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I have been wanting to buy the HOX since its day of release however I keep putting it off and am slowly losing confidence in the phone.
Initially, I decided to wait to see if the battery would handle the phone. Despite mixed reviews I've concluded that battery life isnt really an issue and would give me similar performance to my Desire which has been an amazing phone for the past 2 years.
Then came the big showstopper, the flickering screen. After weeks of agonising whether to wait or not, it now appears that this looks as if it will be fixed via a FOTA upgrade which is great. Just when I was getting my confidence back in the phone, people started reporting issues with the screen coming away from the main case, plus others have reported issues with the g-sensor.
I've had a play with the phone on a couple of occasions and I love it but is it really worth buying right now and going through the heartache of having to send it back and going through the lottery of getting several handsets before one works.
I'm not about to jump on the SGS3 bandwagon. If the phone is not worth buying at the moment, I'm sticking with my Desire as I'm prepared to wait a bit longer if all these problems will be addressed eventually. HTC are not filling me with much confidence at the moment though.
Any advice would be gratefully received.
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I have been wanting to buy the HOX since its day of release however I keep putting it off and am slowly losing confidence in the phone.
Initially, I decided to wait to see if the battery would handle the phone. Despite mixed reviews I've concluded that battery life isnt really an issue and would give me similar performance to my Desire which has been an amazing phone for the past 2 years.
Then came the big showstopper, the flickering screen. After weeks of agonising whether to wait or not, it now appears that this looks as if it will be fixed via a FOTA upgrade which is great. Just when I was getting my confidence back in the phone, people started reporting issues with the screen coming away from the main case, plus others have reported issues with the g-sensor.
I've had a play with the phone on a couple of occasions and I love it but is it really worth buying right now and going through the heartache of having to send it back and going through the lottery of getting several handsets before one works.
I'm not about to jump on the SGS3 bandwagon. If the phone is not worth buying at the moment, I'm sticking with my Desire as I'm prepared to wait a bit longer if all these problems will be addressed eventually. HTC are not filling me with much confidence at the moment though.
Any advice would be gratefully received.
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i got mine 2 days after release, first had a dead pixel and no other problems, i took that back and got this one and has been 100% fine no issues i'm so confident it is perfect i unlocked and void warranty lol
i would go for it you will have 30 days to take it back anyway so no like oyu will be out of pocket if you do get a defect just take it back.
Personally I have had mine for 2 weeks I guess I been lucky the first one I had was very very hot after 15 minutes that was HT23 handset. I swapped it with a HT243W which looking at the forums seemed to be better build quality a lot more robust. Still warms up when playing games but not too the point of scalding.
I used Custom roms on mine and with ARHD I was getting good battery life I am considered a light user 5 hours listening pod casts, 2hrs surfing and a few phone calls. I have a long commute to work.
Overall I really really love this phone. I have no regrets in my decision on getting the one X.
I must be 1 of the lucky 1s, first handset and no faults ht23 batch. I'm glad I went for this instead of the S3. Does everything I need it to do smoothly and the battery lasts me just over a day with over 3 hours screen on time
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Where did you all get your handsets from. I'm looking at getting mine from mobiles.co.uk as they seem the cheapest for the handset on the length of contract I'm looking at.
I'm currently using GiffGaff as my provider but I cant afford to buy the phone outright so I'll be moving back to Orange when I eventually buy it. Thats why its important for me to only buy when I'm satisfied as I'll be going from £10 a month at GG to £26 a month with Orange.
Got mine from Clove.co.UK on release day. Not had a single issue.
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I got mine from o2
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your more likely to find people talking about problems on forums than people saying their device is perfect, simply because there is no reason to say "my device is perfect" but people report problems to let others know.
There are more perfect one xs than there are broken ones.
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Any advice would be gratefully received.
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The graphics issues (it's not just flickering) will be resolved via updates. If you're in no rush, there's no harm in waiting until the "all clear" is sounded.
