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Any opinions on the Moto G5? 

The G5 Plus is coing out in a week or so and Best Buy has the 32GB pre-orders for $229

Thinking about buying one to replace my Nexus 5

 
cap'n grunge said:
Fingers still funky. Trying to get a proper diagnosis.

Phone still a burner. Currently 103 degrees in my hand.
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Odd, I have a Pixel and it almost never gets warm unless I'm playing music and running the Nav (with the screen on) full-time.  Otherwise it's a cucumber.  Is there an app you're running the background causing it to heat up?

 
Ended up getting the Moto G4 Plus.  After a weekend of normal weekend use, I like it so far.  No, note the same bells and whistles as the Note4 I had, but I haven't noticed anything I really miss at this point.  Battery life is great (I would certainly hope for for a brand new phone).  Favorite thing about the phone so far is the lack of bloat ware.  Almost nothing loaded on the phone when I got it.

 
Zasada said:
Odd, I have a Pixel and it almost never gets warm unless I'm playing music and running the Nav (with the screen on) full-time.  Otherwise it's a cucumber.  Is there an app you're running the background causing it to heat up?
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We've been down this road.  he's on his 3rd phone and still has this "issue"  yet no one else has.......

 
Just ordered the Pixel because my Nexus 6 is almost done. Due date May 10-12. Hoping I get it way before that.

 
Mr.Pack said:
Any opinions on the Moto G5? 

The G5 Plus is coing out in a week or so and Best Buy has the 32GB pre-orders for $229

Thinking about buying one to replace my Nexus 5
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You're not going to beat it for the price right now.

p.s. get the 64GB model... it comes with double the RAM ;)

 
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psychobillies said:
I'm thinking really hard about it.  Looks like preorders get free Gear VR.  It's tempting, but I kind of want to see some reviews before I pull the trigger.  My note4 is on it's last leg.
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Exactly, the VR stuff is nice but I'll let the early users risk the explosions.

 
Ordered an S8+ last night (AT&T),  supposed to come with VR and remote. I'm counting on it being real close to the same size  in hand as my S7 Edge.  

 
Not big on getting the latest and greatest phones (My S6 still works fine, although battery life is wanting).  However, the new S8 is stunning.

 
Bull Dozier said:
Cliff notes on what is amazing about it?
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I guess for me, the quality and size of the screen vs the size of the phone is the most impressive thing.   I also like that it has a similar thickness to the S7, but they got rid of the camera bump and kept all of the key features like expandable storage, a 3.5 mm headphone jack, and a fingerprint sensor (now in the back).   Face Scanning looks nice too, although I guess this has already been implemented in other Android devices.   I'm a bit concerned about what this all will mean for battery life - we should know pretty soon when official reviews come out.

 
hxperson said:
I guess for me, the quality and size of the screen vs the size of the phone is the most impressive thing.   I also like that it has a similar thickness to the S7, but they got rid of the camera bump and kept all of the key features like expandable storage, a 3.5 mm headphone jack, and a fingerprint sensor (now in the back).   Face Scanning looks nice too, although I guess this has already been implemented in other Android devices.   I'm a bit concerned about what this all will mean for battery life - we should know pretty soon when official reviews come out.
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Thanks.  Sounds like nice stuff but nothing I can't do without.

 
I have a Moto Z Play. My charger that came with it "turbocharges" from very low to %100 in less than 2 hours. However, in certain outlets in my house it will only "slow charge". Anyone have any idea why this is?   :unsure:

Eta: in other outlets it doesn't charge at all. :unsure:

 
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Cowboysfan8 said:
I have a Moto Z Play. My charger that came with it "turbocharges" from very low to %100 in less than 2 hours. However, in certain outlets in my house it will only "slow charge". Anyone have any idea why this is?   :unsure:

Eta: in other outlets it doesn't charge at all. :unsure:
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Just a hunch, but try a different cable.

 
The new Sammy GS8 looks sweet. It might make me switch back from the iPhone. I used to hate Sammy's TW framework because another layer on top of Android I never liked, but it seems they have integrated it better now. If I can root it easy without breaking a bootloader, I am in. 

 
drummer said:
The new Sammy GS8 looks sweet. It might make me switch back from the iPhone. I used to hate Sammy's TW framework because another layer on top of Android I never liked, but it seems they have integrated it better now. If I can root it easy without breaking a bootloader, I am in. 
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Preordered yesterday, cancelled today.  I was having second thoughts about it, partially about the fingerprint scanner location, partially about what the next gen google and Iphones will look like in the fall.  Then the news today that Verizon is going down the road of spyware on all their android phones was enough for me to "nope" out and wait to see what the fall brings, but I highly doubt I'll continue with android on Verizon.  To be fair the spyware app requires you to opt-in, for now.  I just don't like direction they're going.

 
coyote5 said:
Preordered yesterday, cancelled today.  I was having second thoughts about it, partially about the fingerprint scanner location, partially about what the next gen google and Iphones will look like in the fall.  Then the news today that Verizon is going down the road of spyware on all their android phones was enough for me to "nope" out and wait to see what the fall brings, but I highly doubt I'll continue with android on Verizon.  To be fair the spyware app requires you to opt-in, for now.  I just don't like direction they're going.
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Wow, I didn't know that. I loathe Verizon as a carrier, and I will not do Android if I can't root it. What I like about Apple is that they have total control of the boot stack, but even that can change. I trust Google with Android. I don't trust OEM's or other carriers with it. 

