https://bgr.com/2015/04/07/lg-g4-release-date-announcement-april-28th/
the g4 will be released on the 28th of this month, freaken excited to see what the specs are :laugh::laugh:
It will be announced 28th hopefully released shortly thereafter
lol i just bought 2 new lg g3s for the wife an I.
switching over from sgs3
oh well. i'm okay with being a rev behind.
i might do the same.lol. waiting.on the price
Earlier, when G4 rumors were just beginning, the G4 was going to have the Snapdragon 810. There were problems with doing that, since quantity availability of the 810 was not expected before Fall, 2015. Also, later, rumors of the 810 having serious heat dissipation problems came out. So, now instead of the 810 in the Fall, the G4 will ship with the 808 (?) or something, this summer ?
IMO, LG should be officially announcing the G4 before the S6 and M9 were/are available for purchase. Many people wait all winter for new phones to come out in the spring, and since they haven't heard anything from LG they may decide to bite the bullet and go with either the S6 or M9. I know I am.
Yea the decision to wait beyond the release of the other flagships really hurts LG sales IMO
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Yea the decision to wait beyond the release of the other flagships really hurts LG sales IMO
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Not really. A lot of people like me will be jumping ship from Samsung if the note follows the s series. No removable back or battery and no SD. I'll be seeing what the note does. Either note 5 or G4 for me
The snapdragon810 heating problems turns out was only rumours. The 810 does pretty good and with benchmark test shows little to no heating at all.
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The snapdragon810 heating problems turns out was only rumours. The 810 does pretty good and with benchmark test shows little to no heating at all.
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The M9 shows otherwise.
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uhd
4gb ram
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uhd
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Almost everything you mentioned is not going to be in the G4
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Almost everything you mentioned is not going to be in the G4
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Well it would be nice...
I guess 1440 will be fine
5.5 is close enough
F1.8 aperture will be awesome
It's great they retain SD card and removable 3000mA battery
Just assumed 810/440 but 808/Hexa-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A57 & Adreno 418 will be good
No Gorilla 4??? According to GSMArena it will.
Leather will be deluxe too
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After seeing the Facebook video about the g4, it isn't much different than our g3's. I see no reason to upgrade. I was gonna call big red and try their edge plan as I am in a contract and try and get the, g4 after 30 days. No point.... So it let's in more light for pics and has more vivid colors... No thanks, wife has the new s6 Edge and has some vivid colors thanks to the amoled screen. I put my g3 up to it and still prefer my screen as it looks more natural to me.
Also not a fan of the leather backing. I feel Samsung nailed it in the hardware this year while LG is lagging behind again. Was really wishing they'd step it up here, but it is what it is.
So more light in, vivid colors, leather backing.... Barely a better processor as it isn't the 810....
Just gonna keep rocking my g3.
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After seeing the Facebook video about the g4, it isn't much different than our g3's. I see no reason to upgrade. I was gonna call big red and try their edge plan as I am in a contract and try and get the, g4 after 30 days. No point.... So it let's in more light for pics and has more vivid colors... No thanks, wife has the new s6 Edge and has some vivid colors thanks to the amoled screen. I put my g3 up to it and still prefer my screen as it looks more natural to me.
Also not a fan of the leather backing. I feel Samsung nailed it in the hardware this year while LG is lagging behind again. Was really wishing they'd step it up here, but it is what it is.
So more light in, vivid colors, leather backing.... Barely a better processor as it isn't the 810....
Just gonna keep rocking my g3.
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well it is 30% brighter than the g3. also captures 80% more light and bumps up afew megapixals than the g3. it also has 8 megapixal front facing camera. slightely better processor.
im not saying your wrong, but i think there are updates here worth noticing
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well it is 30% brighter than the g3. also captures 80% more light and bumps up afew megapixals than the g3. it also has 8 megapixal front facing camera. slightely better processor.
im not saying your wrong, but i think there are updates here worth noticing
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I tend to agree that it's not an upgrade that I absolutely gotta have. That being said, if I won $500 on a scratch ticket or something, I'd probably buy it at full price. I'll be happy with my G3 for another year though. If you're still on G2, I'd say it's absolutely worth the upgrade!
