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The New Phone Thread
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Jack!
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Jack!
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Bought it anyway.
Nexus 6 + Moto 360 Smart Watch for £23 a month, £50 up front - pretty cheap I thought.
Nexus 6 + Moto 360 Smart Watch for £23 a month, £50 up front - pretty cheap I thought.
Ol’ Tarby
ClioSport Moderator
Clio 220 Trophy
Wheres that from, and what tarrif? I'm thinking of upgrading my N5
Jack!
ClioSport Club Member
Vodafone - it's a s**t tariff for most I imagine, 1000 minutes, unlimited texts and 1GB of data. But I'm usually at home or work, so have WiFi, I never get near 1GB just from the occasional bit of browsing when I'm out and about.
Inferno 225 cup
I have 10gb now and used near half.
Bluebeard
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
Wifi at work FTW.
Jack!
ClioSport Club Member
I'm looking forward to playing with the watch - it's the only smart watch on the market that I'd actually wear, because it looks nice as a watch, and not like a small phone on your wrist.
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
Let us know how you get on with the M360. Being able to "OK google" without having to dig my phone out from my pocket has appealed for a while now. You can do that on the 360?
DrR
ClioSport Club Member
VW Golf GTD
How is that a smart watch? Genuinely looks like a normal watch?I'm looking forward to playing with the watch - it's the only smart watch on the market that I'd actually wear, because it looks nice as a watch, and not like a small phone on your wrist.
DrR
ClioSport Club Member
VW Golf GTD
Yeah it is, I mean how would you do anything on it? Doesn't even look like that's a screen.
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
It is...you can see the 'OK google' at the top edge...which means I've answered my own question.
Jack!
ClioSport Club Member
Google Moto 360.
It's not the best watch on the market by any means in terms of spec - but I didn't want a square on my wrist, I wanted something that looks like a watch when not in use. The only other circular one is the LG G Watch R, which I've put a picture of below - it's still very nice, but a bit too G-Shock style for me, I liked that the Moto was just a thin silver bezel.
Jack!
ClioSport Club Member
I mainly wanted to change songs without taking my phone out my pocket, which is gonna be very handy now, because the Nexus 6 is f**king huge, don't wanna be getting it in and out of my pocket all the time.
How you enjoying the Nexus mate? Really fancied a 6 but I use my camera a lot so it was a bit of a deal breaker with the Samsung N4. Still loving it, had zero issues with it in nearly 12 months, the size at times is still a bug bear, one handed operations dependant it can be annoying but I think the pros of the big screen and the display is still to be beaten imo, far outweigh the cons.
New Note out soon ( http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...xy-note-5-s6-edge-images-leaked-10436814.html ) , similar specs just a bit better and no removable back, it will look better but the fact I can't have an SD card makes me happy with the N4 for now. I think fast charging has negated second batteries completely, the speed my N4 charges still shocks me.
I'll see how the next Nexus looks etc and screen size and possible move on to that, camera again will be a big decider.
New Note out soon ( http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...xy-note-5-s6-edge-images-leaked-10436814.html ) , similar specs just a bit better and no removable back, it will look better but the fact I can't have an SD card makes me happy with the N4 for now. I think fast charging has negated second batteries completely, the speed my N4 charges still shocks me.
I'll see how the next Nexus looks etc and screen size and possible move on to that, camera again will be a big decider.
_Tom
ClioSport Club Member
As you, I still love my N4. It's been brilliant. I'm not so sure on the new design for the N5.
Right had a look at the nexus 5 prefering a lg g4 over it for the camera really, the 6p if out of my price range.
welshname
ClioSport Club Member
Love my 6P. Best built Nexus I've owned and I've had the 4, 5, 6 and 6P. Finger print scanner is in a great place and is really quick. Power button and volume switches are great and tactile. Screen is nice, battery life is great, usb C is awesome and makes throwing it on charge so much easier when I get into bed in the dark.
Not much else to say really, it's just like every stock Android experience but better built and snappier.
April is Android month guys! Mega release of phones!
Anyone picked up the new S7 edge? I don't like the S7 design too plain!
