Recent content by mikewp

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    Has anyone bought the Nokia 8?

    Thank you :) Ya, if you have the 6 and are happy with it, no reason to change. Looking forward to the 9 as well, but like I said, setting my expectations kind of low. I won't be disappointed but I also may not find a compelling reason to upgrade from my Huawei.
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    Has anyone bought the Nokia 8?

    Looking forward to seeing what the Nokia 9 camera is like. To be honest, my expectations are pretty low for anything ground-breaking. If photos are up to Apple/Samsung flagship levels, that will be a good thing. I expect the Zeiss partnership to pay off in 2018.
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    Has anyone bought the Nokia 8?

    Not a big pixel peeper myself. If it looks good enough to be a screen background on a computer, I'm happy. The picture that looks properly exposed with more color was loaded full size (don't know if AC does any compression when loading). That is from the Nokia 8. It looks closest to the...
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    Has anyone bought the Nokia 8?

    You are right, that depends big time on carrier, location to tower, etc. For us though the call quality and signal strenght is great, but then it is great on our Huawei P9 plus and Sony Xperia Z5 :-)
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    Has anyone bought the Nokia 8?

    Oh, one other nugget for the real geeks out there: HMD to unlock bootloader on #Nokia Android phones | Nokiamob
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    Has anyone bought the Nokia 8?

    Recently bought one for my partner and she loves it. I'm getting the Nokia 9 if the camera is a big improvement. Having said that, I have a Huawei P9 plus which is not a complete slouch in the camera quality department. Grabbed a really cool sunset with both phones. Choose the photo you like...
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    Hotmail

    Did you ever get this figured out? Just bought a P9 plus yesterday and got everything, including my outlook/hotmail account setup. I setup an Exchange account. On Huwaei, you do this by going to Account->Add an account->Corporate. Enter Email Address, username, password. Email Address/username...
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    Sony Z5 Compact : Camera Shots! Show us your pictures!

    Some pint-size fireworks :-) Saw this in one of the local markets. 1450 baht (about 40 bucks). Someone will buy this thing and light if off in the middle of the street (or sitting on top of an outside bar table) tonight.
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    Sony Z5 Compact : Camera Shots! Show us your pictures!

    Bought a case of this stuff....need all the help I can get! j/k about buying a case...do need all the help I can get though.
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    Got an S6, wondering if going back to Sony is worth it?

    Cool. Maybe that will liven this section up a bit. Thanks!
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    Got an S6, wondering if going back to Sony is worth it?

    This is as honest as you are going to get...I shot a backcountry road trip over the course of 3 months with a Samsung S6 Active and a RX100M3. I now have a Z5C. If photography results are that important to you, right now the Samsung S6 wins handily over the Z5C. Maybe that changes with the 6.0...
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    Don't use Sony smartphones underwater

    Ya, for sure, and i was an ***** for at least not rinsing it off with fresh water. I downloaded the SoundAbout app and we can force the phone to use headphones, it just won't sense when the jack is inserted. I've read that folk have had issues with the port not sensing the jack being inserted...
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    Don't use Sony smartphones underwater

    Well...I'll be the first to admit stupidity. We took my girlfriend's Z3Compact on a couple snorkeling trips in saltwater (just surface swimming since lifejackets were mandatory) and got some great pics. But.. the headphone jack stopped working sometime afterwards (have also done a complete...
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    New Z5 Compact

    Since I'm just a Android Central newbie, I can't post links, but do a google search on xperia z6. For me, the top result is a techradar article from a couple days ago that talks about a possibly upcoming Z6 maybe by June.
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    New Z5 Compact

    I think so....maybe that will change with the *hopefully upcoming* Z6/Z7