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So as my old thread kinda pointed out before, the Samsung slider Verizon was getting was awfully similar to our Epics in appearance. And guess what? it is real and it's being released soon. So what I found to be interesting about it is that it runs on the exact same hardware as the Epic! Well, that is, excluding the processor -__- while we have a single core 1ghz processor, the Verizon slider will sport a dualcore 1.2ghz processor. The real reason behind this post is this: this to me sounds like the closest sibling our Epic has in the Galaxy S family thus far, so with the processors being the only real difference, will we be able to port anything from it over to the Epic and/or will their source help us in any way to further advance development on our Epics? Hmmm...
http://www.mydaily-gadget.com/news/...g-stratosphere-fcc-release-date-verizon-specs
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Well, that one would hurt. So, they have a stable, problem free Cingerbread on that phone already? EDIT..it doesn't say that's going to be dual core for certain. They are comparing the stats of the Galaxy S2
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JohnCorleone said:
Well, that one would hurt. So, they have a stable, problem free Cingerbread on that phone already? EDIT..it doesn't say that's going to be dual core for certain. They are comparing the stats of the Galaxy S2
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So there still might be some hope for us afterall. The mandatory 18 month support deal google is enforcing now means that this Verizon slider will hopefully get up to ICS, and if we can hopefully find something useful from it ( like port some of its ROMs, kernels, use some of its source) then we might have a shot at extending the Epics "life" right? I'm being hopeful because as bad as I want to jump ship to a new device, I'm not ready to give up my physical keyboard just yet.
EDIT: ok, just reread it JC and your right. As of now, all the hardware specs coincide with our Epics, the processor it will be porting is yet to be announced. It does say it'll be a "budget phone" in another article I read, so considering high end devices at the moment are sporting dual core processor 1.2ghz and up, I'm willing to be it will also be a 1ghz single core like ours
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Well, that one would hurt. So, they have a stable, problem free Cingerbread on that phone already? EDIT..it doesn't say that's going to be dual core for certain. They are comparing the stats of the Galaxy S2
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Unfortunately I wouldn't doubt it. The Galaxy S line(Not 2) was handled horribly. We should have been like Samsungs personal nexus line with support and updates, but not a single phone got that. Which isn't bad in all truth. But it could have went better with ICS coming soon.
Also aren't we still within 18 months? It's been a year but not too much over it.
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Yeah especially if we were basically Samsung's testers for Gingerbread on another similar device. I don't know enough about development to know if ROMs could be easily ported from it
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Everything I saw about the stratosphere showed it to be exactly like the epic, just for VZW. Been waiting for it as my girlfriend has VZW and her renewal is this month. And the leaked pics I've seen of it show 2.3.4, so maybe if we're lucky we'll see the source for that and can put something together from it if we don't see official GB released by then..
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Unfortunately I wouldn't doubt it. The Galaxy S line(Not 2) was handled horribly. We should have been like Samsungs personal nexus line with support and updates, but not a single phone got that. Which isn't bad in all truth. But it could have went better with ICS coming soon.
Also aren't we still within 18 months? It's been a year but not too much over it.
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The 18 month support policy wasn't being enforced until just recently so our Epic's, I'm guessing, won't get further than GB (officially speaking of course) Korey also stated that GB would be the final "dying breath" of the Epic support wise. So this could be our final chance at a big helping hand in development...
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Highly doubt this will be relevant at all. Thinking there will be similarities in driver code is akin to thinking there was going to be similarities in our epics and other galaxy s's. And we all know how well that turned out.
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Highly doubt this will be relevant at all. Thinking there will be similarities in driver code is akin to thinking there was going to be similarities in our epics and other galaxy s's. And we all know how well that turned out.