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I actually really like that they aren't increasing the screen size (I think 5.5" is perfect without being too large) and the fact there may be a stylus!
I was waiting on the G4 but I ended up getting the Turbo by Motorola. What do you guys think? I like it
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I was waiting on the G4 but I ended up getting the Turbo by Motorola. What do you guys think? I like it
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Its a decent phone, but it came out about the same time as the G3 so its not really a better phone. Larger battery and newer CPU, but everything else is a downgrade (capacitive buttons, smaller display, larger bezels, Mich worse camera, worse look IMO).
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You are right, I am asking because I am still on the 14day policy and I am thinking about returning it for the G3, I am not a big Samsung fan. Thank you for responding.
I wouldn't mind getting that leather back for my G3
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and it felt TINY!!!
it was really a mind bender. the phone that was at one time the biggest and fastest phone on the market felt like a tiny slug. it was pretty surreal... 3 weeks ago the Evo felt big... now it feels tiny.
I am loving the GNote and haven't had a second thought about the purchase (except that i am exchanging the blue for a white one)...
This reminds me that back in mid-2010...I nearly switched to Sprint because of the EVO. I remember that I was drooling over it after testing one out for a few minutes.
But, I decided that it wasn't worth the switch just for the phone...due to the rather spotty coverage and slow data speeds in LA.
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and it felt TINY!!!
it was really a mind bender. the phone that was at one time the biggest and fastest phone on the market felt like a tiny slug. it was pretty surreal... 3 weeks ago the Evo felt big... now it feels tiny.
I am loving the GNote and haven't had a second thought about the purchase (except that i am exchanging the blue for a white one)...
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HAHAHa i can top that. I had to use my GF's iPhone 4s for a day YUCKY! Damn it was insanely small. I am thinking about exchanging my white note for a black/blue one. My GF talked me into getting the one. I think it looks really nice and flashy and will deff grab more attention when you whip it out. Ive already gotten in like 4 convos with people about it this week lol.
But i like how the black is slick and clean. Not sure though yet Did you have to pay a restocking fee? I'm gonna have my GF call tomorrow and see if they would wave it being i paid $650 cash for mine.
What made you want a white over the black/blue?
Agreed.
Gotta admit the truth that most phones are starting to look like pieces of toys to me right now. After using the galaxy note for a moment, I started to have the thought of "Isn't this phone starting to look a bit small to me now?" When I looked on the other side, someone's Iphone4,then again I realized it was the galaxy note that have deluded me in such a way that the size of it is comparable to any other phones out there which is in fact not the true case.
Before using the galaxy note, Iphones and other smartphones look decent in size and nice to use with, but after getting my hands on the galaxy note, just felt like..."meh...aint that just another 'toy' phone right there? (takes out my galaxy note and start using it)".
Doubt I could use any other smartphones right now due to their sizes unless emergency issues arise...
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I think it looks really nice and flashy and will deff grab more attention when you whip it out. Ive already gotten in like 4 convos with people about it this week lol.
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THIS.
I got into 5 convo's with random people since Saturday about the phone. People are fascinated by it and always laugh at how big it is. As soon as they pick it up and start playing with, seeing the screen and what not, they all realize that.. wow... this actually works as a phone.
I look at it now and I say to myself ----- perfect
re: note
You know how girls are.......they get really excited around something BIG. They don't get that privilege very often
You think that is small. I looked at my wires iPhone yesterday and couldn't believe how small it was.
My wife has the HTC Magic, with a 3.2" screen. It really feels tiny and slow now. The screen is dull and with such a low DPI small text looks blurry.
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THIS.
I got into 5 convo's with random people since Saturday about the phone. People are fascinated by it and always laugh at how big it is. As soon as they pick it up and start playing with, seeing the screen and what not, they all realize that.. wow... this actually works as a phone.
I look at it now and I say to myself ----- perfect
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Exactly, once they hold it and mess with it i get a immediately from them.... I want one! Maybe ill keep my white one lol.
