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Android, iOS, WP8 phone debate thread
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Face it Tiger..
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Speaking of colors in a business environment, I recently saw someone on the bus, wearing a suit, using one of these:
I thought it looked pretty damn awesome.
Did he happen to be a fan of "2 Chainz"?
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Did I say that?
it's a nice little phone I'll give you that much
but how is it exactly different or puts anything above and beyond any existing phone(s) beyond just design ?
other then that I just think it feels shitty in my hand (lumia line) slippery plastic and rounded sides ? wtf? and I don't think anything can change that for me but w/e
The Faceless Master
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Yupp, saw that. I'm still trying to find the timestamp where I can see a "shitty browsing experience". Please link me to that.
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
I didn't even switch due to any personal issue with ios - my 4's button was busted (like everyone else I know) so I bought a new phone as I was home on holidays and didn't really have an option at the time. Was gonna wait for the 5 but to me it would be more or less a downgrade in every way, as well as being hugely expensive (~$900 for the iPhone compared to $484 for the xperia). Apple's stuff is great but the 5 is completely uninteresting to me for the price, and most of the new iOS 6 features I already had.
Funny you should mention the home button thing, I had to swap my phone 4 times because of that issue. Don't know what it is, sweaty thumbs or low click life, but older iPhone home buttons were terribly unreliable.
Yeah, I was wondering how you came to the conclusion that it feels bad in your hand.
As for what makes it great, well, everything? If you like WP, which I happen to do, almost every spec or feature is at the top of the smartphone scale at the moment. Maybe except for raw processing power, but that's something that has never been a problem on Windows Phone (Or iOS, for that matter.)
It's just a feature packed phone that does away with almost any gripe I ever had with the Lumia 800, as far as I can tell without trying it.
Edit: If you want it in list form, I think Damon Bennet made one on one of the first pages of this thread.
Edit 2: Here it is:
Dunno what else you could want. Of course, if you hate the design or WP in general, it won't be for you. But there's no question it's an exciting phone.
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
It was a design fault, they fixed it for the 4S I think. All my mates with a 4 had the issue.
Face it Tiger..
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Yupp, saw that. I'm still trying to find the timestamp where I can see a "shitty browsing experience". Please link me to that.
I didn't say it was a shitty experience, I said it was a inferior experience.. anyway here is your link, timestamp 4:28.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp0zELiIyJE&feature=player_detailpage#t=268s
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
A larger screen (on phones at least) and back button make Android browsing far superior, IMO.
That new app is hilariously bad. I had to find a currency converter or something for my mum today - she handed me the phone with the app already open and I had no idea what it was at first.
The Faceless Master
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that's the one thing i don't like about the international (now worldwide) Samsung phone designs... DAT PHYSICAL BUTTON
wish they had kept the US layout in the US GS3/GN2
When do we post navigation of the Appstore in iOS 6 and how laggy and hitchy it is right now even on the iPhone 5? Or do we all just pretend that barely noticeable hitches and lag never happens on iOS? This is a very hilarious sort of discussion for those of us who have used JB and iOS6 a great deal. Its gets a great deal worse lagwise if you are using iOS6 on an 4S also. At this point we have reached the splittingest of splitting hairs.
he said it was a "shitty browser experience". Sorry, I didn't want to put words in your mouth.
As a current WP7 owner: More support for european regions, a payment system that works without a credit card and more moneyhats for devs of popular apps.
Face it Tiger..
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he said it was a "shitty browser experience". Sorry, I didn't want to put words in your mouth.
It's cool, personally I think he should've used Google Chrome on the GS3.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Much better camera (at least in the 920), much better screens and boatloads of terrific, polished apps that HTC could only dream about. Plus NFC and wireless charge.
I'm more interested in the software. Which apps are exclusive to Nokia?
Imagine how Sense would utterly destroy their good looks...
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
I kind of like the newest Sense...
Damon Bennet
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lets not get ridiculous here
nah I like assy looking boxes with infinite endless scrolling instead
The Faceless Master
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Anton Sugar
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Really not that easy to find reasons to like this phone, in addition to teh sex design/colors.
