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T-Mobile Springboard or Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus 4G?

EDIT: Fire is out, only considering the Springboard and the 7.0 Plus now; too many features missing for me. Anyway...
Decided against upgrading my phone (HTC G2) simply because it's stable, battery life is good, and has a good keyboard. So I'm looking to complement it with a 7" tablet. Main uses would be web browsing, books, and videos (both online and on the device); gaming would be pretty low in priority, so I'm not sure if Exynos means much to me as a result.
The Huawei Mediapad has the higher screen resolution/density, and apparently looks great outdoors and in general. I like the aluminum build, even if it adds weight/thickness. I also like that the cameras are pretty good. And I really like the separate, non-proprietary microUSB and mini-HDMI ports; being able to charge it with the same charger as my phone is a big plus.
The 7.0 Plus also seems to be a great all-around tablet, between it being lightweight, the screen quality, and other set of features (like Exynos). The IR emitter is a nice feature, but I'm not sure if I'd use it much (not one for entertainment centers). And I'm not sure if the screen quality is worth giving up nice resolution/density of the Springboard. And as mentioned, I'm not a fan of proprietary chargers. It has Bluetooth 3.0, although I'm not sure if that translates into better audio quality with a Bluetooth headset. There's also extra Wifi functions - dual-band and direct - although I don't know if I'd ever use either.
Basically, it comes down to:
Non-proprietary ports, higher screen resolution, better rear camera
vs
Lighter/slimmer build, Exynos, screen quality, IR emitter, Bluetooth 3.0, dual-band Wifi, and Wifi direct

A question for international users, is there a tablet available which can make phone calls too? Probably I could replace my cell phone with a 7inch tablet?
Please note: I am planning to use a Bluetooth headsets, if someone is wondering how it will look holding a 7 or 10” tablet to your ears: D

jijus said:
A question for international users, is there a tablet available which can make phone calls too? Probably I could replace my cell phone with a 7inch tablet?
Please note: I am planning to use a Bluetooth headsets, if someone is wondering how it will look holding a 7 or 10” tablet to your ears: D
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I'm almost positive both of the international versions of the original Galaxy Tab 7 and the Plus can make calls - check out the forums for more details of either, as I'm not sure how data ends up as a result; I think in the case of the original, by making it work with voice you give up 3G (and get 2G instead).
I believe Huawei and ZTE also make at least one 7" tablet each that can make phone calls by default.

[Q] Android Mobile Phones - What to buy?

Hey guys,
Bit of a weird post, as I am not sure what the answer will be.
I want a new mobile. I've had iPhones since the first one, and currently have a '5. I am totally sick of the OS - the list of icons is shiiite. Even now I'm back to being jailbroken and tweaked it's still dull as dishwater, and now feels fragile to (as all JB'd phones do).
So; mighty phone quest 2013. It started just before christmas, and is still going. So far I have bought, tried and returned (or sold):
Nexus 4 (nice enough I guess, bad at games compared to the iPhone, do like raw android)
Samsung GS3 (hate the plastic, hate the blue-tinted screen, no better than N4 at anything else)
HTC One (silver) (badly put together, gets hot when used, terrible camera, still worse than iP5 at games, especially 3d ones)
HTC One (black) (better then the silver, build-wise, but same everyhting else)
And tried briefly in store, but not bought:
Xperia Z (Felt a bit light and plasticy? Unsure about Android updates in the future?)
I need a phone for (in order):
Email
Twitter
Web
Camera
Texting
Facebook
Apps (Addicted to buying apps!)
Games
Phoning
Music
Video
So, what should I get? I did have an S4 on pre-order, but I cancelled it today because I just don't think I can live with the plastic-ness.
Any tips on which android phone to go for would be ace.

If for low cash only 3 phones: Nexus 4, Nexus 4 or Nexus 4
With good kernel and rom that phone is faster than S3 in games/UI and it not have overheating.

michal89chz said:
If for low cash only 3 phones: Nexus 4, Nexus 4 or Nexus 4
With good kernel and rom that phone is faster than S3 in games/UI and it not have overheating.
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Cash isn't really a problem.
Nexus 4 is nice, but it wasn't as good as I had hoped. What Rom/Kernel would you recommend?

