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Pretty sweet deal! Not just for Best Buy Rewards Elite Members this time, $249.99... several stores I checked have it in stock (Minneapolis/St Paul area).
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/motorol...-phone-unlocked-black/4345700.p?skuId=4345700
Great deal. I would also look at the 64 GB refurbished for $279.95.
So I just walked into a Best Buy, and bought a black model for this price. I don't know if I will use this phone myself or whether I will pass it onto someone in my household, but the value is amazing. The Moto X Pure slaughters my Nexus 5X in almost every spec. Not having a fingerprint reader (which is the only thing that saves the Nexus from a complete embarrassment) is a turn off, but I can deal with that considering it's a 250USD smartphone with a fine screen and most other specs. The screen, the stereo audio speakers, and a healthy headphone gain make it a great device for multimedia consumption too.
I bought one and my GF's dad bought one. The local Best Buy ran out of stock but Fry's price matched. =D
There back at 249 this week!!!
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Ouch. I ordered one 2 weeks ago from the Motorola website for $299. They still haven't delivered, the status shows it is being built. I thought that was a good deal at $299. I would still be ok if they deliver it pretty soon. I am thinking of just canceling my order with them and taking a trip down to Best Buy.
This deal came at a good time for me. I had been using a Note 5 (64GB) since the beginning of the year and I was looking to sell it and get a less expensive daily driver until I go back to Samsung next year whenever they decide to release the next Note device (if they ever do, which I hope). I was looking around at several unlocked phones and ultimately decided to snatch up this MXPE with that nice price. I've flirted with getting this phone ever since it was released but I've been too addicted to the Note series and that S-Pen. I actually just needed some extra cash for the holidays and I figured I could just sell my Note 5 and use this less expensive phone so I could have a bit of profit.
Coming from AMOLED and haptic navigation buttons it's taking some getting used to but so far I'm enjoying the experience with this phone. These front-facing speakers... holy cow! The standard rubbery back to this phone makes me feel like I can use it regularly without a case, which is nice. I'm feeling confident to use it pretty much anywhere without fear of damaging it, unlike when I was using my Note 5 with its glass and metal design I always felt I needed to protect it.
One thing I really am missing from my Note 5 is having native call recording. I had hoped that when I installed GravityBox it may have offered an option for it like Wanam Xposed. Anyway, this device will suit me just fine until next summer. It's my first Moto device and first unlocked device so pretty interesting experience moving forward.
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Coming from AMOLED and haptic navigation buttons it's taking some getting used to but so far I'm enjoying the experience with this phone. These front-facing speakers... holy cow! The standard rubbery back to this phone makes me feel like I can use it regularly without a case, which is nice. I'm feeling confident to use it pretty much anywhere without fear of damaging it, unlike when I was using my Note 5 with its glass and metal design I always felt I needed to protect it.
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Glad you are enjoying the phone. I will say that with Moto display, an AMOLED screen would have better on battery. Aside from that, I would still recommend protection. The screen, due to its form factor, is susceptible to cracking from falls. I use cases and never had my screen crack yet, but many others have reported this issue.
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Glad you are enjoying the phone. I will say that with Moto display, an AMOLED screen would have better on battery. Aside from that, I would still recommend protection. The screen, due to its form factor, is susceptible to cracking from falls. I use cases and never had my screen crack yet, but many others have reported this issue.
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Yeah, that AMOLED is just sweet on battery life and those inky blacks are awesome. I'm actually going to try out this bumper they included in the box for a while and see how it feels. I just finally wanted to use something daily without a case and I figured this phone would be it. I'm careful with my phones to begin with but let's see how I feel about this bumper after a few days.
ETA: By the way, is there a way to just turn off Moto display?
Earlier this week BHPhoto had the X Pure 64GB on sale for $269, so I ordered two of them. Had been wanting to go with the LG V20 US996 Unlocked, but at $800 it is a bit too much. So decided to go with the X Pure instead for now.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1196058-REG/motorola_00947nartl_moto_x_pure_edition.html
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ETA: By the way, is there a way to just turn off Moto display?
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You can turn it off via the Moto app.
