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[THEV1LL4N]

I am pretty certain that if Motorola are making the new Nexus phone that there will be release sales that bundle the phone and the Moto 360 together before a Moto 360 refresh some time next year.

 

[dilla]

http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...-battery-dual-front-facing-speakers-and-more/

The Turbo Charging capability sounds pretty fucking awesome. I'm ready to get my first Nexus device, if this ends up being true. "9/10 confidence" might not mean too much, but I'll bank on it.

 

[Casey]

If AndroidPolice says 9/10 confidence, I'd put money on it being true. They are easily the best and most thorough Android site out there. If they weren't confident about their sources, they wouldn't bother posting anything.

 

[dilla]

Well, I'll keep tabs on this one then since it'll be around the time I plan to upgrade. Although when I think more about it, if CM will be able to bring L to my S3, I may hang on to that until firmware updates are just really shells of themselves because of hardware limitations. If there are features I want or more features I can't have than I can, then I may end up upgrading then.

I've lived with a cracked screen since day 3 of owning this phone over two years ago. I can leg out another year, if I needed to.

Also, is there anyway I can check the battery health of my battery? Like the capacity it has lost over the years? I'm debating buying a new battery but my battery life isn't shit yet. I can still get about a day's worth. Just curious to see what the health is anyway. BetterBatteryStats doesn't seem to have that.

 

[Pittsey]

I might have to grab a nexus 6 if it has all those.

 

[THEV1LL4N]

I'm guessing it's going to be around the £400 mark with all that stuff and i'm guessing it'll be in 32GB and 64GB editions. If that proves to be the case, then I might hang onto my Nexus 4 for one more year hoping that I can get Android L on it. I'm hoping that it's not any more than £320 for the 32GB edition at least.

If for whatever reason it was £280 (same as Nexus 4 price) or even £300, then I'd definitely get one.

 

[dilla]

More shots of it http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/1...o-be-using-motorolas-nexus-6-while-commuting/

Does anyone know of a service that has real data on cell reception by location, other than the coverage maps provided by carriers themselves? I feel those are too optimistic. I want crowd sourced info on LTE speeds and reception so I can see what carriers are good in the places that I am at the most. I feel like that's asking for way too much, but then for someone that has shit reception in their house since owning a phone since 2005, I feel it's also understandable.

 

[dilla]

Fuck it. I'm just going to update PRLs until I get the best one.

Do you guys use Dalvik or ART? I figured KK brought about that switch and most devs would have accounted for it by now.

 

[S O F I]

if they don't release a smaller nexus, i'll be displeased.

 

[ARon]

Fuck it. I'm just going to update PRLs until I get the best one.

Do you guys use Dalvik or ART? I figured KK brought about that switch and most devs would have accounted for it by now.

Most major apps are fine on art. I don't use too many apps but I haven't ran into any problems

 

[THEV1LL4N]

I used ART for a while but I've reverted back to Dalvik until Android L comes out because one of the main apps I use will continue to use Dalvik until the release of Android L.

 

[dilla]

Most major apps are fine on art. I don't use too many apps but I haven't ran into any problems

But what are the benefits of running on ART as opposed to Dalvik? Like are they noticeable boosts or do you just run ART because it's newer?

 

[ARon]

The difference is hardly noticeable but apps in general open quicker. Things do seem smoother when running it

 

[THEV1LL4N]

On ART, the apps don't have have to be decompressed upon each time that you launch them - so by that alone you can imagine how it would impact battery life. It means that you will need to have slightly more memory available dedicated to using ART as the app data is stored in a decompressed state unlike that of Dalvik where the files are compressed and need to be sorted in order to launch the app (hence some of the lagging). But there are more benefits to using ART than just this.

 

[dilla]

The difference is hardly noticeable but apps in general open quicker. Things do seem smoother when running it

Yeah, I switched back to TW on my S3 with 4.4.3, I think. There's no ART for that. Might mean I gotta go back to CM again soon. Touchwiz really eats dick.

 

[Casey]

So what do we think for the name of "L"? Lollipop, Lion, Licorice? Lollipop seems like the obvious one.

Wonder if they'll announce everything at once. There's a lot of ground to cover : Android L, Android Wear 2.0, Nexus 6, Nexus 9.

btw, if you haven't installed the Snowball app yet, you're missing out. Seriously awesome.

 

[THEV1LL4N]

Lion bar would be good because they are nice, but I think it'll be Lollipop. However, I quite like the name Android L.

 

[THEV1LL4N]

There might be some hope of an official release for the Nexus 4 (for those wishing to hang onto their devices):
http://www.android.gs/android-5-0-l...-5-nexus-7-and-nexus-10-release-date-reports/

Either way, it would be good tor return to CyanogenMod and see the progress they've made. I will definitely look into this if the new Nexus device doesn't tempt me enough to buy one.

Also, I forgot to mention a couple weeks ago that there is going to be a OnePlus Two device launching early next year.

 

[Casey]

I think OnePlus royally screwed up their launch. The amount of buzz they had 2-3 months ago was insane. If they opened up orders to everyone at that time, they could have made serious bank. I appreciate they might have had some issues scaling, but I feel like they've missed the boat. The spec on their phone 2-3 months ago, was insane. Now, compared to the Moto X 2014 and the rumored Nexus 6 specs, it's no longer top of the range. And it's still not available to buy, although invites seem pretty easy to get.

Latest word is that Android L will be called Licorice.

Wondering what surprises they will have in store. Given that it's the 5.0 release, they have to go hard with it. And I have a feeling the dev preview only contains the minimum framework change needed in order for devs to get their apps compatible. Feel like there's gonna be a lot more in the full release.

 

[THEV1LL4N]

Think 200,000 invites were sent out last week - too little, too late though but the buzz was created nevertheless. They should try putting their prices down a little more to tempt people their way again if the specs are considered slightly older... that is, if people are looking elsewhere.

Either way, I'm sure they'll learn and make the OnePlus Two more widely available as best as they can. But when products sell out it creates buzz and the likes of Google and Apple have played the same trick out of the book.