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So.... my car got stolen (from a underground "secure" parking spot too), and my Nexus one was in the car. And no we didn't find the guys who took it, but we did recover the car relatively in tack.
now the question. I loved my rooted Nexus One. Had lots of fun with it and it did everything I needed. But it was damn expensive as I bought it for AT&T.
The Samsung Captivate came out for AT&T.
Do I fork over the funds for a nexus one? $500 +
Or do I pick up a samsung Captivate ~$200...
or wait for some other option ....
dreamflux
If you do a ton of things that can only be done when rooted, a N1 will probably be your best option. I'd also wait a bit and see some of the reviews that the Captivate gets from different news sites.
Shouldn't your insurance cover that?
No matter what phone you get, it will never compare to the quick experience of the N1.
Sure, you might get a phone with a better screen, slightly better proc, or whatever, but
no matter what phone you buy, I don't think there will be anything QUITE like owning the
officially sanctioned 'google phone'. I think you'll miss always having the latest version of
android running at all times.
@GldRush98 no.... AT&T doesn't offer insurance on the google phone, and the policy of the car didn't cover personal items in the car....=/
@hollywooder - yah.... You've definitely described my sentiments.... that and I have many many peripherals.... but the idea of realizing that my phone would have effectively cost me over a $1000 is a bit tough to swallow.
If I were you, I would probably go with Captivate.
I'd be missing the trackball and flash though.
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@GldRush98 no.... AT&T doesn't offer insurance on the google phone, and the policy of the car didn't cover personal items in the car....=/
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AT&T doesn't? Man, that sucks. T-Mobile insures the Nexus One!
On top of everything else, I'd seriously think about purchasing WaveSecure for your next phone whether it be an Android, iPhone, or Blackberry. Well worth it for the ability to do realtime tracking of where your phone is. Hell, you could have probably found the guys still in your stolen car if you had it. Just me .02
@chesh420 I do have wave secure... that was part of the reason why I was able to find the car...was able to track it to the last known area before the battery died. Found our car a few blocks away. but alas the phone was long gone, either they got rid of it some how, or haven't turned it back on yet, or my nexus might have recieved some other horrible fate.
but yes.... A great endorsement to WaveSecure. .
But yes, Wave Secure was great
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@chesh420 I do have wave secure... that was part of the reason why I was able to find the car...was able to track it to the last known area before the battery died. Found our car a few blocks away. but alas the phone was long gone, either they got rid of it some how, or haven't turned it back on yet, or my nexus might have recieved some other horrible fate.
but yes.... A great endorsement to WaveSecure. .
But yes, Wave Secure was great
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Keep watching, the bozos might turn it back on after they figure out what a MicroUSB is. Or they'll sell it to Bob's Pawn....
Note to self... Write down IMEI.
That's a bummer...hopefully it will turn back up soon! At least there's a chance with WaveSecure.
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Do I fork over the funds for a nexus one? $500 +
Or do I pick up a samsung Captivate ~$200...
or wait for some other option ....
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Get the Dell Streak... its a monster and a game changer for those who are man enough to handle it
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@GldRush98 no.... AT&T doesn't offer insurance on the google phone, and the policy of the car didn't cover personal items in the car....=/
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Damn, that sucks. Insurance companies do whatever they can to get out of paying
but what if the low life finds a way to remove wavesecure? isnt there a way to stop them from deleting apps like wavesecure or mobile defense so we are still able to track the phone down?
i'd get a g1 and wait for the next great thing from htc and google. i've said it in a few different threads now, the 3g issues and no physical keyboard are the reasons.
given, i won't buy anything on contract.
when you used wavesecure to find your car, can you remote wipe before locating, and the app still gives you a location ? did you try instamapper and decide on wavesecure instead ?
I'm recommending the Captivate to my friends and family... but to a guy like you and me... I can't recommend the Samsung until a little more testing surfaces. Sure it has a little better specs but would you be happy using their crappy software forever if you are unable to root and flash custom roms?
