Smartphones

kegkilla said:

I looked at my battery usage monitor and there was something like 60% lost due to a VZW app called "Cloud". I never installed or enabled such an app so I'm guessing it was automatic in the recent OTA update. Needless to say, I disabled it and the battery seems to be better off.

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It's Verizon cloud service, and by default it uploads stupid shit like your contacts, pictures, etc over 4g multiple times a day. Figured that out and you discovered, battery life greatly improved.

Crone said:

So have note 7 and was trying to decide between s7 or the pixel XL, and think I'm just going with the s7. I gave no hate or ill will towards Samsung and the s7 isn't garbage, as some have put it. Given its nearly identical stats to the Note 7 and I can keep my edge screen, that's cool.

Just not that impressed with the pixel stats.

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The pixel has higher specs than the S7 edge in every way. They have the same size screen and resolution. I'm sure the S7 edge has a better screen though. But USB C vs MicroUSB is another plus for the pixel. The S7 edge wins in design, wireless charging, and water proofing.

Crone said:

Basically. 0.2 inch less of a screen, and no iris scanner.

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And a bigger battery than the Note 7 too! (That was what cinched going Edge 7 for me)

so my sister just gave me an iphone 5s, so i tried resetting it, instead i chose to sync to my old phone, and well that did nothing for the new phone it has all the same junk on it,


And now no matter what i cant get to that screen where it asks me to restore new iphone any help?

Flipmode said:

The pixel has higher specs than the S7 edge in every way. They have the same size screen and resolution. I'm sure the S7 edge has a better screen though. But USB C vs MicroUSB is another plus for the pixel. The S7 edge wins in design, wireless charging, and water proofing.

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Head-To-Head: Google Pixel XL Vs. Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge

They seem to think they're pretty much a wash between the two...

Vaclav said:

Head-To-Head: Google Pixel XL Vs. Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge

They seem to think they're pretty much a wash between the two...

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The Snapdragon 821 is roughly 10% faster than the 820 and the GPU even more so. If that is a wash to you than ok. But my statement is true.

actually can anyone explain to me how i access apps in the store without having to put a CC in?

Can't get my messages from my s5 to my s7. It says they've transferred and then never show up

Fucking triggered and double rustle of jimmies!

Went into Verizon store to get s7, and they are out. I find this out after waiting 20 minutes. They offer to do it online, and I say no, I'll do it myself. They then try and say the new LG v20 is awesome and has a sweet camera. She explains the megapixels are higher than the Samsung phones, and I ask, what's the aperture? She has no idea. Fuck your stupid dumb ass and your bull shit.

I shouldn't be this triggered over something I should have expected. I should have known they weren't going to have a damn thing in stock.

Crone said:

Fucking triggered and double rustle of jimmies!

Went into Verizon store to get s7, and they are out. I find this out after waiting 20 minutes. They offer to do it online, and I say no, I'll do it myself. They then try and say the new LG v20 is awesome and has a sweet camera. She explains the megapixels are higher than the Samsung phones, and I ask, what's the aperture? She has no idea. Fuck your stupid dumb ass and your bull shit.

I shouldn't be this triggered over something I should have expected. I should have known they weren't going to have a damn thing in stock.

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I spent about 3 hours in best buy on a work holiday trying to get my phone upgraded and arguing with both Verizon and best buy.. never got a phone. Went online and did it in about 10 mins, they just cost me a free pair of vr goggles because the promo expired.

They threw in a 32 inch smart TV that's $180 at best buy. I usually end up spending $200 on an upgrade anyway and honestly my s5 was still fine, i just have too much money right now.

kegkilla said:

Seems like a bad time to upgrade to the S7 given that Samsung will be throwing everything they have at the S8 in order to win back customers they lost with their exploding Notes 7s.

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There's nothing even comparable at this point, even the pixel isn't even close, and I traded in my note 5 towards the Note 7 so I don't have a back up.

Picasso3 said:

They threw in a 32 inch smart TV that's $180 at best buy. I usually end up spending $200 on an upgrade anyway and honestly my s5 was still fine, i just have too much money right now.

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Oh dang. Might have to go to best buy and see what kind of offers they will give me, seeing as I now have the upgrade on my account, and doesn't matter where I upgrade.

Crone said:

Oh dang. Might have to go to best buy and see what kind of offers they will give me, seeing as I now have the upgrade on my account, and doesn't matter where I upgrade.

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Just do it online. Fuck dealing with the 16 year old albino kid

Cad said:

What was it about the note7 that made it explode? Some particular battery formulation? Was it unique to the Note7 or?

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It was definitely unique to the Note 7 but they used two separate distributor for the batteries, so one batch was good, the other, not so much. The problem extended beyond the batteries though, there was a manufacturing error in almost all the devices that, when under the right curcumstance would cause the battery to not stop charging. Take a fast charge battery capable device, multiplied by the amount of heat generated and divide by device defect = kaboom. We have not seen our Samsung rep at our store but once for 5 minutes since the first exploded phone was announced.

And yes, as someone who works at Verizon, do the online return method, you'll get the phone you want and you can avoid all the BS in store. It's utter chaos with people stopping in to return everything, the preferred method IS online but now our reps get credit for the upgrade and our wait times are skyrocketing while we are having trouble keeping a lot of other phones in Stock. We're not even allowed to turn the devices on in the store or plug them in or move data either. It's shut them off, return and give you the device of your choice, but in the case of a preorder device like the Pixel, you have to take another exchange device like say a S6 until your phone arrives, then return again to do the refund and exchange. Total nightmare.