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Acording to engadet mobile sony has signed a deal with foxconn to produce there android phone(s).
Could they also being using them for there next wm phone.
it would make sense to do a deal for mutiple phones with one company, as there could be discounts and stuff by doing muliple deals and we already know SE dont want to use htc anymore.
might be promising, they make handsets for nokia and a couple others I think..
does look like they're doing the x2 Winmo as well
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20081223PB200.html
shame, i wanted asus to make it.
does anyone know anything about this company? are they any good? what have they made before?
What would you like to know? Foxconn has been used a lot by Apple in the past. I believe they made most of the iPods and such. I believe they have been responsible for some iPaqs bij Compaq/HP.
Guess they are qualified enough to produce a Winmo phone. No worries about that.
To be honest, I'm a bit gutted they moved away from HTC. They seem like a good company. Might have to make my next phone a proper HTC is this is true, and the new X2 isn't up the scratch.
Just looked on wikipedia, did not notice how big they are and how many products they have helped to produce. they make htc look like small fry (look at there revenue/net income compared with htc).
For those like me who dont know about the company look on wiki, the helped produce the iphone, ipod, mac mini, mac air, macbook pro, ipod nano, ps2, ps3, wii, xbox 360, amazon kindle, phones from motorola, nokia and SE.
As well as this they make pc parts and motherboards for big companys like asus, dell, hp and sony. heatsinks for amd and intel branded motherboards.
this is a big company that makes very big products but are not very well known as they dont have there own branding on the product and parts they make.
it was rumered that mobinova were to make the x2 a while back
if foxconn\ (mobinova) are making the android phone that does not mean theyll do the wm one though.
THE GRIZZ said:
it was rumered that mobinova were to make the x2 a while back
if foxconn\ (mobinova) are making the android phone that does not mean theyll do the wm one though.
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i think (but may be wrong) that mobinova is part on foxconn (a company owned by foxconn and as such meaning foxconn is making it, if u know what i mean. think retro studios make the metriod prime games but are owned by nintendo so its a nintendo game).
it only says android phones at the mo but looking at there experiance in with ipaqs and phones like iphone, sony will probally use them to make there next x phone (which i think will be wm not android),
If HTC do not make the X2, I'm buying Touch Pro 2 or 3.
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If HTC do not make the X2, I'm buying Touch Pro 2 or 3.
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AGREED.
The main reason I would only ever buy HTC is this forum.
Who else would agree with this statement?
We should set up a poll methinks.
I wonder if HTC know about this forum, and if they knew just how many people buy HTC because of this forum, I think they would sponsor it, if only in a small way, monetarelly speakng that is
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If HTC do not make the X2, I'm buying Touch Pro 2 or 3.
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why buy a touch pro 2 when its the same spec as your x1???
Ganondolf said:
Just looked on wikipedia, did not notice how big they are and how many products they have helped to produce. they make htc look like small fry (look at there revenue/net income compared with htc).
For those like me who dont know about the company look on wiki, the helped produce the iphone, ipod, mac mini, mac air, macbook pro, ipod nano, ps2, ps3, wii, xbox 360, amazon kindle, phones from motorola, nokia and SE.
As well as this they make pc parts and motherboards for big companys like asus, dell, hp and sony. heatsinks for amd and intel branded motherboards.
this is a big company that makes very big products but are not very well known as they dont have there own branding on the product and parts they make.
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Nice work. I'll have to have a little wiki look myself.
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If HTC do not make the X2, I'm buying Touch Pro 2 or 3.
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If HTC does not make X2, it's even better for X2.
I'm looking for a new phone with good specs and good price, will be Xiaomi Phone good choice ??? It will have 1.5 GHz dual-core CPU, 1 GB RAM, and good price- 310 USD (215 EUR)
Btw it runs MIUI and it will have unlocked bootloader
http://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_phone_is_15ghz_dualcore_droid_from_china_to_cost_310-news-3007.php
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvpSgWs0KMA
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I'm looking for a new phone with good specs and good price, will be Xiaomi Phone good choice ??? It will have 1.5 GHz dual-core CPU, 1 GB RAM, and good price- 310 USD (215 EUR)
Btw it runs MIUI and it will have unlocked bootloader
http://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_phone_is_15ghz_dualcore_droid_from_china_to_cost_310-news-3007.php
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Hey it's Steve Jobs presenting a new iphone.. and look, he's demonstrating how the phone doesn't lose signal no matter how you hold it!
