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Re: Everything Android - The Official Android Thread
« Reply #300 on: March 10, 2013, 09:31:39 PM »
You can still unlock it.
yeah not chancing it, considering they seem to be retracting the whole deal i will just wait, a hard-bricked optimus g was likely under contract and i doubt at&t(or any other carrier that can legally unlock) will be 100% willing to not try to put one on me as well...

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Re: Everything Android - The Official Android Thread
« Reply #301 on: March 10, 2013, 09:38:04 PM »
I mean just go to a paid unlock site and order the code. "Yes, this phone was purchased before January 26th to the best of my knowledge."
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« Reply #302 on: March 14, 2013, 08:00:29 AM »
but there are multiple reasons i'm waiting
another of which is the S4 announcement
the plan is to get the device and use the old avail as practice... LG has shown some interesting things with the G(like the 2core power saving mode) that will hopefully become standard.

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Re: Everything Android - The Official Android Thread
« Reply #303 on: March 14, 2013, 08:39:36 AM »
Today is the big S4 reveal. Can't seem to get excited since I expect this to be by the books. Google I/o is in two months which is what i'm looking forward too.
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« Reply #304 on: March 14, 2013, 08:47:22 AM »
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« Reply #305 on: March 14, 2013, 10:26:33 AM »
Here, take my money!
Why besides having awesome battery life its pretty buy the books and most importantly it looks like ****.
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« Reply #306 on: March 14, 2013, 10:43:45 AM »
Somebody is a fanboy and it certainly isn't Brandogg. ;)

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« Reply #307 on: March 14, 2013, 11:22:56 AM »
Somebody is a fanboy and it certainly isn't Brandogg. ;)
How so I mean the S4 looks decent but going by samsungs history its going to be plastic and the Desgin of the phone is highly inferior to other devices on the market.
iphone 5
Lumia 920
Blackberry Z10
HTC One
Nexus 4
Xperia T
all blow the S4 out of the water Desgin wise from the screens we have seen of the S4.
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« Reply #308 on: March 14, 2013, 11:45:49 AM »
I'd say the only design choice they messed up on is the plastic back. Make it similar to the iPhone 5 back and I'd be sold. But I guess it's understandable considering the phone is so large.

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« Reply #309 on: March 14, 2013, 02:07:10 PM »
I'd say the only design choice they messed up on is the plastic back. Make it similar to the iPhone 5 back and I'd be sold. But I guess it's understandable considering the phone is so large.

Yes, Because nothing is wrong with the iphone's back panel, just like everything else on it its absolute everlasting perfection from start to finish...

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« Reply #310 on: March 14, 2013, 03:14:02 PM »
Adds character to the phone. Seriously, the iPod Touch 4G has the most scratchable back I've ever seen in electronics. I like the look better when it's scratched compared to not.

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« Reply #311 on: March 14, 2013, 04:19:24 PM »
My G2 has a ton of starches and it looks awesome that way.
 
 
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Re: Everything Android - The Official Android Thread
« Reply #312 on: March 14, 2013, 04:31:33 PM »
Here, take my money!
Why besides having awesome battery life its pretty buy the books and most importantly it looks like ****.

Yes, using your eyes to scroll and 8-core 1.8Ghz CPU is pretty standard stuff.
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« Reply #313 on: March 14, 2013, 04:49:29 PM »
Adds character to the phone. Seriously, the iPod Touch 4G has the most scratchable back I've ever seen in electronics. I like the look better when it's scratched compared to not.
yeah your right, in fact this one has so much 'character'


prove your point, give your phone that much character

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« Reply #314 on: March 14, 2013, 04:53:12 PM »
What the hell does that have to do with what we were talking about? We were talking about the backs of two different phones. The backs. And we weren't talking about huge freaking cracks in the screen, but scratches. On the back of the device.

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« Reply #315 on: March 14, 2013, 05:22:59 PM »
I have a RAZR HD; back is made of Kevlar. No scratches.
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« Reply #316 on: March 14, 2013, 06:33:03 PM »
But cracks add character, why limit yourself to one side when you can have twice the character?

honestly cracks and scratches destroy resale value, nobody will buy that thing up there and i don't know what's worse...  the fact that you can scratch it through normal use, or the fact that you are trying to defend it

Here, take my money!
Why besides having awesome battery life its pretty buy the books and most importantly it looks like ****.

Yes, using your eyes to scroll and 8-core 1.8Ghz CPU is pretty standard stuff.
that eye thing is just creepy

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Re: Everything Android - The Official Android Thread
« Reply #317 on: March 14, 2013, 06:41:12 PM »
I know plenty of people with the same level of scratching on their Android phones. It comes with the territory with something you use the way you use a phone. I have somehow kept my iPhone 4 free of all but the faintest scratches for nearly three years now, and I honestly don't know how I did that.
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« Reply #318 on: March 14, 2013, 06:58:10 PM »
Here, take my money!
Why besides having awesome battery life its pretty buy the books and most importantly it looks like ****.

Yes, using your eyes to scroll and 8-core 1.8Ghz CPU is pretty standard stuff.
1. Eh I don't do much reading on my phone and when I do its usually just going through pulse or Press really quickly.
 
2. Da faq you realistically need eight cores on a phone for?  I understood the bloated specs war pre- ICS and maybe Honeycomb when Android ran like crap on anything that wasn't uber overpowered. But Android has gotten to a point of optimization that a phone doesn't need all that power to run smoothly.
But again Samsung is the current Market leader and for whatever reason they have rested on their laurels. Hopefully the S4 looks better in Promo shots and non leaked pictures but i'm not expecting much. Will post a comparison pics after the livestream.
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Re: Everything Android - The Official Android Thread
« Reply #319 on: March 14, 2013, 07:05:39 PM »
Yes but it shouldn't come out of the box that way...

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« Reply #320 on: March 20, 2013, 12:38:11 PM »
My current phone is on the major fritz and when I go to get a upgrade its looking like my choices are between the Galaxy S4 and the HTC one. "sigh"


Both are decent phones but have alot of stuff I dislike about them.


-The galaxy S 4 has bad design imo
-The htc one has bad battery life apparently
-I dislike how big the screen is on both.


But right now those two, the note II, and the BB Z10 are the only phones set for Tmobile's LTE network.















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Re: Everything Android - The Official Android Thread
« Reply #321 on: March 20, 2013, 01:28:18 PM »
the galaxy phones have great material for durability but Samsung doesn't seem to know how to make it look nice

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Re: Everything Android - The Official Android Thread
« Reply #322 on: March 20, 2013, 04:18:17 PM »
My current phone is on the major fritz and when I go to get a upgrade its looking like my choices are between the Galaxy S4 and the HTC one. "sigh"


Both are decent phones but have alot of stuff I dislike about them.


-The galaxy S 4 has bad design imo
-The htc one has bad battery life apparently
-I dislike how big the screen is on both.


But right now those two, the note II, and the BB Z10 are the only phones set for Tmobile's LTE network.
Sounds like it's time to switch to a better network ;)

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Re: Everything Android - The Official Android Thread
« Reply #323 on: March 20, 2013, 04:46:08 PM »
Lack of good design and small screen sizes is probably my biggest complaint about Samsung products.


If Samsung could make a phone with the design of an apple/nokia/htc I'd be in heaven. 




and switching to a better network wouldn't really help as all the Carriers are pretty much stuck to having high end and not carrying a stock android device.
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Re: Everything Android - The Official Android Thread
« Reply #324 on: March 20, 2013, 04:56:40 PM »
Samsung is great at making phones with the design of an Apple product. A federal judge said so.
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