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  • T TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

    Get an Obamaphone!

    If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
    You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
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    Sander Rossel
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    Did you mean Bananaphone[^]? :D

    It's an OO world.

    public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
    {
    public void DoWork()
    {
    throw new NotSupportedException();
    }
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    • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

      Google decided to stop supporting Windows Sync (or whatever it's called) last year. I have Windows 7.8 (I believe) and my Gmail account that I set up about two years ago worked without any problems. It synced mail as soon as I got it, it would delete mails on the server if I deleted them on my phone, it would mark mails as read when I read them, etc. I set up a new account and it does none of that... It doesn't sync contacts at all and the best I can do with email is to check once every 15 mins, I receive sent mail in my inbox, when I delete them on my phone it doesn't delete them on the server etc. I don't use a calendar, but I know that won't sync either. I believe it would work on Windows 8.1 and probably also on 10, but I don't think Windows will catch up (any time soon) with the amount of apps that are available for Android any time soon. iPhone would've been a good go too if it weren't made and priced by Apple ;)

      It's an OO world.

      public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
      {
      public void DoWork()
      {
      throw new NotSupportedException();
      }
      }

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      Tom Deketelaere
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      Sander Rossel wrote:

      once every 15 mins

      Ah you mean that, yeah I noticed that as well but I guess it doesn't really bother me that much. It does sync (almost) instantly with my surface rt tho.

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      • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

        Any recommendations? All I know is that I want an Android phone with an okay camera (at least 8 megapixel) and not to expensive (which is subjective, of course). I'm not very gadget savvy and all these phones are making my head spin... Samsung, LG, Huawei, HTC, Motorola, Acer... :wtf: Of course I'd rather just buy Nokia, but I've had it with Windows Phone. It looks nice, it works well, but it doesn't have the apps I want and Google's decision to not support synching on Windows Phone has made it pretty useless for me...

        It's an OO world.

        public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
        {
        public void DoWork()
        {
        throw new NotSupportedException();
        }
        }

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        Mycroft Holmes
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        If you like the big screens then the Note 4 is nice. I upgraded from a note 1 :-O

        Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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        • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

          Any recommendations? All I know is that I want an Android phone with an okay camera (at least 8 megapixel) and not to expensive (which is subjective, of course). I'm not very gadget savvy and all these phones are making my head spin... Samsung, LG, Huawei, HTC, Motorola, Acer... :wtf: Of course I'd rather just buy Nokia, but I've had it with Windows Phone. It looks nice, it works well, but it doesn't have the apps I want and Google's decision to not support synching on Windows Phone has made it pretty useless for me...

          It's an OO world.

          public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
          {
          public void DoWork()
          {
          throw new NotSupportedException();
          }
          }

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          MikeD 2
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          this kind of stuff does my head in as well but I bit the bullet and ordered a upgrade contract with a sony xperia Z3 yesterday my decision was based on battery life, camera quality, dust/water proof and commitment from sony to upgrade to Lollipop next year (I was so pissed upset at HTC that they never updated my HD2 from windows 6.5) oh and the fact that the Z3 apparently MAKES PHONE CALLS as well. Who knew you could do that away from the house of course it may all turn out to be pies in the sky but at least I am happy waiting for it to arrive Now all I need is for the indoors signal where I live to be upgraded past intermittent GPRS and I will be able to use it as well

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          • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

            Any recommendations? All I know is that I want an Android phone with an okay camera (at least 8 megapixel) and not to expensive (which is subjective, of course). I'm not very gadget savvy and all these phones are making my head spin... Samsung, LG, Huawei, HTC, Motorola, Acer... :wtf: Of course I'd rather just buy Nokia, but I've had it with Windows Phone. It looks nice, it works well, but it doesn't have the apps I want and Google's decision to not support synching on Windows Phone has made it pretty useless for me...

            It's an OO world.

            public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
            {
            public void DoWork()
            {
            throw new NotSupportedException();
            }
            }

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            Lost User
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            #20

            Try the Motorola G 2nd generation. 5 inch screen, dual sims and you can add an micro SD card up to 32Gb. All for £144 quid from Amazon in the UK.

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            • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

              Looking pretty good. Compared it to the S4 and I might even go for that one... As it seems everything is better than my current phone though (Nokia Lumia 800) :laugh:

              It's an OO world.

              public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
              {
              public void DoWork()
              {
              throw new NotSupportedException();
              }
              }

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              Fabio Franco
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              Sander Rossel wrote:

              my current phone though (Nokia Lumia 800

              I understand your frustration. You're stuck with windows phone 7, as I was (Lumia 900) and I can assure you that you would be pleased with Windows 8 phones (I currently own a Lumia 920). There are many (really, many) more apps and they are much better; the OS is much better. There are very cheap choices of windows phone. The Lumia 920 itself is very cheap now (as the current flagship is the 930) and the camera is great. Is there any app in particular you think you won't find in windows 8?

