Hey!
I got my Stratos 2 yesterday. I find the buttons kinda "loose" or rather "jiggly/wobbly". Not in a big way, but definitely not solid and sturdy. Does anyone have a similar experience?
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I know there is some interest in these and I myself was waiting for someone to do a write up but I'm impatient and just got mine so I thought I'd throw some info out and hopefully help someone else out since I've already gotten so much out of this forum. The first thing you'll notice is that the plastic feels really cheap. Honestly almost repacked it to send it back because of how light and cheap it felt. That said and in particular because of the lack of alternatives, I gave it a shot. And on the whole I’m glad I did.
Putting it together and installing is pretty easy. I'm a nug and I did it without reading the instructions. Putting the gtab in and taking it out of the mount is also pretty easy. There are two sets of supports; the bottom stays stationary and the top is adjustable and easily fits the gtab in landscape and now that I think about it possibly in portrait too I will also see if my elocity a7 fits in it in landscape but I know it will in portrait (I’ll post a separate review for it in the elocity section if it works). In my prius, the position is as good as I could have hoped for making for easy inputs at stops but it’s not too useable while driving. While driving there is a certain amount of shaking but not too bad I could easily read off it with quick looks but it could be disorienting for some.
Also the cupholder mechanism takes some massaging to get it set well in the prius’ cupholder but it is doable. In my element it’s a whole other story (expectedly). The cupholder mechanism fit perfectly into my e’s cupholder but the cup holder is so low that this mount is worthless in it or any other car that has cupholders below seat level.
At this point I have no idea how durable this mount will be. I don’t know much about different types of plastics (I barely know the difference ABS and PET) but the material that this mount is made of does not inspire confidence. That said the plastic does not seem too brittle and therefore more likely to hold up. Time will tell and I will update as appropriate. I hope this information helps someone out there who was looking for a similar mount.
Steve
Edit: http://www.mountguys.com/product_p/mfx-33-tab.htm
I bought the same one. Seems a little flimsy with the weight of the gtab. Moves a lot more than I would like while driving.
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With the viewing angles on the grab goodluck.
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I have a Prius also. Do you mind taking a few pics so we can see what that setup looks like? thanks!
The next few days are pretty busy but I'll try to get some quick pics up. what year prius do you have? mine's an 09 so I can only speak to the positioning for 04-09s I haven't seen the interior of the gen3s.
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I bought the same one. Seems a little flimsy with the weight of the gtab. Moves a lot more than I would like while driving.
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It does move around a bit but once I set it super tight, I found it manageable but then I may be more tolerant the others.
xRepinsSporx said:
With the viewing angles on the grab goodluck.
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The viewing angles have never been that big an issue for me. I personally don't understand what all the fuss is about. in this case in particular that issue is moot since the mount's angle is adjustable.
Thanks for the review and I look forward to the pics.
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The next few days are pretty busy but I'll try to get some quick pics up. what year prius do you have? mine's an 09 so I can only speak to the positioning for 04-09s I haven't seen the interior of the gen3s.
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I have an '05 and my wife an '06. I should be getting my gTablet tomorrow, but I won't be surprised when my wife finally sees it and asks for one of her own
Anyone find a better car mount for the Gtab than the one talked about in this thread? Also what's the deal with all these Gtab owners also driving around a Prius? LOL.
Hey all, I bought this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/400216689784?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
It's a small, collapsing smartphone stand that works well with our rezound.
In verticle and horizontal mode it works great with the standard battery.
with the extended battery it really only works great in horizontal mode, I found the verticle to be a little unstable.
Regardless, I bought it to use it in horizontal mode on my desk and on airplanes when watching movies.
Cheap, nice, collapsable.
4.5 stars.
thanks.
Maybe even better....
This is my "stand". Collapses to FLAT and fits in my pocket or briefcase.
http://www.icarpus.com
hgoldner said:
This is my "stand". Collapses to FLAT and fits in my pocket or briefcase.
http://www.icarpus.com
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Just ordered me two of these. I miss the TBolt kick stand more than I thought I would.
KORM via the beast known as the Rezound.
That looks alot like my new windshield car mount, but mine won't break down for transportation. I leave it mounted 24/7 anyway. Thanks.
Now do these stands hold up when you are using the phone, or are they only good for viewing the phone and such. I am big on selecting things or just tapping on the phone when it is on my desk. I upgraded from an EVO to the Rezound, and I def miss the stand
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Now do these stands hold up when you are using the phone, or are they only good for viewing the phone and such. I am big on selecting things or just tapping on the phone when it is on my desk. I upgraded from an EVO to the Rezound, and I def miss the stand
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There is some slipping when hitting the power button mostly but pretty stable for light screen touching. The fold up storage factor is key for me. Functional and definitely not cumbersome.
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very cool man
txkorm said:
There is some slipping when hitting the power button mostly but pretty stable for light screen touching. The fold up storage factor is key for me. Functional and definitely not cumbersome.
KORM via the beast known as the Rezound.
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Thanks, I've had some bad luck in the past but I might get this, usually I am only doing light touches because I am at a desk.
Yet another option
I've been trying to decide between that and the "Breffo Spiderpodium Stand" that I found on amazon (amazon.com/Breffo-Spiderpodium-Stand-iPhone-Cellphone/dp/B003Y419K4/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top). It looks much more versatile but might be annoying to bend to the proper shape I need. I think I'll try it out, though, and see what I think.
