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[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] Blues-n-Blazin:
I preordered both versions right away. And I wasn't trying to be critical other than the fact that I thought you were using the wrong phone, obviously my perspective was incorrect...lol. I received the SD820 deluxe from amazon last Saturday so I wasn't worried about the review, especially since you didn't really say anything bad about it. (I bought it for my dad who will not use it for anything more demanding than Facebook...smh). It is a great phone for 500, and I feel there is a good chance that it the camera could get better with software updates. While I had it, the camera was plenty good enough and may be better if I had gotten into all the settings. However, like you, I didn't spend a lot of time with the camera. It will be just fine as is for people who are okay with really good, though on the standard settings, it could be a tad better. I think it has more accurate colors than the "better cameras" though. Most great looking cameras I've seen seem to fluff up the colors, making the picture pop and look better. The biggest difference seems to be low light pictures, but I didn't try to take any photos with low light mode enabled. Just took a pic of this motherboard I was disassembling to replace with brand new guts for a customer. It worked awesome for that as I was able to zoom in after I took the pic and read all the words on the Motherboard, so it passed my test.

Any review of the SD820 has to be taken with a grain of salt when forming opinions of the Special Edition. Not a huge difference, specs wise, but that Pro CPU can affect a lot of things, and that is great cuz the SD820 was a multitasking beast and was super quick. I was hoping for more than the 137K-138K I got on Antutu though. I expect the SD821 to push past 150K, and anything above that is just bonus. As we all do when getting CPUs, I'm hoping I get one of the better ones out of the lot that performs at the upper limits instead of one that just barely met performance standards. Either way, it should be a beast for now.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] Blues-n-Blazin:
Okay I got my phone today. When I first ordered, they charged me $860, then about a week ago, the hold got taken off my card, so I figured it was a pre-authorization. Well, when they shipped it yesterday, and my card wasn't charged, I figured it must be a COD deal (which surprised me), and I thought they would charge me when I received the phone. So far I have had the phone for about 6 hours (haven't had a Chance to do much yet though) and I haven't been charged yet. Looked through my transaction history very carefully for the last month, and nothing for $860, nothing from Asus, and my balance is still $860 over what it should be. I keep asking myself, did I really get a free phone? I know God loves me for being a good person, but that same part of me feels like I should contact them and notify them of the discrepancy. Another part says that they are subconsciously rewarding me for being a good customer over the years...lol. I feel like I won the lottery, but I am having a bit of a moral dilemma. I know they can afford it, but part of me feels like I should say something, at least so they can try to find the bug and fix it. What would you guys do? I'm having a moral crisis over here. I will feel very guilty over stuff like this, but maybe God is just throwing me a freebie as a reward or something. I am in a quandary right now. I've always had a great experience with just about everything I've gotten from Asus, so justifying looking the other way is tough for me to do here.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] pacattack81:
I'm just starting to unbox mine now so I'll keep you guys posted with my opinion. I would absolutely 100% not contact them if they messed up and didn't charge me. If you feel bad just think about the conditions in the sweat shop they put kids through to make your phone on the cheap. Also, if they double charged you and noticed would they notify you? Don't contact them. If you feel bad give the money to a charity that will use it for some good. That should make you feel better :) I just recently donated $10 to some dog charity that rescues dogs and posts their stuff on YouTube so it's possible to find a charity you may care about. Actually, your story has made me want to see if they didn't charge me lol.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] Blues-n-Blazin:
Well I do good deeds all the time so I will always be paying it forward. That is a good point about the sweatshops, that actually helps ease my conscience a little bit, thanks.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] Blues-n-Blazin:
Okay, my first Antutu test was 152488
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] pacattack81:
Please tell me there's a way to turn off the lighting up of the capacitive buttons. I find them terribly distracting. Maybe it's something you can only turn off with root.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] Blues-n-Blazin:
My second run of the test was 153729
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] The Simple:
Wow that's really impressive! In comparison to your SD821 version My SD820 variant got a 139817.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] Blues-n-Blazin:
Qualcomm was spot on by saying it would be 10% faster then the SD820

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Really? Fine to me. They only light up for a second when u touch them

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I don't immediately see any option for it after looking. I even checked developer options, though I didn't expect it to be in there
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] pacattack81:
I'd like to be able to remove the charging light also. I like to use my phone at times when it's plugged into the charger.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] RMXO:
Do you guys think the camera and audio are worth it on the SD820 version?
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] adwinp:
The specs are the same for both versions, save for the SoC (SD820 vs SD821) & the storage (64/256).

I'll have my unit released from customs & delivered today during the day & will share my experience.

Everyone has different priorities, & the camera modules & DACs are quite good nowadays.

