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ZTR

Cyborg Agent
LG G2 little bit closer
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or LG G flex
Note 3, Huawei Ascend Mate and Lenovo P780
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Lenovo P780 review - GSMArena Blog
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sanjugalande

Right off the assembly line
hi
can u please suggest google apps for trip recording.like apps will recors all routes taken by car using gps and later it can be used
 

Inceptionist

Journeyman
Is there a petition against phones with non-expandable memory?

Stop pushing cloud storage at us like that execs. I'm not gonna use it, not for next few years if I can help it.
 

sukesh1090

Adam young
^^
Nexus devices will never come with expandable storage as it is google's phone.HTC usually china version of HTC's phone comes with micro sd card support where as rest of the version don't.it would have been great if they have sold chinese version in India.all other rands come with expandable storage AFAIK.
oh yeah then there is LG i really don't know what they were smoking when they dropped micro sd support from g2 and g flex :p and i don't see this trend changing even if we sign petition or not.so if you hate use cloud then you have to go for a phone with expandable storage(thats the trade off sadly)
 

Inceptionist

Journeyman
^^
Nexus devices will never come with expandable storage as it is google's phone.HTC usually china version of HTC's phone comes with micro sd card support where as rest of the version don't.it would have been great if they have sold chinese version in India.all other rands come with expandable storage AFAIK.
oh yeah then there is LG i really don't know what they were smoking when they dropped micro sd support from g2 and g flex :p and i don't see this trend changing even if we sign petition or not.so if you hate use cloud then you have to go for a phone with expandable storage(thats the trade off sadly)

It's stupid way to do business. In a country like India where connectivity is an issue, shoving cloud in our throats doesn't make any sense.

I thought Android was about freedom and options. Sadly, this isn't the case anymore.
We are stuck with phones with huge screens, non removable battery and non expandable memory (especially phones from Google, who can go $%#^ themselves).

What a mess.
 

Hrishi

******************
I hated the nexus 4 phones due to limited 8-16gb memory.
I mean seriously 8gb for a monster chipset ?? Come on....its adreno 320 with 4 fkin krait cores !!!!
Even 2-3 HD games and ....you're done.!!! Huh....
 

sukesh1090

Adam young
^^
you don't see any 8Gb nexus devices anymore,its only 16 and 32.

@Inceptionist,
i don't blame google for leaving out expandable storage from nexus devices.people may think how much does it cost to add micro sd card support for a phone but its not the problem and intention behind leaving the card support.nexus devices sell at $300 where as same specd other devices with good build quality sell at $750.so basically google is giving you pure android for 0 profit but then they are not interested in running charity,so the way to make profit is play store and making people use google's own cloud storage(this is the reason for not having expandable storage).:wink:
And about India,sadly India is not considered as a major market as of now, so none of the phones are designed with Indians in mind.so we always have to trade off some features with others according to our priority. :wink:
 

amjath

Human Spambot
Basically Nexus device program is for the developers not consumers. But since they are cheap everyone wants to get one, so manufacturer [not Google] wants to push more devices.
 

SaiyanGoku

kamehameha!!
I read somewhere that mounting microsd card takes some time during boot and removing it improves the startup time. Maybe thats why no sd card support :/
 

ZTR

Cyborg Agent
I read somewhere that mounting microsd card takes some time during boot and removing it improves the startup time. Maybe thats why no sd card support :/

That is true but that is not the reason for removing microSD card
And that doesnt matter as even if you dont have a microSD yet tons of pics and videos the media scanner is still gonna run at boot and slow the device.

The main reason is that Google wants to promote its cloud services.
 

Inceptionist

Journeyman
And how is the cloud helpful for consumers from third world countries like ours?

Do the execs in their comfy cabins and unlimited Internet access provided by company ever think about that?
 

Vyom

The Power of x480
Staff member
Admin
And how is the cloud helpful for consumers from third world countries like ours?

Do the execs in their comfy cabins and unlimited Internet access provided by company ever think about that?

Haven't you heard about Loon for All ? Project Loon ? Google
I think they *are* trying to get Internet to all.

Though India might not be a priority right now. Because some of the other countries are below than our country in terms of Internet connectivity.
 

srkmish

Ambassador of Buzz
Why does the magzter version of filmfare on android not have single page view . Also it is damn slow. I always have to zoom in to read stuff :mad: . Ios has the single page view. Times like these, i feel foolish paying for stuff and consider piracy the more hassle free and intelligent choice
 

Vyom

The Power of x480
Staff member
Admin
Why does the magzter version of filmfare on android not have single page view . Also it is damn slow. I always have to zoom in to read stuff :mad: . Ios has the single page view. Times like these, i feel foolish paying for stuff and consider piracy the more hassle free and intelligent choice

Have you tried rotating the display to portrait?
I can read the right magazine in one page view while my tab is in portrait.
 

deepanshuchg

Ambassador of Buzz
Yesteday I upgraded my s3 to 4.3 ( official) and after that the eye symbol( ie the smart stay icon) is continuously showing up in the notification panel. But when I disable the smart stay option, the icon goes away. But before the update this icon only shows up sometimes when the front camera used to check and now it is continuously showing up all the time. So is this some type of bug??
 
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