Phones

[SLAG]

Originally Posted by AustinChief

yep, that was the only tempting thing for me.. but the lack of microSD and removable battery killed it for me.

With all my old phones I discovered that even when I had extra batteries and SD cards I never swapped them, I was almost always near a Charger or I was always good at getting the photos or old apps I didn't use off the device

32GB With the HTC was plenty, but as stated earlier in the thread, there is no consensus among android fans

[BigMeatballDave]

I'm a phonewhore, too.

Partial to Samsung, but love HTC, also.

Don't care about the FM radio.

I can't decide between the One or the S4.

[Mojo Rising]

The Note 3 should be announced on 9/3 with a late September/October ship date. I plan on buying that and selling my S3 on Ebay. The S3 sale should cover the year left I have on my contract.

[SLAG]

Originally Posted by TrueFanDave

I'm a phonewhore, too.

Partial to Samsung, but love HTC, also.

Don't care about the FM radio.

I can't decide between the One or the S4.

They are the hot phones this year - and both are top notch.

The Solid Aluminum is the difference to me:

[WoodDraw]

The Moto X is nicer than people give it credit for. People get super into specs, but I'll bet it runs just as well if not better than latest from HTC and Samsung. The benefits of no skins on top.

My only disappointment is them getting into bed with the carriers. Same exclusivity, bloat, and pricing nonsense.

[DaveNull]

Originally Posted by WoodDraw

The Moto X is nicer than people give it credit for. People get super into specs, but I'll bet it runs just as well if not better than latest from HTC and Samsung. The benefits of no skins on top.

My only disappointment is them getting into bed with the carriers. Same exclusivity, bloat, and pricing nonsense.

Concept by Sergey....marketing by Eric.

[AustinChief]

Originally Posted by WoodDraw

The Moto X is nicer than people give it credit for. People get super into specs, but I'll bet it runs just as well if not better than latest from HTC and Samsung. The benefits of no skins on top.

My only disappointment is them getting into bed with the carriers. Same exclusivity, bloat, and pricing nonsense.

People are also underselling the "always on" aspect of its sensors. That is actually one of the biggest leaps forward in phone tech in a while.

My guess is that by 2015 every phone will have this in place.

AH! This makes for an interesting game... what phone tech do you expect to see by 2015?

Obviously we'll have wearable tech add-ons... watches, glasses, etc...
"unbreakable" screens should be standard

Phones with 8GB of ram and 256GB of storage.

[Rexx]

Note 3 should be a very nice phone...waiting for that one!

[jd1020]

I wonder if LG will follow in the footsteps of HTC and Samsung and make a "mini" version of its G2 somewhere in the 4.3" range. Has some pretty nice specs and offers a removable battery, the volume rocker is kinda weird though.

[jd1020]

Originally Posted by jd1020

I wonder if LG will follow in the footsteps of HTC and Samsung and make a "mini" version of its G2 somewhere in the 4.3" range. Has some pretty nice specs and offers a removable battery, the volume rocker is kinda weird though.

Nevermind... Apparently only Korea is getting a version of the phone where the battery can be removed.

[Rain Man]

Honestly, what's the difference between phones now? It seems like they all have the same functionality. The only notable differences that I see are size and perhaps maybe battery life. What else differentiates one from another?

[AustinChief]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Honestly, what's the difference between phones now? It seems like they all have the same functionality. The only notable differences that I see are size and perhaps maybe battery life. What else differentiates one from another?

It all depends on what features you will actually USE. Most people don't use a lot of the new features but here are some that are pretty damn cool.

For example, my S4 is a universal remote which I find handy. Also, if you do the whole "voice commands" thing than the new Moto-X is amazing because you don;t have to hit a button you can simple say "OK Google" and ask for information or tell it to dial or send a text... etc...

Of course there are a ton of other features but it all boils down to which ones you personally will get value from.

[WoodDraw]

I'm not a big fan of the approach that OEMs like Samsung have taken. LG to a lesser extent too. I don't want S Voice, when Google Now is simply better. I don't want S Translate; if I need to translate something I'll download an app (probably google translate). I don't want some fitness app. Again, if I'm looking for something like that, let me pick what I want in the play store. To me that's all bloat crap. All of it's about branding, so they can make cute ads and put an S in front of everything. Blech

What I do want is for the phone to be well made. I want it to feel good in my hand. I want it to have all the sensors in there so developers can take advantage of them. And I want it supported, so I know I'll get around 18 months of updates.

That's why I like what Motorola is trying. Not perfect, mind you. But I can pick how my phone feels and looks, and then I get a relatively clean version of Android. And the things they have focused on are actually useful. Geofencing so my phone automatically unlocks at home. Always on voice. A pretty cool active notification screen based on sensors. Not eye tracking and hover scrolling bs.

We'll see. I agree though, it's becoming very hard for the companies to release flagship phones with any "wow" features.

[Setsuna]

I JUST got the Note II.....

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by Clayton Bibsby

I JUST got the Note II.....

You'll be ok man. I've had mine for 8 months.....and I have no desire to switch to the Note 3. The N2 still does everything, and more, that I need.