the winter system Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Mine's a hand me down. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Elsa Steelheart Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Mine's a hand me down.Mine too 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the winter system Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Elsa Steelheart Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 :D 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted December 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Lollipop is awesome. I'm quite a fan. And assuming the 6 is about the same size as the 5, I might get it when I upgrade. Assuming they don't have a newer model out. I'm liking these Google phones a lot. (Oh, and did I ever thank you for helping me out with that? Because I am grateful. This phone is awesome) Happy to help! The Nexus 6 is much bigger than the Nexus 5. It is more like a Galaxy Note. It is also a lot more expensive than the Nexus 5 because they were going for premium rather than "hey let's get the best phone we can into the cheapest package" which they did with the N4 and N5. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathoth Posted November 6, 2016 Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 I have a 4 year old HTC. I need a new one, basically all apps are starting to get outdated. I dont want an iPhone. Suggestions? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Ascendant Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 I don't have a phone! YAY. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jondesu Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 (edited) On 11/6/2016 at 5:59 PM, Zathoth said: I have a 4 year old HTC. I need a new one, basically all apps are starting to get outdated. I dont want an iPhone. Suggestions? I'm told the Google Nexus is fairly good, or get another HTC, I've always liked their build quality. (I'm an iPhone guy and always will be, so I'm not the best source. Just don't get a Samsung phone.) Edited November 11, 2016 by Jondesu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brightness Enna Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 I had an iPhone 3 for a while, as a hand-me-down from my stepdad. I just really needed a texting thing. But I couldn't download anything and it was annoying. So then the 6 came out, so my stepdad got the 6, handed his 5s to his brother, who gave his 4 to me. The 3 is sitting in a sad drawer somewhere, its screen pretty broken. Then... I don't know exactly why, but then he got me the 6s for myself. 128 GB. I'm pretty happy with it - it comes with iMovie and Garageband, which makes me ridiculously giddy. I still use the 4 as a timer and alarm, especially when I'm giving presentations for school and need both a timer and my notes and a presentation device. I've created a lot of cool stuff and have no idea how I survived drawing on that tiny 4 screen! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little wilson Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 @Zathoth The Nexus phones are really good. The only problem I have with them is internal memory. There's no micro SD slot, so you're stuck with just what comes on the phone. Fortunately, there's the cloud, but for everything that's on the cloud, those apps (Google Photos, Google Drive, etc) get bigger and take up more space. So...yeah. But the phones themselves are really nice. I've had both the 5 and its upgrade, the 5x. I only had 16gb of space on the Nexus 5, and that started having issues toward the end of its life (though I'm not sure if that was because of lack of space or the fact that I dropped it on the pavement, cracked the screen pretty bad, and then dealt with that for about 4 months, until its malfunctioning just got to be too much >>). When I got the 5x, I made sure to get the 32gb version, and that's worked great. Another small problem with the Nexus line is that....well. Google isn't sure they're going to continue the line, apparently. They've got a new smartphone line--Pixel--and they might just focus solely on that. @Chaos Do you have thoughts about the Google Pixel phones? Are they comparable to the Nexus line? (Chaos is my go-to person for smartphone recommendations, by the way. He knows good phones. ). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Slowswift Posted November 12, 2016 Report Share Posted November 12, 2016 LG G3 Vigor, or so it said on the box. It's a decent phone; the design is nice and the software works well enough. It's a bit buggy at times, though, and the fact that just over half the 8GB of storage is taken up by system software is supremely annoying. I would be interested in the iPhone 7 -- I've been an Apple geek forever -- but the lack of headphone jack is really a turn-off for me (same goes for the lack of proper USB ports on the new Mac line). So maybe, if I ever get a new phone, I'll look into Google, or maybe just an earlier-model iPhone. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elenion Posted November 13, 2016 Report Share Posted November 13, 2016 9 hours ago, Slowswift said: the fact that just over half the 8GB of storage is taken up by system software is supremely annoying. My old Samsung Galaxy Tab has three and some odd gigs out of its 8 taken up by the operating system, and more on top of that in the form of "system applications" that I can't remove. I hate it that we're forced to keep unnecessary functions installed like text-to-speech, because due to classes I rarely even have my volume on. 9 hours ago, Slowswift said: I would be interested in the iPhone 7 -- I've been an Apple geek forever -- but the lack of headphone jack is really a turn-off for me (same goes for the lack of proper USB ports on the new Mac line). I think the reason that they don't use standard ports is because it shrinks the supply of compatible products, giving them much more sway over the prices. Great from a corporate perspective, but not from a user perspective. