I'm in the UK and I was considering picking one of these up. I can get a brand new unlocked 32GB model for under £100.
Would I be mad to buy one? I've been reading lots of reviews from a year ago, but very few people speaking about using one today.
I bought one for essentially 30 dollars and it's fine for what it is. CM11 runs great, if you don't need a perfect camera.
£100 is probably a bit too much IMO. Better to go with a Moto G or even a Moto E at this time.
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I'm in the UK and I was considering picking one of these up. I can get a brand new unlocked 32GB model for under £100.
Would I be mad to buy one? I've been reading lots of reviews from a year ago, but very few people speaking about using one today.
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If you want a smartphone that many people are talking about and using today, then the Fire Phone will be a bad buy for you. If you just want a good cheap phone and you are an Amazon prime member and the phone come with 1 free year of prime, then the phone will be a good buy. If you subtract £79 for prime from £100, the phone will cost you less than £21.
fire phone bought in the UK doesn't come with free prime membership anymore!
No prime no way! 100 is too much. Euros pounds or dollars.
Honestly, this thing, with google play installed blows both the Moto E and G out of the water. Has LTE ( e does not ), more ram, a better adreno processor, and all for less then 100 bucks. You guys are crazy if you think a moto G is as fast as the firephone cause it isnt. it becomes apparent when you try to play higher end games that the adreno 306 the 3rd gen G has isnt enough.
I updated to 4.6.3, installed the play store via the directions of an awesome poster on here, and put cheetah launcher to replace the fire launcher. Instant win. Id go for it and nab a fire.
FireOS is a key factor for me. If you like it things will work well. I couldn't stand it. If not you can install CM11 or SlimKat but will deal with some bugs like the camera. Those may get worked out though, who knows. I put on CM11 and love it and the bugs don't affect me much. I love the form factor, CM, and being rooted. In all cases any major updates are iffy. People are on the fence if it will get FireOS 5 or the bootloader unlocked. Without prime though I'd be on the fence about getting one.
Yes I'd get one. Might even get another for the Mrs if I can find a reputable source. I've had a Moto g and e. Currently have a nexus 4 and fire and fire is easily the best overall. Admittedly, not out of the box though.
I have two of them and a 2015 moto e and change among them frequently. The second one was $20 (after subtracting amazon prime with its state tax). I keep one rooted, Xposed, and use fireos, and the other with cm11/slimkat. The firephone is a great piece of hardware (the multi processor benchmark is higher than the oneplus one) that is hamstrung by a very mediocre OS, Amazon keeping some of the source code unavailable for the devs, and not letting folks unlock the bootloader.
I wouldn't buy it without Amazon Prime. But with Prime, it is at worst a good little camera or a gamer for kids at a cheap price. The moto e (2015 has lte) is a great little, inexpensive phone that does everything well - but not great. It's not the speediest, but it's always been fast enough for me.
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Honestly, this thing, with google play installed blows both the Moto E and G out of the water. Has LTE ( e does not ), more ram, a better adreno processor, and all for less then 100 bucks. You guys are crazy if you think a moto G is as fast as the firephone cause it isnt. it becomes apparent when you try to play higher end games that the adreno 306 the 3rd gen G has isnt enough.
I updated to 4.6.3, installed the play store via the directions of an awesome poster on here, and put cheetah launcher to replace the fire launcher. Instant win. Id go for it and nab a fire.
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I will concede hardware wise, Fire Phone wins out. But hardware isn't everything. You either have to stay on the atrocious Fire Phone OS or change to CM11 that has a wonky camera. While CM11 is nice, it's not going to get updated to CM12 or CM13 due to the lock bootloader and the camera is very likely not going to fixed as Amazon didn't properly source out their ****. Moto G is already on Lollipop and will likely be updated to what ever is after Marshmallow. And it has a working camera, same amount of ram, and bigger screen.
I got my unlocked refurb fire phone for $60 without Amazon Prime attached. It came with the box, headphone and charger. At first I was really skeptical of my decision... FireOS is really ugly.
