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Just.. unbelievable.
Engadget has close to ZERO fact checking.. and it almost seems like they're actually out to smear the N1 altogether! Check out this rediculous post from the 'engineers' at Motorola, claiming that drawing crossing lines on a device is a good test of a touchscreen's quality. Look how wavy the N1 is! Worst of the bunch, right? Not so. Here's a screenshot from my fiance's phone:
http://www.cartoonmonkey.com/nexus.jpg
Read the article here:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/moto-gives-straight-advice-on-smartphone-touchscreen-quality/
And my reply here:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/...tphone-touchscreen-quality/comments/24574769/
The other post that bothers me, is Engadget's stance on the flash 10 player coming to the N1:
Be sure to check out the animated ad for dog food to fully realize what a future of Flash-capable devices will really look like.
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Vote my comment up! Don't let Engadget get away with this bogus "reporting"..!
It's MOTO, not Motorola.
its funny that they post pictures but no video, ok we have the video of the first 3, but what about the video of the N1 getting doodled on... are they all using the same app? (that goes for the android phone)
why are we sposed to take their word for it that one pic was taking with slow, full finger motions while the other was tip and medium speed?
i used to go to engadget for all my tech reviews before i buy things but after pickin up this godsend of a phone, i have noticed how little validity or credibility their site has... still shots do not prove actions of precision...
this is an advanced world we live in now, engadget can make a video to bash androids browser speeds yet it cant make a video to prove this simple line test? plz...
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Just.. unbelievable.
Engadget has close to ZERO fact checking.. and it almost seems like they're actually out to smear the N1 altogether! Check out this rediculous post from the 'engineers' at Motorola, claiming that drawing crossing lines on a device is a good test of a touchscreen's quality. Look how wavy the N1 is! Worst of the bunch, right? Not so. Here's a screenshot from my fiance's phone:
http://www.cartoonmonkey.com/nexus.jpg
Read the article here:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/moto-gives-straight-advice-on-smartphone-touchscreen-quality/
And my reply here:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/...tphone-touchscreen-quality/comments/24574769/
The other post that bothers me, is Engadget's stance on the flash 10 player coming to the N1:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/nexus-one-previewed-with-flash-10-1-beta-careful-what-you-wish/
Vote my comment up! Don't let Engadget get away with this bogus "reporting"..!
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Nice work setting these Id10T's straight! I can't wait for your video!
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The other post that bothers me, is Engadget's stance on the flash 10 player coming to the N1:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/nexus-one-previewed-with-flash-10-1-beta-careful-what-you-wish/
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I just read the flash article on engadget and really? the guy specifically said that 80% of the video online uses flash, HOW ON GODS GREEN EARTH COULD FLASH OVERALL BE NEGATIVE?! This baffles the hell out of me, granted there will prolly be more ads on our browsers but i really dont care because having flash for other things is HUGE!
pros- 80% of online video will now be viewable
-sites that use flash entirely will now be viewable
-flash games can now be played
-flash can be integrated 1000 other ways with practical uses
cons- ads on websites
-may be a resource hog down? (doubt it though)
i say the pros definitely outweigh the cons...
It's funny...the Nexus One launch have brought out the true colors of Engadget, BGR, and others. Looks like Google and HTC are doing their job! That and I have lost all respect for Engadget and BGR.
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It's funny...the Nexus One launch have brought out the true colors of Engadget, BGR, and others. Looks like Google and HTC are doing their job! That and I have lost all respect for Engadget and BGR.
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A lot of us have known Engadget are a bunch of iphone licking fcuk heads for quite some time.
Once they get their vibrating iphones out of their respective a$$es, they might see straight again....
Its really disappointing. They also dished the HD2 which I currently use (altho I have a Nexus 1 on the way) and its truely an awesome winmo phone - and much better than an iphone!
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A lot of us have known Engadget are a bunch of iphone licking fcuk heads for quite some time.