I used to cook with Da_G back when we had Samsung Blackjacks and the Samsung stuff was pretty tight lipped compared to HTC. You'd think that company's would figure out that being able to mod phones increases sales. They should know that the bottle neck is the carriers contracts and we upgrade asap regardless.
Open the phone up, let us tinker and make it everything we can dream of, which will bring in more customers.
I know lots of the Samsungs can be flashed, which hopefully helps with unlocking the potential of the Captivate. Maybe pick you up a cheap $20 pre-paid to use until some more info comes out.
Make sure you call your carrier and get the IMEI banned, they will not be able to use the phone anywhere
@player911 - yah.... that's the way i'm feeling.... I think that ultimately spending another $500 for an N1 for another 5-6 months seems a bit pricey for my modding happiness. I'll hang in there and head back to my little nokia n95 brick for a while.... and see what I can find on craig's list for a used one for cheap. But yah.... I mirror your sentiments on the samsung
@xXJay_RXx I think Wave secure had an additional install that would notify if it was removed or something like that.... I can't seem to remember....
@ohgood - You can remote lock on wave secure with a message that pops up to whoever turns it on. It can say "return for a reward", or in my case " contact the police RE: case #". I left it on lock for a while and the sent the notification to remote wipe after we found the car and wrote off the nexus one.
@p00r -can't remember to imei #
If it were me, I would not buy it again and wait out for something else. My reason is because the N1 is a really expensive phone off contract and it just doesn't seem like a good deal as it was 6 months ago. There are and probably will be better options for the same price.
If the price were lower, I would go for it. But it doesn't seem like you can find a new one without forking over full price.
yah.... especially since now my only choices are ebay and criags list..... =/ Long Live N1
So, again I've got this dinged up GS4A I got for a great price (it was missing the original battery cover, original battery, and it has a spider-web crack in the screen but the digitizer is 100% functional) and I just realized it's supposed to be able to do some NFC stuff as well, and that the batteries for the GS4A (and the GS4 also) are supposed to have the NFC antenna built into the battery pack itself... but mine apparently isn't working at this point. It could be the one thing that's not functional with this dinged up device (because the previous owner dropped it), and I figured it's one of three potentials:
1) the NFC capability is dead because of some damage to the circuit or a broken lead someplace internally, or...
2) the missing battery cover (which I am trying to locate a replacement for but for whatever reason there are NO suppliers anywhere on the planet that have the Dive Blue battery cover which is a bit ridiculous) may provide some functionally in terms of an antenna (since there are two sets of contact points plainly visible on the back of the GS4A), or...
3) the battery I have - which I had to purchase from someone on craigslist because I was unable to find one anywhere here in Las Vegas, not even at Fry's Electronics which pissed me off - is a counterfeit one and it's missing the NFC antenna inside the battery packaging
At this point I don't know which one it is, could be just one, or two, or a combination of all three issues at the same time, I wish I knew for sure.
But can anyone else chime in and tell me that they have NFC functionality (reads tags, basically, and whatever else like programming them if you happen to have or use the rewritable ones like the Samsung TecTiles) with the battery cover removed and a real Samsung or third party replacement battery?
I keep thinking I'm just doing something wrong, but I've reset the GS4A several times in the past week for testing purposes, complete factory wipe (hold Volume Up/Home/Power to get the recovery menu, wipe data/cache/factory reset) and when I enable the NFC circuit I get nothing at all from any tagged items I have - a few library books from here in Las Vegas which use RFID tags which I've been able to read with other phones like the Nexus S in the past, and so on.
Sure would like to figure out why it's not working, but I'll just keep trying for now.
Thanks for any info anyone can provide...
I can confirm that NFC works without back cover and my third-party battery (Hyperion "Replacement For Galaxy S4/I9500") on SGH-I537 using tag from tagsfordroid.com.