But once I got root, supersu-me, and play store, I promptly installed Nova Launcher, which made my experience so much better: it was essentially a rooted Kitkat rom with an Amazon menu screen.
Compared to my previous device, Galaxy Note 2, the development is stunted because of its locked bootloader. However, it has more storage space and a much faster CPU.
My main gripe is the back swipe. I don't think I have any other alternatives to make that disappear other than installing CM 11. I can't do that because I need my snapchat lol. Another problem is the size.. 4.7 in and unwieldy sides cramp up my thumbs. In addition, the camera (stock or snapchat) can't focus correctly even after I wipe the lense, so I can't take advantage of OIS +digital zoomed photos.
Overall, I'm happy with my purchase. I think I can make it through with this device for a while. If the bootloader ever gets unlocked that'll be a treat.
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Got mine for 130€ from T-Mobile (in germany).
For this price it is a fantastic phone. Most of the software quirks can be easily worked around (root + gapps = win) and its hardware should be good enough for the next ~2 years.
I've got a Moto G as my every day driver and the Fire blows it away in most every regard honestly. The big thing is Fire OS as it's pretty horrible but now that you can easily add the Play Store and then a Launcher to go along with it, that pretty much solves the Fire OS "issue".
I bought my Fire for around 25 bucks with a year of Prime so it was an easy choice as worst case scenario I'd have a phone with a great camera (as compared to the Moto G) and another device for my son to play with or me to use for music.
I'd definitely buy it again just because it's so cheap and just fun to play with.
I bought mine for $80 second hand without prime, I think it was worth every penny. I rooted it and put Google Play and Google Now, I haven't put CM-11 on it yet because I don't want to loose 5Ghz wireless or the good camera.
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I haven't put CM-11 on it yet because I don't want to loose 5Ghz wireless or the good camera.
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Imo, with Google play store and root, we can get around a lot of the initial problems with the fire phones, mainly the launcher.
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Did those that have stayed in the fire OS, do you have problems with background apps? I found that most apps that has a background process didn't work. Ie hangouts wouldn't alert me to a message or Tasker wouldn't run scheduled events. Was that just me? That's what drove me to cm11 but if I could fix that I might go back until the camera issue is sorted out.
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Did those that have stayed in the fire OS, do you have problems with background apps? I found that most apps that has a background process didn't work. Ie hangouts wouldn't alert me to a message or Tasker wouldn't run scheduled events. Was that just me? That's what drove me to cm11 but if I could fix that I might go back until the camera issue is sorted out.
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Some apps require Google services for push notifications. Some don't. I'm not running Google services. Telegram, Conversations, AwSMS, NoNonsense Notes, F-Droid, all seem to be notifying me of events normally.
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I've recently noticed Telegram is giving me issues. Sometimes, it doesn't update until I manually open the app. I haven't changed anything or done any system updates. I'm not sure if its been that way all along, or if its something new.
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My main gripe is the back swipe. I don't think I have any other alternatives to make that disappear other than installing CM 11. I can't do that because I need my snapchat lol.
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I installed Gravity Box on mine and have been using Pie Controls, but there are quite a few different options here:
Ultimate Dynamic Navbar: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2270198
Button Savior: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smart.swkey.nonroot&hl=en
Simple Control: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ace.jun.simplecontrol
and quite a few more.
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Some apps require Google services for push notifications. Some don't. I'm not running Google services. Telegram, Conversations, AwSMS, NoNonsense Notes, F-Droid, all seem to be notifying me of events normally.
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I had Google services installed at the time. I'm wondering if I did something wrong while installing. All the apps worked fine aside from the background processes. I know it shut them down if I removed from the carousel, but even if I didn't, they still wouldn't with.