The setting of the screen is a QC issue. The polls would indicate that either a lot of people are easily pleased, blind, or that the majority of phones are decent. If you're buying in-store compare a couple.
The biggest item (it doesn't qualify as an "issue") people aren't pleased with is that HTC uses two vendors for the display. One has a warm cast, the other cool. Most people seem to prefer the cool. If you can see the phone you're buying that shouldn't be an issue.
The only non-addressable issue is battery life and it's real. I get about 15-20% less usage than on my i9100 doing exactly the same things. It's passable but no more.
Other than that I've had the phone over two weeks and not had a single issue. There are no QC issues, the displays brilliant, and Wi-Fi/BT/3G all work better than on my i9100. Coming from TW I also really like Sense. It really is a terrific value; especially for less than a 16GB SGS3.
ive been the most vocal about QC issues
but i love the HOX despite all this and think its worth some effort, really amazing in every word, futuristic phone
having said that, i truly think no one with flawed HOX should keep it, exchange until you get yourself a flawless One X to enjoy and as BarryH_GEG said its best to pick it by hand it store
as for the displays, the colder one is more pleasant to the eye/brighter but the warmer one is more accurate and have better contrast/clean grid, users reported recalibrated colors for the warm screen after the 1.29
corruption glitches seems mostly gone with 1.29 too, this leaves the grey flicker occurring after over heating which im also hoping will be sorted with updates, since its never being permanent and Transformer prime suffered from something similar which eventually got sorted by updates
make sure to hand pick your unit and if you can't be bothered wait a while, im pretty sure HTC is working on the production issues
i don't think the SGS3 comes close
No issues here neither.
Battery lasts well enough, even with heavy use (phone calls, texts), lots of games, browsing, apps will kill the battery.
No screen issues.
Steve
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Sorry if I sound like I'm flaming you, however I have to right?
The title of this thread is just utterly ridiculous. Of course this phone is fit for purpose, primarily because it can make texts & calls. It's amazing how many people are complaining about this phone and saying it isn't right. If you buy a phone within the first two months, maybe even three of it being launched, these are problems you have to expect to get.
The build quality issues are inexcusable. As far as I'm concerned the first batch should be as good as the very last batch made, however I know this isn't always the case due to different factories ect.
As for the software, I think almost every single smartphone on the planets initial software is flawed in one way or another. I suppose technically you could argue the One X is running 'Beta' firmware. It's Kernel is took from Gingerbread rather than ICS. In my opinion HTC rushed the release.
Until a phones initial release, there is never any mass software testing and so there are always going to be bugs. When I got my Desire HD on launch day, despite being an OTA the second I got home the phone still had a severe battery drain and performance issues that weren't sorted out for months! It was around February when those issues got sorted, and that update got pulled because it introduced new bugs.
The One X is a beautiful piece of craftsmanship. You can tell that it's design has really been took into consideration, and despite being on my 4th device (I'm very happy with this one) I don't regret getting my One X and completely recommend it to you, it will not disappoint.
So the answer to your question, the One X is certainly fit for purpose. Feel free to flame me people, it's just my opinion.
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I have been wanting to buy the HOX since its day of release however I keep putting it off and am slowly losing confidence in the phone.
Initially, I decided to wait to see if the battery would handle the phone. Despite mixed reviews I've concluded that battery life isnt really an issue and would give me similar performance to my Desire which has been an amazing phone for the past 2 years.
Then came the big showstopper, the flickering screen. After weeks of agonising whether to wait or not, it now appears that this looks as if it will be fixed via a FOTA upgrade which is great. Just when I was getting my confidence back in the phone, people started reporting issues with the screen coming away from the main case, plus others have reported issues with the g-sensor.
I've had a play with the phone on a couple of occasions and I love it but is it really worth buying right now and going through the heartache of having to send it back and going through the lottery of getting several handsets before one works.
I'm not about to jump on the SGS3 bandwagon. If the phone is not worth buying at the moment, I'm sticking with my Desire as I'm prepared to wait a bit longer if all these problems will be addressed eventually. HTC are not filling me with much confidence at the moment though.