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I borrowed my roommate's HTC Aria for a visual aid to a speech in my Public Speaking class, and it's soooo comically tiny compared to my Note. It got a few chuckles out of the class when I held them up next to each other, but I think it really drove home the point that Android offers a wide variety of sizes that will suit anybody and everybody. It's crazy to think that our screen is 2.1" bigger than that of the Aria though, and so much higher definition.
Also, since his screen was cracked, I offered to fix it for him. My fat hands had such a hard time taking it apart, but it took me about a half hour overall, and he now has perfect glass again. I think I would enjoy taking apart my Note so much more with the size of my hands, because there would be so much more room for my fingers. Haha.
Holding my Infuse now feels like a joke. I can't believe it was the biggest screen for android not that long ago. I could never go back to something smaller than the Note now. I am fully adjusted to it, and my thumb can reach the whole screen; it really is the perfect size for me.
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You think that is small. I looked at my wires iPhone yesterday and couldn't believe how small it was.
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i agree! two iphones side by side pretty much says how big that screen is!
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i agree! two iphones side by side pretty much says how big that screen is!
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I have a buddy who is an iPhone fan. Just likes not having to mess with stuff and having stuff work. He liked the Dell Streak I had, but wasn't a big fan of how much I messed with it. This weekend I let him play with the Note and he loved it, his kids both loved it, and now they all want one. Then I took his iPhone and laid it across the Note to show him that I had a little more than twice the screen real estate.
Even messing with my gf's Skyrocket, it feels like a toy now. I can't believe how BIG I used to think 4.5 was. They called it behemoth, gigantic, super-sized display and now...its Standard. "Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke"
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That's what SHE said.
u/ariloche123 from r/Nexus6P was able to compare the screens from the 6P and Note 5, side by side. They aren't the best pics in the world but it's clear that the screen on the 6P is pretty close to the Note 5's
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Both displays have adaptive off i think.
Here's the link to the thread in question https://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus6P/comments/3qbey1/nexus_6p_graphite_next_to_a_note_5/
you cant really tell from the pics but the note 5 is clearly brighter and sharper but not by that much
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you cant really tell from the pics but the note 5 is clearly brighter and sharper but not by that much
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Brighter, sure, but sharper? The font on the 6p is smaller and different so its hard to compare.
That pic is so blurry and basically no info.. Nothing can be gleaned from that.
the screen on the note 5 looks larger.. maybe because of the smaller bezels and off screen buttons? (i can't see any quality/brightness differences from this pic haha)
the only thing i got from this thread is "mines"
They look the same to me. But, I do understand tech nerds need straws to grasp at for every phone release..so be it.
/shrug
MKBHD claimed that the Note 5 has a brighter screen. Nothing different with sharpness.
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MKBHD claimed that the Note 5 has a brighter screen. Nothing different with sharpness.
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He does good reviews but I don't see him as someone who is going to go out of his way to compare the displays with adaptive off. The pictures in this thread tell a lot regarding brightness. I'll have the 6P tomorrow and I'll be able to test this on my own.
Well this was a worthless comparison. They both are equally as bright and sharp indoors. It's outside where the differences are apparent. The Note 5 gets significantly brighter outside than the Nexus 6P does. And thats what will matter to most people. Rememeber the Nexus 6? Couldn't see that screen outside at all. 6P is better, but not in Note territory.
Gotta love it how desperate nexus users are to convince themselves that the nexus has same awesome display as the note 5 lmao
Even if Nexus 6P has the exact same screen as the Note 5, it will never reach the same brightness as it does on the Note 5.
If you have used an S6 or a Note 5 in sunlight with auto brightness enabled, you will have noticed a definitive "step" in max brightness. The first step is the theoretical max brightness of the display and the following step is the overboost capability which sacrifices contrast to briefly boost the brightness beyond the regular brightness.
This capability is absent in the Nexus 6P, the maximum brightness that you set with the brightness slider is the maximum brightness you will get.
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Gotta love it how desperate nexus users are to convince themselves that the nexus has same awesome display as the note 5 lmao
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It factually does.... just maybe doesnt get as bright. God forbid people compare.
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It factually does.... just maybe doesnt get as bright. God forbid people compare.
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Don't pay him any mind. There's been about 3-4 people that have played around in the 6P forum for the past month with practically nothing positive to say about the phone and he's one of them. If you have nothing positive to say about the phone, you probably don't want it, and if you don't want it, why are you here other than to spew nonsense? He probably has the Note 5 if you check his past posts.
