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The Best Android Phones
We spent dozens of hours testing the latest Android smartphones in everyday use, and we concluded that Samsung's Galaxy S7 is the best Android phone for most people. It has the sharpest, brightest screen of any phone, as well as a best-in-class 12-megapixel camera and amazing build quality. It's also water-resistant and equipped with a microSD card slot, two features that were missing from last year's Galaxy model. If you want something bigger, Google's Nexus 6P is the best Android phablet: Its screen and camera are almost as good as the Galaxy S7's, but its unmodified Android software and rear-facing fingerprint reader are better. And if you're looking for a less expensive phone, check out our budget Android guide.
*At the time of publishing, the price was $30.
The Samsung Galaxy S7 is the best Android phone for most people. Its 5.1-inch 2560×1440 Super AMOLED screen is the best and brightest on any phone, and its 12-megapixel main camera takes fantastic shots that no other Android-phone camera can match right now.
The S7's metal-and-glass chassis makes it more attractive than most other Android phones, and the fingerprint reader is one of the best available. Samsung also listened to criticisms of last year's flagship and gave the S7 IP68 water resistance, a microSD card slot, and a larger battery. The battery is still nonreplaceable, but the extra capacity and Android Marshmallow optimizations allow the battery to last for more than a day of moderate use. Samsung's software has improved, as well, but it still has some rough edges that make us yearn for pure Android.
If you like big phones and don't mind paying about $500 up front, get the Google Nexus 6P. It's our favorite of any large Android phone we've used in the past year. The 6P runs pure Android 6.0 Marshmallow, sports a top-of-the-line 1440p Super AMOLED screen, and has an attractive unibody aluminum frame. On the back is one of the best cameras available on a smartphone, along with the Nexus Imprint fingerprint scanner, which is even faster and more accurate than the one on the Galaxy S7.
The 6P is the best phablet you can get, but this large device can be awkward to use one-handed. And because carriers don't sell this phone, you have to purchase it at full price; it starts at $500 for a version with 32 GB of storage. It should be your first choice for a phablet unless you really need a financing plan (or a phablet with a stylus).
We've just completed testing on a new group of budget Android phones, and we have three new picks. The 2016 Moto G4 replaces 2015's Moto G (third generation) as our top pick, and the OnePlus 3 is the best phone priced between $300 and $400. If you're an Amazon Prime member and you don't mind ads on your handset, the cheapest decent phone available is the Blu R1 HD.
Table of contents
- Why you should trust us
- Should you upgrade?
- Our pick: Samsung Galaxy S7
- Best phablet: Google Nexus 6P
- Best cheap unlocked phone
- The competition worth considering
- Last year's models
- The competition that isn't as good
- What to look forward to
Why you should trust us
In the past five years, I've written more than a million words about Android phones, tablets, and software on websites such as Android Police, ExtremeTech, and Tested. I've also lived with dozens of different Android phones as my "daily drivers" during that time. I've used and reviewed more phones in the past year than most people will own in their entire lives.
Should you upgrade?
The Wirecutter's philosophy on upgrading any product is that you should spend money on the things you use all the time that are important to you, and that you shouldn't spend a lot of money on stuff you rarely use. (Read Wirecutter founder Brian Lam's reasoning here.)
If you're happy with your current phone, don't get a new one yet. The phones that will be available when you're ready to upgrade (or when you truly need to upgrade) will be better than the models out there today. Unless you're a power user or a serial early adopter, you probably don't need an upgrade if you bought a phone in the past year. On the other hand, if you use your phone constantly throughout the day and your old one isn't serving you well anymore, get a new one.
You should consider an upgrade if your current phone is a couple of years old (or older) and isn't receiving software updates anymore. Without updates, your phone will only get less secure and capable over time, as apps begin to require features your OS doesn't support or more power than your phone's hardware can supply. For example, if you plan to use Android Auto in the next year or two, you need to be on a phone with Android 5.0 or later.1 Most Android phones are stuck on 4.4 (KitKat) or earlier, never to see another official update. And all software has bugs, which lead to security vulnerabilities—if your phone isn't getting updates, it isn't getting fixes either.
Unless you feel comfortable rooting your phone and installing custom ROMs, your experience on an older phone will get worse over time. Custom ROMs (such as CyanogenMod) can extend the life of an old phone if you can't afford to upgrade, but even the best ROMs lack the sort of deeply integrated features you can get only from the phone's manufacturer, such as proprietary camera-image processing and advanced power control.
On the other hand, if your biggest complaint is that your phone's battery life sucks, consider replacing the battery before replacing the phone. Most recent phones use sealed-in batteries, but you can usually ask the manufacturer or a third-party service to replace the battery. It's a hassle, but it's less of one than replacing the phone, and it's a lot less expensive. If such an option isn't feasible for you, any of our picks should get you through a day without issues.
When it's time to buy a new phone, we recommend getting the best-rated, most recently released phone you can afford. The four biggest national US carriers have dropped two-year service contracts, which makes pricing simpler. These days the most common option is an installment plan, in which you pay the $500 to $700 for a flagship phone divided across 12 to 30 equal monthly installments. These plans typically charge no interest, require a credit check, and show up on your credit report, as they're a kind of loan agreement. You can find such plans from carriers—in fact, some phones are available only through these plans—as well as from phone makers like Google and Motorola. With an installment plan, you pay about $20 to $30 a month with a two-year (24-payment) option for the phone, plus a monthly device fee to the carrier for using it on its network. At the end of the installment plan, you own the phone; you can pay the remainder at no fee at any point, in most cases. Most plans also offer a trade-in before the term is up that waives the rest of the payments for the phone. And this year brings an additional wrinkle: One of the best phones you can get is a Google Nexus phone, but you can't finance it unless you're on Google's Project Fi virtual carrier, so you'll have to pay the full price up front in all other cases.
Why not save some money and get whatever cheap phone your carrier offers? Those inexpensive financed phones often have some combination of substandard specs, poor build quality, bad UI, and outdated software—chances are good that you'll feel the difference in quality and usability every day. And sometimes the less-pricey phones on your carrier are already a year or two old, so they'll be three or four years old by the time you pay them off—long past the last software update. You're almost always better off paying a bit more to get a better phone that you'll enjoy using for at least two years.
One alternative to financing is buying a great phone outright: Some great Android phones are available off-contract for $300 to $400, or even less if you're willing to make a few sacrifices.
Our pick: Samsung Galaxy S7
*At the time of publishing, the price was $30.
The Samsung Galaxy S7 is the best Android phone for most people. Taking what was great about the Galaxy S6 and improving upon that model's weak points, the Galaxy S7 has the best camera of any Android phone we've tested, as well as an excellent screen, great battery life, and a microSD card slot. It's even water-resistant. It's also more comfortable to hold than most phones—the glass back has a gentle curve that makes it fit nicely in the hand. The software isn't as good as what's on the Nexus 6P or 5X, but it is a solid improvement over the software on the Galaxy S6, our previous pick.
The Galaxy S7 is available on all major US carriers for between $23 and $30 per month, which adds up to around $700 over a two-year payment plan. You can find less-expensive phones, but they have weaker construction, worse cameras, or dimmer screens—the Galaxy S7 makes the fewest compromises, and the difference between the S7 and a cheaper phone is only a few dollars per month on an installment plan. Those dollars do add up, though. If you're not comfortable with a $700 purchase, even spread out over two years, you can find other nice phones selling for hundreds of dollars less.
If you can't live without a removable battery, the LG G5 is your best option, though its build quality isn't as good as the Galaxy S7's. The all-aluminum HTC 10 is a good choice if you don't want a breakable glass back on your phone, or if you don't like Samsung's UI. Both phones are around the same price as the Galaxy S7, and you can read about both of them below.
The Galaxy S7's camera sets a new high-water mark for mobile photography on Android. Whereas other phones might take a few tries to get the perfect shot, the Galaxy S7 usually nails it the first time. Samsung dropped the resolution of the sensor to 12 megapixels (from last year's 16 megapixels), but those pixels are larger for better low-light performance, and the camera has robust optical image stabilization. It also has a large f/1.7 aperture to let in more light—much better than the Nexus 6P's f/2.0 aperture.
On top of that, Samsung still has the fastest, most impressive high dynamic range (HDR) mode on any Android-phone camera. The sensor is capable of using every pixel to acquire focus (an improvement on the phase detection in the Galaxy S6), and in our testing it was extremely fast. As Droid Life says, "When you buy a smartphone looking for an incredible camera, you want it to be fast at all times, yet also versatile, while taking photos you would be proud to share. The Galaxy S7's camera is all of that and then some."
Samsung made the Galaxy S7 a millimeter thicker than last year's model, allowing for a larger 3,000-mAh battery and an IP68 water-resistant design. Flagship phones such as the Nexus 6P, HTC 10, and LG G5 don't offer water resistance, but the much cheaper Moto G3 does. The thicker body also keeps the camera flush with the rear panel (unlike the cameras of the iPhone 6S, Galaxy S6, and Nexus 6P), so it will lie flat on a table and protect the camera more effectively.