Once they get their vibrating iphones out of their respective a$$es, they might see straight again....
Its really disappointing. They also dished the HD2 which I currently use (altho I have a Nexus 1 on the way) and its truely an awesome winmo phone - and much better than an iphone!
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Don't get me wrong, I love the HD2 as well; however, most people would rate the iphone higher strictly due to the OSes. I've never personally had a problem with WinMo, but it hasn't exactly been forward moving.
I'm still laughing at them about the 802.11N "reporting".
...breaking news...Nexus One doesn't support 802.11N...breaking news....
And they didn't try it? Simple test, would have shown they were wrong and it does support 802.11N, but that would not have pumped up the page views.
I personally dont have a problem with people liking their respective phones. If you like the iPhone thats great. If you like the HD2, thats fine. If you like the G1, thats great too. Hell, if you like the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X then thats just peachy.
What really pisses me off is when you try to use incorrect logic, flawed tests, and biased opinions to try and prove to me that the 3g signal in a Motorola DynaTAC 8000X is better than that of the HD2 (lets just say). This is what Engadget and many other reviewers have done, who after all this bull**** with biased opinions and flawed data are no longer considered reviewers in my opinion.
And it also pisses me off that because most people are ignorant, they take these reviewers words as truth and instead of forming there own decision, testing or doing more research already have a bad taste in their mouth. People should be like the recent TechCrunch article and and realize that just because you are not used to it and that it is different from the norm DOES NOT MAKE IT FLAWED, WRONG OR BROKEN!!!! IT JUST MAKES IT DIFFERENT WHETHER THAT BE FOR GOOD OR BAD IS FOR THE USER TO DECIDE!!!
CrApple must be paying them good money for messing things up with N1 launch. I really hate these fan boy srories poping up every day. I've got HD2 Bold2 and expecting N1 on monday. Every device has its own strength and weakness.
I think iToy user think they have best device and it will be forever. They have been deceived by Apple and whore member of on line media. New hardware of iToy can't be jailbreak any more, game over for now.
cartoonmonkey said:
Just.. unbelievable.
Engadget has close to ZERO fact checking.. and it almost seems like they're actually out to smear the N1 altogether! Check out this rediculous post from the 'engineers' at Motorola, claiming that drawing crossing lines on a device is a good test of a touchscreen's quality. Look how wavy the N1 is! Worst of the bunch, right? Not so. Here's a screenshot from my fiance's phone:
http://www.cartoonmonkey.com/nexus.jpg
Read the article here:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/moto-gives-straight-advice-on-smartphone-touchscreen-quality/
And my reply here:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/...tphone-touchscreen-quality/comments/24574769/
The other post that bothers me, is Engadget's stance on the flash 10 player coming to the N1:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/nexus-one-previewed-with-flash-10-1-beta-careful-what-you-wish/
Vote my comment up! Don't let Engadget get away with this bogus "reporting"..!
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This is preposterous. First the web browser speed test between iPhone, Droid, and N1 where the iPhone had clearly visited the page before and was just loading from cache and now this? What a complete joke.
Please stop bashing Engadget for nothing...
Engadget post doesn't say anything about the performance from the iPhone or the Nexus One. Engadget just posted an article from MOTO, without making any conclusions. And, if you read the post at MOTO, then you will know that the Nexus One preformed very good (the same as your picture shows) if you press 'medium' on your touchscreen.
So, please, stop bashing Engadget and read the posts good en entirely!
Wtf. Don't these people have anything better to do than doodling lines? Why are they spending countless hours to rip a phone?
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Please stop bashing Engadget for nothing...
Engadget post doesn't say anything about the performance from the iPhone or the Nexus One. Engadget just posted an article from MOTO, without making any conclusions. And, if you read the post at MOTO, then you will know that the Nexus One preformed very good (the same as your picture shows) if you press 'medium' on your touchscreen.
