and I love it.

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[Zer0xray]

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amazon/bestbuy have the toshiba chromebook 2 for sale for 280. this one hasnt been this cheap ever i dont think. i picked one up myself.

[Pared]

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Thanks. I may go to the store and take a look at the Note anyway (but it probably will take a lot for me to pay a few hundred $ instead of just 1).

I'm not sure what you mean about Samsung's software being inferior... the Note is Samsung also.

Yes, and the software add-ons they include on top of stock Android suck.

I also hoped the camera would get better in low light situations with the increase in megapixels but it is still poor. The HTC one and iPhone are much better in this regard.

[J-Clutch1]

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Got a Galaxy S3 currently, considering upgrading to a OnePlus One. Anyone here have it? I have a couple friends who do, and they seem to love theirs.

Seems like a great deal, especially since I'm with T-Mobile...

[thaSLAB]

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Old-ish video, but I don't think it's been posted. The remote play app has actually been available/ported for any rooted Android device, for some months now.

Sony PS4 Remote Play in-depth gameplay demo with Sony Experia Z3:

http://youtu.be/vYRML1oPJIA

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[SoMiss2000]

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Yes, and the software add-ons they include on top of stock Android suck.

I also hoped the camera would get better in low light situations with the increase in megapixels but it is still poor. The HTC one and iPhone are much better in this regard.

lol, I disagree. The functionality that Samsung adds to their "phablet" enhances the experience. It's not just a big phone like the 6+ or the Nexus 6. They actually take advantage of the screen real estate making it the best productivity device on the market. I agree it still struggles in low light but other than that, it's on par with the iphone 6+.

[Pared]

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If you agree it struggles in low light, then it isn't "on par."

And a majority of "power users" hate touch wiz. I agree with them. It's bloated and unresponsive. The only reason this phone is great is because it has powerful hardware compensating.

The S pen is the best thing about the Note. Take it away and you get a better experience from an HTC or stock Google phone. A health is dull, kids mode is basic. All flash and no substance.

[elTodd]

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If you agree it struggles in low light, then it isn't "on par."

And a majority of "power users" hate touch wiz. I agree with them. It's bloated and unresponsive. The only reason this phone is great is because it has powerful hardware compensating.

The S pen is the best thing about the Note. Take it away and you get a better experience from an HTC or stock Google phone. A health is dull, kids mode is basic. All flash and no substance.

Touch Wiz is the absolute worst skin of Android. I will not buy another Samsung phone until they either revamp or tone it down.

HTC has the right idea. Sense is much better, and I actually prefer it to stock at this point. Although I haven't gotten my hands on Lollipop yet or seen HTC's version of it.

That coupled with the simply amazing speakers on my HTC One M8, and there's going to have be a pretty amazing phone that comes along to get me to switch to something else.

[Zer0xray]

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Touch Wiz is the absolute worst skin of Android. I will not buy another Samsung phone until they either revamp or tone it down.

HTC has the right idea. Sense is much better, and I actually prefer it to stock at this point. Although I haven't gotten my hands on Lollipop yet or seen HTC's version of it.

That coupled with the simply amazing speakers on my HTC One M8, and there's going to have be a pretty amazing phone that comes along to get me to switch to something else.

I believe just installing Nova launcher will overwrite almost all of touch wiz

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[Majingir]

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Random thing to bring up but....

Tough moment when having a certain amount of charge left,and needing to use my device for a certain amount of hours. Not knowing if I'd be able to use it for that entire time or not

I hate charging stuff if it's not close to drained, or even using anything while charging. Which does suck at times cause I might not charge something, thinking I'd at least be able to use it for the amount of time I need it for the next day, and having it die like 20 minutes before I'm finished doing what I'm doing,so I'm forced to use it while charging.

[23]

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Get one of those portable chargers. They work great

[Majingir]

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Never really bothered about pre-installed apps,always meant to find out about them but just didn't really care,so figured I'd finally ask about them here. Here's some that were pre-installed....which ones should I keep/get rid of/replace and why?

Evernote
FilmOn Family Live TV
GameTanium
Norton Mobile
rara.com
ui intro
zinio

Norton is only one I've ever heard of before,and even then I might just get AVG to replace it(if AVG is free/better)

[bcruise]

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Galaxy S5 it is, I took advantage of a $200 discount off the phone (over the course of an Easy Pay agreement) on Black Friday. For that much of a price difference I'll make do with the smaller screen (compared to the Note 4).

Phone should arrive this week and then I'll have to figure out what to do with my old S3. Sprint's offering $35 credit, am I going to do much better than that?

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[rspencer86]

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Great call everyone who mentioned SwiftKey. The predictive suggestions are so on point, it's scary.