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parkufarku
882 Posts
On November 16 2014 10:57 konadora wrote: is there any way for foreigners (singapore) to get our hands on the nexus 6? its like my dream phone T_T why do you want an over-sized phone that's too big to be called a phone? It's also very un-nexus like for it to be priced like that. | ||
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konadora
Singapore66364 Posts
On November 16 2014 11:07 parkufarku wrote: why do you want an over-sized phone that's too big to be called a phone? It's also very un-nexus like for it to be priced like that. i like the size and the real estate it offers, not to mention the battery (which i read was sadly average) i bought the original note 1 when it came out and i loved it, but i had to switch over to an iphone 5 because of work issues. only thing i love are 1) the camera and 2) the app ecosystem (though android has caught up really well). now android with lollipop looks and seems sooooo much better, and nexus 6 with that huge screen? love it. i really wanted to try stock android and this is the perfect opportunity :D | ||
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Faruko
Chile34173 Posts
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maartendq
Belgium3115 Posts
On November 16 2014 11:07 parkufarku wrote: why do you want an over-sized phone that's too big to be called a phone? It's also very un-nexus like for it to be priced like that. People in south-east asia use their smartphones as main computers. Phablets are enormously popular over there. | ||
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Faruko
Chile34173 Posts
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Doublemint
Austria8760 Posts
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R1CH
Netherlands10342 Posts
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Firebolt145
Lalalaland34503 Posts
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zatic
Zurich15366 Posts
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Nazza
Australia1654 Posts
http://n1.nokia.com/en Sneaky move from Nokia since they sold their mobile division to Microsoft earlier this year. | ||
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R1CH
Netherlands10342 Posts
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maartendq
Belgium3115 Posts
On November 21 2014 04:53 Nazza wrote: Nokia has announced their N1 Tablet. Looks almost exactly like a iPad mini, except running lollipop and of course, $150 cheaper. http://n1.nokia.com/en https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwJmthxJV5Q Sneaky move from Nokia since they sold their mobile division to Microsoft earlier this year. It's basically a China-tablet with the nokia brand on it. Nokia just sold them their name. I doubt this tablet is going to be sold in Europe or the US, at least not before apple sues them for glaring copyright reasons. By the way, did android solve its tablet-app situation yet? Last time I looked (2012, bought a Asus Transformer TF300t, which turned out to be a huge mistake) 90% of tablet apps were just oversized phone apps. | ||
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9859 Posts
Just downloaded lollipop on my Nexus 5... And the interface looks more childish to me. And now that I look at the new features, there is hardly anything that's new that's useful to the average person imo. Personally I strongly dislike the intangible comments like increased battery life, since that's already such an ill defined thing, and just yeah (they advertise it, but then there will be no change, or will be a 2% increase maybe, but builds unwarranted excitement). Don't see why people got excited over this, nothing will change for them. And as always, Google is going more towards the Apple interface of dumbing your phone down so it's usable by a 3 year old, such as the case with the new keyboard. I use the swiftkey keyboard myself, but even that is becoming rather tedious when every 10th word I use isn't in their dictionary (yet is a real English word), and I type words correctly, but have to go back to fix them when on a roll typing. I will be a desktop guy for life I suppose. TLDR: When you look at the design of some technology and think how counter intuitive and stupid it is, and how you could make way better design options yourself, but sadly you can't because you have bigger shit to deal with in life, and so you have to rely on a company that is trying to make money by appealing to a society of mostly goats. | ||
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maartendq
Belgium3115 Posts
On November 22 2014 00:31 FiWiFaKi wrote: Well, I don't understand the software hype at all. Just downloaded lollipop on my Nexus 5... And the interface looks more childish to me. And now that I look at the new features, there is hardly anything that's new that's useful to the average person imo. Personally I strongly dislike the intangible comments like increased battery life, since that's already such an ill defined thing, and just yeah (they advertise it, but then there will be no change, or will be a 2% increase maybe, but builds unwarranted excitement). Don't see why people got excited over this, nothing will change for them. And as always, Google is going more towards the Apple interface of dumbing your phone down so it's usable by a 3 year old, such as the case with the new keyboard. I use the swiftkey keyboard myself, but even that is becoming rather tedious when every 10th word I use isn't in their dictionary (yet is a real English word), and I type words correctly, but have to go back to fix them when on a roll typing. I will be a desktop guy for life I suppose. TLDR: When you look at the design of some technology and think how counter intuitive and stupid it is, and how you could make way better design options yourself, but sadly you can't because you have bigger shit to deal with in life, and so you have to rely on a company that is trying to make money by appealing to a society of mostly goats. What you consider "dumbing down" is consider streamlining for most other people. I've used various iterations of Android, going from 2.x to 4.4.3, and each and every single one of them made the phone look like a toy and felt like unfinished products. I've used iOS, WP8(.1) and Android extensively over the years, and Android was the only platform that never quite clicked with me. iOS has the highest quality of apps out there, on top of being lightning fast even on the outdated iPhone 4S, WP8.1, while lagging behind in features and apps, is ridiculously easy to use, but android just feels like a hastily thrown together OS that google desperately wanted to release in time so it could compete with Apple. It showed back then, and frankly it still shows today. | ||
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R1CH
Netherlands10342 Posts
I was hoping Android 5 would have improved full disk encryption, but this is a sad state of affairs. Hastily thrown together to compete against Apple's announcement without the required hardware support. | ||
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domane
Canada1606 Posts
I find it's worse with battery saver off (compared to 4.4.4 with it off) and marginally better with it on. | ||
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R1CH
Netherlands10342 Posts
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
Google has started rolling out an update to the stable channel of Chrome OS with a handful of notable enhancements. The biggest feature for Chrome OS users is the addition of Chromecast support for media files stored in Google Drive. This means that when viewing a media file in Google Drive, a Chromecast icon will appear, allowing users to easily and quickly beam that content to their TV. Source | ||
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Klogon
MURICA15980 Posts
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Netherlands10342 Posts
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