The Faceless Master
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and the HTC has DAT FRONT CAMERA so for people who love video chatting their moms, HTC wins again.
Me too! Stock Android is overrated.
hillsighed
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Believe or not, there are people who swear by Sense.
shinshoryuken
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I thought the pureview 808 still has a better camera than the 920?
808 does better zooming and details. 920 does better lowlight.
Anton Sugar
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EightBitNate
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Hnnnnnnnnnnnng
Goddamn that white version. Any reason given as to why HTC didn't choose a larger screen?
Goddamn that white version. Any reason given as to why HTC didn't choose a larger screen?
I can't help it if you have eyesight issues and can't tell the hiccups on Android.
But here's a screenshot that illustrates another problem:
This happens when he zooms out after zooming back in, most of the page is missing and loads a bit later.
Could it be related to the frame rate problems on ios?
The Faceless Master
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hey, so i was wondering, what's up with "lenses" as a feature. aren't there already a bunch of iOS, Android and even WP apps that already do stuff like that without a fancy catchphrase?
any reason not a single phone looks like this yet ? near bezel - less ? and "nearly paper thin and practically no weight ?
2017 ?
gnex is close but theres still bezels on the top and bottom and a sort of a phat back
put the front facing camera on top of the phones bezel
have a touch panel in the back of the phone ala PSP vita for scrolling websites so you can scroll without touching the screen
and make it 6" and 1080p
2017 ?
gnex is close but theres still bezels on the top and bottom and a sort of a phat back
put the front facing camera on top of the phones bezel
have a touch panel in the back of the phone ala PSP vita for scrolling websites so you can scroll without touching the screen
and make it 6" and 1080p
EightBitNate
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any reason not a single phone looks like this yet ? near bezel - less ?
put the front facing camera on top of the phones bezel
have a touch panel in the back of the phone ala PSP vita for scrolling websites so you can scroll without touching the screen
and make it 6" and 1080p
The sides of your hands would touch everything when reaching over to touch the other side.
not it won't, you grip it by the edges
and not the bezel with a 5" + screen your not going to want to have any bezel and can still comfortably grip it with one hand without touching the screen/
granted anything above 6" + would be hard to grip with one hand inb4 penis
EightBitNate
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I don't know man. But there's a reason. There has to be!
this is as much bezel as anyone really needs
not completely bezel less but near bezel less
I mean when holding a phone your usually not griping by the bezel anyway
your gripping basically the entire frame of the phone
so getting rid of bezels or going near bezel less can save lots of space and weight
How is the Galaxy Nexus "close"?any reason not a single phone looks like this yet ? near bezel - less ? and "nearly paper thin and practically no weight ?
2017 ?
gnex is close but theres still bezels on the top and bottom and a sort of a phat back
put the front facing camera on top of the phones bezel
have a touch panel in the back of the phone ala PSP vita for scrolling websites so you can scroll without touching the screen
and make it 6" and 1080p
Not an impressively thin bezel by any standard.
Regardless, there needs to be a certain amount of housing for the display.
How is the Galaxy Nexus "close"?
Not an impressively thin bezel by any standard.
Regardless, there needs to be a certain amount of housing for the display.
well, how should I say, it gives the illusion of a bezel less design thus far
well when I'm holding my nexus I was just thinking why do I need this bezel anyway when I'm gripping the phone by the back/ frame anyway ?
just make it ALL SCREEN you can easily fit a 5" screen into the frame of the nexus it is bezel less
SGN II
make the screen as big as the red and ignore the 4 marks as there just square
see how it's just being held by the frame ?
get rid of the hardware buttons and top bezel and just make it a 6" screen phone already
Ehh, the new version is decent looking. So is the latest Touchwiz. I prefer the look of stock (since ICS, but hated it before that), but the skins from HTC and Samsung aren't too horrific and bloated these days. Heck, even Motorola and LG have done better jobs lately (especially Motorola; their skin is practically just stock with some added features).
Your holding it wrong.. again.
http://gizmodo.com/5949624/apples-official-iphone-5-camera-fix-take-a-different-picture
http://gizmodo.com/5949624/apples-official-iphone-5-camera-fix-take-a-different-picture
edit: yeah this is new (macrumors link)
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