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Got my new Note 2 today, one word....

"BUZZING!"

Congratz bro
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Good for you ! :fingers-crossed:

Getting mine tomorrow

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Getting mine tomorrow
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Getting mine Monday :laugh:

Thanks all! and you really won't be disappointed, this meets all expectations and EVERYTHING!

indigotheory said:
"BUZZING!"
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Are you talking about the charger?

Welcome to the family/clan
Has anyone seen or read any sales figures for this beast of a phone lately. A week or so ago I read that sales were over 5 million! It seems like come christmas it may be 10 million. Everyones talking about this phone.

Dmwitz said:
Welcome to the family/clan
Has anyone seen or read any sales figures for this beast of a phone lately. A week or so ago I read that sales were over 5 million! It seems like come christmas it may be 10 million. Everyones talking about this phone.
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Although possible, I doubt that by Christmas it will be 10 million. A good portion of the 5 million sales figure probably incorporates Samsung's distributors, carriers, and retailers. Nonetheless, this does project likely high sales, but again, I doubt 10 million. Regardless, I love this phone and I should be getting mine Monday! I'm extremely excited.

The Note 2 is without a doubt the best phone i ever had (and had a lot ). It`s fast, rockstable and can do about anything, allready out of the box.

Got my new Note yesterday, haven't been able to put it down since turning it on. A very impressive piece of technology. Have finally found a phone with a decent loudspeaker on it, which makes it worthy of watching movies on...just got to try and sell my SIII now
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Congratz man! Got mine 2 days ago!

Can't put it down
It's been more distracting than my new computer. My school work is suffering. I love this phone... Good riddance iPhone.

kersey said:
Got my new Note yesterday, haven't been able to put it down since turning it on. A very impressive piece of technology. Have finally found a phone with a decent loudspeaker on it, which makes it worthy of watching movies on...just got to try and sell my SIII now
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Thanks to Samsung going back to using the wolfson dac
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indigotheory said:
Thanks to Samsung going back to using the wolfson dac
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+10000000 on this. More OEM's should focus on features like this on their flagships. Cough HTC cough cough lg cough Microsoft cough cough apple. Just kidding about apple. But between apple and Samsung maybe other OEMS will figure it out before they lose more face. SMDH high end phones would still have sub par sound when at the very least loudspeaker could benefit from it, not to mention the audio codecs supported natively and then output in general. Did you all also know that noise cancelation benefits battery savings also? Thank Samsung for the high end noise canceling, audience chip, which makes for higher quality calls and doesn't have to transmit extraneous noise from the background so the person you're talking to enjoys a nice clear audio quality.
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Got mine a month back amazing phone! the display size is perfect for me (my hands are a little big) and its consistently fast! im not going to root it at all cause it's awesome just the way it is! can't wait for the official android 4.2 update! and as for battery life..7h48m at 20% aint such a bad thing right?

its a beast no doubt abt that coming from a iphone 5 was waste of resources !!!!

This great phone for everyone... The beast of beast
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deemee1988
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I just got mine last week after years of iphone. I was waiting for iphone 5 i then igot disappointed. So i start looking for another choice. I never liked android. But i give a try to the note 2 and meeeennnn this is from another league.
I love it.
Just as it is. I think im not going to root it.
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Got my Note the 3rd day now.
Tapatalked mit meinem Galaxy Note 2

Anandtech's HTC one review by Brian Klug

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6747/htc-one-review
I haven't read it myself yet, but I know this will make it break this purchase for me when it comes time for my Tmo America.
Enjoy dudes!

Anandtech does the best reviews, just finished reading it and they really made me want to buy the phone. They should do some marketing for HTC.

mettleh3d said:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6747/htc-one-review
I haven't read it myself yet, but I know this will make it break this purchase for me when it comes time for my Tmo America.
Enjoy dudes!
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Truly epic review. The amount of time they spend is insane and the detail. Glad I got my pre-order in for the DevOne. Now the wait begins.
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For all of my years on Android, I have somehow never read one of their reviews. Fantastic, more detail than I thought was possible and literally every piece of information that I wanted. Confirmed my decision to purchase the Dev edition earlier.

I know a guy named klug... He Isn't trustworthy...
Having said that this phone is amazing!
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barondebxl said:
Anandtech does the best reviews, just finished reading it and they really made me want to buy the phone. They should do some marketing for HTC.
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They just did
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Wow, most comprehensive review I've seen. At first I thought it's overkill, but it's not. There's so much to these devices, the average person has no idea. Fantastic!

honestly i just skipped all the technical stuff and just looked at the pictures and videos. i skimmed through some of the other stuff and it sounds like the phone is awesome. too bad i have to wait until the 19th for my preorder to arrive.

review
What a review:good::good:
This is what i call a review.....

