Hey guys,
This is a little prototype I am working on called soundark.
The whole concept behind it is based off of a amphitheater how its shape allows the sound to bounce off and be directed to the audience.
the soundark has ho need for batteries or power source it takes the audio emitted from your phone and directs it towards you. I hope to make them more solid but for now its just a prototype but eventually I plan on making them for other phones but for now the first one is made for a vibrant and other galaxy s models
SoundArk Keeps your audio from being washed out!
If you like the project and would like to see further progression please rate
I will soon post a video showing you the prototype SoundArk in action so stay tuned!!!
Pretty cool. I like the design. I know this would work well, because I find myself cupping my hand over the speaker to direct the sound in front of it. I can imagine something designed specifically for that purpose would have a lot better sound, and it looks great too.
Very nice. I am interested on testing one out when you are ready for production!
im hoping to put them in production i hope to build many more for more phones not only the galaxy S vibrant im hoping to get it done very soon this was the second build that is much more effective then the first version
i will be building more models and experimenting with different types possibly including a speaker version if interested in my project pm me
I like the idea, however the way you have the multiple ways to place the phone in (horizonally and vertically) is kind of redundant. An idea would be,to place the spot directly in the middle and have the middle pane rotatable. Just my 2 cents great idea though
Edit:,oh ya and a spot for the usb cord possibly?
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cool, I aam interested in getting one
i dont want to burst any bubbles, but have you seen this?
http://www.clingo.com/home-and-office/parabolic-sound-sphere
@bdroc
Have you tried the clingo sound sphere?
looks like it is universal, hopefully it'll be able to hold a 4.3 screen phone
At $35, wouldn't it make more sense to buy a set of portable, rechargeable speakers to plug into the headphone jack? I've bought a couple of such things for my employees for $20, which sound great, even in a loud warehouse.
@toma, no i havent...i dont plan on it, but it most likely holds a phone that large judging by the pictures
@jriot...the plus, im assuming, with this is that its also a stand and it has no wires. but i agree 35 is a bit steep for a plastic dome.
if it folded into a small package that would be cool
Howdy all,
Currently I have a Optimus 7 that's going to be given to my wife, and Telus is going to send me another device due to the issues I'm having with mine.
My options are the cheaper phones that they have and I've been eyeing up the Defy because of it's Gorilla glass and damage resistance. I do a bunch of hiking, caving, etc and I'm in the military which means my phones get roughed up a bit, in very humid conditions and so on.
Now, I know the Defy is a tad old in the way of things, but once rooted and Motoblur is removed how does it stack up?
Basically I use my phone for internet, email, texting, some photos (nothing spectacular expected from phones, carry a camera when I hike too) and GPS (I have Back Country Navigator from when I had a XPeria X10 - http://www.backcountrynavigator.com/content/android-gps )
Anyways, I don't have the cash to roll out for a Galaxy S2 or Atriux or whatever (I have wife, kids and other important things that eat my money). I'd like to know how the Defy has held up.
Thanks
Well, it's the best phone I've ever had.
Some lag on CM7, but I'm running nightly versions, so I don't know if a stable version will work better.
It's a bit too big, but the resistance factor makes it worth. I've dropped this phone so many times, I can't even count. Dropped it on beer once, no damage.
So, yeah, get it, but beware of the lagging once you start installing apps
I don't have any lagging on CM7 latest nightly and neither had any on RC1 or RC1.5. I also have a second defy with tons of games on it and there is no lagging there either.
I'd say the lagging on your phone is not the norm and rather an exception, most running CM7 don't have any issues. You might want to tell us what apps you have installed.
Get the Defy+ if you can.
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The display is bad!
But with cm7 it works great!
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i can't notice any issue, what did you mean?
The phone just cant compete if you keep it with Stock rom. Its crippled (Software wise) in every imaginable way to keep it to a 200ish $ phone. Once you root it and blow away the stock rom and install Cm7 is just simply amazing.
Motorola just crippled the phone in the kernel so it wouldnt compete against their higher priced phones while having pretty much the same internals.
You can play any of the new games fluently, I'm playing Tegra games like Riptide amazingly well, Galaxy on Fire 2 and quite a few other Graphics/CPU intensive apps and they all run perfectly.
