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Battery saving tips for parents

Don't let Restaurant Story anywhere near the SGS2.
When the kids have gone to bed, you'll feel an irresistible urge to continue. And continue. And continue...
Yours sincerely,
Worried, Oslo.

..what?
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Have you had a doctor test your clinical mentality?
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got your point, but the thread is still pointless.
edit: omg.. got the point and still pointless?! I seriously should grab some sleep
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yetep said:
Have you had a doctor test your clinical mentality?
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I am a doctor. And I say I'm sane.
Now if you'll just excuse me, I must talk to Napoleon. He communicates via a secret chip the Martians implanted in my bottom when I visited them in a previous life in 1801.

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I thought there was supervisors to close these kind of posts.

Albertotuchi said:
I thought there was supervisors to close these kind of posts.
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Says Senor 11-post.. trust me, you'll find much worse that's not moderated, assuming you find a ladder to get down from your high horse.
I believe you youngsters call it epic-fail-lolz or some such.
No matter. Bet not one of you posters is a parent, and Restaurant Story does indeed suck one's battery life, and hard.
Probably a spectacularly unsuccessful attempt to bring some levity to the proceedings and if I failed:
1 - I don't care.
2 - You're all a bunch of po-faced sourpusses. Yah boo sux to ya.
468 views and not one rating? C'mon boys - show your displeasure! Maintain the rage! I'll give it 1* to start you off.

Padded walls for the retard please.
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Do you really have kids?

Starting to understand. I have a couple of those who finish your battery coming in a few days mate.
In some years when i need to entertaint them i will remember what i must not install from market.
I hit my head falling from my high horse, but do not judge people by the number of post. You may get wrong conclusions.
Be happy.
Enviado y punto.

Albertotuchi said:
Starting to understand. I have a couple of those who finish your battery coming in a few days mate.
In some years when i need to entertaint them i will remember what i must not install from market.
I hit my head falling from my high horse, but do not judge people by the number of post. You may get wrong conclusions.
Be happy.
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Sure there's plenty more games that do the same. I'm not a gamer myself, and my oldest has my old SGS for her games, but the kiddy-game market is growing. Apologies for my 11-post jibe, it was unnecessary.
TheSaw said:
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Well, let's see... on three occasions that I fornicated with my wife, three offspring came out nine months later. I was there during all three of said occasions, and delivered the middle offspring (the gamer) myself.
So pretty sure, yes.

Bumping my own thread, I'm a bad man.
Your replies were very witty, and I laughed incessantly.
However, I'm right and you're all wrong. All these lavasoft games - Restaurant/Farm/Zoo Story really do drain battery quickly. A combo of wifi, bright colours and eager progeny is hardly conducive to prolonged battery life. They certainly drain it quicker than my boy's other games (e.g., Cut The Rope, Angry Birds).
And as a riposte to the slackjawed troglodyte quoted below:
yetep said:
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- take a look in the mirror.

If I would have kids, I wouldn't want them to surf the Internet alone. There's too much stuff out there inappropriate for children.
My kids would get an old phone, which you can only use for talking and sending text messages and for gaming a Nintendo DS.
Think about this instead of battery live! The cheapest solution isn't always the best

Aymara said:
If I would have kids, I wouldn't want them to surf the Internet alone. There's too much stuff out there inappropriate for children.
My kids would get an old phone, which you can only use for talking and sending text messages and for gaming a Nintendo DS.
Think about this instead of battery live! The cheapest solution isn't always the best
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I don't let them surf the net alone, under any circumstances. My middle kid is 7, and he's not getting a mobile before he's 10 (there's 6 year olds where I live tooled up with mobiles, which is ridiculous).
Any online games he plays are on my phone, always with me present, and no invites/social interaction without me vetting first. He has a DS and a Wii, and I don't allow online play with them.
Sad but true - as a parent you can't be too careful.

B3311 said:
Sad but true - as a parent you can't be too careful.
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Yes, especially regarding internet. Too bad there's zero parential control in Android. I remember a father reporting, that his kid used in-game market to waiste 99$
A few weeks ago I saw a less than 10 year old girl in a bus with a Galaxy ... some parents don't seem to know, what they are doing.

post photos of your sgs3 cracked screen

I thought it might be interesting to see how common this issue is. I am calling it a design flaw.
Single, waist high drop onto tile kitchen floor.
It is an awesome phone but people should be aware how easily this device breaks/cracks.
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Unfortunate, but all of these slim smartphones with big nice screens will crack if they hit a hard surface in a certain angle. Looks like your phone hit the floor corner first, that is often big trouble.