It's just a question of whether & what features you would consider "good enough", & what other features you need to be top notch.

This should help in making the decision which phone to choose.

Here was my thought process:

1: screen: I am still experimenting with the ideal screen size; my latest 2 phones had radically different screen sizes (6.8" vs 5.15"); 5.7" seems like a good choice. Another major factor is the fact that the Z3D has an AMOLED screen.

FullHD is also plenty enough - QuadHD is practically overkill & not worth the impact on battery life.

2: SoC - paying a premium for ~10% bump in speed which you're unable to discern in real world use is just a marketing gimmick.

The SD820 offers plenty of ooomph as is.

3: storage: I was barely able to fill in 64Gb; 256Gb in my case would be an overkill & if needed, I have a 128Gb EVO+ microsd ready to be used.

4: audio: I listen to music on a daily basis (via BT in my car & in ear buds at the gym); the current DACs are good enough for me; I'm not a fanatic audiophile. 24bit/192Khz is quite good.

5: camera: I rarely take pictures or record footage; the IMX318 module along with the laser focus are a great combo. I'm hoping for future improvements software-wise, as the potential is there (Xperia X series have the same module & have a 88 Dx0 rating).

6: ASUS has a good track record of releasing source code along with new versions of firmware; They also seem to have a healthy approach towards bootloader unlock (already available for the regular Z3).

Taking the above into consideration, the Z3D seems like a great candidate as my daily driver for the next 6 months to come.

Let's see how this translates into practice.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] Darkdragontc:
Seems like newegg is ready to go soon, they just took my money for the preorder. I know 64GB might seems small in storage, but with an SD Card going for 256 GB , yeah that more then enough for me. LOL.

I will keep you posted as well for how this phone is, when i get it.

I'm not sure of one thing though, does this have an Light Indicator (in meaning it will give a color when a message, comes, etc)?

As well i got this for the case

Hybrid Shockproof Heavy Duty Kickstand (Since i can't post links yet) got this from ebay.

And this for protective shield ->SPARIN [2 PACK] Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe (5.7 inch) Screen Protector. (This was from amazon)

i hope i made the right choices. Because i know it work with my carrier.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] The Simple:
It does have a LED light indicator. It only flashes green for me at the moment. It also turns on when charging. You can turn off the LED in the settings. I played around with the developer options and secret menus but could not find anything to affect the duration and on/off of the backlit capacitive buttons or colors of the LED if I remember. Maybe and app out there that can be a substitute if we can't find it in settings.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] Blues-n-Blazin:
Okay they finally charged me for the phone...
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] sandibhatt:
Who? Asus or Newegg? Frea&*(* Amazon is still holding up my order for some reason :(
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] pacattack81:
I don't know why there's no option to turn the capacitive key lights off. It appears you can disable the keys and enable software keys once you obtain root access, but the keys will still light up. This is a deal breaker for me because the keys lighting up is annoying when you're in a room with low light. Maybe there's a way?

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Apparently the xposed module gravity box has the option to turn off the key lights, but we need root access for that.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] The Simple:
Apparently the Samsung S7/Edge did not have the option to turn of the capacitive buttons either. Couple of apps were made by people to control the buttons specifically on the samsungs. Unfortunately, they do not work on our phones. Most other backlit button apps need root first. I don't doubt this phone can be rooted. Probably by using some or all of the same methods already out for the zenfone 2 deluxe.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] dktrwatson:
Newegg confirmed my 64gb model is shipping today for delivery tomorrow. Looks like the Zenfone 3 train is rolling. Hopefully we can get some into the Dev's hands to begin working on a root.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] Blues-n-Blazin:
I do for sure. I have the SD821 version but audio and camera are the same. The audio isn't crazy loud but it sounds really good. Very quality sound, but it is a phone so don't expect too much. It isn't going to serve as the sound system for your next party but no phone will. The camera is great, though I haven't compared to the other latest phones yet. I am thinking about taking a trip up to the store to do a comparison. Everything I have used it for looks great, although I have nothing to truly compare it to.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] RMXO:
Did you amazon charge you when you placed the order since its 4 - 6 wks delivery time?
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] sandibhatt:
Not yet... I am getting antsy.