The Galaxy S7 is a solid piece of metal and glass that looks and feels great, though it does attract fingerprints. Even with the fingerprints, though, it puts most other phones to shame. David Ruddock at Android Police writes, "Samsung's phones still feel and look the nicest of any Android OEM."
The 5.1-inch-diagonal, 2560×1440 Super AMOLED display is the same size and resolution as the one on the S6. But no one was complaining that 577 pixels per inch wasn't good enough; instead, Samsung focused on improving the display's other attributes, such as brightness and color balance. The screen experts at DisplayMate say that the Galaxy S7 has the best screen on any smartphone. The screen gets incredibly bright, at over 800 nits—10 to 15 percent brighter than the screen on the Galaxy S6 or the Nexus 6P. That makes the S7 a great choice for outdoor use, and it's easily readable even in bright sunlight. Samsung also added a personalized auto-brightness feature that remembers how you set the brightness in different levels of ambient light.
In addition, Samsung's new always-on display mode can show you the time, date, battery level, and some notifications while the Galaxy S7 is asleep. The feature is cool but not very useful, because it doesn't show notifications from non-Samsung apps. The Moto X Pure's Moto Display and Nexus phones' Active Display feature are much better. At least the S7's mode is power-efficient: On an AMOLED screen, only lit pixels draw power, and the always-on display uses only a few pixels to show the aforementioned information. In our testing, enabling this mode decreased our battery life by only a few percentage points over the course of a day.
With or without the always-on display mode activated, in our tests the Galaxy S7 easily lasted through a day of moderate use, including a good amount of messaging, a few phone calls, some Web browsing and navigation, and even a bit of gaming. We can say that the larger battery, along with the power-saving features introduced in Android 6.0 Marshmallow, makes for a measurable improvement in use time compared with last year's Galaxy S6, a conclusion that Ars Technica and Android Authority have also reached. In battery life this model ranks slightly behind the Nexus 6P, but the 6P's battery is quite a bit larger. The Galaxy S7 includes wireless charging, and it's compatible with both the Qi and PMA standards. The USB port is still Micro-USB (as opposed to the new USB Type-C port found on the Nexus 6P and other phones), so all those cables you might have sitting around won't go to waste.
If you're looking for a flaw, look no further than the software. The Galaxy S7 ships with Android 6.0 Marshmallow, but it still has Samsung's TouchWiz UI layer on top. With this layer, the settings are convoluted, and the home screen has a number of annoying quirks, such as an app drawer that never remains in alphabetical order. The new color scheme is more attractive than the one on the Galaxy S6, and some of the S6's less-used features, such as Smart Stay and S Finder, are now turned off by default or hidden out of the way. We've also found that the Galaxy S7 handles multitasking much better than the S6 did: It's able to keep plenty of apps running in the background just as Nexus and LG phones do. Droid Life's reviewer writes that the S7 "runs flawlessly." Phones do slow down over time, of course, but in our testing with the Galaxy S7, it has been lightning fast thanks to its Snapdragon 820 processor and 4 GB of RAM.
Most variants of the Galaxy S7 come with 32 GB of storage (64 GB in only particular markets), and the microSD card helps keep things from getting too tight. However, Samsung removed from the S7's version of Android Marshmallow the option to integrate a microSD card with the phone's internal storage. The Moto X Pure and HTC 10 both support this feature. This decision means that your Galaxy S7 will always treat your microSD card as removable storage instead of as an extension of the phone's built-in storage, so you can't install apps to the microSD card. You do have ways to modify your phone's software to enable microSD-card integration, but it isn't an officially supported feature.
Samsung has pledged to keep its flagship devices updated with monthly security patches, but you won't be on the latest and greatest OS for long.
Google released Android Nougat in August 2016, and at least a few months will pass before the Galaxy S7 receives the update (if you're lucky). If that length of time bothers you, the Nexus 6P or Nexus 5X might be a better choice.
About the Galaxy S7 Edge
We also tested the Galaxy S7 Edge. It's an undeniably attractive phone, with a curved AMOLED display that's 5.5 inches on the diagonal instead of 5.1 inches like the regular Galaxy S7's. However, we don't think you should get the Galaxy S7 Edge if you just want a larger phone. It's about $100 more than the Galaxy S7, and the curved front edges make it less comfortable to hold. Only a few software features take advantage of the curved edges of the display, too, and they feel rather forced.
The reason to get this phone is that it looks really cool. Dan Seifert of The Verge calls the Galaxy S7 "the most impressive piece of smartphone hardware I've ever held." If you love the look, the S7 Edge will offer the same great experience as the S7, just with a larger screen. Otherwise, stick with the regular S7, or choose something larger, such as the Nexus 6P, if you want a phablet. If you buy the Galaxy S7 instead of the Galaxy S7 Edge, you can spend the money you save on a high-capacity microSD card.
Best phablet: Google Nexus 6P
Google's Nexus 6P is the best Android phablet (read: big phone) for most people. It runs stock Android 6.0, with guaranteed OS updates for two years after release and security updates for three years. The Nexus 6P has a 5.7-inch, 1440p Super AMOLED screen that's nearly as good as the one on the Galaxy S7, plus one of the best cameras on any Android phone. The all-aluminum design feels solid and includes a rear-facing fingerprint sensor superior to Samsung's, but the phablet's size makes it a bit unwieldy.
The Huawei-built Nexus 6P is as good as or better than the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 where it counts, which is why we chose this handset as our top phablet. It comes unlocked for use on any carrier, even Sprint and Verizon. Its primary drawback is its price: Carriers don't sell it directly, so you'll have to pay the $500 or so outright. If that's a problem, or if you really want a stylus, the Galaxy Note 5 is still a good alternative.
The Nexus 6P runs Google's stock version of Android 6.0 Marshmallow, which is more intuitive and easier to use than the TouchWiz UI that Samsung adds to its phones. Android 6.0 includes enhanced battery-saving features as well as granular privacy controls that let you choose which apps can access your information.
In building the Nexus 6P, Huawei uses the same Samsung 5.7-inch Super AMOLED display found in the Galaxy Note 5, and the results are fantastic. According to Computerworld's JR Raphael: "It's a true treat to view and it'll spoil your eyes for anything less spectacular." The Nexus 6P's screen gets extremely bright outdoors and very dim in a dark room. The colors are lush, and the viewing angles are perfect. With a resolution of 2560×1440, the 6P looks incredibly crisp from all angles and viewing distances. The Galaxy S7 has slightly better brightness and color balance, but the Nexus 6P's screen still looks great. The front-facing stereo speakers also put those of most other phones, including the Note 5, to shame, as they're incredibly loud and clear even at high volume.
The Nexus 6P uses a 12.3-megapixel camera sensor with laser autofocus and electronic image stabilization. In the Computerworld review, Raphael writes that the new Nexus phones are in the "top-tier league" for Android cameras, alongside Samsung's offerings. The camera captures a ton of detail and creates HDR images that are crisp and vibrant, though it's a little slower to shoot them than Samsung's phones are.
Among the Nexus 6P's top-of-the-line specs are a Snapdragon 810 octa-core processor and 3 GB of RAM. In other phones from 2015, the Snapdragon 810 has gotten very hot and slowed down the device, but this doesn't appear to be a problem with the Nexus 6P. Dieter Bohn at The Verge writes, "I've not detected any lag or dealt with any slowdowns, even in intensive games."
Below the camera window on the back, you'll find the Nexus Imprint sensor in just the right place for you to tap it with a finger as you pick up the phone. Android Police points out in its review that you'll use the power button significantly less because Nexus Imprint is so fast. It works in less than a second to wake and unlock the phone, and it's the most accurate sensor we've ever used.
The Nexus 6P's battery isn't removable, but it is substantially larger than the Note 5's (3,450 mAh versus 3,000 mAh). With Android 6.0 Marshmallow's battery-saving features, the Nexus 6P will get you comfortably through a day and then some. The reviews from The Verge and Computerworld agree that the Nexus 6P uses little power in standby thanks to its doze mode. I've lost only a few percentage points of charge while leaving the phone unplugged overnight. The Nexus 6P should have better battery life than other phablets such as the Note 5 and Moto X Pure.
Speaking of charging, the Nexus 6P doesn't support wireless charging, but it does charge incredibly rapidly through its USB Type-C (aka USB-C) charging port. USB-C has reversible connections, so you can avoid the awkwardness of figuring out which way to insert a Micro-USB cable. The new port requires new cables and adapters, however. The Nexus 6P comes with a USB-C charger, a USB-C–to–USB-C charging cable, and a short adapter cable that lets you use a standard USB Type-A charger, but you'll probably want to buy a few more USB-C–to–Type-A cables for around the house.
