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Re: Droid Turbo
« Reply #20 on: October 29, 2014, 10:08:52 AM »
Yup, but I'm currently using a 1st gen Moto X with 16GB. So 64GB for $249 sounds pretty great to me. :)
i dunno if i will go 64 or 32. is the full price mentioned anywhere as in the non contract price.

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Re: Droid Turbo
« Reply #21 on: October 29, 2014, 11:01:03 AM »
droiddoes.com lists full retail at $599.99.

Edge pricing (from here) for 32GB is $25 * 24 months = $600, 64GB is $27 * 24 months = $648. So I assume full retail for 64GB will be $649.99

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Re: Droid Turbo
« Reply #22 on: October 30, 2014, 10:44:27 AM »
I think im going to hold off a few days until we get some actual reviews of the battery life and such. If all looks good i may order it early next week.
I ordered the 64GB one this morning. Even if the reviews on battery aren't great, I'm not sure what else I would get... Nexus 6 is just too big...

One thing to keep in mind is that there won't be simultaneous voice and data for a couple of months until the device gets VoLTE.

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Re: Droid Turbo
« Reply #23 on: October 30, 2014, 04:23:30 PM »
I ordered the 64GB one this morning. Even if the reviews on battery aren't great, I'm not sure what else I would get... Nexus 6 is just too big...

One thing to keep in mind is that there won't be simultaneous voice and data for a couple of months until the device gets VoLTE.
thats annoying. I have seen some reviews of the battery and they are not as amazing as i hoped.

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Re: Droid Turbo
« Reply #24 on: October 31, 2014, 01:37:39 PM »
Posting from my Droid Turbo :)

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Re: Droid Turbo
« Reply #25 on: October 31, 2014, 01:47:37 PM »
Nice! First impressions?
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Re: Droid Turbo
« Reply #26 on: October 31, 2014, 02:24:45 PM »
Nice! First impressions?
Not as big as I thought. Super fast. Really nice screen. Can't comment on battery yet.

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Re: Droid Turbo
« Reply #27 on: October 31, 2014, 02:31:11 PM »
תתחדשי!
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Re: Droid Turbo
« Reply #28 on: November 03, 2014, 10:31:36 AM »
Not as big as I thought. Super fast. Really nice screen. Can't comment on battery yet.
want to give us some updates?

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Re: Droid Turbo
« Reply #29 on: November 03, 2014, 10:42:59 AM »
want to give us some updates?
Battery life didn't wow me yesterday. I did take a bunch of videos and had WiFi/GPS/Bluetooth on all day, as well as having location settings set to high accuracy.

Not really sure how that compares to M8/G3/S5...

There was a day one OTA update that I hadn't installed until after those screenshots, maybe that helps. I need to give it more time I guess.

Turbo charger was pretty awesome though, went from 10% to 45% in about 25 minutes.




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Re: Droid Turbo
« Reply #30 on: November 03, 2014, 10:43:57 AM »
What phone are you coming from?
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Re: Droid Turbo
« Reply #31 on: November 03, 2014, 10:54:11 AM »
What phone are you coming from?
Moto X 2013

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Re: Droid Turbo
« Reply #32 on: November 03, 2014, 11:12:39 AM »
Yea I was hoping for more from the battery

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Re: Droid Turbo
« Reply #33 on: November 03, 2014, 11:18:22 AM »
Yea I was hoping for more from the battery
I've been reading over on XDA and people are getting some great battery life, not 48 hours, but still pretty great. Not sure if I just have some apps that kill it. My typical day doesn't have 4 hours of screen on time, and I had to make an effort not to plug it in while in the car yesterday.

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Re: Droid Turbo
« Reply #34 on: November 06, 2014, 11:01:37 AM »
I've been reading over on XDA and people are getting some great battery life, not 48 hours, but still pretty great. Not sure if I just have some apps that kill it. My typical day doesn't have 4 hours of screen on time, and I had to make an effort not to plug it in while in the car yesterday.
now that u have had a few days to play with the phone any further updates? I am leaning towards going to pick one up.

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Re: Droid Turbo
« Reply #35 on: November 06, 2014, 01:50:25 PM »
now that u have had a few days to play with the phone any further updates? I am leaning towards going to pick one up.
I'm on the fence regarding the battery.

Right now I'm at 60% after unplugging it at 6:20 this morning. 7 hours and 20 minutes on battery, 2 hours of screen on. 15 minutes of voice calls, 25 minutes of music, and 10 minutes of navigation.

Yesterday the battery was at 10% after a full day from ~6:30am until 10pm. Including watching Plex for 2 hours.

I don't know if its my expectations for a 48 hour battery or something with my device. The threads at XDA have people at 30% after 30 hours on battery with 5 hours of screen on time.

I called Verizon this morning and they are sending me a new one. They are letting me use them side by side for 5 days to see if the new one is any better or its just the way it's supposed to be.

It could also be that the battery needs more charge cycles for calibration. It does seem to have gotten better over the past week.

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Re: Droid Turbo
« Reply #36 on: November 06, 2014, 01:51:07 PM »
I'm on the fence regarding the battery.

Right now I'm at 60% after unplugging it at 6:20 this morning. 7 hours and 20 minutes on battery, 2 hours of screen on. 15 minutes of voice calls, 25 minutes of music, and 10 minutes of navigation.

Yesterday the battery was at 10% after a full day from ~6:30am until 10pm. Including watching Plex for 2 hours.

I don't know if its my expectations for a 48 hour battery or something with my device. The threads at XDA have people at 30% after 30 hours on battery with 5 hours of screen on time.

I called Verizon this morning and they are sending me a new one. They are letting me use them side by side for 5 days to see if the new one is any better or its just the way it's supposed to be.

It could also be that the battery needs more charge cycles for calibration. It does seem to have gotten better over the past week.
Thats pretty disappointing.

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Re: Droid Turbo
« Reply #37 on: November 06, 2014, 01:53:59 PM »
Is it at least considerably better than your Moto X?
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Re: Droid Turbo
« Reply #38 on: November 06, 2014, 01:57:21 PM »
Thats pretty disappointing.
See this thread at XDA: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2930877
Is it at least considerably better than your Moto X?
Way better. My Moto X would be dead at 5pm without any music, navigation, or Plex.

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Re: Droid Turbo
« Reply #39 on: November 06, 2014, 03:48:53 PM »