16gb and 32gb? Why is storage always so low?
I use cloud, even 16G is ok for me (I do not play games).
Google Nexus 5x and 6P
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#122I really need to see a comparison between 6P, Moto X Pure, and current 6. Those are the phones I need to decide between. Current 6 only b/c it should get cheap and the Snapdragon 820 comes out next year, but I'm not sure I can wait a year with my aging Moto X 2013.
I was looking at the same phones as you a few weeks ago, then the Nexus 6 price dropped to $350 on Amazon and I quickly jumped on it. Pretty solid phone for the price.
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#123The site looks completely broken on both mobile Safari & Chrome desktop. What gives?
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#124Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would imagine they implemented it exactly like Google in that they're stored only on the OS and it needs your code to decrypt them. Anything else just doesn't sit right.
Ugh. First off they need to only store hashes of fingerprints, not the fingerprint images themselves. But I hope they are smart enough to do that by now. Second, it's not supposed to be "on the OS". It's supposed to be in TrustZone, the "secure world" separated from the OS. I hope that's what they did, but I worry they may have adopted a more "universal" solution that's a little higher level and less secure (even tho…
> First off they need to only store hashes of fingerprints, not the fingerprint images themselves. But I hope they are smart enough to do that by now.
That sounds pretty impressive. How would this be done? You're not going to get the same file by scanning the same physical finger twice.
Fingerprints are recognized by comparing an image to a stored record of salient features, not to another image. But as far as I can see (and I have no further knowledge of the area), you kind of need the actual record, and the identifying information it contains, in order to see if an image matches it.
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#12516gb and 32gb? Why is storage always so low?
Compared to couple of GBs Android phones came with just 3 or so years ago, 32GB is a lot. For anything except Video content (or the need for several months of offline music) 32GB is plenty.
Meanwhile, I got a base model Iphone 3gs back in 2009 that had 16GB minimum storage.
And 32GB is plenty except for X Y and Z (where Y is large app collections of games [Hearthstone alone is like 1.5GB on mobile] and Z is music collections where you don't want to spend $50 a month in data fees for things you have on your home hard drive) which precludes anyone using those from buying these devices.
All the cell companies are in a ruckus about how nobody bought 2015 flagships, but when the best storage you can get is 128GB on an S6 without a removable battery or SD slot for an insane like $200 premium over the minimum model you might want to stop price gouging as much if you want customers.
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#126What's the price? Couldn't find it on the page, only the "join the waitlist" button. Any help appreciated
Looks like they are available in the store:
https://store.google.com/product/nexus_6p ($499)
https://store.google.com/product/nexus_5x ($379)
Shipping in 3-4 weeks for the 5x (noted at checkout).
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#127Why did Google bother with all of that work to fix SD storage in Android M[0] if they're still not going to put an SD card in their Nexus phones!?! I was holding out hope that I would finally have a reason to buy a Nexus phone with the 5X or 6P, but now that we have the final spec sheet, I think I'm going to just grab an HTC One M9 or something. The lack of expandable storage really kills it for me. [0] http://www.an…
They did the work for third parties to keep it an an option for the lower end market. The higher end market has shown it doesn't care about SD cards and, honestly, I think for good reason: their user experience has always been terrible. Internal storage is faster and more reliable so I think you're always going to see more and more phones, especially flagships, not offer expandable options.
Internal storage is faster and more reliable
Still, SD cards are still fine for storing large amounts of photos, videos, and music. And as a proud father of a 1.5 year old, I like to stash a lot of photos/videos on my phone.
their user experience has always been terrible.
The other obvious reason is that phone manufacturers like to overcharge on extra storage.
I think you're always going to see more and more phones, especially flagships, not offer expandable options.
Not everyone is moving in that direction. E.g. the new Moto Xs support SD cards, while the previous generations didn't.
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#128Earlier quoted context omitted.
A2DP Bluetooth on the Nexus 4 has degraded significantly since it's launch. The current iteration is pretty awful, having to reboot daily to avoid silence gaps, but it's world better than Kit Kat. I don't understand how they could get such an important feature so wrong.
I forgot about this but it truly is horrible. Mine somehow gets into a state that not only required rebooting my phone but also restarting my car stereo.
I ended up doing a Factory Reset on my Nexus 4 and was close to tearing my car apart to get at the aftermarket Bluetooth Adapter but thankfully decided to check connectivity with a handful of portal speakers I had first and realized it wasn't the car.
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#129I understand that I'm not the majority but I do not understand the big deal about cameras on smartphones.
Yes, I take a few pics on the phone per year but that's it. Looking around with friends and family I see the same. Again: I understand that there are lots of people that really do take lots of pictures and videos but I can't help but think that lots of regular smartphone users are not as concerned about the camera quality as the marketing makes me believe.
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#130Pretty insightful to compare this to Apple's recent release where they've introduced a brand-new input method, in addition to the usual spec-bump.
Meanwhile, Google is still building phones that are trying to keep up with what are essentially PC hardware specs (memory, clock speed, etc). I'm amazed they think that protrusion for the camera is cool, too.
There are obviously two very different mentalities inside these companies. How do customers get excited about buying a phone that was obsolete months ago?