I'm afraid I'm really going to miss it. Having letters, numbers, and
arrow keys all available all the time without losing 1/2 the screen.
I've never had a smartphone without a physical keyboard. Do Bluetooth
keyboards work well?
On 1/6/2016 1:58 PM, Rory Conaway wrote:
My ideal phone, Samsung Note 5 with slide out keyboard and removable battery.
The reality, Samsung Note 5 with neither.
Rory
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From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Nate Burke
Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2016 12:52 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Cell Phones
Yes. Love it, Don't want to give it up.
On 1/6/2016 1:41 PM, Jay Weekley wrote:
Is yours the one with the keyboard that slides out?
Nate Burke wrote:
Never had a problem with it. Only time it reboots is when it thinks
it's run out of battery.
On 1/6/2016 1:15 PM, Jay Weekley wrote:
Does your spontaneously reboot from time to time?
Nate Burke wrote:
I'm on a droid 4 now, Battery is starting to get weak, but
otherwise fine.� Walk outside with it and the battery drops to
5%.�
On 1/6/2016 10:54 AM, George Skorup wrote:
I'm two years into my first gen Moto X and it still works fine.
Mine got Android 5.1 a couple months ago.
On 1/6/2016 10:48 AM, Josh Luthman wrote:
Droid Turbo meets those.� I primarily want battery life and
that thing delivers.� Never had cold effect the speaker at
all, but it definitely drops the battery like a brick.
Josh Luthman
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On Jan 6, 2016 11:42 AM, "Nate Burke" <n...@blastcomm.com
<mailto:n...@blastcomm.com>> wrote:
The Boss got a new toy for Christmas and it won't work with his
old Smartphone, so he's looking to upgrade.� I'm happy
with my
ancient smartphone, so I haven't had a reason to pay attention
to the 'new' things that are out there.� In looking at what's
out there now, It seems like MicroSD cards are going away, as
well as removable batteries.� Do they just figure that
everything goes to and from the cloud now, and doesn't need to
be stored on the phone?� We'll stick with Android phones.
The Samsung Edge6 and Note 5 look to be almost the same thing,
but no SD card.� I thought I remembered seeing a TV ad for a
Sony phone where they were using it outside, then washed it off
under a faucet, but I can't remember which model it was.
Some things that would be nice to have:
Rugged, survive a drop from a couple feet while working outside.
Decent screen size, and daylight viewable.
Good battery, especially in cold.
Good Speaker phone
Minor weather resistance, splashes etc, not submersion.
I like how the CAT phones look http://www.catphones.com but with
that size of screen, I'm afraid if you need a keyboard, you'll
lose too much screen real estate.
Any Brands/models I need to go check out?