Any advice would be gratefully received.
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As an owner, I think the battery issue is the biggest for me. Also, I'm not happy about not supporting OTG.
If you can find a phone that fits your needs with better battery life, go for it
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So the answer to your question, the One X is certainly fit for purpose. Feel free to flame me people, it's just my opinion.
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What's your purpose?
I would prefer a phone I can feel comfortable taking out of the city for a few days, and with some way to access external storage - be it OTG or usb...
In hindsight, the One X is like a gaming phone or something.
I dont think that any phone is 100% perfect for everyone that buys it. Its all about compromises. This is probably why quite a few people carry two handsets with them.
Any new device released will have its teething issues…. even many cars launched have recalls in the first few months.
As I said, I have no issues with mine at all. Screen has no faults, its not lifting from the body, I am always able to have the phone on charge (even though I am a field based engineer) but lasts well enough when off charge.
The only time i see the battery drain quickly is when browsing the net, tethering or playing games. Texting, emailing, facebook dont seem to kill the battery that much as its generally just for a few moments rather than 10 or 20 minutes with the screen on.
We buy a phone cos its thin, huge screen, good looking and has a quad core processor….. surely its not rocket science to know that the battery isnt going to last as well as a Nokia 6310i?
Steve
Supaiku said:
What's your purpose?
I would prefer a phone I can feel comfortable taking out of the city for a few days, and with some way to access external storage - be it OTG or usb...
In hindsight, the One X is like a gaming phone or something.
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The OP was basically asking is this phone fit for purpose, so I assume he means as a phone, as a phone its more than fit for purpose
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The OP was basically asking is this phone fit for purpose, so I assume he means as a phone, as a phone its more than fit for purpose
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You know those 30 dollar nokias make great phones... and they will last days on a single charge! Plus they're smaller...
Hi guys, thanks for all the replies. It seems that the majority of you are happy with the One X.
Just to clear up a what I mean by fit for purpose. I want a handset which isnt going to fall apart or malfunction beyond repair within 6 months. Some of the threads here are disturbing to say the least concerning the manufacturing issues with a select batch of handsets.
jaaystott, I don't think the title of the thread is ridiculous. I was asking a question based on what I have read here. If I had come out and said that the HOX WAS unift for purpose then you would have a point. Remember, I dont have the phone yet so I was asking a question that anyone would reasonable ask prior to spending a substantial amount of cash.
I am tempted to see what next week brings and then just bite the bullet and buy one.
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Hi guys, thanks for all the replies. It seems that the majority of you are happy with the One X.
Just to clear up a what I mean by fit for purpose. I want a handset which isnt going to fall apart or malfunction beyond repair within 6 months. Some of the threads here are disturbing to say the least concerning the manufacturing issues with a select batch of handsets.
jaaystott, I don't think the title of the thread is ridiculous. I was asking a question based on what I have read here. If I had come out and said that the HOX WAS unift for purpose then you would have a point. Remember, I dont have the phone yet so I was asking a question that anyone would reasonable ask prior to spending a substantial amount of cash.
I am tempted to see what next week brings and then just bite the bullet and buy one.
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Well if that's all you're looking for, then just make sure your phone doesn't have any build quality issues before you do something to void the warranty (like unlock it w/ HTCdev) and you're set. My One X has no build quality issues, and if you check out the "One X War Stories" thread to see about how well the One X fairs when subjected to "cruel and unusual punishment" ;p
For instance:
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I've received the first case after around a week, but during that time I've dropped the phone at least 4 times, always on a solid floor and from around 1 meter height, and I can honestly say I am really impressed with the quality of the packing, there is not even one visible scratch on the phone or the screen.
