Baroquemantic
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So seeing as how almost every "flagship" phone being announced so far this year is going the tiny bezels route, there's no way the new Pixels will still have big bezels, right? I know it's Google and all, but still.
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HTC is making pixel 2. HTC U11 has bezels
BoboBrazil
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It's htc so yes, it will have huge bezels like the u11.
Saiyan-Rox
Member
Just had my phone go nuts in the O beta nothing would open without crashing for some reason so I sent the feedback and went on to the site to unenrol from the beta to find my pixel XL wasn't listed...odd so I had to do a factory reset via the recovery menu. Set it all up again and it showed back up on the site so downgraded to Nougat to find all my Google backups were gone...all of it :S wtf? It's like all traces of me owning a pixel XL have vanished.
Baroquemantic
Member
Pixel 1 was based off some HTC midrange.
There has been no evidence yet that pixel 2 won't be based off existing HTC phone yet.
Baroquemantic
Member
Yeah, it was the One A9 or something, I think.
I just figured last year's Pixels were a rush job since they were so similar to that.
Prototype Viktor
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BoboBrazil
Member
3T battery life is a beast. Best of any recent phone I've had.
That's what I'm buying for my dad now that his Nexus 5x bit the dust.
dukeoflegs
Member
I have an issue with the message app that comes with android phones. Every time my brother sends me a picture and I try to open the message I get a pop up that says "restart messenger", I'll click ok, and try to open the message again but get the same pop up. I only get these errors from him and from his phone, everyone else has sent me a picture or message and all is good.
I have an Xperia XZ and he has a Pixel.
Has anyone else had this issue? I've tried searching google but can't find anything.
I have an Xperia XZ and he has a Pixel.
Has anyone else had this issue? I've tried searching google but can't find anything.
Rodney McKay
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Yeah, if the V30 looks anywhere close to that I'll definitely be interested. Very small bezels and a headphone jack.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Hmmm, the battery was awesome during the first week; I got 6 1/2-7 hours of SoT. But now I get 5. Still lasts me all day but I noticed it and it bothers me.
BoboBrazil
Member
Might be an app causing wakelocks. Disable or uninstall anything you don't need, especially all of those useless google apps it comes with like hangouts and duo.
Jazzy Network
Member
Pretty sure Sharp made one a few years ago.
They also did the whole bezel less thing too lol.
Baroquemantic
Member
True pioneers of the industry
newdayrocks
Member
That Essential phone runs CDMA? Like, Verizon CDMA?
That cutout at the top of the screen means I could never use that phone, but i sure hope Verizon compatibility is a trend that becomes more common.
That cutout at the top of the screen means I could never use that phone, but i sure hope Verizon compatibility is a trend that becomes more common.
It absolutely should've been dead years ago, but Qualcomm keeps the damn thing alive. I can't wait until every carrier in the US is GSM.
Jazzy Network
Member
Verizon too stubborn. And VoLTE is adopting slower than the Cubs winning a World Series.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Yeah but good ol' Verizon and Sprint sticking to their guns.
Wouldn't it be a huge waste to convert to GSM when LTE is what everyone uses and what all new upgrades are? I mean, I can't ever see Verizon or Sprint having a 3G GSM network. DO carriers still roll out 3G towers?
newdayrocks
Member
Do it. It's a terrific phone.
The Faceless Master
Member
35% too much
SD821 phone in mid 2017 for $600+. lol
Also only a few months before android O release build, and expect Pixel to die at 30% or something :^)
andy rubin interview on the verge. with prototype. around 16 min.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=HCjjnVNXDLI
looks hot... interest rising. Seems to be running AOSP or something close?
Unknown Soldier
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The Xiaomi Mi Note 2 International version has all US bands and technology including CDMA2000 for Verizon and Sprint
newdayrocks
Member
No Verizon whitelisting required?
fuck it. Lets go boys. (no real commitment, dont need to put a cc down or anything).
You see this is what happens when oneplus just teases their shit and not just show it off. No way its gonna look as good as this, and with rumors saying its gonna get up to $600+, not really gonna be that much of a value buy either.
oh right you can pick up the blackberry tomorrow on amazon and best buy
fuck it. Lets go boys. (no real commitment, dont need to put a cc down or anything).