I dont have it (my brother have) but most kernels are good like Franco kernel . Overhating is now not a problem and phone is realy faaaaaaaast
Low cash: Nexus 4
A lot of cash: S4 (Octa) or next Nexus, iPhone.

Altrezia said:
Hey guys,
Bit of a weird post, as I am not sure what the answer will be.
I want a new mobile. I've had iPhones since the first one, and currently have a '5. I am totally sick of the OS - the list of icons is shiiite. Even now I'm back to being jailbroken and tweaked it's still dull as dishwater, and now feels fragile to (as all JB'd phones do).
So; mighty phone quest 2013. It started just before christmas, and is still going. So far I have bought, tried and returned (or sold):
Nexus 4 (nice enough I guess, bad at games compared to the iPhone, do like raw android)
Samsung GS3 (hate the plastic, hate the blue-tinted screen, no better than N4 at anything else)
HTC One (silver) (badly put together, gets hot when used, terrible camera, still worse than iP5 at games, especially 3d ones)
HTC One (black) (better then the silver, build-wise, but same everyhting else)
And tried briefly in store, but not bought:
Xperia Z (Felt a bit light and plasticy? Unsure about Android updates in the future?)
I need a phone for (in order):
Email
Twitter
Web
Camera
Texting
Facebook
Apps (Addicted to buying apps!)
Games
Phoning
Music
Video
So, what should I get? I did have an S4 on pre-order, but I cancelled it today because I just don't think I can live with the plastic-ness.
Any tips on which android phone to go for would be ace.
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You kind of eliminated most new top spec handsets yourself. Apart from the Galaxy s4, which you will not like as yet again it's plastic. You want the best of everything in one phone which sadly you're not going to find.
I have the Galaxy s3 running siyah kernel with foxhound rom and i think its brilliant. Great all around.
Sent from my badboi dual booting i9300 @1.704ghz

jonniboi1985 said:
You kind of eliminated most new top spec handsets yourself. Apart from the Galaxy s4, which you will not like as yet again it's plastic. You want the best of everything in one phone which sadly you're not going to find.
I have the Galaxy s3 running siyah kernel with foxhound rom and i think its brilliant. Great all around.
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Ha ha, indeed.
I think I may try the S4 anyway. Perhaps I'll get used to the polycarb?

Among all these smartphones, I want to suggest you Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone. It has a 12 megapixel camera giving you autofocus and LED flash. With features like geo-tagging, touch-focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization, you can capture every moment with ease. It is powered by the latest NFC technology and the operating system is the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. You will find the gaming experience is bound to be awesome. This Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone is also packed with a secondary camera of 1.3 megapixel along with the facility of video recording.

Shweta12345 said:
Among all these smartphones, I want to suggest you Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone. It has a 12 megapixel camera giving you autofocus and LED flash. With features like geo-tagging, touch-focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization, you can capture every moment with ease. It is powered by the latest NFC technology and the operating system is the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. You will find the gaming experience is bound to be awesome. This Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone is also packed with a secondary camera of 1.3 megapixel along with the facility of video recording.
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What Galaxy s3 do you have? Mine is 8mp camera with 1.9mp secondry. And was running Android 4.1 out the box.
Sent from my badboi dual booting i9300 @1.704ghz

Shweta12345 said:
Among all these smartphones, I want to suggest you Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone. It has a 12 megapixel camera giving you autofocus and LED flash. With features like geo-tagging, touch-focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization, you can capture every moment with ease. It is powered by the latest NFC technology and the operating system is the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. You will find the gaming experience is bound to be awesome. This Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone is also packed with a secondary camera of 1.3 megapixel along with the facility of video recording.
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What? Almost none of that sounds like the S3 that I know of and which he has already owned.
As for the O/P, the HTC DNA is not cheaply built and has respectable specs.
Did you own the HTC One S/V/X or the "One", because that seems like the phone that would fit your scenario the best.

