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Which phones do you own?

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iPhone 5 for when I'm out on the street since phone snatching is common here.
LG G5 (data only SIM) for when I'm inside.

Having a phone with decent battery life is the most important thing for me. I hate having my phone die on me.
Where do you live? That seems like such a hassle having to switch your sim cards out.
 
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Why is a conversation about phones relevant?

Well, I assume this sub-forum exists for reason:

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Also, it's a business tool. I, for one, am interested in what others are using.
 
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Where do you live? That seems like such a hassle having to switch your sim cards out.

I live in Vietnam (expat). I had two SIM cards that never left the phones.

I stopped doing that though because it was getting annoying carrying two smartphones.

Shocker, I thought you were all writing in from a communist nation with strict communication restrictions.

I am writing from a communist nation. Still posting ;)
 

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Shocker, I thought you were all writing in from a communist nation with strict communication restrictions.


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Dude, it's time.

Those things were slow even when they were new.

You can get an iphone 4s for $30-40 on eBay.

You can get an iphone 5 for $50-70 on eBay.


Either of these would be huge upgrades.
I'd hate to admit it but you're right. The mic's finally frying itself. Probably going to have a nice burial for this bad boy before I upgrade:)
 

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7 Plus. I'm due for an upgrade and I can't bring myself to care. For once, I am not jonesing for the next phone.
 

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7 Plus. I'm due for an upgrade and I can't bring myself to care. For once, I am not jonesing for the next phone.
The 7+ is still a great phone. There’s really no difference with the 8 or 7, just the screen resolution. Keep it. If you do decide to upgrade, wait until fall. Apple is releasing newer models.
 

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I had a Samsung 8+ recently. I say recently, because I just got rid of it. Biggest pile of dog turd.
You know you want it, come join Apple. :cool:

Look how pretty unscripted looks on the iPhone X. :smile2:


Did you make that wallpaper?
 
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I had a Samsung 8+ recently. I say recently, because I just got rid of it. Biggest pile of dog turd.



Did you make that wallpaper?
Imo, Samsung is overrated. Android is cool tho.

And yeah, I did make that wallpaper. I used the Sketch app with Angle 2, exclusive to Apple.
;)
 

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You know you want it, come join Apple. :cool:

I had only Apple products up until a year ago. I was an Android persecutor until I had a Saul to Paul conversion experience.

I can tell you first hand that Apple enthusiasts just don't know any better. I was one of you.

Almost every aspect of the Pixel 2 is superior to the iPhone 8 which I also own. The iPhone 8 has a known manufacturing defect that Apple hasn't solved yet.

There was a day where the Apple iOS platform was far superior to Android. No longer true.

Literally almost every single aspect of the Google pixel 2 is better from the digital voice assistant to mapping, integration, and work tools. One of the greatest features to come along in a long time also is Android auto which syncs your phone with your car in almost every aspect. Things like integrated unlimited cloud storage just make a great product even better.

I'm doubtful Apple will ever catch up.
 

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Imo, Samsung is overrated. Android is cool tho.

And yeah, I did make that wallpaper. I used the Sketch app with Angle 2, exclusive to Apple.
;)

Could you make it with this quote instead? "Quit writing your life with somebody else's pen." I have a iphone 8 plus now.
 
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I had only Apple products up until a year ago. I was an Android persecutor until I had a Saul to Paul conversion experience.

I can tell you first hand that Apple enthusiasts just don't know any better. I was one of you.

Almost every aspect of the Pixel 2 is superior to the iPhone 8 which I also own. The iPhone 8 has a known manufacturing defect that Apple hasn't solved yet.

There was a day where the Apple iOS platform was far superior to Android. No longer true.

Literally almost every single aspect of the Google pixel 2 is better from the digital voice assistant to mapping, integration, and work tools. One of the greatest features to come along in a long time also is Android auto which syncs your phone with your car in almost every aspect. Things like integrated unlimited cloud storage just make a great product even better.

I'm doubtful Apple will ever catch up.

I've been EXACTLY where you are and agree with every point. On paper android is so vastly superior. I bet you a steak dinner that you get an iPhone within 2 years.
 

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7 Plus. I'm due for an upgrade and I can't bring myself to care. For once, I am not jonesing for the next phone.

Kak do yourself a solid and get the Pixel 2.
 

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I've been where you are and agree with every point. On paper android is so vastly superior. I bet you a steak dinner that you get an iPhone within 2 years.

You would win that bet I already have one. I'm telling you the Google phone is far superior.
 
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You would win that bet I already have one. I'm telling you the Google phone is far superior.

I know it is... And I'm tempted by them. My last 3 android phones were too.
 

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I know it is... My last 3 android phones were too. There will be a FTE.

Integrates with all the new Lincoln's. They stopped putting Navigator devices into the new Lincoln's and started putting in Android app integration. Everything I was doing on my phone before I get in the car just continues in the car... And uses Google Maps as the navigation on screen.
 

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I have the precursor to the Pixel - the Google Nexus. Specifically the 5x.

Honestly, it would take a LOT for me to get off the Google environment. I love it SO MUCH. Everything is easier when you "give in" and let Google just do and manage everything.

As scary as it sounds (because it IS scary) the more freedom I give up to Google, the better my experience is and the easier everything becomes.

- Google maps
- Google drive
- Google contacts
- Google photos
- Google calendar
- Google chrome
- Google chromecast
- Google assistant (don't even know if it has a name but the all-seeing-eye and actions it performs based on context)
- Likely a million more I didn't even mention

Everything just works so damn smoothly together. It requires you to sign your life away to them, of course, but everything becomes so effortless once you do. They have strong, deep roots in just about everything I do technology-wise these days.

