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Nexus 5. Preordered it and got it right at launch. It's been good, though there are a few build issues with the early ones (speaker grill holes are too small for one) and the camera isn't great but it's otherwise aight. It was a real bargain though, like $400 unlocked and off contract. It's two years old now but holds up pretty well in terms of specs, which was the idea.

Samsung Galaxy S5 Active. Got it last year and its a pretty solid phone. I'll prolly wait another 4 years before getting another one, by then there'll prolly be a substantial enough upgrade.
Well, I have a Motorola thing(not sure what it's called), and there are good and bad sides for it.

The good:

1.Stable screen

2.Long battery life

3.High quality camera



The bad:

1.It runs a very outdated version of android(2.3.6)

2.It has a very little amount of storage, so except for WhatsApp I can't install any games and update my other apps. It's also an issue when I need to update WhatsApp, because for some reason when WhatsApp updates, It forces everyone to update it, and sometimes there just isn't enough space.

3.very low volume compared to most phones.

I think I need to upgrade my phone, mostly because of the storage problem.
There's a way to set up Play Store so apps won't update without your consent. I have like 20 apps that came with the phone (can't be uninstalled) that have updates they would otherwise install and fill half of my internal memory. Those apps are a common reason why modern phones get so slow. Some of them have kinda massive updates.
It's easily the best thing I've done
So why the empty numb?
I know about that option, but it has nothing to do with WhatsApp. Unlike many other massaging apps, WhatsApp forces the users to update it in order to continue using it. If you have WhatsApp, you may know what I am talking about.
Originally posted by imamelia
Thirding the touchscreen comments. I have enough issues with the DS and 3DS's touchscreens (though mostly because of them being used for annoying gimmicks), and at least I get to use a stylus for those.


why are you comparing nintendo touchscreens to smartphone touchscreens? they're two massively different products.
That's strange, I've never had that trouble with WhatsApp. I try to keep it updated often though, but I can miss an update for like a week without realising... Oh well.
It's easily the best thing I've done
So why the empty numb?
I was lucky enough to get an invite for the OnePlus One when it came out q little over a year ago. Before that I had a Nexus 5, but when I got this one I quickly switched to using it as my daily driver and gifted my nexus 5 to my brother (who promptly smashed the screen, though I don't know how. Fun note: when my friend dropped his iPhone and cracked the screen, I mocked him by throwing my nexus fairly hard at the ground and showing that it didn't break. I don't know how he broke it).

The OPO is pretty cool. I especially like that it came with a community Android ROM (cyanogen) which is pretty much the only reason I bought it, and the only reason I haven't tried to get a OnePlus 2 (it doesn't come with cyanogen). It's a little big, but otherwise it's pretty cool. I use it a lot for browsing at work or as a reference when my other computers are otherwise indisposed. I'm actually writing this post on it.



Historically, I'm also a fan of for reals buttons, but I got a smartphone as a mobile internet hub (unlimited data on my plan, and some hacking so they don't know I'm tethering) and wouldn't replace it for that. With swipe text, I can almost type as fast and accurately as on for reals buttons, so that's OK as well.
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 as of early March of this year. Before that, it was an iPhone 4s.

I mainly use it for taking calls and taking pictures / videos. I don't play games on it because I have an Xbox and a Wii U for playing games.

I don't really prefer one phone OS over the other. At the end of the day, iOS and Android are way more similar than they are different, and Windows Phone is starting to look great, too. Android has more freedom when it comes to design and apps, but I find iOS to be a bit more user-intuitive at times.

Surprisingly, I do not carry my phone with me everywhere. I am not allowed to bring it to work, and when I'm at home I usually leave it sitting somewhere I am not.
Originally posted by Giant Shy Guy
why are you comparing nintendo touchscreens to smartphone touchscreens? they're two massively different products.


They're both touchscreens and the Nintendo touchscreens are easier to handle, thanks to the included touchpens. He never compared the touchscreens to begin with, he only compared the ways you control each of those touchscreens.
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Originally posted by Todd
I am not allowed to bring it to work, and when I'm at home I usually leave it sitting somewhere I am not.

