Smartphone discussion

[Duchess]

Maybe find out if someone has a spare battery they could let ya test out - that way you can work out if its phone or batt. definitely sounds batt though. and unfortunately i dont have a spare to lend ya.

[bazzatron]

Wasnt this a software issue that people faced when it was first released?

[LR9]

It's here!

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/hands-on-samsung-galaxy-s4-20130315-2g539.html

 

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/samsung-announces-galaxy-s4-smartphone-at-gala-new-york-event/story-e6frgakx-1226597967914

 

Edited March 15, 2013 by LR9

[Deviant]

It's here!

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/hands-on-samsung-galaxy-s4-20130315-2g539.html

 

I ran out of likes man, otherwise i would have liked that post!

 

[Tesla]

I still think I prefer the HTC One, far superior looking phone, which might not matter so much, but the superior specs on the s4 don't really matter much neither, as they're both very powerful devices. I guess it comes down to whether you prefer the innovation of the HTC when it comes to the camera and Zoe, as well as the sick speakers, or if you prefer the cool little software additions Samsung has made.

Desperately need a new phone, and the HTC One looks to be heavily delayed, so I think I might preorder the XZ with Telstra since it comes out on Tuesday and then sell it and grab a One or S4 a little down the track when they're out and have dropped in price a bit.

[Duchess]

S4 wanking.gif

 

So keen. Assuming we will get shit release date/pricing, I imagine I will purchase it from the UK on release.

[Deviant]

http://ausdroid.net/2013/03/15/samsung-galaxy-s-iv-htc-one-sony-xperia-z/

[Tesla]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=huvkYReDrzI

sold.

[Deviant]

"The Samsung Galaxy S 4 will be shipping around the world in one of two CPU configurations; The Qualcomm manufactured 1.6GHz Snapdragon 600 CPU or the Samsung designed 1.9GHz Exynos Octa-Core CPU which features ARMs Big-Little CPu configuration which pairs a 1.6GHz Quad-Core A15 processor for the heavy work with a 1.2GHz Quad-Core A7 CPU for the every day tasks to give eight cores in total.

SAMMobile has released a listing for all of Europe, Africa, Asia and most importantly Australia and according to them there will be two models, the GT-i9500 which will carry the Exynos Octa or the GT-i9505 which will feature the Snapdragon 600 and Australia will be seeing the GT-i9505; which means we’ll be getting the Snapdragon 600 in our Galaxy S 4.

The inclusion of the Snapdragon 600 makes sense with Qualcomm recently confirming in a Blog post that confirms the inclusion of Category 3 LTE Support, which includes the 1800MHz band that is in use by all three major mobile operators in Australia.

The Snapdragon 600 is clocking some pretty serious benchmarks at the moment and with the Exynos Octa currently LTE-less it makes good sense to go this route with LTE markets in Australia expanding fairly rapidly. Either way the Galaxy S 4 a monster of a phone."

[Tesla]

Had my Sony Xperia Z for a day, must say its a great phone.

Only flaw so far is the display colours look a bit faded, apparently a software / screen collaboration issue that will be fixed soon. Absolutely stunning when watching video though, mind is blown that what i'm looking at is a mobile phone.

Also Telstra service is great, well worth the premium over other providers. This is the level of reception I expect. Fantastic.

Edited March 22, 2013 by Tesla

[Duchess]

Had my Sony Xperia Z for a day, must say its a great phone.

Only flaw so far is the display colours look a bit faded, apparently a software / screen collaboration issue that will be fixed soon. Absolutely stunning when watching video though, mind is blown that what i'm looking at is a mobile phone.

Also Telstra service is great, well worth the premium over other providers. This is the level of reception I expect. Fantastic.

 

You would say that...

 

But yea I've used the only two networks in Aus, and Tesla blows Optus out of the water. I could never go back.

[Tesla]

Had my Sony Xperia Z for a day, must say its a great phone.

Only flaw so far is the display colours look a bit faded, apparently a software / screen collaboration issue that will be fixed soon. Absolutely stunning when watching video though, mind is blown that what i'm looking at is a mobile phone.

Also Telstra service is great, well worth the premium over other providers. This is the level of reception I expect. Fantastic.

 

You would say that...

 

But yea I've used the only two networks in Aus, and Tesla blows Optus out of the water. I could never go back.

I'm guessing you do know there are 3 networks in Aus and are just having a dig at Vodafone, but TBH I don't think Optus is any better than Vodafone these days, Optus is really bad also and Vodafone has improved somewhat since they were horrible a few years ago.