So, please, stop bashing Engadget and read the posts good en entirely!
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You can't say that engadget hasn't exhibited a clear bias. Their browser test was clearly rigged. That generated a lot of bad press. Almost every aspect of their review focuses on the tiny contrivances they found instead of anything positive. Literally, the phone is twice as fast (almost) as any of the other smart phones out there, yet they could hardly find even a single good thing to say about it.
Everything was written from a "the iphone has been doing it better for years now" perspective.
I tried this myself as well, and my lines came out pin straight even moving very slowly. Engadget is really a bunch of apple fanboys, even from their initial review of the Nexus.
Ive had my girlfriends Iphone 3Gs and my Nexus side by side, and in all aspects I'd rather use the nexus.
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You can't say that engadget hasn't exhibited a clear bias. Their browser test was clearly rigged. That generated a lot of bad press. Almost every aspect of their review focuses on the tiny contrivances they found instead of anything positive. Literally, the phone is twice as fast (almost) as any of the other smart phones out there, yet they could hardly find even a single good thing to say about it.
Everything was written from a "the iphone has been doing it better for years now" perspective.
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The browser test was indeed very poor and totally useless because they only use one website, Engadget.com, instead of multiple websites like it use to be. And yes, I have seen better reviews then this review... But, to say that all the articles on Engadget are 'crap' because they are iPhone fanboys is a little overdone.
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The browser test was indeed very poor and totally useless because they only use one website, Engadget.com, instead of multiple websites like it use to be. And yes, I have seen better reviews then this review... But, to say that all the articles on Engadget are 'crap' because they are iPhone fanboys is a little overdone.
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No its precisely what it is..crap.
Its liek asking a redskins fan to break down Dallas Cowboy performances.
These guys clearly have an agenda which means the product is irrelevant. Once that happens things become tainted and "crap" is the label most appropriate.
The N1 is becoming the most hated phone to ever come out. It's amazing at how tech sites and apple fans are trying to make this phone look bad. Just admit it, you really do want one. We all know you do.
Got my N1 2010/01/07
Absolutely love it.
My N1 brings all the boys to the yard,
And their like
It's better than yours,
Damn right it's better than yours,
I can teach you,
But I have to charge
Why do sites like Engadget, Slashgear, GSMarena and many others produce such positive reviews of the Note where they don't find the huge amount of faults users are finding here? With the huge amount of faults discovered here you would think it impossible for anyone to miss them and produce a positive review. Could it be that all the reviewers were very lucky like me and all received phones without the faults?
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Why do sites like Engadget, Slashgear, GSMarena and many others produce such positive reviews of the Note where they don't find the huge amount of faults users are finding here? With the huge amount of faults discovered here you would think it impossible for anyone to miss them and produce a positive review. Could it be that all the reviewers were very lucky and all received phones without the faults?
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Could be a lot of reasons but what I can think about is they could have received a cherry picked unit, could be a pre-mass production unit with really high quality control, could be "forced" to publish favorable reviews so that companies keep sending them review units or just plain lucky.
They seldom publish unit flaws to keep their site favorable to manufacturers.
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Why do sites like Engadget, Slashgear, GSMarena and many others produce such positive reviews of the Note where they don't find the huge amount of faults users are finding here? With the huge amount of faults discovered here you would think it impossible for anyone to miss them and produce a positive review. Could it be that all the reviewers were very lucky and all received phones without the faults?
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Relatively speaking the phone is brilliant. Have you used the myriad of garbage phones out there lately?
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Takes time to find these faults. Reviews are usually done afer using the phone for several days, maybe a week. They usually keep the phones stock, people here on XDA push the phones to their limit - that reveals all faults.
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With the huge amount of faults discovered here you would think it impossible for anyone to miss them and produce a positive review.
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Huge number of faults? Care to elaborate?
Thanks,
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... they don't find the huge amount of faults users are finding here?