 
coyote5 said:
Preordered yesterday, cancelled today.  I was having second thoughts about it, partially about the fingerprint scanner location, partially about what the next gen google and Iphones will look like in the fall.  Then the news today that Verizon is going down the road of spyware on all their android phones was enough for me to "nope" out and wait to see what the fall brings, but I highly doubt I'll continue with android on Verizon.  To be fair the spyware app requires you to opt-in, for now.  I just don't like direction they're going.
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Meh, when it's finally accepted Google Assistant in allowing it to do things I just assume everything's being tracked at this point

 
I ordered an S8+.  I've been easing into this home automation stuff, and I have an echo, but like the idea of Bixby being able to control smart things as well as 3rd party smart devices.  If Dex works as advertised, I might be able to use that down the road.  The free Gear VR is nice as well.  

 
belljr said:
Oh and I loved the fingerprint scan on the back
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Charlie Harper said:
Yep. Love it on the 6p.
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Where is it on the 6p?  It's not that it's on the back of the 8, it's the location.  Up high, right next to the lens.  I'm a lefty so it makes it even worse.

 
Wife's N5 was performing the bootloop of death, and from years of reading, knew it was the sticky power button issue.

she loves the phone, and hates spending, so I took it as an opportunity to crack that baby open and swap the battery. Had a replacement I ordered ages ago, but was worried about breaking something.

Went fairly smoothly. Fairly simple, with just a few moments of "uh ohhh" - glad I did it, and now her N5 is like new. her battery was draning to zero every day with mostly mininal use. she's on 24hrs now and it's at 60%. 

Good stuff

 
saintfool said:
Finally got the Nougat update for my moto g4. So far so good. 
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I did the nougat update on my nexus 6... No huge improvement in any functions. Evolutionary update for sure. The only con is that about 3 times in the past few weeks, a pocket casts podcast will start playing at random times. It has happened with phone sitting on the counter untouched, so it's not a gestures problem. Very strange but I will be super angry if it happens in a work meeting. 

 
Brony said:
I did the nougat update on my nexus 6... No huge improvement in any functions. Evolutionary update for sure. The only con is that about 3 times in the past few weeks, a pocket casts podcast will start playing at random times. It has happened with phone sitting on the counter untouched, so it's not a gestures problem. Very strange but I will be super angry if it happens in a work meeting. 
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the only hiccup for me thusfar is sending pics via text. it wasn't working with the Hello app but was working with the stock messaging one. minor annoyance.

 
dorno said:
Fired up the old Nexus 6 tonight after doing a factory reset to see how it still holds up. Not quite as snappy as the Oneplus 3 but decent. Then I remembered what really disappointed me besides not incorporating a fingerprint sensor. The screen burn in. Where the on-screen buttons reside the screen is whiter than the rest of it. Hopefully future amoled screens do a better job of preventing the burn in.
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I recently dusted off my Nexus 4 and flashed a Nougat ROM on it... I am shocked how well it holds up for what it is at this point.  (the battery is very bad though)

 
Installed 7.1.2 last night.

Not bad so far. Miss Pure Nexus ROM tho... Will likely update to the ROM when it's released for this verion

 
dorno said:
Fired up the old Nexus 6 tonight after doing a factory reset to see how it still holds up. Not quite as snappy as the Oneplus 3 but decent. Then I remembered what really disappointed me besides not incorporating a fingerprint sensor. The screen burn in. Where the on-screen buttons reside the screen is whiter than the rest of it. Hopefully future amoled screens do a better job of preventing the burn in.
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This is my daily driver and it's the worst phone ever made on a day to day basis trying to run current versions of android.  Takes me 60 seconds to take a picture.

Counting down the days to the S8 release.

 
FreeBaGeL said:
This is my daily driver and it's the worst phone ever made on a day to day basis trying to run current versions of android.  Takes me 60 seconds to take a picture.

Counting down the days to the S8 release.
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Agreed, there is definitely a bug with the camera app. Replaced the stock app with Open Camera. Zero issues since on the N6. 

 
Fishboy said:
Agreed, there is definitely a bug with the camera app. Replaced the stock app with Open Camera. Zero issues since on the N6. 
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Unfortunately for me Open Camera was even worse.

Man I hate the apple ecosystem and want no part of it but Android is wearing on me.  The three worst gadgets I've ever owned are all Android based devices.  This OS is just so bloated and unreliable compared to what it was a few years ago.

 
FreeBaGeL said:
Unfortunately for me Open Camera was even worse.

Man I hate the apple ecosystem and want no part of it but Android is wearing on me.  The three worst gadgets I've ever owned are all Android based devices.  This OS is just so bloated and unreliable compared to what it was a few years ago.
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Had the same issue until the Open Camera install.

Android Version 7.0? 

Security Patch Level - March 5, 2017? 

Are you all up to date? 

If you are, I'd do a factory wipe and reinstall unfortunately.  My N6 is my daily driver and outside of the camera lag, I've had zero issues with it and love it compared to the bloat that is Samsung. 

 
FreeBaGeL said:
Unfortunately for me Open Camera was even worse.

Man I hate the apple ecosystem and want no part of it but Android is wearing on me.  The three worst gadgets I've ever owned are all Android based devices.  This OS is just so bloated and unreliable compared to what it was a few years ago.
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I am using a OnePlus 3T these days and really like it.  

 
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