Last week I took my defy to a water park... it did its job very, very well. I have some amazing pics with my girlfriend underwater, got some videos in some high-speed waterslides and so on. All I did was put a bit of duct tape on the USB port to be safe and used a Silicon skin to avoid the battery cover getting opened by handling the phone.
How is the sound quality?
I had many phones and Defy is by far the best in sound quality.
Voice quality in phone calls is great (loud and clear), loud-speaker is excellent - maybe best i've ever heard from mobile phone.
Sound quality on headphones is very good, better than any MP3 player i ever had. And you can trust me, i have trained ears from my home hi-end headphones setup
You would be so unfair to your wife
I carry mine all the time while mountain biking and even after a few wipes (and holes in T-shirts), the Defy is still kicking butts.
The Defy is such an understated phone; it's marketed as a high-entry/middle level but perfoms like a mid-high to high end one once you root it and switch to CM7.
Ignore the comment about lag; it's fast and has no problem playing decent games like Asphalt 6 and other Gameloft games.
Sound is great (on headphones or speakerphone) and if I'd really had to find a downside or two, I'd say GPS performance is so-so in dense urban areas and low-light pictures also so-so - but that is also true for many digital camera as well...
But once again, just don't waste time on Froyo and move up to CM7 right away.
You could try/buy the Defy+, but other than the slightly bigger battery, it brings nothing more than mine on that ROM - in fact it would lack a lot of very useful options. I'd choose all the extras of CM7 over any official Gingerbread (and Blurred) ROM from Motorola any day.
I like it so much that I recommend this phone to all my friendsl so I do the same to you.
So go for it! You won't regret it...other than maybe having the wife yapping about it or constantly borrowing it from you - hehehe!
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The Call sound quality is REALLY amazing. When I first bought it a few people to whom I call often actually asked me what I did to my phone since they could hear me perfectly, even with lots of noise around me. And the earpiece is really good.
The speaker phone is by far the best I've heard in a Mobile phone.
The Camera (I got a red leans, tweaked) is crap compared to Cameras, average compared to other phones.
I had an HD2 before and it took better pictures (using android) than 200-300$ Compact cameras, is just insane, so it was a big letdown once I found out the Defy camera just cant compete
I know I'm not the only one thinking this, but looks like I'm the only one who has the courage to admit this:
I thought that people who were calling this device a developer phone were exagerating.... Before buying it I was thinking: "Come on, those adds google put on youtube about the gnex are definitely not targeted towards developers"
I thought: "Wow a phone with stock android, future updates ensured, and those high end specs!..... Bought"
The thing is that hardware wise this device sucks.
And I'm not talking about the CPU and the ram (that's the hardware that matters for the developers, and the nexus is fast, we know it).
But i'm talking about the important hardware! The one that matters on a smartphone for normal people like me.
..as I said: I'm not trying to troll. I just want to talk with people who have my same thoughts
BUILD QUALITY: feels too cheap and it definitely doesn't give you that "built to last" feeling in your hand that Nokia or Motorola phones give you. But hey: you get a curved glass and super thin body...
ANTENNAS (GPS, WIFI, CELLULAR): while on my gsm galaxy nexus the 2g and 3g antennas are quite decent ( still not comparable to Motorolas or Nokia though) The Wi-Fi and the GPS are super weak in comparison to even low end smartphones made by Nokia Moto or Htc.
DISPLAY: worst 720p screen on a smartphone ever. First being a pentile display, ON YOUR EYES it's not a true 720p. Take a look to an IPS 720p display, THAT is sharpness. Though on paper it is 720p, so its perfect for developers who need to test apps on 720p screen. White color tone usually looks perfectly white on every phone, until you compare it to another phone side by side that has better whites. On the galaxy nexus you find yourself constantly thinking that what you are looking at, is not pure while.
SPEAKER: probably a very cheap speaker, just like all the "hidden parts" on this phone and all the hidden parts on Samsung phones in general. Don't ever compare it to a Nokia side by side or you'll cry.
(Why is the volume so lower on notifications and on YouTube? LOL Google)
VIBRATION: if you are used to the amazing vibration feedback that Nokia and HTC devices give you, hearing and feeling the galaxy nexus vibrate will be a pain. It just looks like Samsung didn't spend a penny on the vibration system on this device.