Would not buy one again
Although the hardware is good, Amazon software is terrible. It is very buggy - most of their apps are buggy. For example my phone is loosing contacts on the regular basis, the amazon appstore settings crashes and would not let me change settings. Maps do not work without setting up amazon account. The status bar font is invisible, unless you have a perfect vision. If you lock from full screen app like fbreader, status bar is invisible on the lock screen. Lock screens do not show workable clock, they show stylized clock that is hidden in the jungle or some such nonsense. You can't tell if your battery is charging, etc. etc. Amazon should fire whoever designed that user interface. Fire os is complete garbage although it originated from android.
CM11 works great BUT camera does not work well and mute button requires workarounds.
In the end I went back to fire os for the camera and mute. With CM launcher and simple image lock screen, it is barely passable phone. I wish I could get some third party lock screen to work which has large time display.
Prime has very little value to me so for the same money I would go with Moto E or Moto G. These provide much better experience IMHO.
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I'm one of those that really needs the slider keyboard, so this is the phone I'm considering. I'm also on AT&T with grandfathered voice and data plans and don't want to mess things up getting a phone from them.
My current phone is an LG Expo. It's Windows Mobile 6.5, stock ROM and just some tweaks. I went with WinMo because of the seamless integration with my work contacts and calendar. Employer does not allow use of cloud to sync these. I understand there is the Kies app that allows you to directly sync these (though I also have seen that many have trouble with it). I really, really need pop-up reminders of my appointments.
I don't use my phone for games, I don't tweet or facebook, and I don't listen to music or watch videos on it
. I do text a lot, Google, Wikipedia, check sports scores, occasionally use the camera or video, and , of course, make calls. I do occasionally need to sneak in some tethering via WiFi (for which I plan t use PDANet/FoxFi). So, I'm not very demanding. If my eXpo would do better on web sites, I'd probably just stick with it. But even the "mobile" sites have so many graphics these days that they often won't load completely on my phone.
After Microsoft left us WinMo 6.5 users high and dry, taking down the apps store well before it's time, I swore I's never get another Windows phone. No removable battery kills the iPhone. So, Android it is.
With new phones going for around $160 on eBay and the ICS upgrade available (stock AT&T or a few here), this seems the right phone to move to Android. I'm not sure I'm going to like a phone that's an inch longer and half an inch wider, but that seems to be the only real choice these days.
I know a lot of folks here are into getting the most from their phones with the hottest new ROM, but I think there might also be some less experimental that can help me determine if I'm making a good choice.
Well, its been out for quite a while now. Not that its outdated, it is still fast and usable. But the ROMS for it are quite limited, i suggest you stay with stock ICS if you dont want any trouble, but you will lack some features.
Other that that, i still have that phone, using it everyday, still working good, the battery died so i bought a new one (extended). The keyboard and mechanism is still working fine with no sign of it breaking soon.
The tegra 2 chipset is fast enough for any apps to run at a decent speed on it.
The only thing i hate about that phone is the wake-up bug, in a hurry, it can be frustrating that the phone doesnt turn on at the exact moment that i press the button (it normally takes 1-2, even 3 seconds to turn on the screen).
I would recommend it since its gone quite cheap and its been reliable for me.
I bought mine new very recently (2 months) from a seller on amazon, and I haven't been disappointed.
I also love slider qwerty, so the combination of specs and price sealed the deal. Unlike Gab1288 I can't say I recommend the stock ICS rom, it was unstable for me -- I had multiple freezes per day in the 3 days I used it right after I bought the phone.
I've been using spyke555's CM10.1.0 RC2 rom and never been happier with an Android rom. I can't get gps to work right with Sygic maps, which is a bummer, but apart from that, I highly recommend this phone and this rom.
Since I've gotten it, and learning how much I paid for it, I've had two people ask me to buy them one when I visit the US again.
