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- The bottom of the so-claimed slide part looks fairly slippery and flush, which means that it may be easy to accidentally tap on the screen. The Torch at least had a lip you could push against.08-10-15 02:03 PMLike 0
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Posted via CB1008-10-15 02:27 PMLike 0 -
- Okay, so after looking at this thing for a while, a few things come to mind.
1.: Yes, that charger connector does look like the one that came with my son's old Samsung Galaxy S2. But, he has an S4 now, and the micro-USB side of that charging cable looks much different, and it's now white. So, that won't tell you much. I used to use my son's S2 charger and cable on my old 9800 Torch, and I use his current charger on my Z10 even now.
2.A: The curved screen edge is beginning to concern me the more I think about it. I haven't seen the S6 Edge in actual use to know, but how does it display regular stuff like photos or videos? Does it run off into the curved part of the edge? Or does it stop short leaving the curved part for "dedicated" information (or at least just blank)? I don't want to watch a video in landscape mode only to have the top and bottom edges of the image rolling off those edges with the distortion that causes. I'd hope they at least keep the image on the flat areas.
2.B: How is the curved edges handled in the Hub? In some of those leaked usage diagrams, lines of messages in the Hub do seem to roll off the curved edges. Does that mean that the message icons are along the downward slope of the left edge? And the quick actions along the right edge? That just seems cumbersome at best. What about swiping from the bezel in landscape to minimize an app? What about your own fingers holding the edge of the phone - is there a way it will know that your fingers are simply gripping the phone and not trying to activate something there.
3.: I suppose those two-piece neoprene/hard shell cases (like I have on my Z10) are not an option. Not because of the slider aspect - I could see a possible case for those who may never want to use the pkb - but because of the curved screen edges. Such a case would prevent the intended usability of the edges.
Overall, I kind of like the design. The apparent thickness doesn't bother me at all. I think the obsession with the thinness of these phones is ridiculous. The iPhone 6 Plus is way too thin for me relative to its overall size. The thickness of my Z10 is just right - relative to its overall size. Bump the size up to 4.7 to 5 inch screen, and the thickness should bump up too regardless of any ability to make it thinner. Otherwise, it just wouldn't feel substantial in my hand. But then, that's just my personal feeling on that. Call me crazy, but I like to feel like I'm actually holding something in my hand - like I have a grip on something. But then, that goes back to the item above, and how my fingers and thumb might activate something along the screen edge because half of my gripping surface will be that curved edge.
Posted via CB1008-10-15 04:08 PMLike 0 -
Generally speaking once the os is known of the device, I'll be boxing away my passport. Worth the extra effort for it if you really do what it,good luck!
Posted via CB1008-10-15 05:13 PMLike 0 -
Posted via CB1008-10-15 05:25 PMLike 0 - Especially if it's running Android, forget about long battery life. Not to mention the swift true multitasking that bbos has
Posted via CB1008-10-15 06:37 PMLike 0 - 08-10-15 09:24 PMLike 4
- I really hope BlackBerry re introduces the dedicated hdmi port. Love it's convenience on the Z30 and don't have to carry around an adapter in conjunction with the cable.
Posted via CB1008-10-15 09:27 PMLike 0 - Well, you don't have to carry around the cable if you have the adapter. The adapter outputs to normal full size hdmi. So you can simply unplug whatever hdmi device they have, and plug it into the adapter. So in a way, all you need to carry around with you is the adapter which is smaller than the hdmi to micro-hdmi cable you used to have to carry around...dejanh likes this.08-10-15 09:58 PMLike 1
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Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk08-11-15 02:05 AMLike 0 -
So yes you will here a lot of blow back from many to the extreme. My personal opinion is if it is secure as bb10 and the skin is similar to to bb10. I may like it. We will just have to see. The hate will always be "on here" because this is a BlackBerry os site.
I hate the idea of BlackBerry going android and pray it is for one device. If BlackBerry goes android fully I am not sure what I will do.
Posted via CB1000stryder likes this.08-11-15 02:51 AMLike 1 - Well, you don't have to carry around the cable if you have the adapter. The adapter outputs to normal full size hdmi. So you can simply unplug whatever hdmi device they have, and plug it into the adapter. So in a way, all you need to carry around with you is the adapter which is smaller than the hdmi to micro-hdmi cable you used to have to carry around...
Posted via CB1008-11-15 08:20 AMLike 0 - 08-11-15 08:51 AMLike 0
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- That's assuming there is a device to unplug though no? Say you go to a hotel for example, it's not necessary they'll have a device with HDMI whose cable you can reuse. It's still two items realistically. Now if they had a slim port on one end to a standard HDMI cable directly would be much more practical but it's not an option.
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Posted without the aid of AutoCorrect with my physical keyboard via CB1008-11-15 03:26 PMLike 0 - That's would be nice if they had the adapter and cable in one. But in theory, you can just keep a hdmi cable plugged into the adapter and just carry that around as one thing. It'll only be slightly more bulky with the adapter attached than just the cable by itself.
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Posted via CB1008-11-15 04:20 PMLike 0 - You actually can charge simultaneously with slimport as well. The slimport adapter has a microusb port in it to use for charging even while you're using the hdmi out...08-11-15 04:38 PMLike 0
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