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Well what this handset has that the rest of the other handsets dnt is the hardware keyboard which I heard was a problem devs had a rough time with considering the other galaxy s counter parts had no hardware keyboard. Also, the rest of the hardware matches perfectly, all we need is the processor to be announced. I'm thinking this handset will help us out a bit somehow, but then again, I'm no dev, so take my "hopefulness" with a grain of salt
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QUOTE=squshy 7;17522647]Highly doubt this will be relevant at all. Thinking there will be similarities in driver code is akin to thinking there was going to be similarities in our epics and other galaxy s's. And we all know how well that turned out.
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Try not to get too excited, the article that the op posted mentioned that that this phone may be Verizons gsII contender. The only thing that may be similar is the cameras. Then again that's what we said about the nexus s...
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QUOTE=squshy 7;17522647]Highly doubt this will be relevant at all. Thinking there will be similarities in driver code is akin to thinking there was going to be similarities in our epics and other galaxy s's. And we all know how well that turned out.
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Try not to get too excited, the article that the op posted mentioned that that this phone may be Verizons gsII contender. The only thing that may be similar is the cameras. Then again that's what we said about the nexus s...
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The camera will be different(1.3megapixel ffc) we have a .3megapixel
The keyboard however will be the same, 4 android butttons 4 capacitive android buttons 4" screen, the 5megapixel cam the same.
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I think it will be similar. Verizon rehashed the Evo a little less than a year later. Verizon only has 1 dual core 4G phone. Finally, Verizon said they weren't getting a GSII variant and if this was dualcore, it would probably be considered a GSII variant just like the epic is.
Well they also have a better screen because they have a super amoled plus instead of a super amoled so they don't have to deal with weird subpixels.
Epic 4G, is that you?
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Well I guess best we can do at this point Is hope we can pull some dev off this device. But hey. hope is better then nothing.
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Well I guess best we can do at this point Is hope we can pull some dev off this device. But hey. hope is better then nothing.
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Yeah, that would work as well. In any case, even if their source or porting any of their stuff doesn't help us, their device community would still be of great value to us.
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Hey guys ive just discovered nexus 4 and i think its an amazing device .. But im worried about the low price ... Is something wrong or something? :S
Please can someone who has a nexus 4 tell me everything and say how awesome this device is
Thanks
Price is low because you are buying the phone straight from Google and they are interested in you using their software rather than making money off the device like other companies. It's an amazing device on par with other flagship's.
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noobletsausecakebbq said:
Price is low because you are buying the phone straight from Google and they are interested in you using their software rather than making money off the device like other companies. It's an amazing device on par with other flagship's.
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Thanks for the answer hope to see morr comments
noobletsausecakebbq said:
Price is low because you are buying the phone straight from Google and they are interested in you using their software rather than making money off the device like other companies. It's an amazing device on par with other flagship's.
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Completely agree. +1
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I dropped the at&t s4 for this phone Cuz its has more development support and the at&t s4 had locked boot loader. And so far I'm loving this phone
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To me, the ONLY negative is the lack of SD card slot. So you are only limited to 16gb of storage, and that's not the entire amount available to you. And coming from a device with 64gb storage it was a hard pill to swallow lol. I figured I needed a "diet" of apps and data anyways. :laugh:
I absolutely love the phone and amount of love the devs have had developing for it thus far. I also still have my old Nexus one in storage .
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To me, the ONLY negative is the lack of SD card slot. So you are only limited to 16gb of storage, and that's not the entire amount available to you. And coming from a device with 64gb storage it was a hard pill to swallow lol. I figured I needed a "diet" of apps and data anyways. :laugh:
I absolutely love the phone and amount of love the devs have had developing for it thus far. I also still have my old Nexus one in storage .
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If you want a lot of storage on hand and not in the cloud this phone is not for you. You can use thumb drives but unlike other devices you will need a power source and a y-OTG cable. As stated before the low price is simply to get you to use Google software and in my opinion the limited storage is a not so subtle push to get you to use Drive. This is my first phone with an embedded battery and it's surpassed my expectations. I get over 24 hours with minimal usage and 8 hours with what for me is heavy usage, this includes streaming music for 2 hours for my commute and my data is always on. Like the previous poster said, this is a great device. To optimize battery life, root and buy SetCPU.
