Cell phones survey
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@dashrender said in Cell phones survey:
@wrx7m said in Cell phones survey:
@coliver said in Cell phones survey:
Looks like Google will annouce the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL on Oct 4th.
I am not holding my breath for sd card capability.
I think that time is over on the major phones.
All the major phones let you add a micro SD card, but not Apple. Galaxy Note 8, much better than iPhone X, allows you to add one. (plus it's hundreds cheaper, but still close to $1k)
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@dashrender said in Cell phones survey:
@minion-queen said in Cell phones survey:
@tim_g said in Cell phones survey:
The iPhone X seems decent. I think this is the very first iPhone I wouldn't mind having. It took them what, like 17 or 18 tries to finally make something decent.
But the cost of it... paying over $1300 for a phone is just plain stupid. Maybe for rich CEOs and Execs that like to flaunt their worth, and poor people who like to spend all their money on crap like that... but you get my point.
I'm still drawn to the Asus Zenfone 4 Pro. It's better than half the price, and better hardware imho. Not as many little features, but IT'S $600 or less vs $1300+!!
I am all about the Apple Eco system for TMQ but I think this one is nuts.
Is the 256 GB iPhone X $1300? The 64 GB is only $999
The 256 GB version is $1,150, plus AppleCare+ $200, plus taxes is about a total of $1,450.
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@tim_g said in Cell phones survey:
The iPhone X seems decent. I think this is the very first iPhone I wouldn't mind having. It took them what, like 17 or 18 tries to finally make something decent.
But the cost of it... paying over $1300 for a phone is just plain stupid. Maybe for rich CEOs and Execs that like to flaunt their worth, and poor people who like to spend all their money on crap like that... but you get my point.
I'm still drawn to the Asus Zenfone 4 Pro. It's better than half the price, and better hardware imho. Not as many little features, but IT'S $600 or less vs $1300+!!
Yeah paying that much for a phone is crazy but can you blame Apple for people willing to buy it? I do like how the other competitors will give customers so many feature and still keep the price down.
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@tim_g said in Cell phones survey:
@dashrender said in Cell phones survey:
@wrx7m said in Cell phones survey:
@coliver said in Cell phones survey:
Looks like Google will annouce the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL on Oct 4th.
I am not holding my breath for sd card capability.
I think that time is over on the major phones.
All the major phones let you add a micro SD card, but not Apple. Galaxy Note 8, much better than iPhone X, allows you to add one. (plus it's hundreds cheaper, but still close to $1k)
oh, did Samsung backpeddle?
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@dashrender said in Cell phones survey:
@tim_g said in Cell phones survey:
@dashrender said in Cell phones survey:
@wrx7m said in Cell phones survey:
@coliver said in Cell phones survey:
Looks like Google will annouce the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL on Oct 4th.
I am not holding my breath for sd card capability.
I think that time is over on the major phones.
All the major phones let you add a micro SD card, but not Apple. Galaxy Note 8, much better than iPhone X, allows you to add one. (plus it's hundreds cheaper, but still close to $1k)
oh, did Samsung backpeddle?
I wouldn't call it a backpeddle. Why would you buy a phone with 64GB of storage, without the ability to add more? I know people (including myself) that goes over that on phones. It would be horrible to not be able to add more via a good micro SD card. In fact, I would not even purchase a phone that either didn't come with at least 256+ GB of onboard storage THIS YEAR and didn't have an option to add more. That's why I don't see the 64GB iPhone X as a usable option, but the bigger one is (not considering the price).
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Now if they removed the ability to add a micro SD card, but provided enough on-board storage for the times we live in (256GB+ in 2017), then sure... no need for a micro SD card.
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I'm currently using a 64 GB iPhone, Started in June. and yeah it's full already - mostly of pictures, but some videos and podcasts too. that said, the iPhone has never had expansion.
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I have the 128GB iPhone 7+, but I think Asus will be my next phone (and watch.)