This is my 3rd Captivate Glide in the row. The first had a damaged physical keyboard - the "s" key was very so hard to press that it caused me a pain. The second one had a damaged microphone - sometimes people could barely hear me. After being hit, it worked for a moment. The third phone finally works. So I'm not happy with I927 in terms of the overall quality. But I enjoy the working phone, 512MB RAM in my previous phone (HTC Desire Z / Vision) was not enough. Thus it was extremely slow and unresponsive. 1 GB RAM is not that much but unfortunately there is no 2 GB phone with a physical keyboard on the market. There's also Motorola Photon Q which I would probably prefer better, but I couldn't find a way to get it imported to my country.
EDIT: The third does not work either. After some time IMEI disappears as if there was no /efs. To get it back I need to reconnect the battery...
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Tab s 10.5 vs nvidia shield tablet?
For gaming,movies,browsing internet,yt
I looked at it as the Nvidia being a one trick pony. Granted if you want something for mainly gaming, then the Nvidia is where it is at. I use my tablet for about 25% gaming, so I went with the Samsung.
i used my old Nexus 7 with tegra 3 in 50% for gaming(mc4,blitz brigade etc)
25% internet
25% movies
Hell, if you have a nexus 7, I would hang onto that until a new nexus pops out. You still have a hell of a tablet. I just upgraded from a first gen kindle fire.
I had,year ago
now i dont have anything
Ahh. I see. Well, either way you can't go wrong. If you use your tablet for over 50% gaming, I would probably get the shield.
In raw power the Nvidia wins. But we all know we got the Tab for it's screen. Pros and cons, nothing's perfect.
I had the Samsung galaxy tab s 8.4 for about a week. It had a really beautiful display but that was about it Imo. Plus having such a high resolution made most apps look like ****. Specially Facebook and instagram pictures. I returned it because I just couldn't handle TouchWiz. Oh man, it was a struggle for me. I got a Nvidia shield tablet as soon as it came out, and boy am I'm glad I did. I don't really game much on a tablet, but I bought it because I was just looking for a better than average tablet running stock android and I didn't want to wait for the next nexus. I'm pretty blown away by this little guy. It handles everything I throw at it. The SD card slot is awesome, the built in pen works way better than expected and the speakers just kill the speakers in the tab s. I connected my DS3 to it and it handles pretty much all the games great so I find myself playing more games now. This tablet it by no means a one trick pony. I'd say it's far from it, if you like just consuming media off of Netflix and HBO GO like I do this thing takes it to another level because you can just hook it up via hdmi and watch it on the big screen something the tab s can't do. I'm super happy with the Shield tablet. I'd say the tab s is more of a one trick pony because all it really has going for it is a nice display.
Just gonna throw this out there. You can avoid Douchwiz by just downloading another launcher (ie. Nova) from Play store. All of your other points are valid. I just don't understand how someone could be posting on XDA and not know that the stock launcher is replaceable.
I guess that all depends... Do you want a big screen or a smaller one? 8" vs 10.5"... For gaming, do you just wanna play Android games or also stream games from your pc?
For real? How can someone try to compare NVIDIA TABLET SHIELD with another ****ing **** of Samsung? Look at the price and it's all said !!!
Sorry if I offended anyone but...
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Just gonna throw this out there. You can avoid Douchwiz by just downloading another launcher (ie. Nova) from Play store. All of your other points are valid. I just don't understand how someone could be posting on XDA and not know that the stock launcher is replaceable.
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Let's not be assuming things now. I know the stock launcher is replaceable. My launcher of choice is always Nova. However the notification panel and quick settings and all this other stuff TouchWiz adds on top to try and enhance your experience ends up being the total opposite. Vanilla Android for me from now on, I've leaned my lesson.
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Just gonna throw this out there. You can avoid Douchwiz by just downloading another launcher (ie. Nova) from Play store. All of your other points are valid. I just don't understand how someone could be posting on XDA and not know that the stock launcher is replaceable.
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Touchwiz isn't just a launcher. It's the entire framework that fills up the OS.
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Let's not be assuming things now. I know the stock launcher is replaceable. My launcher of choice is always Nova. However the notification panel and quick settings and all this other stuff TouchWiz adds on top to try and enhance your experience ends up being the total opposite. Vanilla Android for me from now on, I've leaned my lesson.