3tybagig said:
I thought it might be interesting to see how common this issue is. I am calling it a design flaw.
Single, waist high drop onto tile kitchen floor.
It is an awesome phone but people should be aware how easily this device breaks/cracks.
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How can you call it a design flaw when you drop them? So it's not peoples fault when they drop things and ended up breaking but it's company's who made the product? I like to know what Samsung will say to your comment.....
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have you guys watched this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJuNgBkloFE

Im afraid i must echo the comments above. Dropping onto a tile floor would never end well and would have been amazed had it survived scratch/damage free. I've dropped mine a couple times but my foot has broken the floor and i've been lucky. If it had say cracked in my pocked i'd call it a design floor, but this is sadly an accident.

Wow. No Trolls here.

Yeeeeeeah, we trolls sympathize with you. I'd hate to break my phone! (>_>)

I am sticking with design flaw regardless of the above flamers.
Drop testing is a standard part of QC on all phones. Some manufacturers hold in the highest regard as part of QC.
I believe drop test QC was inadequate on this product.
My only point is to make potential buyers aware of the issue. I still think the phone is awesome and worth buying but people need to know that the phone on its own is inadequately protected from standard daily use so some kind of helmet is recommended.

You need to reconsider your definition of the word "troll". They are not trolling you for a reaction; they are advising you that dropping a glass-fronted device onto its corner on a tile floor is pretty much guaranteed to crack it. It's not a design flaw.

First thing I did when I got my S3 was buy a cover and screen protector.
With such an expensive phone I believe its essential

Still a good post to remind us all, that we should really get a protective case.
None yet here, been lazy, hate shopping, might have to get one online
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This is mine.
The crack appeared 2 weeks after I bought it. I haven't dropped it and I don't know how this happened.
Hopefully it's "stable" and it's not getting worse with time. It's been more than a month now.
I had been told that warranty wouldn't cover this so I haven't done anything.

@anthropolyte
If one is not part of the solution one is part of the... a Troll.

No. A troll is someone who baits someone in order to annoy them and get a reaction. People on here are advising you that because you dropped your phone onto a tiled floor, you're responsible for what resulted, not Samsung.
Do you call everyone who corrects you or disagrees with you a troll?

Here's my screen.
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sumsy2011 said:
Here's my screen.
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What did you do to your phone?!

sumsy2011 said:
Here's my screen.
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apk name please
ruianast
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Kangburra said:
What did you do to your phone?!
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installed a app !?
ruianast

sumsy2011 said:
Here's my screen.
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+1 ruianast
Apps name please

Lol. The app called. Crack your screen.
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What has happened to my baby???
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OnePlus One Explodes in Pocket

I found this over on the OnePlus forums. There is also a nasty burn on the dudes leg.
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/be-careful-my-one-has-burned.96724/
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Holy ****.. way to reinforce the stereotypical fake Chinese exploding phones LOL

Holy Cow... too sad. I hope OP folks investigate it and come to some conclusion. Btw, we have seen news of IPhones n samsungs explode as well.

Need an invite for this, to see your leg burning ?

Another reason to use a case as it could have been a lot worse.

He had a case...

roswell782 said:
He had a case...
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He's saying if he didn't have a case, it could have been much worse.
The case helped prevent it from being directly against his leg.

Yes, another misunderstanding of my part. Need to sleep more today...

Holy crap that's not good. Clearly a defective battery, the melting in the back cover is literally shaped around the battery.

says put in back pocket - may have sat on it and punctured the battery. but then said burned his leg? funny...

mydroidfren said:
says put in back pocket - may have sat on it and punctured the battery. but then said burned his leg? funny...
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He said he doesn't recall sitting on it. Just was in his back pocket at the time.
Also just in case his build date.
I placed my order on 23 July. The date on the box says 2014.07.18
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maybe Samsung/Apple will fight over this and send him a new phone and make a big thing... lol

I noticed a few things
1st He says the phone was in his rear pocket and then burn marks are of his legs.
2nd The OPO also seems like it had an impact from outside heat instead of bursting from inside.
He maybe honest but I've had a phone explode on me and the damage wasn't this severe.

This is likely simply an issue with the individual device/battery, I doubt OnePlus have cheaped out on the battery and every smartphone uses a Lithium Ion or Lithium Polymer battery. Once these batteries have heated up or malfunctioned badly, due to the high concentration of power in a small area there is nothing stopping the reaction continuing. Similar things happen regularly with Samsung phones and even iPhones.
OnePlus are going to reimburse him for the phone, his clothes, and any medical bills.
Tl;Dr - seems like a catastrophic failure that is just in the nature if Lithium Ion/polymer batteries

fake
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gd6noob said:
maybe Samsung/Apple will fight over this and send him a new phone and make a big thing... lol
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XD

nfl46 said:
Hmmmm.
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Had it in his back pocket and got burns. I keep mine in the front pocket... ouch.