That's an epic review and makes me even happier that I brought a HTC One and it also makes The Verge's review look like a bad joke now.

This review was just.. wow.. And I thought GSMArena does comprehensive reviews. So many tech details that I read about for the first time. Just excellent.

llothar said:
This review was just.. wow.. And I thought GSMArena does comprehensive reviews. So many tech details that I read about for the first time. Just excellent.
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Hello to every1, that's my 1st post!
Great review, simply the most complete! Yeah, GSM-Samsung-Arena ...:laugh:
Can't wait to get this phone, i'm so excited!

Review? I've worked on doctorial theses that had fewer words and less detail in them!
When they review a phone they really leave nothing out! Thanks Anand.
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This was the best review I've read for a phone in my life. I cannot wait for my HTC One to arrive...

Editor's Choice Gold Award? I want this in my pants.

Toaster Strudels said:
Editor's Choice Gold Award? I want this in my pants.
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Seriously! He hasn't ever given an editor's choice to a phone so if he does give it then it must be an extraordinary phone!

Indeed it is an awesome review. You feel exhausted after you read all these topics and the analysis that Brian have done on the different aspects of the phone and most of the time you need to read them twice to be able to understand every tiny detail that he put under his microscope!
Probably the best review on the net!
Well done Brian Well done Anandtech!:good::good::good::good:

Good detailed review makes me want to buy another HtC one!!!

Finished reading. Pretty much seals the deal for me.
Currently own a tmo gs2 fyi. Unfortunately I'm still 10% apprehensive due to historical HTC attention past product launches.

That has to be the best review I've ever read.
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Recent galaxy s4 reviews will make us all smile

If u were one of those people that was torn between the HTC one and the galaxy s4 .. well.. laggy, gimmicky, and boring design all seem to be mentioned in all the top website reviews on the final build s4. Stuff.tv and pocketnow are amoung a few sites rating the HTC one higher than the s4
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I have noticed that too. So glad I've got One.
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After having a galaxy s (still going) and seeing Samsung's lack of software support, on that alone I'd choose the HTC ONE. I'd be happy with the hardware upgrade of the S4, but the ONE seems like its of better build quality.

Not only that, but the whole PR debacle where Samsung was revealed to have been spreading bad user reviews of the HTC One also casts a shadow of doubt on anybody ridiculously badmouthing the One. Good job Samsung!
Hopefully the fact that almost all of the reviews mention the HTC One in comparison will give it the media exposure it is lacking due to minimal advertising.

Wow is that confirmed to be true? But yeah its some media exposure for HTC is always good.

Syrioth said:
After having a galaxy s (still going) and seeing Samsung's lack of software support, on that alone I'd choose the HTC ONE. I'd be happy with the hardware upgrade of the S4, but the ONE seems like its of better build quality.
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Don't make me laugh, have you even used a HTC phone? HTC drop support after like 3 months.

lavafire said:
Don't make me laugh, have you even used a HTC phone? HTC drop support after like 3 months.
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In my past experiences, Samsung was not much better. I hated dealing with their customer service as well, was a pain in the rear.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/samsung-says-galaxy-s4-delayed-191217386.html
yeah right

I suppose I could just be having a bad experience with Samsung. In a way I'm glad, otherwise I wouldn't have tried so many great ROMs. I still think it should have been upgraded past gingerbread though.

just picked up my One a couple days ago. Wow. This thing is so buttery smooth it's like silk! I'm totally digging this masterpiece.
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Syrioth said:
I suppose I could just be having a bad experience with Samsung. In a way I'm glad, otherwise I wouldn't have tried so many great ROMs. I still think it should have been upgraded past gingerbread though.
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i never had a phone from them, but i had one of their high end $ 3000 led tv got it replaced twice by amazon (thanks amazon) while samsung customer service a-hole told me (after 50+ calls over a month and 2 tv sets) they will not honor the warranty due me abusing the tv by keeping it on for more than 6 hours because the tv was reseting every 15-30 min (really i bought an lg led never had problem with and will keep on for a day sometime w/o problem), so no thanks if samsung will make the last anything on the planet i will not buy it.

Syrioth said:
Wow is that confirmed to be true? But yeah its some media exposure for HTC is always good.
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Samsung admitted paying Taiwanese college students to trash HTC on online forums

Gordo96 said:
Samsung admitted paying Taiwanese college students to trash HTC on online forums
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Wow, dam losers never learn.
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I'll just leave this here seen this on Twitter this helped me sell 4 HTC ones today
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CheesyNutz said:
I'll just leave this here seen this on Twitter this helped me sell 4 HTC ones today
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Wow that's a huge difference! Result of PPI, or is the pentile amloed the reason?

dreamdestiny said:
If u were one of those people that was torn between the HTC one and the galaxy s4 .. well.. laggy, gimmicky, and boring design all seem to be mentioned in all the top website reviews on the final build s4. Stuff.tv and pocketnow are amoung a few sites rating the HTC one higher than the s4
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If you check gizmodo's review you are going to laugh. They destroyed(trolled) S4 from top to bottom. :cyclops:

anyone noticed the clam after those reviews were published

Syrioth said:
Wow is that confirmed to be true? But yeah its some media exposure for HTC is always good.
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True. I live in the country where this news originated.
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hamdir said:
anyone noticed the clam after those reviews were published
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Sony , Nokia , ASUS, LG's problems disappeared in a second. hTC sacrifices itself to save the world.