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Thanks for that, I'm confident this is perhaps a counterfeit Samsung battery but I haven't been able to get a real one anywhere here in Las Vegas for testing that aspect. I found another seller that claims to be using "the real thing" and I put one in and then enabled NFC and swiped it across a DVD from our library system directly on top of the embedded RFID tag and... nothing.
So I'm going to hold out hope that yes, it works when I have a real battery and not some cheap Chinese knockoff which I'm pretty sure is exactly what this one is. Hell, with a full charge on it it'll go from 100 to 90% in like 30 minutes of use, guess I learned my lesson the hard way from this experience and won't do that again.
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Thanks for that, I'm confident this is perhaps a counterfeit Samsung battery but I haven't been able to get a real one anywhere here in Las Vegas for testing that aspect. I found another seller that claims to be using "the real thing" and I put one in and then enabled NFC and swiped it across a DVD from our library system directly on top of the embedded RFID tag and... nothing.
So I'm going to hold out hope that yes, it works when I have a real battery and not some cheap Chinese knockoff which I'm pretty sure is exactly what this one is. Hell, with a full charge on it it'll go from 100 to 90% in like 30 minutes of use, guess I learned my lesson the hard way from this experience and won't do that again.
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I use these: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00BCJWYMU/ref=sr_sp-btf_title_1_4?qid=1378953720&sr=8-4
I regularly switch them out with my OEM battery and I really don't notice any difference. Plus you get 2 and a charger for less than $20
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Thanks for the info, I may have to consider those, seems like a great price and having the charger would obviously make it easier to keep 'em both charged as needed. Heard some good and bad things about Hyperion so I'm on the fence again, same thing with Anker batteries as well - some folks love 'em to death, other people hate 'em with a severe passion.
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Thanks for the info, I may have to consider those, seems like a great price and having the charger would obviously make it easier to keep 'em both charged as needed. Heard some good and bad things about Hyperion so I'm on the fence again, same thing with Anker batteries as well - some folks love 'em to death, other people hate 'em with a severe passion.
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I personally haven't had a single problem.
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br0adband said:
Thanks for that, I'm confident this is perhaps a counterfeit Samsung battery but I haven't been able to get a real one anywhere here in Las Vegas for testing that aspect. I found another seller that claims to be using "the real thing" and I put one in and then enabled NFC and swiped it across a DVD from our library system directly on top of the embedded RFID tag and... nothing.
So I'm going to hold out hope that yes, it works when I have a real battery and not some cheap Chinese knockoff which I'm pretty sure is exactly what this one is. Hell, with a full charge on it it'll go from 100 to 90% in like 30 minutes of use, guess I learned my lesson the hard way from this experience and won't do that again.
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Should note also that not all RFID tags can be read by all NFC phones. Depends on the type of tag and the type of reader. You should try it with an actual NFC tag to be sure!
Well, I realize that but I've been able to read the library tags (and others) with other Samsung Galaxy products (the Nexus S, the Galaxy Nexus, etc) so I can't imagine for some reason that Samsung just decided to break that functionality in my particular case, who knows. I'm sure it's the battery I purchased, will just have to wait and see. I'll be ordering either the Hyperion or Anker two-pack w/charger next week and will find out soon enough.
Sure hope they work...
All of a sudden while trying my CC from Chrome on a my PC which I never used before, my CC couldn't connect and showed "Set me up". I had problems setting it up the first time and I got the "use the extender" on the screen. Trying the second time, I was having problems as well. I decided to add the extender, plugged it in, powered up and it showed "Ready to Cast"!
The catch is that the thing sticks out like a sore thumb now on the side of my TV. I did have a USB WiFi adapter right next to it so I moved that. I was thinking of getting a 90 degree HDMI adapter, anyone try one? How many have been forced to use the extender?
I've used my CC with HDMI right-angle stuff, be mindful of the CC's "bulk" and you'll be okay. Personally I like fixed (rigid) adapters more than the flexible or hinged ones but I guess that's matter of personal preference.
I've never seen the "Use extender" message before, interesting!