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What "huge amount of faults"? From what I see here, most everyone is very happy with the device. Like anything, once you've had something for a while you can find something to nit-pick about, but I definitely don't perceive the consensus here to be that it has a relatively large amount of problems.
foxmeister said:
Huge number of faults? Care to elaborate?
Thanks,
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+1 on that
Note is brilliant device - even SGS2 I also use is crappy **** compared to it
bbdj69 said:
Relatively speaking the phone is brilliant. Have you used the myriad of garbage phones out there lately?
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foxmeister said:
Huge number of faults? Care to elaborate?
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I personally have not discovered any faults, but often the majority of threads here are about faulty phones.
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You took the words out of my mouth...
This phone is awesome. It's so stellar, I have two people in my office who are itching to buy one after seeing mine...
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Takes time to find these faults. Reviews are usually done afer using the phone for several days, maybe a week. They usually keep the phones stock, people here on XDA push the phones to their limit - that reveals all faults.
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correct there. you dont see problems unless youve had more exposure to the device.
plus, which company would not be silly enough to cherry pick devices before submitting for reviews. think about it. theyre trying to promote their device well because they know that people trust certain reviewers. so it would be silly of them if they didnt cherry pick devices to submit for review. very few of the professional reviewers actually purchase the device to review.
This is a user forum, more people come here for help than to prise their phone, did you expect anything different?
I've not seen any major hardware problems or long posts of people retuning their phones. So can you enlighten us what huge amount of faults the Note has?
Also most review sites only test phones for a short time unlike us owners, plus they mainly test the stock apps came with the phone and not a wide range of apps the forum members downloaded on their phones. Put those two factors together, of course we will find more issues than they do.
Having owned about 35 mobile phones, i can say they all have faults.
But I've not had any issues with my Note and i'm very very pleased with it.
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I personally have not discovered any faults, but often the majority of threads here are about faulty phones.
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I still don't see many (much less a majority) of threads about "faulty phones". But it sounds like the issue here is not so much the phone, but rather your inexperience with the nature of user forums.
I dont see any major faults on the unit, mine has some minor flaws on the screen, the lower 1/4 renders greys with a greenish tint.. a small portion of the right side and top shows a pinkish glow in certain shades of grey (very visible on the stock keyboard and market app) not a huge issue for me to return the device and I just hope it wont get worse.
I had a very bad experience with the Galaxy S2 in terms of the screen. I also understand that not everyone is affected by the screen issue, its a panel lottery out there.
I understand that no phone is perfect ( or screen for that matter ) but my experience with the Samsung Wave and Galaxy S1 screens was extremely above expectation, the S2 didnt remotely reach the expectation the note is meeting the expectation.
As much as I love my GN, I can't say it's not without it's faults. The camera has a pink spot in the center, and focusing is a issue at times. The audio chipset is severely lacking, and is inferior compared to the SGS. Even though it has a faster dual core processor, lag is apparent more often than not.
While these issues haven't convinced me that I should return the unit, I think they can be addressed in the next version (hopefully in a year).
Early adopters usually find the goofs...even the vaunted iJunk has had release flaws.
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I haven't noticed any bugs or faults on my Note, so to come to the conclusion that the Note is a faulty device is utter bull****. Of course some devices will have software and hardware defects, but that happens to everything like cars, computers, and even humans. No one and nothing is perfect.
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I haven't noticed any bugs or faults on my Note, so to come to the conclusion that the Note is a faulty device is utter bull****. Of course some devices will have software and hardware defects, but that happens to everything like cars, computers, and even humans. No one and nothing is perfect.
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But that should not mean we should accept obvious defects in our products right?
WHAT defects? I don't have any defects, but if your device has any defects then go to the store where you bought it and do something about it. And don't just assume that since your device has defects that EVERY device has it.
I believe everyone rates this phone highly, so why has cnet gave this phone a 4 out of 5 rating??
