limpid Posted May 15, 2016 Administrator Share Posted May 15, 2016 @sidcow I've never seen this before. Do you update your apps regularly; preferably automatically? Play Store -> menu -> settings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted May 15, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15, 2016 1 hour ago, limpid said: @sidcow I've never seen this before. Do you update your apps regularly; preferably automatically? Play Store -> menu -> settings I have it set to auto update apps over WiFi only and a box ticked app updates available-notify when app updates available. And a other ticked box apps were auto updated - notify when app updates are available. I guess the easiest thing is just to reinstall chrome directly from the app store as presumably that will be the latest version anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted May 15, 2016 Administrator Share Posted May 15, 2016 7 minutes ago, sidcow said: I have it set to auto update apps over WiFi only and a box ticked app updates available-notify when app updates available. And a other ticked box apps were auto updated - notify when app updates are available. I guess the easiest thing is just to reinstall chrome directly from the app store as presumably that will be the latest version anyway? Considering your screen shot, it should be safe to click that. I'vr just never seen that option on a mobile before. You see it on the desktop when you've not restarted Chrome for a while. Have you tried turning it off and on again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted May 15, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15, 2016 30 minutes ago, limpid said: Considering your screen shot, it should be safe to click that. I'vr just never seen that option on a mobile before. You see it on the desktop when you've not restarted Chrome for a while. Have you tried turning it off and on again? Ayup. That's done the trick. Well done Roy Trenneman Thanks a lot Limpid for the second time today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted May 15, 2016 Administrator Share Posted May 15, 2016 Just now, sidcow said: Ayup. That's done the trick. Well done Roy Trenneman Thanks a lot Limpid for the second time today! Had to Mooney. I knew who he was but had never heard the character's surname Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted May 18, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 18, 2016 So Google have announced Android Pay for the UK.... yay! Tis about time... Just went to set it up and discovered that my One+2 doesn't actually have NFC. (even though my One+1 did) Can kinda understand why they removed NFC, this is the first time I've even thought about using it... ever. However, it's a little short sighted of them surely knowing that Android Pay was going to be a thing outside of the US. Little bit annoyed at that to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted May 18, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 18, 2016 Yeah that was something that put me off the One +2 when I was looking at it. Again, I'd never used it, but it seemed like something I would use once it became the norm. How does it work anyway? Is it the same as contactless but you just use your phone? Or do you have to tell them you're paying with Android pay? I'm just wondering how long it will be until shopkeepers stop looking at you like you're from Mars when you try to use it. I still get that look using contactless in some places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted May 18, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 18, 2016 Not available for Barclays customers. Balls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted May 18, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 18, 2016 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: How does it work anyway? Is it the same as contactless but you just use your phone? Or do you have to tell them you're paying with Android pay? I'm just wondering how long it will be until shopkeepers stop looking at you like you're from Mars when you try to use it. I still get that look using contactless in some places. I don't know for certain, but I imagine it's the exact same as using a contactless bank card... just swype and go. I don't think you need to interact with anyone to use it. Edited May 18, 2016 by PieFacE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 It's similar to RFID or extremely short range bluetooth. It can be used for lots of things if you have NFC tags. One of the common things you see them used for these days are security patrols in busy public ares like shopping centres or railway stations, the security guard has to physically tap a device onto the tags which are stuck to various points around the building and it logs the patrol. Using it to enable a phone to pay for something is a good idea. It's a shame it needed Apple Pay to make it go mass market because Android has theoretically been able to provide this service for years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 TSB are working on Android Pay as I posed them the question on twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Can one of you tech buffs