• Which phone to get? - Nexus 5, Z3, S5, Note 3, HTC ONE?
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[QUOTE=KinderBueno;45960774]Really starting to breaking apart in choice of phones, so many of them. I assume Stock android will always be faster no matter what?[/QUOTE] stock usually is the less bloated of all the addons IE Touchwiz, Sense, and so on. it helps speed things up but not sure of how much
[QUOTE=Lyokanthrope;45962289]well actually any phone using a Snapdragon 800 has the capability to. The 800 has a low-power core specifically for voice recognition but with qualcomm being qualcomm it's closed source and no-one's used it yet. :v:[/QUOTE] any phone that has an 80x snapdragon cpu in it?
yeah as far as I know
[QUOTE=KinderBueno;45934826]So I don't get it, can you make official certified apps with Cyanogen being on phone?[/QUOTE] There are no "certified" apps on Android. I assume you mean whether you can put them on Play Store. Yes, you can. Google does not care what firmware you have on your phone, and even if they did, OnePlus putting Cyanogen on theirs is no different from Samsung using Touchwiz. You can even throw apps that will only run on rooted phones on the Play Store, Google still doesn't care. Hell, you don't even need to own an Android phone (though not having a test device is not a good idea). [QUOTE=KinderBueno;45940957]However I noticed it's Chinese company, what is the quality of phone? is it good?[/QUOTE] Every smartphone is largely manufactured in China. This one has the specs you'd find in a flagship smartphone from a larger manufacturer. I own one. Only problems I've had are a bit of mobile internet connectivity issues with a shitty carrier, my old phone is more stable in that regard - it should also be noted that LTE doesn't work with all European carriers because the radio is missing LTE Band 3, but everything else and 3G work. Build quality, software stability and speed are top notch. [QUOTE=nikomo;45943267]If you're a developer, you really have to start digging for excuses to not get the Nexus 5. They'll have L released before the source code drops.[/QUOTE] There is better hardware out there. If I was gonna go Nexus, I'd wait for the next one. [QUOTE=Protocol7;45951350]The OnePlus One is an average phone at a good price point. However, CyanogenMod is nowhere near as good as it used to be.[/QUOTE] How is it average? The cameras are, the display isn't as bright as an AMOLED panel you'd find on a Samsung device, and it doesn't have the useless gimmicks that come with bloated manufacturer firmware that people usually install CM to get rid of. As I mentioned above, LTE is only partially supported. The battery isn't user-replaceable (though supposedly it's easy to replace nonetheless, but you do have to remove screws). There's no microSD slot. There are a select few flagships that have a Snapdragon 805, literally the only faster smartphone ARM SoC on the market. That puts it firmly in line with flagship smartphones, doesn't it?
I am starting to consider Note 4. Btw what would stop me from installing cyanogenmod on Note 4?
[QUOTE=KinderBueno;45973711]I am starting to consider Note 4. Btw what would stop me from installing cyanogenmod on Note 4?[/QUOTE] a locked bootloader. [pretty much every carrier will carry the phone with a locked bootloader, and it will take around 3-6 months for that bootloader to be unlocked (or for a root method to be found).
[QUOTE=TonyTheBean;45973752]a locked bootloader. [pretty much every carrier will carry the phone with a locked bootloader, and it will take around 3-6 months for that bootloader to be unlocked (or for a root method to be found).[/QUOTE] Or never. Also happens. Not all phones get a locked bootloader though. This doesn't usually happen with Samsung phones in Europe.
Well, in theory when Note 4 comes out: Will it be the fastest available mobile device currently on market?
Judging by current benchmarks, it's looking to be the fastest ARM phone, yes. I don't know about tablets and x86 phones, though.
[QUOTE=DrTaxi;45977011]Judging by current benchmarks, it's looking to be the fastest ARM phone, yes. I don't know about tablets and x86 phones, though.[/QUOTE] X86 for phones so far has been a bit lackluster.
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