I got the message today actually when I was playing with my Chromecast on a tv in a room that's farthest from my router..never seen it before myself..I was like "....huh? What's this?"
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I've used my CC with HDMI right-angle stuff, be mindful of the CC's "bulk" and you'll be okay. Personally I like fixed (rigid) adapters more than the flexible or hinged ones but I guess that's matter of personal preference.
I've never seen the "Use extender" message before, interesting!
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I had removed the extender but the message came back again and I had to reinstall it again.
BestBuy was supposed to have the AudioQuest 90 but only had the more expensive Monster brand flexible so I ended up ordering one from Amazon. One thing to watch is either it's a narrow or wide, meaning which way it bends. In my case, I needed a wide version.
While at BestBuy I couldn't resist buying the rootable 3915 CC that I tucked in the back of the shelf the other day!
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I had removed the extender but the message came back again and I had to reinstall it again.
BestBuy was supposed to have the AudioQuest 90 but only had the more expensive Monster brand flexible so I ended up ordering one from Amazon. One thing to watch is either it's a narrow or wide, meaning which way it bends. In my case, I needed a wide version.
While at BestBuy I couldn't resist buying the rootable 3915 CC that I tucked in the back of the shelf the other day!
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I'm lucky to have a nearby store that carries a lot of cables at/near Monoprice prices for that kind of stuff. There are some that bend in any direction, but my inner engineer doesn't trust how all that signal fits through that narrow clumping of wire, heh.
And yeah... I just picked up two more CCs... the local store had fewer than 15 rootable units remaining out of the 80+ on the shelf. Most were 3Axx, though I saw a handful of 3928 and 3929... Even saw a lone 3930 - I guess those do exist too! I left the rootable ones together, so if someone goes looking they might find the mother lode! :victory:
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I'm lucky to have a nearby store that carries a lot of cables at/near Monoprice prices for that kind of stuff. There are some that bend in any direction, but my inner engineer doesn't trust how all that signal fits through that narrow clumping of wire, heh.
And yeah... I just picked up two more CCs... the local store had fewer than 15 rootable units remaining out of the 80+ on the shelf. Most were 3Axx, though I saw a handful of 3928 and 3929... Even saw a lone 3930 - I guess those do exist too! I left the rootable ones together, so if someone goes looking they might find the mother lode! :victory:
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I'm very jealous, with CCs not being sold where I am I've had to ask people questions on local auction sites who have imported them and hope that 1) it's an old unit - although the serial number information is very helpful now, and 2) that they're truthful about not opening it.
I got one the other day that was sealed (although it looked iffy as it was peeling a bit) (38...) went to flash it and flashcast wouldn't work, started it up and found it trying to connect to the sellers wifi network (which was named after the street he lived on). Needless to say I was not greatly impressed.
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I'm very jealous, with CCs not being sold where I am I've had to ask people questions on local auction sites who have imported them and hope that 1) it's an old unit - although the serial number information is very helpful now, and 2) that they're truthful about not opening it.
I got one the other day that was sealed (although it looked iffy as it was peeling a bit) (38...) went to flash it and flashcast wouldn't work, started it up and found it trying to connect to the sellers wifi network (which was named after the street he lived on). Needless to say I was not greatly impressed.
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Ohhhhh man!! Kyonz....man I can't help but to laugh a lil about this..lol I'm sorry man, that's not funny at all, but given the kinda luck that I've got, I'm just laughin inside to myself a little bit because that sounds like something that would probably happen to me!! Honestly. I'd be SERIOUSLY P.O.'d to no end!! That's bs right there man...really, it is. If the seller sold it to you stating that it was brand new... for example: "Brand New In the Box, UNOPENED, Ready to Root", and you received it with the "security seal" looking slightly peeled back and the firmware had already tried to access the seller's personal home network, I'd be furious!! If you purchased it using PayPal or any other online service that provides a system for complaints, returns, refunds, etc, I'd definitely look into something like that. .....OR you could pull the "good ol' boy" method and go for a little stroll down his street
I agree with @jsdecker10 here, I'd want my money back, or at least some kind of partial refund.