I was one of the people who was torn between the S4 and HTC One i kept changing me mind right up to the last minute. I was coming from an S2 which i never had any problems with infact its still a great phone over 2 years old (the misses uses it now and loves it) I'm glad i went with the One though it has that WOW factor that i dont think the S4 has. i'm more than happy with my decision the One is an amazing piece of kit

I take it all but the most demented Sammy trolls are now far too busy over on the S4 forums to hang around our street corner anymore.
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Bought an HTC one today, against the shops advice

Decided to go with the HTC one today, even though the phone shop guy, insisted the s4 was the better phone, hope I've made the right decision, he must of been a fan of Samsung.
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Unless you love photography, the One beats the S4.

Good job, you did make the right decision. I wish I could've seen the guy's face when you decided to get HTC One instead of the s4 though.
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Don't worry mate, you definitely walked out with the right phone.
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Unless you love photography, the One beats the S4.
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Outdoor photography to be precise. Because anything low light and indoor, HTC One is a king!
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don't worry, the phone is the best!

Theshawty said:
Unless you love photography, the One beats the S4.
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I take it you believe ALL HTC ones have the low light tint problems... Hate to break it to you but they don't. Maybe he got one of the good ones? Not everyone shares your pain.

If you know how retail works you would know why he was pushing one product more than the other. He gets a bonus when he sells the S4. Samsung can give a S4 for free to the employee that sells the most S4s that month.
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I went with a friend of mine to look at phones this summer, he was hemming and hawing between the S4 and the HTC One. All three clerks very strongly suggested the S4, which I figured was just those employees opinions. Feel like I might have been a bit naive on that one.

THUDUK said:
Decided to go with the HTC one today, even though the phone shop guy, insisted the s4 was the better phone, hope I've made the right decision, he must of been a fan of Samsung.
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Cotulla is here, so you can guarantee this phone will live for a few more years. You made the right choice.

THUDUK said:
Decided to go with the HTC one today, even though the phone shop guy, insisted the s4 was the better phone, hope I've made the right decision, he must of been a fan of Samsung.
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You made the right choice, I always find no matter how nice a samsung may feel at first it eventually gets boring and you want to move on.
I find with the HTC One it has such a premium feel it feels fresh A rooted HTC one with Viper ROM is even better.
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mohsinraza said:
Outdoor photography to be precise. Because anything low light and indoor, HTC One is a king!
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xcesivemastub8ah said:
I take it you believe ALL HTC ones have the low light tint problems... Hate to break it to you but they don't. Maybe he got one of the good ones? Not everyone shares your pain.
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I wasn't referring to the tint issues. I know there are flawless HTC Ones out there. I meant outside photographing. It takes good enough photos for me (and many others), but some outdoor images taken with higher MP cameras seem to be sharper and more detailed.
Again, it's good enough for my needs, though. I only upload photos on social sites like FB and Instagram. I don't exactly print pictures and paste my wall with them.

I went from an S4 to the One. It is a better phone in every way.

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I went from an S4 to the One. It is a better phone in every way.
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Agreed. The speakers are in the right place, it doesn't lag, it's beautiful. Pretty much everything the S4 isn't!

If you only had a choice between the S4 and One you made the right choice. I bought both of them and returned both of them. Always pick LG over either of them.
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Post the same question in the S4 forum and they will tell you you made an mistake buying the H1 you are singing to the choir post that question here. :laugh:
John.

Coming to the One from the S3 is like night and day in terms of build quality. The One feels far better in the hand. Also, If you're inclined to stick with the manufacturers ROM, I would take Sense over Touchwiz any day!

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I wasn't referring to the tint issues. I know there are flawless HTC Ones out there. I meant outside photographing. It takes good enough photos for me (and many others), but some outdoor images taken with higher MP cameras seem to be sharper and more detailed.
Again, it's good enough for my needs, though. I only upload photos on social sites like FB and Instagram. I don't exactly print pictures and paste my wall with them.
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EXACTLY my views. EXACTLY. To me, it takes good enough photos outside because I just post it to facebook and instagram but I pointed out outdoor cos TONS of people say the picture is blurred and grainy when zoomed in and not sharper in even zoomed out photos etc. To me, the camera is fine as it suits my needs. But just to make sure you know it I wrote it
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Thread closed,
Thread has been closed. As like most other threads of this nature it has turned into a comparison thread between the HTC One and the S4. Threads like these are not allowed.

