Phone Thread

[krayzie]

I remember using Cyanogenmod with the Nexus One back in the day. Overtime stock Android integrated a lot of its cool features.

[ap5512]

Originally Posted by Bowen

Guessing you'd be using Bluetooth headphones since that iPhone 7 doesn't have a headphone jack

Agreed...I'm not a huge fan of that drastic change. I'm all for simpler design but needing an adapter to make headphones work is not exactly moving in the right direction. If anything, you've just made it more complicated..wonder if Steve Jobs is rolling over...

[Bowen]

Originally Posted by ap5512

Agreed...I'm not a huge fan of that drastic change. I'm all for simpler design but needing an adapter to make headphones work is not exactly moving in the right direction. If anything, you've just made it more complicated..wonder if Steve Jobs is rolling over...

Yea everyone is pretty upset about it, but honestly, Apple is a trend setter. They were one of the first companies to get rid of the CD Drive in a computer. Everyone complained about it when they first dropped it, but take a look now. It's super common to buy a laptop without a CD drive, I'm sure they do it to lower the size as well as utilize the space for other features.

Now one can make the argument that people use the 3.5mm jack more than they use a CD tray, however there are still alternatives for audio. Apple did release an adapter that can be used, and also Bluetooth devices are stepping up in audio quality.

I think there will be growing pains as more phone companies drop the headphone jack, but who knows, the headphone jack may become the next niche feature much like removable batteries and SD card storage.

[krayzie]

Originally Posted by Bowen

Yea everyone is pretty upset about it, but honestly, Apple is a trend setter. They were one of the first companies to get rid of the CD Drive in a computer. Everyone complained about it when they first dropped it, but take a look now. It's super common to buy a laptop without a CD drive, I'm sure they do it to lower the size as well as utilize the space for other features.

Now one can make the argument that people use the 3.5mm jack more than they use a CD tray, however there are still alternatives for audio. Apple did release an adapter that can be used, and also Bluetooth devices are stepping up in audio quality.

I think there will be growing pains as more phone companies drop the headphone jack, but who knows, the headphone jack may become the next niche feature much like removable batteries and SD card storage.

I think they got rid of the headphone jack simply because Sony just created a new 4.4mm standard jack for balanced output. They probably either hasn't figured out how to adapt it or they just don't want to look bad using somebody else's innovation. Going wireless is the perfect excuse to wait a year or two so people would forget who invented it (remember the chicklet keyboard from Sony Vaio X505).

Wireless audio is only good if the codec has enough bandwidth for at least lossless audio. This is again something Sony have had for the last year.

Getting rid of the optical drive was a cost saving exercise imo. Anyone remember the ThinkPad X300/301?

The new Macbook Pro coming out on Thursday is going to look like an X1 Carbon with that OLED strip on the keyboard, and finally a fingerprint reader like welcome to 2004 but I digress lol!

[Flashfire88]

Pixel XL, arrived the 20th and upgraded from a 6P

[Calais]

Originally Posted by Flashfire88

Pixel XL, arrived the 20th and upgraded from a 6P

I was forced to upgrade to a 6P earlier this year because my Sony finally died, wondering how the Pixel is as I'm trying to get out of this contract


on another note had anyone heard of a new Sony Z coming out? not really feeling these X line of handsets that are out at the moment

[Flashfire88]

Originally Posted by Calais

I was forced to upgrade to a 6P earlier this year because my Sony finally died, wondering how the Pixel is as I'm trying to get out of this contract


on another note had anyone heard of a new Sony Z coming out? not really feeling these X line of handsets that are out at the moment

The phone is great minus one issue i'm having which isn't a big one but besides having the google assistant and a slightly better camera than the 6p its not much of a difference unless you start counting all the small changes like newer bluetooth support etc

I only got the pixel xl because 5.5 is my perfect size to hold, 5.7's tend to start being a pain if im going to one hand text or check something briefly when i'm driving

[Bowen]

It's here 😊

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[Flashfire88]

Originally Posted by Bowen

It's here 😊

Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Enjoy it!! They are still out of stock, im waiting to jump on a 128GB because during pre order the 128's ran out QUICK like minutes quick and I currently have a 32 which doesnt fit all my songs in sadly

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by krayzie

I think they got rid of the headphone jack simply because Sony just created a new 4.4mm standard jack for balanced output. They probably either hasn't figured out how to adapt it or they just don't want to look bad using somebody else's innovation. Going wireless is the perfect excuse to wait a year or two so people would forget who invented it (remember the chicklet keyboard from Sony Vaio X505).

Wireless audio is only good if the codec has enough bandwidth for at least lossless audio. This is again something Sony have had for the last year.

Getting rid of the optical drive was a cost saving exercise imo. Anyone remember the ThinkPad X300/301?

The new Macbook Pro coming out on Thursday is going to look like an X1 Carbon with that OLED strip on the keyboard, and finally a fingerprint reader like welcome to 2004 but I digress lol!

While even I can admit Apple has innovated a few things (probably, can't think of any atm) I believe this to be the case. Apple doesnt tend to make new things but take people new things that have bugs and make them better and try to pass it off as if it were revolutionary.

[davmandave]

Just saw that Cyanogenmod is pretty much done for now. It makes me a little sad, since Cyanogenmod was the OS that pioneered a lot of cool features for Android phones over the last few years. I can't say I didn't see it coming, with the lack of regular updates and their falling out with OnePlus such a short time after the One came out.


To be honest, I don't even see a point in using their software over stock ROMs anymore. They just haven't put any big features out in years.

[Jajanken86]

Originally Posted by davmandave

Just saw that Cyanogenmod is pretty much done for now. It makes me a little sad, since Cyanogenmod was the OS that pioneered a lot of cool features for Android phones over the last few years. I can't say I didn't see it coming, with the lack of regular updates and their falling out with OnePlus such a short time after the One came out.


To be honest, I don't even see a point in using their software over stock ROMs anymore. They just haven't put any big features out in years.

What do you think is the go-to now?

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[davmandave]

Originally Posted by Jajanken86

What do you think is the go-to now?

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What phone are you on?

[Swift]

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