The Nexus 6P has an aluminum frame with a Gorilla Glass panel around the camera on the back. This window is also home to some of the antennas, and it gives the phone an interesting visual quirk that sets it apart. Reviewers regularly call the Nexus 6P's design "solid" and "gorgeous," and I agree, though the sharp angles and tall frame make it somewhat awkward to hold.
The Nexus 6P starts at $500 for the 32GB variant—about $200 less than the base-model Galaxy Note 5. Neither phone offers a microSD card slot, though both the LG G4 and the Moto X Pure have that feature. If you're looking for more storage, you can purchase the Nexus 6P with a 64GB ($550) or 128GB ($650) capacity. It's the best Android phablet you can get, despite the lack of carrier payment plans, and as long as you don't need a stylus. If you do want a stylus, nothing can beat the Galaxy Note 5.
Best cheap unlocked phone
We've finished our tests on the latest budget Android phones, and we have three new picks. The 2016 Moto G4 is an update of our previous pick for favorite budget smartphone, the Moto G3 (formerly known as the third-generation Moto G). The new model has a bigger screen, an octa-core processor, and a better battery. We also have new picks for the best phone priced between $300 and $400 (OnePlus 3) and the cheapest decent phone available (Blu R1 HD).
The competition worth considering
HTC 10: Rock-solid build quality and great software
The HTC 10 is a great alternative to the Samsung Galaxy S7 if you want better software or hate the idea of a phone with a breakable glass back. The HTC 10 has a sturdy, all-aluminum design and snappy software that's a bit closer to stock Android than you'll find on most phones. It also offers stereo speakers and one of the best fingerprint sensors you can get. It's a really good phone. However, the Galaxy S7 remains our top pick because the HTC 10's 5.2-inch LCD screen and 12-megapixel camera just aren't as good as Samsung's, and because the HTC 10 is not water-resistant.
The aluminum unibody design has an aggressive chamfered edge all the way around the back. The build quality is among the best we've ever seen: It's as good as that of the Galaxy S7—better, in fact, if you don't like having slippery, fingerprint-collecting glass on the back of your phone.
Although the HTC 10's 5.2-inch 2560×1440 IPS LCD screen holds its own against other LCDs, the default calibration is very warm (and it gets even warmer when you view it off-axis). It looks better with a few software tweaks buried in the settings menu, though it still isn't as bright as the screen on the LG G5 or Galaxy S7, and the colors fall far short of those on the screen of the S7 or any other recent Samsung phone.
The nonremovable 3,000-mAh battery should give you a full day of battery life. You charge the battery using the phone's USB-C port, which supports Quick Charge 3.0 and completely charges the phone in under an hour. Alongside its 32 GB of internal storage, the HTC 10 includes a microSD card slot with adoptable storage, a feature that lets the operating system "adopt" the microSD card as part of the internal storage system. (This feature is disabled on the LG G5 and Galaxy S7 but enabled on the HTC 10.) The fingerprint sensor in the capacitive home button is much better than the one on the Galaxy S7, though it isn't as fast or accurate as the sensors on the Nexus 5X and 6P. The stereo speakers are, together, louder and clearer than the mono speakers on the Galaxy S7 or LG G5.
The HTC 10's Snapdragon 820 processor and 4 GB of RAM make it as fast as the Galaxy S7 or LG G5 for basic tasks, but the HTC 10's less-cluttered UI means that digging around in your settings or managing apps is even faster. The HTC 10 has a customized version of Android 6.0 Marshmallow, called Sense, with a clean UI and a home screen that's free of junk. Rather than create its own version of every app, including minor ones such as the calculator and calendar, HTC preloads the Google apps that most people plan to download anyway. Ron Amadeo at Ars Technica writes, "HTC does the right thing by largely leaving the important, irreplaceable parts of Android alone." Of course, the carriers will probably add their own bloatware—we'll take a look when carrier models start shipping—but that's inevitable.
HTC has given this phone a camera that is dramatically better than the disappointing 21-megapixel shooter in the One M9 but not quite a match for the Galaxy S7's camera. The HTC 10 has a 12-megapixel rear camera similar to the one in the new Nexus phones, but with the addition of optical image stabilization. Although the camera takes crisp and accurate images in bright light, it gets noisier and warmer in low light than the camera on the Galaxy S7 or the one on the LG G5. The laser autofocus is also hit or miss. David Ruddock at Android Police mentions the same shortcomings, but Ars Technica's Ron Amadeo writes that the camera "can perform as well as the competition." The 5-megapixel selfie camera also has optical image stabilization, which is unusual in a smartphone. That camera takes bright, well-exposed photos, and the stabilization comes in handy when you're holding the phone at arm's length to get multiple people into the selfie.
If you can live with a slightly inferior screen and camera, the HTC 10 hits all the other high points. HTC is asking about $700 for this phone unlocked, which means it costs more than the Galaxy S7, though some carrier versions are a little less expensive. On the plus side, HTC offers one free replacement within 12 months if you break the phone—even if you shatter the screen or drop it in the pool.
LG G5: Removable battery and wide-angle camera, but worse build quality
*At the time of publishing, the price was $690.
The LG G5 isn't as polished as the Samsung Galaxy S7 or HTC 10, but it offers some features that you won't see elsewhere. It's the best choice if you want a removable battery on your phone; the system that allows for that removable battery lets you swap in modular accessories, as well. The G5 also has two rear-facing cameras: an excellent 16-megapixel main camera and an 8-megapixel wide-angle lens. Its build quality isn't great, though, and the modular system has only one accessory for now. LG's software is quirky, too. So this handset is not the best choice for most people.
The G5 has an all-aluminum frame with a removable "chin" that allows the 2,800-mAh battery to slide out. Now that most phones support Quick Charge, however, removable batteries aren't that important for most people anymore. The G5 supports Quick Charge 3.0 via its USB-C port and can charge completely in around 45 minutes, so carrying a second battery is even less necessary.
Although the G5 has the same Snapdragon 820 ARM processor, 4 GB of RAM, 32 GB of storage, and microSD card slot as the Samsung Galaxy S7, LG has tuned the CPU to run faster. This tweak makes a small but noticeable difference when you're using the phone. Android Police writes, "Animations complete more quickly, apps often load a bit faster, and the phone feels snappier overall." The 5.3-inch 2560 x 1440 IPS LCD screen is bright and clear, though not as nice as Samsung's Super AMOLED screen.
The G5 has a 16-megapixel standard camera that takes excellent photos with incredible detail and fast capture times. It also has an 8-megapixel secondary sensor with a wide-angle lens that lets you capture more of the scene. Both cameras work very well, and everyone we've shown the G5's photos to has been impressed. Vlad Savov at The Verge writes, "LG's camera system is one of the very few that I trust in all circumstances, delivering sharpness, detail, and speed that only Apple and Samsung are currently able to compete with."
While the G5 ships with Android 6.0 Marshmallow, LG's UX 5.0 skin removes the app drawer, which means your home screen will get messy fast. Fortunately, you can swap in a third-party launcher like Google Now or Nova to get a more manageable UI.
The removable bottom, which gives you access to the battery, is also the heart of LG's modular system of "friends," such as the Cam Plus, which gives you physical camera controls and an extended battery. We see some potential here, but as CNET writes, "there aren't enough [modules] to make this feature compelling." LG has announced only two, and the other one (a hi-fi DAC aimed at audiophiles) isn't available in the US.
Unfortunately, LG's build quality can't match Samsung's. The chin is slightly off-center on all the G5 units we've seen. The thick layer of primer on the aluminum chassis (to hide the antennas) makes the phone feel more like plastic than metal—LG did not make a good decision here. And the rear-facing power button sits in a good spot but rattles around a bit, and the embedded fingerprint sensor isn't as fast or accurate as the one on the Samsung Galaxy S7 or on Nexus phones. Unless you can't live without a removable battery, you're better off with one of our main picks.
Google Nexus 5X: The pure-Android unlocked phone
The LG-built Nexus 5X is a great phone if you want to be on the latest and most secure version of Android but don't need a phone as big or expensive as the Nexus 6P. In many ways, it's a smaller version of the 6P: It has the same great camera and fingerprint sensor, runs the same unadulterated version of Android 6.0 Marshmallow, and charges quickly via a USB Type-C port rather than via Micro-USB. Like the 6P, it works with all major carriers but isn't available for sale or financing with them, which means you'll need to pay full price unless you're using Google's Project Fi virtual carrier.
Smaller and less expensive than the 6P, the Nexus 5X lacks some of the 6P's fancy features. It has a 5-inch, 1920×1080 LCD screen instead of the 6P's 5.7-inch, 2560×1440 AMOLED. It's smaller and lighter, making it easier to use in one hand, and it has a soft-touch plastic back instead of aluminum for greater comfort when you hold it. As Droid Life writes, "It is thin without being too thin, is reachable at all corners without much of a shimmy, and will certainly slide in and out of your skinny pants." This model's 12.3-megapixel camera is the same as the 6P's and capable of taking photos that are nearly as good, but because it's missing image stabilization, it can sometimes produce blurry low-light pictures. It also lacks a Smart Burst capture feature.
