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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
January 28, 2016 at 5:57 am
HTC is falling off the face of the planet, and as far as I know, Xiaomi is not a brand available here. Never heard of it.
This is Google's flagship phone, Huawei built it, but Google designed it. You can only buy it from Google directly and some third party retailers, you can't get it from a provider.
Most of the tech blogs rate this phone as the best smartphone ever.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
January 28, 2016 at 6:01 am
Also, consider that an unlocked iPhone 6s+, 64GB, gold, costs $1100.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
January 28, 2016 at 6:09 am
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
January 28, 2016 at 6:17 am
Claim it on work?
WTF are you doing answering work shit on your personal phone anyway? They can replace it.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
January 28, 2016 at 6:29 am
(January 28, 2016 at 6:17 am)ignoramus Wrote: Claim it on work?
WTF are you doing answering work shit on your personal phone anyway? They can replace it.
Yeah I work for a Mexican company which casts engine parts for GM. It takes me a week to get a box of paint pens.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
January 28, 2016 at 6:36 am
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Mexican company?
Do they look after you with special gifts sometimes?
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
January 28, 2016 at 6:54 am
(January 28, 2016 at 5:57 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: HTC is falling off the face of the planet, and as far as I know, Xiaomi is not a brand available here. Never heard of it.
This is Google's flagship phone, Huawei built it, but Google designed it. You can only buy it from Google directly and some third party retailers, you can't get it from a provider.
Most of the tech blogs rate this phone as the best smartphone ever.
Best Smartphone ever means midrange within a year... so $200~$300 worth by then. Looks like a bad investment, whichever way you look at it. 
That's why I go for the mid-low range phones - nowadays, they behave almost like high-range ones, but cost a fraction.
Here's a peek into Xiaomi's new Redmi 3 (still in pre-order, and they have a US warehouse):
http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_294231.html
- Sure, the processor is a Qualcomm 6xx series, not an 8xx series.... carries "only" 2GB of RAM, instead of the overkill 4GB, the screen is "only" FHD (which, for 5", is overkill, anyway)... but the price is a wonderful sub-$200. You get way more than half the phone performance (not even going into perceived performance vs actual performance) for way less than half the price..
Plus, if something steps on it, it's not such a great loss. 
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
January 28, 2016 at 7:17 am
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(January 28, 2016 at 6:54 am)pocaracas Wrote: Best Smartphone ever means midrange within a year... so $200~$300 worth by then. Looks like a bad investment, whichever way you look at it.
That's why I go for the mid-low range phones - nowadays, they behave almost like high-range ones, but cost a fraction.
Here's a peek into Xiaomi's new Redmi 3 (still in pre-order, and they have a US warehouse):
http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_294231.html
- Sure, the processor is a Qualcomm 6xx series, not an 8xx series.... carries "only" 2GB of RAM, instead of the overkill 4GB, the screen is "only" FHD (which, for 5", is overkill, anyway)... but the price is a wonderful sub-$200. You get way more than half the phone performance (not even going into perceived performance vs actual performance) for way less than half the price..
Plus, if something steps on it, it's not such a great loss.
No thanks. That would be a downgrade from the phone I have... And with the apps I run, 2 GB of RAM is not enough. That's what my phone has now and I have to shut down background processes to run Lollipop, much less Marshmallow.
I want a big screen, and I like the UHD AMOLED screens. The camera is important, and this has a boss camera on it.
Also, the biggest selling point for me is direct from Google support and lack of bloatware. It will get the first OTA updates directly from Google, and their builds will be made for the phone. I don't have to wait for Xiaomi to build their own kernel. Eff that. LG is a major company and they take forever to get their updates pushed.
I get two years worth of full warranty with next day replacement delivery if something happens. Google even covers water damage. Because of this I get to take $10 off my cell phone bill for two years by dropping Verizon's protection plan.
I buy a flagship phone once every two years. This is the most research I've done in purchasing one. I am not making an investment. If I have to have a phone, I want it to be top of the line.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
January 28, 2016 at 7:20 am
Started getting sick yesterday, so I went to bed early. Now I am awake at 6am and I do not work till one in the afternoon. Might try to get some more sleep in a bit.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
January 28, 2016 at 7:32 am
Reading Martin Malia History's Locomotives and browsing the forum.
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