The two photoes are not clear, so hard to which screen is the best one .
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Don't pay him any mind. There's been about 3-4 people that have played around in the 6P forum for the past month with practically nothing positive to say about the phone and he's one of them. If you have nothing positive to say about the phone, you probably don't want it, and if you don't want it, why are you here other than to spew nonsense? He probably has the Note 5 if you check his past posts.
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I got the 6p yesterday and it is a great phone. It is users like you that wish it had exact screen like note 5 because you know it has the best. Let me help you though, nexus 6p screen feels different from note 5. More close to note 4 screen which wasn't bad actually. But hey samsung phones suck right, I doubt you have ever used one of them, so I am not even sure why you feel the need to compare them to the 6p ?
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I got the 6p yesterday and it is a great phone. It is users like you that wish it had exact screen like note 5 because you know it has the best. Let me help you though, nexus 6p screen feels different from note 5. More close to note 4 screen which wasn't bad actually. But hey samsung phones suck right, I doubt you have ever used one of them, so I am not even sure why you feel the need to compare them to the 6p
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You've got some real issues hey? The 6P is using "The latest generation AMOLED panel from Samsung". So are you implying the Note 5 does NOT use the latest generation AMOLED panel? Maybe the 6P has the same panel as the Note 6 will have then?
I realize its useless trying to reason with you as reasoning isnt your strong point... but its the same panel, they simply limited the max brightness for battery reasons likely.
Anywho in the future I'll be sure to remind anyone who dares compare the screen of a phone to one made by Samsung that they are idiots for doing so and shouldnt even bother
The outdoor viewing is what worries me the most, honestly. I had a Note 4 before this ip6+ and I remember a huge difference between that phone and this one as far as being able to read it outside.
Yup, me too.
I have an S6 now, and I can honestly say it's awesome in direct sunlight.
But then again I'd still rather have a Nexus anyday. For that one small thing, I will sacrifice and max out the brightness slider and cover the phone so I can see it if necessary.
Where is my Nexus anyway? It's in post limbo at the moment between my house and the local post office. Doh!!!
Sigh... Brighter is not better except in direct sunlight. The rest of the time it f's up all of the colors on the internet as the internet is designed to be viewed in sRGB color space. I swear a part of my spirit dies each time I hear people talking about how fabulous Samsung's oversaturated unrealistic screens look. Those colors are nothing but comic book land.
...I am crossing my fingers that the sRGB mode on this phone is half decent or it is getting returned ASAP.
What is better on the Alpha, kit Kat or Lolipop?
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Lolipop
Speed and experience better on loli? I don't care for animation and eye candy just want a fluid experience.
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Yes, speed and experience better on Loli but S-find a little bit slower and battery consume more.
I prefer Loli than Kitkat
Thanks, didnt know if I should update to loli since mine is on KK....will give it a try
If you do update to LP you can always Odin back to KK. As much as I do agree that the experience is better on LP, speed and the toned down colors is better on KK.
Thanks, I need to read up on Odin
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In G850A KK is far faster and better in performance and battery consumption
Seems like the alpha does not get alot of attention in dev nor really many posts in this forum.
I recently bought few phones and don't know which one to keep to replace my old 2013 moto x. I got galaxy alpha, oneplus x, and Z5 compact. To be honest none feel as good ergonomically as the moto x. The oneplus is nice, good screen and speed but a Lil big. The z5c is really nice but darn thing si hard to hold without a case. Just way too slippery. And loli on it not very fast in my opinion. Also gets pretty warm with light surfing. Not terribly hot but the hottest of the bunch. The alpha is good all around. Nice size, weight is awesome... So light! Speed seems good. My first time using Samsung, it's not as terrible as I thought would be. I switched to Nova prime and feels good. No SD card is a bummer but not deal breaker. It's also slippery but best grip of bunch without case. Screen is good but a bit yellow and not as sharp next to oneplus.
What do you all think, which would you keep?
Thanks.
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In this thread people tend to answer.... Alpha!