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I currently have the HTC inspire 4G which is the equivalent of an American version if the desire HD. Ive been honestly blown away with the design, the screen and the overall specs of this phone but one thing keeps me from getting it. Every time I muster up enough energy to go down to the local store and buy it, I think about it and realize that theres nothing that I cant do with my current phone that the one X will let me do. I already stream youtube and everything on it, It runs smoothly, and plays the few games that I do enjoy like temple run without a single glitch. On my absolution ROM the battery life is pretty decent, lasts me 2 days when im on call in the hospital without time to use it and just enough to get me through the day when im constantly listening to the radio, messaging, sending emails and playing games. So my question that I dont get is this... Is this phone an overkill? Do I need that much power for me to be spending that much money on this phone? Im curious to know what you guys, who have already bought it, think. Also would the battery life be worse than the desire HD which had the absolute worst battery life on earth when it first came out.
up to you mate. but i will say to you, what i say to everyone who opens threads like this. Do your freaking research and stop counting on what other people say. Threads here regarding battery life for you to check out. Threads here regarding what other people think of the phone. Threads regarding reviews about the phone and etc. Not that hard to have a read.
Second you have to think. Do you want the AT&T version or the international one. You have to do your research about that as well. All the threads are in the general section here.
Look the phone is i would say in the top 3 of this year. But it has its faults. But it has its good points as well. Updates have been frequent and they addressed a lot of issues. If you are going to get a handset make sure you go instore and inspect it yourself for any issues. But whatever one you go for it is a beast of a phone and i would recommend it..Just make sure you pick one that is perfect and no issues in regards build quality. Battery life is good and overall a great phone.
It is a good phone mate...Worth the money just for the beautiful screen alone. And you the Tegra3 chip has games specifically made for it. Worth going for it
Hey guys,
Thinking of getting the Mint 5X for my gf. She's about had it with her LG G4, so I'm trying to sway her to the Nexus side. Wanted to get her the 6P like mine, but she doesn't like the large size. I read that the 5X had issues of lag and stutters early on, but it seems the April update has fixed all of that? Are you guys very happy with your 5X? Just looking for a really fast Nexus phone for her that won't lag.
Appreciate any input that you guys may have.
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Hey guys,
Thinking of getting the Mint 5X for my gf. She's about had it with her LG G4, so I'm trying to sway her to the Nexus side. Wanted to get her the 6P like mine, but she doesn't like the large size. I read that the 5X had issues of lag and stutters early on, but it seems the April update has fixed all of that? Are you guys very happy with your 5X? Just looking for a really fast Nexus phone for her that won't lag.
Appreciate any input that you guys may have.
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I really never had any lag issues even on the original release. The April release did make the camera slightly faster.
I know some people have said they have lag issues and I don't have any reason to doubt them, but many people haven't had any issues.
I suggest you get the phone from Project Fi for $150 off (plus $0.66 of activation charges) and that also gives you 15 days to try things out risk free.
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I really never had any lag issues even on the original release. The April release did make the camera slightly faster.
I know some people have said they have lag issues and I don't have any reason to doubt them, but many people haven't had any issues.
I suggest you get the phone from Project Fi for $150 off (plus $0.66 of activation charges) and that also gives you 15 days to try things out risk free.
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Thanks for your input! I wanted to get the phone and use it on her VZW network. I can use Fi trial free and keep the phone?
mackster248 said:
Thanks for your input! I wanted to get the phone and use it on her VZW network. I can use Fi trial free and keep the phone?
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You have to register at least 1 day and you get a pro-rated refund on the amount you don't use.
So they charge you $20 for service, $10 for data, then if you cancel the same day, you get $20/30 * 29 refund + $10 refund for data.
After you activate, you can keep the phone. If you don't activate, they just charge you the $150 discount they gave you initially.
If her data usage isn't huge, she might actually like Project Fi. I have a phone with traditional carrier and one with Fi and I am thinking about dumping traditional carrier.
It was really nice being able to make free phone calls on Jetblue at 30k feet in the sky going 600mph.
You can theoretically do that with carrier WiFi calling as well, but Google's is done at the application layer (leverages Google Hangouts infrastructure) and will fall back to https if things are blocked. The carrier WiFi calling is intercepted at a lower level and I don't know if it is always as robust.