tell me if there is much difference in specs between the sony z5 premium or the sony x? (the Z6 just renaming the brand) i am debating whether to wiat for the x, but if there is not much difefernce from the z5 premium i might just get that instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted May 26, 2016 Administrator Share Posted May 26, 2016 1 hour ago, Demitri_C said: Can one of you tech buffs tell me if there is much difference in specs between the sony z5 premium or the sony x? (the Z6 just renaming the brand) i am debating whether to wiat for the x, but if there is not much difefernce from the z5 premium i might just get that instead? I'm not sure you're correct. I expect a z6 to be announced this year. There isn't much difference between any phone nowadays. You'd be hard pressed to tell the difference between a z3+ and a z5 unless you really need a fingerprint scanner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 49 minutes ago, limpid said: I'm not sure you're correct. I expect a z6 to be announced this year. There isn't much difference between any phone nowadays. You'd be hard pressed to tell the difference between a z3+ and a z5 unless you really need a fingerprint scanner. Quote Sony Xperia X review - the Z6 in all but name Super fast and a beautiful screen, but the Xperia X's over-processed camera and high price holds it back Katharine Byrne @Byrneinator 25 May 2016 Processor: Hexa-core 1.8GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 650,Screen Size: 5in, Screen resolution: 1,920x1,080, Rear camera: 23 megapixels,Storage (free): 32GB (20GB),Wireless data: 3G, 4G, Size: 143x69x7.7mm, Weight: 152g,Operating system: Android 6.0.1 See all of the best Sony Xperia X deals on uSwitch Say hello to your new Xperia Z6. Yes, you read that correctly. The Xperia X is the new name for Sony's flagship smartphone. It's actually one of several Xperia X phones Sony's launching this year, as there's also the mid-range Xperia XA, the huge,Xperia XA Ultra selfie phone, and the Xperia X Performance, an even more high-end version of the X that sadly isn't confirmed for the UK at present. In a way, it's strange that the Xperia X has top billing, as it's the Xperia XA which has Sony's gorgeous edge-to-edge display. This makes the X's cheaper sibling the more desirable-looking handset out of the two, and it leaves the X feeling rather dull by comparison. That's not to say it doesn't have its own sense of style, as its curved, rounded corners feel great against your palm and the metal (not glass) back provides plenty of grip. It's just very familiar, and very safe, for a flagship Sony phone, and at a distance (ignoring the rather icky Lime Gold colour on my review unit) you could almost mistake it for the Xperia Z5. See all our favourite smartphones here It even has the Z5's side-facing fingerprint sensor built into the home button. It's rather narrow compared to your typical fingerprint-sensor, but it's exceedingly fast, and far more convenient than other sensors I've tested that have been incorporated into the home button. As the Xperia X has NFC built into it as well, you'll be able to use this withAndroid Pay, which has finally launched in the UK to let you to make contactless payments with your phone much like current iPhone users. Display In fact, the Xperia X has far more in common with the Z5 than just its initial looks. Yet again, Sony's decided to give it a 5in, 1,920x1,080 resolution display rather than join the rest of its competitors with a 2,560x1,440 panel. Admittedly, those extra pixels make little difference to the overall sharpness of the display, and the sheer quality of the screen more than makes up for any shortfall in specification. Covering an impressive 99.9% of the sRGB colour gamut, the display looks utterly fantastic, delivering almost AMOLED levels of depth and richness without appearing oversaturated. Likewise, our contrast ratio measurement of 1,356:1 ensured that highlights and lowlights had plenty of visible detailing and shadow gradation. It's also exceptionally bright, hitting 578.84cd/m2 on its highest setting. This not only makes it extremely easy to use outside, but it also makes images pop out of the screen. Of course, having the screen constantly set to 578cd/m2 won't exactly do the phone's battery many favours, but much like the Xperia Z5 and Z5 Compact, the Xperia X packs a surprising amount of usage into its relatively small battery. With just 2,620mAh at its disposal, the Xperia Z lasted an impressive 12h 04m in our continuous video playback test with the screen set to our usual measurement of 170cd/m2. This puts it ahead of both the Z5 and LG G5, each of which had larger 2,900mAh and 3,000mAh batteries respectively. You'll be able to squeeze even more juice out of the Xperia X by enabling one of Sony's energy-saving modes, too, although this will also limit some of the phone's functionality in the process, such as GPS-tracking, haptic feedback and background data syncing. Still, twelve hours is pretty good going for heavy media usage, so you should always get a full day's use out of it before putting it back on charge. Performance Another slightly odd decision Sony's made for the