IMO there is only 1 legitimate network in Australia, and thats Telstra, the other 2 would not be in business in any other developed country in the world, they are a joke.

[Duchess]

 

Had my Sony Xperia Z for a day, must say its a great phone.

Only flaw so far is the display colours look a bit faded, apparently a software / screen collaboration issue that will be fixed soon. Absolutely stunning when watching video though, mind is blown that what i'm looking at is a mobile phone.

Also Telstra service is great, well worth the premium over other providers. This is the level of reception I expect. Fantastic.

 

You would say that...

 

But yea I've used the only two networks in Aus, and Tesla blows Optus out of the water. I could never go back.

 

I'm guessing you do know there are 3 networks in Aus and are just having a dig at Vodafone, but TBH I don't think Optus is any better than Vodafone these days, Optus is really bad also and Vodafone has improved somewhat since they were horrible a few years ago.

IMO there is only 1 legitimate network in Australia, and thats Telstra, the other 2 would not be in business in any other developed country in the world, they are a joke.

 

 

Vodafone's reputation will never increase in my eyes. I do however think they are still some way behind Optus - not as far as O are behind T, and certainly not as far as V used to be behind. But I'm sure there is still a reasonable performance difference between O and V.

[hedaik]

 

Had my Sony Xperia Z for a day, must say its a great phone.

Only flaw so far is the display colours look a bit faded, apparently a software / screen collaboration issue that will be fixed soon. Absolutely stunning when watching video though, mind is blown that what i'm looking at is a mobile phone.

Also Telstra service is great, well worth the premium over other providers. This is the level of reception I expect. Fantastic.

 

You would say that...

 

But yea I've used the only two networks in Aus, and Tesla blows Optus out of the water. I could never go back.

 

I'm guessing you do know there are 3 networks in Aus and are just having a dig at Vodafone, but TBH I don't think Optus is any better than Vodafone these days, Optus is really bad also and Vodafone has improved somewhat since they were horrible a few years ago.

IMO there is only 1 legitimate network in Australia, and thats Telstra, the other 2 would not be in business in any other developed country in the world, they are a joke.

 

Optus are still ahead of Vodafone by a long shot. Everybody in my office (in the middle of the city!) on Vodafone are unable to get reception, and whenever we do site visits out in the east its always my phone that gets used due to reception. 

[Deviant]

hedaik going out on site visits? what field are you in mate?

 

Also, went to telstra... never going back!!

 

 

 

Check out KOGAN for cheap mobile post paid service, uses the telstra 3G lines... a lot more reliable than optus' 3G even

[hedaik]

Network Engineer for the smart meter network. Mostly sit in an office waiting for alarms to go off but make the odd visit to our base stations. 

 

Aldi also use Telstra 3G as another option. I'll definitely be moving to either Kogan or Aldi once my Optus contract is up...the data allowance is pretty amazing value for money. 

Edited March 22, 2013 by hedaik1

[Deviant]

Network Engineer for the smart meter network. Mostly sit in an office waiting for alarms to go off but make the odd visit to our base stations. 

 

Aldi also use Telstra 3G as another option. I'll definitely be moving to either Kogan or Aldi once my Optus contract is up...the data allowance is pretty amazing value for money. 

 

THIS!!

 

if i decide to fuck off telstra, will do the kogan or aldi. 

[Duchess]

Network Engineer for the smart meter network. Mostly sit in an office waiting for alarms to go off but make the odd visit to our base stations. 

 

Aldi also use Telstra 3G as another option. I'll definitely be moving to either Kogan or Aldi once my Optus contract is up...the data allowance is pretty amazing value for money. 

 

The one bad thing about their allowance though is that they bill by the megabyte, as opposed to kb.. eg, if you use like 5kb to check for a facebook notification, it will bill it as 1mb, etc.. kogan are also in hot water atm for terminating contracts claiming people are in breach of their fair use policy with unlimited msgs etc...

[Tesla]

Network Engineer for the smart meter network. Mostly sit in an office waiting for alarms to go off but make the odd visit to our base stations. 

 

Aldi also use Telstra 3G as another option. I'll definitely be moving to either Kogan or Aldi once my Optus contract is up...the data allowance is pretty amazing value for money.

