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Southrop:
One of the articles I read originally was this one, saying Samsung, LG and Sony were doing phones. But I just did some more searching. There seems to be substantial stuff for Samsung Galaxy Nexus 2/Plus, Sony Xperia Nexus and LG Optimus Nexus. But there's also a rumor going around that the HTC One X 5 might be a Nexus device too. Though if they're waiting for KLP, that may not necessarily come out this year I guess.
Then there's the Nexus 10 rumors and of course, the new Nexus 7 rumors too. Just a day after I bought one =_=
xShadow:
After more thorough testing, I have to say that the all of the features it has are growing on me. I had a bit of a run-in with battery draining issues, but after thoroughly raping Allshare and also turning off the mobile data (which I don't need since I use Wifi), I've solved those (mostly). I have to say that the phone's feature set is growing on me, and so is the awesome screen. Nothing beats using tTorrent to download 720p anime that you can watch right on the device, anywhere. Pretty convenient. The Wifi I have found to be decent enough at most spots. Even at 1-2 bars it registers bearable speeds.
It's just stupid how I had to do all this shit to get it working optimally; iPhone 3GS just worked great out of the box and never had any issues... ever. And even after all I did, the S3 still has its hiccups, such as: [*]The headset play/pause button randomly not working at all (have to restart phone), in any music player.
[*]The default music player on the device is really bad (glitches out after like 2 fucking songs). Winamp is good, though. It hasn't given me any issues.
[*]Well, this is a bit more obscure but apparently if you start taping a video in portrait format, even if you immediately flip the phone over, it's still registers the entire thing as portrait mode; it's really awkward. I took a video of a little robot me and a lab partner programmed, and then when I uploaded it to youtube the entire thing was in 1080p... vertically. Still watchable since if you put it on 1080p it was still there... just that like 70% of the video space was unused because it was one giant fucking column in the middle.
... Well that being said the fact that you can just tape something and immediately upload it to youtube is convenient enough. It made designing our mbed cookbook page so much easier. I think my initial assessment was a bit too scathing.
Slysoft:
--- Quote from: xShadow on October 12, 2012, 08:53:36 AM ---[*]Well, this is a bit more obscure but apparently if you start taping a video in portrait format, even if you immediately flip the phone over, it's still registers the entire thing as portrait mode; it's really awkward. I took a video of a little robot me and a lab partner programmed, and then when I uploaded it to youtube the entire thing was in 1080p... vertically. Still watchable since if you put it on 1080p it was still there... just that like 70% of the video space was unused because it was one giant fucking column in the middle.
--- End quote ---
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt9zSfinwFA
Those other two problems are probably due to the fact that the S3 has terrible build quality.
metro.:
--- Quote from: xShadow on October 12, 2012, 08:53:36 AM ---It's just stupid how I had to do all this shit to get it working optimally; iPhone 3GS just worked great out of the box and never had any issues... ever.
--- End quote ---
Oh look, we now know why Apple sells phones.
MyonMyon:
I know it's been 3 weeks since the last post, but I REALLY recommend rooting your phone and installing a custom rom. It does wonders to your battery, overall performance and stability. After Installing a custom ROM on my Galaxy S2 I experienced a big boost in my battery time and I wouldn't get any odd bugs/crashes with youtube/browser/videos any more. A custom ROM can also help with your connection because they have different radios (the software controlling your 3G/WiFi receiver chip), some of which receive signals better. A custom ROM with a good kernel can also increase your CPU/GPU performance by a margin due to better coding/optimizing. And of course rooting allows you to get rid of all those bundled-in useless bloatware programs which keep starting and drain your battery.
Just google a guide or go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1563 for the best resources on everything concerning your phone. Rooting may seem a tedious thing to do at first but it isn't really that hard at all and should only take a hour or two even for a first-timer. (If I had to root again it would probably take about 15 minutes)
And if you're already rooted and running a good ROM, just ignore this post. I just got the impression you are new with androids.
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