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[masta247]

I wish the DNA came out as Nexus 5, how sick would that have been.

Hm, but it's just like the Nexus 4, the screen is just 0,3 inch bigger. The same processor, similar camera, same screen tech etc.

 

[masta247]

I can't really convince myself to recommend the 4.2 update for Nexus 7 to you guys. It kind of breaks a lot of things that worked nice and new features aren't worth it.

Most of all it breaks autobrightness, lowers performance a little bit while bumping battery consumption, lock screen widgets aren't useful and it's a pain to roll down the notification pane instead of the toggle pane if your thumb isn't long enough.
Also, you are likely to get at least one joke about a "broken" lockscreen clock. Oh and amongst funny things, there's no December (yes, the month of December, it's not on the 'month' lists).

 

[THEV1LL4N]

I can't really convince myself to recommend the 4.2 update for Nexus 7 to you guys. It kind of breaks a lot of things that worked nice and new features aren't worth it.

Most of all it breaks autobrightness, lowers performance a little bit while bumping battery consumption, lock screen widgets aren't useful and it's a pain to roll down the notification pane instead of the toggle pane if your thumb isn't long enough.
Also, you are likely to get at least one joke about a "broken" lockscreen clock. Oh and amongst funny things, there's no December (yes, the month of December, it's not on the 'month' lists).

I thought the battery thing was just my imagination. Have only charged it once since the 4.2 update you see. My Google+ app keeps flickering. I read that a cache wipe, uninstall and reinstall of the app should fix it. But I can't be bothered to do all that and just hope that Android have a 4.2.1 update to fix these issues.

 

[Pittsey]

I liked lock screen widgets when I had them on my jailbroken iphone..

 

[THEV1LL4N]

The best one is the calendar one. But I don;t need them that urgently to have them on the lockscreen. I have the widget on my homescreen.

 

[THEV1LL4N]

Youmobile are claiming that:

Reports: Galaxy S IV to pack Exynos 5450 2.0Ghz Quad-core chip, Coming Next year

 

[masta247]

The Exynos 5450 is dual core but it's the fastest thing on the market right now. A quad core A15 would hit thermal barrier in a phone probably.

Edit: Sorry, I was wrong. The 5450 is quad core. I thought it said 5250.

 

[THEV1LL4N]

Also, there are some claims that the LG Nexus 4 does have 4G - it's just that the 4G functionality is disabled... I wonder if some hacking can enable this. Not really interested in 4G yet. and 5G should be out within 6 years I think.

 

[masta247]

Yeah there's an LTE modem inside. Just isn't working and doesn't come with an antenna so if it was possible to enable it the reception would not be there.

 

[ARon]

Youmobile are claiming that:

Reports: Galaxy S IV to pack Exynos 5450 2.0Ghz Quad-core chip, Coming Next year

Yeah that's what I've been saying it would probably have, it's the obvious choice

 

[masta247]

^ It would be obvious if it was only about specs and coolness (not literally though). That chip is way too hot for modern phones. They'd have to come up with some new mobile passive cooling solutions. Even the quad S4 throttles in the Nexus 4 and a quad A15 at 2.0ghz would be waay hotter.

This is a totally geeky place that I browse from time to time and a thread about those processors:
http://semiaccurate.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6185&page=24

2 A15 cores turned out to be too hot for phones and only power laptops and tablets so far. 4 A15 cores emit twice that amount of heat that needs to dissipate quickly. Otherwise it would throttle after a few seconds.

Also, 4 A15 cores at 2ghz would be faster than some low voltage x86 processors that power ultrabooks!

 

[masta247]

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_to_show_an_8core_biglittle_chipset_next_year-news-5103.php

This is the cool big.Little thingy aka the beast that shouldn't murder your battery unless there's constant really heavy load.

 

[THEV1LL4N]

My calendar does have December on Jelly Bean (4.2).

 

[masta247]

It happens in the "month selector" menu, for example in "people's app"/contacts:
http://www.examiner.com/article/goo...mission-unrelated-to-mayan-apocalypse?cid=rss

 

[THEV1LL4N]

oh, yea lol. I see it now.

 

[S O F I]

SO WHEN CAN I BUY A FUCKING NEXUS 4

 

[masta247]

1: If you're on T-mobile the HSPA is real fast on N4. In most cities it doesn't drop below 15mbit/s while often going 20+, making it almost as fast as AT&Ts LTE in most locations.
2: Most people at XDA don't have that phone yet lol. Apparently you can try checking Google Play, once in a while someone succeeds at buying one. No information on a major restock but people seem to believe that another 'bigger batch' is about to come in 2 weeks.

 

[S O F I]

my roommate's girlfriend got hers yesterday. i still haven't gone to the store to play with one.

 

[masta247]

Here come the official color options for the HTC Deluxe and I have to say - the design is not bad.
However, to me it looks like the HTC One line-up meets the Galaxy S3.

http://www.gsmarena.com/more_official_photos_of_the_htc_delxue_get_unveiled-news-5113.php

 

[Flipmo]

I like the design. Makes my dick hard like a rock