[Small story: I had a GS2 some months ago, one day I came back home and threw it on the bed, it did even had a case on... From that day the vibration became much weaker, almost nonexisting]... just for the lols
That said let's come to the part where we all agree:
Stock android is awesome and developers are probably having a much easier time working with this device
Its also really cheap now. Let's not forget that.
my quick thoughts:
BUILD QUALITY: this category will always be subject to personal preference
ANTENNAS (GPS, WIFI, CELLULAR): I don't get the same strength as with the Razr HD on Verizon, but no drops and data is still more than plentiful in speed
DISPLAY: I find it pretty sharp vs the S3 and some others, the whites are a little yellowy vs others but the blacks are way darker. So you have to pick do you want whites or blacks
SPEAKER: who uses the external speaker with all the bluetooth speakers/docks out there now?
VIBRATION: I like the vibration cuz this way when ur in class/work you feel it but can't hear it, hearing a phone vibrate defeats the purpose of having it on vibrate
I strongly disagree that HTC outperforms Samsung in terms of connectivity / signal strength. According to my (and many other users' ) experiences HTC devices used to have constant issues with WiFi, data signal drops etc something I've never experienced on my samsung devices. I find WiFi signal slightly weaker on Gnex than on my previous S2 or my brother's Droid RAZR but it's not a big deal since I've never experienced random connectivity drops. I do find lack of gorilla glass more irritating.
Comparing "new" IPS displays to our "old" SAMOLED it's little like comparing exynos 5 to our tiomap in terms of speed. (Anyway white will always look better on LCD screens while black on AMOLEDs.)
Before I bought Gnex I read a lot about very low max volume level, but to be honest I've never found it so low that I couldn't hear incoming notification or a phone cal.
this screen is awesome if you tweak it a little.... Reviews still praise the display to this day.
I personally love this phone, Go watch drop tests of the nexus vs. other phones and then come back and talk about build quality.
This is easily the best phone Ive ever owned, bar none. (and I am in no way a dev)
Phone is over a year old. What did you expect compared to newer models? It still holds fine. The build quality is a Sammy trademark.
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OP, though I see where you're coming from. I personally wanted a Nexus solely for the massive dev community (and just to clarify, I'm not a dev, just a ROM flashing addict). Personally, I feel that getting a Nexus for other reasons (like hardware) is kind of missing the point...
Let's not forget the Gnex cost $350, and it's over a year old, and it's now out of production. Is a Porsche 911 comparable too and in the same class as a VW GTI? The Gnex at that price point was absolutely the best bang for your buck...shortcomings and all. What more could you ask for in a $350 phone? Well, time passes and the Nexus 4 arrived at the same price, so now we can come to expect more features and better hardware for the same price :victory:
Funny though your comparing to a company who are now struggling to be afloat , even going so much so as sleeping with there's once enemy Nokia's!
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Let's not forget the Gnex cost $350, and it's over a year old, and it's now out of production. Is a Porsche 911 comparable too and in the same class as a VW GTI? The Gnex at that price point was absolutely the best bang for your buck...shortcomings and all. What more could you ask for in a $350 phone? Well, time passes and the Nexus 4 arrived at the same price, so now we can come to expect more features and better hardware for the same price :victory:
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It cost $350 for the late adopters. I paid $560 and others paid even more.
I wouldn't recommend nexus for an average smartphone user. OEM flagships are imo definitely more suitable here, they offer more eye candy ui, and usually more customization and user friendly options (t9 dialer, regular toggles, more camera options etc). Nexus line with the most lightweight firmware is for those who know why they want it.
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I know I'm not the only one thinking this, but looks like I'm the only one who has the courage to admit this:
I thought that people who were calling this device a developer phone were exagerating.... Before buying it I was thinking: "Come on, those adds google put on youtube about the gnex are definitely not targeted towards developers"
I thought: "Wow a phone with stock android, future updates ensured, and those high end specs!..... Bought"
The thing is that hardware wise this device sucks.
And I'm not talking about the CPU and the ram (that's the hardware that matters for the developers, and the nexus is fast, we know it).
But i'm talking about the important hardware! The one that matters on a smartphone for normal people like me.