So I am getting sick of the battery life of this device and charging twice a day just to get by... the QC helps but it isn't always a viable option for someone who is on the road/travels a lot. I am probably going to go back to my Moto G 2015 for the time being as I could get a full days use most of the time on a single charge and just selling my MXPE.
But now the question comes up as what to replace it with... Moto G 5th gen, Blu Pure XR, ZTE Axon 7 Mini, or ???
My requirements are simple, or so I think...
1) 4+ hours SOT, preferably 5+, in mixed signal environment of WiFi/LTE/3G and sometimes without the best signal strength (for reference, I currently get about 2.5 hours on MXPE)
2) 5.2"-5.7" screen with 1080p minimum resolution
3) Stock Android, "near" stock, or simple UI (no TouchWiz, EMUI, ZenUI, or other bloated UI) that allows easy use of replacement launcher
4) 64GB internal storage or 32GB internal+microSD
5) 3GB or more of RAM
6) Full AT&T network compatibility (GSM 850/1900 and LTE Band 2/4/5/12/17 and optionally 29/30)
7) Nougat or Marshmallow with a Nougat upgrade "guaranteed"
8) 3.5mm headphone jack
9) Dual band WiFi - 2.4 & 5Ghz
10) $300USD or less
Would be nice, but not essential...
1) Unlockable bootloader (implies root/custom recovery/ROM development community)
2) Front facing speakers
3) NFC
4) USB 3.0
Absolute no no's are Samsung, Asus, or Huawei/Honor devices.
What else fits these requirements that I am not considering?
I believe the one phone that comes to mind that would fit most of your requirements is the Axon. I took a break from the MXPE (when it flew off my roof and died a horrible death in a rain storm) and had the Axon 7 (normal size) for about a month. You will get NEAR 4 hours of SoT, a qhd screen, 5.5 inches, relatively light for metal body. Unlockable bootloader and decent dev for it, last I checked. Things that bothered me/ pissed me off were that DTTW was laggy and slow, the actual cell service seemed to be really bad, possibly because of the full metal body phone, and the biggest annoyance - no backlit capacitive buttons, so you were left sort of blind in the dark trying to hit buttons. There is also no way through the build.prop to enable the on-screen buttons to bypass the issue at night, last I checked.
LG V20 could be an option too since it has a bootloader unlock now, 3.5-4.5 hours of SoT. I think it has a bottom bezel speaker though, which is a little weird, and as always the LG software has complaints. The dev is good enough to get around that though.
I'm in the same boat as you though. I've been looking pretty hard to find a new phone and the V20 is the only one I am really considering right now.
Get the OnePlus 3T it meets all your needs I get easily 6 to 7 HR sot
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Get the OnePlus 3T it meets all your needs I get easily 6 to 7 HR sot
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Would love to... tell me where I can get a new OP3T for under $300... That one is a hard stop requirement.
@xgerryx Same for LG V20 and Axon 7 (which never goes on sale, although the Mini does often), the $300 price point is a big deal
This phone has been a little disappointing. It's good, but definitely not great. It's a night and day difference from the Galaxy S3 I was using, but I wish I had held out a little longer for the SD 820 phones instead of buying in 2015.
It sounds like you've already got a pretty inclusive list for phones that are sold in the US and meet your requirements.
I just checked swappa, and if you're willing to go used, the OnePlus 3 is starting to get down towards the price point you're looking for. It has the same size battery as the MXP, and between the more efficient SoC than this godawful 808/810 generation and an FHD AMOLED I'd think you should get better screen on time out of it. It's a OnePlus so it has loads of good development, so you'll have all kinds of kernel/rom/tweaking available to really squeeze every erg out of it.
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This phone has been a little disappointing. It's good, but definitely not great. It's a night and day difference from the Galaxy S3 I was using, but I wish I had held out a little longer for the SD 820 phones instead of buying in 2015.
It sounds like you've already got a pretty inclusive list for phones that are sold in the US and meet your requirements.