Next to the Nexus 6P, the Nexus 5X has less RAM (2 GB instead of 3 GB) and a less powerful CPU (a six-core Snapdragon 808 instead of an eight-core Snapdragon 810). These lower-level components aren't a problem right now, but they may cause this phone to age less gracefully than the 6P.
The 2,700-mAh battery easily lasts a full day thanks to the battery-life optimizations in Android 6.0. As I mention in my Android Police review, the phone poses "no problem getting from early morning to late evening with another 20% left in the tank."
Unfortunately, it has no microSD card slot, and the handset comes with only 16 GB or 32 GB of internal storage. As 16 GB is tight for a lot of people, we think most shoppers should get the 32GB version.
Samsung Galaxy Note 5: The phablet for getting things done
*At the time of publishing, the price was $30.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 isn't the best phablet for most people anymore—that's the Nexus 6P—but it is still the best if you care about productivity. Its 5.7-inch, 1440p Super AMOLED screen is great for getting things done, and it's the only smartphone you can buy that has a proper pressure-sensitive stylus. Many of Samsung's custom Android features, such as multiple-window apps, are also more at home on the Note's larger screen than they are on the Galaxy S7's standard-size display. Unlike the Nexus 6P, the Note 5 is available for about $25 to $30 a month on US carriers, making it the best phablet for people who can't pay $500 up front for the Nexus 6P.
If the Nexus 5X is a scaled-down version of the Nexus 6P, the Galaxy Note 5 is in many ways a scaled-up version of the Galaxy S6. Like the Samsung Galaxy S7, the Note 5 has a 2560×1440 Super AMOLED display. It's one of the best displays I've ever seen on a phone, and it's the same as the one on the Nexus 6P. It has wide viewing angles, vibrant yet accurate colors, and incredible brightness range—only the Galaxy S7's screen tops it. The 5.7-inch display offers a lot of room to get things done, but that also means the phone itself is big, about the same size and weight as the iPhone 6 Plus or the Nexus 6P.
Other specs include an octa-core Samsung Exynos 7420 CPU, 4 GB of RAM, 32 GB or 64 GB of storage, a nonremovable 3,000-mAh battery, and a touch-based fingerprint sensor in the home button, just as on other Samsung phones. The Note 5 has the hardware necessary for Samsung Pay, meaning you'll be able to make contactless payments at almost all credit-card readers, whether they support NFC or not.
Like the Galaxy S6, the Note 5 is a unibody phone clad in metal and glass, and it feels solid and well balanced when you hold it. Engadget writes that the Note 5 is "the most attractive, most comfortable-feeling Galaxy Note that Samsung has ever made."
The Note 5 has a great 16-megapixel camera that can capture images more quickly than the one on the Nexus 6P and most other phones. The camera is "stellar," as Gizmodo describes it. The images the Note 5 produces are extremely crisp with accurate colors and exposure virtually every time.
In our testing, the 3,000-mAh battery in the Note 5 held up surprisingly well, though the Nexus 6P lasted longer. The Note 5's wireless charging supports both the PMA and Qi standards.
The lack of a removable battery and a microSD slot may not bother most people, but the Galaxy Note 5's price is a problem. No matter how you buy it, you'll pay between $650 and $750 total, which makes it one of the most expensive phones on the market. In contrast, the Nexus 6P, our main phablet pick, starts at $500.
Moto X Pure Edition: Make it your own
If you want an affordable phablet with a clean version of Android and a microSD card slot, the Motorola Moto X Pure Edition might be right for you. Motorola's latest flagship phone offers a great Android 6.0 software experience with customization options that other phones simply can't match. You can choose from different colors and materials for the back, pick a metallic accent color, and even customize the startup message. It's more comfortable to hold than other phablets despite its big, 5.7-inch LCD, plus it has a slot for a microSD card. If you take a lot of selfies, we have still more good news: This phone has a front-facing flash paired with a wide-angle 5-megapixel camera.
The Moto X has a metal frame, but you can choose the back materials using the Moto Maker online tool. There you'll find various soft-touch plastics, woods, and leathers, and you can also customize the color of the front panel and metal rim. "The X has its own vibe, different from the Galaxies and iPhones of the world," writes David Pierce at WIRED. The design and customization options are the best reasons to get the Moto X Pure Edition over the Galaxy Note 5 or Nexus 6P.
Motorola's clean build of Android is its other big selling point: Motorola hasn't made any unnecessary changes to the Android UI, keeping it clean and cohesive. It's very fast with a Snapdragon 808 CPU and 3 GB of RAM, and the phone has no carrier bloatware preinstalled. Motorola does include a few cool software features, such as Moto Display, which wakes the phone's screen when a notification comes in. The Moto X ships with Android 5.1, but you'll find an upgrade to 6.0 waiting for you when you set up the phone. Among other features, Android 6.0 Marshmallow supports improved battery life and adoptable external storage; the latter means that the device can merge your microSD card's storage with the internal memory so that the result is as if you had bought a phone with much more space.
While the Moto X's 1440p LCD is clear and bright, it's unable to match the AMOLED screens on the Nexus 6P and Galaxy Note 5. Engadget notes that the colors have "a cooler, almost washed-out cast next to the Galaxy Note 5." Above and below the screen are stereo speakers that sound as good as those on the more expensive Nexus 6P.
The Moto X has a nonremovable 3,000-mAh battery; the battery life is a bit better than the Note 5's and worse than the Nexus 6P's. Camera performance used to be a consistent weak point for Motorola, keeping us from giving its phones a strong recommendation. This year, though, Motorola has improved things with a 21-megapixel sensor and better software processing. Image noise seems greatly reduced, and the camera captures colors accurately. The camera isn't as good as the one in the Nexus 6P or the Galaxy Note 5, but it can hold its own.
Across the board, the Moto X gets great scores. Engadget gave it a 90 out of 100. WIRED, which tends to be conservative in its grades, awarded an 8 out of 10. PCMag bestowed a rating of 4½ out of five and an Editors' Choice award.
The Moto X Pure Edition comes in capacities of 16 GB, 32 GB, and 64 GB, with the 16GB version starting at $350. Unlike with most phones, the 16GB model might be enough for most people thanks to Android 6.0, which lets the device adopt microSD cards as internal storage. The Nexus 6P, in contrast, lacks a card slot, and the Galaxy S7 won't adopt an SD card without some system modification. The Moto X is completely unlocked, and like the Nexus 6P, it works on all four big US carriers. And Motorola offers an installment-plan option on the phone, so you don't have to pay for it up front.
Last year's models
Samsung Galaxy S6
The Samsung Galaxy S6 remains a solid choice if you want a good phone with high-end features for a few hundred dollars less than the cost of the Galaxy S7. The S6 still has one of the best cameras available on a smartphone, with a 16-megapixel sensor and excellent optical image stabilization. The 5.1-inch, 2560×1440 Super AMOLED display is better than the screen on most other smartphones, too. While the octa-core Exynos processor and 3 GB of RAM are capable, the battery life is a little short compared with what you get from newer phones. A version of Android 6.0 for the Galaxy S6 should be available soon.
The LG G4 has an incredibly fast and accurate 16-megapixel camera with full manual mode and a nice 5.5-inch 2560×1440 LCD. You might even prefer to buy the G4 over "better" phones—saving some money in the process—because of its removable battery, microSD card slot, and slim shape. The phone is very lightweight and designed with a narrow bezel around the screen, and it's comfortable to use thanks to the overall curved shape and rear-facing buttons. Often available for as little as $300 to $400 new, the G4 is an excellent value if you want a removable battery.
The competition that isn't as good
OnePlus 2
The OnePlus 2, at about $350, is much cheaper than some of the other phones on this list. It has a great 1080p screen, flagship-level internals, and a fingerprint sensor on a par with the one on the Galaxy S6. Its version of Android (made by OnePlus and called OxygenOS) comes close to stock Android and performs well, but other than the ability to customize the hardware buttons, and some gestures that work while the screen is off that let you launch the camera or flashlight by drawing shapes on the screen, it doesn't support many distinctive features. The OnePlus 2's magnesium-alloy frame gives the phone a solid feel in the hand, and the back is covered in a cool ultra-grippy, sandstone-like material.
Reviews are mostly positive, with Engadget giving the phone a mark of 86 out of 100, and The Verge settling on a similar score of 8.5 out of 10. However, the phone is lacking Quick Charge, wireless charging, and NFC—very odd omissions for a $350 handset.
HTC One M9
We expected the HTC One M9 to be stronger competition for the Samsung Galaxy S6. It offers great build quality with an aluminum unibody frame, and HTC's Sense 7 UI is still the best manufacturer version of Android outside of Motorola's. However, the M9's design is almost identical to that of the HTC One M8 from 2014, and it has the same 5-inch, 1080p LCD screen. The camera is also disappointing. The Galaxy S6 is a better choice for most buyers if you're going to get a phone from 2015.
