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This phone is impressive

SGS 2 Quick look
I've never seen web scrolling this quick on android. It's really snappy for a custom UI.

noah.labrousse said:
SGS 2 Quick look
I've never seen web scrolling this quick on android. It's really snappy for a custom UI.
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I see they are using the same GPU-accelerated browser from the original SGS 2.2.1. We'll have to wait and see, but I'd rather have the non-GPU accelerated browser because you don't get checkerboxes.

Yeah, that looks very nice. Honestly, the only thing I don't like about this phone is that it doesn't have a notification LED, but I heard the Galaxy S1 didn't either and the community fixed it by making the bottom buttons blink. I can't wait, this phone is sick.

buttes said:
Yeah, that looks very nice. Honestly, the only thing I don't like about this phone is that it doesn't have a notification LED, but I heard the Galaxy S1 didn't either and the community fixed it by making the bottom buttons blink. I can't wait, this phone is sick.
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Same here. I miss LED notifications.

buttes said:
Yeah, that looks very nice. Honestly, the only thing I don't like about this phone is that it doesn't have a notification LED, but I heard the Galaxy S1 didn't either and the community fixed it by making the bottom buttons blink. I can't wait, this phone is sick.
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The bottom buttons blink too if you get Blinky from the market.

noah.labrousse said:
SGS 2 Quick look
I've never seen web scrolling this quick on android. It's really snappy for a custom UI.
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For a custom UI ? Custom UI are the ONLY WAY to have decent web scrolling speed on an android device, just look at the vids of the browser on the galaxy S and the vids of the Nexus S one, Google had really ****ed up this thing compared to the iPhone, they already fixed those lags on the honeycomb gpu accelerated browser but not on the mobile side (maybe in 2.4?)
BTW judging by the early pre alpha, the gingerbread update for the SGS will bring the exact same performance for the web browser so can't wait to see it arrive at the end of the month

Let's see all indications are that SGS II will be launched in india by 3rd week of April{officially confirmed by Samsung}
But currently its prices are fluctuating anywhere between Rs 35,000-Rs 38,000{INR}..I WILL BE also be trying LG Optimus 2X

I din realise galaxy had no led notifications...that doesnt look "cool" for such a highly anticipated phone
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sianzb0i said:
I din realise galaxy had no led notifications...that doesnt look "cool" for such a highly anticipated phone
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I never missed it, but if it's that important to you there is always the Inspire 4G.

noah.labrousse said:
Same here. I miss LED notifications.
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There is also NoLed on the market which works awesome now. (its come a long way) I've been using that on my SGS since it was released.

touness69 said:
For a custom UI ? Custom UI are the ONLY WAY to have decent web scrolling speed on an android device, just look at the vids of the browser on the galaxy S and the vids of the Nexus S one, Google had really ****ed up this thing compared to the iPhone, they already fixed those lags on the honeycomb gpu accelerated browser but not on the mobile side (maybe in 2.4?)
BTW judging by the early pre alpha, the gingerbread update for the SGS will bring the exact same performance for the web browser so can't wait to see it arrive at the end of the month
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I'm aware of the scrolling on vanilla android. When I said "snappy" I meant general UI. Like switching home screens, menus, ect. I should have been more specific.

android_master said:
Let's see all indications are that SGS II will be launched in india by 3rd week of April{officially confirmed by Samsung}
But currently its prices are fluctuating anywhere between Rs 35,000-Rs 38,000{INR}..I WILL BE also be trying LG Optimus 2X
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That's very expensive!:-( will have to wait for the prices to get down to more saner levels before I can buy...btw when is the LG 2X launching?
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ryude said:
I never missed it, but if it's that important to you there is always the Inspire 4G.
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No point...no 4G in singapore for the next 1yr at least
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Andy Rubin's Xoom prototype