I just checked swappa, and if you're willing to go used, the OnePlus 3 is starting to get down towards the price point you're looking for. It has the same size battery as the MXP, and between the more efficient SoC than this godawful 808/810 generation and an FHD AMOLED I'd think you should get better screen on time out of it. It's a OnePlus so it has loads of good development, so you'll have all kinds of kernel/rom/tweaking available to really squeeze every erg out of it.
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That actually could be an option... I will investigate further.
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Would love to... tell me where I can get a new OP3T for under $300... That one is a hard stop requirement.
@xgerryx Same for LG V20 and Axon 7 (which never goes on sale, although the Mini does often), the $300 price point is a big deal
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If you happen to be SUPER interested in the V20, I have seen some go for like 310-320 on Swappa in good to mint condition. You gotta hound the seller though and keep track of it all damn day for when the price drops. Not an awesome experience but I'm waiting for the same thing myself.
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If you happen to be SUPER interested in the V20, I have seen some go for like 310-320 on Swappa in good to mint condition. You gotta hound the seller though and keep track of it all damn day for when the price drops. Not an awesome experience but I'm waiting for the same thing myself.
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I'm not really interested... TBH, my experience with non-Nexus LG Android devices has been... well... lets just say less then wonderful.
Although I would have to say that the LG enV from years ago probably ranks up there as my favorite phone of all time, back when you could actually get DAYS of usage out of a cell phone on a single charge. I remember I would charge it twice a week. lol
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I'm not really interested... TBH, my experience with non-Nexus LG Android devices has been... well... lets just say less then wonderful.
Although I would have to say that the LG enV from years ago probably ranks up there as my favorite phone of all time, back when you could actually get DAYS of usage out of a cell phone on a single charge. I remember I would charge it twice a week. lol
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Yea I agree. After my terrible experience with the buggy LG G4, I'm very skeptical about going back again. At the same time I am running out of companies to try out! Haha. Gotta circle back eventually, especially on Verizon.
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Yea I agree. After my terrible experience with the buggy LG G4, I'm very skeptical about going back again. At the same time I am running out of companies to try out! Haha. Gotta circle back eventually, especially on Verizon.
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NEVER AGAIN!!! I refuse to drop $140 plus taxes and fees (realistically $160) for the service level I get now for $72 per month. Plus the limitations on devices, I would have to buy at least one new phone and/or go under contract. Nope, not happening. (Can you tell I have a grudge against Verizon, lol)
I would look around swappa for a OnePlus 3 or 3t it's worth it no bugs lag free and monthly updates it's already on nougat 7.1.1 and the beta builds they offer are great as well and development is great lots of greats ROMs and kernels and unlocking bootloader will not void warranty
TBH...I think you will have a hard time meeting all of your requirements right now. The market looks pretty dismal which is very unfortunate. I personally will hold out a little longer. I'm really looking hard at what Nokia/HMD are coming up with and hoping their roadmap for US devices includes a mid range device soon. So far their line up seems decent and if they are true to their word about expedient updates for Android, and they will sell devices with unlockable bootloaders at decent prices, I'll be sold.
moving to a galaxy s8 plus, comes tomorrow
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moving to a galaxy s8 plus, comes tomorrow
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Like @acejavelin stated, Samsung is not an option, and I agree with him. Yes they have great hardware for the most part, but a less powerful processor running vanilla, our near vanilla Android will run just as well considering the lack of heavy handed UX. I will admit the phone looks great hardware and looks wise, but I personally don't like the look and feel of Samsung TW.
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moving to a galaxy s8 plus, comes tomorrow
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Sammie's are to bloated... Every Samsung devices we have ever had has been problematic... Hope you enjoy yours though but I would never spend that kind of money on a phone.
I have a moto g5 plus as well, its pretty good. It's fast and smooth. Screen and camera are good too, but obviously not as good as the X style.
