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    Have you got the Nougat "jones"?

    That idea is bunk. Samsung's Unlocked devices AKA "U" model devices are not carrier devices. T-Mobile's S7 and S7 edge received Android 7.0 over a month ago, while the unlocked models with the exact same specs and without any carrier affiliation are still languishing on Marshmallow. The US...
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    Is the Sony Xperia X Performance the best phone on the planet?

    Looks like we have found Dari's other account...
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    Is appsapk.com safe?

    This.
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    Dress Clothes Brand Preferences?

    And they're both the same size? That's strange. With Allen Edmonds shoes, it can take some trial and error to get your sizing right since they have many different lasts. I stick to the same lasts with their shoes. Park Ave, Fifth Ave, Strands, McAllister's etc...all share the same lasts. They...
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    Is the age of the flagship over?

    Hell to the no it's not. Last year's flagship > this year's mid-range device. That has always been the case and will continue to be the case. Amen. I can't see myself picking up a Moto G and expect that to last 2 years. There are people out there that change their phones more often than they...
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    Dress Clothes Brand Preferences?

    Shirts: Charles Tyrwhitt (I refuse to wear any other kind/brand of shirt) Shoes: Allen Edmonds Pants/Slacks: No preference, I've been fine with Perry Ellis lately the past few years and would likely stick with them.
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    What the heck is "System Data" and how do you delete it?

    Those grapes are probably sour anyway.
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    No one gets Snapdragon 835 except Samsung.

    Yeah, but LG was also believed to be developing their "NUCLUN 2" SoC on Intel's 14nm fab which was supposed to debut on the V10/V20 flagship line. Haven't heard anything about it since late 2015.
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    No one gets Snapdragon 835 except Samsung.

    Whatever happened to LG's custom processor that Intel was supposed to be fabbing at 10nm?
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    Has HTC lost it's way?

    Yes...because building a different OS helped Blackberry, Sailfish, Firefox, WebOS, Bada, and Tizen right?
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    Has HTC lost it's way?

    All new flagship Android phones will have those same features, even the one released from more than 3 months ago. I hope you sang praises on Google's Pixel phone that was released back in October because it has the same processor, RAM, loads of built in storage...that this new HTC phone will...
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    Has HTC lost it's way?

    I doubt that would work. Amazing to think that this device is going to last them until their 2018 flagship(whatever that may be)
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    Has HTC lost it's way?

    I saw that, didn't even feel like commenting on it. Any phone with a Mediatek processor is a no-go area for me. I don't care what other features such a phone has. My understanding is also that the HTC U Play won't be available in the US (and possibly Europe)?
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    Has HTC lost it's way?

    There will be no HTC 11. HTC U Ultra is the new flagship device. HTC U Ultra specs: Platform: Android 7.0 Nougat with HTC Sense Dimensions: 162.41 x 79.79 x 7.99 mm, 170g Display: 5.7-inch 1440 x 2560 S-LCD5 main screen, 2-inch 160 x 1040 secondary screen System chip: Snapdragon 821 with 4GB...
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    best way to transfer photos from old iphone to iphone 7?

    Your only choice is to upload those photos to Google Drive then. Select all the pictures and upload them to Google Drive. Or delete unnecessary files so you can update your 16GB iPhone to iOS 8 so you can use Google Photos.
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    POLL: do the black bars around the screen bother you ??

    Interesting that most people seem okay with this. If this were bezels rather than those black bars, more people would already be up in arms. Hopefully, this race to create a bezel-less phone (similar to the smartphone "thinness" race) will die soon. I'd rather those black bars be filled with...
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    Xiaomi Mix

    Man, that phone is fugly...Too big, MIUI skinned rubbish, etc... The bezels are not symmetrical not to mention they're too close to the edge of the screen and will lead to accidental taps when holding the phone in my palm. Sorry to say, but as much as I dislike the big bezels on the Google...
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    Ordered the Xperia X Compact.

    I could be dreaming, but didn't there used to be a time when the Xperia Compact line had the same high-end processor as their Xperia Z line with the only difference being screen size, screen resolution, and battery size? Looks like Sony has decided to cheapen the brand further by going for a...
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    iPhone 7 32gb storage write speed 10x slower than 256gb model

    Can you benchmark your write speed?
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    iPhone 7 32gb storage write speed 10x slower than 256gb model

    Interesting...Never heard about it until you pointed it out.
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    iPhone 7 Qualcomm LTE Modem Outperforms Intel LTE Modem by Significant Margin

    It's not like Intel doesn't have experience building radios. Infineon(which was acquired by Intel) built the radios for the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4. That said, experience clearly doesn't seem to matter much. The biggest news in this report is Samsung's Shannon modem. It was only about 2-3...
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    iPhone 7 32gb storage write speed 10x slower than 256gb model

    What's this "hissing" thing that you're on about?
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    iPhone 7 Qualcomm LTE Modem Outperforms Intel LTE Modem by Significant Margin