Is it because it's not an Apple product? :P

But I mean, you're not allowed to have it on you at all? Or you're just not allowed to have it out and in use while you're at your station? The latter makes sense, but the former sounds a bit unreasonable to me (need phone in case of emergency and such).
I actually can imagine a few situations where not being allowed a smartphone at work makes sense. Whenever I was writing important exams in the past, I usually had to hand out my phone as well. If you're working at a company with a lot of major business secrets, not being allowed a phone would actually make sense, since you could easily use it to leak information to the outside.
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Originally posted by tcdw
It seems (only my one?) have battery issues that I can only use it in 2/3 days per charge, but it not a big deal, since I also owns a mobile power bank.

Not going to lie, that isn't really an issue if your battery is perfectly fine. At least not compared to when my phone had 60% of its battery charge, and a few hours later, it was around 10% (and I never fiddled with it in the first place, not even to go to the web). Somewhat unrelated, but my computer, when not charged, can only withstand almost an hour before finally hibernating.

As for the current topic, not bringing a phone at a place as important as your own workplace in some situations makes sense. I carry mine everywhere just in case of emergency or if I need to check what time it is to take a bus to return home safely, but I don't find myself using it as much as I did.
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Originally posted by K3fka
Originally posted by Todd
I am not allowed to bring it to work, and when I'm at home I usually leave it sitting somewhere I am not.

Is it because it's not an Apple product? :P

But I mean, you're not allowed to have it on you at all? Or you're just not allowed to have it out and in use while you're at your station? The latter makes sense, but the former sounds a bit unreasonable to me (need phone in case of emergency and such).


To clarify, you can bring a phone with you, but it must be off and concealed (in your bag if you brought one).
Originally posted by RPG Hacker
They're both touchscreens and the Nintendo touchscreens are easier to handle, thanks to the included touchpens. He never compared the touchscreens to begin with, he only compared the ways you control each of those touchscreens.


...and your point is? Did you miss the part where I said they're two completely different things?

The touchscreen on Nintendo devices is not the same as a touchscreen on smart phone devices. There's a reason why Nintendo touchscreens primarily needs a stylus, and why it's embossed into the handheld. The touchscreen is "screen resistive", and, arguably, better for the precision gaming asks for. You see and use screen resistive touchscreen in cashiers and kiosks, where a pen is uses to write a signature.

The touchscreen on smartphone devices are "capacitive". They're made to be used with fingers, and to react to fingers. That's why most smartphones don't NEED a stylus (and how most of them won't work with a stylus), it's because a different glass and different device altogether. Have you tried taking a stylus and using it on smooth glass? It's not intuitive. Capacitive screens are far better for phones in the first place, since they're more accessible than taking out a stylus, as well as they have better displays.

Comparing the two is like comparing "drawing on a chalkboard usng chalk" and "drawing on paper using a pencil". Whether or not he was comparing using fingers vs. using a stylus, the touchscreens themselves are two different things.
Yes, I'm perfectly aware of the difference between Nintendo's touchscreens and the touchscreens in smartphones. Thanks for the "lesson".

Originally posted by Giant Shy Guy
Comparing the two is like comparing "drawing on a chalkboard usng chalk" and "drawing on paper using a pencil".


Which is a completely fine comparison. Chalk on a chalkboard draws differently than a pencil on paper. A pencil on paper is much more accurate. Just like a stylus on one of Nintendo's touchscreens is more accurate than a finger on a multitouch touchscreen. I don't get what makes you think that comparing these two is pointless. Yes, they're different. Well, DUH! Of course they're different. There is not much point in comparing two things which are exactly the same. Yet both kinds of touchscreen are still similar enough to make a comparison possible in the first place. They're both touchscreens. They're both interfaces for turning touch inputs into data. Why would it not make sense to compare them? A PC and a laptop are different things, yet you can still compare them. A console and a handheld are two different things, yet you can compare them. You can also compare a Wii U to a PS4 even though they're different things. And THAT was my whole point. I just don't see how the fact that two things are different automatically invalidates a comparison. Isn't that the whole point of a comparion in the first place? To compare DIFFERENT things to each other? Comparing two things to each other is not the same as claiming two things are the same.
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Originally posted by RPG Hacker
Yes, I'm perfectly aware of the difference between Nintendo's touchscreens and the touchscreens in smartphones. Thanks for the "lesson".

Originally posted by Giant Shy Guy
Comparing the two is like comparing "drawing on a chalkboard usng chalk" and "drawing on paper using a pencil".


