S7 Edge - Uk Thread - Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers

As we all getting the devices today in UK thought id make a thread for us .
First question i wanted to ask was in some video on youtube ive seen yahoo on apps edge cant seem to find it in uk model only cnn. Looked in galaxy store as well.

Got mine today.
Checked and cannot see Yahoo on apps edge

Was so excited about mine being delivered by o2 via ukmail. But it would appear they wouldn't leave it in my safe place opposite the front door (even though the delivery guy could have closed the padlock) so I've been forced to reschedule it even though the same thing is going to happen tomorrow. So so annoying!!

Im personally coming from the 6p which was a much bigger phone. I am liking the s7 edge only thing is getting use to picking it up from my desk too slippy will have to put a case on it and hopefully root soon .

I'm still waiting for mine to come, but I was wondering if the Yahoo app would be on it, is there something in its place or is it just missing all together

marcgear said:
I'm still waiting for mine to come, but I was wondering if the Yahoo app would be on it, is there something in its place or is it just missing all together
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missing all together has cnn and twitter

Got mine. Just unboxed. Looks lurverly. Looks like it's bootloader is unlocked too.
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A lot of reviews suggested it is seamless. However, I found the chrome edges to be a tiny bit sharp which was disappointing but nothing huge. I'll have a case on it tomorrow anyway

Are all the uk models using the exynos chips?
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pro4ever said:
missing all together has cnn and twitter
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Twitter damn, hope they add some cool additional ones over next few months.
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simacca said:
Are all the uk models using the exynos chips?
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Yes

Got mine it's all I expected and more very fast only thing I hate is the blue and white pull down menu anybody been able to change colour

I'd really like the Snapdragon 820 processor, could I just ship it from the US and will everything work fine that way?

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Yes
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Hmm that's a shame. Think I would prefer the snapdragon.
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Captainblade said:
Got mine it's all I expected and more very fast only thing I hate is the blue and white pull down menu anybody been able to change colour
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Settings > Themes
Change your theme and the notification and menu colours will change to fit inline with the theme you choose.

waterprooof????!!!??
mine isnt waterproof at all. got min for like 10 seconds in the water at +-30cms deep en none of the buttons worked for like 3 hours!!!! this isnt what samsung promised at all!!!!!

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Settings > Themes
Change your theme and the notification and menu colours will change to fit inline with the theme you choose.
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Thanks

brammerr said:
mine isnt waterproof at all. got min for like 10 seconds in the water at +-30cms deep en none of the buttons worked for like 3 hours!!!! this isnt what samsung promised at all!!!!!
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you sound like a shill, all you have to do is to complete your sentence, by writing i tried it with my iphone and all buttons are working perfectly.

thought it had a games hub thing? cant find it

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thought it had a games hub thing? cant find it
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If you can't see the games launcher go to Settings > Advanced features > Games and you can turn it on from there. It should then be on your homescreen

Related

Hands-on

Yesterday I met him for several minutes.
Very loud.
Very light and thin. As if holding a screen only.
4 point multitouch
So it was a Misty Silver? Nice!! Did you also price it? What band was it on?
ru.ego said:
Yesterday I met him for several minutes.
Very loud.
Very light and thin. As if holding a screen only.
4 point multitouch
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I WANT ONE NOW!!!
holy sh*t, i'm jealous
how's the GPS? how long did you get a lock indoor?
only 4 points multitouch? have you try it with the multitouch visible test?
Errr, how tall are you irl, OP ? Mainly asking to get a visual of your average hand size in my head, cause the phone looks huge in those pictures.
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Errr, how tall are you irl, OP ? Mainly asking to get a visual of your average hand size in my head, cause the phone looks huge in those pictures.
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That is the size of X10 a little longer. Photos are closeups and that is why they look like that.
Yep, tried multitouch visible test and I get four points. A fifth finger makes no impression... The four that are there are rock solid, though. Can't say as I see a clear need for all five fingers at the same time, but maybe I'm missing something?
Cheers/M
No need for more then 4 tbf
But the digitizer is supposed to support up to 32 so a custom rom will prob make more avalible if needed
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No need for more then 4 tbf
But the digitizer is supposed to support up to 32 so a custom rom will prob make more avalible if needed
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Would be good for spider-man to use
For a 4"~ screen 4 is good, more will be necessary for a tablet
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Neo is awesome!
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I was lucky enough to be invited to the Press Release seminar two days ago in Hong Kong, with actual Engineering sample units to be played with.
Damn this thing is really light. I've also heard that DoCoMo in Japan has released the red colored version exclusively, aside from the silver and dark blue edition that is released as originally announced. The exclusive unit also has double the size of ROM for storage as well!
How I wish I can bring that home right away... haha!
BTW it comes with an HDMI cable if you purchase from online SE or directly from the Sony Store with the arc, but if you purchase Neo, it will not be bundled with.
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I've also heard that DoCoMo in Japan has released the red colored version exclusively,
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Thank you for your photos. It is definitely nice to have it!!! I believe the one in Japan is Pink. Correct me if I am mistaken.
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I was lucky enough to be invited to the Press Release seminar two days ago in Hong Kong, with actual Engineering sample units to be played with.
Damn this thing is really light. I've also heard that DoCoMo in Japan has released the red colored version exclusively, aside from the silver and dark blue edition that is released as originally announced. The exclusive unit also has double the size of ROM for storage as well!
How I wish I can bring that home right away... haha!
BTW it comes with an HDMI cable if you purchase from online SE or directly from the Sony Store with the arc, but if you purchase Neo, it will not be bundled with.
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Yeah, the "other" colour for Japan is pink The 1gb ROM is a mistake on Docomo's part, and for some reason they chose to not give us the HDMI cable over here (the shop staff I asked didn't even know the Arc had HDMI out )
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(the shop staff I asked didn't even know the Arc had HDMI out )
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Is that typical SonyStyle Staff or what? Sometimes when I am @ SonyStyle store, I get the feeling that staff doesn't know anything about Sony product.