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@scottalanmiller said in Cell phones survey:
I have the 128GB iPhone 7+, but I think Asus will be my next phone (and watch.)
now this just amazes me - as much as you've railed about how iphone is the only stable phone out there.. and how important your phone is.
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@dashrender said in Cell phones survey:
@scottalanmiller said in Cell phones survey:
I have the 128GB iPhone 7+, but I think Asus will be my next phone (and watch.)
now this just amazes me - as much as you've railed about how iphone is the only stable phone out there.. and how important your phone is.
Me too. I will be moving to the 8+ in a couple weeks but not going to the X it's smaller than my 7+ that would suck.
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@minion-queen said in Cell phones survey:
@dashrender said in Cell phones survey:
@scottalanmiller said in Cell phones survey:
I have the 128GB iPhone 7+, but I think Asus will be my next phone (and watch.)
now this just amazes me - as much as you've railed about how iphone is the only stable phone out there.. and how important your phone is.
Me too. I will be moving to the 8+ in a couple weeks but not going to the X it's smaller than my 7+ that would suck.
Yeah, I'm using a 6 right now - it's so damned small compared to the Nexus 6P I was using..
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@dashrender said in Cell phones survey:
@scottalanmiller said in Cell phones survey:
I have the 128GB iPhone 7+, but I think Asus will be my next phone (and watch.)
now this just amazes me - as much as you've railed about how iphone is the only stable phone out there.. and how important your phone is.
Gotta test the waters again sometime.
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I just got the Moto Z2 Force and loving it.
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Looks like my next phone is a Samsung Galaxy S8+. I was really hoping to get the Asus Zenfone 4 Pro, which is a much better phone. I'm a little disappointed about this, but what can ya do! Perhaps there would be a way to trade or something in the future.
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@tim_g said in Cell phones survey:
Looks like my next phone is a Samsung Galaxy S8+. I was really hoping to get the Asus Zenfone 4 Pro, which is a much better phone. I'm a little disappointed about this, but what can ya do! Perhaps there would be a way to trade or something in the future.
What's causing you to not be able to get the Asus?
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@scottalanmiller said in Cell phones survey:
@tim_g said in Cell phones survey:
Looks like my next phone is a Samsung Galaxy S8+. I was really hoping to get the Asus Zenfone 4 Pro, which is a much better phone. I'm a little disappointed about this, but what can ya do! Perhaps there would be a way to trade or something in the future.
What's causing you to not be able to get the Asus?
The battery in my Lumia 950xl was going bad. Every time the charge neared 50%, the device could shut off at any time.
It is still under warranty, so I took it to the MS store after making an appt. I told them the issue and they said they stopped supporting Lumias in 2016. So they said they will see what they can do and walked away.
Came back and said they can do a full refund of the phone and warranty. I got the phone online so they could only do a gift card. I got the warranty in store so they refunded that.
They needed my phone at that point. I can't be without a phone, and they had unlocked Samsung's.
So basically, I got a new unlocked Samsung Galaxy S8+ for only $88. That beats $600 for an Asus. So I did it.
It's not the phone I wanted, but they fixed the issue... I got a new phone.
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@tim_g said in Cell phones survey:
@scottalanmiller said in Cell phones survey:
@tim_g said in Cell phones survey:
Looks like my next phone is a Samsung Galaxy S8+. I was really hoping to get the Asus Zenfone 4 Pro, which is a much better phone. I'm a little disappointed about this, but what can ya do! Perhaps there would be a way to trade or something in the future.
What's causing you to not be able to get the Asus?
The battery in my Lumia 950xl was going bad. Every time the charge neared 50%, the device could shut off at any time.
It is still under warranty, so I took it to the MS store after making an appt. I told them the issue and they said they stopped supporting Lumias in 2016. So they said they will see what they can do and walked away.
Came back and said they can do a full refund of the phone and warranty. I got the phone online so they could only do a gift card. I got the warranty in store so they refunded that.
They needed my phone at that point. I can't be without a phone, and they had unlocked Samsung's.
