Recent content by ezaz

How much time were you getting on average with the Note 4? The S6/S6 Edge is going to well below that (assuming your apps, usage, carrier, etc. haven't changed significantly since you used the Note). Remember the S6/S6 Edge are smaller phones with smaller batteries, so even if battery life...

It will depend on a lot of factors, but certainly battery life is not a strength of the S6 and S6 Edge. I've got three phones running now and clearly the S6 Edge is the most "challenged" of the group. Part of that could be carrier signal issues, but generally it reminds me of the original...

Ditto on that comment. I always have flash off as the default setting since it rarely helps and often makes things worse. First, if it is effective it will tend to create harsh lighting and artificial looking shots in most cases. Second, the flash only really adds to light for things that are...

I think you need to consider what you want/don't want from a phone and what's important to you. As well, it may be important whether you have ever "switched" in the past (be it computer OSs, phone OSs, etc.). My last iPhone was a 5S which I've now retired entirely in favor of Android phones...

Apple's fee comes from the banks, so it doesn't cost Walmart any more to take Apple Pay than it would to accept Samsung Pay or a traditional credit card. Their beef isn't really with Apple, per se. It's with the credit card companies and that's the vehicle that Apple (and Google) are using...

Apple gets the fee through the banks and the credit card charge. Visa, et al, changed that rule shortly after Apple did their deal, so Google and Samsung will not get a cut of that fee and, presumably, neither will Apple once their current agreements expire.

The Walmart "problem" is they are trying to get out of credit card fees, which is why they have disabled NFC. While Apple made a big deal of "partners" the reality is that their partners have been entities that were accepting NFC (and so took Google Wallet as well). They have their system they...

I've seen it ask for the PIN as well if I've had the phone unlocked for a period of time before I go up to the register. My Moto X doesn't have any trusted devices linked to it, so I always unlock it with a PIN. My suspicion is that there is a timer that runs from the time you authenticate...

I've seen the same thing. Local convenience store/gas station added IC card machines without NFC. So that store isn't very likely to support Apple Pay or Android Pay for a few years (they will likely use the new terminals until they either die or are forced to change again). I know a lot of...

Banks just aren't terribly fast in doing new things, and I suspect their experience with Apple Pay and people adding fraudulent cards to the devices made them a bit more gun shy this time to make sure they really, really know they are approving adding a card that goes with the phone in question...

I suspect that if you have an already activated SIM on Sprint (generally meaning you already have an LTE capable Sprint phone) that fits the 5X it should work--it has the radios. If not, I believe the phone would need to get activated by Sprint with a Sprint SIM installed. That said, Sprint...