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Hi everyone, new to the forum (just joined),
I'm looking to get my first smart phone currently have verizon but my contract is up and I'm looking at getting either the D2.GL, DX, or Nexus S. I have reservations about getting a droid because of motoblur/ninjablur, I'd prefer a phone with stock android which is why the nexus s looks so appealing (gingerbread, mmmmm). I've obviously never rooted/bootstrapped a phone and I will if I need to but I'm not sure on which of the 3 to get.
Thoughts?
And thanks in advance.
Droid X.
I have to run, but Moto typically has the best Media/DRM support of the Android manufacturers. The phone feels solid in the hand, and I'm not a fan of Moto's QWERTY sliders. Screen is huge, as well, has HDMI out IIRC and the camera is decent. The internals are nice. Runs FroYo.
If you need (or want) a keyboard, then go with the Droid 2, though.
I wouldn't get the Nexus S over either of those devices, personally, unless you really want a FFC.
Sorry, usually I'd write a page, but I'm running behind schedule!
thanks for the info!
Hey man, I own a Samsung Galaxy S Captivate and I can tell you that the Nexus S is very similar to that. And let me tell you, this baby can really fly. I prefer the processing power in the Samsung Galaxy S and Nexus S than the Droid X. I have also played with the Droid X (many of my friends have it) and it sometimes lags up (this can probably be fixed from a rom). HOWEVER the Droid X also has some major advantages, such as the huge screen (it's screen is so good for on-screen typing) and Verizon's network. If you go with the Nexus S you're stuck with T-Mobile or AT&T (on Edge). Also it appears to be that the Nexus S doesn't even run on the new 4G speeds that T-Mobile has. So it basically comes down to this (sorry not even including the Droid 2 because that phone is crap! ) : Do you want a phone that is smoother, less laggy, more updates (Google phones always get updates first, has a very nice Super Amoled OR do you want a (Droid X) - phone that has amazing Media interfaces, HDMI, a huge screen which is awesome for typing and movies, and a better coverage?
Go for a vibrant. Does both att and Tmobile 3g you can mod it for a ffc has a beautiful screen and 16gigs internal plus a sd card(nexus s is lacking one) & it also runs froyo
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Doesn't the Nexus S not do AT&T 3g? It says it supports even 850mhz on the website...
Nexus S is the best phone mentioned in this entire topic. Droid X is weak compared to Vibrant... Sure the Nexus S outdoes the Vibrant.
Anderdroid said:
Doesn't the Nexus S not do AT&T 3g? It says it supports even 850mhz on the website...
Nexus S is the best phone mentioned in this entire topic. Droid X is weak compared to Vibrant... Sure the Nexus S outdoes the Vibrant.
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Vibrant has that band too. Plus no 720p recording and sd card slot is a deal breaker
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Alex530 said:
Vibrant has that band too. Plus no 720p recording and sd card slot is a deal breaker
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I personally wouldn't call either of those deal breakers. I don't remember the last time I recorded a video and 16gb is plenty of space for me. It's an internal SD card so it still acts like one when plugged into PC. Just copy old SD's contents over. Not that I wouldn't have preferred for it to be external...
thanks for all the input everyone and I have a quick question about the nexus s's internal memory. Do we know how it breaks down? like how much of the 16g are for app storage and media storage? sorry, i'm a noob.
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thanks for all the input everyone and I have a quick question about the nexus s's internal memory. Do we know how it breaks down? like how much of the 16g are for app storage and media storage? sorry, i'm a noob.
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16gigs for music vídeos and such. And just like the galaxy s line they probably put 2 gigs for apps
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16gigs for music vídeos and such. And just like the galaxy s line they probably put 2 gigs for apps
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is 2 gigs a lot for apps? sorry for the noob question
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is 2 gigs a lot for apps? sorry for the noob question
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Yessss. Waaay to much space. I have about 152+ apps and have 1.10 gigs left.