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You could always install cyanogenmod
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You could always install cyanogenmod
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Hey hey hey....let's not bait them till it's more stable.
If I didn't mind losing the super amoled screen and having only 8 inches of real estate to work with (that's getting smallish) I would by the Shield instead. For me 8.4 inches is already minimum acceptable size.
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yeah cyanogenmod is awesome, i just didnt want to wait for months messing around with touchwiz until a stable version got released
I just exchanged the shield tablet for a tab s. It is really nice. Fast. Sound is great. Controller works well. I had a couple problems. Both are becoming widespread problems. The first is the wifi was dreadful. I have 2.4 and 5.0 connections at the house and constantly had to switch between the two to keep the connection. The second which was more concerning is that i had cracks in two of the four corners of the case. Nvidia had acknowledged the issue. I really wanted to love it but with those issues straight out of the box it concerns me. The other thing was the screen. Although nice you had to ramp up the brightness alot and the battery life took a big hit. Its a great tablet but i would hold off until they figure out the build quality problems.
better wait for the new nexus tablet if gaming is your primary need
Hi friends..First of all I would like to say that I hv gone through the reviews and also some of the videos on youtube regarding the Fire phone and m really confused actually.Currently m using sony xperia M..Prior to that I was an user of Lumia 520..The reason I switched it to xperia m was due to my wish for decent app and also for better performance...I hv heard that the firephone is quite simple to use and does the basic functions quite smoothly.The requirements of mine are
1-Good display
2-Great Sound quality(headphone,loudspeaker both)
3-Very Fast and smooth
4-Very Nice Camera quality
5-Decent Battery backup.
6-It has to Fulfil the basic tasks like texting,calling quite fast.
7-It shouldnt be taking a long time to charge the device.
8-Texting should hv to be possible with the help of one hand and also by lying on the bed.
9-Durable(The devices tht I use often fall from my pocket due to my carelessness )
Pls suggest me guys should I go for it or not
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Hi friends..First of all I would like to say that I hv gone through the reviews and also some of the videos on youtube regarding the Fire phone and m really confused actually.Currently m using sony xperia M..Prior to that I was an user of Lumia 520..The reason I switched it to xperia m was due to my wish for decent app and also for better performance...I hv heard that the firephone is quite simple to use and does the basic functions quite smoothly.The requirements of mine are
1-Good display
2-Great Sound quality(headphone,loudspeaker both)
3-Very Fast and smooth
4-Very Nice Camera quality
5-Decent Battery backup.
6-It has to Fulfil the basic tasks like texting,calling quite fast.
7-It shouldnt be taking a long time to charge the device.
8-Texting should hv to be possible with the help of one hand and also by lying on the bed.
9-Durable(The devices tht I use often fall from my pocket due to my carelessness )
Pls suggest me guys should I go for it or not
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In my opinion the Fire Phone does meets all of your requirements, except for number 9. I don't think the display and the glass back can survive careless falls from your pocket. For more opinions, read the Fire Phone Customer Reviews on Amazon.
Riju1212 said:
Hi friends..First of all I would like to say that I hv gone through the reviews and also some of the videos on youtube regarding the Fire phone and m really confused actually.Currently m using sony xperia M..Prior to that I was an user of Lumia 520..The reason I switched it to xperia m was due to my wish for decent app and also for better performance...I hv heard that the firephone is quite simple to use and does the basic functions quite smoothly.The requirements of mine are
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I just got the Fire Phone so not an expert yet... but here's my humble opinion about it:
I think that the Fire Phone does really makes sense for people (like me) who are current Amazon Prime subscribers and are planning to keep renewing the service. My renewal for Prime was due next month so I was going to pay $99 to renew it anyways, thus getting my Prime membership renewed and getting a Fire Phone added for $30 gives me a very capable unlocked/no contract phone that fulfills most/all your requirements.... and now I'll have a happy 12 year old kid with a new phone that cost me just a few bucks ....... there's absolutely no other unlocked Smartphone in the world with these capabilities/quality that you can get for $30.