It may be Note6 when it comes out in Autumn but I fancy maybe a tad smaller screen. The S6 edge+ felt great in the hand and the screen was adequate. So hard to downsize screen!
Anyone picked up the new S7 edge? I don't like the S7 design too plain!
It may be Note6 when it comes out in Autumn but I fancy maybe a tad smaller screen. The S6 edge+ felt great in the hand and the screen was adequate. So hard to downsize screen!
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I've picked up the S7 Edge. Had it on launch so had it just over two weeks now. I came from the S6 Edge and I said I wouldn't want a phone any bigger. But as you said the S7 design is too plain so I went with the Edge again and I really like it. I have the Gear S2 (won it through work) as well so it made sense for me to stick with Samsung although I did consider the G5 for a time.
I know what you mean about downsizing the screen. I used my S6 Edge today and it felt so tiny in comparison.
S7 Edge has had a lot of stick for the camera being 'downgraded'. But side by side with the S6 Edge the camera is superior. Battery life as well... much better. I can get a day and a half out of it with quite regular use and my watch connected via Bluetooth all day.
Note 6 is meant to be a bigger screen again. I would recommend having a look at the S7 Edge. Working in phone sales though a lot of people are put off by the price of them.
I know what you mean about downsizing the screen. I used my S6 Edge today and it felt so tiny in comparison.
S7 Edge has had a lot of stick for the camera being 'downgraded'. But side by side with the S6 Edge the camera is superior. Battery life as well... much better. I can get a day and a half out of it with quite regular use and my watch connected via Bluetooth all day.
Note 6 is meant to be a bigger screen again. I would recommend having a look at the S7 Edge. Working in phone sales though a lot of people are put off by the price of them.
Thanks mate.
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ForceIndia
ClioSport Club Member
Gentlemans spec 200
Just ordered the iPhone se for the wife, I'll just keep buying Sony compacts.
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
A lad in college had one of those curvy wide screen android things today.
It looked pretty ace, the colours were vivid as hell, and the screen curving around the edges was quite a novelty. But, like most android things I've seen, looked properly gash to use, laggy, unresponsive, nasty gimmicky tat.
It looked pretty ace, the colours were vivid as hell, and the screen curving around the edges was quite a novelty. But, like most android things I've seen, looked properly gash to use, laggy, unresponsive, nasty gimmicky tat.
Ol’ Tarby
ClioSport Moderator
Clio 220 Trophy
Don't associate that experience with android. That'll be the device. My Nexus is none of those things, and its nearly 36 months old
ForceIndia
ClioSport Club Member
Gentlemans spec 200
We've got several devices at home, across both operating systems. Neither is buggy/laggy/unresponsive in the slightest.
Not understanding how to use either OS doesn't make it 'tat'.
He must have it chock full of s**t stuff because none of the new phones are laggy. My Note 4 embarrassed some standout phones in performance tests on release.
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
He must've had a bad one then.
Is it android that uses a load of different manufacturers to make their phones/load their is to?
Is it android that uses a load of different manufacturers to make their phones/load their is to?
Ay Ay Ron
ClioSport Club Member
Yes. If it's not Apple or Windows (not many devices use Windows iirc) then it's more than likely Android.
Google get phone companies to make their phone for them to run stock Android each year (this year Huwai have made the 6p and I think LG made the 5x). This is Android at its best. Then a few months later, it's released to other manufacturers who then put their own skin on it, Sony, Samsung etc.
Google devices (Nexus) always get the newest version of Android first.
Monaco 172
Anybody got any experience with the Sony xperia Z5 compact? pro's and con's. A big selling point is the camera and i'd go for the compact over the regular Z5 as i cannot stand big phones.
Cheers.
Cheers.
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
And I thought I was the only one still rolling around with the Nexus 5! I looked a month or two ago and found nothing I was happy to pay money for to replace my N5.
Just LOL at Android being sh*t because on one handset full of sh*t it is sh*t. OK then. Genuinely, I feel pity for people that can't see outside of the Apple bubble, I really do.