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Alex530 said:
Yessss. Waaay to much space. I have about 152+ apps and have 1.10 gigs left.
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wow, that's a huge amount then! thanks!
Hello all,
I will keep this short. I'm looking for a new phone. Please, make recommendations based on the requirements.
Current phone: iPhone4 32GB Black (Which I will also be looking to sell or trade.)
New phone requirements:
Android 2.3 or newer
AT&T or unlockable with 850/1900MHz 3G support
Expandable external memory up to 64GB (would accept memory 32 external with 16 internal if 64 isn't possible, but I don't really want to go down that road.)
Good development/customization support (Nothing with a locked bootloader or something similar)
Good screen resolution or dpi
Good performance and battery life
Thanks!
if you're ok with the android line, i would suggest the Samsung Galaxy S2 (voted best phone of the year on XDA). If you're lucky, you can get your hands on a 32GB version and throw a 32GB microSD at it.
the phone has everything (huge storage, thin as hell, hdmi out, usb host mode, beautiful screen, snappy processor) and it will definitely get the latest android soon.
Samsung Galaxy Nexus Highly Recommended , HTC Sensation XL , Motorola RAZR XT910 SUPER SLIM
Samsung galaxy S2, I just got mine about 3 days ago and I am LOVING it.
Rooted, flashed, ready to go
I'm afraid to go with Motorola again since they screwed everyone around with a locked bootloader on the Atrix. I've never been a fan of HTC's UI, but if they are good phones I will keep them in consideration. Galaxy S II looks like a solid phone. What's the diff between the Galaxy S II and the Galaxy Nexus? Thanks!
Yea I'd vouch for Samsung Galaxy S2 (International version) for it's sleekness unless you like one of the variants available here in the states. I have like 2 batteries from Anker and 1 from the original packaging. Back to back batteries quite handy on trips.
I used to be own the iPhone 4 and still work with them now and then for friends and families. You'll be totally spoiled by the usage of Adobe Flash and screen size. I held an iPhone 4S recently and I actually can't STAND the small screen >.> SGS2 screen isn't overwhelmingly big and it's great to watch HD videos.
Hmmm I could go on and on. Oh one more thing, you'll love the wide selection of roms and customization that comes along with the Android family. I'm personally just waiting for Samsung to give us Android Ice Cream as they had mentioned fairly recently early November I believe.
That's it unless you have questions
-Full spec review between Galaxy Nexus and SGS2: http://10division.com/samsung-galax...xy-s2-the-complete-ultimate-comparison-guide/
galaxy nexus !
One important difference between the sgs2 and the g nexus is that the sgs2 has the same resolution as the first generation of 1ghz phones life the nexus one and funny enough the galaxy s. It is 480x800 iirc. the newer phones have more! It looks bad seeing the same resolution in bigger screen.
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Galaxy S2 is best one so far. if you want to wait a little, android phones with ICS will be coming out soon, but the Galaxy S2 is up-gradable to the ICS as well. so your choice.
Good Luck!
Samsung galaxy S II, of course
Thanks for all of the replies! I read the comparison article, and I was almost sold on the Nexus until I got to #8. No expandable memory? Wtf? That's one of the main reasons I am getting rid of my iCrap4. I have the 32G and it's completely full. I can't even fit my entire library on it anymore. Looks like I can get up to 64G on the S2 though.
i think 16G is enough，most files can keep in PC
Seen what you are looking for, I concur: Samsung Galaxy S II is what you "want"...
...and yes 16GB is plenty.
You failed math class. 32>16
__redfox__ said:
Thanks for all of the replies! I read the comparison article, and I was almost sold on the Nexus until I got to #8. No expandable memory? Wtf? That's one of the main reasons I am getting rid of my iCrap4. I have the 32G and it's completely full. I can't even fit my entire library on it anymore. Looks like I can get up to 64G on the S2 though.