Half off samsung products

Use code rE155266e at check out
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lol half off? so I can go buy a flatscreen and laptop half off?
sounds a little too good to he true.. otherwise I'm about to be an ebay warrior
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Half off mobile phone accessories. Does not apply to tablet accessories. Already tried yesterday and no go.
The AllShare dongle is $49.99 which is a good deal.
Yeah I got that a while ago, for the dongle, works very nice, although I had to use triangle away to reset the flash count
smaw51 said:
Yeah I got that a while ago, for the dongle, works very nice, although I had to use triangle away to reset the flash count
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Why?
toenail_flicker said:
Why?
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It was connecting for a second, but would never get fully connected, kept disconnecting before it would display my note on my tv. Did some research and other people said triangle away worked, so I tried it and it was just what I needed. I had already tried stuff like fixing permissions and whatnot. I was on a rooted stock rom at the time. I also didn't want to to a factory data reset, which I ended up doing anyways to fix my snotes. Either way, it is working perfectly now! Great for netflix and hulu when I need to
Where???
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smaw51 said:
It was connecting for a second, but would never get fully connected, kept disconnecting before it would display my note on my tv. Did some research and other people said triangle away worked, so I tried it and it was just what I needed. I had already tried stuff like fixing permissions and whatnot. I was on a rooted stock rom at the time. I also didn't want to to a factory data reset, which I ended up doing anyways to fix my snotes. Either way, it is working perfectly now! Great for netflix and hulu when I need to
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I find the need to do that very odd, but hey, if it works... :silly:
Where is this deal ?
sledgie said:
Where is this deal ?
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on samsungs website
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toenail_flicker said:
I find the need to do that very odd, but hey, if it works... :silly:
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Yeah, I thought it was weird as well, but it was the only thing that worked
sledgie said:
Where is this deal ?
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I suspect on Samsung.
gronimo21 said:
Use code rE155266e at check out
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I tried this on the Samsung S Pen Holder Kit for the Note 10.1 and it said it was invalid. Wonder what exactly this is good for?
mi7chy said:
Half off mobile phone accessories. Does not apply to tablet accessories. Already tried yesterday and no go.
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See this post.
gronimo21 said:
Use code rE155266e at check out
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This must have leaked out to one of the deals we sites... the Samsung site is crashing left and right!
I want to order that All-Share adapter!
This is no big deal because when you register your GN 10.1 online Samsung will email this coupon code but, stupidly, it doesn't work for tablet accessories.
Guardsix said:
I tried this on the Samsung S Pen Holder Kit for the Note 10.1 and it said it was invalid. Wonder what exactly this is good for?
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It works if you buy it from the cell phone side of their shopping site. I have it. If feels great in the hand.
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/ET-S110EBEGSTA
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It works if you buy it from the cell phone side of their shopping site. I have it. If feels great in the hand.
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/ET-S110EBEGSTA
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I've thought about getting one but don't want to spend 30 bucks on something I haven't held yet. Do you have a caliper you can measure the diameter of the grip? or can you relate it to some other pens? I like the thicker pens so I can grip them
Also, how does it work with the button?
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I've thought about getting one but don't want to spend 30 bucks on something I haven't held yet. Do you have a caliper you can measure the diameter of the grip? or can you relate it to some other pens? I like the thicker pens so I can grip them
Also, how does it work with the button?
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Some comparisons from my S-Pen collection. The lower 1/4 is rubberized so it's easier to grip and that's where the button is. It's a little far down but it's the same way on the stock pen. It works well and feels fine if that's your concern.
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Some comparisons from my S-Pen collection. The lower 1/4 is rubberized so it's easier to grip and that's where the button is. It's a little far down but it's the same way on the stock pen. It works well and feels fine if that's your concern.
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Perfect! Is it possible to put the pen in the holder to disable the button? That would be nice so I stop accidently hitting it in snotes