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/14/...-posted?icid=sphere_blogsmith_inpage_engadget
I watched this video back in December when it was released, didn't think much of it recently but had a look at it again this morning to see if it was a Xoom prototype. From what I can tell, it is. What I found most interesting is the app tray fly-in smoothness.
Obviously, this was a development unit shown 4 months before the actual release, so it is not terribly relevant to compare my Xoom with his, but I can't help but wonder why the app tray fly-in looks so much smoother on an early device than it does on a production- ready model (albeit not fully polished). Couple of possibilities:
1. The smoothness is simply a result of the video quality, and a higher rez version on a larger screen may allow me to see the fly-in is as chopp as what I've noticed on production models.
2. Rubin's prototype is super-overclocked and thoroughly optimized to be as smooth as possible in order to not look clunky during its first public appearance.
3. This prototype is working in a non-mobile environment, without any added services used by carrier networks. No use by 3g chip and no background services to support data or voice connectivitt.
Thoughts?
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2 and 3
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androidlurker said:
3. This prototype is working in a non-mobile environment, without any added services used by carrier networks. No use by 3g chip and no background services to support data or voice connectivity.
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Oh Christ Jesus that SO doesn't matter! Have you ever run "ps" or "logcat" while doing that?!
I have 96 apps loaded on my device. I suspect that as you run thru the screens, it's gotta render each icon in-place. I don't believe for a minute that's going to be fast every time.
I've had co-workers "rate" my Xoom by how quickly the icons swipe in the App Screen, and I look at them like they're ****in' crazy. NEVER MIND the fact that the tablet is fast as hell and does 95% of what I want it to well, they say "it doesn't swipe quickly".
WGAS?!!

"Fast as hell" does not describe the Xoom.
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kcrudup said:
I've had co-workers "rate" my Xoom by how quickly the icons swipe in the App Screen, and I look at them like they're ****in' crazy. NEVER MIND the fact that the tablet is fast as hell and does 95% of what I want it to well, they say "it doesn't swipe quickly".
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And therin lays the reason apple is so sucsesful. They would by far reduce features and only include features that are refined and work than throw everything in, and even give the possibility to developers to affect the experiance.
So in Android you can change your keyboard, you can edit an MP3 with multiple software and then use it as a ring tone ...
in the iPhone ... you cant

MikeyMike01 said:
"Fast as hell" does not describe the Xoom.
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trololololololol.

jondwillis said:
trololololololol.
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It's infuriating slow.
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MikeyMike01 said:
It's infuriating slow.
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You're infuriatingly trollish.
The xoom is not slow.
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MikeyMike01 said:
It's infuriating slow.
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Why don't you post a video demonstrating this so we can see how infuriating slow it really is?

That is one thing no one has actually done^

Eclair~ said:
That is one thing no one has actually done^
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True. I posted this with Launcher Pro and Live Wallpaper and it is totally acceptable to me. Give the fact that Launcher Pro is not even optimized for Honeycomb. seems acceptable to me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiZ5EmP8h_o
I challenge anyone complaining to post your own demonstrating the lag.
I made this video using my Captivate and Mike's own ROM so there is not reason he cannot do the same. Instead of posting one sentence with no evidence, why not show us?

MikeyMike01 said:
It's infuriating slow.
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You must be doing something wrong. Mine only gets slow when I'm developing over ADB (I think it is a bug, actually..) and when I'm using flash sometimes. A reboot fixes the temporary slowness without fail. I might just be lucky and have a nice unit, since my linpack score is in the top 50 after using the stock kernel OC'd to 1.5 GHz.
But I'm sick of seeing this M of yours attached to whiney posts all over these forums. Please, either figure out how to fix your DEVELOPER TABLET or go complain in some NON-DEVELOPER forums where some lucky CONSUMERS might actually get some value out of the dribble you type.
Better yet, return your Xoom, it is clearly not the right tablet for you.

jondwillis said:
You must be doing something wrong. Mine only gets slow when I'm developing over ADB (I think it is a bug, actually..) and when I'm using flash sometimes. A reboot fixes the temporary slowness without fail. I might just be lucky and have a nice unit, since my linpack score is in the top 50 after using the stock kernel OC'd to 1.5 GHz.
But I'm sick of seeing this M of yours attached to whiney posts all over these forums. Please, either figure out how to fix your DEVELOPER TABLET or go complain in some NON-DEVELOPER forums where some lucky CONSUMERS might actually get some value out of the dribble you type.
Better yet, return your Xoom, it is clearly not the right tablet for you.
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Thank you for agreeing with me.
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MikeyMike01 said:
Thank you for agreeing with me.
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Where is the video Mike? Show us this infuriating lag please.