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I think Galaxy S2 won, but how do you use 32GB? I mean, how many musics, movies and photos do you keep on your phone? If lots of photos and videos, why you can't keep the older photos you took in the PC? Or the videos, do you really watch them at least once a week? Or musics, you really listen to all of them, or you jump to the next half of them? Apps, I know, iApps are so big.
Musics, I have 100 music on my 4 Gb SD Card, some videos, some backups and one ext2 lost partitions, with 2.1 Gb left. My device is low end, so low memory and small screen. I will buy the rumored Xperia Nozomi. I made one big mistake buying this Xperia X10 Mini Pro.
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Well my 1.2k trakcs equal about 9gb of music soo
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I'm currently on the captivate (galaxy s1) and I love it. I've only spent about 30 seconds on the s2 and it feels even better than the first. Definitally gonna be sticking with samsung on phones in the future.
+1 for SGS2, I have one and HTC Sensation and, Samsung Nexus (new one) And i still prefer the SGS2 and i would rather have the SGS2 than the Nexus when i get ICS running properly on it.
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Well my 1.2k trakcs equal about 9gb of music soo
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And you listen to all of them?
Yup i listen to all around 1.5 times awrrk
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http://www.phonearena.com/phones/compare/LG-Nexus-4,Samsung-Galaxy-S-II-Skyrocket/phones/7531,6515
Do you have any plans on getting a new phone? What might you get?
Even though I ask two questions I still feel like the post is more of a statement
Still happy with my SR and really haven't seen anything better come along, yet.
Nexus 4 just seems to fall short. Yes it has better screen res (I have no complaints with SR display) but to me having LTE and external sd card outweigh the benefits of 2GB ram and quad core in the Nexus 4.
Now if a Nexus 4 32GB w/ LTE comes along I might pounce...
Oh, and we'll have a CM10 4.2 build in about a week.
Well AT&T upgraded me to the GS 3, because my SR kept having some issues. (Randomly rebooting itself during a call.)
So it sits on my desk waiting to get sent back to Samsung, but now the S III on the other hand I am liking quite a bit, and unless some one comes out with something that would at least Double what I currently have, then I am perfectly happy with my S III. Albeit I was quite happy with the SR as well, just the minor frustration of it rebooting itself every now and then. It was stock, just rooted and de bloated.
Note 2. cant wait
S3 is fantastic. I miss my SR though. The Nexus 4 looks decent, but then I remembered it's an LG phone
Stock ICS on my S3
My bro and I thinking of selling SR and S3 for LG4s, my other bro thinking of selling his iPhone5 for an LG4 lol LG4 = Nexus 4 :silly:
But if no one wants to buy my phone then I guess I'll keep it till Nexus 5 or whatever google phone is next
My skyrocket mic has never quite worked right, and I get 4 hours battery life tops if I'm actually using it, like playing music browing flipboard.
I'm a few days before my 1 year warranty with samsung is up, and I guess I could try to send it in for a new one, but I'm not sure they would even give me a new one. I could get an insurance replacement from AT&T but for that $200 I'd rather put it towards the Nexus 4.
I don't use 8gb let alone 16 on my skyrocket, even though I have an extra 16GB sd card installed, I haven't used it since I moved all of my music to google music, mostly listen to pandora anyways. Everything is streaming these days. The lack LTE is kind of lame, but I don't live in an LTE area anyways, and where I do get LTE its never faster than 20MB/s (with HSPA+ capping a 21MB/s supposed max, who cares?) and I'm almost never not in range of WiFi. The upgraded screen resolution is the thing I'm most looking forward to. I can't say I've missed not having a quad or 2gb of ram and felt like I'm missing out in those aspects.
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Still happy with my SR and really haven't seen anything better come along, yet.
Nexus 4 just seems to fall short. Yes it has better screen res (I have no complaints with SR display) but to me having LTE and external sd card outweigh the benefits of 2GB ram and quad core in the Nexus 4.
Now if a Nexus 4 32GB w/ LTE comes along I might pounce...
Oh, and we'll have a CM10 4.2 build in about a week.
