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Looking at the details of the new unlimited plan, it says that "Mobile hotspot/tethering reduced to 3G speeds after 10 GB/month"
Thanks for the response. The ##### at the Verizon store said that the speeds would go from 4G LTE to just regular 4G. Imagine that.jhib said:
This appears to be a signal issue (Sprint, FTR). Left my building for lunch, and everything worked fine. Back at my desk, and it is out again. You could strike this up as typical I guess except I've never had a reception issue at my desk before, and b) the LTE signal strength indicator is full.Bull Dozier said:Note4 acting weird this morning. Data doesn't seem to be working. I can get text and email, but if I try to use Spotify, it says I am offline. I can open Chrome and surf to bookmarks, but tried to follow a link sent to me via a text, and it says I'm offline.
Edited to add, did a restart and it didn't make a difference.
That is another good point. The one time I actually tried to order around Thanksgiving the Pixel wouldn't ship till mid-Jan.
it appears that rooting and installing a custom ROM is your only option. The Dev community looks fairly active from what I can tell...
Is the pixel currently being sold in all of the markets apple & Samsung devices are? These numbers are pretty far off. HTC isn't as big as Samsung or Apple, but I would expect them to still produce more than 2.5 million phones.
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I think most phones work so well now that only the geeks care about the specs. If geeks are trying to get a good value on a phone they get something unlocked, probably from China.
I just bought a new round of phones for myself and the ol' lady. I glanced at the prices of newer phones these days (holy ####!), so I went with a refurbished G3 for the wife and a 1st Gen Moto X for myself. 2 great phones for us for about $230 total.
I got G3s for my son and my wife when they needed new phones. They are both having problems reading the Sim cards. Just be forewarned. I don't know if there's a fix. I tried a couple of things but haven't gotten to prying up the prongs yet.pollardsvision said:
My last phone was a G3. I had an S3 before that, but wanted a phone with a removable battery. After 18 months or so the screen just died. I didn't drop it or get it wet, it just started doing this thing where the screen would slowly fade to black a few seconds after I turned it on. The phone would still register my taps as if the screen were working, I just couldn't see anything. LG said the warranty on the phone was 16 months or so, and so I'd have to pay for them to fix it. I went online and read that this happened to many others as well. I decided to go back to Samsung and just deal with the battery being built-in.
There's quite a few people here with a Pixel I think. I'm liking mine so far. Really solid battery life and haven't had many problems. There was a bluetooth connection issue I had early on that was fixed by an update I think.
If my phone dies today I'll replace it with another G2. It's still going strong, doesn't glitch, fast, screen and cameras are good. At least for my purposes. If I did a bunch of VR stuff I'd probably need to recalibrate my expectations. But I don't so my expectations are really not to break the bank and have reliability.
That's why I buy cheap phones. For $100 and change, I don't care if a phone has issues. Dropping $700 on a phone, that damn thing better be perfect and last for 7 years. But I know many phones won't do that. I'm fine taking chances on $100 phones. Many of the lemons have been weeded out by then, and if there is a major issue, it'll often reveal itself quickly, well within the time frame to return it. Past that, if I have to buy another phone in 6 months (never happened to me), I don't care.
What is compelling you to "upgrade"?
that's why I asked(?) I've been burned on upgrades in the past that regressed the device. I haven't updated my desktop's iTunes in ~3 years. OTOH sometimes the update really improves battery life and it's worth some of the hiccups for that.
Well you definitely hit my weak spot there, I will do nearly anything to improve battery life myself(other than completely neuter the nice screen I paid for.).Brony said:
Zippy phone. Awesome battery. Nova launcher on top is butter. Only a couple complaints...Coming from a note 4 the font is smaller on some webpages like FBGs. More importantly the phone likes to run warm as I've noted here a few times. I'm on my 3rd one and each behaved the same. Light web browsing, Facebook app, email, etc and it quickly gets into high 90s / low 100s. Note 4 never did that. Have tried different things to get it to run cooler but no dice. Would like to swap for the S8 when it comes out but guessing I'm stuck with this for a while. It's also pricey as I went with the 128gb model.
I went from the 6p to the pixel XL, I'd go with the 6p. I don't notice much difference, the fingerprint scanner on the pixel is better. Actually the biggest difference I noticed is I use my phone as a hotspot at work, the 6p was great but the pixel sucks as a hotspot, it's really annoying.
I'd dig it because it is easy to root. I have been using an iPhone 6+ for the past few years since it came out, and although I am very happy with it, I kind of miss XPosed Framework to rid the device of ads and make it more secure.
Just wanted to comment that I got the hotspot problem fixed, it was a T-Mobile issue. I'd still go with the 6p but T-Mobile is paying for half my pixel which is why I upgraded.
Main things pointing me toward the Z Force are: durable screen/glass + water resistant, microSD, Moto X screen notifications
I believe its a setting for media. I have it set to turn on as soon as headphones/bluetooth connects (in my car)
For your use case the G4 sounds fine. The camera will probably be the biggest drop off, and maybe battery life? I have no idea how good the Note 4 was, but I bet is was great. There is a G5 coming out soon that may be worth looking at as well.
i'm a G4 owner and pretty satisfied with it. it's nothing sexy but it's reliable and solid. you could do a lot worse for $200.
I just went through the hassle of getting everyone on Sprint, so I need a Sprint eligible phone. I think that takes out the Honor. I'll look into the others. Since I need a new phone like yesterday, I unfortunately can't wait for the G5.