Now then... if you're not a subscriber of Prime, or are not interested, or live in a country where there's no Prime, then I think the Fire Phone does not makes sense, as it would be a $140 phone (current eBay price) that is essentially doomed from official support and down the road you'll need to stick with outdated stock OS or put CM11/Slimkat that are somewhat stable but have a lot of quirks.
According to the experts the best budget Android phones (less than $200) available in the market right now are the Moto G 3rd Gen ($180) or the Asus Zen Phone 2 ($200).... personally I would get the Asus..... you could even settle with the Moto G 2nd Gen for $150 and would still be better than with the Fire Phone I think.
The Thing is I don't wanna use android and my budget is also not that high.So the options I m having is Blackberry,Windows and Iphone 4S.I was preferring I the fire phone because I hv heard that it does the basic works quite fast and it s also fitting my budget.
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The Thing is I don't wanna use android and my budget is also not that high.So the options I m having is Blackberry,Windows and Iphone 4S.I was preferring I the fire phone because I hv heard that it does the basic works quite fast and it s also fitting my budget.
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Just an FYI.... the Fire Phone is Android..... it's just that it's an Amazon modified Android OS, but everything underneath including the Apps are Android.
Again... if you live here in the US so you can enjoy the free year of Prime then it's a great phone that includes Free Movies, TV and Music... plus all the other benefits of Amazon Prime, then it's a great phone with great hardware.....
If you live outside of the US so no Prime services, then you won't have the free movies, tv and music... so you end up with a $140 Android phone, and you would be better served with other Android phones..... if you don't want Android, then the Fire Phone should not be an option for you.
i just picked one up coming from a one plus one and i love it
very smooth
great build
long batterry life
Hi. Im in the Army and found out Im going to Afghanistan soon. I am looking for an android tablet/hybrid (not looking for a Surface) to hold me over until I we get things set up and I can have my wife ship my gaming laptop over (which is why i dont want a Surface, as I already have a windows device). what I need it to do: read comics, read ebooks, watch videos (by that I mean mostly 1080p 10bit x265 HEVC videos), play games, and skype. ok, the comics, ebooks, and skype dont need much hardware for that, but the videos and games need a good processor. So far I've read the wifi sucks...and other say that the wifi doesnt suck, that it has issues playing games and others say there isnt an issue playing games, etc. Can someone give me their opinion on if this would meet all my needs. Thanks for your help.
howdy, this would meet all your needs, wifi only has issues if you are at a distance from access point and seems to only affect in higher bandwidth internet connections. (hasnt had any effect on mine but im less then 30 meters from AP with adsl connection).
the screen ratio is really good for reading comic etc, wide screen movies have bars but most tablets do this, these days
performance wise this is still the strongest android tablet on the market, will run everything no problem
battery life is pretty good on this tablet too easy get 11 hours screen time over a 3-5 day period on a single charge.
ive said this before but i have owned every major android tablet release from nexus 7 onward and normally get disappointed and sell after a few months but the pixel c really has given me no regrets and would highly recommend it
Thanks for your response. I do like 4:3 ratio-type tablets better than wide-screen for books and comics. I doubt where I'm going there'll be high bandwidth Internet anyway. Lol
Ive had zero issues with mone from the beginning so i dont really know how much i can add. The screen is great and battery life is superb. Its done everything ive wanted.
I bought one and it's to be delivered tomorrow. I'm coming from a Nexus 9, which I really like, but wanted a change. If for some reason the Pixel C is not what you were looking for, the Nexus 9 is a really good device that will easily do what you seem to want to do with a tablet, plus they've really come down in price lately.
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I bought one and it's to be delivered tomorrow. I'm coming from a Nexus 9, which I really like, but wanted a change. If for some reason the Pixel C is not what you were looking for, the Nexus 9 is a really good device that will easily do what you seem to want to do with a tablet, plus they've really come down in price lately.