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You must not have played with a HD display phone cuz I would upgrade in a instant for one with HD. 480 is just not enough!
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nexus 4 is a great phone, but we're approaching the point where having a super fast processor just isn't the most important thing. on CM10 my SR responds as soon as i click anything, i have no complaints. the nexus 4, however, does not have LTE or sd card, both things i consider to be extremely important.
the only real disadvantage of skyrocket is the low res screen...and im really waiting for the 5inch 1080p panels before i make the jump.
I will forever love the skyrocket!
My next phone will have intels 48 core processor
I love my rocket.
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I wouldn't touch the Nexus 4 for two reasons: no SD card slot, and no LTE. Without those two things, I'd never be able to consider it a daily driver.
I've got a Note 2 on the way, but I'm hanging on to my Skyrocket as well. It's too good a phone to part ways with after less than a year, and it can fill the daily driver role, with the Note 2 being more of a tablet at home, phablet on the road.
Nexus 4. Top end phone for half the price and no contract,can't say no. Rather take hspa battery life over marginally better 1 bar LTE. Obviously some of us are in great coverage but even then with current data caps I don't need 40mbps to load tapa and reddit. Would love an SD card but for 350 for a phone that in any other case would go for 600....
Take it or leave it but to complain or say it isn't enough? If you'd rather pay 600+ for ATTs optimus, suit yourself.
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Nexus 4. Top end phone for half the price and no contract,can't say no. Rather take hspa battery life over marginally better 1 bar LTE. Obviously some of us are in great coverage but even then with current data caps I don't need 40mbps to load tapa and reddit. Would love an SD card but for 350 for a phone that in any other case would go for 600....
Take it or leave it but to complain or say it isn't enough? If you'd rather pay 600+ for ATTs optimus, suit yourself.
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It's not enough, and its an LG. Double whammy!
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Since I'm still on contract w/ AT&T, I might as well enjoy LTE speeds, since that's the premium I'm paying for. Maybe when my contract runs out and I jump to either T-Mo or Straight Talk, then I'll look at the Nexus. LTE is fast up here in SF (> 20Mbps down), but when I was in LA, it wasn't faster than T-Mo's HSPA+ (averaged between 6-10Mbps down vs. T-Mo's 10-15Mbps when tested side by side at the T-Mo store). My only worry is that HSPA+ doesn't seem very reliable.. at least for AT&T. Example: 2 bars on HSPA+ on AT&T = no reception on my phone. 2 bars on LTE = very fast.
Lack of SD card hurts big time, but maybe I won't have such an itch to flash roms and keep backup roms and apps if I'm running vanilla Android?
So far, very happy w/ the the SR. I know newer phones come w/ faster and more efficient processors, but w/ SkyICS, I've had no problems w/ performance and battery life. My eyes are also not good enough to truly appreciate an HD display. I feel no sense of screen envy when I go back to my phone after looking at my friends' iPhones or Nexus.
I'm really considering the nexus 4 even tho it is lg. Idc about no lte because I don't even have lte in my area.
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I wouldn't touch the Nexus 4 for two reasons: no SD card slot, and no LTE. Without those two things, I'd never be able to consider it a daily driver.
I've got a Note 2 on the way, but I'm hanging on to my Skyrocket as well. It's too good a phone to part ways with after less than a year, and it can fill the daily driver role, with the Note 2 being more of a tablet at home, phablet on the road.
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Hey let us know how the note 2 is. I am thinking of jumping to note 2 but am not sure.
LG4 is out as I need external sd card option.
epapsiou said:
Hey let us know how the note 2 is. I am thinking of jumping to note 2 but am not sure.
LG4 is out as I need external sd card option.
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Gf just got a note 2 tonight.
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Gf just got a note 2 tonight.
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And....first impressions?
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And....first impressions?
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She just got it 30 minutes ago. Lol
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Hi.
I currently have GNex on verizon. I love the phone, it's awesome but the only problem is that it has 1GB RAM and I always have less than 100MB (usually around 60MB) RAM free running CM10.