One must bear in mind that there isn't a perfect phone... for someone the screen is small and for others it's the best size, just to take one simple example.
One doesn't need to get approval from others, the phone must fit to one needs, it's simple as that. But, in addition, the Galaxy Alpha is a great all around machine: fast, light and slim, very good screen and camera, good looking design. The battery is enough: it runs in one day with intense use (wifi and some gaming, some calls and sms's) - for me, a phone battery should handle one or two entire days, but not one day and half as I prefer to charge it at home and not to carry the charger with me at work.
The Alpha has high rankings in almost all categories although it's not the fastest or the slimmest or with the best camera. It's a great deal because it is still possible to find at +- 300€. If you put together the specs and this price... it's a bargain!
P.S: you can change screen mode to photography, it is more color accurate (and less yellowish).
Great feedback, thanks. I've narrowed it down to alpha or oneplus x. The screen is much better on x but the alpha just feels good in hand and easy to use. They are both same price here in the states.
I ran benchmark tests and this are results. Am I reading correctly that alpha scores higher?
Battery on alpha could be better and I can't find the larger oem battery anywhere. Do they still sell in your country?
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Great feedback, thanks. I've narrowed it down to alpha or oneplus x. The screen is much better on x but the alpha just feels good in hand and easy to use. They are both same price here in the states.
I ran benchmark tests and this are results. Am I reading correctly that alpha scores higher?
Battery on alpha could be better and I can't find the larger oem battery anywhere. Do they still sell in your country?
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Exynos chipset(alpha) would score higher than Snapdragon(oneplus x).
Alpha exynos variants usually score around 50K in antutu,
but alpha snapdragon variant scores around 40K according to posts in this forum.
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In this thread people tend to answer.... Alpha!
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The Alpha has high rankings in almost all categories although it's not the fastest or the slimmest or with the best camera. It's a great deal because it is still possible to find at +- 300€. If you put together the specs and this price... it's a bargain!
P.S: you can change screen mode to photography, it is more color accurate (and less yellowish).
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Dont forget the sound quality!!!
The good implementation of wolfson chip makes it a HIGH-END flac player.
Anyone have a source for the built in screen protector? Preferably the force one without the Verizon logo.
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I'm also looking for this..
In the US you can order it from here: https://www.motorola.com/us/protection/droid-turbo-2/moto-shattershield-lens-replacement.html
Germany: http://www.motorola.de/accessoires/...n/moto-shattershield-lens-replacement-eu.html
But for the rest of the EU... No idea
Anyone knows where to buy the ShatterShield now?
I found this for the US market - https://www.motorola.com/us/products/moto-shattershield-replacement-lens-droid-turbo-2
That's the only one I found also but they don't send to outside the US. Already talked via chat and phone with Motorola UK, still waiting for a final answer.
they just told me they dont sell it anymore...
never getting a moto phone again.
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they just told me they dont sell it anymore...
never getting a moto phone again.
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Don't blame you.
Motorola for 2013, and most of 2014 was just copying the previous year's LG flagship phones.
2013 Moto X was a fantastic copy of the excellent 2012 LG Optimus G (aka G1): 4.7", 720p -- while everyone else was going to 1080p and at least 5". Within 2 weeks of the 2013 Moto X (4.7", 720p), LG then released the 2013 LG G2: 5.2", 1080p -- which the 2013 LG Nexus 5 was based on. Google owned Motorola at the time, but still chose LG for their Nexus phone because of stupid stuff like that. Motorola basically released a 2012 phone in 2013.
2014 Moto X, same thing. It was a bad copy of the the 2013 LG G2. 5.2" 1080p -- while that same year, at the same time LG moved on to the LG G3 (5.5" 1440p, laser focus camera, very slim bezels).
Up until then Motorola was basically a 2nd tier copycat manufacturer. They were trying to innovate with some software tweaks, like Moto Display -- but their hardware was not top tier specs like Samsung, Sony, or LG at the time.
Only with the end of 2014 Moto Nexus 6 (Shamu) and Moto Quarks (Droid Turbo XT1254/Moto Maxx XT1250 and XT1225 and delayed released in 2015 Moto Turbo XT1225) did Motorola step up and deliver premium hardware specs. Latest Snapdragon chipset, 1440p AMOLED, 3GB RAM, etc.