You see this is what happens when oneplus just teases their shit and not just show it off. No way its gonna look as good as this, and with rumors saying its gonna get up to $600+, not really gonna be that much of a value buy either.
oh right you can pick up the blackberry tomorrow on amazon and best buy
for the culture
Got no email from them. Nothing in spam
Wonder how LG feels. They led with the minimum bezel phone for the West but within a few months, g6 looks years behind the competition and carriers are pretty much giving them away for free.
S8 is selling twice as fast as S7. Note 7 bomb gave Samsung street cred I guess
Wonder how LG feels. They led with the minimum bezel phone for the West but within a few months, g6 looks years behind the competition and carriers are pretty much giving them away for free.
S8 is selling twice as fast as S7. Note 7 bomb gave Samsung street cred I guess
why is this dude interviewing him such an ass, lol
mossberg is retiring after this show thing lol. he can do w/e he wants.
https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/30/15717066/essential-phone-hands-on-photos-android-hardware
hands on impressions of the prototype from theverge.
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Seems like a nice brick, basically a smaller MI MIX.
going wide vs going tall as with the competitions.
Bets on when it gets android O? thinking 2017, but barely.
BoboBrazil
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fuck it. Lets go boys. (no real commitment, dont need to put a cc down or anything).
You see this is what happens when oneplus just teases their shit and not just show it off. No way its gonna look as good as this, and with rumors saying its gonna get up to $600+, not really gonna be that much of a value buy either.
oh right you can pick up the blackberry tomorrow on amazon and best buy
It's not gonna be $600+. $450 max.
dx0 sponsorship ain't cheap
BoboBrazil
Member
Lol. Did you enter their contest to win a free one?
Jazzy Network
Member
Yea don't think essential phone has wireless charging. Don't see it anywhere on spec sheet.
It has a dock that you can set it on to charge; are you sure? I'd hope it wouldn't be some proprietary thing.
If you see the Recode interview you will understand why the Essential is essentially (heh words are funny) the only true alternative to the Pixel if you are on the Android side of things.
The company's ethos is to not have any bloatware on their phones, in general let the user decide what they want in their devices and to opensource every new advancement hardware and software they are going to implement.
I liked that Rubin talked about potentially putting low yields innovations in their phones at least for the first years.
This is the best thing to happen to Android since Google decided to get serious with the phone situation, it's a response to all the complains people on the internet make.
Godspeed Rubin, best of luck with this thing.
The company's ethos is to not have any bloatware on their phones, in general let the user decide what they want in their devices and to opensource every new advancement hardware and software they are going to implement.
I liked that Rubin talked about potentially putting low yields innovations in their phones at least for the first years.
This is the best thing to happen to Android since Google decided to get serious with the phone situation, it's a response to all the complains people on the internet make.
Godspeed Rubin, best of luck with this thing.
LostMyNarbles
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What the fuck are you doing releasing a phone called "Essential" charging $700 for it and yet it has no waterproofing, headphone jack, a measly 3,000mAh battery and what looks to be proprietary wireless charging. I can already faintly hear MKBHD whispering "Poor use of space" in the distance.
What the hell is up with companies releasing modular devices with stripped down features. This is like when LG released the G5 and removed things like the excellent DAC from the V10 so they could try and sell it as a "Friend".
What the hell is up with companies releasing modular devices with stripped down features. This is like when LG released the G5 and removed things like the excellent DAC from the V10 so they could try and sell it as a "Friend".
Well if its substantially better than existing systems I'd be fine with it.
What are you babbling about?
The phone occupies the same volume of the Galaxy S7 which has the same battery size and everyone was ok with it... heck the S8 which is bigger in size has the same 3000mah battery... The price is the standard for flagship products and uses even more premium materials than anybody else.
If they use the 60ghz thing for wireless charging it has already been said that it's going open source so not proprietary, headphone jack is the obvious step forward to save space inside the phone... the only right thing to lament is no waterproofing but for all the others it's the opposite of "poor use of space" or bad.
How about you research stuff before spouting rage?
lol have you been in this thread before