I called Amazon yesterday and spoke with a CS rep. He basicaaly looked everything up and said the same thing that I could see on the website - that the product will be delivered between Nov 22 and 28... Waste of time :(
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] Darkdragontc:
Thank you for answering, hopefully i can look at this when i can, by the way i got everything now, but the phone. So it's now time to wait. Hopefully we will get dev. on this phone to get this going.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] Blues-n-Blazin:
Asus. I'm referring to the fact that they shipped me my SD821 and I received it and had it for almost 2 days before the charge showed up on my card. I received mine on the 26th. I have an SD820 I'm waiting on through Amazon as well. That date says nov23-dec1. But don't quote that because Amazon just does that when they don't have a concrete date. I actually received an SD820 from Amazon 2 Saturday's ago and when I ordered, it said Nov7-14 until it shipped out. Just be patient, you will get it soon enough. I know those dates look daunting but you won't have to wait that long

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Okay so after a couple days with my ZenFone SD821, I absolutely love it. I got a 153,729 score on Antutu which indicates that this phone comes with beast mode...lol. This ZenUI 3.0 is awesome and is the best launcher I have ever used. There is so much Customization you can do.

As I said before, the Camera is excellent, though I haven't been able to compare it to the competition yet. I am not a picture person though.

Everything runs buttery smooth. Previously, my fastest mobile device was my Shield Tablet (asong as we aren't counting my Shield TV) and this thing toasts that in user experience. In fact, this runs even smoother than the Shield TV too. Now this comparison is based on the fact that I haven't run any games on it yet. I'm not a big mobile gamer, but if anyone knows of a demanding game they would like me to do a basic comparison on, I will run it on all three and see how it plays out. Obviously it can't be any "Only on Shield" games (which are utterly the best Android games I've played). I am going to test out PS4 remote Play on it as soon as my USB micro to type C cable comes in so I can use the official controller.

The screen is amazing. Having the brightness all the way up will hurt your eyes. Everything looks great on it.

The fingerprint sensor works excellent and it has nice functionality. For instance, I love that to wake the phone, a finger on the sensor is all you need...no need to press the power button at all.

The phone is aesthetically beautiful and just exudes quality. I have been trying think of something bad to say about it but I just can't. However, although I am a computer technician and a huge techie, splurging on a phone was never a big deal to me. I upgraded to this from the Note 2 so the difference is obviously astronomical, but as someone who has a Razer Blade 2016 laptop, Nvidia Shield products, and built my own rig with top end components, I am no stranger to high expectations from my electronics. This is the reason it took me so long to upgrade, because I hadn't seen anything that worked so smooth to justify spending this kind of money on it. I will be keeping this phone for a couple years when they will start being as powerful as the current gaming systems. I look at that day as when we will have achieved technological Nirvana...lol
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] sandibhatt:
Great review! Thanks a lot buddy. Your review makes me glad that I didn't jump the gun and order the V20...
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] Blues-n-Blazin:
Yeah I have no regrets about plopping $860 on this phone. I just played kotor (probably not the best benchmark game) with all the graphics enhancements and it ran perfect.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] RMXO:
Amazon isn't selling the US version anymore for now.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] The Simple:
Thanks for the review and update as you've been using the phone. You've got a beast of a phone there. It's nice to hear someone else

NOT

complain about the UI. Bloatware maybe, but the UI is not that intrusive as people make it out to be.

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Wow I had to check...you're right. Low Inventory to begin with? Looks like B&H photo and Newegg still have it for preorder for US buyers. Kinda weird saying preorder when some of us already have had the phone for a minute.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] Blues-n-Blazin:
Amazon will keep that monitor until it catches up on their backorder. I would bet that Nov 1st is their date, just like Newegg.

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Between the fact that you can disable what you don't want and that we have 6GB of RAM, bloatware didn't bother me. Some of it is useful too.

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Micro SD:

Micro SD(SDXC) Card up to 2 TB

That is off Asus' site. I'm glad the spec landed at 2 TB. I had seen reports of 128GB, 256GB and 2TB. This phone is so future proof.

Makes you wonder how much a 2TB card will cost.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] RMXO:
By the time a 2TB sdcard comes out, you'll probably have switched a few phones by then. [emoji12]
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] Blues-n-Blazin:
I don't know about that, I just upgraded from the Note 2...lol. I don't need to always have the best phone

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My SD820 I ordered thru Amazon is slated to arrive Wednesday. So check ur order status, yours is probably getting ready to ship as well
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] Darkdragontc:
well i got the phone in my hands, and i have to say it was worth it. The video quality on this is great, with 1080p 60FPS makes it more amazing on the camera, it does have 4k in it as well. Carrier signal is great as well. Just have to wait for root and custom roms to come on this. I wish i had a way to do so, but sadly I'm not good at it. I'm not too worried about the Zen UI on here, the launcher is actually nice, just there is still some stuff i want custom if i had the chance, but that will need to wait.

trying to find to have apps run in the background.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion] Layze:
has anyone who ordered from amazon.ca received their order yet?
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Du22ty:
Just got my update OTA. Not sure what's new though. Seems it fixed my issues of not being able to call/text with wifi turned on though which is great.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] vinicioh23:
I just received the update here in Canada :)
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] PunishedSnake:
mines updating now wish i knew whats fixed given its a 400mb update
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Family_Man:
My update completed around 4:13 PM Eastern, I'm on the East Coast US. I looked on the HTC site for a 1.91.617.1 changelog; I saw nothing.