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I actually was looking at the Nexus 9 with its keyboard as a 2nd option. saw them for decent prices on Amazon. but, im pretty sure im gonna get the Pixel now since it is new and hoping that Google keeps improving it with updates.
It's a great device, get it.
In my opinion, it's a device that's not ready for prime time. There are issues or have been issues with almost every facet of this tablet from build quality to touchscreen issues to display quality to keyboard support and still currently major wifi issues. One of the reasons I cannot recommend the device. For now, the best android tablet is the tab s2 9.7 inch, you get the 4:3 display, a super amoled screen which makes reading easier. A stable device with fast wifi speeds and one of the lightest tablets out there. For extended all day battery life, keep the display brightness on 40 to 50% and all battery life concerns are solved. You will get all day battery life with this setting. There is also microsd card support if you want added memory.
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I think the no BS answer is that you are rolling the dice. If it works for you, it's an excellent device, although the keyboard is (still) a little glitchy. If it doesn't, you'll be in Afghanistan coping with a device giving you stupid problems. Have a good backup system.
Since I just applied another software update a few minutes ago (March 1 security patch), I will add that the reason I rolled the dice on the Pixel C was exactly that -- the promise of future software updates and the hope that the initial glitches that have been plaguing some people would eventually be fixed. I just read an Anandtech article saying that the Feb update fixed many of the touchscreen issues they were having, which is good news.
on 5Ghz wifi, and no problems. Wifi range is predominately determined by the Wifi router, not the Wifi device...
I really like the Pixel C. However it's the wrong size/format for single handed traditional tablet use. But it sounds like you have already decided to get it with the keyboard, so thats not an issue.
The hardware build quality is amazing, I think you will be pleased with it. make sure to get the latest OTAs it makes a huge difference to the device.
Bought in Dec with the keyboard or whenever it came out and ended up sending it back. It didn't seem ready for prime time. Laggy and stuttery screen pick up.
Excellent build quality for both the tab and the keyboard.
Just purchased with the discount and updated to the latest 6.01 and its great. Very responsive so far, with none of the initial issues. Never had wifi issues but am not far from the router, so likely why.
Didn't get the keyboard this time as overall the two together it was quite heavy, it had no backlit keys and disconnecting from the tab always made me feel like I was going to scratch the screen. Likely wouldn't of happened but didn't feel right. As well as I didn't think it was worth the £120.
@jeebugorn - Not sure if you ever got it, but perhaps also consider Remix OS running on your Pixel C.
Here are the download links and the tutorial on how to flash:
Pixel C: http://www.jide.com/remixos/devices/pixelc
Nexus 9: http://www.jide.com/remixos/devices/nexus9
Tutorial on how to flash onto your device:
https://jide.zendesk.com/knowledge/a...rand_id=449827
Thanks!
I really, really like the Pixel C. I like it so much that I hope my 4th one works. The first one died after one day. The second one died after several months. The third one died after one hour.
I've been debating whether I should actually keep the next replacement when it arrives or sell it while it's still sealed in the box and get something else.
I don't mean to hate on the product or on Google. There must be a large majority of people who just get them and use them without any big issues.
If it doesn't die it's a terrific device. Despite my exasperating experience I'm still going to give it one more go because I don't know of a better tablet I'd get instead.
Mine works fine, but I mostly use it to read comics, so my main concern was the screen - and for an LCD it is amazing. I'd love to upgrade to a tablet with AMOLED display in the future. One thing I have noticed though is that it is strangely sluggish - my Note 4 (having almost the same resolution and older SoC) seems much, much faster. I don't know, maybe WiFi is the reason? But it seems to be doing OK.
The keyboard is quite bad though, I end up using a Logitech bluetooth keyboard instead most of the times.
Hi, I used to own a nexus 7 (2013) and i loved that device, sadly the unit i owned died, and i've been using an ipad mini 1st gen ever since.