I can take a photo of a receipt on my phone, it gets automatically backed up online, google recognizes it as a receipt and asks me if I'd like to archive it with similar photos to save phone space, and when I do a search for "receipt" google's image recognition pulls literally all of them in front of me to review. If I search for "happy faces" I get every photo I've taken of people smiling. I can search "food" and get all my food pics. The recognition is amazing and I don't have to label anything for them to do this.

Google tells me what the traffic is like at the times I'm normally on the road. They'll show real time traffic data from other google users to help me avoid delays. They know I'm at the restaurant I'm at and asks me if I want to share photos for others to see (or I can see photos of the places I look up before I even go there).

When I book a flight google adds it to the things they track and tells me it's an upcoming plan. It will pull in tall the flight information from the airlines and show me delays / on time / booking numbers / etc... It will offer hotels to stay at. It will beep at me saying that I need to leave at x time based on traffic to make my flight on time.

I access all my work files world-wide from any device since it's all on google drive. And highly searchable if I lose anything. If I delete something that's shared I get a warning saying that it will no longer be shared. This has saved my a$$ quite a few times.

I don't know if Apple products or other options do any of this but at this point I just don't care. Google has my life by the balls and if I'm being honest it feels kind of good. It genuinely seems like every time I give up a bit of privacy I get a ton of functionality in return.
The original Pixel was one of my favorite phones of all time.

That scroll wheel was my favorite
 

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I had only Apple products up until a year ago. I was an Android persecutor until I had a Saul to Paul conversion experience.

I can tell you first hand that Apple enthusiasts just don't know any better. I was one of you.

Almost every aspect of the Pixel 2 is superior to the iPhone 8 which I also own. The iPhone 8 has a known manufacturing defect that Apple hasn't solved yet.

There was a day where the Apple iOS platform was far superior to Android. No longer true.

Literally almost every single aspect of the Google pixel 2 is better from the digital voice assistant to mapping, integration, and work tools. One of the greatest features to come along in a long time also is Android auto which syncs your phone with your car in almost every aspect. Things like integrated unlimited cloud storage just make a great product even better.

I'm doubtful Apple will ever catch up.

You bring up solid points. It’s hard to disagree. I use google maps, google drive, docs, and photos and it’s amazing haha. Hard to give up Apple tho since I’m more design centric haha. Apple makes my workflow so easy.

Could you make it with this quote instead? "Quit writing your life with somebody else's pen." I have a iphone 8 plus now.

Sure, I’ll make it when I get back in.
 

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Integrates with all the new Lincoln's. They stopped putting Navigator devices into the new Lincoln's and started putting in Android app integration. Everything I was doing on my phone before I get in the car just continues in the car... And uses Google Maps as the navigation on screen.

With or without a USB?

This is a big one for me: ForeFlight - ForeFlight Mobile Electronic Flight Bag
 
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I have the precursor to the Pixel - the Google Nexus. Specifically the 5x.

Honestly, it would take a LOT for me to get off the Google environment. I love it SO MUCH. Everything is easier when you "give in" and let Google just do and manage everything.

As scary as it sounds (because it IS scary) the more freedom I give up to Google, the better my experience is and the easier everything becomes.

- Google maps
- Google drive
- Google contacts
- Google photos
- Google calendar
- Google chrome
- Google chromecast
- Google assistant (don't even know if it has a name but the all-seeing-eye and actions it performs based on context)
- Likely a million more I didn't even mention

Everything just works so damn smoothly together. It requires you to sign your life away to them, of course, but everything becomes so effortless once you do. They have strong, deep roots in just about everything I do technology-wise these days.

I can take a photo of a receipt on my phone, it gets automatically backed up online, google recognizes it as a receipt and asks me if I'd like to archive it with similar photos to save phone space, and when I do a search for "receipt" google's image recognition pulls literally all of them in front of me to review. If I search for "happy faces" I get every photo I've taken of people smiling. I can search "food" and get all my food pics. The recognition is amazing and I don't have to label anything for them to do this.

Google tells me what the traffic is like at the times I'm normally on the road. They'll show real time traffic data from other google users to help me avoid delays. They know I'm at the restaurant I'm at and asks me if I want to share photos for others to see (or I can see photos of the places I look up before I even go there).

When I book a flight google adds it to the things they track and tells me it's an upcoming plan. It will pull in tall the flight information from the airlines and show me delays / on time / booking numbers / etc... It will offer hotels to stay at. It will beep at me saying that I need to leave at x time based on traffic to make my flight on time.

I access all my work files world-wide from any device since it's all on google drive. And highly searchable if I lose anything. If I delete something that's shared I get a warning saying that it will no longer be shared. This has saved my a$$ quite a few times.

I don't know if Apple products or other options do any of this but at this point I just don't care. Google has my life by the balls and if I'm being honest it feels kind of good. It genuinely seems like every time I give up a bit of privacy I get a ton of functionality in return.
You are wonderful.
 
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I don't know if Apple products or other options do any of this but at this point I just don't care. Google has my life by the balls and if I'm being honest it feels kind of good. It genuinely seems like every time I give up a bit of privacy I get a ton of functionality in return.


Apple does most if not all of that in some way, shape, or form.

I have an iPhone 7. Tried switching to an android powered HTC phone once but didn't like the android interface. iPhone seems more intuitive than other operating systems to me. The only thing I don't like is no standard earbud/headphone jack.
 

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