Reminds me of when I bought a "new" digital photo frame. It was pretty darn close to new, even still had the stickers on the front, but it also was configured with the previous user's email info (lucky for them now way to retrieve/reply) and an SD card full of pictures (none of them naughty, heh). I was okay with the price (even as slightly used), though, so I decided to keep it.
I went so far as to ask the seller if they wanted the card back, and I tracked down the person whose pictures they appeared to be and asked them too, as they didn't appear to be the seller. Neither responded... so minus on use, plus on a free SD card. I really wish people would just be honest on both sides of the fence... Okay, sorry, OT rant over.
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I agree with @jsdecker10 here, I'd want my money back, or at least some kind of partial refund.
Reminds me of when I bought a "new" digital photo frame. It was pretty darn close to new, even still had the stickers on the front, but it also was configured with the previous user's email info (lucky for them now way to retrieve/reply) and an SD card full of pictures (none of them naughty, heh). I was okay with the price (even as slightly used), though, so I decided to keep it.
I went so far as to ask the seller if they wanted the card back, and I tracked down the person whose pictures they appeared to be and asked them too, as they didn't appear to be the seller. Neither responded... so minus on use, plus on a free SD card. I really wish people would just be honest on both sides of the fence... Okay, sorry, OT rant over.
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Exactly right!! ..like people always say: "Honesty is the best policy." I'm a FIRM BELIEVER in this!!
Please look at the photo I have posted (zoom in to see the details) with this post to the thread. I am referring to the "Wireless Charging Pack" which is actually a cover for the Note 5 from Samsung, which has a battery built into it, which wirelessly charges the phone while the cover is on. The cover only covers the back, not the front (including the camera lens on the back as it contains a battery) but wirelessly charges the phone while it is on the phone (I have read in the description it has a switch on it which allows you to turn the wireless charging on and off, so essentially this is Samsung's version of a Mophie cover). You can use the phone normally (except for the camera of course) while the phone has this on it. The attached photo I got from this link (you have to scroll down a ways to find it): http://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/galaxy-note5/charging/. Thoughts? It is currently not for sale on the Samsung accessory web site. Does anyone have one and what do they think of it? Does anyone know where to get one?
Looks pretty interesting.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3195459
We got a discussion about it going on there but none of the answers you want. the device is still a bit of a mystery as a lot of online retailers are not showing stock.
I am still looking for one as well...
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I think this is one on eBay, http://www.ebay.com/itm/GENUINE-SAMSUNG-GALAXY-S6-EDGE-WIRELESS-CHARGING-PAD-WIDE-RETAIL-PACK-EP-PN915I-/231539208400?hash=item35e8cff0d0
No, that's not it. Look at the photo I posted - it's also a case
Anybody have any ideas? http://www.samsung.com/global/galax...mages/galaxy-note5_charging_power-to-go_l.jpg
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Anybody have any ideas? http://www.samsung.com/global/galax...mages/galaxy-note5_charging_power-to-go_l.jpg
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found the wireless charging pack but seller does not ship to US...
It's finally available!
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found the wireless charging pack but seller does not ship to US...
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I did live chat with the Samsung Support reps and they said to call the Samsung Support line and I would be able to order one (that they were available). Here is the number: "1-855-SAM-USA1 (1-855-726-8721) 9am – 9pm ET, 7 days a week". Has anyone gotten one that can report on what they think of it?
Price?
I am not ready to order one so I didn't call. Give them a buzz and let us know
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I was all about this until it set in that it covers the camera. What a waste. Had it not been for that the form factor on this looks stellar. Oh well...
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I was all about this until it set in that it covers the camera. What a waste. Had it not been for that the form factor on this looks stellar. Oh well...