LG's V10 is similar to the G4, with the exception of the screen—or should I say screens? It has a 5.7-inch main display with a resolution 0f 2560×1440, as well as a small, secondary ticker screen (160×1040) above that for showing notification text, app shortcuts, and settings toggles. The secondary screen is active even when the phone is asleep, which is useful when you want to see the time or check notifications. This device has the same Snapdragon 808 chip and 3,000-mAh battery as the G4, but it's much heavier. Although the fingerprint sensor has good positioning on the back, it's buggy compared with the sensors in other phones on this list.
The V10 is a bit gimmicky and doesn't justify its cost (it's currently about $200 more than the G4). If the V10 appeals to you, you'll probably be just as happy with the G4. As Gizmodo writes, this model is "big, weird, and not worth it."
HTC One A9
HTC's second major phone release in 2015 didn't go much better than the first in our testing. The HTC One A9 is a modestly specced phone with a not-so-subtle iPhone 6 vibe. It has a 5-inch 1080p AMOLED display, 3 GB of RAM, and a Snapdragon 617 chip. It's fast enough, but it won't blow you away. Probably the best part of this phone is that it ships with Android 6.0.1 and has a very good fingerprint scanner. However, the camera is terrible, and the battery life is barely acceptable.
The A9 is not a bad phone, but its price makes it impossible to recommend. HTC wants $500 for it, and TechnoBuffalo points out that you can get a Moto X Pure, Nexus 5X, or Nexus 6P for the same or less. Barring a price cut, you should pass on this one.
Motorola DROID Turbo 2
The DROID Turbo 2 is available only on Verizon, so it isn't an option for everyone. This phone has a 5.4-inch 1440p AMOLED screen, 3 GB of RAM, and a large 3,760-mAh battery—25 percent more capacity than the Moto X Pure. The two-day battery life is this phone's selling point, but it also poses some trade-offs. For starters, this Motorola-built device has many of the cool software features of the Moto X Pure, but it also has Verizon bloatware and an older version of Android (5.1). If history is any guide, it'll be a long time before this phone gets an update. This model is also considerably more expensive than the Moto X Pure (which works on Verizon), costing about $625 for the 32GB version as of this writing. The Turbo 2 features a shatterproof screen, but it's plastic, and the top layer is susceptible to scratching, unlike Gorilla Glass. For most people, the improved battery life simply won't make up for the shortcomings. You can find better, less expensive choices on Verizon.
Samsung Galaxy S7 Active
We don't usually consider the Active models in the Samsung Galaxy line, and in light of Consumer Reports's latest findings on the Samsung Galaxy S7 Active—that it isn't water-resistant as advertised—we definitely will not recommend this year's version. In July 2016, the technicians at Consumer Reports placed an S7 Active in a water tank pressurized to 2.12 pounds per square inch (less than 5 feet of water) and set a timer for 30 minutes. When the testers removed the phone, the screen was covered in green lines, bubbles were visible in the camera lenses, and the touchscreen was nonresponsive. The same thing happened to a second phone they tested. CNET confirmed Consumer Reports's findings by running the S7 Active through four submersion tests, two of which the device failed. For its part, Samsung launched an investigation into the reports, eventually identifying a manufacturing problem in the production line. The company has since corrected the problem, and though it would not specify the exact number of Galaxy S7 Active units affected by this issue, Samsung did say that the figure is "tiny." Still, we strongly believe that you'll be better served with the standard Galaxy S7. This problem does not affect the standard Galaxy S7 or the S7 Edge.
What to look forward to
In August 2016, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note 7. After last year's Note 5, Samsung elected to forgo a Note 6 in order to avoid confusion and to complement the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. The Galaxy Note 7 is a 5.7-inch water-resistant smartphone with a curved Super AMOLED screen, a Snapdragon 820 processor, a 12-megapixel camera, 4 GB of RAM, and 64 GB of storage. It also offers an iris scanner, a stylus, a microSD card slot, and a 3,500-mAh battery, and it's Samsung's first phone to feature a USB-C charger port. The Note 7 is available for preorder now, before it arrives on August 19, and we look forward to testing it soon.
Lenovo announced the Moto Z and the shatter-proof Moto Z Force, two 5.5-inch modular smartphones that feature a Quad HD AMOLED display, a Snapdragon 820 processor, 4 GB of RAM, a USB-C charging port, and expandable SD storage. Neither handset will have a headphone jack, but they will both come with a 3.5 mm–to–USB-C adapter. While the Moto Z Force has a 21-megapixel camera with optical image stabilization (versus the Z's 13 megapixels) and a bigger 3,500-mAh battery (in contrast to the Z's 2,600-mAh battery), most of its specs remain the same as the Moto Z's. Both also support Moto Mods, optional accessories that add hardware such as speakers or an extended battery to the phone.
The Moto Z Droid and the Moto Z Force Droid, as they are known on Verizon, are available now through that carrier. An unlocked version of the Moto Z will see release in September, but the company has no plans to make the Moto Z Force available outside of the United States or on another carrier.
Lenovo also unveiled the Phab 2 Pro, the world's first Google Tango–enabled smartphone. Tango allows the Phab 2 Pro to do things like map out a physical space and project virtual effects and objects into the real world. Lenovo's Phab 2 Pro measures 6.4 inches and has a Quad HD screen, a Snapdragon 652 processor, 4 GB of RAM, and 64 GB of storage. It also offers a 16-megapixel rear camera and a huge, 4,050-mAh battery. The Phab 2 Pro will be available worldwide in September.
Asus announced its Zenfone 3 series, starting with the budget-friendly Zenfone 3 and building to the 5.7-inch Zenfone 3 Deluxe and 6.8-inch Zenfone 3 Ultra. The Deluxe offers a 23-megapixel rear camera and a 3,000-mAh battery, and it will be the first phone to feature the Snapdragon 821 processor. The Ultra, while sporting the same rear camera as the Deluxe, runs on a Snapdragon 652 processor and a 4,600-mAh battery. We don't have any information on the release date for the Zenfone 3 series yet, but we'll post an update here when we do.
Meanwhile, the Sony Xperia lineup—the Xperia X, X Performance, XA, and XA Ultra—is preparing for its US release, with the Xperia X coming first at the end of June. The 5-inch X runs on a Snapdragon 650 processor and comes with a 2,620-mAh battery, 3 GB of RAM, and a 23-megapixel camera, but unlike Sony's Z-series phones, it isn't waterproof. The waterproof Xperia X Performance is coming in July with a Snapdragon 820 processor and 3 GB of RAM.
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- Galaxy S7 And S7 edge Review: An Iteration, But One Samsung Can Be Proud Of, Android Police, March 17, 2016 ,
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- OnePlus 2 review, The Verge, August 18, 2015 ,
- Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge review: The Galaxy S6 2.0, ArsTechnica, March 14, 2016 ,
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At what age does it become weird to still be a virgin?
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There isn't really a set age.
I would say more, but there is nothing else to say.
Hmm. I'd say after late 20s it would not be considered normal.
are you religious?
if we are talking in the real world and not in the world of tsr (i know you will get flamed and people will say 'lose it when you are ready'), i believe it depends on your level of maturity and what your life situation is. but i would guess that the average person in the real world would find it weird if you were 20 or older and still a virgin. they would wonder why you hadnt lost it. even if your reason is 'i havent met the right person', that wont wash with most people because anyone with a normal social life will meet someone they consider to be 'right' by 20. not 'right' in the sense of marriage and kids necessarily.
i digress the only people i know who are virgins who are 20 or over have poor social skills or they fail with the opposite sex. this usually applies to guys 'cos girls can get it easy
edited: i noticed you said by choice. whoops if by choice, i dont know. i dont know any religious people who place an importance on virginity and sex. sorry
There isn't really a weird age if it's by choice. If you're waiting to have sex until you're married, then people aren't going to think you're weird for being a virgin in your late 20s, because most people won't necessarily have expected you to got married by then.
edited: i noticed you said by choice. whoops if by choice, i dont know. i dont know any religious people who place an importance on virginity and sex. sorry[/QUOTE]
No dnt think there's any need for an apology, not a religious thing. You were on the right lines before though with the 'right person' thing.
I'm 19 and most of my friends lost their virginity at 16 as you do, but I wasn't ready then and haven't been with anyone I feel anything strongly for.
I posted this thread jst to find out what ppl thought. And if I'm honest I agree with ur post. I'm starting uni this year n I jst wnted to find out if othe ppl would thing it was weird i'm still a virgin. ( not that i'm planning to volunteer that info. I'm quite a social person and I go out alot, so I'm aware that alot of ppl who know me would be really surprised I'm a virgin, ppl jst tend to assume)
put ' by choice' because as you pointed out as a girl it's not very hard to have sex if u wnt 2.
