Thread of Cellphones

Postby **dodint** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 2:33 pm

I'm in my own little war with Sprint right now:

https://twitter.com/NathanGess/status/7 ... 7297891328

Postby **eddy** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 10:03 am

for android phones, under settings > accounts , do you guys have auto sync data checked or unchecked? Trying to save some battery life on my phone and I don't know if this helps

Postby **tifosi77** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 2:58 pm

I'm in my own little war with Sprint right now:

https://twitter.com/NathanGess/status/7 ... 7297891328

They're 'unaware'?

That's rich.

Postby **dodint** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 2:59 pm

They figured it out. Returned it to a corporate 'store within a store', a kiosk in an old Radioshack. Everything has worked out in the end, it just took for-ev-r.

Postby **dodint** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 9:18 pm

Holy ****.

Replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phone catches fire on Southwest plane

If this is true, Samsung is proper f'd.

Hopefully this will kill any future idea of a sealed battery phone from them.

Postby **willeyeam** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 11:15 pm

Southwest attendants warned us this week not to have a note 7 powered on. I was a little afraid of that happening.. People don't always listen

Postby **dodint** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 11:16 pm

It wasn't powered on.

Postby **willeyeam** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 11:18 pm

Oh replacement, they're effed. I didn't know what you meant by that.

Reading the story it started to pop while he powered it down after overheating

Postby **Viva la Ben** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 2:08 pm

So Samsung has recalled every note 7, and ceased production. The return kit includes gloves so you don't get burned. Will future releases come with gloves ootb?

Postby **columbia** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 2:10 pm

Seems like an opportunity for grey market cell phone gloves.

Postby **dodint** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 4:10 pm

When I returned mine to the store they had fireproof envelopes so they could send them back through airmail.

Postby **columbia** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 4:15 pm

Calling an EOD unit would have been a better idea.

Postby **count2infinity** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 4:17 pm

Anyone here have Google Fi? Looks intriguing, especially once the Pixel comes to market.

Postby **Morkle** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 4:31 pm

Not sure if Google Fi is available in Pittsburgh? Also - the Samsung thing was totally to get the drop on the new iPhone - that was documented. How embarrassing.

Postby **dodint** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 4:37 pm

My Androidophobe friend is pressuring me to get the Pixel and switch to Google Fi. I'm not personally interested because I've had poor experiences with calling over WiFi.

Postby **Morkle** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 5:02 pm

Hmm, I use calling over wifi with Verizon and I prefer it actually. I have terrible reception at my house - so wifi calling is all I ever use.

Postby **count2infinity** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 5:55 pm

Google Fi doesn't require calling over wifi... they ping from 3 carrier's towers, I believe.

Postby **columbia** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 6:17 pm

Hmm, I use calling over wifi with Verizon and I prefer it actually. I have terrible reception at my house - so wifi calling is all I ever use.

How did you activate that feature?

Postby **dodint** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 6:29 pm

Source of the post Google Fi doesn't require calling over wifi...

This statement is disingenuous but technically correct, so whatever.

You could buy an airplane and just taxi around never leaving the ground if you wanted. That's not how it was designed, intended, or marketed. But you could.

Postby **willeyeam** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 6:32 pm

hmm I just looked into this Google Fi.. seems enticing

Postby **dodint** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 6:34 pm

Yeah, if the Note 8 is a warmed over (no pun intended) Note 7 I might jump to Google Pixel on Fi. It would be my first carrier jump in almost 15 years.

Postby **columbia** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 6:36 pm

I have no doubt that I'm switching when I "need" a new phone.

Postby **dodint** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 6:37 pm

Well, if you treat your phone like you do your tires, that could be any day now.

Postby **columbia** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 6:39 pm

Yes. Perhaps by the morning.

Postby **willeyeam** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 6:54 pm

I was debating getting a Pixel with verizon if the reviews came back decent.. Might just have to do it thru Google Fi