And the update app is a Sony app and it will update over Wifi rather than the mobile data (I actually make it do all updates on Wifi). But I take your point, as the bootloader image has remained the Telstra logo.
Wade.
Wade.
No, it's not locked to Telstra.
And the update app is a Sony app and it will update over Wifi rather than the mobile data (I actually make it do all updates on Wifi). But I take your point, as the bootloader image has remained the Telstra logo. Wade. Just Add Story http://justaddstory.wordpress.com/ |
Pixel XL. Ouch.
- (Another Scott)
- (61)
- Oct. 4, 2016, 02:05:50 PM EDT
I want my e911 chip free flip phone back.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (1)
- Oct. 4, 2016, 02:23:49 PM EDT
EVLeaks on Twitter mumbled something about flip phones coming back next year.
- (Another Scott)
- Oct. 4, 2016, 02:42:37 PM EDT
Nice colors
- (drook)
- (2)
- Oct. 4, 2016, 02:49:42 PM EDT
Heh
- (pwhysall)
- (1)
- Oct. 5, 2016, 03:03:03 AM EDT
Looks like these, too
- (drook)
- Oct. 5, 2016, 11:34:18 AM EDT
So, it's not a loss leader. :)
- (a6l6e6x)
- Oct. 4, 2016, 04:48:11 PM EDT
Re: Pixel XL. Ouch.
- (pwhysall)
- (12)
- Oct. 5, 2016, 03:01:12 AM EDT
They're offering a new ecosystem with very fast hardware.
- (Another Scott)
- (11)
- Oct. 5, 2016, 06:52:24 AM EDT
Eh? No they're not
- (pwhysall)
- (10)
- Oct. 5, 2016, 11:47:31 AM EDT
Disagree.
- (Another Scott)
- (3)
- Oct. 5, 2016, 11:58:01 AM EDT
How to get assistant everywhere in 2 steps
- (pwhysall)
- (2)
- Oct. 5, 2016, 12:17:19 PM EDT
Re: giving up in a couple of years
- (drook)
- (1)
- Oct. 5, 2016, 12:21:41 PM EDT
iPhone? 4 years for many
- (pwhysall)
- Oct. 5, 2016, 12:36:59 PM EDT
Google Fi FTW
- (drook)
- (3)
- Oct. 5, 2016, 12:11:09 PM EDT
It does sound appealing. I use very little data most months.
- (Another Scott)
- (2)
- Oct. 5, 2016, 01:26:47 PM EDT
Yeah, you pay for all your data
- (drook)
- (1)
- Oct. 5, 2016, 02:42:14 PM EDT
The unthrottled foreign data sounds great...
- (Another Scott)
- Oct. 18, 2016, 11:23:25 PM EDT
Mossberg thinks it's a big deal.
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Oct. 5, 2016, 02:21:26 PM EDT
He's an outlier on this one
- (pwhysall)
- Oct. 6, 2016, 03:06:59 AM EDT
If you want a Pixel, avoid Verizon
- (pwhysall)
- (19)
- Oct. 7, 2016, 03:19:39 AM EDT
Verizon's always been evil.
- (Another Scott)
- (18)
- Oct. 7, 2016, 08:36:33 AM EDT
Worse than the ringtone
- (drook)
- (1)
- Oct. 7, 2016, 10:21:22 AM EDT
Oooh. I'd forgotten about that.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- Oct. 7, 2016, 11:56:01 AM EDT
I couldn't care less about the bootloader
- (pwhysall)
- (15)
- Oct. 7, 2016, 10:38:32 AM EDT
Yeahbut...
- (Another Scott)
- (14)
- Oct. 7, 2016, 11:55:41 AM EDT
Yeahbut what?
- (pwhysall)
- (13)
- Oct. 7, 2016, 02:29:17 PM EDT
"Don't be evil"
- (mmoffitt)
- (5)
- Oct. 7, 2016, 02:34:07 PM EDT
You just did "ooh look a monkey"
- (pwhysall)
- (4)
- Oct. 7, 2016, 06:05:54 PM EDT
All I'm saying is one is no better or worse than the other. The reasons may vary, but both are evil.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (3)
- Oct. 9, 2016, 11:02:25 AM EDT
So what?