Is the new substitute note 7 equal in battery length, performance, fast charging time that the defected ones?
Yes.
why wouldnt it be ?
Great thank you
It's actually better
They didn't have time to reengineer anything based on how fast replacements were dispatched. They had multiple battery cell suppliers and only one had a manufacturing issue. So new phones are exactly like the old phones with the exact same battery but the battery is from a non-affected supplier. My only concern is QC with Note7's whizzing down assembly lines at break neck speed to get replacements in people's hands quickly.
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They didn't have time to reengineer anything based on how fast replacements were dispatched. They had multiple battery cell suppliers and only one had a manufacturing issue. So new phones are exactly like the old phones with the exact same battery but the battery is from a non-affected supplier. My only concern is QC with Note7's whizzing down assembly lines at break neck speed to get replacements in people's hands quickly.
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Well there is some kind of firmware or motherboard issue that is far more widespread than exploding batteries. Hope they've managed to sort that because it bricked my first one and many other peoples too. I spoke to a Samsung Cs rep a couple of weeks ago and they seemed well aware of the issue.
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They didn't have time to reengineer anything based on how fast replacements were dispatched. They had multiple battery cell suppliers and only one had a manufacturing issue. So new phones are exactly like the old phones with the exact same battery but the battery is from a non-affected supplier. My only concern is QC with Note7's whizzing down assembly lines at break neck speed to get replacements in people's hands quickly.
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they aren't pushing them out that fast to be honest, my new phone was made on the 28th of last month, so it seems they knew what of the stock on hand was safe and have since used that to help get the stock out faster. considering I have a new phone with the now green battery and it was made before the recall even happened, so you have to assume Samsung could narrow it down on a phone by phone basis, but instead to make people feel safer and to try to stop the false claims just pulled the lot back in.
Ordered a note 7 through Verizon the other day. Nervous now after reading all the lag issues. Sounds like a real crappy phone tbh.
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Well there is some kind of firmware or motherboard issue that is far more widespread than exploding batteries.
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Source? Link?
Chadly said:
Ordered a note 7 through Verizon the other day. Nervous now after reading all the lag issues. Sounds like a real crappy phone tbh.
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it seems the main problems are with the US snapdragon version, the Exynos version is perfect on performance.
Yeah well that's the only one I can get.
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My own personal experience. People I've spoken to on XDA with the same. Some havent bricked completely but just reboot or turn themselves off completely.
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/1...rs-report-bricking-crashes-and-boot-loops.htm
That article is from the 30th august. I think before the recall. They knew about this issue because the Samsung support rep told me they did. In my opinion this definately had something to do with the recall as well as the batteries.
Having used my replacement since the 12th September I can confirm the battery is still 3500mah and charges just as fast as the boom boom version....
And the charge lasts just as long as well.
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Ordered a note 7 through Verizon the other day. Nervous now after reading all the lag issues. Sounds like a real crappy phone tbh.
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There's no huge lag problems. I have zero lag issues. This is the best phone made to date. You can go crazy reading about a multitude of "problems" on website forums for any phone or tech device (or any product that you can buy for that matter), that's the nature of forums - mostly complaints posted. Overall the phone is awesome, best tech on a smartphone to date overall that you can buy.
I have two ATT variants and both originals and replacements have been perfect.. I have no lag issues and am very happy with the phones.. Best phones i've owned actualy...
I experienced some lag on the last one I had, but it got better over time and I stopped paying much attention when the recall was announced. I do think the new one I received yesterday is running faster, but that could be the update that came OTA this morning squashing some bugs.
Well, that makes me feel a bit better. My note gets here tomorrow. I cancelled my amazon orders for a case and screen protector since once those ship I can't get a refund. I'll play around with it for a few days before ordering stuff for it. I hope I love it because I must get rid of this s6. I hate it so much. My battery has gone bad and I only get 2 and a half hours sot.