It's been a while since I first purchased mine and I still love them. I say them because I got double pack. One for the office and one for my night stand. I use my office one the most. It takes up no room in my bag, takes two seconds to put on the phone and its pretty stable. I'll post pictures soon.
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Picked up my Note on Sunday from Best Buy. Yesterday afternoon I started having problems with S-pen causing inadvertent actions without me touching the screen. At first I thought maybe I touched the screen without realizing it, but at this point I can hold the pen 1/4 inch or more away from the screen and it still occasionally clicks the screen (or draws a line in S Note). Not constant, but often enough to be easily demonstrated.
I'm planning to exchange it but wondered if anyone else is having this issue or knows of a fix.
Digitizer performance continued to deteriorate over the next few hours and using the S-pen became nearly impossible. It was clicking everything it came close to. Did a factory reset to clear any software issues but the problem persisted.
Best Buy staff was great about exchanging the phone... and I got the last blue Note they had in stock. I was surprised they still had their one white Note available; no one had bought a white Note at that store.
Yeah I noticed that on mine. It lasted a short time but was pretty bad.
This is rather unbelievable as it's a Wacom digitizer not some Samsung hack, in spite of the S-pen moniker.
I imagine it's possible Wacom didn't want their name associated with it just because of something like this. I hope not at least
Anyway, I never noticed this with the international version, and I had one for a while.
Unacceptable if it would occur often.
update: It just occurred to me that this may be a pen issue. It's an ultra small pen, and this issue might not happen with a regular Wacom pen.
I will keep an eye out for this.
Not just S pen
I'm experiencing the same issue with my galaxy note, but not just with the S pen.
After upgrading my software, the lower-right hand side of the screen just went dead every time the note was placed on a flat surface. very annoying issue.
I was forced to downgrade my software just to get it working right again. the thread regarding this issue can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500000&page=3
Amazfit Pace vs Amazfit Pace 2 (Stratos) Specs comparison, Worth the upgrade?
http://www.smartwatchspecifications.com/comparison/amazfit-pace-vs-amazfit-pace-2-comparison/
If you're a swimmer... Than maybe yes, we should wait for review and see how it actually handles water.
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Seems the contacts are not as deep into the case as before.
Which would mean no cleaning necessary.
After 1/2 a year and some sport my contacts ( though only cleaned with a wooden toothpick ) were gone.
fzelle said:
Seems the contacts are not as deep into the case as before.
Which would mean no cleaning necessary.
After 1/2 a year and some sport my contacts ( though only cleaned with a wooden toothpick ) were gone.
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Gone? Like in....you can't charge you watch anymore?
Yes, exactly.
An electronic freak I know took it and drilled small holes into the contacts ( after seeing a picture of an opened watch ).
He then poured some lead into it and topped it up witch some gold contacts.
Was working again after that, but only for 3-4 times.
But I personally don't like how the new one looks, so I probably go to the Garmain ViviActive 3.
The only new sensor I can find on the comparison list is the triaxial accelerometer. It does seem weird though that they'll release a new watch with so little difference in hardware and only noticeable cosmetic differences because people can just port the software.
Only about 1% of Amazfit buyers show up here, the rest uses it as it was intended.
Even me as a "freak", I have stopped using root on my devices or a custom ROM for a few years.
If something doesn't do at buy what I intend it to do, I don't buy it.
And if it does what it should why should I try to destroy it?
I'm sorry but I see no obvious reason to upgrade my existing Amazefit watch having seen this device. None whatsoever. In fact I might buy another amazefit at an amazingly reduced cost as a back up. ver 2 is gonna get ported anyway. Seriously this is NOT a credible upgrade, not even close.
The new one doesn´t have 400x400 resolution ...
The new one doesn´t have better color reproduction ...
The new one doesn´t support animated watchfaces ...
The new one doesn´t support HD face allways on ...
The new one isn´t cheaper ...
The new one isn´t
Why in the hell should i give up my amazfit one + paceon apk ?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!
Hello everyone. I'm not sure about what to do. I don't have any smartwatch right now (sold my TomTom spark 3 GPS) and want to buy a Xiaomi amazfit. I would like to have one that has GPS and Music, but i like a lot the Amazfit Bip for the price/quality relationship. But since it doesn't have music, i'm not considering it as an alternative.
So i have Amazfit Pace and Amazfit Stratos. I can find Pace at $110 approx and Stratos at $155. Does it worth the extra $45? What i'm afraid is what fzelle mentioned about the damaged contacts. Is that common in this model?
I've bee using both of these watches for a month or so. The Stratos is only available in Chinese at the moment but you can upload an English version ROM if you want. Can't post a link yet but when I get to 10 posts I have a full comparison.
The Pace is much thinner and more comfortable to wear, and has almost the same features/software as the stratos. The Stratos looks much more like a sports watch but is very thick. O have thin wrists and it does get uncomfortable. I've been swimming with the Stratos and had it on in the shower and it works fine, so I think the only reason to upgrade is if you want this waterproof feature.
The Pace 2 is able to get the VO2max, Whats do you think ? Is this a important difference ?
I read that Stratos has a better placed optical HR sensor and it caN also pair with an external HR sensor.
I don't know if I have a defective one. I found the vibration is really weak. It's barely noticeable. Does anyone feel the same?
I've found it to be the same. Fairly weak compared to the Pebble I wore before. The vibrating alarm didn't wake me up at all.
me too
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I don't know if I have a defective one. I found the vibration is really weak. It's barely noticeable. Does anyone feel the same?
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That's right, the vibration is very weak, comparing with e.g. the AmazFit Bip.