Yes mxpe battery sucks. I have to charge 2-3 times a day and am not even a heavy user. I know its more than your actual budget but better wait, save a bit more and probably the price will drop also and go for a OP 3T.
i know your problem man.. but why don't you wait for a nougat update?? why not? maybe they might fix up the battery drain issue!
there are barely very less phones which have dual front facing speakers.. market has got very saturated.. all look for flagship but they just don't think that having a good speakers is also a part of flagship project!
as per my personal opinion... this phone is just the best phone ive ever used (till 2015) but in upcoming era you will see more and more features
i will recommend you to wait and not hurry up to get a phone...
if you need a pure stock surely get nexus but just wait for new nexus phone.. maybe they might consider it as a flagship and the value might be cheap??
anyways if you're just asking for all the requirements my opinion (AXON 7) not just only for dual front facing speakers but also for the processor(sd 820),storage(64gb,6gb ram) expandable ovbio (256gb)
plot twist: has hybrid sim XD
but im legit that it'll be upgraded to android 'O'
but it cost around $350
think man.. public reviews are also good
it meets all the requirements but is as costly as mxpe
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i know your problem man.. but why don't you wait for a nougat update?? why not? maybe they might fix up the battery drain issue!
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Nougat can't "fix" our battery issue... Radio and display panel are hardware issues and that's where 75% of all battery drain is. It isn't even issues, it's just how much power they use normally. The SD808's radios are terribly inefficient, and the display panel uses more power than some small towns. If you think Nougat is going to noticably improve active use time, your kidding yourself.
To be honest, I might just pull my old Nexus 5 out if the drawer and switch to it... The battery life can't be much worse.
The sound aspect is less important. FF speakers are nice, but as long as I can hear a YouTube video in an average room and turn the ringer up enough u don't care.
I bought the MXPE as an upgrade to my G 2015 and it was on sale for under $250, and for the most part it is, I just didn't realize how bad the battery was, it is easily half of my G.
I got Axon 7 after X and can't be happier. I've had the A7 since August. Has the front speakers i wanted, nice beautiful Samsung screen. Battery is definitely better then X. Software was buggy at the beginning but they have improved it a lot. Axon 7 has been getting a lot of updates, doesn't mean it'll continue, we were the 1st ones to receive 7.0 with the exception of Google devices, and we are the only ones so far (afaik) to receive 7.1.1 with also the exception of Google devices.
It has its flaws but i love the phone. For the money you can't beat it. It's on sale now on newegg for $330.
Maybe this will get this phone into the hands of more people.
https://www.androidcentral.com/esse...id-oreo-beta-coming-weeks-night-mode-included
The other part of this that's exciting is that Essential is one of the first companies (OnePlus, Google, ?) to do this but we should expect that based on its AOSP-ness I guess
Just too bad Oreo is a rather lame update.. hardly noticed anything on my Nexus 6P.
I remember when a new version of Android used to mean major changes.... But Oreo does have a few *cough* ui changes, I've been running it on my Nexus 6. Tho all I want on the essential phone is root and my multirom.
I'm going to go on the record as stating that I hope they have Android N system images provided at the point they release the O beta. This will allow those that want to try it the ability to revert. The other thing that would be helpful is if we had TWRP, which I'm sure the kernel release will help with and also give us an option of reverting.
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I'm going to go on the record as stating that I hope they have Android N system images provided at the point they release the O beta. This will allow those that want to try it the ability to revert. The other thing that would be helpful is if we had TWRP, which I'm sure the kernel release will help with and also give us an option of reverting.
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on twitter they said that the images would be coming soon. My guess is that means like the next week or 2
Yep, I am aware. But "soon"tm is about the most grey area response anyone can give. Without hard dates, it really means nothing lol. I am impressed that they delivered on the kernel source so quickly, though.
I was kinda hoping this phone would never get an update.
That's a weird thing to say
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Good to hear, I was wondering.
