Indeed.
When the most exciting thing atm is a note 8 with Huawei size battery and the ability to progress PowerPoint slides with the spen.
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Indeed.
When the most exciting thing atm is a note 8 with Huawei size battery and the ability to progress PowerPoint slides with the spen.
I really wish they did this instead. I adore the Panda color scheme and it pains me that it's wasted on the flawed 2 XL. It wouldn't be so bad if Google wasn't asking almost 1000 bucks for it. A refresh with a better display to body ratio, wireless charging and better OLED panel would've come a long way.
Thank you. I haven't heard this before but it sorta makes sense.
Agreed. Wonder if I can stick with my OG pixel XL until the Pixel 4 XL is announced, and makes up for the last two years of mediocrity.
The CAD renders show exactly that. The 3XL render turned out to be right, so I'm sure actual hardware for the regular Pixel 3 will look like this.
Getting my 6P battery replaced at a huawei-cert repair shop. $75 after tax, but even a second-hand Pixel is more than double that and i wasn't disappointed with the 6P performance when the battery did work.
Gotta wait for the replacement to come in, so maybe by next week.
If it works out I'll be good until the pixel 5 or whenever google comes to their senses
Gotta wait for the replacement to come in, so maybe by next week.
If it works out I'll be good until the pixel 5 or whenever google comes to their senses
I think it was disappointing in terms of the big players, but we did get some exciting phones this year like the Vivo Nex and the Oppo Find X. Both of those phones have a crazy screen to body ratio with a nifty way to hide the front facing camera, and the Vivo Nex even has the elusive in-screen fingerprint sensor. I can't wait to see these features adopted by the mainstream companies.
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I still need my triple camera's, in screen fingerprint reader, and no notch, minimal bezel design. That will do it for me.
So what is pixel 3 xl offering besides dual front camera?
Pie is butter smooth on 2 xl. Can't imagine better day to day performance with the same ram.
Rear camera will be a bit better? Wireless charging now with the glass back?
Do we know battery size?
Pie is butter smooth on 2 xl. Can't imagine better day to day performance with the same ram.
Rear camera will be a bit better? Wireless charging now with the glass back?
Do we know battery size?
Even the midrange feels more interesting than flagships now (at least outside the US). Nokia has been killing it this year with what's essentially a Nexus "lite" line and Xiaomi has become a really strong contender jumping on the Android One bandwagon with some models and getting an actual official retail presence in Europe so no more gray market imports with missing LTE bands and "multilanguage" ROMs from god knows where that you have to manually overwrite just in case.
Xiaomi introducing a new subbrand 'POCO';
There's already an unboxing video of the Pocophone:
Spec wise it appears to be very similar to the Mi 8 (Snapdragon 845, 3D Facial Recognition, etc.), but with a headphone jack, a 4000mAh battery and metal instead of glass back.
Release is rumoured to be for September which suggests we might not see the Mi 8 outside of China.
There's already an unboxing video of the Pocophone:
Spec wise it appears to be very similar to the Mi 8 (Snapdragon 845, 3D Facial Recognition, etc.), but with a headphone jack, a 4000mAh battery and metal instead of glass back.
Release is rumoured to be for September which suggests we might not see the Mi 8 outside of China.
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The Mi 8 is indeed going to be released outside of China. It's in the official Spanish Mi Store (and others) to be released soon for 499€
I'm excited to see the phone, but I'm not going to get it. I'm still happy with my Note 8.
Mine have overheating issues. I really hope that they will be great deals for Note 8 owners
If you prioritize a good camera, the Pixel 2XL is your smartphone. But if you are looking for a device that delivers a good camera with a killer performance, than One Plus 6 might be a better choise.
A good camera is a must! Timely updates, also a must. Unfortunately, I don't believe the One Plus 6 is compatible with Verizon.
It's not. Hopefully with the CDMA network being shut down next year, hopefully Verizon will start opening up their network to phones like One Plus.
I'm more interested in what the Gear S4 is gonna bring vs the current S3 lineup.
I also wonder if the S3 line will get a software updsup with some of the S4 features.
I also wonder if the S3 line will get a software updsup with some of the S4 features.
S10 is supposed to change all that apparently so I'll wait for that instead.
Or 999€ for a BT S-pen, a big battery, 1228 GB, 3.5 headphone jack, Samsung Pay SD slot, an amazing body to screen ratio and a 6.4-inch qHD state of the art AMOLED no notch ...
