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[don ramon]

 
When does Android L drop?

depends on your phone (& carrier). i own a g3 and supposedly it will be out for my phone by the end of the year (all carriers)

the new nexus 6 (and i'm assuming the 9) will be the first to have lollipop (pre-installed)

 

[whywesteppin]

I'm guessing nexus 5 will get it right away too (mid-November). cm12 should follow shortly after (maybe early December?), which means the opo should get it around then too. I wonder if they get early versions so that they can start working on a release.

all other phones probably have to wait 3 to 6 months, if they get it at all.

this is all speculation, of course.

 

[imlive365]

HTC said there gonna have t ready 90 days after the release becomes official from Google

 

[iamdef]

Hopefully the apps I use will not drag they heels in updating themselves to be L compatible

 

[nelson999]

Man after selling my Note 3 and using a Galaxy s3 for the last week while waiting for my delayed Note 4 Pre-order, i can never go back to a smaller phone. The size of the Note is just awesome. Everything is so damn small on this s3. All the text is tiny as hell on Instagram/twitter/internet/etc. And it just feels so small in my hand and pocket like it's gonna slide out and i won't even notice and leave it somewhere.

Plus im missing that faux leather back the Note has, makes it so much harder to drop.

 

[slab_diaz]

^ same feeling i have , anything smaller than my m8 now feels really small, an iphone5 feels like a toy.

First time this week that i was able to hold an iphone6+ , compared to the note4 size, note 4 is much more handy, i like the notes screen more too.

 

[nelson999]

^ same feeling i have , anything smaller than my m8 now feels really small, an iphone5 feels like a toy.

First time this week that i was able to hold an iphone6+ , compared to the note4 size, note 4 is much more handy, i like the notes screen more too.

yea the 6+ is a bigger phone with a smaller screen with much worse resolution 

 

 

[SneakerProSr.]

M8 is the best Android phone easy outside of the camera.

 

[SneakerProSr.]

This Note 4 is real meh so far.

My original plan was to cop it, but after playing with it at work,I'm not impressed enough to commit to another massive device. I'm just going to roll with this s5.






I ordered a note 4 just in case tho.

I only got it because after the rebate it's only 100 bucks and if I hate it I can sell it.

But it's little stuff like how it lags while I type on NT mobile.

I use Chrome on all devices so why is it laggy but not on the m8?

I love the hardware though so I might actually root a phone for the first time in life.

Battery life is fire too. I forgot how great the Note battery life is.

 

[Nawzlew]

HTC said there gonna have t ready 90 days after the release becomes official from Google

I heard HTC will get theres Jan 2014.

 

[iamdef]

My N5 battery can last quite sometime with somewhat moderate use. Just under 2hrs of OST

 

[Nike Jordan]

 

 
When does Android L drop?

depends on your phone (& carrier). i own a g3 and supposedly it will be out for my phone by the end of the year (all carriers)

the new nexus 6 (and i'm assuming the 9) will be the first to have lollipop (pre-installed)

I have a Nexus 5.

 

[AZwildcats]

 

 
When does Android L drop?

depends on your phone (

I have a Nexus 5.

We will likely get it within a couple days of it dropping (mid November)

 

[jewelknows]

Never posted a screen of my battery life. But today was ok but the OST is what matters. Got 5 hrs which is on a heavy day with barely any standby with fantasy football stat checking and the world series chatter

Edit: this is the OPO. I usually end a regular day with 40 or so % with about 40 ost. And if I forgot to charge it usually will take me through the next work day with moderate ost

 

[wrightone86]

I've been a SwiftKey keyboard advocate for a couple years now but this Android L keyboard is

 

[sooperhooper]

I can't see anything trumping SwiftKey. Where did you get the l keyboard.

 

[don ramon]

touchpal is really good

i use kii though. it just feels right (for me)

 

[don ramon]

Android 5.0 Lollipop release date: when can I get it?
[h3]HTC[/h3]
HTC has been more forthcoming with its update plans than most manufacturers and it's no surprise given how quickly it plans to bring the update to users. In a statement the company said:

"HTC is excited about the new features in Android Lollipop and we can't wait to share them with our customers. We are committed to updating our flagship HTC One family as fast as possible.

"We will begin rolling out updates to the HTC One (M  and HTC One (M7)  in regions worldwide within 90 days of receiving final software from Google, followed shortly thereafter by other One family members and select devices."