Oreo
So has anyone heard yet when the oreo update will be released? I had a Sony Xperia XZ premium with Android N and went to Oreo and there were very big differences, somehow the camera got even better than it already was, and everything seemed to run much better, however I had already started a return on the Xperia because there were things I didn't like about it, the biggest of which not having a activated fingerprint sensor because no Sony phone shipped to and sold in the US is allowed to have the fingerprint sensor working, they all have to be deactivated and nobody seems to know exactly what the reason for this is. But I was able after the update to oreo shoot a picture in a almost pitch black room with no flash and it amazingly got a clear photo of everything in the room. I was literally amazed as I had never seen a camera on a phone or any other camera for that matter do what it was able to do. But I ordered my essential phone and didn't after I ordered it the Xperia got oreo and I couldn't keep it because there's no return on the essential phone because I got it on ebay, which I got the Xperia on ebay too, but it had a 30 days return policy. But also the Xperia has the glass front and back and as much as I drop my phone that's just asking for a broken shattered phone within a month for a 850.00 phone so I got the essential phone and at first was very disappointed with its camera, then I got the camera update and it was much better but still bad compared to the Xperia and my moto z Force Droid 1st generation camera. I installed the Google pixel camera software and the essential is very very good now but still low light could be better. It's a beautiful phone in every other aspect. I fell in love with it the second I picked it up and it is so dense and don't bend or anything with its titanium frame and ceramic back. The ceramic don't scratch even with a razor blade it didn't leavs a mark, but ceramic can certainly shatter its no different them ceramic tile in your bathroom or kitchen granted the smaller ceramic is the harder it is to break but it can happen. There's really no cases for the essential phone yet except for 2, and I got a tudia case and was pleasantly surprised it is as nice as it is, fits beautifully yet virtually adds no weight to the phone and no bulk. It's still smaller then my z force with no case on the z Force and holding the Xperia after this felt like I was holding a humongous ancient phone because it is huge bigger than the z Force even. But anyway I didn't mean to ramble on like this, I'm brand new to this site but I just wanted to give my honest opinion / review on the essential phone ph-1 in hopes more people jump off the iPhone wagon and buy essential phones, because this phone is half the cost of iPhone x it was just reduced to $499.99 from $699.99 and I love that it will get 2 major android upgrades and security upgrades for 3 years. It has the snapdragon 835, 4gb ram, 128gb internal storage but no SD card slot which with 128gb storage that should be plenty for most people if they keep this phone for even 3 years. I am quite certain that the snapdragon 835 will be a very fast soc for at least 3-5 years. They are getting to a point in smartphones that people are not upgrading as much because these phones are so good now that they do almost anything you need them to do. I literally used to hate smartphones and always used my laptop with pclinuxos se (security edition) kde3. And I started using smartphones in 2014 a little over 3 years ago. Since then I've literally only been on any of my computers maybe 10 to 20 times because I can do almost every single thing on my phone now. But props to Andy Ruben for making this phone top of the line flagship build and performance for a mid grade phone price. Oh and the notch.. I don't even notice it 99% of the time and is smaller than the huge iPhone x notch. So people, if you want a great phone, look no farther than this phone. You won't be disappointed as long as you install the Google camera software. But if anyone knows when or where to get android O for the essential phone please let me know. Thanks.
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So has anyone heard yet when the oreo update will be released? I had a Sony Xperia XZ premium with Android N and went to Oreo and there were very big differences, somehow the camera got even better than it already was, and everything seemed to run much better, however I had already started a return on the Xperia because there were things I didn't like about it, the biggest of which not having a activated fingerprint sensor because no Sony phone shipped to and sold in the US is allowed to have the fingerprint sensor working, they all have to be deactivated and nobody seems to know exactly what the reason for this is. But I was able after the update to oreo shoot a picture in a almost pitch black room with no flash and it amazingly got a clear photo of everything in the room. I was literally amazed as I had never seen a camera on a phone or any other camera for that matter do what it was able to do. But I ordered my essential phone and didn't after I ordered it the Xperia got oreo and I couldn't keep it because there's no return on the essential phone because I got it on ebay, which I got the Xperia on ebay too, but it had a 30 days return policy. But also the Xperia has the glass front and back and as much as I drop my phone that's just asking for a broken shattered phone within a month for a 850.00 phone so I got the essential phone and at first was very disappointed with its camera, then I got the camera update and it was much better but still bad compared to the Xperia and my moto z Force Droid 1st generation camera. I installed the Google pixel camera software and the essential is very very good now but still low light could be