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April 26

Smart phone specification

What is the processor speed and RAM required for a phone that could last for 5 years...? 116.58.204.152 (talk) 19:40, 26 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That's impossible to say, as we really can't predict what the operating systems and apps will require 5 years from now. StuRat (talk) 20:30, 26 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Which isn't to say that we don't try. Honestly, the best answer I can give to this question is "A phone that won't be released for at least two more years."

ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it.

20:45, 26 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

All we can do is look into the past.

A reasonable number of people, allegedly including Donald Trump[1], still use the once-popular Samsung Galaxy S3.

If Donald Trump bought the phone the day it came out, then that phone will be five years old in 32 days. Presumably he's still happy with it.

The President aside, I used to carry an S3, and I now keep it turned off in a drawer as a backup in case I lose my current phone and can't afford to replace it. It's a nice little phone and it wouldn't kill me to use it again.

I think that's the best answer we can give you. Five years ago, if you had bought a newly released, top-of-the-line phone with a replaceable battery, you'd still have a perfectly fine phone today.

You'll have to use your judgement as to whether that wisdom will hold true for the next five years. ApLundell (talk) 00:58, 28 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

We should also point out that if you're OK with using 5 year old phones, you can save a lot of money by buying them when they are already several years old, even if you end up buying one every couple years instead of every 5 years. This is due to bleeding edge technology pricing. StuRat (talk) 19:28, 28 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

RAM has still increased the wait states or CL when increasing the frequency. This means it is waiting more cycles of an higher frequency. Is my car in Europe faster than in the US? In the US it drive it 65 MPH, in Europe 107 km/h. Whats the different? Yes it is the same speed. But using two memory channels make it transfer the double data rate within the same technology of RAM. --Hans Haase (有问题吗) 23:56, 28 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

.apk file

Looking for ‘’.apk’’ file type(s) opensouce software(s) similar to, or exactly like, or the "MS Office" itself, without on-line connectivity issue.

1) Word, Excel and Outlook are very important; require the full functionality… 2) I would like to sync the Outlook with the PC Outlook without the connectivity issue, desirable. 116.58.201.134 (talk) 20:03, 26 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

There's always AndrOpen Office. It requires Android 2.3 or later.

ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it.

20:47, 26 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

AndrOpen Office is pretty sketchy. It is a fork of Apache Open Office, but ... it doesn't seem to be open source. Which is obviously not right or proper. And it is ad supported!

There's [LibreOffice] (.apk available), which is pretty incomplete.

I'm not sure there is a good open-source office suite for android. Most people use Google Docs which, of course, requires access to the Google cloud, and I don't think it's open-source in any meaningful way. ApLundell (talk) 14:36, 27 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]