The Moto Nexus 6 and Moto Quarks were the best phones that year, with the possible exception of Samsung's 2014 Galaxy Note. Both the Nexus 6 and Galaxy Note were too big for my taste, but the Quark was perfect, or almost perfect...
5.2" 1440p AMOLED,
Snapdragon 805,
3GB RAM,
64GB internal memory,
21MP camera,
Qi wireless charging,
Turbo Charging (QuickCharge 2.0)
I bought 3 of them -- two for my and my wife for daily phones and a year later I bought one as a still-new-in box backup, just in case.
However, with the 5.2" Quarks, Motorola left out the front facing stereo speakers and rear camera OIS the Moto Nexus had. For the price ($700 for the 64GB XT1225), they should not have left out anything. Technically both these phones were RELEASED after the Lenovo sale, but they were both designed and manufacturing started when Google owned Motorola.
So, in 2015 (when Lenovo now owned them the entire year), for the Quark succcessor Kinzie (Droid Turbo 2/Moto X Force) now would be a good time to rectify those two mistakes, right? Front facing stereo speakers and rear camera OIS? While keeping the 1440p AMOLED display?
Instead, for Kinzie Lenovo added the plastic layer gimmick on top of the display (which made it dimmer). They did add a microSD slot, but that was the only real improvement when they had a chance to do something GREAT. Oh, and they made the Kinzie battery SMALLER than the Quark, because 3900 mAh was just too much battery, right? Instead they should have gone to 4,000 mAh or more, since they went to 5.4" AMOLED panel from 5.2". But, no a SMALLER BATTERY. And for good measure they slipped on quality control and had that green line problem but wouldn't admit to it.
I mean look how ZTE did it with their 2016 AXON 7:
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5.5", 1440p AMOLED (same Samsung panel used in the Pixel XL) with award winning DAC and front facing stereo speakers ($400 for 64GB/4GB RAM or $500 for 128GB/6GB RAM, both with microSD card expansion). The frame is designed by BMW. BMW! No, it doesn't have Qi wireless charging, so I'm not buying it -- but I'm very impressed by the hardware specs and price otherwise. Stuff like THIS is what Motorola/Lenovo should be doing.
I know the Moto Kinzie was a 2015 phone, but the point I am making is Motorola had a chance to really improve an already-excellent 2014 phone -- the Quark. All it needed was the front facing stereo speakers and rear camera OIS they had given the 2014 Moto Nexus.
Since then with the Moto Z they have regressed. Now they are making you pay for mods, to add features (Qi wireless, stereo speakers, large battery) that should be included in the phone in the first place!
I own three Moto XT1225 (Quark). It's the best phone I have ever owned, with the LG Nexus 5 being a close second. But I am never buying another Motorola phone if they continue in this direction.
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Here they are!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/dr.../moto-shattershield-replacement-lens-t3786367
So does anyone know if any 3rd parties make a replacement for the shattershield lens? Or should we just remove the easily scratched shattershield lens and put on a regular screen protector? I know that voids any 'warranty' but we'd be using a case with it anyways.
jeep364 said:
So does anyone know if any 3rd parties make a replacement for the shattershield lens? Or should we just remove the easily scratched shattershield lens and put on a regular screen protector? I know that voids any 'warranty' but we'd be using a case with it anyways.
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Did you ever find something? I just bought a Moto X Force a couple of months ago and it's substantially scratched already. b
Tantin said:
Did you ever find something? I just bought a Moto X Force a couple of months ago and it's substantially scratched already. b
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Sorry have not found a source yet. It was a phone for a family member so I had them put on a old school screen protector which works fine but the shatter shield definitely scratches easily. Too bad we can't find the replacement for it.
Here they are!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/dr.../moto-shattershield-replacement-lens-t3786367
The guy at best buy let me play around with his working sample unit while he set up my preorder. That camera is amazing. I have wide hands and not long fingers....it was a perfect fit. I thought the N7 was good but the N8 just seemed to fit better. Can't reach everywhere on the phone one handed like I can on the N7 but that's ok.
I like writing it more than the N7.