Which is a completely fine comparison. Chalk on a chalkboard draws differently than a pencil on paper. A pencil on paper is much more accurate. Just like a stylus on one of Nintendo's touchscreens is more accurate than a finger on a multitouch touchscreen. I don't get what makes you think that comparing these two is pointless. Yes, they're different. Well, DUH! Of course they're different. There is not much point in comparing two things which are exactly the same. Yet both kinds of touchscreen are still similar enough to make a comparison possible in the first place. They're both touchscreens. They're both interfaces for turning touch inputs into data. Why would it not make sense to compare them? A PC and a laptop are different things, yet you can still compare them. A console and a handheld are two different things, yet you can compare them. You can also compare a Wii U to a PS4 even though they're different things. And THAT was my whole point. I just don't see how the fact that two things are different automatically invalidates a comparison. Isn't that the whole point of a comparion in the first place? To compare DIFFERENT things to each other? Comparing two things to each other is not the same as claiming two things are the same.


it's a bad comparison because the purpose is totally different. it's stupid to complain about touchscreen phones not coming with a stylus. smartphone apps are designed so that you don't need that level of precision, and trying to use a stylus for things like typing is slow as hell because you only have one stylus vs two thumbs. it makes sense for nintendo devices to come with a stylus because of the purpose of the device and the technology used in the touchscreen. as you said, you can compare a console and a handheld because they do the same thing. a cell phone and a gaming handheld do not. might as well complain about cell phones not having a d-pad while you're at it.

I still don't get your point. Just because something is "by design" or "by design different" still doesn't mean you can't compare it. Yes, they have different purposes, but that doesn't even really matter here. Even for typing text I'd rather use a touchpen and just one hand than two fingers. Your argument isn't even really valid, either. Using two fingers may be faster, but the touchscreens are so inaccurate and the buttons usually so small that you spend so much more time correcting typos, which totally negates any potential speed benefits. The same goes for pretty much all other areas of a smartphone. If they really designed smartphones "to require less accuracy", they sure did a horrible job at that, because I just always do so many things I didn't mean to do because it either registers "holding" as "touching" or registers a touch were I didn't make one.

Anyways, that is completely besides the point. Yes, smartphones and handhelds do different things, I absolutely acknowledge that. But certain components of both devices still do similar things. Both devices have touchscreens which both devices use to get touch input. We were never even comparing handhelds to smartphones, nor were we comparing "what you do with a handheld" VS "what you do with a smartphone". We were just comparing how both kinds of touchscreens work and concluded that you can work more accurately with the kind of touchscreens that use touchpens and that we prefer those. Yes, even for smartphone-related tasks.

Again, just because two things are different or have different purposes doesn't mean you can't compare them. Dogs and fish are different and have entirely different purposes. Dogs are made for living on land and fish are made for living in the water. Yet still both animals have mouths and even though these are designed very different from each other (different teeth, different tongues etc.), they're still essentially used for the same thing, eating food. The same goes for handhelds and smartphones. Yes, they're different, yes, they have different purposes, yes, even their touchscreens are different, but both touchscreens still have a similar purpose, getting touch input, and therefore a comparison is totally fine. I don't know what kind of unwritten law there is that regulates what kind of things you are allowed to compare and what kind of things you aren't.

Originally posted by ergazoobi
might as well complain about cell phones not having a d-pad while you're at it.


Even that would be a valid complaint. Yes, smartphones weren't originally designed for gaming, but that doesn't change the fact that, by now, gaming has become a major part of smartphones; and while a lot of games play fine with just a touchscreen, developers keep pouring out games for smartphones that just would work a lot better with a D-Pad and buttons. Because of this, smartphones have now essentially become some kind of gaming device, even though that wasn't their original purpose, and therefore it would be totally fine to complain about smartphones not having D-Pads or buttons. Even though I personally wouldn't ever do that, since I wouldn't use a smartphone for that kind of games, anyways. Just saying that I would completely understand if someone complained about that. In fact, I'm 95% sure that a lot of people DID already complain about this.
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Honestly, typing on a screen you're not used to is death, but you get used to it. I really don't have too much trouble on typing considerable size posts like this one nowadays, as I did before. It's still a bit difficult to type on my friends' phones though, because their keypad sizes are different. If you spent more time with your smartphone I'm sure you'd be able to tell that.
It's easily the best thing I've done
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