That actually solved both problems. The LED notification light works now! Woohoo! Yesterday when I took my phone out of my pocket it was at a weird black screen with several options. I chose "Reboot" because all the other ones seemed like they were reset stuff in my phone. So maybe that + marking it as important did the trick?
Now that the the preorder is available on the s7, I have to decide on the regular s7 or the s7 edge. After spending a year with the Edge, I'd have to say I think the curved Edge is gimmicky. It looks real, cool, but I never really found any use for it, plus the fact that nobody ever released a waterproof case for the Edge really burned me. The size of the s7 is just .02" difference in height, so I'm already familiar with the size, but all performance jumps, including water resistancem battery size, and RAM really make it a great choice. In addition, my overall bill will actually drop a little, plus a free VR headset and a free year of Netflix seals the deal! S7 Jump, here I come! http://www.t-mobile.com/cell-phones/samsung-galaxy-s7.html?icid=WMD_TM_Q116SMSNGG_BOW34PTNDYH4105
I'm definitely interested in the S7. My iPhone 5S contract expired in December but I'm fighting off the urge to get one right away. I want to see what the iPhone 7 looks like.
Here's the thing with Samsung. Either pre-order and get the free goodies (depending on the offer you'll get a free VR headset, a Gear S2 smartwatch and/or a year of Netflix) or wait 6 months for price cuts on the S7 line. But don't wait a month and buy it after the free goodies are gone. That to me is the worst time to buy. Even if you dont want a VR headset, smartwatch, or netflix, you can always resell those and get some free cash out of them.
I guess I haven't upgraded at ATT in a while. What the hell am I looking at? I used to pay $200 for a new phone and be done with it. Now they have options for pee-pee games and some absurd option to pay $200+ AND THEN $20/month on top? What? Installments? What am now, a poor?
Just buy the phone outright then do monthly payments for $40. Of course, if you're wanting a top of the line phone, this means you'll be paying a crap load up front. So the lesson here is: don't get a top of the line phone.
It used to be $200 or $300 and you're done with it when you extend for 2-years. What's up with the monthly Texas Tech dink and dunk offense, now? When did this happen? What did y'all buyers let them bend you over like this?
The phones used to be subsidized, you pay $200 upfront and then have to pay $80+ a month. Now instead of all that, you may pay $50 a month for data and then $30 to buy the phone. Either way you still get overcharged by the phone companies but it's not more expensive than it used to be.
Yea ATT also did away with subsidized phone with 2 year contracts. Now you pay for the service and for the phone separately. That screen you're seeing is just ATT offering interest free financing on the full price of the new phone. Is your phone bill less now than when it was when you last signed a 2 year contract? ATT should've separated out your bill to the service portion and the phone subsidy portion (maybe not explicitly) and stopped charging you for the phone subsidy.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35648857 Mi 5. For 300 bucks it is a crazy good phone. Too bad it doesn't support all the US LTE Bands. I don't know how Samsung and Apple can continue to charge 600+ for a phone.
People must not know there are other options. The majority of smart phone users only need a budget or mid-tier phone at best, but they think they need all the latest and greatest features to browse Facebook and Instagram and stream YouTube.
was looking at this earlier. i'd be all over this bad boy if the lte bands were there. i've had nothing but good experiences running miui roms in the past. hopefully it makes it's way over stateside.
The current rumors suggests that the Mi5 will have US LTE band support. This is rather unexpected and a first from Xiaomi. This could be quite a steal if it's not too hard to get your hands on one. Quote from the Anandtech hands on
All it takes is one quirky issue to make a multi-hundred dollar phone and turn it into near useless phone. "Crazy good phone" is not very useful if you have battery issues, speaker issues, reception issues, ect ...
I'd much rather have it this way. Previously, you had to pay $200 every 2 years and get a top of the line phone, otherwise your monthly service plan was overcharging you to subsidize other people's phones. Now, you can buy a midrange phone if you want, or even a cheap one—the difference is you can actually pay less if you want. Plus, being a Nexus guy, that means I can pay less than $400 to buy my phone outright, then never pay phone companies a dime for hardware. On top of that, it also means the stupid 2 (and sometimes 3) year service contract crap is gone. If your phone company pisses you off, you can leave whenever you want now. At the very least, it gives them more of an incentive to not suck at customer service.
I agree but Xiaomi isn't some random company that popped up. They're a well established company at this point. I have relatives that have regularly purchased Xiaomi phones. The Mi3 and Mi4 also had the the latest octo-core Snapdragon processor. This isn't something new at this point. The other nice thing about Xiaomi is that they more or less encourage ROM swapping which is good because Xiaomi's UI is pretty terrible. Many Chinese manufacturers mimic iOS but Xiaomi might be the worst in that respect. Even cooler, Microsoft supports flashing W10 Mobile on some Xiaomi devices. (Microsoft is also planning on supporting W10 Mobile for the One Plus 2 as well)
Looks like the new Mi5 will have LTE support for every US carrier. The LTE support on the device will be truly global which is fantastic. They even threw in CDMA 1x support and support for Sprint and Verizon LTE bands. I'm really tempted to get one if they choose to sell it in the US.