better. It's a beautiful phone in every other aspect. I fell in love with it the second I picked it up and it is so dense and don't bend or anything with its titanium frame and ceramic back. The ceramic don't scratch even with a razor blade it didn't leavs a mark, but ceramic can certainly shatter its no different them ceramic tile in your bathroom or kitchen granted the smaller ceramic is the harder it is to break but it can happen. There's really no cases for the essential phone yet except for 2, and I got a tudia case and was pleasantly surprised it is as nice as it is, fits beautifully yet virtually adds no weight to the phone and no bulk. It's still smaller then my z force with no case on the z Force and holding the Xperia after this felt like I was holding a humongous ancient phone because it is huge bigger than the z Force even. But anyway I didn't mean to ramble on like this, I'm brand new to this site but I just wanted to give my honest opinion / review on the essential phone ph-1 in hopes more people jump off the iPhone wagon and buy essential phones, because this phone is half the cost of iPhone x it was just reduced to $499.99 from $699.99 and I love that it will get 2 major android upgrades and security upgrades for 3 years. It has the snapdragon 835, 4gb ram, 128gb internal storage but no SD card slot which with 128gb storage that should be plenty for most people if they keep this phone for even 3 years. I am quite certain that the snapdragon 835 will be a very fast soc for at least 3-5 years. They are getting to a point in smartphones that people are not upgrading as much because these phones are so good now that they do almost anything you need them to do. I literally used to hate smartphones and always used my laptop with pclinuxos se (security edition) kde3. And I started using smartphones in 2014 a little over 3 years ago. Since then I've literally only been on any of my computers maybe 10 to 20 times because I can do almost every single thing on my phone now. But props to Andy Ruben for making this phone top of the line flagship build and performance for a mid grade phone price. Oh and the notch.. I don't even notice it 99% of the time and is smaller than the huge iPhone x notch. So people, if you want a great phone, look no farther than this phone. You won't be disappointed as long as you install the Google camera software. But if anyone knows when or where to get android O for the essential phone please let me know. Thanks.
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Oh man! I tried to read your post but got lost after several lines. Paragraphing would be nice. Actually, essentially essential!
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Oh man! I tried to read your post but got lost after several lines. Paragraphing would be nice. Actually, essentially essential!
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No kidding - I didn't bother reading past the first couple sentences.
But to answer his post - no one knows exactly when Oreo is coming for this phone.
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No kidding - I didn't bother reading past the first couple sentences.
But to answer his post - no one knows exactly when Oreo is coming for this phone.
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We do too, soon™
Same as when the restore images and uncompressed images from the stock app will be here. Also, the Rapture.
Exactly. I'm sure it will come, eventually.
I have Oreo on my pixel XL and Nexus 6p, and use basically none of the new features. So I could care less when it comes to this phone.
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they are bringing some pixel features to the phone like using the fingerprint sensor for the notification tray which is awesome. really hope they add double tap to wake. i think every phone with a back fingerprint sensor should have this. If they add these things i would really think about picking one up again
Yup each to their own. I never use either of those features in my pixel XL.
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they are bringing some pixel features to the phone like using the fingerprint sensor for the notification tray which is awesome. really hope they add double tap to wake. i think every phone with a back fingerprint sensor should have this. If they add these things i would really think about picking one up again
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They already implemented fingerprint notification shade. Check patch notes on the 10/30 update.
Double tap to wake and an ambient display similar to OnePlus would be ideal. Actually oxygen os would be ideal.
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They already implemented fingerprint notification shade. Check patch notes on the 10/30 update.
Double tap to wake and an ambient display similar to OnePlus would be ideal. Actually oxygen os would be ideal.
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Oh nice thanks
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I finally got my OnePlus One in July 2014. I'd waited a few months in the hope of getting an invite, however in the end I imported one from China via Ali Express. In total it cost me £269 delivered to the UK, which I seem to remember was slightly cheaper than buying it direct from OnePlus at the time with an invite.
I have since used the phone every day for the last 4 years and 3 months. To be honest the OnePlus is still perfectly fine today, it has 4g, 64gb of storage, 3gigs of ram, NFC. The phone is capable of using all the app's you'd expect any phone to us, it even plays Pokemon Go perfectly fine, which is probably the most demanding thing I do on the phone.
4+ years is the longest i've ever used a single phone for, I think my previous record was the Nokia N95 which I used for 3 years.
