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   Rod Speed to Algeria Horan   
   Re: Compare Google Pixel & Pixel XL to t   
   10 Oct 16 08:26:59   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   Algeria Horan  wrote   
   > Rod Speed wrote   
      
   >>> What does a *new* phone have, that an S3 doesn't have, that matters?   
      
   >> The latest android for starters. That has always been the problem   
   >> with samsungs, you donąt get the latest android for long.   
      
   > Bear in mind, *most* of the functionality of the *latest Androids*   
   > is already available in apps already, on the older Androids.   
      
   With a lot more farting around.   
      
   And that dinosaur of a phone cant do Android Pay or Samsung Pay.   
      
   It can't do Android Pay because its stuck with the older android.   
      
   > In addition, I would *assume* that if I rooted my S3, I would   
   > assume that this might enable me to load the latest Android   
      
   You can't do Android Pay on a rooted android.   
      
   > (I don't know that for a fact though since I haven't rooted it).   
      
   > Would rooting the S3 enable me to load a later Android version?   
      
   Nope, you still need to get the modified android for   
   that particular phone and samsung has never made that.   
      
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