- (pwhysall)
- (2)
- Oct. 9, 2016, 11:54:13 PM EDT
Exactly.
- (mmoffitt)
- (1)
- Oct. 10, 2016, 08:13:39 AM EDT
And I just told you why not.
- (pwhysall)
- Oct. 10, 2016, 01:49:33 PM EDT
Eh? I don't like Verizon.
- (Another Scott)
- (6)
- Oct. 7, 2016, 03:34:43 PM EDT
Google doesn't need to sell phones, though.
- (pwhysall)
- (5)
- Oct. 7, 2016, 06:05:20 PM EDT
But...
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Oct. 7, 2016, 06:15:23 PM EDT
Sure
- (pwhysall)
- Oct. 7, 2016, 06:44:49 PM EDT
+5, Interesting.
- (static)
- (2)
- Oct. 7, 2016, 10:30:13 PM EDT
Might be worth double-checking that
- (pwhysall)
- (1)
- Oct. 8, 2016, 02:25:31 AM EDT
No, it's not locked to Telstra.
- (static)
- Oct. 8, 2016, 03:21:24 AM EDT
Decided I just can't do it. New T-Mobile $330 LG V10 looks like a possible winner.
- (Another Scott)
- (21)
- Nov. 11, 2016, 11:48:08 PM EST
New ones at eBay for $280.
- (Another Scott)
- Nov. 12, 2016, 10:35:20 AM EST
It arrived today.
- (Another Scott)
- (5)
- Nov. 16, 2016, 08:21:33 PM EST
when I get a new, the local tmobile store is happy to put a sim in for me free
-NT
- (boxley)
- (2)
- Nov. 16, 2016, 08:50:45 PM EST
Good to know.
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Nov. 17, 2016, 08:42:08 PM EST
they are as competent with their products as the applestore folks with theirs
-NT
- (boxley)
- Nov. 17, 2016, 08:56:46 PM EST
Bah. The cutter, etc., won't arrive until Monday. Grr...
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Nov. 19, 2016, 07:29:50 PM EST
Patience, Grasshopper! :)
-NT
- (a6l6e6x)
- Nov. 19, 2016, 08:57:11 PM EST
Initial thoughts.
- (Another Scott)
- (12)
- Nov. 22, 2016, 11:22:28 AM EST
heh, just got a new t-mobile android phone
- (boxley)
- (11)
- Nov. 22, 2016, 02:59:04 PM EST
:-) Rub it in. ;-)
- (Another Scott)
- (10)
- Nov. 22, 2016, 03:21:46 PM EST
Any privacy concerns with Assistant on your part?
- (mmoffitt)
- (9)
- Nov. 22, 2016, 04:48:57 PM EST
Not yet.
- (Another Scott)
- (8)
- Nov. 22, 2016, 05:15:34 PM EST
Voice recognition is vastly better in my new phone
- (drook)
- (4)
- Nov. 22, 2016, 05:36:43 PM EST
Agreed (vastly better) for my G6
- (crazy)
- (3)
- Nov. 22, 2016, 06:03:02 PM EST
Did some looking
- (drook)
- (2)
- Nov. 22, 2016, 07:36:55 PM EST
Thanks
- (crazy)
- (1)
- Nov. 22, 2016, 07:47:21 PM EST
Yeah, online is actually faster
-NT
- (drook)
- Nov. 22, 2016, 08:41:41 PM EST
Privacy is the least of your worries on Android
- (pwhysall)
- (2)
- Nov. 25, 2016, 03:23:11 AM EST
Re: Privacy is the least of your worries on Android
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Dec. 2, 2016, 02:49:37 PM EST
Re: Privacy is the least of your worries on Android
- (pwhysall)
- Dec. 3, 2016, 02:36:30 AM EST
Down to $300 at B&H now.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- Nov. 27, 2016, 02:54:55 PM EST