Specs are nice but i don't know.. will it have good support?
It freezes alot in the video xD
Chinesse phone....not good materials.....worst support
it Depends on the materials basically ..
And chinese materials .. Suck the most ..
specs are Very good actually
But i'd go for a Proper benchmark ..
Like HTC ..
HTC is actually Very damn good ..
Just because it's a chinese product it doesn't mean it's bad.
They can have good and bad stuff like any other country. Take apple for ex, lots of apple products are made in china with chinese materials. They were just designed in the usa, which of course also chose the materials they want in the product.
Most crappy chinese products are made by chinese companies with no experience, they just imitate something that already exists and use cheap materials so the prices can be low.
But you also have good chinese companies who prefer to waste a bit more money on a r&d department and quality control and produce way better things..
We just have to see what kind of company they are
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This is a phone from China. I don't know how is its quality. Maybe like M9.
It's really cheap(compare to others).
In China it will be 1999 yuan.But I can't afford it. One of my classmate want buy it.
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Chinesse phone....not good materials.....worst support
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I don't know the how is the materials,but the support of xiaomi will good. Because it run MIUI .
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Chinesse phone....not good materials.....worst support
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why ??? look at ZTE Blade. it doesn't have good materials, but it has froyo officialy and it's officialy supported by CM, i hope that Xiaomi will be officialy CM supported too
Engadget has a hands-on preview: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/16/xiaomi-phone-hands-on/
The internals are made by foxconn (same company that makes the internals for apple devices), it's not necessarily the best company at the business but it's also not a cheap factory, the screen is manufactured by sharp and seems to be a tad better in sun light than the average lcd screen. They also said that the phone feels surprisingly solid. Software still needs some tweaking..
Let us wait
Looks like a nice phone but I wish there where released in Europe.
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Looks like a nice phone but I wish there where released in Europe.
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me too, if it won't be released in europe, i think i won't buy it (because of service repairs )
samsung galaxy s2
Today I had a chat with SE Support. Here it is...
Sorry, but this has been consulted a thousand times. Nothing new.
heh this is too small to read this
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heh this is too small to read this
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Save the image, then open it in your computer
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Asycid said:
Sorry, but this has been consulted a thousand times. Nothing new.
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LOL ............
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Today I had a chat with SE Support. Here it is...
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we can only got BIG .I. form se , i wont ever bay sony things,phones and etc ...
my next phone will be samsung , htc or motorola , i dont wont nothing form sony ...............
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Today I had a chat with SE Support. Here it is...
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lolxxx...
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Did u expect them upgrade our w8 or x8...joke
n1kolaa said:
we can only got BIG .I. form se , i wont ever bay sony things,phones and etc ...
my next phone will be samsung , htc or motorola , i dont wont nothing form sony ...............
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Samsung stops provide new software for just 1 year old models, X8 and X10 is 2 years old models and X10 get Android 2.3, Samsung galaxy S stuck on Android 2.2 !
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Samsung stops provide new software for just 1 year old models, X8 and X10 is 2 years old models and X10 get Android 2.3, Samsung galaxy S stuck on Android 2.2 !
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galaxy s is on 2.3
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9000_galaxy_s-3115.php
look there
Features OS Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.3
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Today I had a chat with SE Support. Here it is...
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Nothing new. That's marketing. No company wants their customer keep an old product, Always want them to buy a new product. Pay for making upgrade rom for old products isn't profitable. When you're in a business you'll act like them.
Or simply we can say X8 belongs to SE but now they're Sony =)) LOL just kidding.
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Nothing new. That's marketing. No company wants their customer keep an old product, Always want them to buy a new product. Pay for making upgrade rom for old products isn't profitable. When you're in a business you'll act like them.
Or simply we can say X8 belongs to SE but now they're Sony =)) LOL just kidding.
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sadly thats true. im going to buy something from samsung or motorola next time.
even if i use cooked roms only that doesnt allow SE to do such unfair thing.
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sadly thats true. im going to buy something from samsung or motorola next time.
even if i use cooked roms only that doesnt allow SE to do such unfair thing.
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I think samsung and motorola will do the same things. Like I said, that's marketing. They can only support for a product line for a limited time. Nothing continues forever.
In my opinion, that's a huge disadvantage of android platform vs iOS. Many devices with many different drivers. That's why we can't have one rom for any devices.
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I think samsung and motorola will do the same things. Like I said, that's marketing. They can only support for a product line for a limited time. Nothing continues forever.
