Yeah, no reason to rush and with all the reports of terrible battery life i'd rather just stay with the G3 for a few more months.
I'll be rolling with the S7 Edge next month. It'll be too good to pass up. The LG G5 will be top notch too, but Ive had the G2 and G3, so I'm ready to go back to Samsung bc their screens are the best.
I'm considering the jump to the S7 from my s6 edge. Not sure though and even less sure on edge vs regular flat screen
How do you like the Edge? Wondering the same - flat vs curved. Curved still seems gimmicky to me. Doesn't look all that cool either. But maybe it'd grow on me?
Got it on Friday. It's pretty good. There is more than a little bit of bloatware that can't be removed. I just disable it and I guess that's the best I can do. The camera is pretty poor and the battery life leaves something to be desired, but other than that it's fine. Especially for $100.
The phone is great performance wise. It handles anything I run and rarely lags. The screen is cool, but it prevents getting a good waterproof case which I really need.
What kind of battery life are you getting with it? I've been getting pretty great battery life. I can get about 2.5 hours of screen on time in a day with about 50% left with light usage (just listening to podcasts, reading text, web browsing, and some youtube). If your battery life is much worse than that, I would think about getting a replacement. I wouldn't be surprised if some of these phone have bad batteries.
The curve is gimmicky imo, my friend had it but returned it and get a normal s6. I mean it's pretty cool in the beginning, but the novelty wore off in like a day because it adds no real functions. plus visually it's kind of awkward, at least for me.
It's not doing terribly, but I got excellent battery life out of the Moto G. This is less than excellent. And here's a dumb question... When I send pictures I've taken with the camera via text, it compresses the hell out of them making them super pixelated. How do I fix this? Is there a way to send full resolution pics via text? I've never noticed the pics to look so bad before.
Via text? No. MMS Carrier limitations Other options send via: whatsapp, telegram, email, hangouts, etc Or upload to Dropbox/Google Drive send link from there.
There's no way to send them a thing that they have to click on and download to look at the picture? Isn't that how iPhones send mms? When I receive pictures in a text message from an iPhone they don't look super pixelated (once I click it and download it).
Yes, you can use Google Drive to send them a link. Google Drive is available in the Google PlayStore.
The reason Im going with the Edge over the flat screen on the S7 is because the rumor is that the Edge will get a 3600 mAh battery compared to 3000 mAh on the flat screen. Also, the screen is larger on the Edge and that's what I want. (Yes, the battery drain will be greater, but the 3600 mAh battery should make up for that, and then some).
When I get a text pic from an iPhone it comes through as a slideshow. I have to click on it and it opens and downloads the photo in high(ish) resolution. That's what I'm trying to do. Yet, even if I try to send a slideshow, it compresses the hell out of it and makes it very pixelated. I've never had this problem before with any phone. Just this one.
There are carrier limitations on MMS but many times messaging apps add a layer onto that. Particularly phones from Asia where data compression is more valued because of stricter data limits. I'd suggest trying an alternative text messaging app (like Textra or Hangouts) and see if it compression is as bad.
Yep like the other folks said, check your messaging app's settings. The default setting on the messaging app on the Vivo XL is 300kb. You can change it by going to into the app > More > size limit . Though when I set it to 1M, it wasn't able to send (on t-mobile), it gave me size limit error. I tried it in Textra and it was able to send a 1mb mms perfectly fine. So i would just use a different texting app.
Thanks! This worked. Set it to 1M and all is well now. Thanks and rep to all 3 for your help. Sorry for being n00b.