Please don't feed the trolls (esp. those that don't even have Xooms).

kcrudup said:
Please don't feed the trolls (esp. those that don't even have Xooms).
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He is a kid spewing issues and not giving specifics. I know he likes Android but he is not helping solve his issues with his one liners and no details. I challenge him and anyone else to post a video showing the issues. Put up or shut up.

keitht said:
He is a kid spewing issues and not giving specifics. I know he likes Android but he is not helping solve his issues with his one liners and no details. I challenge him and anyone else to post a video showing the issues. Put up or shut up.
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Typing in text boxes on the web (depending on the website). Specific enough?
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MikeyMike01 said:
Typing in text boxes on the web (depending on the website). Specific enough?
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Getting closer and I agree with you on certain sites. In fact, XDA has this issue on the Xoom as I mentioned in my video. Anything else besides the browser?

MikeyMike01 said:
Typing in text boxes on the web (depending on the website).
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1 - there's a lot of JS on certain sites' in their text boxes (presumably for advanced editing/composition features). You'll also notice on those "slow" sites that there's no keyboard autocorrect popups, either 'cause all input is character-at-a-time
2 - that's what you base "slow" on? You sound like my co-workers and their "it's slow 'cause the apps don't scroll as fast as an iPad" crapola.
(Damn, I fed the troll ...! )

kcrudup said:
1 - there's a lot of JS on certain sites' in their text boxes (presumably for advanced editing/composition features). You'll also notice on those "slow" sites that there's no keyboard autocorrect popups, either 'cause all input is character-at-a-time
2 - that's what you base "slow" on? You sound like my co-workers and their "it's slow 'cause the apps don't scroll as fast as an iPad" crapola.
(Damn, I fed the troll ...! )
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What's funny is for the most part the Xoom browser scrolls faster than the iPad's browser. Even the iPad 2 has the checkerboarding everywhere when you scroll.

This is what really really annoys me!!!

Why is it when there are any articles on the Xperia Play the comment sections are always full of "know it all's" that slag the device off without even trying it?
Take a look at Eurogamers new article for example then go down to the comments section - http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-09-06-sony-ericsson-no-need-for-xperia-play-2
grrrrrrr

just a tip,1.6 GHZ is abit to hot.I've being using 1.4 and 1.5 and they work just as great
Also,ignore the comments,IRL if you show your hacked/Modded PLay their brains would go out the window
Atleast thats whats happened to me once i showed how fast it was,oh and gamepaddd

Cat_On_Droid said:
just a tip,1.6 GHZ is abit to hot.I've being using 1.4 and 1.5 and they work just as great
Also,ignore the comments,IRL if you show your hacked/Modded PLay their brains would go out the window
Atleast thats whats happened to me once i showed how fast it was,oh and gamepaddd
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I've actually put mine down to 1.4ghz only to try and balance the battery a bit as 1.6ghz was going through the battery rather quickly!

FK1983 said:
I've actually put mine down to 1.4ghz only to try and balance the battery a bit as 1.6ghz was going through the battery rather quickly!
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Lowering the voltages will have a better effect on battery than lowering the clock speed

can't blame them for wanting more power.but..
whats the good of dual core if you just use is to call and text people

They are just jelly because they don't have one.

subcu1ture said:
They are just jelly because they don't have one.
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+1 Totally agree

AndroHero said:
Lowering the voltages will have a better effect on battery than lowering the clock speed
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What do you have yours set to? when I tried it I froze the screen so had to reboot!

Yeah, the nobs probably don't have one and are jealous because they signed a 4 year contract and still paid 400 for an iphone that is obsolete this month or next.

FK1983 said:
What do you have yours set to? when I tried it I froze the screen so had to reboot!
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Same here xD
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Problem its people look at specs and benchmarks and never do their own research, very annoying that people including supposedly respectable reviewers are too bothered about the silly specs!
IMO this phone is better than any I've tried, sensation, galaxy s2, desire hd and s none hold up to the gaming and general experience of the XP, just need more advocates like us!
Sony have done really well with the software and all the xda people make things loads better!
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Zombie iPhone fanboys, don't even bother reading their comments.

wired84 said:
people look at specs and benchmarks and never do their own research
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Ditto.
People using 'single core' as an argument against it automatically revoke any chance that their opinion is reputable. People who know what they're talking about know it has some blazing fast high-quality memory and acceleration that's great enough to keep it's performance right up there with the dual cores.
Samurai II on Xperia PLAY runs just as smoothly as it does on the Atrix.