 

The one bad thing about their allowance though is that they bill by the megabyte, as opposed to kb.. eg, if you use like 5kb to check for a facebook notification, it will bill it as 1mb, etc.. kogan are also in hot water atm for terminating contracts claiming people are in breach of their fair use policy with unlimited msgs etc...

Someone spends their day on whirlpool...

[hedaik]

*hides*

Anybody who is on WP is welcome to assist me with my many heart related arguments in the ALeague thread

Edited March 22, 2013 by hedaik1

[Duchess]

 

Network Engineer for the smart meter network. Mostly sit in an office waiting for alarms to go off but make the odd visit to our base stations. 

 

Aldi also use Telstra 3G as another option. I'll definitely be moving to either Kogan or Aldi once my Optus contract is up...the data allowance is pretty amazing value for money.

 

The one bad thing about their allowance though is that they bill by the megabyte, as opposed to kb.. eg, if you use like 5kb to check for a facebook notification, it will bill it as 1mb, etc.. kogan are also in hot water atm for terminating contracts claiming people are in breach of their fair use policy with unlimited msgs etc...

 

Someone spends their day on whirlpool...

 

No, I just read the news lol.. It's been pretty big news for the last week or so.

 

 

Hedaik, sadly I don't go on there very often at all

[Deviant]

Because studying is just to boring...

chrome.com/maze/

[Deviant]

Had my Sony Xperia Z for a day, must say its a great phone.

Only flaw so far is the display colours look a bit faded, apparently a software / screen collaboration issue that will be fixed soon. Absolutely stunning when watching video though, mind is blown that what i'm looking at is a mobile phone.

Also Telstra service is great, well worth the premium over other providers. This is the level of reception I expect. Fantastic.

 

 

http://www.expansys.com.au/sony-smartwatch-228482/?mkwid=svHjLhmZB&kword=adwords_productfeed&gclid=CPCIk438mLYCFQFipQodiloAnw

[bazzatron]

Duchess, on 22 Mar 2013 - 14:04, said:

Tesla, on 22 Mar 2013 - 13:53, said:

Duchess, on 22 Mar 2013 - 13:40, said:

Tesla, on 22 Mar 2013 - 13:28, said:

Had my Sony Xperia Z for a day, must say its a great phone.

Only flaw so far is the display colours look a bit faded, apparently a software / screen collaboration issue that will be fixed soon. Absolutely stunning when watching video though, mind is blown that what i'm looking at is a mobile phone.

Also Telstra service is great, well worth the premium over other providers. This is the level of reception I expect. Fantastic.

You would say that...

But yea I've used the only two networks in Aus, and Tesla blows Optus out of the water. I could never go back.

I'm guessing you do know there are 3 networks in Aus and are just having a dig at Vodafone, but TBH I don't think Optus is any better than Vodafone these days, Optus is really bad also and Vodafone has improved somewhat since they were horrible a few years ago.

IMO there is only 1 legitimate network in Australia, and thats Telstra, the other 2 would not be in business in any other developed country in the world, they are a joke.

Vodafone's reputation will never increase in my eyes. I do however think they are still some way behind Optus - not as far as O are behind T, and certainly not as far as V used to be behind. But I'm sure there is still a reasonable performance difference between O and V.

I wish Vodafone didnt buy 3Mobile, I hate being a Vodafone customer now. I used to be able to at least roam with Telstra when I was out of town, now I dont get shit!

[bazzatron]

I'll have 12months left on the contract in May this year.

[bazzatron]

Had my Sony Xperia Z for a day, must say its a great phone.

Only flaw so far is the display colours look a bit faded, apparently a software / screen collaboration issue that will be fixed soon. Absolutely stunning when watching video though, mind is blown that what i'm looking at is a mobile phone.

Also Telstra service is great, well worth the premium over other providers. This is the level of reception I expect. Fantastic.

Can you please download and install Passmark Perfomance Test, Linpack and Quadrant Standard and post your scores?

Install them, then restart your phone and then run the tests.

Edited March 28, 2013 by bazzatron

[bazzatron]

My phone

 

HTC One X - Jelly Bean

Nvidia Tegra 3 - Quad-Core 1.5GHz

1Gb RAM

 

Linpack Single Thread - 51

Linpack Multi Thread - 138

 

Passmark Performance Test

• System - 2093
• CPU - 9197
• DISK - 4251
• Memory - 1233
• 2D - 2200
• 3D - 717 

Quadrant - 6645

[CALZALOL]

Chaps, my Galaxy S3 has started charging really slowly. Takes 30 odd minutes to move up %1 etc. Left it charging powered down over night last night and woke up and it was only on %48. Have tried a different charger and/or USB cable. Tried different GPO and even tried USB charging straight from my laptop and desktop.