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[Q] Moto G vs. Samsung Galaxy Light for parent

My mother is thinking of getting a smartphone for basically no good reason at all, since she requires nothing a smartphone can do for her.
My father currently has a LG G2x. We've decided he can give that one to her.
We're on T-Mobile. Should I get him a Moto G ($200) or a Samsung Galaxy Light ($150)? I think the Galaxy Light is basically like a smaller version of a GS3. He does not need anything fancy.

waylo said:
We're on T-Mobile. Should I get him a Moto G ($200) or a Samsung Galaxy Light ($150)? I think the Galaxy Light is basically like a smaller version of a GS3. He does not need anything fancy.
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Despite all of the good things about the Moto G, pretty much two things kill it in a contest against the Galaxy Light: no LTE + no microSD support; the Moto G's lack of removable battery one can live with. If you don't need LTE (and can live with HSPA+21) or microSD support, go with the Moto G.
There's also the question of how good your father's eyesight is, and if that's a factor at all then I'd say go for the Moto G and its larger 4.5" screen (vs. 4.0" for the Galaxy Light).

For anyone else who might be interested in this question:
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=5831&idPhone2=5786
Moto G:
No LTE (4G) (but this really doesn't matter since 3G is so fast you wont notice the difference) (3G also uses less battery than 4G)
No NFC (good for paranoid people)
No microSD card slot (8/16GB of internal space is more than enough for most people)
Bigger and higher resolution screen
Latest version of Android (v4.4.2 Kitkat)
FM Radio
GLONASS support (an alternative satellite-based positioning system) (also has standard GPS) (so you shouldn't have any navigation troubles)
High resolution front facing camera (for 720p selfies)
Color choices
Galaxy Light:
Smaller and lighter phone
has NFC (useful if you use it)
has LTE (faster data at the cost of battery life)
has microSD card slot (up to 64GB)
No notification light (that's odd)
Only one color (brown)
low resolution (VGA)(0.3MP) front camera
Smart Stay (eye tracking software that keeps the screen on as long as you're looking at it)

I went with the Galaxy Light and one thing I discovered is that it doesn't have haptic feedback settings for the virtual buttons. Kind of a weird thing to leave out since it has vibrate functions fully intact.

waylo said:
My mother is thinking of getting a smartphone for basically no good reason at all, since she requires nothing a smartphone can do for her.
My father currently has a LG G2x. We've decided he can give that one to her.
We're on T-Mobile. Should I get him a Moto G ($200) or a Samsung Galaxy Light ($150)? I think the Galaxy Light is basically like a smaller version of a GS3. He does not need anything fancy.
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Samsung Galaxy light.I think it's 'simple' because for my opinion Moto G is using for them with habit customizing the gadget.