So basically, I got a new unlocked Samsung Galaxy S8+ for only $88. That beats $600 for an Asus. So I did it.
It's not the phone I wanted, but they fixed the issue... I got a new phone.
Now you could sell the S8+ for $6-800 and then buy the Azus.
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@tim_g said in Cell phones survey:
@scottalanmiller said in Cell phones survey:
@tim_g said in Cell phones survey:
Looks like my next phone is a Samsung Galaxy S8+. I was really hoping to get the Asus Zenfone 4 Pro, which is a much better phone. I'm a little disappointed about this, but what can ya do! Perhaps there would be a way to trade or something in the future.
What's causing you to not be able to get the Asus?
The battery in my Lumia 950xl was going bad. Every time the charge neared 50%, the device could shut off at any time.
It is still under warranty, so I took it to the MS store after making an appt. I told them the issue and they said they stopped supporting Lumias in 2016. So they said they will see what they can do and walked away.
Came back and said they can do a full refund of the phone and warranty. I got the phone online so they could only do a gift card. I got the warranty in store so they refunded that.
They needed my phone at that point. I can't be without a phone, and they had unlocked Samsung's.
So basically, I got a new unlocked Samsung Galaxy S8+ for only $88. That beats $600 for an Asus. So I did it.
It's not the phone I wanted, but they fixed the issue... I got a new phone.
OIC, that makes sense. Is the 4 Pro or the 4 Max Pro even available yet?
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@scottalanmiller said in Cell phones survey:
@tim_g said in Cell phones survey:
@scottalanmiller said in Cell phones survey:
@tim_g said in Cell phones survey:
Looks like my next phone is a Samsung Galaxy S8+. I was really hoping to get the Asus Zenfone 4 Pro, which is a much better phone. I'm a little disappointed about this, but what can ya do! Perhaps there would be a way to trade or something in the future.
What's causing you to not be able to get the Asus?
The battery in my Lumia 950xl was going bad. Every time the charge neared 50%, the device could shut off at any time.
It is still under warranty, so I took it to the MS store after making an appt. I told them the issue and they said they stopped supporting Lumias in 2016. So they said they will see what they can do and walked away.
Came back and said they can do a full refund of the phone and warranty. I got the phone online so they could only do a gift card. I got the warranty in store so they refunded that.
They needed my phone at that point. I can't be without a phone, and they had unlocked Samsung's.
So basically, I got a new unlocked Samsung Galaxy S8+ for only $88. That beats $600 for an Asus. So I did it.
It's not the phone I wanted, but they fixed the issue... I got a new phone.
OIC, that makes sense. Is the 4 Pro or the 4 Max Pro even available yet?
Not in the U.S., not yet.
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@dashrender said in Cell phones survey:
@tim_g said in Cell phones survey:
@scottalanmiller said in Cell phones survey:
@tim_g said in Cell phones survey:
Looks like my next phone is a Samsung Galaxy S8+. I was really hoping to get the Asus Zenfone 4 Pro, which is a much better phone. I'm a little disappointed about this, but what can ya do! Perhaps there would be a way to trade or something in the future.
What's causing you to not be able to get the Asus?
The battery in my Lumia 950xl was going bad. Every time the charge neared 50%, the device could shut off at any time.
It is still under warranty, so I took it to the MS store after making an appt. I told them the issue and they said they stopped supporting Lumias in 2016. So they said they will see what they can do and walked away.
Came back and said they can do a full refund of the phone and warranty. I got the phone online so they could only do a gift card. I got the warranty in store so they refunded that.
They needed my phone at that point. I can't be without a phone, and they had unlocked Samsung's.
So basically, I got a new unlocked Samsung Galaxy S8+ for only $88. That beats $600 for an Asus. So I did it.
It's not the phone I wanted, but they fixed the issue... I got a new phone.
Now you could sell the S8+ for $6-800 and then buy the Azus.
I checked Amazon trade-in. They only give $300 something for it. Maybe more on Craigslist or something.
