About Kellex

Kellex
Ahhh yes, website bios. What to say, what to say. Well, as the founder of Droid Life, I’ll just say that if you are reading this, thank you. This great community would not exist without readers, something I keep in mind every single day as our team pumps out post after to post in order to give everyone that visits something to talk about. This is my favorite hangout, and that’s all because of the frequent visitors that make me laugh often, and cry on occasion. This is the best job in the world. Oh, and my real name is actually Kellen.

Reports: Google’s “Andromeda” is the Android-Chrome OS Merger, Might Debut October 4, Already in Testing, and Coming 2017 on a New Pixel

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by Kellex on News

Holy title. Apologies for that, but there is a lot to talk about when it comes to the potential future of Android and Chrome OS, thanks to numerous reports that surfaced over the weekend while the rest of us were on vacation, relaxing, consuming a half-dozen growlers of fresh hop IPA, and unplugging like all should do on weekends. Let’s catch up.

To start, we will need to take you back to October 2015 to a report from the Wall Street Journal that claimed Google was working on folding Chrome OS into Android to create a single operating system. The report suggested that Google had been working for at least two years on making this move happen, but they still wouldn’t be ready to bring it to stable until some time in 2017 after showing it off to the world in 2016.  (more…)

Reports: Google Home and Chromecast Ultra Pricing Revealed, Google WiFi Router Also Coming October 4

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by Kellex on News

Hey, fun spoilers on a Friday! We have two new reports out of Android Police that dive into Google’s plans for October 4 outside of Pixel phones. According to their reports, Google Home and the new Chromecast Ultra (4K version) have been priced, plus Google has a new router ready to take over our homes, called Google WiFi. We can independently confirm that Google does indeed have have a new router in the works.  (more…)

The Droid Life Show: Episode 121 – Allo is Here, Pixels are Coming

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by Kellex on News

On this episode of the Droid Life Show, we are diving into Google’s new messaging app, Allo, which is now available for all. It’s certainly the big topic of the week after being hyped for months. I think we all have some pointed opinions on whether or not we need it in our lives.

After that, we need to talk Google’s Pixel phones as well, since we have an official unveiling date (October 4!), new pictures, and more. Also, we’ll be sure to catch you up on the latest Galaxy Note 7 recall news and anything else that comes up.

Join us at 10:15AM Pacific (1:15PM Eastern) for the fun.

If you miss us live, feel free to subscribe to us by following one of the links below. We have a video embed as well and will be chatting it up over at the YouTube page for the show. You can find it here.   (more…)

Moto Z Play Review

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by Kellex on Featured News Phones Reviews

For the Moto Z Play, being a mid-range phone that we wouldn’t typically review, we took a different approach to sharing our final thoughts on it. Hey, look, a video review from Droid Life! This should be interesting.

If you have watched the DL Show in recent weeks or follow us on Twitter, you probably know that I’ve actually become quite a big fan of this phone. It might be the legitimate 2-day battery life that has me brainwashed. Seriously, I have never in all my years reviewing phones, seen one that can last this long on a single charge. You get battery estimates from companies as they announce new phones, yet none ever live up to those numbers. This phone does and I am incredibly impressed.  (more…)

Samsung: “About Half” of Recalled Galaxy Note 7 Devices Exchanged

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by Kellex on News

With exchange stock arriving in stores this week, owners of the Galaxy Note 7 seem to finally have the motivation to swap out their unsafe Note 7 for a safe model. Samsung announced yesterday afternoon that “about half” of the recalled Galaxy Note 7 devices in the wild have already been exchanged. That’s a good number knowing that just days ago, we were only at about 25%.  (more…)

Verizon CFO: Silly People, You “Don’t Need Unlimited Data”

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by Kellex on News

As other carriers have introduced new (mostly shady) unlimited data plan options, Verizon continues to field questions about whether or not it will do the same. The continued questioning is fair, since this is the company who claimed in 2015 they were a “leader” and not a follower when asked about joining the rest of the industry in rollover data features, only to do just that, join them a year later.

So what did soon-to-be-retired CFO Fran “ShamWow” Shammo have to say when asked about unlimited data plans on Verizon, this morning at an investors conference? Only that “at the end of the day, people don’t need unlimited plans.” You hear that, people, you don’t need unlimited data.  (more…)