..as I said: I'm not trying to troll. I just want to talk with people who have my same thoughts
BUILD QUALITY: feels too cheap and it definitely doesn't give you that "built to last" feeling in your hand that Nokia or Motorola phones give you. But hey: you get a curved glass and super thin body...
ANTENNAS (GPS, WIFI, CELLULAR): while on my gsm galaxy nexus the 2g and 3g antennas are quite decent ( still not comparable to Motorolas or Nokia though) The Wi-Fi and the GPS are super weak in comparison to even low end smartphones made by Nokia Moto or Htc.
DISPLAY: worst 720p screen on a smartphone ever. First being a pentile display, ON YOUR EYES it's not a true 720p. Take a look to an IPS 720p display, THAT is sharpness. Though on paper it is 720p, so its perfect for developers who need to test apps on 720p screen. White color tone usually looks perfectly white on every phone, until you compare it to another phone side by side that has better whites. On the galaxy nexus you find yourself constantly thinking that what you are looking at, is not pure while.
SPEAKER: probably a very cheap speaker, just like all the "hidden parts" on this phone and all the hidden parts on Samsung phones in general. Don't ever compare it to a Nokia side by side or you'll cry.
(Why is the volume so lower on notifications and on YouTube? LOL Google)
VIBRATION: if you are used to the amazing vibration feedback that Nokia and HTC devices give you, hearing and feeling the galaxy nexus vibrate will be a pain. It just looks like Samsung didn't spend a penny on the vibration system on this device.
[Small story: I had a GS2 some months ago, one day I came back home and threw it on the bed, it did even had a case on... From that day the vibration became much weaker, almost nonexisting]... just for the lols
That said let's come to the part where we all agree:
Stock android is awesome and developers are probably having a much easier time working with this device
Its also really cheap now. Let's not forget that.
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If you do not like the Gnex then go buy what is evident you really want, a Nokia or a Motorola. Everything you have just pointed out is opinion and nothing more. My mother doesn't know the first thing about anything tech, I build her computers for her and she loves her galaxy nexus, she has not a single complaint. I have many female friends that had iPhones that love how easy and smooth my phone runs as well. To say it's only for developers is ridiculous. What you should have done is called this thread "My rant about how Nokia, Motorola and HTC are better than Galaxy Nexus".
No offense but not one thing you have to say is based on fact. My phone has no issues with connectivity, whether it be data or wifi. My gps locks on instantly as long as I'm outside and within 10 seconds indoors. My screen is amazing, if you don't think this is 720p then you are blind (that's my opinion, not fact.). Vibration is no different than the last two HTC phones I owned, I have no problems with volume either. As someone already said, there is no reason to be using your device speakers for anything besides your ringtones and notifications in the age of Bluetooth.
Now onto build quality, you may personally want a oversized heavy lug of a phone but I love how lightweight and thin my Gnex is, I have not a single scratch on it nor a ding or dent and I do not use a screen protector or a case, this is coming from someone that keeps it in the same pocket as his car keys a lot of the time as well.
Now a lot of what I said is opinion as was what you said but out of the two of us, I at least point that out. You posted an entire comment speaking as though all these issues are fact and that this phone is only meant for developers, sorry man, I'm gonna have to go with "no" on both of those.
i dunno where to start man, are you trying to throw this thing against a brick wall? if they made it "tougher" people would complain that its too heavy. people (me included) like the thinness, it can go in my pocket without looking like a bannana or am i happy to see you joke. the build quality is fine, it feel like quality electronics but not tough enough to get run over by a bus. the speaker is fine, every music app has an eq, play musics eq works on the internal speaker and boosting the lower end clears up the tinny crappy tiny speaker sound pretty good. boohoo, pentile. the pentile argument is so overblown, my fascinate had a pentile screen and it looked amazing. i cant see any jagedness or pixels on my nexus, its plenty resolution. the radios are fine unless you live in the middle of nowhere (not bashing people who do) and if you do live in the sticks then why did you buy a phone knowing that it has a weak radio? you want a phone with loud vibration? get a rezound, jesus that things louder than the actual speaker in it. the point of vibrate is so you can feel it but dont hear it.
not trying to fight but man, it seems like you are posting to complain for the sake of complaining.
