Recent content by kertong

As for #2 - the only thing I've come close to is using Nova Launcher and enabling "hide notification bar" - but then you can't see your notification tray, which is ok if you get the red "splat" icon on your apps that have notifications... but you lose that too as it's specific to BB launcher...

This bothers me as well - what bothers me even more than the boot animations though, is the "AT&T" carrier notification on the top left of the notification bar. On an unlocked priv too! My coworker's nexus 6P does not do this. I hate it - I started leaving "lux" auto brightness on just so the...

Re: Has your Shop Blackberry Order Shipped?? Got tired of waiting on shopBB - ordered it on amazon and got it the next day! A mostly positive experience using the Priv, though the keyboard response seems iffy randomly, and it makes me miss some parts of BB10 - but overall, happy with the...

If I hadn't already bought my M9 from B&H, I would have gone for the M8 - there's an excellent deal going on right now at $269 for a refurb'ed and warrantied one, unlocked too. amazing, wish I had snatched that up first, but I do like my M9.... tough call. If saving money is a priority, the M8...

this is true, but the high level of smudging we see (i.e the 'oil painting' effect), and digital noise, are generally attributed to the sensor and processing, right? the OIS just cuts down on motion blur when the shutter is open longer, and a cheap lens would show in the image as haze...

keep in mind that same toshia sensor is used by Nokia in the Lumia 930 and that phone has been lauded for an excellent camera. The M9's is not nearly as good - I feel it is the software, not the hardware, limiting the full potential of the sensor. That's what I'm hoping, anyway :) Please...

Love the form factor and hard keyboard - did not like the camera (good quality, SLOW and inaccurate autofocus, slow shutter leading to easy blurring). Loved that it ran android apps smoothly at near native speeds - but notifications were inconsistent. Lot of usage 'friction' and overhead in...

Straight out of the camera, no filters or enhancements. first pic has a crop but the others are straight out of the camera. Camera seems plenty capable in good light - but in low light, details get smudged easily and end up looking like an oil painting. Overall, I am pretty happy with the...

I too, have a 2014 moto X (32gb pure, leather back), and a z3c. The Z3C remains my favorite/go-to phone today. There are a lot of things I like about the moto X - but the lack of an SD card just kills it for me. And my Z3C battery life is pretty good, 6+ hours of SOT consistently, while the...

I, too, had a Lumia 1020 before this - and when you're comparing photos of the same scene side by side with the z3c, the 1020 easily annihilates the z3c. No contest. However, like you mentioned - the 5 second startup time for the 1020 camera, along with another 3-5 second delay before your...

My battery life off the bat was a little disappointing - I had just come from a 2014 moto X, and the Z3C got about the same battery life - 4 hours SOT across ~14-15 hours. A factory reset, and a lot of troubleshooting/tweaking later, I finally managed good battery life today - 6 hours 15 min of...

i've felt the soft-touch black plastic back, the bamboo wood, and the leather. Going from grippiest to most slippery, I'd say it is: leather, soft touch plastic back, bamboo. I haven't felt the "slick" plastic backs yet, but I'd imagine that would fall somewhere behind bamboo - the bamboo I...

Unfortunately I'll be returning mine, as the leather back is lifting off and peeling in the engraving area as well as the area between the dimple and camera - when I press on it with my thumb, I can feel it "stick" for a millisecond before popping back off the back, lifting, and making that...

Mine arrived today! Loving this so far! Pure 32gb white front, black leather, dark gray metallic trim. :) Out of the box: Some leather conditioner (leather honey) freshly applied:

Excellent! Looks amazing - this is the dark gray metallic trim right, not the silver? Looks good - I will keep my order as is :) thanks so much! Can't wait to get mine! (32gb pure, white front, black leather back, dark gray metallic trim). I actually love the look of the IR sensors being...