If you're not a fan of the Note 7 the S7 Edge would be a nice upgrade as well. Barely smaller than the Note, but with similar specs. Don't think there is as much chatter about lagging as there was on the Note 7 upon release. I'm falling back in love with the phone since the update and hope this feeling continues!
Hello everyone, i recently lost my phone and i have been doing some research into the phone i will be getting next.
I have been conidering this phone because it looks like it will satisfy almost all my needs (would like an amoled display but i can live without it)
So my question to all you nextbit robin users is: is it worth getting, what are your experiences with it, any big downsides?
i have been looking around the internet and some people said it was a bad phone.
Thanks for your help.
Cheers,
Jim
jimandroidnerd said:
Hello everyone, i recently lost my phone and i have been doing some research into the phone i will be getting next.
I have been conidering this phone because it looks like it will satisfy almost all my needs (would like an amoled display but i can live without it)
So my question to all you nextbit robin users is: is it worth getting, what are your experiences with it, any big downsides?
i have been looking around the internet and some people said it was a bad phone.
Thanks for your help.
Cheers,
Jim
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I'm completely satisfied with it. Good specs and a good choice of ROMs to choose from.
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I'm completely satisfied with it. Good specs and a good choice of ROMs to choose from.
Sent from my Robin using XDA-Developers Legacy app
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hey man, i have another question.
Does the cloud feature still work in custom roms?
That would ba a huge up for me. i think i might buy the phone.
Cheers
Jim
jimandroidnerd said:
hey man, i have another question.
Does the cloud feature still work in custom roms?
That would ba a huge up for me. i think i might buy the phone.
Cheers
Jim
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The cloud only works with Nextbit OS.
It goes for $140 bucks. Can't go wrong at that price. Check it out.
I got it at 180€. It is the best phone available at that price in my opinion unless you wish to import a phone from China and deal with all the hassle.
How good is the camera?
Ok so Nextbit was recently bought by razer. my question is, Will the servers still stay up for the 100 gigs of storage? because if not i dont think ill buy it. i know they will no longer have the warrenty as of february but i really hope they will keep the servers up.
Cheers.
Jim
Edit: made saperate thread because maybe more people will notice
One of the Nextbit devs said the 100 gigs of storage servers will stay up for 1 more year (Feb 2018)
I have Robin and I also have a honor 8. I love the look and feel of the Robin and also love the dual front facing speakers. Plus Robin's OS is almost like stock Android except for the launcher which can be easily changed. The deal breaker is no SD card support I really wish they would have added a SD card support to the Robin and it would be an awesome phone. I don't want to store all my stuff in a cloud storage period. So unfortunately I will be keeping the honor 8 which has one the worst OS I've ever used. But if SD card isn't a big deal get the Robin it's a great phone. Also Robin's notification light is on the bottom next to the charge port which is kinda wired in my opinion.
I purchased this phone a few weeks ago, literally a few days before they were purchased by Razer. I was looking for a backup phone to my Nexus 6p and came across a thread where this phone was mentioned. Needless to say I've been actually using this phone more than my Nexus 6p. For $160, you really can't beat it. I don't use the cloud storage feature at all though. Main differences between 6p are: camera (6p is better but this one isn't bad), battery life (worse than 6p) , overall speed and updates. I like the unique look of the phone too.
But this phone is on par, if not better than the Nexus 5x, which I owned for a couple weeks before returning to get the 6p.
It really depends on what your expectations is for the phone. If you're coming from and iPhone, expect to be disappointed. If you're coming from a low budget phone, it will likely make you happy. The phone on its own with stock ROM performs very poorly (in my opinion as I'm a tech enthusiast, love high spec'd out Oneplus phones, so I've been spoiled). However, there is a silver lining. There is great support for custom ROMs and kernels for this phone. If you're willing to put in the time and research and work, it can easily perform on par with a $500+ phone. Just my two cents.
So i got the phone and after a week the top speaker stopped working. it sucks but i sent it back today and will be expecting a replacement soon. i really hope this one works this time.