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Roobwz said:
Hey guys ive just discovered nexus 4 and i think its an amazing device .. But im worried about the low price ... Is something wrong or something? :S
Please can someone who has a nexus 4 tell me everything and say how awesome this device is
Thanks
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Like the past repliers, low price is there because google is focused on the software, rather than making a lot of money off of their phones. It's a really great device, and I plan on using for a very long time (unless I get a N5 when it comes out, of course.) It's well worth the cost if you can get one. Even the it isn't the best phone out right now specs wise, it's still one of the best overall. It may not have the best amount of memory, but I easily overlook that with dropbox and box.
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I dropped the at&t s4 for this phone Cuz its has more development support and the at&t s4 had locked boot loader. And so far I'm loving this phone
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Devs are the exact reason I buy phones like the nexus now. And I don't see ever buying anything but a nexus ever again!!!!
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Thanks for the replies buddys just one more question ... Do the n4 overheat alot ?
if you bought it from google store you get the subsidized versions , in countries where such stores are not present the phone is bit expensive
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if you bought it from google store you get the subsidized versions , in countries where such stores are not present the phone is bit expensive
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I know bro . Google play doesn't exist in Sweden.... But what can I do? I'm going to buy it from a trusted store and I'm hundred percent sure that they bought it from the US
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Roobwz said:
Hey guys ive just discovered nexus 4 and i think its an amazing device .. But im worried about the low price ... Is something wrong or something? :S
Please can someone who has a nexus 4 tell me everything and say how awesome this device is
Thanks
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I was afraid about the low price as well but Google doesnt even want to make money on Nexus. They just want you to use their software and develop maybe!
So, just open your wallet and purchase one Nexus or two maybe! Then unlock it and flash custom ROMs and kernels!
Anyone know what developers are getting this phone? I'm either getting this or the note 3 for Sprint so just seeing how the development community will be.
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Seeing how there is already a G2 thread on XDA
I have a great confidence for a great dev community
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I wish...
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I can't allow myself to get any phone that has no development.
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I would certainly help developers that will actually own this phone if they wanted me to, but as far as getting this phone myself, the answer is probably not.
At least without me, your device won't have a cheesy code name like r2g2.
Considering the fact that this phone is going to be on pretty much all the carriers, it should be good to go when the time comes to development.
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Hey there, how about CM/AOSP Support on this phone. I dont really see through this whole story with the Qualcomm/AOSP Problems.
The reason why I'm asking this question is that I dont want to make the mistake and buy a phone which will not get a cm stable version like the SGS2 I had so far....
Maybe someone can exlain this stuff to me. Thanks for your replies
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Hey there, how about CM/AOSP Support on this phone. I dont really see through this whole story with the Qualcomm/AOSP Problems.
The reason why I'm asking this question is that I dont want to make the mistake and buy a phone which will not get a cm stable version like the SGS2 I had so far....
Maybe someone can exlain this stuff to me. Thanks for your replies
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Qualcomm is awful with distributing binaries but awesome at giving sources. You'll be good to go.
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This phone will suffer from bad timing like the optimus g. This phone should have been released earlier this year. Most people that love specs and raw power plus big screens are already set on the note 3, I like this phone but to buy it over the note 3 I can't see happening. Hope lg put in a good or decent camera because I love there phones but the optimus g camera was horrendous.
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bonebeatz1234 said:
This phone will suffer from bad timing like the optimus g. This phone should have been released earlier this year. Most people that love specs and raw power plus big screens are already set on the note 3, I like this phone but to buy it over the note 3 I can't see happening. Hope lg put in a good or decent camera because I love there phones but the optimus g camera was horrendous.
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Totally agree with you on this. This phone will definitely suffer due to the note 3 being announced on September 4th. They will have the same specs but the note 3 has the stylus and more options to it.