My small review of S7 Edge

Hello,
First, my mini-review is based on a business type of usage. I don't play games on the phone, I rarely use the camera. What I do need from a smartphone is outstanding battery life, great notification management and great web browsing performance and battery efficiency.
I got my S7 Edge after owning an LG G2 for 2 years. That phone was really incredibile at launch, with 3000mAh space-saving, stacked battery and 75% screen to body ratio, very narrow bezels all-around. Although I could afford them, I skipped the G3 and G4 because I thought they were too big and the Snapdragon 808 and 810 processors were quite bad in my opinion, from many points of view, and battery life actually decreased instead of increasing. The Galaxy S6 lacked the battery life I was looking for. It did cross my mind to import a Galaxy S6 Active from the US (it has a 3500 mAh battery), but until I managed to do this the S7 launched...
What I really like about the S7 Edge:
- The screen is gorgeous
- Screen to body ratio is great, 76% is among the best. This is the first and only 5.5" phone that I can fit in my pants front pocket, it is probably the narrowest 5.5" phone in existence.
- The camera quality and focus speed are truly outstanding. RAW capture is great too (I like post-processing photos in Lightroom).
- The general operating speed of the Exynos 8890 processor (especially after 2 years of Snapdragon 800) is incredible
- Web browsing speed is phenomenal
- Ad blocking support in Samsung's browser is truly welcome, now that the Taboola pseudo-malware took over so many sites.
- SD card support (combined with the processing power) opens up new possibilities of easily post-processing pictures from a professional camera directly inside the phone and not inside a laptop.
- The Gear VR using the phone power is incredibly convenient and money-saving if graphics-heavy 3D games are not your main VR focus.
Now my issues with the S7 Edge:
- Lack of double tap to wake (LG's "Knock On" feature) is killing me. That feature is extremely useful, for example when the phone is in a car's cradle I don't have to struggle to reach the home button to wake up the phone, double tap anywhere on the screen and it's on. This feature would also save the home and power button life (list of phones whose power buttons I managed to destroy: Nexus One, Nexus S, Nexus 4). the lack of "double tap to sleep" can probably easily be solved with a 3rd party launcher so this is not a concern.
- The Always-On screen does not display all missed notifications, only missed calls and SMS messages. You can't use it to notify about missed email messages, not even using Samsung's own email app. Whatsapp and other notifications is out of question too. Hopefully this may change with an update sooner rather than later. Also, the Always-On screen does have a significant impact on battery life, 20% in 24 hours is quite high.
- The notification LED is quite low quality. I am a notifications junkie and use software like Light Flow to set up notifications mainly of different duration patterns. Not only the S7 "RGB" LED can't emulate most RGB colors (the white is actually pink or so, basically it can only do red, green and blue) and it doesn't respect the on/off intervals in milliseconds. But thankfully it is there can can be used, unlike many other manufacturers who chose to omit it and provide some half-assed alternatives instead (Motorola for example: how can I see their active display with a single glance if the phone is 1 meter away from me ?). I have to say the G2's notification LED was just about perfect in all areas.
- My first S7 Edge was delivered with a hardware defect (dropped all calls, overheated), this forced me to go through a lot of pain in replacing it, and even so I had to make compromises on the price when I got my second one since the initial deal was not available anymore.
I would have expected better quality from Samsung.
Neutral points:
- Battery life. It is definitely better than my LG G2 with its worn out battery (which can be easily replaced) but I'm not sure it will last 2 full days as I have hoped. The main reason I chose the S7 Edge over the S7 was the 20% larger battery (3600 vs 3000 mAh). I admit, maybe my expectations were too high.
- Lack of IR blaster and FM radio. I really don't mind these, but I did use the IR blaster from time to time, maybe twice a month or so when the TV remote was not nearby. And the FM radio...I would have used it a whole lot more if some manufacturer found a solution to work with Bluetooth headsets and not require the wired headphones as an antenna. So not a concern, I prefer just not to use it even if available.
Conclusion:
I really like the S7 Edge, but if the LG G5 will prove to offer great battery life without battery removal which I don't want to mess with (although I highly doubt it with a 2800 mAh battery and Snapdragon 820 processor, but who knows, maybe their engineers pulled off a miracle) and its always-on screen will show all notifications and consume less power, I may consider giving my S7 Edge to my fiancee and getting a G5 instead.
So, these are my first impressions with the phone. Thanks for reading

Yeah battery life is disappointing

Question Possible to flash stock Wear OS onto Galaxy Watch 4?

Interested in buying the Galaxy Watch 4, but I am not a fan of the Samsung software and One UI experience. I have a Pixel and was wondering if I could flash stock Wear OS or Google's version of Wear OS for the Pixel onto it instead, as it's closer to the stock feeling I want from the watch.
I've got a Moto 360 1st gen right now that is pretty close to stock Wear OS and I much prefer the experience of that than Samsung's One UI.
Any ideas?

Why not get the Pixel watch? I do not think you can load WearOS or Pixel's WearOS onto the Galaxy watch.

Way too expensive + the watch 4 looks nicer imo

I do agree that the Watch4 looks nicer, but my comment really applies to your want for WearOS on the Pixel. The Watch4 runs WearOS too and you said you dislike the OneUI on it. I have looked at several watches and thee OneUI is no worse than any of the others I have tried. As I said, I do not think you will be able to load any other WearOS type on the Watch4 so you may have to get used to the OneUI interface.
Forgot to mention that I also agree that the Pixel watch is too expensive. Thought Google would come out with the watch at a more reasonable price point.

No