Can't post a link as I'm a newbie...
fazzxx said:
I believe everyone rates this phone highly, so why has cnet gave this phone a 4 out of 5 rating??
Can't post a link as I'm a newbie...
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Maybe HTC dont advertise heavily enough on their site?
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Maybe HTC dont advertise heavily enough on their site?
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hahaha, point to be noted, your honor!
i have never seen this many positive reviews for an HTC phone. some are calling it the best designed smart phone ever made.
not every review is going to be positive. and i wouldn't necessarily call 4 out of 5 stars a bad review.
It's still better than the Verge's abomination.
4 out of 5 is terrible tbh, phones are subjective and the main criticism for HTC phones is Sense... which I prefer to any other oem ui and asop by far, loved it since my touch pro
I wouldn't call it harsh. Here's their highlights and low-lights.
The battery and storage comment shouldn't really surprise anyone. So far,the camera's received mixed reviews with some reviewers being more impressed than others. I can see BlinkFeed being a "love it or hate it" proposition which is really in the eye of the beholder and everyone won't like it equally. The comments about scuffing are concerning. They loved the display and design which I think will be pretty much a universal theme.
Here's the review...
http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/mobile-phones/htc-one-review-50010439/
Blinkfeed is cool, when you like to read a lot of news and social things like Facebook, which i do often when i have job school
Camera is good, ok Lumia 920 beats it, but who cares. Its good, not negativ.
No need of expandable storage if you have 32 GB, in my opinion.
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I wouldn't call it harsh. Here's their highlights and low-lights.
The battery and storage comment shouldn't really surprise anyone. So far,the camera's received mixed reviews with some reviewers being more impressed than others. I can see BlinkFeed being a "love it or hate it" proposition which is really in the eye of the beholder and everyone won't like it equally. The comments about scuffing are concerning. They loved the display and design which I think will be pretty much a universal theme.
Here's the review...
http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/mobile-phones/htc-one-review-50010439/
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I kind of agree with all the points.
BlinkFeed is merely a user-preference, but ability to remove it should be an option.
Then read their xperia review and go mad.
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......also "Camera doesnt Impress", sounds more neutral than "Bad" to me, it's not a bad thing, it holds its own in most aspects of picture and video taking especially considering its stsbilisation function.
Actually I dont think any of those "Bad" points are really valid to potential buyers or the more tech savvy.
I think he is speculating about the black and scratches. I'm pretty sure his house keys are not made of gold (it's too soft and expensive compared to brass). Also, the black isn't painted on, it's anodised. I rate the review less than 4/5.
The camera might be a little gimmick but.. i wouldn't say 4 out of 5 is bad..Plus thats only one review.. im sure you not going to let one review be the deal decision maker for you.. i can only see myself taking a star away for the way HTC handling the release.. but that has nothing to do with the phone.. that's just bad PR
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The camera might be a little gimmick but.. i wouldn't say 4 out of 5 is bad..Plus thats only one review.. im sure you not going to let one review be the deal decision maker for you.. i can only see myself taking a star away for the way HTC handling the release.. but that has nothing to do with the phone.. that's just bad PR
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Camera is hardly gimmicky. Everything done is actually for good reason.
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Camera is hardly gimmicky. Everything done is actually for good reason.
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If the camera isn't, the term "Ultrapixel" is.
It's not new at all. In fact, the N82 and N95 from over 5+ years ago had both larger sensors (~1/2.5) and larger individual pixel bins than the new flagship from HTC.
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It's still better than the Verge's abomination.
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I know! And their comparisons were a load of rubbish as well!
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I kind of agree with all the points.
BlinkFeed is merely a user-preference, but ability to remove it should be an option.
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I agree but at least you can tuck it away so out of sight out of mind.
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If the camera isn't, the term "Ultrapixel" is.
It's not new at all. In fact, the N82 and N95 from over 5+ years ago had both larger sensors (~1/2.5) and larger individual pixel bins than the new flagship from HTC.