(Original post by Anonymous)
I'm a Christian but thats not my reason, I mean I dnt believe that sex before marriage is wrong, but I do think that the first time atleast should be with someone I care about n trust.
Techincally speaking, if you hit 20 then you're definitely in a statistical minority, so in that sense you're 'weird'.
Also, I don't know what people mean when they say 'you'll lose it when you're ready'. I have heard guys say this as well, so apparently not just a girl thing I thought most guys were 'ready' as soon as they'd checked their junk was in full working order
Personally, I think if you really believe in sex before marriage as a Christian, then you probably wouldn't mind the odd emotionless shag either. Being honest, I think you probably agree with the pronciple without wanting to your views to seem old and outdated.
In view of that, please don't do what some religious folks I know have done and get married at like 21/22 for the sake of getting your hole. Either just accept that casual sex is a social norm these days (plenty of company in hell ) or wait it out.
Sex is only as big a deal as you make it.
Age doesn't matter.
You should have sex when you're ready, if that's 16 or 60 it doesn't matter!
50 ...then it just gets awkward .....
OP i'm the same really, and I've just turned 20 and finishing with my boyfriend, part of me thinks maybe it should've been him! oops. But yeah, I don't think it's weird if it's through choice but then again i'm in that situation! I do think it's weird now i'm "20" though.
it has been scientifically proven that the age is in fact 27
40 years, 7 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 0100 hours (give or take a few minutes).
Scientific fact btw.
I'm gonna give this my two cents.
I don't think it's weird (though I'm loathe to use that word) at any age. It's peculiar, I'd say that much, but I wouldn't call it weird to be a virgin at any age. I think socially it becomes unusual to still be a virgin at any age over 20, as has been mentioned previously, but I'm a virgin at 18 and I've had people shocked and confused as to why I still am.
Which brings me to my next point - it's not the whole 'waiting for the right person' thing holding me back. Casual sex isn't a concern to me as such, but I really don't want the first time to be with someone I'll likely never see again. Now that I'm at uni, it's unlikely that many girls will still be virgins, so statistically if I ever have sex, it's highly plausible it'll be with somebody who's had sex before. And for that reason, it'd be nice for it to be a meaningful moment, and it'd be nice to have them help me through it the first time. I couldn't imagine anything more traumatic than finally picking up a girl in a club, only to have her walk out after an embarrassing few minutes of sex (and that's being generous )
In short, people shouldn't have to feel pressured into losing their virginity by a certain age, although I imagine it would be harder, and probably more awkward, to lose it at an older age.
Susan Boyle.
On TSR, it's weird beyond 17 and virgins aren't allowed to graduate from university.
In the real world, nobody really cares.
Hard to say. I know a couple of 23 year old virgins who are cool, normal guys who just haven't got round to it yet.
(Original post by Henwin)
Hard to say. I know a couple of 23 year old virgins who are cool, normal guys who just haven't got round to it yet.
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Celeste Longacre has been growing virtually all of her family's vegetables for the entire year for over 30 years. She cans, she freezes, she dries, she ferments & she root cellars. She also has chickens. Celeste has also enjoyed a longtime relationship with The Old Farmer's Almanac as their astrologer. Her new book, "Celeste's Garden Delights," is now available!
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With canned tomatoes, enjoy that garden-fresh tomato taste in sauces, soups and stews all year long! Here's how I can tomatoes: First, when it comes to canning tomatoes for the rest of the year, I like to let my tomatoes get super-ripe on the vine. Farmers really don't have this luxury as the fruit becomes too easy to bruise at this stage. However, tomatoes will continue to ripen in the box or on the counter, so it's best to purchase your canning tomatoes a few days in advance of the ... more
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You don't need chemicals to get rid of pesky garden pests: Companion planting, natural remedies, and attracting predators to your garden can save you money and also save your plants. As gardeners, we often find that various insects can be found eating our crops. This is disturbing and frustrating. Broccoli looks disgusting when it is covered by small worms along with their poop. Cucumber beetles eat holes in the leaves of the plants and spread disease from one to the next. Cutworms strike at... more
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Ever heard of kimchi? It's a very nourishing and traditional fermented side dish made with vegetables. I have my own variation which I hope you'll enjoy. What are Fermented Foods? In fermented foods, such as sauerkraut and kimchi, there are large amounts of enzymes that greatly aid the process of digestion. Our ancestors traditionally fermented their pickles, ketchups and other vegetables. These condiments, when served with their cooked food, provided digestive enzymes to help the body... more
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I see all sorts of posts on theĀ birth boards like "I"m a bad parent because," and then people go on and list all sorts of things.Ā They range from the undoubtedly bad parenting decisions (started forward facing at 10 months, leave baby in running car at gas station) to ones that are mostly parenting style choices (CIO, formula feeding).Ā Then, someone always throws in "I vaccinate on schedule."Ā Is this all Andrew Wakefield's fault, or is it Dr. Sears?Ā I know I should be used to it, but these statements never fail to astonish me.
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That's a new one.┬Ā I tended to skip the bad parenting threads (until someone pointed out a good one).
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I think the Internet in general is to blame. People with stupid ideas get together and encourage each other's stupidity, much like bbc. Good ol' Dr Google.
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People would rather get medical advice from an actress than a doctor. Says alot about what and who our society values.
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Major Jewish civil rights groups are denouncing a new publication distributed by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) that rejects the existence of Israel as a Jewish state.
Growing up in small-town Georgia, John B. Johnson had family friends who ran the funeral home down the street, so the particulars of a typical American funeral—the embalming, the heavy casket and remarks about how great the deceased's hair looked—were all familiar to him.
When the time came, he assumed, his funeral would look much the same.
Cremation is forbidden in traditional Islam and Judaism but accepted by most other religions. It is also the fastest-growing way Americans choose to deal with their bodies after death. But does it hurt the environment?
Jesus was breast-fed. It's a point often made by mothers who want to breast-feed in church but know others would prefer that they retreat to the nursery or find an out-of-the-way bench. Another point they make: breast-feeding is part of God's plan—so why not do it in church?
Clergy used to rank near the top in polls where Americans were asked to rate the honesty and ethics of people in various professions. This year, for the first time since Gallup began asking the question in 1977, fewer than half of those polled said clergy have "high" or "very high" moral standards.
Sapped by three weeks of a water-only diet, three activists for immigration reform ended their fasts on December 3 with a morsel of bread blessed by a priest and "passed the fast on" to others who hope to keep attention focused on the issue.
It happened last in 1888 and, according to one calculation, won't happen again for another 77,798 years—the convergence of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah.
This year, November 28 is Thanksgiving and the first full day of the eight-day Jewish festival of lights, which begins at sundown the previous night.
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WASHINGTON (RNS) The Supreme Court struggled Wednesday (Nov. 6) with a case that asks whether government bodies can open with prayers that some people find overly religious and excluding.
WASHINGTON (RNS) Suzan Johnson Cook, who resigned this month as U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, said she left for one central reason: She wants to earn more money in the private sector so she can give her sons the gift of a "debt-free college education."
(RNS) To keep younger Jews connected to Judaism, two top Jewish leaders are pushing free Jewish preschool for every Jewish family in the U.S. and Canada — what they call a "Jewish Head Start."
WASHINGTON (RNS) Suzan Johnson Cook, the State Department's ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, will announce this week that she is resigning after 17 months on the job, according to two sources familiar with her office.
(RNS) They taught English, gym, music and fifth grade, and are typically described as "beloved" by their students.
WASHINGTON (RNS) Conservatives are rallying around a House bill designed to protect religious people who advocate for traditional marriage — a belief, they say, that is held in increasing contempt.
WASHINGTON (RNS) Fifty years to the day after Martin Luther King Jr. knocked on the nation's conscience with his dream, religious leaders gathered in a historic church to remind the nation that he was fueled by faith.
WASHINGTON (RNS) Amid persistent criticism that the U.S. marginalizes religion and religious people in its foreign policy, Secretary of State John Kerry Wednesday (Aug. 7) tapped ethicist and campaign adviser Shaun Casey to lead the State Department's new Office of Faith-Based Community Initiatives.
The Anti-Defamation League's annual study of anti-Semitism in the U.S. shows a 14 percent decrease in incidents during 2012, the second consecutive year of a downward trend.
WASHINGTON (RNS) A federal appeals court has ruled unconstitutional a 2002 law that allows Americans born in Jerusalem to designate Israel as their birth country on their passports.
A divide is developing in America about what it means to be a religious person, with a majority believing that it's about acting morally but a strong minority equating it with faith and the right beliefs.
For the first time, the federal government has issued written guidelines for houses of worship that are confronted with a homicidal gunman.
Vice President Joe Biden released the new rules on June 18, six months after the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, that left 26 dead, including 20 children.