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Like a removable battery and sdcard slot. That to me means a lot. I hate having a battery I can't remove and/or upgrade. I rather buy a cheaper phone memory wise and be able to put a sdcard in it. $100 for an upgrade from a 32gb to a 64gb is just crazy. I can buy 2 64gb cards for $100 bucks and have 5 times the memory on hand. I am waiting to find out when the Note 3 is coming out and what it really has to offer to make up my mind.
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Totally agree with you on this. This phone will definitely suffer due to the note 3 being announced on September 4th. They will have the same specs but the note 3 has the stylus and more options to it.
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The Note is much larger though, which will turn some folks off.
it is, but only by .4 inches. Its not like they are comparing the S3/S4 size against the Note 3. Some people will be turned off, but some people might like a bigger screen that has styus. I get turned off by smaller sized screens. Every phone that I have had has been bigger than the last except when I upgraded from the Evo to Evo 3D.
This phone will be fine. LG is quickly becoming Samsung chief competitor. They too make the Smart Tv's which integrate with the phones, and are basically able to match Samsung step for step. There are people who cannot stand Samsung for whatever reason and will be all over this phone. HTC has always been my preference but I'm gonna give this phone a thorough once over and may jump on board the LG wagon.
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The launch time could be a blessing or a curse. The pro is that there aren't many flagship phones (read: not phablets) being launched right now and thus this will be ahead of most things on the market, unlike in Spring, when HTC and Samsung both release products with nearly identical specs. Unfortunately for LG though, this could mean people will wait for the next "Galaxy" or next HTC device (HTC 2? HTC One Jr.?) or maybe next Xperia.
Came here cuz I'm wondering about development too. The OG actually has a lot of development and development is just getting started in the GPro. Based on latest Note 3 rumors (take this with a grain of salt) the G Pro can hang with it and it is significantly cheaper. Being on all carriers will help the attraction. Just my 2 cents.
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Would get, but I don't have enough money for this :/ If someone donated one that would be awesome
personally, i'm sick of the lag that samsung had in the gs4 and I don't really expect the note 3 to be any better. besides, I've got too many damn samsung devices hahaha time to move on. never had an LG though!
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They will have the same specs but the note 3 has the stylus and more options to it.
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What options you mean? And stylus, why you may need stylus simultaneously with CM/AOSP, there's no wacom drivers for stylus AFAIK so flashing CM makes NoteIII stylusless. Am I wrong?
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it is, but only by .4 inches
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Yes. Don't forget that G2 is bigger than SGS4 only by .2" and Note III bigger than G2 only by .4" So no big deal in reality. BUT Note III will have lot heavier bezels and therefor will be more bulky and not ergonomic and less gripfriendly
Well we don't fully know what the note 3 will look like exactly, we only speculations so far. The G2 will be good for me though. But honestly I wouldn't mind a note 3 because my next upgrade is November. That's the only reason. But I would really like the G2 because I am in love with my GPro.
Lol, I sound like a kid up there.
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kudos to samsung for such a very nice social networking app, i just became a member using my note 2 and when i upgrade to the note 3 as well, i love it!
http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/02/samsung-pen-up-app-social-networking-s-pen/
Yeah just seen the news on beginnerstech.co.uk so I'll defo be signing up but I'll need to practice as some of the skill out there is just crazy
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I would join, but I can't draw for s**t.
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artists will have a field day with this.
also, why not let samsung open this up for all android phones (though i suspect they might expand it if it gets popular, maybe even reaching the tizen phones too)
reposted the entire link as I couldnt earlier..
i cant help but notice some of the art there are probably not original at all but the ones i think that are are really good. i hope the note tablets will get this as well
In workmanship, materials , configuration, shooting on these relatively "hard" indicators , plus the phone can indeed be regarded as a leader in the industry , and in foreign countries, based on cooperation and CM , plus gives a first impression is very good and get feedback also praise the majority. Unfortunately, not superior design and performance of the system in general , he just let one plus stopped on a node . "Open, large and , in fact, meant to abandon the personality" , good products are not only rely on a pile of hardware to push up , still need a good system and software support, and develop soft power competition and style are the current domestic intelligence mobile phone market a top priority , if you want , and " Out" of " Friends of " who a showdown , an early emphasis should perhaps be added to this.
