Official "Unimpressed/Skeptical " Thread

[tattedupboy]

This "paid advertising" from a bankrupt company smacks of desperation. But whatever. I'm thankful that there is a hacking community out there that has been able to find ways for us to get this junk off our phones.

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[bishoy]

1. the screen not being super AMOLED
2. no option for an extended battery (especially since the phone uses 4G)
3. it doesn't do my laundry

 

[akhi216]

1. the screen not being super AMOLED
2. no option for an extended battery (especially since the phone uses 4G)
3. it doesn't do my laundry

The Droid 10 that should ship next February can do your laundry.

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[mikedyk43]

You are right that that's how it's designed to work. But hardware controls need special features to delay a process, like a time-delay fuse is a special design. Normal hardware switches just cut the power: NOW, and let the chips fall where they may. The OS must be able to pick up the pieces on restart.
So if it takes as much as a full second, at computer speeds, for the device to respond to the button press, then the button input is going back into the OS for processing. If the software is funky at that time... "unpredictable results".
If the time delay is very short and always the same, and it shuts down hard like a PC, maybe that's in the switch... "10-15 seconds"? No way!



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This function actually would not have use the OS to function. This would more likely be a function of embedded software on an IC chip. I have worked in electronics for over 15 years and having a function wait for 15 cycles (seconds) before executing does not require interaction with an OS. Not trying to be arguementative, just a little FYI. Don't get me wrong, this function would still be software controlled and could possibly fail, but it would not have anything to do with what is happening with the OS.

Side notes:
1. I'm more skeptical about the battery lasting as long as required on any given day due to the 1st gen 4G chip in the phone.
2. I'm not impressed with Moto's screen choice.
3. Most importantly, as much as I generally love Moto's hardware, I just won't be buying another bloated phone with a locked bootloader. Come on Moto, set the Droid free!

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[akhi216]

It wouldn't surprise me if the summer release of a D5 were to have a 1.5g processor, the RAZRMAX housing and battery, with the 720p 4.5" display and the 13mp camera from the Chinese RAZR. Even quad cores and Jellybean(?)... nah.

Think I need a cheap used T-bolt to tide me over...

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Actually, that's what I'm waiting on/hoping for...kinda/sorta. With the RAZRMAX in development with it's HD screen, I'd be a fool to buy the Droid 4 and get burned by the Droid 5/RAZRMAX variant with a slide-out keyboard after being burned with the Droid 4 releasing just a couple of months after the Droid 3. Specifically, I'll most likely wait to see if Motorola makes a phone that has the standard 1 GB of RAM, HD display, LTE, dual-core or quad-core processor, and slide-out QWERTY goodness.

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[TC_Mits]

This function actually would not have use the OS to function. This would more likely be a function of embedded software on an IC chip. I have worked in electronics for over 15 years and having a function wait for 15 cycles (seconds) before executing does not require interaction with an OS. Not trying to be arguementative, just a little FYI. Don't get me wrong, this function would still be software controlled and could possibly fail, but it would not have anything to do with what is happening with the OS.

Side notes:
1. I'm more skeptical about the battery lasting as long as required on any given day due to the 1st gen 4G chip in the phone.
2. I'm not impressed with Moto's screen choice.
3. Most importantly, as much as I generally love Moto's hardware, I just won't be buying another bloated phone with a locked bootloader. Come on Moto, set the Droid free!

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Agreed. I was too general. "Software controlled" is the point. If it's the same 15" every time, independent embedded chip, OK. If it's variable "10-15 seconds" OS trigger-able chip? OS interaction wouldn't be required, but could still be software implemented?

The daily stamina issue is too often dimissed. It's equally valid, yes.

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[TC_Mits]

Actually, that's what I'm waiting on/hoping for...kinda/sorta. With the RAZRMAX in development with it's HD screen, I'd be a fool to buy the Droid 4 and get burned by the Droid 5/RAZRMAX variant with a slide-out keyboard after being burned with the Droid 4 releasing just a couple of months after the Droid 3. Specifically, I'll most likely wait to see if Motorola makes a phone that has the standard 1 GB of RAM, HD display, LTE, dual-core or quad-core processor, and slide-out QWERTY goodness.

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So you're throwing in the towel to hardwired batteries and absent SD cards?

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[akhi216]

So you're throwing in the towel to hardwired batteries and absent SD cards?

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Not at all! If they release a Razrmax variant that is a slider, has the HD display that the variant has, at least 1 GB of RAM, 4G LTE, a hardwired battery, and the lack of an SD card, I'll pick it up on launch day. I don't use spare batteries and though I have a removable SD card on my Droid 3 I find that I don't use it.

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[akhi216]

Well, after I wrote that I've been reading up, and I've found information that suggests that Verizon is gonna slow down on releasing devices releasing one Droid per quarter starting next year. I'm taking that as Verizon won't release a RAZRMAX slider variant, thus my interest in the Droid 4 has risen sharply.


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[TC_Mits]

Well, after I wrote that I've been reading up, and I've found information that suggests that Verizon is gonna slow down on releasing devices releasing one Droid per quarter starting next year. I'm taking that as Verizon won't release a RAZRMAX slider variant, thus my interest in the Droid 4 has risen sharply.


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If that proves true, my interest in the Epic 4g stands also to rise...

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[akhi216]

If that proves true, my interest in the Epic 4g stands also to rise...

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Are you talking about the Verizon variant of the Epic 4G (Stratosphere)?

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[Htown315]

What I would pay for a 4470 powered HD screened Droid4 with an unlocked bootloader. Droool

 

[TC_Mits]

Are you talking about the Verizon variant of the Epic 4G (Stratosphere)?

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I hope not... idk much about either one. Do they have identical specs? I want to stay w/vzw. But I will begin looking elsewhere if it keeps trying to force unnecessary decisions on me.

Edit: OK, I took a quick look. A slide version of the GX S II (Touch) + KB, that is, might do very well. (Presuming it has a real battery & 32gb SD.)
I absolutely love the idea of that 4.5" display!

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[LuvMusic]

Has it been confirmed that the D4 is a global phone?


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[Droid X Doug]

What I would pay for a 4470 powered HD screened Droid4 with an unlocked bootloader. Droool

Maybe the D5 will have specs more to your liking?