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Of course, but how else are you going to explain to "educated" consumers that 4MP is better than 13MP?
fernando sor said:
i have never seen this many positive reviews for an HTC phone. some are calling it the best designed smart phone ever made.
not every review is going to be positive. and i wouldn't necessarily call 4 out of 5 stars a bad review.
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It IS the best designed smartphone ever made. The previous title goes to the HTC One X in my opinion.
From what I've read, there's something symptomatic in CNET review: they put as a negative point the fact that the phone doesn't have SD card or removable battery, yet that point is never raised when they describe iPhone.
Seriously, enough is enough. We get it. Some of you don't like the phone. Perfectly understandable, the phone was overly hyped. This day and age it's pretty much impossible to make a phone that's going to absolutely blow everything out of the water. There are tons of room for improvement, but overall the phone is extremely well built and performs as promised.
Its 48 hours mixed usage. It is absolutely possible to get 48 hours, it just limits what you're going to do. So most of us are not going to get 48 hours. Comparing it to a rooted strip down phone is unfair. Take a 100% stock unmodified phone and run them side by side. If the results are the same and the phone is not living up to your expectations. Then take it back. There doesn't need to be a new thread every time someone is displeased.
For those of you that are super upset with the phone, my suggestion would be take it back. Stick with what you had. Wait for lollipop. Then come back and give it another shot . Or get something else.
I'm not saying you don't have the right to vent your disappointment. But there's already a thread for that, there doesn't need to be 20
Edit, I said 24 hours when I meant 48.. Corrected
The phone isn't the problem. The CARRIER is the problem. If VZW would simply leave these phones alone and concentrate on cutting internal costs and inefficiency instead of trying to make more money by forcing you to use all of their sub par apps and services, there'd be nothing but praise here. I like my turbo. I'd love it without Verizon's crappy reprogramming and bloatware.
Oh dude, how I dislike fanboys... Keep the ''hating'' topica ppl! By doing that we can ponder about the device downsides.
Seeing everyone's perspective is golden, I agree. But at the same time there's too many threads. He's just saying limit it to one area. I know that's hard to control on a forum but a good forum has moderators that will catch these constant duplicate threads and forward all of them to the oldest and most visited thread. Instead it appears XDA has minimal moderators and thus a huge amount of duplicate category threads. Its honestly fine it's just inconvenient and relatively annoying, but no ones fault.
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I haven't used the turbo yet but I have a maxx and in a 12 hour shift at work I can finish with 85% battery or 20%. If you are on your phone for hours playing games or surfing your going to eat the battery. However the maxx is the only phone I have owned that I don't bring a charger to work there is no need. I am sure the turbo is the same and I am sure it will only get better with 5.0.
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Agreed. I love this device. When we get root. Even better.
Exactly we got to stop the hate when no phone is perfect
I can't see it on the video, much less on my device.
I'm getting discouraged by all the downsides of this phone lol. I'm sure it's an awesome phone tho
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I'm getting discouraged by all the downsides of this phone lol. I'm sure it's an awesome phone tho
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What downsides are you referring to?
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Love it
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What downsides are you referring to?
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Stuff like the bloat and battery life.
I'm afraid it'll slow down after some time and the battery life is pretty mixed. Some sites show excellent battery life while others show pretty mediocre battery life.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2017/04/22/samsung-galaxy-s8-review/#3e4d23793e5e is what made me start this thread.
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awesome!
I am cautiously optimistic. I love the phone so far more so than any other previous phone I've had. Certainly Growing Pains being a brand new unit. Battery life is the best of anything I've had so far not as good as some of the ones posted here but much better than my previous phone which I really couldn't ask for more.
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Please validate my life decisions. Being that I live in a first world country and have little to no real worries in life, I've invested my emotions in my cell phone. Please give me the approval I seek so I know my overpriced piece of plastic I use to look at Facebook and IG every so often is worth it. Lol, it's a great phone though.