[REVIEWS][HANDS-ON] Blu Vivo Air Review roundup

Hey all
This is a thread to roll up the various reviews available for the Blu Vivo Air smartphone. I'll kick off with a few I've found on the net, feel free to post additional ones:good: Be it member reviews or those found on the web. Hopefully building to a useful resource for those considering this device.:good: If anybody feels one should be added to this post, PM me:highfive:
Reviews/Hands on
PC Mag - Hands-on
http://uk.pcmag.com/smartphones/38852/news/hands-on-the-super-slim-blu-vivo-air"
Pocket Now - Hands-on
http://pocketnow.com/2015/01/07/blu-vivo-air-video
Includes Vid
Android Police - Hands-on
http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/01/21/hands-blu-vivo-air-sleek-thin-affordable/
Phone Arena - Hands-on
http://www.phonearena.com/news/BLU-Vivo-Air-hands-on_id64597"
With Pic Gallery
Phone Dog - Review
http://www.phonedog.com/videos/blu-vivo-air-review-thin-premium-cheap"
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Thank you for the roll up! Nice to see some articles on the device. Can't wait to receive mine in the mail.

Don't forget my video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMqIkAlKd1c

qbking77 said:
Don't forget my video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMqIkAlKd1c
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Thank you for such. I actually watched your video before purchasing my phone. I bought it two days ago and received it just a few hours ago. So far its fantastic. I could point out that no NFC bugs me, because now I want to use it. Ha. But not having LTE still does not affect the way the phone pulls the data. It does a good job with just the 4G. So I'm going to say for 199.99, this phone is the best thing I've bought.
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bmxerkid954 said:
Thank you for such. I actually watched your video before purchasing my phone. I bought it two days ago and received it just a few hours ago. So far its fantastic. I could point out that no NFC bugs me, because now I want to use it. Ha. But not having LTE still does not affect the way the phone pulls the data. It does a good job with just the 4G. So I'm going to say for 199.99, this phone is the best thing I've bought.
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What carrier are you using?

Milly7 said:
What carrier are you using?
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T-Mobile.
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bmxerkid954 said:
Thank you for such. I actually watched your video before purchasing my phone. I bought it two days ago and received it just a few hours ago. So far its fantastic. I could point out that no NFC bugs me, because now I want to use it. Ha. But not having LTE still does not affect the way the phone pulls the data. It does a good job with just the 4G. So I'm going to say for 199.99, this phone is the best thing I've bought.
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Thanks for watching! Yeah, I agree I"m on TMO as well and HSPA+ has been doing a good job . Probably just depends on your area, I'm sure some people are going to have issues.

qbking77 said:
Thanks for watching! Yeah, I agree I"m on TMO as well and HSPA+ has been doing a good job . Probably just depends on your area, I'm sure some people are going to have issues.
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HSPA+ has been at least 10mbps, I am not complaining. The issues that may arise for some may be due to the fact that they can't appreciate what the phone brings for its price tag. I was skeptical but that's been because of what it has accomplished so far. I watch a lot of your videos and they always satisfy my curiosity behind a device. Thanks for the review on this phone because it sold me.
I've already got it rooted and I'm posting a guide soon!
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qbking77 said:
Thanks for watching! Yeah, I agree I"m on TMO as well and HSPA+ has been doing a good job . Probably just depends on your area, I'm sure some people are going to have issues.
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Hello,
Just wanted to say that watching your video definitely pushed me more to getting a Vivo air. Really loving everything about it.. Thanks.

I ordered my Vivo Air today and will have it tomorrow. What is you alls opinion on the camera and battery life?

plmiller0905 said:
I ordered my Vivo Air today and will have it tomorrow. What is you alls opinion on the camera and battery life?
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Battery is actually pretty good for its size. I getting a out 4.5 - 5 hrs of screen on time. With moderate use (Facebook, 2-3 hrs YouTube, Web browsing, XDA forums etc etc) .
I don't take a lot of pictures so I can't really give you and honest opinion on camera. But for $200 you can't really expect much.
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Mojar7070 said:
Hello,
Just wanted to say that watching your video definitely pushed me more to getting a Vivo air. Really loving everything about it.. Thanks.
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Glad you liked the review video! I appreciate it

plmiller0905 said:
I ordered my Vivo Air today and will have it tomorrow. What is you alls opinion on the camera and battery life?
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Battery life is actually great! Standby/sleep battery is amazing. Coming from a nexus 4 this phone has a lot better battery life. The camera on the other hand is terrible. If you are used to iPhone or any flagship phone camera you will be dissapointed.