Looked at the power usage stats are there is no significant CPU function or app draining battery life. I've uninstalled all 3rd party apps too.

Kind of lost where to go to next. I'm quite good with my battery and regularly run it all the way down and charge it all the way. I'm thinking sending it off to be fixed is the only option.

Thoughts?

Exact same problem atm

Is yours fixed now? If so, how?

Edited March 28, 2013 by CALZALOL

[Deviant]

My brother had the same problem too... I dont know what he did, but I think it's fixed. I would suggest you take out the battery and make sure the conductors are clean of any obscurities and that the hole where the charger is plugged into is also clear.

[Braveheart]

Chaps, my Galaxy S3 has started charging really slowly. Takes 30 odd minutes to move up %1 etc. Left it charging powered down over night last night and woke up and it was only on %48. Have tried a different charger and/or USB cable. Tried different GPO and even tried USB charging straight from my laptop and desktop.

Looked at the power usage stats are there is no significant CPU function or app draining battery life. I've uninstalled all 3rd party apps too.

Kind of lost where to go to next. I'm quite good with my battery and regularly run it all the way down and charge it all the way. I'm thinking sending it off to be fixed is the only option.

Thoughts?

Exact same problem atm

Is yours fixed now? If so, how?

One of the conductor pins on the charging connection inside the phone was bent. I repositioned it to an angle where it was realigned with the USB cable's conductors. 

 

I had to open up the phone to do this and I had help from my brother who builds finite electronic stuff so I wouldn't recommend it without some help tbh. Could do more harm than good.

 

Are you on contract?

[CALZALOL]

 

Chaps, my Galaxy S3 has started charging really slowly. Takes 30 odd minutes to move up %1 etc. Left it charging powered down over night last night and woke up and it was only on %48. Have tried a different charger and/or USB cable. Tried different GPO and even tried USB charging straight from my laptop and desktop.

Looked at the power usage stats are there is no significant CPU function or app draining battery life. I've uninstalled all 3rd party apps too.

Kind of lost where to go to next. I'm quite good with my battery and regularly run it all the way down and charge it all the way. I'm thinking sending it off to be fixed is the only option.

Thoughts?

Exact same problem atm

Is yours fixed now? If so, how?

One of the conductor pins on the charging connection inside the phone was bent. I repositioned it to an angle where it was realigned with the USB cable's conductors. 

 

I had to open up the phone to do this and I had help from my brother who builds finite electronic stuff so I wouldn't recommend it without some help tbh. Could do more harm than good.

 

Are you on contract?

Ah fair enough, would prefer to have someone pro do it and avoid a massive cost to fix it.

Yeah I'm on a contract

[Tesla]

Posting this while on the phone in the shower. Not bad. T

[hedaik]

Im not sure if this forum would be the first website I'd be visiting if I could take my phone into the shower

[Deviant]

if your taking your phone into the shower, i dare say you'd be on sharpy's thread.

[Tommykins]

At the time of posting this thread was only one above Sharpy's. Most likely a misclick.

[Deviant]

Next generation of gaming...

 

Real time MMO on your phone. This will take the world by storm. No matter where you are, you're in the game.

 

Trailer -

 

Gameplay -

Edited April 3, 2013 by Deviate

[Deviant]

For those of you familiar with Google Glass, imagine using Ingress with it.

Edited April 3, 2013 by Deviate

[Tesla]

HTC One being released end of month, Telstra giving free Beats headphones, kind of jelly as its a better gift (I'd probably just sell them for cash money) than the Sony NFC speaker I got. NFC speaker is cool as fuck though. Glad I didn't wait TBH, phone isn't worth the wait and extra price over the XZ.

Looking at getting the XZ tablet when it comes out too, if I can wait that long, would look like sexy as fuck side by side with the phone. $800 preorder for the 4G version though, a bit pricey, but there doesnt seem to be any other android tablet that has an at least full HD resolution and 4G, the only other tablet with this is the ipad.

Edited April 6, 2013 by Tesla

[Deviant]

 

LMAO!!!

 

iOS 7, about as innovative as Apple Maps.

Edited April 8, 2013 by Deviate

[Tesla]

Apple still 10 times more innovative than Samsung TBH