No colors for the US???

I've been trying to find some of the alternate colors for the Note 3.
I'm on T-Mobile and I noticed they only offer black & white.
After digging a little deeper it looks like none of the carriers have the colorful varieties.
Can anyone confirm this. Can I get the Note 3 in other colors?
As far as I know you are stuck with white and black for the initial offering with pink to perhaps follow. Pink phones don't sell well and require inventory space. Space is At a premium for most retail shops.
Maybe you'll get them when you lot learn how to spell colours!
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As far as I know you are stuck with white and black for the initial offering with pink to perhaps follow. Pink phones don't sell well and require inventory space. Space is At a premium for most retail shops.
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I can understand that. But, I kind of feel it's a rip to not give us all the options that Samsung offered.
Colors
... Maybe one of THESE? 7 bux. I ordered one. Not sure why as it'll be in a case most of the time but oh well...
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I can understand that. But, I kind of feel it's a rip to not give us all the options that Samsung offered.
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There are three colors and you can have two of them. So you're lamenting not being able to buy Blush Pink? Since that's the only color missing your thread title should be "No Blush Pink for the US???"
swissross said:
... Maybe one of THESE? 7 bux. I ordered one. Not sure why as it'll be in a case most of the time but oh well...
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Gold is Best. Best! Best! Best!
After watching the drop test video, I ended up pulling the trigger on a slim Spigen case. I'm hoping that at least maybe the impact to the case would help minimize shock to the phone a little bit. I know that getting a flip cover to protect the screen side would be more effective, but I don't think that I'd really want to flip the cover open each time I want to use my phone.
dehaani said:
Maybe you'll get them when you lot learn how to spell colours!
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No thanks. We're more efficient over here. We're better about removing excess letters that aren't even pronounced in a word.
I'd consider using a pink Note 3 /rebelgade
Also, I personally wouldn't buy one of those aluminum back plates since the phone is designed with its factory plastic back plate in mind. My two cents, anyway.
Just wait a few months that's how Samsung roles.
Color options always come later on, but given its the a Galaxy Note device its not as common place as the Galaxy S line in color options. Still it might happen.
Just wait a little and before you know it just like the s4 we will have a lot of color options in the states
dehaani said:
Maybe you'll get them when you lot learn how to spell colours!
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This made me laugh in America the correct spelling is color
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staryoshi said:
I'd consider using a pink Note 3 /rebelgade
Also, I personally wouldn't buy one of those aluminum back plates since the phone is designed with its factory plastic back plate in mind. My two cents, anyway.
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Supposedly it screws up the NFC feature, which I don't really care about at this point. Thought they look pretty slick personally. And for 7 bux shipped, no big loss if it's junk...
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No thanks. We're more efficient over here. We're better about removing excess letters that aren't even pronounced in a word.
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If you were to speak English properly, you would pronounce them, albeit subtly!
It also wasn't a very efficient removal either since only half a job was done - Photo/Foto and Quick/Kwik spring to mind....
Curse you Webster for taking a perfectly good langwidge and ruining it for a whole nayshun! (sic)
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When I first moved to the States (at age 10) my teachers kept trying to correct my spelling and knock off points for my "misspelling". I still spell many words with the useful 'U'...
dehaani said:
Maybe you'll get them when you lot learn how to spell colours!
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Whole world now only have Black & White for the moment.
No place is selling another color - Pink.
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dehaani said:
Maybe you'll get them when you lot learn how to spell colours!
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Did you ever know Colors and Colours both is correct?
Color - American English
Colour - British English
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences
Blush pink is available in France but err... no way I am getting one xD
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mathieulh said:
Blush pink is available in France but err... no way I am getting one xD
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There is a Grey Color coming too, Samsung Middle East Posted a pic of it on their facebook page
Maybe cover the back with alcantara?