Sadly yesterday I had some gloves on, as I reached to put my phone down on my desk at work it slid out my hand and landed on the floor. I'm not even sure how I managed to do that. At the time I thaught the phone worked fine as the actual screen is ok, it just looked to have obtained a bit of damage around the bezel.
However I soon realised the top half of the screen didn't respond to any touch what so ever. After messing about and rebooting in to TWRP, that confirmed only the bottom half of the screen was responding to touch. Meaning I can't actually enter my pattern unlock the phone!
Luckily I had actually made a full backup of all my apps and data the other day, and I can still mount the phones internal storage over USB from within TWRP, so copied a few things off which were not currently on my PC.
I had hoped to keep using the OnePlus One for 5 years, as I think that would be quite an achievement when people seem to be wasting money buying expensive phones every year or two, when theirs no real need to.
After thinking about it last night, reading reviews, watching videos on YouTube I decided I either wanted to get the OnePlus 5T or the Razer Phone. My friend has the Razer phone and the 120hz screen really does spoil you, any other phone just looks slow after using that. The Razer phone is expensive though, about £600 new, I did find one locally which said it was in "pristine condition" for £329, however i didn't really fancy getting something used.
I ended up buying a new OnePlus 5T online for £325, which should hopefully be delivered sometime next week. I think was a pretty good price. I actually think the 5T is a nicer phone than the OnePlus 6 as I really don't want to get a phone with a notch, it's just not a design choice I like. The 6 is not really a major upgrade from the 5T anyway in my opinion, certainly not worth the extra £144.
After watching some videos on OxygenOS, I realised it contained all the tweaks I think are a must have from LinageOS (LED notification colours for example) so i'm hooping just to keep that stock and enjoy the phone. With the recent addition of Project Treble support the 5T should have good custom rom support long after OnePlus don't support it anymore too.
I might well try and buy a replacement screen on Ebay and have a go at fixing my OnePlus One at some point, as it would still be a nice backup phone. That certainly doesn't look like the most easy repair though.
Hopefully the OnePlus 5T will have a good run also, its great seeing how OnePlus have grown in to a respected mobile phone brand since the One was released.
My OPO is also already 4 years with me.
And still going strong.
never had a phone for so long. And wonder if I ever will.
have been checking other phones, and the Pocophone could be my next. Friend of my is very happy with it.
Sorry to hear that about the screen. I've also been using my OPO since like April 2014.
However, I've broken and replaced my screen myself 3 times since then. It's not too bad a repair. Let me know if you need help at any part of it if you do go about replacing it. I recommend getting the replacement screen WITH the middle frame. Makes it much easier.
Both the 5T and the Razer Phone look like solid choices! Best of luck!
@InsaneNutter:
Hey buddy. Not a bad deal for the 5T!
I saw a sealed, boxed, brand new one for £325 on Gumtree today.
128GB version,
With 8GB RAM.
Midnight Black.
seninnha said:
My OPO is also already 4 years with me.
And still going strong.
never had a phone for so long. And wonder if I ever will.
have been checking other phones, and the Pocophone could be my next. Friend of my is very happy with it.
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The Pocophone is very interesting I must admit, kind of reminds me of all the excitement about the OnePlus One when that was released. That certainly is a very good deal at the moment, again for me I dislike the notch and lack of NFC, however its still a lot of phone for the money.
umer936 said:
Sorry to hear that about the screen. I've also been using my OPO since like April 2014.
However, I've broken and replaced my screen myself 3 times since then. It's not too bad a repair. Let me know if you need help at any part of it if you do go about replacing it. I recommend getting the replacement screen WITH the middle frame. Makes it much easier.
Both the 5T and the Razer Phone look like solid choices! Best of luck!
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Where did you purchase your screens from out of curiosity? I've seen some on Ebay for around £17 or some for a bit more with all the tools required to undertake the repair.
bmark240 said:
@InsaneNutter:
Hey buddy. Not a bad deal for the 5T!
I saw a sealed, boxed, brand new one for £325 on Gumtree today.
128GB version,
With 8GB RAM.
Midnight Black.