In my opinion, that's a huge disadvantage of android platform vs iOS. Many devices with many different drivers. That's why we can't have one rom for any devices.
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Thats more of an advantage cuz with custom roms, we get more than official updates plus we can edit anything we want...plus, even if you're on Eclair, you can still use Android and Google's basic functions... i remember last December, Apple cut support for the App Store for people running iOS 3 or below...at least Google doesn't do that...
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http://m.techradar.com/news/phone-a.../sony-admits-our-phones-can-t-compete-1113159
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http://m.techradar.com/news/phone-a.../sony-admits-our-phones-can-t-compete-1113159
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its poor to admit such things publicly , each phone has their own advantage.
s3- fast and cutting edge features
iphone - reliable
nexus - google experience
sony - best looking phones
Off course it can't compete right now without a single handset 100% Sony.
What we have available is Sony Ericsson's devices with Sony brand.
Next year will be the year.
I really need a decent display with a lot of power under the hood.
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its poor to admit such things publicly , each phone has their own advantage.
s3- fast and cutting edge features
iphone - reliable
nexus - google experience
sony - best looking phones
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You spelt "totally locked up and uncustomisable" wrongly.
They might not compete with iphone5 or Galaxy S3 but not all people are looking for these high-end phones. Not everybody are flashaolic nerds like me. I know a lot of people who still use their phone as a.... PHONE!!! In this category Sony is still a good choice for a phone.(Even I never owned one)
I agree Sony is by far the best looking and best screen android phone, but the miss some points like locked bootloaders and not so good cameras.
I had a xperia s and the device from specs was very nice, from specs I would prefer it as the S3 processor beast. But then with the use you miss important things like USB on the go (not workink but promised) and the 12 mp cam was a piece of SH....
If that happens, maybe Sony will take Samsung's place. Sony devices are in fact, powerful with great support (Also AOSP)
And the system is 200% cleaner than TouchWiz.
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You spelt "totally locked up and uncustomisable" wrongly.
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hahahaha....
very well said...witty and true! :laugh:
I dont really know.....they should make phone to rival sgs4 or iphone 5s/6....its nonsense to rival sgs3 (when its going to be year old flagship)...it is still going to sell well, but still...everybody says how sucky samsung devs are....but idk, they gave us some sweet features-sony should follow that step, high end hw<good software, today in my opinion....
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I dont really know.....they should make phone to rival sgs4 or iphone 5s/6....its nonsense to rival sgs3 (when its going to be year old flagship)...it is still going to sell well, but still...everybody says how sucky samsung devs are....but idk, they gave us some sweet features-sony should follow that step, high end hw<good software, today in my opinion....
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it's nonsense to rival iphone. Android doesn't rival, Android beats.
If I am not wrong (stopped stalking for latest releases after buying the S3), Sony still doesn't have a quad core flagship, so if you were indeed a Sony lover you would have already accepted the fact that right now they don't aim for specs (like Samsung does obviously) and like to provide a nice quality phone with decent price, specs and software (updates + aosp release). This is not at all a bad thing and I like where Sony are headed in the Android world.
Sony has cut back a lot, austerity for them due to a loose wallet subsidising blueray with the PS3. Imagine SGS3 costing 20% of its production costs
They hardly make anything themselves now. It's like Honda giving up and rebranding Kia's instead. Karma me thinks, for Sony Music being fascist psychopathic murdering scum
bala_gamer said:
its poor to admit such things publicly , each phone has their own advantage.
s3- fast and cutting edge features
iphone - reliable
nexus - google experience
sony - best looking phones
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Why does everyone use iphone and reliable in the same sentence? What's not reliable with an android phone? If anything, an iphone is much more unreliable (not hardware-wise, more like software-wise. Have you ever actually owned an iDevice in real life? If you did, you'd notice there are a lot more freezes and app crashes than with android.
Also, how can it be reliable if it doesn't even have proper multitasking?
Sony's 2013 top devices will have S4 PRO,5" 1080p screens,2gb RAM,water resistance,dragontrail glass,Exmor RS 16.2 mpx and 13mpx with third generation dual LED and the sexy look that only Sony know how to do...
But we just can wait with the best device in our hands right now.
If Sony really puts some weight behind these words, and they use the ST-Ericsson NovaThor SoCs next year, they will blow everything out of the water. The STE processors will be manufactured by Samsung, so they will have arguably the best mobile manufacturing process out there for the moment, while having the ImgTech G6xx0's GPUs which seem to look pretty unchallenged in performance.
