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Ah sorry! Still would rather have the 2 then a iPhone but wont spend that much on a phone either way!.
Still rockin that nexus 6. But it randomly shuts off if I have camera app open too long, or switch btwn apps. I'm pretty sure it's the battery, so I'm getting a replacement. Try a new rom on the nexus 6 or unencrypting it + blackbird kernel + new rom.
Rooting a phone allows you to install dedicated ad blockers like adaway, install custom recoveries, and from there custom kernels. Custom kernels can really make an old device perform a lot faster, especially if the manufacturer decides to kill support or just stop caring. They can be a bit risky, but if you're broke as shit and just want a faster phone, you can go all out.
If you can afford it, just go Pixel and forget about it. Virtually everyone seems happy with them unless they get one of the rare lemons (as with any device). The alternatives are too risky to be worth the savings or other marginal advantages. I learned that the hard way with this Moto X Pure, which would've been a really good purchase had it not been abandoned 6 months after release.
That's exactly what I don't have with the S4. I don't really care about omg new feature, gaming or any of that garbage,.. a better camera would be nice though. I do care that the phone I have now is nowhere near it was at release. It's so sluggish on some things and even a reset didn't have any impact.
FYI - only the Pixels purchased directly from Verizon have locked bootloaders. If you purchased from the PlayStore, or a 3rd party that's not a 'Verizon Version', then your bootloader is unlockable and you can install ROMs/etc. to your heart's content.
I think the real problem is that people are becoming more and more conditioned to financing a phone like it's a damn car or house. Tim Cook's "whats the big deal?" reaction was the first time I've heard of a CEO just outright say you should be financing equipment like this. People dont even really consider it subsidizing the cost of the phone anymore, they think of it as a loan, and im pretty sure eventually they will be treated as loans with interest and such, so that those $1000 iphones will cost them $1500 after 4 years of payments. Tacking on more debt for frivolous devices like a cellphone is not what the economy needs now, or ever.
Not going to happen. Kids and many adults are addicted to their phones. They are willing to pay what ever it takes. You take their phone away and they won't know what to do with their self's. They have to be on their phone constantly.
love my op5 it just works and its fast 500-600 is my max price range for a phone
*rolleyes*
I'm talking about buying from the Google Web Store (which is what the source article is talking about) or through Project Fi. It's 0%.
Phone addiction, but to a larger extent, smartphones are now the defacto computing device. Billions of laptops and desktops remain powered off or in sleep mode while the activity that used to be homed on them now takes place on the smartphone.
Yep I agree. This causes kids to not even know how to use use a computer. My nieces only used iPads and iphone. When they tried to get on my computer they got mad that it didn't work cause they try to open stuff by poking my monitor.
But ten years ago, people didn't tend to buy brand new high-end laptops every 12-24 months. They also didn't tend to do so separately for every member of the family. I'm a tech enthusiast and power user who values my computing devices more than the average person, and I still think it's insane to commit $700 or $800/yr. (significantly more if I were raising a family) to just one of my devices.