Xperia X is to go with a hexa-core 1.8GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 processor instead of the more powerful Snapdragon 820 that powers its rivals. The X still has 3GB of RAM, but it naturally fell quite a long way behind in our benchmark tests, as it managed just 1,445 in the Geekbench 3 single core test and 3,778 in the multicore test. The HTC 10 and LG G5, on the other hand, scored over 2,000 points in the single core and over 5,000 in the multicore. In all fairness, though, the Xperia X still feels exceedingly fast, and its Geekbench 3 scores actually put it on par with the Xperia Z5, which had a Snapdragon 810 chip. This is no doubt partly down to Sony's redesigned Android 6.0.1 interface, which was always one of the most streamlined and slickest versions of Android around. Here, it feels even faster, as menu animations were silky smooth and menu settings opened almost instantaneously. It became a little jerky when browsing the web, particularly on media-heavy pages like the Guardian's homepage, but scrolling was smooth once it had fully loaded. Otherwise, it handled images and adverts reasonably well, and simpler, text-heavy articles were absolutely fine. The Xperia X is also a pretty capable gaming machine. While its GFX Bench offscreen Manhattan 3.0 score of 920 frames (or 15fps) isn't outstanding, it's perfectly able to play games like Hearthstone, and Sony's PS4 Remote Play feature is particularly good news for PS4 owners as well, as it means you can use your phone as a portable display when you want to stream your games around the house According to This and various other sites they are rebranding the "Z" series and replacing with X (no idea why) I have read the Z5 premium has a 1080 screen so I am guessing that would be significantly better than my current Z3 one. I am not great with all this technological things with phone processors and screens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted May 26, 2016 Administrator Share Posted May 26, 2016 We'll see. I'd have thought after the nonsense with Dr X people would recognise when "journalists" publish opinions and biases as facts. And then the others copy the one who made it up. There's no comment in your quote from Sony. I think the Z is going to annual releases (like the other flagships) and the X will take the place of the dropped 6 monthly release. That's why they've not gone for a flagship CPU. In case it's not clear, I'm posting my opinion not claiming it as true because it suits my world view We won't know if I'm right for a few months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 4 minutes ago, limpid said: We'll see. I'd have thought after the nonsense with Dr X people would recognise when "journalists" publish opinions and biases as facts. And then the others copy the one who made it up. There's no comment in your quote from Sony. I think the Z is going to annual releases (like the other flagships) and the X will take the place of the dropped 6 monthly release. That's why they've not gone for a flagship CPU. In case it's not clear, I'm posting my opinion not claiming it as true because it suits my world view We won't know if I'm right for a few months. Ah i see your point there might be a element of truth to that. I do love my Sony phone but after doing abit of research online it seems the S7 is far better than the Z5 premium and they are about the same price so am thinking to get the S7 now on giffgaff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Apologies in advance to Limpid if this is not allowed... I have a sim free, brand new, Black 32gb, sealed, never used Sony Z5 Compact in black if anyone is interested? I got it from CPW today as they managed to lose my Huawei P8 that was in for repair. I have the receipt for it too. If anyone wants to give me £270 I'll post it to you and donate £10 to VT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 1, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted June 1, 2016 Stick it on ebay... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zak Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 18 hours ago, Genie said: Apologies in advance to Limpid if this is not allowed... I have a sim free, brand new, Black 32gb, sealed, never used Sony Z5 Compact in black if anyone is interested? I got it from CPW today as they managed to lose my Huawei P8 that was in for repair. I have the receipt for it too. If anyone wants to give me £270 I'll post it to you and donate £10 to VT. Very tempting especially as i think its time to upgrade from the Oneplus , which has gone to shit since latest update. Issue is i often watch tv shows and ufc on my phone and this screen is probably too small. Think i will probably end of going for the premium instead but will have a think 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 2, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted June 2, 2016 12 minutes ago, zak said: Issue is i often watch tv shows and ufc on my phone and this screen is probably too small. Do you mean at home or on the go? If it's at home just get a chromecast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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