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Please validate my life decisions. Being that I live in a first world country and have little to no real worries in life, I've invested my emotions in my cell phone. Please give me the approval I seek so I know my overpriced piece of plastic I use to look at Facebook and IG every so often is worth it. Lol, it's a great phone though.
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?????
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He's rephrasing my OP lol
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He's rephrasing my OP lol
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LOL oh geez got it
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Google is full of click-bait articles that places like Forbes has people write. They intentionally write biased things to get people worked up. If you need to READ someone else tell you about possible problems with your phone, why bother having the phone?
The phone is the best made to date. Battery life is very good. As an entire package there is not a better device you could buy currently. What a worry to have. In 6 months something a bit better will come around, but I don't know if you should bother buying it - I am sure there will be articles written about it that could cause worry in one way or another.
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Stuff like the bloat and battery life.
I'm afraid it'll slow down after some time and the battery life is pretty mixed. Some sites show excellent battery life while others show pretty mediocre battery life.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2017/04/22/samsung-galaxy-s8-review/#3e4d23793e5e is what made me start this thread.
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An excellent phone with a very very good battery life.
Mine is S8 duos exynos. Wi-Fi, BT, BT tethering, 4G, location services, auto sync all on.
Location history is off though and it does make a noticeable difference.
When the guy says Bloat and Battery Life I'm like puzzled look.
My S8 has almost no bloat for the first time in ever and my battery is amazing really.
Lasts easily 19 hours without a charge.
I think people want to moan when it's really not justified, that and they're probably Apple Bots lol
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Don't read Reviews on Forbes and the likes, my battery life is excellent to say the least and there's no bloat
overall like the phone but a couple of features i was used to our dear sammy has decided to remove from this phone
1) night clock - used this everyday and miss it like crazy.
2) Ability to select a folder for lock screen images and have them change every time the phone turns on.
skivnit said:
Don't read Reviews on Forbes and the likes, my battery life is excellent to say the least and there's no bloat
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Using black background can save more battery
Me I am afraid of the red tint screen lottery and the weak audio jack coming from htc 10
Sent from my HTC 10 using XDA-Developers Legacy app
Just got mine yesterday. It has some annoying bugs. Had to buy package disabler to stop a constant error message which pissed me off automatically. However so far the phone is amazing. Overall I'm really happy.
PieTries said:
Stuff like the bloat and battery life.
I'm afraid it'll slow down after some time and the battery life is pretty mixed. Some sites show excellent battery life while others show pretty mediocre battery life.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2017/04/22/samsung-galaxy-s8-review/#3e4d23793e5e is what made me start this thread.
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Meh, as always it differs... I don't own the S8 (yet ) but do have the S7 (and have had all the galaxy S's so far).
I actually just read the forbes review and a large number of their remarks are 'personal' and/or 'choices you make when buying'.
Camera performance: it focusses on a few points instead of the entire picture or some other points. But does mention the 'overall' picture depends on the user.
Performance: I now have the S7 for over a year and do not recognize the 'slowing down after a few months' at all. It's pretty damn smooth and stays so for me (perhaps also a snapdragon vs exynos thing?)
Battery life: Different people can get different experiences, hell even I sometimes have a crazy drain... That's the thing with android, so much variations all.
Volume/bixby/fingerprint scan: Yeah, the bixby button is nonsense but you know it's there... Same with placement of volume buttons and fingerprint scanner. You can try them in the store and see if they work for you. Location of the sensor wouldn't be mine but it's something you can try out yourself and see if it will be an issue for you.
Anyway, still pretty interested in the S8 but I'm afraid it's a bit too tall for me... Might get it when the price is down a bit and/or I can get it nice 2nd hand. Samsung was always very bloated and while it could be a lot better it's actually not too bad now imo (with the S7). Touchwiz has improved a ton as well. But that's just samsung, you know what you get into.