WASHINGTON (RNS) When it comes to God and country, white evangelicals report the most intense patriotic feelings in a new poll, with more than two-thirds (68 percent) saying they are extremely proud to be an American.
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Shovels & Rope Cover Nine Inch Nails, Guns N' Roses and More on 'Busted Jukebox Vol. 1′
Shovels & Rope fans can hear what songs by Guns N' Roses, Neil Young and more sound like when performed by the duo, thanks to an album of covers, Busted Jukebox Vol. 1.


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Richmond Events will host a conference, themed 'The Market Insight Forum,' on September 15 at the Harvard Club in New York.
For more information visit http://us.marketinsightforum.com/.
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Hi there,
I'm looking for a widget/plugin that allows to show in a post just the tweets tagged as:
"#hashtag1" AND "#hashtag2 "
but not:
"#hashtag1" OR "#hashtag2 "
I've just installed Tweet Blender and it shows OR, you know all tweets that are tagged as whatever hashtag. What I'd like to achieve is display only the tweets tagged as this 2 hashtags.
Does someone know more about it?
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I'm very new to wordpress, but have been diligently playing with it to breaking point, apparently! :) I'm using WP 188.8.131.52, Apache version 1.3.33, Kernel version 2.4.30-grsec, etc. .htaccess is at permission 666. I've imported entries from textpattern (which is just an appalling system for bloggers) and had problems with the dates published being incorrect, but of course that was easily modified.
My current problem is that since I imported from textpattern, when I click on a permalink it simply displays what is essentially the index page, but with the permalink address in the address bar - even when clicking on the permalink for entries that weren't imported. I've tried updating the permalinks, but this hasn't helped.
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4. Neapolitan12:55 PM GMT on August 14, 2012
Quoting weatherhistorian:That's very odd. I heard a relatively large amount about the 963mb low over the Arctic--even some in the MSM spoke of it--yet, close as I try watch all this, even I was unaware of the deep Iceland low. That's extremely interesting...
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Chicken Pesto Pizza
Total Time
Prep 1 hr 30 mins
Cook 10 mins
This is a pizza that is inspired by a restaurant I worked in as a teen. The pizza dough recipe comes from my Breadman Healthy Bread and Recipe book that came with my bread machine.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 1⁄8 cups warm water
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
- 3 1⁄3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons yeast
- 1⁄2 cup pesto sauce
- 3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 10 ounces diced boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 (7 ounce) can mushrooms (or fresh)
- 1⁄2 cup sliced kalamata olive
- 1⁄2 cup marinated artichoke hearts
- 1 medium tomatoes, sliced
- 1 green pepper, sliced
- 1 small onion, sliced
- Place the ingredients for the dough in the bread machine in the order given (ending with the yeast). Set to the dough cycle.
- When done, remove to floured board, if using immediately. Or place in a bowl greased with olive oil, turn to coat it, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to use.
- Shape pizza dough into a crust, roughly 15 inches, and place on a lightly floured cookie sheet.
- Bake in the preheated 400 degree oven for about 8 minutes until mostly baked. (Sometimes piercing the dough with a fork beforehand helps keep air bubbles away).
- Let crust cool for a few minutes before adding toppings.
- Starting in the middle of the crust, spread out the pesto sauce in a circular motion until the pizza dough is covered.
- Sprinkle with one cup of cheese.
- Spread out remaining ingredients, holding the cheese back for last. Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the toppings.
- Bake in a 400 degree oven until cheese is a light golden brown. (Approx 8-10 minutes).
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Great pizza. I used Basil Pesto for the pesto, partially cooked the chicken and we cooked it on the KJ with a pizza stone. Loved how many different flavors were on the pizza.
I make pizza almost every weekend so I am always looking for different varieties. The crust is very good, I'm going to replace the one I usually use with this! I only used half of the green pepper (sliced very thin) half the onion and only 6 oz chicken because it was starting to get overloaded! Next time I think I will add a little more pesto. We don't eat many artichokes or kalamata olives but really liked it! I cooked it on a hot pizza stone so it baked in about 8 minutes. Made this for PAC SPRING 2010, thanks!


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Definición de idol en inglés:
- These were, we must remember, unbelieving Gentiles, worshipers of idols and knew very little of the Jewish religion.
- In theological terms this led into seeing it as defined through the worship of God and idols.
- Some of the children of Israel had begun to stray after the daughters of Moav and to worship their idols.
- What friend, dignitary, hero, sports idol, movie star, etc. might we ask over to eat with us?
- But he was also a keen footballer who admired his idols Manchester United and who enjoyed a kickabout with friends.
- We change our tastes and opinions with the same blinding speed that TV can make you famous or the press turn on idols they once loved.
Middle English: from Old French idole, from Latin idolum 'image, form' (used in ecclesiastical Latin in the sense 'idol'), from Greek eidōlon, from eidos 'form, shape'.
Both idyll (late 16th century) and idol go back to Greek eidos 'form, shape, picture'. Its earliest uses in English were for false gods, images that people revered as objects of worship, and that Jewish and Christian tradition condemned. Outside religion, any object of excessive devotion has been called an idol since the mid 16th century, mainly in a condemnatory way. No one wanted to be a pop idol until the end of the 20th century, but in the 21st century it is such a common ambition that the reality TV contest Pop Idol has been an outstanding success. It is the 'picture' element that is prominent in idyll—a picture in words. When English adopted the word it meant 'description of a picturesque scene or incident', which is the sense in the title of Alfred Lord Tennyson's series of poems based on Arthurian legend, The Idylls of the King. Tennyson's popularization of the term in the mid 19th century led to the word idyllic and the development of the usual modern sense, 'an extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque period or situation'.
Palabras que riman con idolbridal, bridle, fratricidal, genocidal, germicidal, homicidal, idle, infanticidal, insecticidal, intertidal, matricidal, parricidal, patricidal, pesticidal, regicidal, sidle, suicidal, tidal, tyrannicidal, uxoricidal
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A neonatologist is a pediatric medical doctor who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders in newborns. Neonatologists are usually consultants and work in neonatal intensive care units, providing care for premature infants or those born with infections or other health problems.
Neonatologists can be board-certified through the Board of Pediatrics, which is recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties.
ByHealthwise Staff
Primary Medical ReviewerJohn Pope, MD - Pediatrics
Specialist Medical ReviewerJennifer Merchant, MD - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
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Blacklight: Tango Down Dev Diary Focuses on Weapon Customisation
Written Tuesday, June 29, 2010 By Richard WalkerView author's profile
Blacklight: Tango Down is Zombie Studios' digital download title for XBLA that's looking to give punters a similar level of quality and content as a full-fat retail title at a fraction of the price.
This latest Blacklight developer diary examines the game's deep weapon customisation system, which caters for all manner of unique combinations for your arsenal, with different muzzles, butts, magazines, tags and more.
Apparently, the amount of customisation options will allow you to create a huge number of different weapons, enabling you to build a gun that's individually suited to you.
Blacklight: Tango Down is out on XBLA in summer 2010.


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Hey All,
I am using the NextGen Gallery and am happy with it, however one thing I just can't seem to get this done right.
This is what I have right now:
An album with 10 galleries. When I go to one of these galleries I see all the pictures, but do not see the description underneath the image.
Only when I click on the image I can see more information.
How can I get this information to show up underneath the image in the gallery?
Best for me would be to create custom fields and show these underneath the image in the gallery. I found a add-on for NextGen with which you can create custom fields, but these won't show up either underneath the image.
Please help I would really like to use NextGen and not some sort of buggy image gallery from somebody else.


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Fixed-Price - Expert ($$$) - Est. Budget: $200 - PostedSkills: Sales Promotion Business Coaching Communications Content Writing
Hello, My name is Kevin Miller. I recently started my own entertainment company "All Approach". Our goal is to help others communicate their passion to the world. My team and I have been helping others with superb branding, graphic design, and music production for over 5 years. My current need is for an In-house Entertainment Marketing Consultant/Social Media Strategist Professional who has a proven track record generating client leads for online businesses in the entertainment industry. We offer many services including graphic design and brand consulting but the area where we want to focus on this year is our beatstore. We license urban instrumentals to clients worldwide and are looking for someone who wants to help us take our business to the next level. I have previously licensed music to MTV as well as one major feature film soon to be announced later this year. My goal is to have enough client leads to where we are licensing 50+ instrumentals a month to artists, and small businesses. Looking for an experienced positive individual who wants to be a part of something bigger than themselves. My budget is around $200 for 1 month of quality work. A conversation would be a great place for us to start. I want to learn from you and am looking for a professional who wants to advise someone who is young, motivated and eager to continue learning about the entertainment business. Below is a description of my company AllApproach.com New website launches Sept. 1st All Approach is a full-service entertainment company that specializes in Brand Development, Graphic Design, and Music Production. Throughout our year's artists, producers, songwriters, and brands we have assisted are associated with labels and networks such as: Microsoft, Atlantic Records, Western Washington University, University of Washington, NAACP, MTV, Indigi Music, and many others. We have been recognized for our work by notable recording artists such as Juicy J, DMX, YG, Chingo Bling, Kap-G, and Ace Hood. Our mission is to provide exceptional branding services to our clients utilizing the right approach, the right network and the right presentation. After all, it's all about approach.


