Members greg apocalypse Posted December 28, 2012 Members Share Posted December 28, 2012 Go to Costco when you buy, if you have a costco card. It was $199 in store, but cheaper there. And I feel like I saw it on Best Buy or something for cheap one day, too.The screen is huge, for one. Very bright, very colorful. The thing runs so fast, the visuals alone of just sliding the screen from home screen to home screen is strangely pleasing.They've added a lot of cool features for monitoring your phone just when you slide down the top banner. For instance, they've taken the "power control" widget (if you're familiar with other androids) and added it in the top banner when you pull it down. From there you can manage your airplane mode, wifi, GPS, bluetooth, stuff like that. Camera and video so far is sweet. The screen shot move is sick, too, you just slide your hand across the whole phone, rather than click a combo of buttons.That's what I've found just in a very breif time of playing with it. The speed is awesome, the guts of the phone are supposed to be way sweet, and I think how fast the phone runs is proof of that.The rest is really just iOS vs Android preference. I'm not ever finding myself wishing I had Apple apps anymore, that used to be the case, but for the most part, we're getting the same app or a very comperable alternative at the same time or very quickly. I also prefer the customization that can be done with Android versus iOS. After that it comes down to personal touches, IMO.A few thoughts - if you own other mac products, supposedly they all sync up real well, so that could be cool. My GF wants to get a mac for the adobe suites and simply because they have an Apple logo on them (she's one of those), so really, I think the iPhone will be sick as far as going back and forth with a mac when/if she gets it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members greg apocalypse Posted December 28, 2012 Members Share Posted December 28, 2012 Go to Costco when you buy, if you have a costco card. It was $199 in store, but cheaper there. And I feel like I saw it on Best Buy or something for cheap one day, too.The screen is huge, for one. Very bright, very colorful. The thing runs so fast, the visuals alone of just sliding the screen from home screen to home screen is strangely pleasing.They've added a lot of cool features for monitoring your phone just when you slide down the top banner. For instance, they've taken the "power control" widget (if you're familiar with other androids) and added it in the top banner when you pull it down. From there you can manage your airplane mode, wifi, GPS, bluetooth, stuff like that. Camera and video so far is sweet. The screen shot move is sick, too, you just slide your hand across the whole phone, rather than click a combo of buttons.That's what I've found just in a very breif time of playing with it. The speed is awesome, the guts of the phone are supposed to be way sweet, and I think how fast the phone runs is proof of that.The rest is really just iOS vs Android preference. I'm not ever finding myself wishing I had Apple apps anymore, that used to be the case, but for the most part, we're getting the same app or a very comperable alternative at the same time or very quickly. I also prefer the customization that can be done with Android versus iOS. After that it comes down to personal touches, IMO.A few thoughts - if you own other mac products, supposedly they all sync up real well, so that could be cool. My GF wants to get a mac for the adobe suites and simply because they have an Apple logo on them (she's one of those), so really, I think the iPhone will be sick as far as going back and forth with a mac when/if she gets it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members JerEvil Posted December 29, 2012 Members Share Posted December 29, 2012 Here are 2 I made for my iPhone 4s Diablo 3: Star Wars: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JerEvil Posted December 29, 2012 Members Share Posted December 29, 2012 Here are 2 I made for my iPhone 4s Diablo 3: Star Wars: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FastRedPonyCar Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Aaaaand I can officially never go back to looking at anything resembling stock android ever again. I am in love with this simplistic retro art style. I'm considering tossing the weather forecast widget off to another screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FastRedPonyCar Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Aaaaand I can officially never go back to looking at anything resembling stock android ever again. I am in love with this simplistic retro art style. I'm considering tossing the weather forecast widget off to another screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EdgeOfDarkness Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Mine constantly changes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EdgeOfDarkness Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Mine constantly changes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members greg apocalypse Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 I'll post the new one since I was messing with a new widget designer app (the little blue clock thing). Trying to revamp it and add the temp under the hour, too. Not sure I dig this background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members greg apocalypse Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 I'll post the new one since I was messing with a new widget designer app (the little blue clock thing). Trying to revamp it and add the temp under the hour, too. Not sure I dig this background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MattACaster Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Came stock with the rom I'm running... Haven't gotten around to changing it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MattACaster Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Originally Posted by JerEvil Here are 2 I made for my iPhone 4s Diablo 3: Star Wars: Ohhh... I may steal that Star Wars one if thats cool... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MattACaster Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Originally Posted by JerEvil Here are 2 I made for my iPhone 4s Diablo 3: Star Wars: Ohhh... I may steal that Star Wars one if thats cool... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MattACaster Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Originally Posted by FastRedPonyCar Aaaaand I can officially never go back to looking at anything resembling stock android ever again. I am in love with this simplistic retro art style. I'm considering tossing the weather forecast widget off to another screen. Is that a new launcher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FastRedPonyCar Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Originally Posted by MattACaster Is that a new launcher? Sort of. I'm using Apex launcher but what you're seeing is actually a visual theme that Apex launcher is being used to load. I've used apex primarily to remove the icon labels, alter icon size by enlarging them a bit, increasing the homescreen grid to a 6x6 layout, increase dock bar icon size a little and tweak a few effects like scrolling and what not. The clock/date widget at the bottom is one of the Zooper widgets and the weather bar widget is one of the eye in the sky widgets. The icons and visual theme are all part of this UI/icon pack https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...xnt.miui&hl=en You go into your launcher settings (it will work with apex, GO, nova, etc) and there should be an option to select a theme and that miui theme will be listed. It will change the background and replace all the icons. You can change any icon to a custom one (the theme comes with hundreds of different icons) by long pressing any icon then selecting "edit" and then tapping the icon that pops up in the edit menu. At the bottom of the selection box that shows up will be "select from icon packs". Hit that and you'll see a huge list of all the different icons. The guy that did the pack has made custom icons for all the popular apps and stuff. I'm working on my nexus 7 right now and the apex launcher allows you to use the tablet UI mode and the extra screen space will let me use a nice big vertical date widget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Miter Gauge Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Originally Posted by TurboRotary13b That's the same one I have on my phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FearTheVoices Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 This is a great iPhone 5 wallpaper i found a couple weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JerEvil Posted January 6, 2013 Members Share Posted January 6, 2013 Originally Posted by MattACaster Ohhh... I may steal that Star Wars one if thats cool... Sure. I have one for the lock screen too. Cheers, Jercius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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