              To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson ---- Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction - Francis Picabia

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              • F Fabio Franco

                Sander Rossel wrote:

                my current phone though (Nokia Lumia 800

                I understand your frustration. You're stuck with windows phone 7, as I was (Lumia 900) and I can assure you that you would be pleased with Windows 8 phones (I currently own a Lumia 920). There are many (really, many) more apps and they are much better; the OS is much better. There are very cheap choices of windows phone. The Lumia 920 itself is very cheap now (as the current flagship is the 930) and the camera is great. Is there any app in particular you think you won't find in windows 8?

                To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson ---- Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction - Francis Picabia

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                Sander Rossel
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                Fabio Franco wrote:

                Is there any app in particular you think you won't find in windows 8?

                The apps everyone knows about aren't the problem. Sure they all have Whatsapp (basically the only app I use), and probably some other apps I like, like IMDb app, Dilbert app, 9GAG app... It's the small apps, like a few weeks back when I was going for a walk. There was an app for walking routes in that area, but it was only available for iPhone and Android. It's those kind of apps that I'm missing on Windows Phone, simply because the smaller niche market isn't focusing on Windows Phone.

                It's an OO world.

                public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
                {
                public void DoWork()
                {
                throw new NotSupportedException();
                }
                }

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                • L Lost User

                  Try the Motorola G 2nd generation. 5 inch screen, dual sims and you can add an micro SD card up to 32Gb. All for £144 quid from Amazon in the UK.

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                  Sander Rossel
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                  #23

                  Why would I want dual sim?

                  It's an OO world.

                  public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
                  {
                  public void DoWork()
                  {
                  throw new NotSupportedException();
                  }
                  }

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                  • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                    Any recommendations? All I know is that I want an Android phone with an okay camera (at least 8 megapixel) and not to expensive (which is subjective, of course). I'm not very gadget savvy and all these phones are making my head spin... Samsung, LG, Huawei, HTC, Motorola, Acer... :wtf: Of course I'd rather just buy Nokia, but I've had it with Windows Phone. It looks nice, it works well, but it doesn't have the apps I want and Google's decision to not support synching on Windows Phone has made it pretty useless for me...

                    It's an OO world.

                    public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
                    {
                    public void DoWork()
                    {
                    throw new NotSupportedException();
                    }
                    }

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                    Solo73
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                    #24

                    Take a look at OnePlus One (www.oneplus.net[^])

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                    • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                      Any recommendations? All I know is that I want an Android phone with an okay camera (at least 8 megapixel) and not to expensive (which is subjective, of course). I'm not very gadget savvy and all these phones are making my head spin... Samsung, LG, Huawei, HTC, Motorola, Acer... :wtf: Of course I'd rather just buy Nokia, but I've had it with Windows Phone. It looks nice, it works well, but it doesn't have the apps I want and Google's decision to not support synching on Windows Phone has made it pretty useless for me...

                      It's an OO world.

                      public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
                      {
                      public void DoWork()
                      {
                      throw new NotSupportedException();
                      }
                      }

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                      Tomz_KV
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                      #25

                      MOTO G 2014 seems to be an option.

                      TOMZ_KV

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                      • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                        Any recommendations? All I know is that I want an Android phone with an okay camera (at least 8 megapixel) and not to expensive (which is subjective, of course). I'm not very gadget savvy and all these phones are making my head spin... Samsung, LG, Huawei, HTC, Motorola, Acer... :wtf: Of course I'd rather just buy Nokia, but I've had it with Windows Phone. It looks nice, it works well, but it doesn't have the apps I want and Google's decision to not support synching on Windows Phone has made it pretty useless for me...

                        It's an OO world.

                        public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
                        {
                        public void DoWork()
                        {
                        throw new NotSupportedException();
                        }
                        }

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                        code_junkie
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                        #26

                        "Google's decision to not support synching on Windows Phone has made it pretty useless for me..." Why in the world would you even want to sync with an advertising company???

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                          Why would I want dual sim?

                          It's an OO world.