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mestiv Posted November 15, 2016 Report Share Posted November 15, 2016 I have a Galaxy S6 and I'm very satisfied with it. The camera is great and other specs are fine too. After armoring it with a Griffin Survivor Core and a protective glass I'm pretty much not worried about any mechanical damage from falling. My only complaint is that it could have microSD slot and water resistance like S7 :/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted November 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2016 On 11/11/2016 at 4:28 PM, little wilson said: @Zathoth The Nexus phones are really good. The only problem I have with them is internal memory. There's no micro SD slot, so you're stuck with just what comes on the phone. Fortunately, there's the cloud, but for everything that's on the cloud, those apps (Google Photos, Google Drive, etc) get bigger and take up more space. So...yeah. But the phones themselves are really nice. I've had both the 5 and its upgrade, the 5x. I only had 16gb of space on the Nexus 5, and that started having issues toward the end of its life (though I'm not sure if that was because of lack of space or the fact that I dropped it on the pavement, cracked the screen pretty bad, and then dealt with that for about 4 months, until its malfunctioning just got to be too much >>). When I got the 5x, I made sure to get the 32gb version, and that's worked great. Another small problem with the Nexus line is that....well. Google isn't sure they're going to continue the line, apparently. They've got a new smartphone line--Pixel--and they might just focus solely on that. @Chaos Do you have thoughts about the Google Pixel phones? Are they comparable to the Nexus line? (Chaos is my go-to person for smartphone recommendations, by the way. He knows good phones. ). What a coincidence, I just got my Pixel XL last week! It's a really great phone. I'm not sure if it's worth the asking price but it is a very premium device. More premium than the Nexus 6P. Don't consider this that Nexus is dying, but just Google getting more control over stuff and making it more premium. They are nice. Now my Pixel has a screen flickering issue when on low brightness, so I probably have to RMA this particular one, but aside from that it's really great. I've personally never had issues with storage on a phone. 32GB is more than enough for me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Elsa Steelheart Posted April 27, 2017 Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 Iphone SE 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just another guyn Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 On 2/29/2012 at 7:33 PM, Eerongal said: well, there's plenty of things an internet connection is useful for when driving. Streaming music via internet radio/cloud music players/such things, getting alerts of speed traps via an app like trapster, live traffic updates, navigation/directions (with a GPS, of course), and probably other things i cant think of off hand Granted, if the majority of your driving is basically "5-10 minutes in the car" type of driving, these things may not seem important, but back when i was driving an hour to and from work every day, the above things helped me out quite often. I just audible Sanderson books offline for long drives. Or I listen to NPR, KSL, or something on the radio. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uglyllama Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 Anybody on Republic Wireless who could recommend any of the phones in particular? I'm currently with Verizon on an iphone, but I want to make the jump to Republic Wireless and Android both. Just trying to decide which phone to go for. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 I've got an inherited Iphone 6, with a very finicky charging port, and I use textnow's minimum plan. So I piggy back on Sprints network, get a tiny amount of 3G data and then it switches over to the slow stuff, and most importantly to me it's $14 a month. I'm an incredibly cheap person, and most of my life I've been happy just using wi-fi and living without cell service, but life changes and so I went with the absolute cheapest option I could find. I am pretty happy with it except that I have to use the textnow app instead of Imessages. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattig89ch Posted September 28, 2017 Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 Personally, I'm using my OnePlus One. Love this phone. Looking to get a new cell phone to replace it in the near future, and the price of OnePlus' phones, can't be beat. Though the blackberry is looking pretty good with that keyboard. Its a tough call to be sure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penumbra Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 I have a Huawei p9 lite. It was very cheap considering how much phone you get (a samsung phone with slightly worse specs was about double the price). I've thrown it in the ground about 15 times and it still works, so I'm happy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattig89ch Posted October 19, 2017 Report Share Posted October 19, 2017 Anyone else watch this guy? This phone looks neat...for AT&T customers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anna Posted October 19, 2017 Report Share Posted October 19, 2017 (edited) My shiny new Pixel 2 just arrived yesterday I'm upgrading from a 2013 Nexus, so the new phone is definitely a step up Edited October 19, 2017 by anna 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattig89ch Posted November 5, 2017 Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 Anyone remember this phone? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Posted November 7, 2017 Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 I don't have a phone.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totally_Not_A_Worldhopper Posted August 10, 2018 Report Share Posted August 10, 2018 On 05/11/2017 at 2:43 PM, mattig89ch said: Anyone remember this phone? Yeah! It was pretty good. Or, maybe the OnePlus Two was.... I can't remember. I have a Galaxy S7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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