Don't mind them.. I came from iPhone also, but nothing compares our phone for now.. I know deep inside of them they want this phone too, they just dont admit that they made a wrong decision by choosing their current phone over this..

I’m happy with it and that is all that matters to me.

Quad-core, 1GB ram + jellybean & widget menu lags everytime

Is this real life? Can't Samsung allocate some ram for it and cache it so I doesn't lag on start up everytime?

Isn't JB still unofficial?

Yes jellybean is still unofficial, but I still get this On ics

I just find it weird that I can play nova 3 flawlessly yet lag in the widgets menu. Samsung need to fix this.

Wait for official Jellybean.
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Aye. The widgets menu always lags. It's pretty annoying that a quad-core phone with 1GB of RAM can't handle such a simple task.

I think samsung forgot to include "Project Butter" for jelly bean s3

Seriously... What's wrong with this phone? It's really is a huge disappointment isn't it. My old s2 way out performs this thing. I bet even the huawei accend performs better. Prob worth replacing this with it! Doesn't it have 2gb of ram too?

sohebq said:
I think samsung forgot to include "Project Butter" for jelly bean s3
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Don't think smoothness is their highest priority right now, but to work out all of the bugs. They'll work on smoothing it out after it has been released. That's at least how they've always done it, not that their original firmwares haven't always been smooth, but they are almost always a lot better when they mature. The original firmwares for the SGS2 were really slow, but Samsung managed to improve the performance by a lot in later firmwares and the same goes for the SGS3.
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mwatson said:
Seriously... What's wrong with this phone? It's really is a huge disappointment isn't it. My old s2 way out performs this thing. I bet even the huawei accend performs better. Prob worth replacing this with it! Doesn't it have 2gb of ram too?
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Please buy a huawei and don't let the door hit you on the way out!

Please buy a huawei and don't let the door hit you on the way out!
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You must be a school child judging by your reply. It's like you've taken my comment as a personal remark about yourself bless you. Remember.. This is just a phone. No tribal allegiances required.

mwatson said:
Seriously... What's wrong with this phone? It's really is a huge disappointment isn't it. My old s2 way out performs this thing. I bet even the huawei accend performs better. Prob worth replacing this with it! Doesn't it have 2gb of ram too?
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You must be a school child judging by your reply. It's like you've taken my comment as a personal remark about yourself bless you. Remember.. This is just a phone. No tribal allegiances required.
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Oh my god...Seriously?
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mwatson said:
Seriously... What's wrong with this phone? It's really is a huge disappointment isn't it. My old s2 way out performs this thing. I bet even the huawei accend performs better. Prob worth replacing this with it! Doesn't it have 2gb of ram too?
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If you are dissapointed then you don't use your phone as it is ment to... sad to say!
For me SG3 is WAY better than SG2, it runs well, it's smooth as hell, impresive battery, great gaming and screen... OH! But it lags when entring Widgets menu, a menu I hardly touch on the first day I configure my phone or maybe if I install some new app!
But hey, it's worth throwing it to the bin because of it, who wants a laggy widget menú?
Omfg I'm hardly impressed some times in here...
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You must be a school child judging by your reply. It's like you've taken my comment as a personal remark about yourself bless you. Remember.. This is just a phone. No tribal allegiances required.
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No need on personal attacks anyway, he just comented what we all think about your comment...

Lol how is the gs2 better than gs3 haha
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mwatson said:
Seriously... What's wrong with this phone? It's really is a huge disappointment isn't it. My old s2 way out performs this thing. I bet even the huawei accend performs better. Prob worth replacing this with it! Doesn't it have 2gb of ram too?
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You must be a school child judging by your reply. It's like you've taken my comment as a personal remark about yourself bless you. Remember.. This is just a phone. No tribal allegiances required.
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This is why sometimes I hate xda -no offince-
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I agree wtf is the widget draw lagging for ' you'd think they'd alacate a touch of ram for some kind of stay in memory script like apex launcher does for launcher its simple really but Samsung devs suck [email protected] at common sense' hopefully they'll pull there finger out on official jb and nullify the (error) before a custom rom Dev writes a script to fix the issue and maybe they'll fix the grey cloud issue on lock screen with there much hyped ripple effect using black wallpapers ' this phone should not lagg, jerk,stutter or redraw period, p.s I luv my nearly perfect s3 rant over
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Toss3 said:
Don't think smoothness is their highest priority right now, but to work out all of the bugs. They'll work on smoothing it out after it has been released. That's at least how they've always done it, not that their original firmwares haven't always been smooth, but they are almost always a lot better when they mature. The original firmwares for the SGS2 were really slow, but Samsung managed to improve the performance by a lot in later firmwares and the same goes for the SGS3.
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I can compromise on smoothness because I know custom kernals and custom roms will handle that job pretty fine. All I want now is the bugs to be fixed, esp fc bugs.