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Yes but you need to think of what is being asked here. With our current technology, batteries must be rectangular to work, and cannot have holes in them. So to have a hole for the camera would be to have to make the battery shorter (and maybe thicker to make up for that) and currently this case already adds alot of thickness as far as I have heard. So there's not much of an alternative! I believe the designers also probably thought it might not be such a big concern as well - because how much more often do you use the phone for other things - other than for the camera - most of the time, right?
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Yes but you need to think of what is being asked here. With our current technology, batteries must be rectangular to work, and cannot have holes in them. So to have a hole for the camera would be to have to make the battery shorter (and maybe thicker to make up for that) and currently this case already adds alot of thickness as far as I have heard. So there's not much of an alternative! I believe the designers also probably thought it might not be such a big concern as well - because how much more often do you use the phone for other things - other than for the camera - most of the time, right?
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They could have used 3 batteries to get around the camera. Would have increased the price a lot i am sure though.
Yes I was thinking that as well.
http://www.samsung.com/ph/consumer/mobile-devices/accessories/battery/EP-TN920BSEGWW
One site shows $119.99
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I live in the US. Not available for shipment here...
http://promo.samsungpromotions.com/giftsoftheseason/
Charging case is included in both pack promotions.
Did you end up getting the wireless charger pack? When you posted the reply about the gift promotion offers I looked and didn't see one... But I looked now again and the offers are no longer there. Last time I talked to Samsung on the phone they said it would be available in January... Samsung is still not offering it on their website, I noticed however, and calling that same Samsung order line I am told it is a 30 minute wait just to talk to someone - so I gave up on that. Anyone have anything on these?
They could have totally have the cut out for the camera. There's an impression for it. They could have just continued and sliced that bad boy open. I got $100 that the next version of it will feature a hole for the camera and flash. Looks good though.
BTW, what the heck color option of a Note 5 is that? That thing looks sexy as hell!!!
http://www.samsung.com/ph/consumer/mobile-devices/accessories/battery/EP-TN920BSEGWW
Is it just me or are they completely gone from Amazon? Wonder why?
Wondering the same thing myself. Have one on order should have arrived today but didn't make it, should be tomorrow.
I've read the amounts available will be limited and sporadic. It *may* be they sold out and are waiting for stock. I don't think that's the same as 'being pulled' as you indicate.
I know the supplier I bought from is still selling other phones on Amazon, but that's about it. The listing is gone, but that *could* mean they are just out of stock.
do you know more about it?
I would hope there would be multiple sellers on Amazon but I saw not. However there's still a ton on eBay. So it's got me wondering. Either way I got mine. So far so good.
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I would hope there would be multiple sellers on Amazon but I saw not. However there's still a ton on eBay. So it's got me wondering. Either way I got mine. So far so good.
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Amazon Germany still sells both phones
I wrote the seller here and he responded. They're just sold out is all, lol. Good to know. I hope sales so really well for this phone.
Just got mine a few hours ago... I'm ecstatic!
A few of the things that are really different than other phones I've had:
1) a Wifi or phone Network connection happens so fast if you blink you'll miss it. I just love that.
2) The hidden antenna results in my t-mo connection (to 2G) is at 5 bars, consistently. Astounding really. My LG G6 sometimes has 3, rarely up to 4, and even falls all the way to 1 (tried to make a call at 1 and it said 'no network available').
3) Volume of the speaker ** IS ** quite loud. More so than other phones I've had for sure.
4) The screen is really fine. With things that are highly video oriented, may be a let down for some, not me. Not a gamer.
5) Android One rocks! It's pretty much just like LineageOS, which I'm very familiar with. It really gets tiring to have to learn
a new UI implementation, MIUI, EMUI, Sammys version, and on and on and on. Hate it. So tired of it. I know, some of the have
a good feature here and there, but it's too few and too far between imho.
Very happy with this phone
I purchased mine at Sunsky from china, good service, also dirty cheap cases and tempered screen protectors.
https://www.sunsky-online.com/v/668810?contact=Grandy&u=57751-twitter