Galaxy Nexus Watering Hole

Copacetic · Oct 27, 2013

AndroiDad75 said:
What does everyone use as a podcast app?

I use Beyond Pod. I like it.

halon · Oct 28, 2013

I guess LG practices in black magic? The LG Flex has a back cover that can repair itself.

wyndslash · Oct 28, 2013

how does that work?

halon · Oct 28, 2013

Not sure? The title scared me :eek:

breadnatty08 · Oct 28, 2013

wyndslash said:
how does that work?

They compare it to Wolverine! :eek:

LG announces G Flex, the 'world's first 'real' curved smartphone' | The Verge

BabyBlues · Oct 28, 2013

Morning all! Hope everyone had a good weekend.

halon · Oct 28, 2013

So tempting..

The Nokia Lumia 929 (Verizon)will have a 5 inch screen with a 1080 x 1920 display that offers a pixel density of 441ppi. That should sound familiar to those Android users with a top-shelf model. A quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor is expected to drive the device, which will carry 2GB of RAM and 32GB/64 GB of native storage. A 20.7MP PureView snapper is on back.

The_Chief · Oct 28, 2013

Hey folks!

We watched Jurassic Park 3D the other night and I am astounded by how the wizards in Hollywood can take a 2-dimensional movie and convert it to 3-dimension so well. It was great!

Have a great week

MSUgEEk · Oct 28, 2013

Morning! Self-healing material on the new flex huh? Cool stuff

Stigy · Oct 28, 2013

Good morning all - hope everyone enjoyed their weekend.

Got up at 9AM to wash the car in the frigid cold, but I enjoy a squeaky clean car and needed the wheels clean so I can swap to winter wheels next week and put these up for sale.

dakster · Oct 28, 2013

HanSolo said:
Will do, thanks!

Han! Oh, I did miss the epic gnex thread. The nexus 5 wait hasn't been as fun. Although getting off verizon for a real nexus experience will be nice.

I still think you look good in Bolo hats.

MSUgEEk · Oct 28, 2013

I have discovered it's much easier to be a design verifier than it is to be the actual designer. It's much easier to point out someone else's mistakes than it is to catch my own, lol.

BabyBlues · Oct 28, 2013

Nyxie is getting worse and worse for battery life. 6 hours after unplugging, with about an hour of screen on, and I'm at 36%. I can't wait to get a new phone with a better battery

Stigy · Oct 28, 2013

BabyBlues said:
Nyxie is getting worse and worse for battery life. 6 hours after unplugging, with about an hour of screen on, and I'm at 36%. I can't wait to get a new phone with a better battery

Anything is better than the GNex honestly.

I'm at 8 hours off charger, with 2 hours 30 minutes screen on time and about two hours of Spotify streaming and I am at 60% and I have been on LTE since I don't use the WiFi at work.

dakster · Oct 28, 2013

BabyBlues said:
Nyxie is getting worse and worse for battery life. 6 hours after unplugging, with about an hour of screen on, and I'm at 36%. I can't wait to get a new phone with a better battery

Howdy BB
/me waves

I've always replaced my phones battery every year, which helps a bit, but the verizon gnex has always been awful.

I'll miss the ability to easily swap batteries with the nextus 5, but a small price to pay given how cheap it'll be off contract. And no more verizon delaying updates.

breadnatty08 · Oct 28, 2013

BB, I'm with Stigy. With my G2, I honestly don't worry about its battery life since it's astounding. I've since used my old Gnex to stream music at work and keep it plugged in all day since it needs it! Hoping you can find something to upgrade to soon!

Unforgiven · Oct 28, 2013

How have I never seen this before???? :thinking:

Steven58 · Oct 28, 2013

So, there's an Apple Store that just came into the mall near me. I put my gnex side by side with the 5s and the iPhone screen is better. Brighter. It always was, even back in the day. Is that the difference between super amoled and LCD or something?

Rxpert83 · Oct 28, 2013

The gnex isn't known for its screen resolution, especially when you're comparing one piece of tech that's brand new and another that's coming up on its 2 year birthday

If you took a "modern" flagship and held it side by side I doubt you'd be able to tell the difference.

I'd say go to your nearest carrier and do a side by side. Let us know what you think!

Steven58 · Oct 28, 2013

thanks rx. Yeah, the gnex never had a display as vivid as teh iphone, even back in the day. I want to see the note 3 vs the iphone.

The iphone felt so small!!!!

jhawkkw · Oct 28, 2013

Amoled screens do a very nice job at showing all the different levels of blacks and grays. It's also more power efficient than LCD. However the downside is that brighter colors appear somewhat washed out and there's always the chance of image burn in. LCD does a better job at showing more detailed colors and if it's IPS+, it really helps when viewing in bright daylight. But it's less power efficient.

Steven58 · Oct 28, 2013

jhawkkw said:
Amoled screens do a very nice job at showing all the different levels of blacks and grays. It's also more power efficient than LCD. However the downside is that brighter colors appear somewhat washed out and there's always the chance of image burn in. LCD does a better job at showing more detailed colors and if it's IPS+, it really helps when viewing in bright daylight. But it's less power efficient.

I think at my age, lcd is the way to go?

jhawkkw · Oct 28, 2013

Steven58 said:
I think at my age, lcd is the way to go?

I like the way it looks better as well. Plus Amoled's tend to be pentile matrix based which detracts from some of the crispness as well. However the Moto X is Amoled and full RGB, and it looks fantastic.

EarlyMon · Oct 28, 2013

Still less power efficient but often not an issue anymore.

With wifi, 6 to 8 hours of screen on time just hasn't been a problem for my LCD phone.

And the AMOLEDS have made improvements to color rendering.

It won't be long before AMOLED vs LCD becomes a cultural difference rather than a technical one on the high end phones.

Steven58 · Oct 28, 2013

Early!!!!!!!!!!!

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