V01 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 It's dispatched from Amazon E.U sarl, looks like I'm waiting for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 On 25/08/2016 at 19:35, limpid said: Had it on my Nexus 9 for a few weeks now. Not a huge difference for me (yet?) Same here when my Nexus 9 wasnt with HTC who twice have been unable to find a fault which causes it to crash. The changes in N are very subtle and mainly under the hood, visually it will be tweaked in the next quarterly update they are promising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzavfc Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Im looking at getting a new Android phone, as im coming back from Sydney and need a British phone Is the Samsung S7 edge worth the hype and extra cost? Especially over the Nexus 6P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Edge maybe not. S7 yes. Truly epic phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted September 3, 2016 Administrator Share Posted September 3, 2016 No, buy a Chinese phone you've never heard of for a quarter of the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zak Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 On 9/3/2016 at 14:29, limpid said: No, buy a Chinese phone you've never heard of for a quarter of the price. Still loving the k6000? got used to the weight? The battery of my GFs 1+1 has gone so looking into a Chinese phone, maybe the K6000. The only place i can see with fairly decent reviews (PCAdvisor) only gives it 3.5/5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted September 5, 2016 Administrator Share Posted September 5, 2016 49 minutes ago, zak said: Still loving the k6000? got used to the weight? The battery of my GFs 1+1 has gone so looking into a Chinese phone, maybe the K6000. The only place i can see with fairly decent reviews (PCAdvisor) only gives it 3.5/5. Apart from the weight, everything is fine and obviously the weight is offset by the immense battery life. I've just read that review and they acknowledge throughout that this is a budget phone, and a good budget phone but then seem to grade it by comparing it to top end phones. Strange way to rank things. 3.5/5 where 5 is a flagship shows how good this budget phone is. 70% of the phone for 25% of the price. Don't buy it if you're a mobile gamer. Also, mine wasn't grey market, it was bought from Amazon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zak Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 (edited) 48 minutes ago, limpid said: Apart from the weight, everything is fine and obviously the weight is offset by the immense battery life. I've just read that review and they acknowledge throughout that this is a budget phone, and a good budget phone but then seem to grade it by comparing it to top end phones. Strange way to rank things. 3.5/5 where 5 is a flagship shows how good this budget phone is. 70% of the phone for 25% of the price. Don't buy it if you're a mobile gamer. Also, mine wasn't grey market, it was bought from Amazon. They give other budget phones (elephone, Xiaomi & Ulephone) 4 or 4.5 stars so was comparing with them. With regards to buying from amazon, are you protected if you buy from a shop through amazon rather than amazon themselves? Edit: Chinese Phone Reviews Edited September 5, 2016 by zak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted September 5, 2016 Administrator Share Posted September 5, 2016 44 minutes ago, zak said: With regards to buying from amazon, are you protected if you buy from a shop through amazon rather than amazon themselves? It depends what you mean by "protected". If you are spending over £100, always use a credit card and you're protected by that. if you buy direct from Amazon then your contract is with Amazon no matter how much they might try and wriggle out of it. If it's sold in the EU then you are protected by the EU regs. I don't know about shops through Amazon, but it'll be on their website. However these are budget phones. If they stop working chuck them in the recycling and buy another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Oneplus 3 looks like a good handset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 It is but the camera is poor and the One+ customer service and after sales care is atrocious enough for me for it to be a non starter imo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zak Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 I am very happy with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 I think I might upgrade to the Samsung Hand Grenade when they've fixed the battery issues and have millions of refurbs to get rid of, hopefully at discount prices! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Aside from the Nexus range is there any other pure 'vanilla'' android handsets? I know some have their 'bloatware on there like samsung etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted September 13, 2016 Administrator Share Posted September 13, 2016 5 minutes ago, Xela said: Aside from the Nexus range is there any other pure 'vanilla'' android handsets? I know some have their 'bloatware on there like samsung etc. All the cheap ones are pretty much stock Android. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggaman Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Thinking of picking up the Moto G4 for the other half this Christmas. Has anyone used one? Looking for opinions on it. Holding out on my own new phone until next year as my LG G4 is still nice and smooth. May go for the Galaxy S8 Edge when that comes out but I'll see what LG have to offer in the LG G6 first... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 - 10.1 question. Is there a wireless way i.e. app or update to fully screen mirror to a smart tv? Have no issues with my S6 as i just pull down on the screen and select smart view and it send the screen to the tv, however the Tab3 dose not have the smart view icon to select. Ive downloaded the smart view app but it will only mirror photos or videos to the tv and not the full screen mirroring option like my S6 dose. Any ideas? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted September 14, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted September 14, 2016 3 hours ago, Kingman said: Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 - 10.1 question. Is there a wireless way i.e. app or update to fully screen mirror to a smart tv? Have no issues with my S6 as i just pull down on the screen and select smart view and it send the screen to the tv, however the Tab3 dose not have the smart view icon to select. Ive downloaded the smart view app but it will only mirror photos or videos to the tv and not the full screen mirroring option like my S6 dose. Any ideas? TIA From Samsungs site: Quote Older devices and those running operating systems older than Android 4.1.12 may not have the Screen Mirroring feature Does that apply to your device? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 2 hours ago, Tegis said: From Samsungs site: Does that apply to your device? I'm not sure what operating system is currently running as it's my old man's tablet. Is there a way to update to ghe required operating system if required? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted September 15, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted September 15, 2016 16 hours ago, Kingman said: I'm not sure what operating system is currently running as it's my old man's tablet. Is there a way to update to ghe required operating system if required? Almost certainly through installing custom roms. But that can be a bit fiddly. It depends a bit on how savy you feel in handling computers in general. It's a different ballgame for different devices. This tutorial looks like it's for your device but the video is assuming that you know a bit about flashing already. But it's a hint at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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