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i dunno where to start man, are you trying to throw this thing against a brick wall? if they made it "tougher" people would complain that its too heavy. people (me included) like the thinness, it can go in my pocket without looking like a bannana or am i happy to see you joke. the build quality is fine, it feel like quality electronics but not tough enough to get run over by a bus. the speaker is fine, every music app has an eq, play musics eq works on the internal speaker and boosting the lower end clears up the tinny crappy tiny speaker sound pretty good. boohoo, pentile. the pentile argument is so overblown, my fascinate had a pentile screen and it looked amazing. i cant see any jagedness or pixels on my nexus, its plenty resolution. the radios are fine unless you live in the middle of nowhere (not bashing people who do) and if you do live in the sticks then why did you buy a phone knowing that it has a weak radio? you want a phone with loud vibration? get a rezound, jesus that things louder than the actual speaker in it. the point of vibrate is so you can feel it but dont hear it.
not trying to fight but man, it seems like you are posting to complain for the sake of complaining.
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I agree with all of the above, I even stated most of the same things above you lol.
A lot of people forget that they can actually get apps that will increase vibration levels without even having to be rooted.
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If you do not like the Gnex then go buy what is evident you really want, a Nokia or a Motorola. Everything you have just pointed out is opinion and nothing more. My mother doesn't know the first thing about anything tech, I build her computers for her and she loves her galaxy nexus, she has not a single complaint. I have many female friends that had iPhones that love how easy and smooth my phone runs as well. To say it's only for developers is ridiculous. What you should have done is called this thread "My rant about how Nokia, Motorola and HTC are better than Galaxy Nexus".
No offense but not one thing you have to say is based on fact. My phone has no issues with connectivity, whether it be data or wifi. My gps locks on instantly as long as I'm outside and within 10 seconds indoors. My screen is amazing, if you don't think this is 720p then you are blind (that's my opinion, not fact.). Vibration is no different than the last two HTC phones I owned, I have no problems with volume either. As someone already said, there is no reason to be using your device speakers for anything besides your ringtones and notifications in the age of Bluetooth.
Now onto build quality, you may personally want a oversized heavy lug of a phone but I love how lightweight and thin my Gnex is, I have not a single scratch on it nor a ding or dent and I do not use a screen protector or a case, this is coming from someone that keeps it in the same pocket as his car keys a lot of the time as well.
Now a lot of what I said is opinion as was what you said but out of the two of us, I at least point that out. You posted an entire comment speaking as though all these issues are fact and that this phone is only meant for developers, sorry man, I'm gonna have to go with "no" on both of those.
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We may have argued in the past but this is a quality post and I fully agree
Since this phone receives a lot of support from devs, you'll have plenty of custom roms and mods to toy with. Everyone can flash a custom rom or mod if they read the instructions carefully, you don't need to be a dev to do that.
That awkward moment when you realize this device is a year old.
It was great for its time.
People still use the Nexus One.
I completely disagree with this thread because I had a One S before and I know that this phone is better.
You know, specs aren't everything.
It's your personal preference.
Their could be a device with amazing specs, but looks like a pile of ****.
Or vice versa.
In my opinion, this device wins in both.
You still get decent specs, a nice screen, and a beautiful slim phone.
If you don't like it buy a new one, simple.
I'm happy with it, and I'm not a developer. I must be a frickin vampire or something.
Had my GNex for a year, switched to the Galaxy S3 for a month and came back to the GNex. Can't beat stock AOSP.
What version do you own?
I came from a CDMA Day 1 Toro. After a few months, I hated the phone with very much the same regard and issues you had. Then I got a GSM when I switched to T-Mobile.
I learned I had a dud in the Verizon version. The new GSM one is amazing, the screen is spectacular, the signal is strong and I cannot complain much about it. I prefer low vibration, I have my phone on silent or sound only.
Honestly the GSM Nexus is still one of the top performers of all time, it sits next to the iPhone 4 and Motorola Droid as the best/game changing smartphones of all time as well. The Galaxy Nexus became both a benchmark and a leaping off point for so many people, projects and development. True it has its issues, but when my Galaxy Nexus will out perform my Nexus 7 and a Galaxy S3 in normal day to day operation, it is a testimony to greatness.
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If you are not an enthusiast, this phone is quite bad.
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FTFY
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Hello all,
I have became curious about this technology and wanted some feedback and recommendations on which one is best for our phone, my main use will probably be, movies and a little of gaming.
