Cell phones survey

wrx7m

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.

Obsolesce

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+!!

AdamF

@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+!!

True story! No way am I paying that for a cell phone. You can get a great laptop for that price.

Kelly

If you're already a consumer of Amazon's services, you can get a Moto 5 Plus for a pretty reasonable price. It isn't a flagship phone, but it does everything I need it to, and at a price I can afford to replace (if it gets broken). I really like what Moto is doing with their software on the main button on the phone. It is a fingerprint reader like so many others, but if you set it up you can use it as a home button, a la iPhone. If you swipe left it goes back, if you swipe right it opens your app switcher, and if you do a long press it locks your phone. They've also used the gyro scope to give you easy access to things like the flashlight (two chopping motions), camera (twist your wrist while holding the phone), etc.

Kelly

https://www.amazon.com/Moto-Plus-5th-Generation-Lockscreen/dp/B01N6NTIRH/ref=sr_1_3?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1505416177&sr=1-3&keywords=moto+g5+plus

AdamF

@tim_g said in Cell phones survey:

Asus Zenfone 4 Pro.

That is a sweet looking phone.

Minion Queen

@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.

Dashrender

@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.

Dashrender

@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

Obsolesce

@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)

Obsolesce

@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.

black3dynamite

@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.

Dashrender

@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?

Obsolesce

@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).

Obsolesce

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.

Dashrender

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.

scottalanmiller

I have the 128GB iPhone 7+, but I think Asus will be my next phone (and watch.)

Dashrender

@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.

Minion Queen

@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.

Dashrender

@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..