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Thats a pretty sweet deal for the 8GB / 128G version! i can see a few second hand 5T's going for more than that.
Just had an email saying my 5T has been delivered, so i'm looking forward to getting that setup when i'm home tonight.
Where did you purchase your screens from out of curiosity? I've seen some on Ebay for around £17 or some for a bit more with all the tools required to undertake the repair.
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I got all from eBay. One was from seller anybestbuy. Not sure if they have a listing for it still, but it was like "Screen+Digitizer+FrameAssembly" or something. The others were from thinkpan, also with the middle frame. I believe the thinkpan ones I bought in 2015, and the anybestbuy in 2016. In 2015/2016, they were ~$40, which is probably pricier than they are now. I didn't use any tools I didn't already have. The main tool is just a small Philips screwdriver and a pin for taking out the SIM card tray. A small plastic piece, like a guitar pick, is also needed for removing the back cover. Be careful pulling up the battery. It's taped super strong, so just remove it super slowly to avoid bending it. Also note that the replacement screens are not as good quality. The screen itself looks great, but the capacitive (home) buttons are dim. Main thing is that these aftermarket screens are much more prone to breaking. It took a hit on a steel air compressor to break my original screen, but an aftermarket one broke when I dropped a very small wrench on it. I do a lot of machining type things, so your OnePlus is probably in fewer dangerous situations. The screen I bought in early 2016 is going great though! I put a bigger case on it and a RhinoShield screen protector, which has done wonders. That RhinoShield was probably one of my best purchases..
Hope this helps!
A tip for repairing screens
Buy screen digitizer "with frame" (+$8 than digitizer only) , more easier to repair with. (And they are very fragile, as it's not gorilla glass or anything)
This phone is very easy to repair (as I think)
Some tips from me as having 4th screen replacement for opo ??
my opo battery died last month... bought a knck off for 6 dollers and its performing 85-90% of the original one..nt unhappy
...and I love it.
Just wanted to share that. I came over from an iPhone XS Max because I hated the size/weight. This thing flies!
Anyway, I picked it up for $480.00 USD + free shipping on eBay, new and sealed! The specs you get at this price point still blows my mind. If you're thinking about picking one up, I think now is a great time. Comes with fantastic sounding headphones too!
Hope to see continued activity and support for this device :fingers-crossed:
I got the s10e when it was new. Enjoy the phone, but personally I would have gone with something a bit newer.
circusmonkey302 said:
...and I love it.
Just wanted to share that. I came over from an iPhone XS Max because I hated the size/weight. This thing flies!
Anyway, I picked it up for $480.00 USD + free shipping on eBay, new and sealed! The specs you get at this price point still blows my mind. If you're thinking about picking one up, I think now is a great time. Comes with fantastic sounding headphones too!
Hope to see continued activity and support for this device :fingers-crossed:
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It's a very good phone I got mine for about 3 months ago.
Yes
I loved it too. I bought it 4 times and sell it because new models. And always I return to it. Now I have one and will never sell it. I have a P40pro too but i use it only when traveling. For a daily use S10e is my baby.
avipars said:
I got the s10e when it was new. Enjoy the phone, but personally I would have gone with something a bit newer.
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You don't have a better phone as of today, with this form factor and specs maybe Huawei P30 but P30 is bigger
I was used to switch devices after a couple months, several phones a year... and now I'm settled on this s10e for almost 2 years now. The fact of being so compact, and offering so much makes it special. It could even do powershare on a xs max lol, ip68, great stereo speakers, decent camera, great software (I came from Oxygen Os OnePlus) great screen panel also... perhaps I would like to try a 90hz refresh rate but I guess that's just what one gets used to. Perhaps keeping this phone for one more year and taste one ui 3.0 well, they didn't make something like this for the s20 and s21 series anyway...
Check this post btw if you want to tweak your s10e a little bit, some good mods to install in and easy to manage (no root whatsoever)
[HOWTO] / [GUIDE] Root G9700 version
Hi, I've been looking but can't find anything clear, all the Snapdragon information is very mixed :confused: Today, what is the best method to root S10e G9700 version? Is there a step-by-step guide from standard phone (as you buy it)? (I have...
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