    Sample comments from people complaining on MacRumors about their Intel modem iPhone. To be fair, there are others that posted that they don't have any problems but most of those people have 3-5 bars of LTE if you look at the picture of their speed test results from their notification bar. When...
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    iPhone 7 Qualcomm LTE Modem Outperforms Intel LTE Modem by Significant Margin

    What are your reception like? Bars and dBm numbers? Keep in mind that if you're getting 3-4 bars of LTE, there won't be any noticeable difference between the Intel and Qualcomm modem. If you have 1-2 bars of LTE at some rural area or your work place is in a glass house where you only get 1 bar...
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    iPhone 7 Qualcomm LTE Modem Outperforms Intel LTE Modem by Significant Margin

    So we've had Antennagate, Batterygate, Scruffgate, Chipgate...and now Modemgate. The guy that used to create these types of threads before, I haven't seen him in a while. Some of these ***gate issues were legitimate, others ranged from much ado about nothing to just downright ridiculous...
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    Galaxy S7 regular/edge owners roll call....

    The problems you describe has to do with Samsung's laggy TouchWiz interface and not that of Android itself. Android is not always laggy. Don't confuse what you witness on TouchWiz with that of Google's version of Android. You're not making any sense here. Apple has had better hardware(besides...
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    iPhone 7 32gb storage write speed 10x slower than 256gb model

    Yup. iPhone 6S only came in 16GB base, 64GB, and 128GB. It was only this year that Apple made 32GB base as the standard, so a direct comparison cannot be made. It certainly would be interesting though to see how fast the 16GB storage of the iPhone 6S is compared to the 32GB version in the...
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    The Pixel uses a RAM cache

    Likely a thing with Nougat or the benchmarking app. Some Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X have that same issue I hear. Here's the exact response from the developers:
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    Galaxy Note 7

    And the lawsuits begin... http://www.sammobile.com/2016/10/19/first-class-action-lawsuit-filed-over-exploding-galaxy-note-7s-in-the-us/ http://www.sammobile.com/2016/10/19/samsung-also-being-sued-over-the-galaxy-note-7-by-customers-in-south-korea/
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    [UPDATE 10/4/16] It is official! Pixel and Pixel XL (formerly Nexus 2016)

    I haven't used either of those devices so I can't compare. http://www.anandtech.com/show/9742/the-google-nexus-5x-review/6 (Slower, camera focus latency, camera shot latency, longer exposures and processing time after taking a shot with HDR+ are the major complaints)...
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    Galaxy S7 regular/edge owners roll call....

    And that you should be thankful for.
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    iPhone 7 32gb storage write speed 10x slower than 256gb model

    That is exactly what I'm looking for as well. Is this a TLC vs MLC NAND issue? Is this a manufacturer(ex: cheap Kingston or no name brand) vs manufacturer(Samsung/SanDisk/Intel) issue? Is this a yyy(ex: SandForce) vs xxx issue? Is this a yyy(ex: JMicron controller) vs xxx controller issue? Is...
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    [UPDATE 10/4/16] It is official! Pixel and Pixel XL (formerly Nexus 2016)

    I think he returned his 5X to get a 6P so he may no longer have access to that. I've owned a 5X for almost a week and I don't see what the problem is. But then again, I'm coming in after the phone has been patched several times and running on the latest update 7.0 Nougat which I'm sure may have...
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    iPhone 7 32gb storage write speed 10x slower than 256gb model

    This is not always the case. I have lots of small capacity desktop SSD's from both Intel and Samsung and they were not 8-10x slower than their larger capacity ones. Do you have proof that Apple is using the same type of NAND from the same manufacturer for each SKU? How do we know that Apple is...
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    iPhone 7 32gb storage write speed 10x slower than 256gb model

    Interesting that most of the review sites didn't pickup on this. Did Apple only send 256GB units to reviewers, and not 32GB? I've long known that one should keep at least a certain percentage of space(25-33%) on a SSD free based on Anand's research in this prior area to minimize performance...
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    [UPDATE 10/4/16] It is official! Pixel and Pixel XL (formerly Nexus 2016)

    Cancel your order until you get the color that you want. You're spending this much on a phone, why not? Quite frankly the white color in front is a stupid idea IMO. If the front was Black and the back was Silver, that would have been an excellent choice. However, because only the Black color...
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    [UPDATE 10/4/16] It is official! Pixel and Pixel XL (formerly Nexus 2016)

    Most people had issues on early on AFAIK. Those issues have been fixed with software updates however.
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    Amazon Prime $68/yr Friday Sept 23 NOT HAPPENING

    And the next time you want to order that Reese's bag for that same price, you'll find out that it's now an Add-on item requiring you to buy something else with it. I'm sure Jeff Bezos is laughing all the way to the bank.
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    No more Spidey07?

    Yeah, no kidding.