DROID MAXX will be upgraded to KitKat (Android 4.4)
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This article talks about some of the differences: Android 4.4 KitKat, thoroughly reviewed | Ars Technica
After reading that I probably won't upgrade to KitKat. I don't like the phone going to google instead of a dialpad. That's just very stupid. I want a dialpad popping up, not the internet.
It's possible that Motorola will customize the dialer for these phones. Still, if you look at the photos in that Ars Technica review, there is a dialpad icon on the bottom center. This will bring up a dialpad, I presume. It's possible that you can set a preference for that to be the default. But I guess we'll see when 4.4 comes...
I sure hope so. That is pure stupidity by the KitKat developers. Some like that will force people to switch over to an iphone. The whole point of a phone is to make calls and it needs to be easy to do. You shouldn't have to push anything to get the dialpad to pop up.
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After reading the review, I am interested in the new dialer. It reflects how most people dial now anyway. Being able to look up businesses without a trip to another app seems like a great fit.
I can't remember the last time I dialed a number....
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That's all I do is dial a number. I very rarely use contacts or look up a number on the internet. If I want to look up a number I can open up the browser and search. I don't need the phone app to do that.
Veteran android user here...we'll get 4.4 in the spring, by my reckoning.
fat-fingered and Maxx-ed out.
fat-fingered and Maxx-ed out.
Darn. Was hoping and wishing to see an update before the years end. Just based off that new Moto X soak test. This phone really could use dev support. I feel like I'm missing out having a phone with no ROM options.
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Are you really believing the person above you whose qualifications for their unsubstantiated claim were "veteran android user"?
There are great, and free, replacement dialers in the play store. Dialer One, for example. Try it -it's a great app.
I'm still betting on within 5 weeks of the first Moto X OTA. Well before spring...
I agree for a couple of reasons so far updates have came quick two since the maxx has been out. Also on the heels of the moto x update. The biggest plus I see is the almost stock android on this phone should make it very easy to integrate the small Verizon touches. I think we will have 4.4 at the latest late winter (February). I am however optimistic that it could be here as early as December. Maybe a nice Christmas gift from moto\verizon.
I for once, don't want the KitKat update - it brings no features important to me and makes some things worse:
1. I hate the white theme - holo is just fine
2. A dialer that looks up information in my vicinity is ok but the possibility of it to show ads is not
3. I could care less for lower system requirements - my Maxx handles JB just fine, buttery smooth
4. While possibility of Google Wallet tap to pay with secure element emulation is fine - I'm starting to like ISIS - I carry all the cards they support and the recent app update makes a really nice app.
5. I've tried the new Google Experience launcher and it sux - big icons spaced too close to each other with no configuration options
So, what else is there in the KitKat that I don't already have? I'm fine right now and the KitKat brings no meaningful user features. Instead, KitKat begins to shove "Google Experience" in as many corners of Android as possible - I don't like that.
So, I like my phone and the current feature set and don't want to replace that with something new just for the sake of it being new.
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1. I hate the white theme - holo is just fine
2. A dialer that looks up information in my vicinity is ok but the possibility of it to show ads is not
3. I could care less for lower system requirements - my Maxx handles JB just fine, buttery smooth
4. While possibility of Google Wallet tap to pay with secure element emulation is fine - I'm starting to like ISIS - I carry all the cards they support and the recent app update makes a really nice app.
5. I've tried the new Google Experience launcher and it sux - big icons spaced too close to each other with no configuration options
So, what else is there in the KitKat that I don't already have? I'm fine right now and the KitKat brings no meaningful user features. Instead, KitKat begins to shove "Google Experience" in as many corners of Android as possible - I don't like that.
So, I like my phone and the current feature set and don't want to replace that with something new just for the sake of it being new.
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Well if you root then you could change most of the colors with gravity box or its equivalent. I don't think they will put adds on your dialer it is supposed to be like caller ID. As far as the system requirement being less how is that a bad thing. If this will run good on lesser phones imagine how well it will run on ours. It is also supposed to he very battery friendly again how is that bad. As far as the launcher I am running it now and like it but if you don't just install the launcher we have now or any other.
I think you are being short sited because you don'tlike the look but all that can be changed. Don't jump the shark just yet.
There's always the Jitterbug, the big-button phone for the "I've fallen and I can't get up" set. I think it even has a dial tone (which doesn't really do anything, of course, but is comforting to those who don't like change).
You can just dial 0 for live customer service.
"Hello, operator? Please connect me to my granddaughter Suzy. Her number is Klondike 5, 2345."
https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...w.greatcall.com%2Fjitterbug%2F&token=6M4SwxrM
I didn't say it was bad, I said I don't NEED it. Could it be beneficial? Possibly. Dramatically? Probably not. This phone is buttery smooth - how much more fluid can it get? But, I understand that KitKat update will be appreciated and wanted by the vast majority.
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I'm another who isn't to jazzed about KK. After reading the ARS review I'm left seeing more negatives than positives. I don't do social media of any kind other than these forums, and am not thrilled at the prospect of what is essentially switching to a web centric setup, which I'm sure the carriers love as it requires more use of data. I don't root so don't give me suggestions on how to change it. I'm sorry but in the wake of things like the NSA BS is now a really good time to force everyone to put everything on the web?
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