Doing the mathematics that means the company's most recent two flagships should get Android Lollipop either at the end of the year or possibly in January of next year.

We're going to go ahead and assume that most other HTC handsets released in the last year or so will also get the update at some point.

As a general rule the more recent and high profile a device is the more likely it is to get an update, so the HTC Desire Eye  will almost certainly be near the front of the line.

The HTC One Mini 2, the HTC One Mini  and perhaps the HTC One Maxand some of the other recent Desire handsets are likely to get the update too, though probably not until sometime after the One M7 and the One M8.

According to one leak, the One Mini 2 and Desire 816 will get Lollipop sometime in March/April, while the One Max, One Mini and Butterfly S have an expected Android 5.0 rollout of March-May.
[h3]Samsung[/h3]
Samsung is yet to officially shed any light on when it will be bringing Android Lollipop to its phones, but there are sources saying its sooner rather than later.

According to Sam Mobile, the Samsung Galaxy S5  could be in for an Android Lollipop release in December 2014. Given that networks can delay the rollout, there is always the possibility it won't reach devices until January 2015.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 4  arrived too early to launch with Android Lollipop, but it will likely be updated quickly, although there's been no word - official or otherwise - on this so far. The Galaxy Alpha  and Galaxy Note 3are also likely to get the update very shortly after it launches, probably within the same sort of several month timeframe as HTC is operating under.

Other Samsung handsets may have to wait a little longer, however we'd expect that most high profile devices released in the last 18 months to 2 years will get the update, including the Samsung Galaxy S4, the Galaxy S4 Mini  and the Galaxy S5 Mini.

We doubt that the Samsung Galaxy S3  or anything older will get Android Lollipop. It's a device that's already over two years old and some versions of it didn't even get Android 4.4.

Samsung doesn't seem great at updating its tablets either. There's a good chance recent slates like its Note Pro  and Tab S  ranges and even theSamsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014  will get Android Lollipop but anything older or low end is iffy.
[h3]Sony[/h3]
Sony has openly declared  that it will be "bringing Android 5.0 Lollipop to the entire Xperia Z Series."

It's even published a full list of handsets which are in line for Android Lollipop, so here we go...

Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia ZR, Xperia Tablet Z, Xperia Z1, Xperia Z1S, Xperia Z Ultra, Xperia Z1 Compact, Xperia Z2, Xperia Z2 Tablet, Xperia Z3, Xperia Z3v, Xperia Z3 Compact and Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact.

It's worth noting that the Sony Z Ultra Google Play edition will be first in line, but Sony is yet to reveal an exact date for the update.

As to when Sony will start rolling out the update to its main line of devices, the manufacturer has said "We'll start the upgrade at the beginning of 2015 for the core Xperia Z3 and Xperia Z2 series – continuing thereafter for all remaining devices above."
[h3]LG[/h3]
LG has told us that it currently has no update "on if / when Android Lollipop will be coming to the LG G3." That 'if' doesn't fill us with confidence, but we'd be very surprised if the company's flagship didn't get the new version of Android.

Not only would it be a strange decision not to, but the LG G2  got updated from Android 4.2 to Android 4.4. The update started rolling out roughly four months after Android 4.4 launched, so if the same thing happens again then you can expect the LG G3 to get it early next year.

However, a report published on October 24 by a Dutch website  asserts that LG has told its Dutch and Belgian users that they will see an Android 5.0 Lollipop update before the end of 2014.

Before our Dutch and Belgian readers get too excited, there's no specific date mentioned and also no indication of where the information has come from.

Otherwise, we imagine that in time the LG G2 and LG G2 Mini  will probably get updated too and the LG G3 Beat  is bound to get updated.
[h3]Motorola[/h3]
Motorola has confirmed that Android Lollipop will be coming to a number of its handsets in a recent post  on the official Motorola blog.

According to the post Android Lollipop will come to both the first and second generation Moto X, the Moto G, the Moto G 4G  and the Moto E.

Other Motorola handsets that will get Android Lollipop are the Droid Ultra, Droid Maxx and Droid Mini.

The release schedule for the Android Lollipop update hasn't been revealed by Motorola yet, but you can check its software upgrade website  for updates.

Motorola's UI is very close to stock Android as well so it shouldn't be as much work to get new versions up and running and back when the company was owned by Google it was pretty prompt with updates, unsurprisingly.

