jLp vAkEr0 wrote:So LG seems to have made an even better phone than the S6:
Bigger (removable) battery
Kick ass camera
SD Card slot
Props.
The problem is that it's essentially last years phone. The same issue that HTC is having and they got absolutely murdered by the S6 sales-wise. Are people going to notice that the G4 is a pretty big upgrade over the G3 (camera and screen quality specifically)? I have my doubts. I certainly wouldn't say it's better than the S6...if the battery is better, I'll live w/ the other shortcomings (like the lack of wireless charging, the horrible horrible LG UI and the oversharpening of pictures).
If the S6 could properly do audio over USB OTG to my headphone amplifier/DAC I wouldn't even consider the G4...but as it stands, that's functionality that I do not want to live without.
FifaInspected wrote:As has been well documented the battery isn't going to win any awards. I'm a heavy user and typically need to find a charge late in the afternoon.
Invest in a a few Quick Charge 2.0 chargers. You'll top that battery off in around an hour. Quick Charge technology is soooo good. Thankfully both the S6 and the upcoming G4 use it. It's starting to become commonplace amongst Android phones so you might as well grab a few of them. From around 5% you can get up to 50% in around 20 minutes. So it really is awesome.
Here's a highly rated one on Amazon, but they all work with each other (i.e. Moto Turbo Charger works with my S6 and the Samsung Adaptive Fast Charger works with the Moto X(2014) and so on). Yes, they all have different names, but as long as you make sure it's Quick Charge 2.0, you'll be good to go.
DB - Are there any negative side effects to this? I've read so many conflicting articles on the proper way to charge a device that i'm totally confused. Some say never let it get lower than 10%, some say charge it at 50%. What's the real answer?
FifaInspected wrote:DB - Are there any negative side effects to this? I've read so many conflicting articles on the proper way to charge a device that i'm totally confused. Some say never let it get lower than 10%, some say charge it at 50%. What's the real answer?
Ever since lithium ion batteries became mainstream...all of the conjecture and theories have been debunked and it's all just become a bunch of noise to me. I have never worried about battery health...mainly because I never have a device long enough to really care...but I haven't seen anything that proves one theory is better than another.
This whole quick charge stuff just came out last year so I don't think there has been much in terms of long term studies on it, but it's simply the chipset allowing more voltage to get to the battery. Qualcomm started it and the other developers followed (mainly Samsung w/ their Exynos chipsets)...so we'll see the long term effects later I suppose. I really wouldn't worry about it.
Android Question - The headphone volume level on my Moto X is really, really low. It appears as if i'm not alone as other Moto X users are complaining of the same issue. Is there a setting somewhere that could be causing this? At full volume I cannot clearly understand my podcasts when walking / working around the house. The volume sliders under Settings > Sounds are all at the max. I can't imagine this is by design as it's just ridiculous.
Android Question - The headphone volume level on my Moto X is really, really low. It appears as if i'm not alone as other Moto X users are complaining of the same issue. Is there a setting somewhere that could be causing this? At full volume I cannot clearly understand my podcasts when walking / working around the house. The volume sliders under Settings > Sounds are all at the max. I can't imagine this is by design as it's just ridiculous.
Thanks.
By design. A lot of phones have an artificial limit built in because of regulations in Europe. The only way to fix it is to root and unlock the phone. That's about it. The easier way is to artificially adjust the volume of the file on your computer before transferring it.
A third option is to get an ultra sensitive pair of headphones. Less power needed to push them means they are louder. As meh as they sound, I find the Beats Ur Beats perfect for gym/moving because they are light and really loud even out of cell phones. Cheap cheap on eBay too.
G4...if you actually want the battery to last all day.
But between those two...regular S6. The edge is annoying as the sides are harder to hold and there is a constant glare on the edge of the screen where the bends are. Too much of a gimmick w no real purpose or advantage.
XXXIV wrote:Battery really is that bad on the Samsung huh?
Heading to T-Mobile store this weekend. Ill have to check out the LG 4 and the I6 before I pull the trigger.
I've never had to charge a phone when I got home from work to get me through the evening before the S6...I had to do that at least 50% of the time with that phone. The G4 still has between 20-30% left when I go to bed at midnight. So yeah...it's bad. So unfortunate too because the rest of the phone is flawless. Can't use a phone if you don't have power...so whatever.
The good news is it uses a turbo charger so you can get like 50% battery life after about a half hour charge. So at least it has that tech to kind of help out. Oh the G4 does too. lol.
Apps. Not into em. Just trying to figure out what to get rid of and what to add. Doing a lot of googling.
Never had an android game. Which is the free one to get? Anyone have favorites?
I'm an old man when it comes to mobile games. I like slow-moving, simple things. Threes and 1000000 get a lot of play from me, as does the Shortyz crossword app. I loved the Marvel match 3 game for awhile, whatever that's called.
There's just so much free-to-play garbage cluttering up the mobile landscape that it aggravates the hell out of me. So many promising games are hampered by that crap. [/oldman]
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"Ok I'm an elitist, but I have a healthy respect for people who don't measure up." --Aaron Sorkin
If the One Plus 2 is Straight Talk compatible i'll upgrade my current phone. Btw are those phones straight Android or is it like Samsung where they layer their own skin and launcher? Samsung is so bad at making Android inconsistent that they swapped the back arrow and multitasking buttons...arrgh
Rodster wrote:If the One Plus 2 is Straight Talk compatible i'll upgrade my current phone. Btw are those phones straight Android or is it like Samsung where they layer their own skin and launcher? Samsung is so bad at making Android inconsistent that they swapped the back arrow and multitasking buttons...arrgh
The OP2 uses Oxygen OS.
It's basically stock Android with a few costumizable options.
Moto announced their phones this morning and while great overall...one deal breaker for me. No Optical Imagine Stabilization in their phone cameras. What the F Motorola...there's one thing that let you down with the last Moto X and it was the camera and you did nothing to fix that. Low light was sh*t and it will continue to be that with the slower than the competition F stop at 2.0 instead of 1.9 (S6) or 1.8 (G4).
The good news is the price. $399 for the X Style in the USA unlocked. No carriers involved at all...on sale in September for anyone who doesn't care much about their camera.
OnePlus 2 here I come.
And Rod...it's compatible with any GSM carrier, which Straight Talk uses At&t towers so you're good. And as Javy said, it runs a modified OS but it's very light...so not even close to Samsung or LG skins. Plus, being unlocked, it's REALLY easy to put your own software on it. There's sure to be some vanilla android ROMS in no time.
Well the CEO of OnePlus made a good point...it's not going to be used this year anyway if you're counting on Android Pay. And most people who buy a phone like the OP2 are the type of people that upgrade yearly (or more often)...so eliminating it this year and adding it next year it's a clear upgrade path, assuming Android Pay takes off (which I doubt). We'll see...but I don't blame them. I've never turned on NFC in a phone...and I doubt I will anytime soon anyway.