Thanks...:good:
Howdy,
I bought a cheap 20 Euro VR headset and also the Homido VR headset which cost me 80 euro and I ended up selling the Homido! simply because the screen is placed way to close and it's horribly pixilated which I was soooo disappointed about :crying:
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Virtual-Real...roid-System-/161584765016?hash=item259f33d858
Go for something like this, not much pixelation and cheap to buy :good:
The Homido VR did have better FOV and overall was of better 3D quality due to it having nice Optics for it. I would go for something like I showed you but find something with good lenses for an overall better 3D experience ^^
Thanks for the suggestion.
I made the Google Cardboard one to see if I would like it before I invest in it and I loved it so I will be buying a more advanced pair. I saw some on Ebay that had bluetooth remote for $28 free shipping
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I made the Google Cardboard one to see if I would like it before I invest in it and I loved it so I will be buying a more advanced pair. I saw some on Ebay that had bluetooth remote for $28 free shipping
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I got a cardboard V2 and it works very well
I picked up the View-Master goggles (like Cardboard v2 but plastic construction) when they were on sale for $20 a week (or so) ago. I'm using them with my Zenfone 2 with good results.
A couple thoughts though:
- I'd recommend Bluetooth headphones with this - the headphone cord will be pinched by the closure if you are using wired. You can also hear the built-in speakers through gaps in the case, but you lose stereo effects.
- It is a bit heavy on the nose - I find it is more comfortable pushed up higher on my face.
- They are really cool & I do recommend them.
I went through (and discarded) a few movie apps before settling on "VRTV free". Some of the others had more difficult controls and didn't seem to get the spacing right for the 3D effect (very obvious on text where it was "double vision" instead of 3D). VRTV has a virtual theater mode for 2d movies and then 180 & 360 modes for 3d files. It also has a "re-center" command which is important since I am getting some gyro drift (in fact I came here looking for some sort of calibration app).
I have a chance to get a brand new Nextbit Robin (never opened) for $40 and I'm really leaning towards getting it, it's the black model (my preference) - no it's not a sale online someplace, it's one-shot purchase from a friend that won it in a contest and never even bothered to open it.
My question is: can anyone comment on the sound quality as well as the actual volume from the speakers on the Robin? I mean, I just recently owned a Moto X Pure and that had some damned nice sounding dual front speakers, similar to the Nexus 6 (not the Huawei 6p, I mean the older Motorola Nexus 6) and so while I'm guessing they're not anything like the Moto X Pure in terms of loudness (they were quite loud, surprisingly), I'd still like to hear from anyone that can offer their opinion on those two aspects.
99.999% chance I'm gonna grab the Robin because at this price it'll be a cool thing to own - I wanted to get one when they first came out and as it so often happens I decide at some point to pass on devices when they first come out because of pricing then pick 'em up at a later time used more often than not.
In this instance, it's a never before used still in the shrink wrapped box for $40 and that's a tough deal to pass up even considering that the cloud-based storage features are now long dead. It would have been neat if someone had discovered a method to go into the stock firmware/ROM and found a way to alter the server information so we could literally host our own cloud storage solution.
I have to wonder if such a thing would be possible, that could work out pretty great to be able to use your own home storage setup as your own "personal cloud" with that device and keep the stock ROM.
I see there is a healthy community at work with even Oreo support nowadays, so I'm excited to have a new toy to play with for sure. But even so, if someone could offer some idea of the sound quality and volume compared to some other devices - like the Moto X Pure - I'd appreciate it.
I've seen a bunch of videos doing minor simplistic reviews of the Robin but nobody focused on the actual sound quality or volume, they just say it has dual front speakers and then they move on from it.
Anyway, thanks for any responses, and have fun, always..
Quite the steal, definitely worth at that price.
I can comfortably listen to YouTube in an environment with some noise. Quality is decent enough.
As long as you know how to flash custom ROMs and the like you'll have fun with this phone. My only real complaint is the battery life which is unfortunately not very good.
Sound quality out of the speakers is very good, good enough to play music while im working outside and don't have a speaker. The audio quality out of the headphone jack is superb. I previously had an LG G2, which has a Wolfson DAC. The Robin is just as good as the g2, with a bit more loudness.