Things might be different now that Lenovo's in the driving seat, but we doubt there'll be too long a wait for Android Lollipop on any recent Moto handsets.
[h3]OnePlus[/h3]
The OnePlus One  is still bizarrely hard to get hold of thanks to the requirement for an invitation, but if you have managed to get your hands on one you'll be pleased to know that the company plans to upgrade it Android Lollipop (or a CyanogenMod build based on Android Lollipop anyway).

In a statement posted to the OnePlus forums  a staff member confirmed that not only would its first and only handset be getting Android Lollipop, but that it would arrive within three months of Google releasing a final build. So the same time frame as HTC in other words.
[h3]Huawei[/h3]
Like most manufacturers, Huawei hasn't yet shared any details on its Android Lollipop plans. Unfortunately it's not always the quickest at updating its phones either as it only fairly recently started rolling out Android 4.4 to theAscend P6  for example and the Ascend G6  is still waiting for it.

The company's latest flagship, the Ascend P7, shipped with Android 4.4 and we imagine it will probably get Android Lollipop, but possibly not any time soon. We're less sure whether any of the company's other phones will get it, but fingers crossed.
[h3]ZTE[/h3]
If you're one of the relatively few with a ZTE handset you might be wondering if and when Android Lollipop will be arriving for it. Unfortunately so are we and this is one case where it's very much an 'if' rather than a 'when'.

Fairly recent phones like the ZTE Blade V  and the ZTE Blade Q Minilaunched with old versions of Android and they haven't been updated, so we're not optimistic that they'll get Android Lollipop.
[h3]Nvidia[/h3]
Nvidia might not be high on most people's radars when it comes to Android devices, but gaming fans might be interested in knowing if and when theNvidia Shield  will be getting Android Lollipop.

Nvidia told us that "we've worked hard to support every official Android release in the past, as you can see with our SHIELD portable and our software team is always working hard to bring new features and the latest updates with no delay. We try to make sure that updates come as close to their announcement as possible."

So while it didn't go so far as to confirm anything it sounds very likely that the Nvidia Shield will get Android Lollipop and probably quite soon after launch.

 

[wrightone86]

I can't see anything trumping SwiftKey. Where did you get the l keyboard.

http://www.androidheadlines.com/2014/10/get-taste-lollipop-android-l-keyboard-smartphone-root.html

Also....anyone see the Amazon Fire TV stick? Straight jacking Chromecast

But if you have Prime, you can pre-order one (2 limit) for $20! Might be a good stocking stuffer for someone.

Amazon product ASIN B00GDQ0RMG

 

[lobotomybeats]

The Amazon Fire stick thing makes sense. Fire phone notwithstanding, Amazon is making a nice little ecosystem for themselves. With Prime getting exclusive content, the stick make sense. I don't use any of their devices and hate their skinned Android, but I appreciate what they are trying to do..

 

[lobotomybeats]

a few thoughts...

Ok, so only two versions of the Nexus 6 passed through the FCC, one for the states and the other for everywhere else. That's huge. What that could mean is that the carrier-subsidized 6 is the same as the Play edition. Imagine being able to buy a unlocked Nexus for $200. There might be a bit of bloat, but that will be easily removed. Anyone complaining about the price of the device, which I never understood, might get the same experience for the price of an upgrade. That's huge to me. Furthermore, only having to deal with two devices will make the development community awesome for the device.

 

[iamdef]

That AFT looks like a good deal especially for me since I want to connect my HDX to my projector and chromecast ain't doing it. Idk if I want to wait on that NP tho

 

[superb]

I only got it because after the rebate it's only 100 bucks and if I hate it I can sell it.

But it's little stuff like how it lags while I type on NT mobile.

I use Chrome on all devices so why is it laggy but not on the m8?

I love the hardware though so I might actually root a phone for the first time in life.

Battery life is fire too. I forgot how great the Note battery life is.

I think I'm going to get the g

man I know you got it just because it's cheap but your extending your contract another 2 years

and on my m8 NT lags sometimes to

 

[lobotomybeats]

I'm happy BigBalla and Chi based received their devices.


Be on the lookout for another giveaway soon, kids.

 

[droseph]

Is there a reason to buy the Amazon Fire TV Stick if I already have a smart TV? $20.00 makes it am impulse buy, but I can already stream netflix and prime videos.