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Any exposé of this nature and their forum mods come thunderously and wipe out evidence!

timbuctoo said:
Any exposé of this nature and their forum mods come thunderously and wipe out evidence!
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Wow. I didn't see that one coming.
Though the thread was getting a little out of control. Too many idiots commenting.
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mydroidfren said:
says put in back pocket - may have sat on it and punctured the battery. but then said burned his leg? funny...
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Unless your ass has a solid 90 degree angle and its edge rests dead center on the OnePlus One, and you weigh more than 300 or so pounds, you're you not going to "puncture" the battery...
venky716 said:
I noticed a few things
1st He says the phone was in his rear pocket and then burn marks are of his legs.
2nd The OPO also seems like it had an impact from outside heat instead of bursting from inside.
He maybe honest but I've had a phone explode on me and the damage wasn't this severe.
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What are you talking about, the burn marks are exactly where they should be on the side of his butt, right where the the side of the back pocket burned and the side that bursted on the OnePlus One.
The the plastic melted exactly as it should if the heat was applied from the interior of the phone too...
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fake
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Hmmmm.
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Excellent work Sherlock...

Bad build quality : Nexus letters falling off

I am wondering if this is common issue?
More importantly, anyone with white model have this problem too?
I am thinking to cancel my order and wait for later batch if that could make difference ...
Source: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+RyanKonnad/posts/JnTrchcQqh7
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Oh wow... I was hoping this wasn't an issue anymore. Hasn't happened to my midnight blue yet.
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if it is the same problem the M8 has it is not really fix able without a full change over. Its the glue that holds the letters on. The glue that holds the letters on the HTC One M8, HTC Logo starts to fail after the phone is heated over and over again. I am not surprised the N6 has the same problem. I think it looks better without letters really. I am sure the white has the same problem. You may be able to use super glue after it falls off and see if that is better.

no problems here. Im a daily power user too.

I got this pretty badly on my Nexus 5.

It's kind of a non-issue in my opinion.

sithdroid2187 said:
It's kind of a non-issue in my opinion.
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Non issue? For a 700 dollar phone, it certainly is an issue. Had this happen on my nexus 5. Hope this is a rare occurrence.

There's another thread somewhere here on this. People that ordered from Motorola said Moto is doing advance replacement for this issue. I'd hope Google would do the same thing for gp orders.

Yup, non-issue. I don't expect things like that to stay in forever. That's like saying that the coating on my drums should never wear off, but it does.

sithdroid2187 said:
Yup, non-issue. I don't expect things like that to stay in forever. That's like saying that the coating on my drums should never wear off, but it does.
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I can understand if the device has been used for quite a long time.
But, just few days? Come on ...

sithdroid2187 said:
Yup, non-issue. I don't expect things like that to stay in forever. That's like saying that the coating on my drums should never wear off, but it does.
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It's an issue with a $700 phone, and we're not talking about 'forever'... we're talking about letters falling off with only days of use. I would be pissed if it happened to me. That would be equivalent of the paint peeling off your drum within days after purchase.

sithdroid2187 said:
Yup, non-issue. I don't expect things like that to stay in forever. That's like saying that the coating on my drums should never wear off, but it does.
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So, if you buy a new car it's OK if all the brand and model logos fall off in the first week of ownership? IMO, it makes the phone look really cheap.
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sithdroid2187 said:
Yup, non-issue. I don't expect things like that to stay in forever. That's like saying that the coating on my drums should never wear off, but it does.
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Drums are hit where the coating is... Man, not everybody is equipped with common sense.
Car emblems hardly ever fall off but if they did, would it be a non-issue?
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So, if you buy a new car it's OK if all the brand and model logos fall off in the first week of ownership? IMO, it makes the phone look really cheap.
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Didn't even see this post before I posted.
Exactly!
G3

I wonder if the AT&T logo will just fall off sometime?

I could understand if after a year and it happened but after a few days? That's not a non issue its a defect. If it happens to mine I will be demanding a new phone.

Wallcrawler said:
I wonder if the AT&T logo will just fall off sometime?
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Heard u can rub it off
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Mines nexus name not peeling off

As long as the car served it's primary function, I don't care if the logos came off. But that's just me.

So we've got this issue but I've only seen one picture of it? Also the pic posted here has a crooked letter "n" on the curved part what's up with that....

gogol said:
I am wondering if this is common issue?
More importantly, anyone with white model have this problem too?
I am thinking to cancel my order and wait for later batch if that could make difference ...
Source: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+RyanKonnad/posts/JnTrchcQqh7
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Looks like a bad example of photoshop-ing skills....
When are the letters of the device not straight, or have jagged edges?? Unless the owner tried "fixing" the peeling with white out?

jbdan said:
So we've got this issue but I've only seen one picture of it? Also the pic posted here has a crooked letter "n" on the curved part what's up with that....
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Source: Reddit Itzak_Hunt

Samsung may introduce some avengers style S6 edge phones.

http://m.pocketnow.com/2015/03/12/galaxy-s6-edge-avengers
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Man I want that ironman one so bad!
Edit: And now at least one version has been confirmed.
http://phandroid.com/2015/05/04/samsung-galaxy-s6-iron-man-edition-confirmed/
https://youtu.be/wB6MId15cpo
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barondebxl said:
http://m.pocketnow.com/2015/03/12/galaxy-s6-edge-avengers
Man I want that ironman one so bad!
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Omg, iron man!!

