New phones of 2015
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Another phone I've been extremely looking forward to is PhoneBloks
It got bought out by Google, but they have been keeping up the research. It's pretty much the phone that could destroy 2-year contracts and the 2-year rule of thumb for almost every phone
But it started 2 years ago and still no real prototype being handed out :(
It got bought out by Google, but they have been keeping up the research. It's pretty much the phone that could destroy 2-year contracts and the 2-year rule of thumb for almost every phone
But it started 2 years ago and still no real prototype being handed out :(
I disagree, they've been working too hard on it to let it go at this point!
Big phone companies will be pissed because they make ridiculous profits by releasing new phones with just a few new features every year, but with this phone you'd never really have to change it, just upgrade as you go. It's an awesome idea and I really hope they release it soon, I just wish they'd hurry their asses :(
They did have a video with a working prototype last year, it was pretty buggy but still worked overall :D
iPhone is a great choice, got the 5. I cracked the screen a year or so after I got it and I got the screen replaced. After a few drops the replacement screen started to pop off and eventually it shattered and my screen was hanging by a string to the actual phone. I got a 5s after paying Apple a $100 for warranty and plan to upgrade to a iPhone 6 in June. I've had wonderful experiences with those phones <3
the OP ironman phone is awesome but not iphone :\
the OP ironman phone is awesome but not iphone :\
You should get a tempered glass screen protector, if you get it online it's pretty cheap and it really works! If you were to drop your phone on a rock which would have shattered your screen, the glass protection will break instead and your screen will be perfectly intact :)
Screen cracking isn't really a problem anymore, lol, but that sounds cool. I will actually get it for the 6, which will be my new baby :)
I think the selling point is Lollipop for some of these models, although I personally don't understand why people are quick to buy phones that pretty much have your personal information that's easily exploitable.
Then again, another reason why phone carriers most likely stop upgrading older phones to newer OS's is because people think they have to upgrade every year, which is actually the "safest" way to go about your phone to protect your data from exploits, but unless you flash your phone with something like Cyanogenmod, your data is already at risk, big time.
An upgradeable phone would probably be a nightmare for every phone manufacturer and consumer, depending on how open the hardware, firmware, and software is.
Even with Android, it's a constant problem with mostly hardware as it is. Limitations between upgrading the phone's specs as well as the OS can be pretty bad, and considering the majority of the planet are full of idiots that don't bother doing any type of research to actually be bothered to upgrade anything, phonebloks might wind up being an incredible niche.
Oh, also I think Google handed over the PhoneBloks concept to Motorola and Motorola *did* have a concept ( Project Ara ), but I haven't heard of anything from it since 2013.
I think Google and Motorola are working together in this .
They were suppose to release the model two months ago but they decided to push back the date
http://www.cnet.com/news/google-targeting-project-ara-phone-for-january-2015/
They were suppose to release the model two months ago but they decided to push back the date
http://www.cnet.com/news/google-targeting-project-ara-phone-for-january-2015/
I had a 4 and trust me, it was obsolete 2 years ago. I just got new phone 5 months ago
If it's really obsolete then explain to me why I still have yet to find an app or program that lags/can't be optimally run on my phone out of the hundreds that I've downloaded over 3 years. Aside from having a higher quality camera, better web connectivity, and better battery life (and to be honest I don't really care about any of these things) I don't see why I should spend another $200 on another phone when mine still works just as well as it did when I first bought it.
If you truly believe that, you're either used to the slow down, don't download or update apps often, or you're lying/exaggerating to prove a point. I'm going to assume it's the first point, because I thought the same before upgrading. I only upgraded because I dropped it for the first time in 3 years and ruined it. If you're okay with the phone that's fine, but it is lagging very much behind modern phones.
I honestly don't see it then since I never see frame-skips or slowness on any of my games or apps.