It I mention the camera is amazing. 2x is just a game changer.
The black is a monolith.
I got the fingerprint friendly grey.
always bet on black
ill have the alcantara case on the beast so fingerprints matter not.
appreciate the johnny on the spot review boss... :good:
ok just checking but you said, "I thought the N7 was good but the N8 just seemed to fit better. Can't reach everywhere on the phone one handed like I can on the N7 but that's ok."
So it fits better than the N7 did in your hand, but you cannot reach everywhere on the screen like you could on the N7???? hmmmmm
I have no expectation of reaching everywhere on the 8.
It feels better....that's all I can say.
I still have my 7 and took it to Best buy to compare.
I can still handle it one handed, but like on the s8+, I sometimes maneuver it on my hand to reach parts of the screen. I don't mind that at all I'm used to it.
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amyf27 said:
I can still handle it one handed, but like on the s8+, I sometimes maneuver it on my hand to reach parts of the screen. I don't mind that at all I'm used to it.
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I love the way the note 8 feels in hand and I have the s8+ I always rest my phone on my pinky and my 3 other fingers are on the back of the phone.. so I can handle the big phones quite easy
bbjhh2009 said:
I love the way the note 8 feels in hand and I have the s8+ I always rest my phone on my pinky and my 3 other fingers are on the back of the phone.. so I can handle the big phones quite easy
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Yas! I do this too!
bbjhh2009 said:
I love the way the note 8 feels in hand and I have the s8+ I always rest my phone on my pinky and my 3 other fingers are on the back of the phone.. so I can handle the big phones quite easy
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It's great
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bbjhh2009 said:
I love the way the note 8 feels in hand and I have the s8+ I always rest my phone on my pinky and my 3 other fingers are on the back of the phone.. so I can handle the big phones quite easy
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Is that the orchid gray?
pedmond said:
Is that the orchid gray?
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Yes it is I think it's a pretty color!!
bbjhh2009 said:
Yes it is I think it's a pretty color!!
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It's not pinkish, is it? If so, I think it's my favorite color for this phone.
pedmond said:
It's not pinkish, is it? If so, I think it's my favorite color for this phone.
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No it's because my lifeproof case on my s8+ was mirroring onto the back of the note 8
pedmond said:
It's not pinkish, is it? If so, I think it's my favorite color for this phone.
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If anything, it's a bit lavender. Looks better in person than in pictures.
foulmouthedruffian said:
If anything, it's a bit lavender. Looks better in person than in pictures.
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Definitely right about it looking better in person then on pictures!!
I just got to check one out at the Samsung booth at best buy. I have a Motorola Z Force, had the N7 and previous notes before that. I miss the pen. I was surprised to see that the width is pretty mich the same as my Z force. Its just about 3/8" taller when eyeballing them one ontop of the other. But the amount of screen real estate you gain is nuts. I like it, even more than he N7 and I was glad to read that I can get the bonus stuff wihout having to get some sort of phone plan/payment plan.
I watched the Destiny 2 trailer on a display model today and it was gorgeous. I didn't think much of the infinity screen before, but it's super sexy.
jesskoh said:
Now lots of phones with huge bezels kinda looks outdated.....
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Like every iPhone ever [emoji1]
jesskoh said:
Now lots of phones with huge bezels kinda looks outdated.....
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It is such a huge night and day difference with less bezels in terms of looks, but I usually run a case on my phones so it has never been important to me. But I do enjoy how the overall size of the device benefits from this. The taller slimmer profile will take a bit of getting used to though since my Moto Z feels almost square next to the N8. I guess I better order a good case to protect those nice curved panels.
diggin the positive banter on you experienced cats who are no stranger to the note series. this is my first ever samsung phone and its good to hear the long time users still loving it.
marctronixx said:
diggin the positive banter on you experienced cats who are no stranger to the note series. this is my first ever samsung phone and its good to hear the long time users still loving it.
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Ive had every note since the note 2 and by far the note series is the best phone out there I had the note 7 till the recall went with s7e hated it to small and no s pen now I have s8+ bigger love it but still miss my s pen I did everything with the s pen!!
Can't wait till I have my note 8 in my hands!! ??