Appearance aside and systems , plus a whole is indeed "no will " , whether the text has inked a lot of detail, workmanship and configuration, and make people a little surprised camera performance , or the use of "spot + queue" Offering mode, which allows an increase in the army of internet marketing seems a little bit right way. If an ordinary consumer has two thousand yuan budget to buy the phone , then boarded a Canadian has the strength recommended list. Of course, we hope that an increase in the next generation of products ( or two plus one plus two ? ) Can be more carefully, to make more , "a plus" products to .
在做工、用料、配置、拍摄这些比较“硬”的指标上，一加手机的确可以算是业内的翘楚，而在国外，基于和 CM 的合作，一加给人的第一印象都是非常好的，得到的反馈也是褒奖居多。可惜的是，并不出众的外观设计，以及表现一般的系统，硬是让一加停在了某个节点上。“开放，大而全，其实也意味着抛弃了个性”，好产品并不是仅依靠堆砌硬件推起来的，仍旧需要良好的系统和软件支撑，而软实力竞争和格调养成均是当前国内智能手机市场的重中之重，如果想要和“内外兼修”的“友商”们一决高下，一加或许应该尽早重视到这一点。
抛开外观和系统，一加整体的确是“不将就”的，无论是文中已经着墨颇多的细节、做工和配置，以及让人有点儿惊讶的拍照表现，还是采用的“现货+排队”发售模式，这些都让一加在互联网营销大军里显得有那么一点点卓尔不群。如果一个普通的消费者有两千元预算要选购手机，那么一加已经有实力登上推荐的榜单。当然我们更希望一加在下一代产品（一加二或是二加？）上能够更加用心，做出更“一加”的产品来。
http://www.dgtle.com/article-6466-1.html
whut?
It hurt my brain to read half that post.
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Am I about to be hacked?
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My head just exploded!
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I died in between reading that
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I'm done xD
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Is this real life?
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Holy cow!
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Learn to read Chinese. It will be world largest economy this year. (by GDP PPP). I learn to learn Mandarin in only 6 months. It ain't that hard.
You will see more Chinese phones and technology in the future, it's better to prepare for yourself.
So stop reading Google translate, it's not accurate and it's not capable of translating a lot of the internet and slang talks.
Naw. Learn Cantonese, it's the best Chinese. Or what the hell, learn Cambodian or Swahili. They're probably all equally important in your daily life. You'll never know when you need to read a random Internet review of a phone, or what language it'll be in. In 6 months, you'll finally be able to know if this is the phone for you.
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yep, because Cambodia and some African country are their way to become the most powerful countries in the world. That was obvious to see.
you never know what those shifty cambodians are up to...
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you never know what those shifty cambodians are up to...
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Wow I thought you said s**tty Cambodians! I was like "what.. No he didn't!"
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yep, because Cambodia and some African country are their way to become the most powerful countries in the world. That was obvious to see.
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The only thing that is obvious to see is that you completely missed the sarcasm in the post you replied to. Well done.
Anyways, it doesn't matter who has what GDP, XDA uses English (feel free to check the rules).
Also, weren't you not interested in this phone as stated in this thread, where you talked about how the OnePlus was a terrible phone they didn't give it to you for a dollar? I believe the actual phrase you used to describe it was "...this stupid ass company". Change your mind, did you?
The syntax of the OP is just gibberish. Please learn the King's english before using some translation machine. Thank you come again.
I did NOT translate it or use any translation tool, a mod did. That's why it's in red.
Then... Why did you post it?
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One of the xda rules is post in English. Why is this thread still open?
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One of the xda rules is post in English. Why is this thread still open?
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To be fair it kind of was in some sort of distant dialect of English that no one can understand.
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