I can feel the phone stuttering to free up RAM every now and than.
I know the GS3 is a little upgrade to GNex with faster processor, better camera, SD card. But most importantly for me it has 2GB RAM.
So is it worth selling my GNex (Verizon) and buying a GS3 (Verizon)??
I think I might be able to sell it for around $100 and GS3 is approximately available for $275-320.
So is it worth it spending $200 for it?
I would be installing CM 10 on it for pure google experience.
I am 7 months away from getting an upgrade.
Thanks
Yes.
Undoubtedly.
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I'm with Koodo carrier and I'm not satisfied with my Samsung Galaxy Ace IIx. Here is what they offer, for a replacement (which I can afford) for now (price is in canadian money): Moto G (150$), HTC Desire 601 (300$), Nexus 4 16go (300$), Samsung Galaxy S III (300$), Galaxy S4 mini (300$). I like the Moto G, for its price, but it lack support for microsd card and it's a bummer. If I want something with microsd support, I need to buy something like HTC Desire or Galaxy S3. I also want to be able to install CyanogenMOD so I think the Galaxy S3 would be a good choice. What do you think? I could get an HTC Desire 601 for the same price, but information about custom rom support is sparse.
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I'm with Koodo carrier and I'm not satisfied with my Samsung Galaxy Ace IIx. Here is what they offer, for a replacement (which I can afford) for now (price is in canadian money): Moto G (150$), HTC Desire 601 (300$), Nexus 4 16go (300$), Samsung Galaxy S III (300$), Galaxy S4 mini (300$). I like the Moto G, for its price, but it lack support for microsd card and it's a bummer. If I want something with microsd support, I need to buy something like HTC Desire or Galaxy S3. I also want to be able to install CyanogenMOD so I think the Galaxy S3 would be a good choice. What do you think? I could get an HTC Desire 601 for the same price, but information about custom rom support is sparse.
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The S III beats the S4 mini in almost everything except ram since it has 512mb more which makes a difference. All in all I would go for a Nexus 4 out of all of them. For one it has a better display than all of them(318ppi). It also has a quad core proccessor and 2gb of ram. Down side it again the storage. 8gb internal memory so if memory would be an issue then I would look into something else. Nexus 4 also gets android updates first since it is a google device. So you are going to have to trade in the power and perks of the nexus 4 if you want more storage. If you want everything balanced out then a S III would be the way to go.
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The S III beats the S4 mini in almost everything except ram since it has 512mb more which makes a difference. All in all I would go for a Nexus 4 out of all of them. For one it has a better display than all of them(318ppi). It also has a quad core proccessor and 2gb of ram. Down side it again the storage. 8gb internal memory so if memory would be an issue then I would look into something else. Nexus 4 also gets android updates first since it is a google device. So you are going to have to trade in the power and perks of the nexus 4 if you want more storage. If you want everything balanced out then a S III would be the way to go.
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I'd love to have the Nexus 4 but does it have support for microsd?
Once again your going to have to trade off. Nexus 4 downside is no SD slot. So if you want storage your best bet is the SIII. But then you lose 1gb of ram which is quite Alot and the processor of the Nexus is pretty good. S4 mini you lose half of the ram you do with the SIII but also two cores.
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Personally, I'd go with the S4 & I'd be wary about buying an S3 this late in the game. I've had the S3 since the week it came out in the states and I'm just about to upgrade myself.
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Personally, I'd go with the S4 & I'd be wary about buying an S3 this late in the game. I've had the S3 since the week it came out in the states and I'm just about to upgrade myself.
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It's an S4 Mini, only has a dual core proccessor and the battery life on an s3 is better with 4 cores.
I just bought the S3 yesterday, for someone like me who always had cheap cellphone (my first smartphone was a first gen Galaxy Ace), I can tell you it's a beast compared to what I used in the past. Also, I had to choose something which I can afford, the S4 wasn't affordable for me.