Ausboy 2011 said:
Lol how is the gs2 better than gs3 haha
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Zero lag. Brighter screen. More available ram. Better audio in video recorder app.

mwatson said:
Zero lag. Brighter screen. More available ram. Better audio in video recorder app.
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S3 has a better quality screen, mine has zero lag and as of right now this is how my ram looks.
Audio is fixed in the JB leaks.
You just don't know how to set yours up right is all.
"You come at the king, you best not miss." - Omar Little.

MuertoKo said:
If you are dissapointed then you don't use your phone as it is ment to... sad to say!
For me SG3 is WAY better than SG2, it runs well, it's smooth as hell, impresive battery, great gaming and screen... OH! But it lags when entring Widgets menu, a menu I hardly touch on the first day I configure my phone or maybe if I install some new app!
But hey, it's worth throwing it to the bin because of it, who wants a laggy widget menú?
Omfg I'm hardly impressed some times in here...
No need on personal attacks anyway, he just comented what we all think about your comment...
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I don't think the way you do about your comment. I do agree with him about what he said that the s2 runs better because I actually compared them both and the s2 runs faster and smoother. Also it is useless when you say "it runs well, its smooth as hell..." when you are trying to justify a comparison.. The s3 does run well, and it is smooth (well not really) but comparing it to the s2 we get the s2 as a winner. Try looking at the ram usage for the s3 and the s2, the s3 is almost always locked at 470+ and maximum is 780, the s2 with recently cleared memory has 200 mbs of ram used, and can reach up to 800.
So don't attack him just because you are too self righteous about your opinion. He has a point.

Android isn't really optimised for muli-core, only one can be used at any time. The SII runs better as it's lighter with less bloatware, don't buy a phone purely for the fact it has great specs because until Android can fully utilise all 4 cores you're no better off than someone who has 2.
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New Google Play store rolling out

http://officialandroid.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-fresh-new-look-for-google-play.html
Has anyone received it yet?

Download apk here....
http://www.mediafire.com/?h669cym6yzp1fth
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Thank you for uploading the apk. Oddly enough it reminds me of a light themed Netflix haha

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Thank you for uploading the apk. Oddly enough it reminds me of a light themed Netflix haha
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I agree. I'll wait for the newest gapps to include it inverted for my phone cuz I can't stand those bright ass white backgrounds.

txtmikhail said:
Download
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Many thanks for the download url it is appreciated. :good::good::cyclops:
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Thanms for the .APK file.
I am liking the layout much better than the old one.
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The design is a bit questionable on phones, but looks great on tablets.

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The design is a bit questionable on phones, but looks great on tablets.
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yes i would agree..
as with the comment about netflix copy.. But amazon market is very similar same with samsung.. GOOGLE.. Are you copying design features .....But i do like it better then the old one.. I just wish i could turn the things off i do not want . like music books and movie content. I only need to see apps.
thanks for the apk guys ..

If you swipe left or right the screen stutters. I read on g+ that it rolling out on Android 4.2 devices, so maybe its not correctly compatible with 4.1.2.

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If you swipe left or right the screen stutters. I read on g+ that it rolling out on Android 4.2 devices, so maybe its not correctly compatible with 4.1.2.
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"Stuttering" is unrelated to Android version. If an APK runs, then the Android version is OK. "Stuttering" is due to any number of factors, including system load, speed and capacity of Flash memory, and Network speed.

Sparksltd said:
If you swipe left or right the screen stutters. I read on g+ that it rolling out on Android 4.2 devices, so maybe its not correctly compatible with 4.1.2.
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yes it seems like a timing thing.. The shuttering (i think_) is caused because its populating the apps at the same time as its scrolling.. Pushing the device a bit.. Maybe there needs to be a wait point built in there on the number of apps it populates to page as its scrolling over ..
But once you let it sit for a minute or so the shuttering goes away . guess the pages are cached ..