I would I want an in screen FPS but there's no other phone on the market as features packed as the Note
If you're looking for a new phone this will be one of the best if not the best option
I will not hold my breath on this
Yeah, it's always the same story. Galaxy S is released -> "wait for Note", Note is released -> "wait for Galaxy S+1"
I agree
Samsung, for the longest time, was rumoured to be including an in-screen fingerprint sensor on the S9 and that never happened. I'm just gonna wait and see what they unveil, but I expect it to be an iterative update.
Note 9 AFAIK seems like it's unquestionably the most complete device; Bluetooth pen, one of if not the best S2B ratio, no notch, the best actual display, headphone jack, 8GB RAM, large storage plus a SD slot, dual cameras with one being variable aperture, iris and standard FP sensor, waterproofing, 4000mAh battery, metal/glass body. Did they forget something or...? I get that other devices have some of these features but are there any with all of them or is the issue that the actual design is iterative?
I just ordered a (lightly) used Gear S3 LTE on ebay for about $160, should get it on Monday.
Unless I hate how large it is and want the smaller Galaxy Watch, the new one doesn't seem like it's worth over double what I paid for this one.
They didn't announce the LTE price, they didn't confirm if it had the full card reader Samsung Pay functionality (there were rumors saying it would, but also that it wouldn't), and they didn't confirm what the smaller watch's battery life would be (its like half the capacity of the larger one).
Edit: Regarding Samsung Pay, I found this buried in the fine print on Samsung's website:
"Samsung Pay on the Galaxy Watch is compatible only with NFC-type payment terminals."
So I guess I'll stick with the S3, the magnetic strip stuff is kind of a selling point for me with Samsung Pay.
Unless I hate how large it is and want the smaller Galaxy Watch, the new one doesn't seem like it's worth over double what I paid for this one.
They didn't announce the LTE price, they didn't confirm if it had the full card reader Samsung Pay functionality (there were rumors saying it would, but also that it wouldn't), and they didn't confirm what the smaller watch's battery life would be (its like half the capacity of the larger one).
Edit: Regarding Samsung Pay, I found this buried in the fine print on Samsung's website:
"Samsung Pay on the Galaxy Watch is compatible only with NFC-type payment terminals."
So I guess I'll stick with the S3, the magnetic strip stuff is kind of a selling point for me with Samsung Pay.
Lol I wonder who will still be stanning Google phone...what a joke. But I bet some will still defend stock Android and the pixel line..
Also, the Razer phone is the best performing phone I've ever owned(in relation to current technology)
After months of use, it never gave me a single hiccup and it performed like a beast. Having the first to have 8gig of ram really helped.
The battery is still excellent after many months. Also, the 120hz screen pretty much ruined other phones for me. Definitely will be getting the Razer phone 2 when it comes out.
But yeah, I got the Xperia xz2 premium like I said I would....
4k screen is beautiful, definitely high tier screen, not some low tier OLED garbage that some phone uses.
Battery life is Ok.
The phone is huge and kinda ugly, especially the chrome version. I wouldn't mine if they've kept the xz premium design.
Camera is actually good! Not some garbage like all Xperia phones.
The finger print location is stupid, why can't they just keep it to the side...
But yeah...phone ain't bad at all...
Also, the Razer phone is the best performing phone I've ever owned(in relation to current technology)
After months of use, it never gave me a single hiccup and it performed like a beast. Having the first to have 8gig of ram really helped.
The battery is still excellent after many months. Also, the 120hz screen pretty much ruined other phones for me. Definitely will be getting the Razer phone 2 when it comes out.
But yeah, I got the Xperia xz2 premium like I said I would....
4k screen is beautiful, definitely high tier screen, not some low tier OLED garbage that some phone uses.
Battery life is Ok.
The phone is huge and kinda ugly, especially the chrome version. I wouldn't mine if they've kept the xz premium design.
Camera is actually good! Not some garbage like all Xperia phones.
The finger print location is stupid, why can't they just keep it to the side...
But yeah...phone ain't bad at all...
The 512 GB sku comes with 8GB RAM. The 128GB one comes with 6GB.
edit: On-board storage is normally significantly faster than expandable and can handle more writes AFAIK. Granted, you could in theory get that microSD card and start walking around with a 912GB phone.
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