WARNING!!! Fake vs Real Note 4

Warning!! I just came across this at work when my co-worker asked me to set up his phone. I realized something was wrong when I saw the screen and size of this note 4. I decided to show it off for those who is considering picking up one from ebay or Craigslist. See the comparison from a real note 4 and see for yourself. There's no real difference w/ the software but the hardware might be a concern since the battery(charger) is not Original it might blow-up or melt. The fake one is really flaky and has weird random vibration and I would not recommend using it at ALL!!
Is the bootloader unlocked? Jk.
They make and sell a replica of the note 4' I've seen s couple of really good knockoffs, but they run like sh.t. Your boy got a fake phone
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gcounts said:
Is the bootloader unlocked? Jk.
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nope!!! Hahaha it's already rooted too. Chinese recovery though.
2swizzle said:
They make and sell a replica of the note 4' I've seen s couple of really good knockoffs, but they run like sh.t. Your boy got a fake phone
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Tell me about it...not even a legit cpu...lol!
that is a pretty good looking fake lol
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that is a pretty good looking fake lol
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It actually had me fool when I first saw it then I booted it up and felt something wrong....the screen images was blurry for a note 4. Also, the material and feel doesn't feel right...haha
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that is a pretty good looking fake lol
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yeah it is!!! WOW
jaytee84 said:
nope!!! Hahaha it's already rooted too. Chinese recovery though.
Tell me about it...not even a legit cpu...lol!
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I would like to see an antutu score with that media tek Cpu..?
I'll see if he still has it later when i get in work.
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I would like to see an antutu score with that media tek Cpu..?
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Update: my friend said the phone got too hot and screen is barely visible.
Thank God I got mine from the Verizon store and not Amazon.
Is this even a problem if you have Verizon? Just pop your Verizon SIM into it and it shouldn't activate.
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Is this even a problem if you have Verizon? Just pop your Verizon SIM into it and it shouldn't activate.
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^that^
I was kind of wondering why this was posted in the Verizon thread. From the painted back to the locked boot, it seems pretty easy to tell if a Verizon phone is the real deal. With that said, compared to the TMO phone, buyer beware
I prefer the color of the fake's one

pointless thread

I finally got mine in!! Love the feel. I don't care about all the hate on this device. It feels super premium!
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Jealousy and Envy
Lol how did you get already
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I finally got mine in!! Love the feel. I don't care about all the hate on this device. It feels super premium!
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i see a sprint package. Are they in stores or did you pre order and have it shipped?
danon.brown said:
i see a sprint package. Are they in stores or did you pre order and have it shipped?
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Maybe more likely it's a Sprint employee who has access to upcoming devices
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Tell us more about nightshots. Is the camera better now on the production unit?
Don't show night shots! Between that and the shipping and communications fiasco, Andy Rubin is already in hiding.
I've never had a phone that was good at taking night shots. I'm coming from the LG G6 and the night shots suck just as much as any other phone. Don't see what the big deal is.
Quick question. Can you check the display settings and see if there is a blue light filter? Or night light whichever they call it? Thanks!
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Quick question. Can you check the display settings and see if there is a blue light filter? Or night light whichever they call it? Thanks!
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The phone ships with stock Android 7.1.1
If you would look at the features within Android you'd know it would have that feature... Or you could google it.
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i see a sprint package. Are they in stores or did you pre order and have it shipped?
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I’d also like to know as I preordered and am wondering if it’s actually going to ship tomorrow like Sprint is telling me
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Maybe more likely it's a Sprint employee who has access to upcoming devices
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Could, we just got emails today about launch. I'd imagine retail are getting their demos in.
Hoping mine comes in tomorrow or Friday
Will the essential have calling plus on sprint?
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The phone ships with stock Android 7.1.1
If you would look at the features within Android you'd know it would have that feature... Or you could google it.
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Just an FYI, it appears there is no blue light filter on this phone. Someone who has the phone looked for it in the settings and it’s not there
Does anyone else have the ability to manually check for OTA updates? The feature seems to be missing..
Got mine today. All I can say is WOW!
As a die hard Nexus fan for years, Pixel didn't cut it for me. Essential feels like Nexus is back. Amazing phone.
Yeah, I am really enjoying this phone...the only things I wish it had were the fingerprint gestures and the night mode. Those are the only things I miss from my Pixel XL. Anyone know if the apk's for those are floating around? Would be nice to install like the Google HDR camera app which seemed to improve the camera a bit.
You can search Google for the camera app. It's also floating around the apps section under the essential phone forum
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Does anyone else have the ability to manually check for OTA updates? The feature seems to be missing..
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About Phone < System Updates < Check for Updates
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