David_freestyle said:
Omg, iron man!!
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Looks FANTASTIC!
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Just so nobody gets their hopes up too much, Samsung is about as close to producing these as they are producing a device themed after your favorite porn star at the moment.
Take this information with a huge grain of salt.

I'm a huge fan!

Poetique said:
Just so nobody gets their hopes up too much, Samsung is about as close to producing these as they are producing a device themed after your favorite porn star at the moment.
Take this information with a huge grain of salt.
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Yeah as of now its just speculation but I really do hope they make some, even a limited edition kinda thing. They just look too good IMO.
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samsung likes to hype and brag about a lot of stuff, but when come release time none of what they bragged about can be found to be purchased.

Samsung never 'bragged' about this... It is speculation from others.

If these do get made, I can't wait to see the posts on swappa/ebay/craigslist with huge mark ups, with words in the description like "rare" and "limited edition"

Isn't saying Samsung "might" release these based on fan renders like saying they "might" release a version with SD card slot and removable battery based on a fan render?

Hanson68 said:
Isn't saying Samsung "might" release these based on fan renders like saying they "might" release a version with SD card slot and removable battery based on a fan render?
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Well if sites like pocketnow and phandroid talk about this, what's the problem?
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barondebxl said:
Well if sites like pocketnow and phandroid talk about this, what's the problem?
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Nothing necessarily.
Thing is, people aren't always (read: usually aren't) intelligent enough to comprehend the difference between something that is going to happen and something that in all actuality is a nice idea that really isn't on the table.
For the sake of XDA, generally speaking, information spoken of around here tends to be factual. This is pure fantasy.
With that said, people around XDA would likely be the ones who can also tell the difference. So I personally don't have a problem with this thread. I think it's a little irrelevant and I think the title is a bit deceptive, but ehh... it is what it is (not to mention this is just the "general" subforum anyway). I get what the guy was saying though.

It sounds like this has come about because Samsung has provided a lot of stuff for the new Avengers film and people have put two and two together and got five.

Anyone seen this? http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/mobile-devices/store-accessories/licensed-accessories/F-MARVEL7

samb222 said:
Anyone seen this? http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/mobile-devices/store-accessories/licensed-accessories/F-MARVEL7
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Well, there u go.
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My problem is you go from aluminum, to painted aluminum. I'm sure its durable..but still could chip

samb222 said:
Anyone seen this? http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/mobile-devices/store-accessories/licensed-accessories/F-MARVEL7
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This would be interesting if it wasn't listed as an "accessory."
Now It's just strange. Avengers-themed cases maybe?

Poetique said:
Nothing necessarily.
Thing is, people aren't always (read: usually aren't) intelligent enough to comprehend the difference between something that is going to happen and something that in all actuality is a nice idea that really isn't on the table.
For the sake of XDA, generally speaking, information spoken of around here tends to be factual. This is pure fantasy.
With that said, people around XDA would likely be the ones who can also tell the difference. So I personally don't have a problem with this thread. I think it's a little irrelevant and I think the title is a bit deceptive, but ehh... it is what it is (not to mention this is just the "general" subforum anyway). I get what the guy was saying though.
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I guess you were wrong
http://phandroid.com/2015/05/04/samsung-galaxy-s6-iron-man-edition-confirmed/
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barondebxl said:
I guess you were wrong
http://phandroid.com/2015/05/04/samsung-galaxy-s6-iron-man-edition-confirmed/
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Well sure, I'm wrong on May 4th.
This was posted nearly two months ago when there was no evidence of such a thing.
Time frames matter. Cute poke though.
Nontheless, this'll be cool to see for those interested.

Poetique said:
Well sure, I'm wrong on May 4th.
This was posted nearly two months ago when there was no evidence of such a thing.
Time frames matter. Cute poke though.
Nontheless, this'll be cool to see for those interested.
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It was rumored 2 months ago and now its coming to fruition. What a coincidence. Devices get rumored all the time before becoming official, just saying.
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barondebxl said:
It was rumored 2 months ago and now its coming to fruition. What a coincidence. Devices get rumored all the time before becoming official, just saying.
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GASP! I had no idea. And would you believe it? Things get rumored all the time before staying rumors.
Your point?