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- Report: #124815
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Complaint Review: Garage Door Services, America's Choice Overhead Garage Door Co, Precision Door Services (PDS), Et Al
Garage Door Services, America's Choice Overhead Garage Door Co, Precision Door Services (PDS), Et AlP. O. Box 15067 San Diego, California U.S.A.
Garage Door Services - America's Choice Garage Door Services, America's Choice Overhead Garage Door Company, Garage Door Services, Precision Door Services refuses to pay computer consultant San Diego California
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From my own experience and the other reports I have read here, this business does not seem to be operated in a very ethical manner. And, I can confirm, Precision Door Service, Garage Door Service, and at least 5 other names are used by this group of companies, all run by the same 2 men.
These men are self-made. They own a sub-division of houses in Las Vegas, have invested money in an alternative energy project in Canada, and reciently sold a house in Costa Rica. These man are not poor or hard-pressed. I just don't understand WHY they are so ruthless in business.
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SUBMITTED: Wednesday, December 29, 2004POSTED: Wednesday, December 29, 2004
About a month later, in October, Tommy committed to paying the remaining balance of the bill (a bit less than $5800). By the week before Thanksgiving, he was no longer talking to me. After tricking him into taking my call a couple of weeks later, I explained that I needed to be paid, and he argued with me, complaining about all the money he had spent, and blaming me for problems he was having with his server. (Which he never asked me to work on, so it is not my responsibility. As an aside, I *warned* him about the possibility of server problems if he did not make some changes I suggested, but he was too busy going to Costa Rica to sell some property to look into it.)
I then contacted his controller Andrew (who is in their Arizona office), trying to negotiate to get paid. After about 4 weeks, Andrew was removed from the negotiations by Tommy and Pete, the owners. Tommy has not returned any of my phone calls since.
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- Report: #991936
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Complaint Review: PC Revital
PC RevitalInternet United States of America
PC Revital Graeme Cohen Failed to forward a negotiated refund of $210.00 agreed to on July 4, 2012 Internet
*REBUTTAL Individual responds: I am Graeme Cohen
*Author of original report: Satisfactory Resolution
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In July, I had another problem and a family member with a degree in computer science resolved the problem and I paid him for the repair. Approximately a year before that, his wife, who was the breadwinner in the family of three, had suffered a ruptured brain aneurism and became totally dependent upon her husband for her care. She ended up on disability and the family had to seek welfare to get by. I decided that he could provide the same services as PC Revital and I would rather give him the work.
On 7/4/2102, I called PC Revital and explained my situation; and so began an astounding period of six (6) months of cat and mouse. Early on, PC Revital offered me a refund of $210. to which I agreed. They claim they tried to credit the credit card that I had used to purchase the service but that it had been closed. In reality, the security group from the credit card company had called me to advise me of a transaction which I could not confirm and which they were confident that it was an attempt at identity theft. They closed the account immediately and sent me cards for a new account with the assurance that any legitimate transaction from the old account would automatically be transferred to the new account, and several were transferred without any problem.
At that point, they decided that a transfer from their bank (India I believe) would be the best course of action and I provided transfer instructions twice. Nothing happened. On 11/19/2012, I opened a "ticket" to check the status of my refund request and never received an answer. I did the same thing on 11/27/2012 with the same results.
On 12/10/2012, I received an email from the Support Team advising me that they had forwarded my request to "our USA Account Department" with the hope that I would receive a bank wire within the week and that they would "send you confirmation mail of bank wire. You may take following next Monday again (If you would not get refun by this week)."
On 1/1/2013, a Mr. Graeme Cohen called me and told me that he was a senior executive of the company and that he would take care of the matter, either by check or postal order, and would call me back the following day and tell me the form of payment he would use. He gave to me what he claimed was his personal cell phone number (323-864-2089). He did not call me as promised and so I called the number he gave me. I reached an answering machine and left him a message to call. The same happened on 1/4/2013 with the same results.
I have made many calls since 7/4/2012 and I have not received a return phone call once. I have kept a record on most of the phone calls and can pinpoint at least 20 callls. Each call I made resulted in promises to return my call anywhere from 10 to 15 minutes, up to 48 hours. None were returned.
Haddonfield, New Jersey
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I am Graeme Cohen
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SUBMITTED: Wednesday, June 25, 2014POSTED: Wednesday, June 25, 2014
I am Graeme Cohen, and I have no knowledge of this. We were a legitimate IT support company with over 10,000 clients. Due to the Fraud in India, we were lumped in un-justly by other companies in India using our name, and my name in Particular. This was a valuable lesson to me, unfortunately it has cost me my reputation. I have never defrauded anyone, and resolved all issues or refunds promptly. It seems that Richard did in fact have his issue resolved, and probably had buyers remorse, this happened a lot in the industry. Our company was essentially shut down due to the Fraud. Google took a zero tolerance policy, and used a wide brush to just stop ALL IT companies, unfortunately we got caught up in the others that were defrauding clients. Did not matter we were 100% Legit.
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Character Entity Macro
The EntityMacro package returns HTML 4.01 numeric character entity references from their corresponding names.
The character entity data is straight out of the DTD for HTML 4.01, so if there are errors or ommissions, please refer to the W3C.
See: Character entity references in HTML 4 for more information.
Calling the macro like so: [[Entity(name)]] returns the value. If no name matches, it returns an empty string. Names are case-sensitive, in other words, aacute is not the same code point as Aacute. Keyword syntax is also supported: [[Entity(name=name)]].
The macro is useful in any wiki formatted page.
Also see the WikiGoodiesPlugin, which supports smileys, HTML 4.0 entities (named entities and numerical entities), automatic replacement of common text idioms by their corresponding symbols, such as arrows, fractions, etc.
- Browse the source at: GitHub.
- Public clone URL:
git clone git://github.com/dwclifton/tracentitymacro.git
Download the zipped source. Unzip the archive to a temporary location, visit the 0.11 directory and run:
python setup.py bdist_egg cp dist/*.egg /trac/env/Project/plugins
Enable the macro in your /trac/env/Project/conf/trac.ini file:
[components] entity.* = enabled
You may have to restart your Web server.
[[Entity(raquo)]] [[Entity(name=raquo)]]
Both of these examples will return », the guillemet ».
Recent Changes
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Remove unnecessary svn:mime-type on py files
svn:mime-type was set to "plain" for many files.
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See here for a changing selection of films from the EYE collection. You can also find these films in our database, film history nl.
On a regular basis, EYE pays special attention to parts of the collection, or to current events that have a link to the collection. In the dossiers below, you can find out more.
Jacques Verbeek and Karin Wiertz
Ingenious analogue animations from drawings, photographs, and other artwork.
Theo Regout
The travelogues of Theo Regout reached quite an audience outside of the cinema circuit. They show a candid adventurer.
Theo Frenkel
As a director who had gained his experience abroad, Frenkel brought drama to the Dutch film.
de Zeearend
Two versions of a brilliant documentary film about a transatlantic sailing race that took place in 1936.
experimental film
Experimental filmmakers investigate the medium and set the course for future generations.
coloured film
At the beginning of the twentieth century, more and more coloured films were being shown. How were they made?
The archive of Jean Desmet is one of the most important components of the EYE collection. Why?
Amsterdam in the picture
Four films about Amsterdam; restoration and digitization were made possible by crowdfunding.
About the Collection provides an overview of the various parts of the EYE collection. Here you will also find information about conservation, restoration, and other work related to the collection.
Film History NL is a reference guide to Dutch film history up until 1923, featuring films, film descriptions, people, and companies. A large collection of background articles provides additional context.
Please note we cannot show all films in our collection online. Especially with older films, this is often due to uncertainty about the copyright status of the material. EYE participates in the EU funded project FORWARD to determine the copyright status of these films.


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Here's the problem I have been struggling with for more than a week now. It is an intermittent problem therefore very hard to nail down.
Sometimes when I go to view any page including back-end ( admin area ) pages I will get a 404 not found error on IE or input file not specified on Firefox and Chrome. I haven't bothered trying it on opera 3 out of 4 is enough.
I have searched forums here, google searched it and this is a last ditch effort.
Things I've tried:
- Changed permalinks from /%category%/%postname%/ to just postname
- Checked and double checked .htaccess then checked it again
- Double checked my coding a few times
I have several sites that I manage and maintain all with basically the same configuration and plugins hosted with the same company. This is the only site that is doing this.
If anyone has experience with this problem and can offer any help or a solution or links that might point me in the right direction I will forever be in your debt.


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