Up until now all of Sony's devices were just outdated by a good more than half a year. In the mobile space where we basically have 1 year long product cycles, that's half of a product lifetime. The Xperia T is a nice phone, but at this point in time it's basically the same internal hardware as the One XL/S and NA S3's, which are 6+ months old. Don't get me started on the previous "flagships".
Let's hope they can deliver. They have the hardware available to do it.
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I agree Sony is by far the best looking and best screen android phone, but the miss some points like locked bootloaders and not so good cameras.
I had a xperia s and the device from specs was very nice, from specs I would prefer it as the S3 processor beast. But then with the use you miss important things like USB on the go (not workink but promised) and the 12 mp cam was a piece of SH....
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Funny you mention that Sony cameras are not so good when the SIII and Iphone 4s uses a Sony sensor.
http://9to5mac.com/2012/06/01/chipw...sung-galaxy-siii-sports-the-iphone-4s-camera/
Anyway, in the flagship they can´t compete, shure, but in the rest of the range, it has the best ones.
I currently have the SIII but below that Sony does better than Samnsung, in price/quality, at least in my country.
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Funny you mention that Sony cameras are not so good when the SIII and Iphone 4s uses a Sony sensor.
http://9to5mac.com/2012/06/01/chipw...sung-galaxy-siii-sports-the-iphone-4s-camera/
Anyway, in the flagship they can´t compete, shure, but in the rest of the range, it has the best ones.
I currently have the SIII but below that Sony does better than Samnsung, in price/quality, at least in my country.
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I can tell you that my xperia neo takes better photos then my s2 and my former xperia s. But not better then the s3. This was tested with the 4 phones in the same places and in same conditions. I m a sony fan. Allways had sony Ericsson phones. And tell you thay the xperia s is a great deception. I m not a great fan from samsung I had some y op devices and allqays had problems with them. But one I ensure you. S3 is by far better then any sony. Last I tell you if the xperia s had some features that it could have without problems, like otg usb, external sd, removable battery, and decent software for cam, I had prefere it has the s3.
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You spelt "totally locked up and uncustomisable" wrongly.
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thats another part of the story
I tried so hard analyzing but now at last I know their reasoning behind releasing Xperia S, Xperia P, Xperia U, Xperia Acro S, Xperia T, and whatever Xperia (ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ) phone they released this year. All along and all this time, those phones were meant to challenge Galaxy S2, HTC Sensation, iPhone4s and other phones from last year! What kind of mindset is that for a company? What have you become Sony? Argh!
The iPhone's implementation of panorama is a great example on why Apple are so good at creating user experiences for the lowest common denominator.
Yes, that's a nice way of saying it's made for stupid people. But making things for stupid people requires very smart ideas.
Hi there guys,
as in title allready asked "From wich Phone you will jump to OnePlus One and why ?"
I will sell my Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE+ I9506 with Snapdragon 800 cause there is no Development an no CM10/11 support for it!
As the nature of a technique freak is that mostly tune/modify and want it adjust more personal likes and featurs...
In my opinion a phone who dont got CM support is a dead phone cause mostly if there is no CM support there is also no development for this phone! Thats my experiance in last 4 years!
..... well on Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE+ I9506 i had nothing of this ... + Samsung pushed their phones with NSA stuff like KNOX... that was the headshot overall!!!
So i will never buy a Samsung phone that is KNOXED... !!! Bye Bye Samsung!! It was a good time the last 4 years but with KNOX no more!!!
And the 5,5" Display and the Frame of OnePlus One is okay for me cause i also had a Note 2 before the S4 so i know the advantages and disadvantages of such "big" phones
It like you look through a big window instead of a small keyhole.... well thats my sense of taste for such of sizes
At least it was short journey at the s4 phone and i gained to 2 new great xda friends there who is and was willing to do something there Absolon and DeHAWK.
Ill hope Absolon and DeHAWK jump on OnePlus One too!!
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This is my story/current basepoint and i cant wait to buy this phone and support this Company OnePlus!!!!
Cheers
I will upgrade from the LG L3 to the Oneplus One 64GB, my girlfriend gave this phone to me after smashing my HTC. So I can give this phone back to her
Send to trash my HTC One to get OnePlus :laugh: Am I crazy?
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Send to trash my HTC One to get OnePlus :laugh: Am I crazy?
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Definitly crazier than me !
Cheers
Nexus 5! I'm so ready to buy one.