I would be using the device for almost exclusevely youtube netflix and reading and i wanna know if the device would perform well at that level. I think i would appreciate the resolution upgrade from the ipad mini, but im worried if the nexus would be able to perform those tasks well enough or if i should just save more and just bare with this ipad for a little longer then get something else better. Thanks for any insight on ur current experiences with ur beloved nexus
I am also interested in that question, have picked up a Nexus 7 but didn't realise how old it was.
I have a Nexus 7 (2013) and love it, partly thanks to the price I got it (50 CAD) but I have to admit that it struggles a bit with everything now.
Don't get me wrong, it's still usable but when you have a video embedded in a webpage for example, you'll feel it.
I am updating it regularly with LOS 15.1 btw.
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I am also interested in that question, have picked up a Nexus 7 but didn't realise how old it was.
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You picked one up?! These things are hard to find when you're looking for them, especially a LTE model.
Anyway. I'd not get one unless you're doing some specialized like a car install.
Hi,
Yes got one off ebay with a cracked screen for not a lot of money, have ordered a replacement screen and will get that changed this weekend.
I actually bought it so I could use it in my car with and obd2 app. Hopefully it will at least work for that
It's awesome for in-car use. The LTE version is even better!
I use mine as a Kindle, Newspaper/Magazine reader, and Satnav.
Love it, actually.
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I use mine for exactly what you are looking for and it works great. I'm running LineageOS 14.1 and everything is pretty quick for a 6 year old device.
I installed Lineage 15.1 and its working well so far
If you think that you are going to thoroughly enjoy using it then purchase one. Who are we to tell you not to?
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If you think that you are going to thoroughly enjoy using it then purchase one. Who are we to tell you not to?
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I just wanted the input on if it wouldnt be just too laggy with apps crashing and such, but i went ahead and bought myself one, and it does everything i wanted with no problem at all <3
works great still
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I just wanted the input on if it wouldnt be just too laggy with apps crashing and such, but i went ahead and bought myself one, and it does everything i wanted with no problem at all <3
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It still works awesome for me. I bought it initially to install in my car, and it's been amazing. Battery life is so much better with the lineage OS installed. I was just sad when they stopped updated with it. Somebody has lineage 15.1 installed and the camera is working? I thought it wouldn't with 15. I've just kept 14 on mine.
I have 15.1 and the camera is working fine
I use the Nexus 7 LTE as my daily driver actually. since 3g is sufficient for encrypted voice calls and text messaging i am fine in 90% of the situations. But be aware that installing any google services brings your batterylife and performance to inuseable. stuttering youtube, when watching 720p on cellular. noticable loading times for simple apps etc.
Since i use mostly my own infrastructure and services (and i am a noob so its all very basic), i can even lower the CPU step to ~1 GHz (60/70%) and i got a batterylifespan fullcharge to shutdown ranging from 2 days for extensive use (hourwise reading/streaming video) and on my average use i get 4-5 days (50/60 messages a day, ~2h/day streaming music on cellular, ~.5 hours of reading in the evening, casual online searches, marginal navigation/public transport lookup) on pure standby its over 10 days. I went for a vacation and cut the power to most of my apartment, but the Nexus wasn't turned of. Had 13% remaining battery when i returned.
For holidays/outdooractivities, where i need 1 week+ Battery and voice/SMS reception (either for emergency reasons or lack of mobile internet) i use an old b/w candybar phone with the option of external antenna.
So if you want a shiny game device with hours of mobile video and google telling you **** all day about the weather, the famous persons that walked this exact street once and that there is a mediocre rated restaurant of your favourite cuisine just 200 feet away. Dont go for the Nexus 2013.
But if you just need a mobile organizer, reader, a little multimedia, communication and you avoid telemetry, ads and tracking (google, facebook, whatsoever) anyways the nexus is a great device and probably will be for a good while, since a lot of good and consitent developers share that view.
Greetz, pitch