                          public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
                          {
                          public void DoWork()
                          {
                          throw new NotSupportedException();
                          }
                          }

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                          Lost User
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                          Because my dear Sir, it's a really good phone for the money! ;P http://www.amazon.co.uk/Motorola-5-Inch-SIM-Free-Smartphone-XT1068-Black/dp/B00NBSZ56C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413988847&sr=8-1&keywords=moto+g+2014[^]

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                          • C code_junkie

                            "Google's decision to not support synching on Windows Phone has made it pretty useless for me..." Why in the world would you even want to sync with an advertising company???

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                            Lost User
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                            So he can keep up with his adverts!

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                            • S Solo73

                              Take a look at OnePlus One (www.oneplus.net[^])

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                              dave kelly
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                              I would second the OnePlus One Had mine a few months, outperforms most other flagship phones for less than 1/2 the price. Was a bit hard to get hold of, not sure how easy now but worth the effort.

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                              • L Lost User

                                Because my dear Sir, it's a really good phone for the money! ;P http://www.amazon.co.uk/Motorola-5-Inch-SIM-Free-Smartphone-XT1068-Black/dp/B00NBSZ56C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413988847&sr=8-1&keywords=moto+g+2014[^]

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                                Sander Rossel
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                                It's camera is only 5 megapixel. I want at least 8. So that's a no :)

                                It's an OO world.

                                public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
                                {
                                public void DoWork()
                                {
                                throw new NotSupportedException();
                                }
                                }

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                                • S Solo73

                                  Take a look at OnePlus One (www.oneplus.net[^])

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                                  Sander Rossel
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                                  #31

                                  It seems a little... Alternative... Probably not my thing. I want to make phone calls and I'm not even sure this thing can handle it, despite it's beautiful layout.

                                  It's an OO world.

                                  public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
                                  {
                                  public void DoWork()
                                  {
                                  throw new NotSupportedException();
                                  }
                                  }

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                                  • C code_junkie

                                    "Google's decision to not support synching on Windows Phone has made it pretty useless for me..." Why in the world would you even want to sync with an advertising company???

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                                    Sander Rossel
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                                    #32

                                    Really, do they advertise? I haven't noticed since I have adblock on my PC and I never got an ad on my phone either. All I know is they have the best search engine around (Bing isn't even close!), they have a pretty sweet free email service, they have a pretty good browser that does everything I expect from a browser and they are the biggest player in the mobile phone market. Am I concerned about privacy? They're probably not as bad as Facebook (what I don't have)... The alternative is Apple (iPhone, Safari, do they have a search engine and email service?), but I'm not an iDiot who buys mediocre overpriced stuff because it has some brand. And then there's Microsoft, but as said I've had it with my Windows Phone, Bing and IE suck, I'm not sure they take my privacy any more serious than Google, and Outlook is pretty nice, but doesn't offer some of the features I like about Gmail. Other tech giants like Facebook or Amazon don't offer phones, search engines, free email, a browser... At least not that I know of. So yeah, I decided to just switch to Google... To bad there isn't much in terms of alternatives.

                                    It's an OO world.

                                    public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
                                    {
                                    public void DoWork()
                                    {
                                    throw new NotSupportedException();
                                    }
                                    }

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                                    • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                                      It's camera is only 5 megapixel. I want at least 8. So that's a no :)

                                      It's an OO world.

                                      public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
                                      {
                                      public void DoWork()
                                      {
                                      throw new NotSupportedException();
                                      }
                                      }

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                                      Lost User
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                                      What do you expect for 142 quid! It's a bargain. Anyway, let's get real about this, if the phone doesn't have decent optics, it don't matter squat how many pixels it's got, it'll still produce a crap image. How you can tell whether a phone has good optics? - now there's a question - wish I knew!

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                                      • L Lost User

                                        What do you expect for 142 quid! It's a bargain. Anyway, let's get real about this, if the phone doesn't have decent optics, it don't matter squat how many pixels it's got, it'll still produce a crap image. How you can tell whether a phone has good optics? - now there's a question - wish I knew!

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                                        Sander Rossel
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                                        #34

                                        I somehow assume that if a phone has many megapixels it can produce good photo's. One thing is for sure, if the camera sucks the pictures will suck :D

                                        It's an OO world.

                                        public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
                                        {
                                        public void DoWork()
                                        {
                                        throw new NotSupportedException();
                                        }
                                        }

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                                        • L Lost User

                                          So he can keep up with his adverts!

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                                          Sander Rossel
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                                          #35

                                          I never miss a bargain! (Except that one on the Motorola with 5mp camera) :laugh:

                                          It's an OO world.

                                          public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
                                          {
                                          public void DoWork()
                                          {
                                          throw new NotSupportedException();
                                          }
                                          }

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