Wow, All of you sacrificing flagship devices... I'm coming from a midrange device, the HTC Desire X. There is not much developement there and just now it is beginning to get CM10 support which is still buggy, so I'm looking forward to get a phone with good specs, recent software and hopefully good developement. Also I'm looking forward to contribute to and support this forum as soon as I can get my hands on this phone!
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Wow, All of you sacrificing flagship devices... I'm coming from a midrange device, the HTC Desire X. There is not much developement there and just now it is beginning to get CM10 support which is still buggy, so I'm looking forward to get a phone with good specs, recent software and hopefully good developement. Also I'm looking forward to contribute to and support this forum as soon as I can get my hands on this phone!
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I'm coming from a HTC One, don't get me wrong it's an incredible device but if I manage to sell it for ~£200 I'll definitely buy the ONE. I'm hoping for more battery life however if I do I'll miss the incredible speakers... (Stereo Downfacing?!)
Edit: I can buy it in HK where the price for the ONE will be around £200
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I'm coming from a HTC One, don't get me wrong it's an incredible device but if I manage to sell it for ~£200 I'll definitely buy the ONE. I'm hoping for more battery life however if I do I'll miss the incredible speakers... (Stereo Downfacing?!)
Edit: I can buy it in HK where the price for the ONE will be around £200
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The Oneplus One is said to have great stereo speakers as well. I don't know if they're as good as the ones of the HTC One though.
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The Oneplus One is said to have great stereo speakers as well. I don't know if they're as good as the ones of the HTC One though.
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The problem is the speakers are placed on the bottom of the phone. Also the only advantage I can see from them being stereo is being louder due to constructive interference as I can't see much of a 'stereo effect' coming from speakers with that little separation...
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The problem is the speakers are placed on the bottom of the phone. Also the only advantage I can see from them being stereo is being louder due to constructive interference as I can't see much of a 'stereo effect' coming from speakers with that little separation...
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If you want, I'll test them before you are going to buy this phone. I'm definitely going to get one.
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If you want, I'll test them before you are going to buy this phone. I'm definitely going to get one.
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That would be awesome thanks, I'm not expecting them to be as good but I hope they are better than the speakers on something like the S5.
id have to say id be coming from a Galaxy S4. i miss CM and im srsly debating on whether to get a N5 or not or just wait for the oneplus. although their contest sounds interesting to smash a phone...might be a fun time to head out to the WMA.
Coming from the Nexus 5. Crazy good specs for a cheaper price. 64gb is only 350 heck yeah. OPPO quality is awesome too
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coming from a galaxy s2, never give up my s2 because with cyanogen it still looks like a new phone and all the features like monitor mode and things i put in it.. but the oneplus one it's just "wow" that spec for that price and already with cyanogen..
i'm gonna buy one for me and also one for my mother
Just bought a HTC One M8, but I have a fully working S4 lying around, so I'll either smash it if I get picked for the contest, or just sell it and buy the OnePlus One. So then I can say I have 2 1s. One+one. Wut.
I just got a brand new Galaxy S5 two weeks ago and if I was given a ticket to purchase a One+ today, I would do it in a heartbeat and sell the Galaxy 5.
The Galaxy 5 is a great phone but all the Samsung "chrome" is driving me insane.. and I don't want to root it because of Knox.
Note 3 att If I got picked I'd smash this Knox loving locked bootloader non development having paper weight in a second...and if not I'll sell it and buy one asap
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The problem is the speakers are placed on the bottom of the phone. Also the only advantage I can see from them being stereo is being louder due to constructive interference as I can't see much of a 'stereo effect' coming from speakers with that little separation...
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You get used to a lower quality sound. I sold my HTC One 2 weeks ago to get a G2 and even though the G2 is louder the quality it's not nearly as good as the HTC one delivered. But as I said, you just get used to what you are currently using, don't let that stop your buying impulse .
I'm also thinking of selling my G2 and buying one even though I'm clearly not get it as cheap as others since I have to import it wheter from US or China so I'll be paying around 400-500USD wich I'm currently used to pay for my flagship phones here where I live ( that's considering that I import them not buying them from the mobile companies here wich totally ripe u off with prices as crazy as 1000USD )
From a Samsung Exhibit II. Yea, I'm quite due for an update!
Gonna jump from my HTC One (M7) it have served me well, but my body is now ready for a bigger screen, the OPO seems like a perfect fit, as I also love it coming with CM11S as the default rom.