However, I now seem able to revieve sms messages, which had been driving me nuts today. They just would not arrive. Could send em successfully though.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] tkoreaper:
Come on guys, there's already threads for this... There's already been several thread removed.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] PunishedSnake:
Mine about 1215pm pat lol
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] DUTCH Van Atlanta:
I updated yesterday evening, and there appears to be a MAJOR improvement in battery life since the update. :)
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] DUTCH Van Atlanta:
Easily 2X of what it was before the update. Thank you HTC!
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] PunishedSnake:
Like SOT or standby?
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] DUTCH Van Atlanta:
Try it yourself. I have not changed my usage patterns, and the battery is now lasting more than 2X what it used to do.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] PunishedSnake:
Did the sot increase or did standby for u?
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Invain01:
The update made my bluetooth signal weaker. Than the previous one..with my bluetooth headset. Resulting to more garbling sound..disconnections.. Battery life seems more like the same.

I don't what did HTC improved or has done with this update.. Any changelog??????
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] DUTCH Van Atlanta:
I don't know what SOT or dog is.

Prior to the latest update, my phone would be down to about 20% at 24 hrs after a full charge to 100%. This is with light to moderate phone, email and text use.

After the update and with the same usage pattern, it is down to about 80% at 24 hrs after a full charge to 100%. Something has certainly been improved. :D

One possible negative is that Location is showing as unavailable in the HTC Time and Weather widget after the update. A reboot fixed that.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] PunishedSnake:
Dog?
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] FenrirMX:
Bark bark.

Probably autocorrected from SoT [Screen on Time]
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] vksf01:
Agreed, i thought I was imagining it but battery life definitely seems to be a lot better with this update
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] PunishedSnake:
That sucks I haven't noticed a changed
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] DUTCH Van Atlanta:
And it's not a minor improvement! After 36 hrs of light to moderate use, I'm still at 70%. This is a stock HTC 10, btw.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] thefoodman52:
That's very light use there.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] GrimJoke:
70% after 36 hours of usage? I guess you're only using it to see the time? lol
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Josh Joker:
So I recently rooted my Samsung Galaxy S5, and I thought it would be nice and all. And it was without a doubt nice. However, I want to revert back to how things were before the device was rooted. I've tried using Super SU's "Unroot" feature, Kingo's Unroot feature, and several others. However, when I go to software update in the settings, it still says that my device has unauthorised software changes and it will not update. I know that are no updates available for it right now. I only checked, hoping to have it say that I have the latest version installed to reassure me that the root is removed, but it still shows up. Anyone help? Please?

Samsung Galaxy S5 (SM-G900F)

G900FXXU1CPB8

Android 6.0.1

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Firehawk_752:
Unfortunate if you root in Samsung devices it trips the Knox 0x0 counter
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madscientistdam:
i have thhe s5 g900f and i followed this tutorial to unroot it worked great for me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoHGJl2FBpA
[Xiaomi Mi Max Questions & Answers] DavidMT909:
Hi guys. I've been a member of XDA for some time through many phones rooting, ROMing, etc., and customizing many phones. But I haven't done anything for awhile, still rocking the Note 4, and am by far no expert. I am really looking to get my hands on the

Xiaomi Mi Max 4GB 128GB dark grey

version. I've never bought a phone that wasn't compatible or made for my carrier, so I need some help.

1. Does anyone know if they will get these back in stock, or am I stuck purchasing a gold one?

2. I am on Verizon. From my understanding, it will work except LTE. Do you still get 4G but not LTE? Is it a huge deal really? Can you still stream on Netflix etc, without a huge lag? I've read from some users online it wasn't a huge difference.

3. Which version do I look for, International?

4. Would it work better on AT&T? Because I am willing to switch for the phone I want. If it's the same as Verizon, no LTE, then I'll just stay with Verizon.

Thanks for any help guys. I really want this phone. I was disappointed the Note 7 is still so small. The Note 4 easily fits in my pockets, so I can't see why they won't go bigger with all the use of media and internet these days. I know some people wear skinny jeans and already have an issue with the size, but that's why they have other options like the S7.

Also looking into the Asus Zenfone 3 Ultra. Will that work any better on a US network?
[Xiaomi Mi Max Questions & Answers] ajsmsg78:
I'll pay you $1,000,000 if you can get Verizon to activate this phone on their network. They would never let you use any of these phones on their network.