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Just want to find out what people think of their Nexus S. Please tell me what works and what doesnt. I am sizing up between Nexus S and Galaxy S. Thanks.
I've been using HTC Desire for over a year, and comapring Nexus S to it I can say that:
- I prefer the way Desire is made, Nexus is sooooo plastic...
- stock software for Nexus S feels laggy (compared to CM7 or Oxygen on Desire more RAM?
- A looot of storage space on Nexus without need to use A2SD or any other hacks
- SCLCD screen in Nexus is better in sunlight than Desire's AMOLED, but doesn't provide so beaufifull colours and blacks
- newest hardware on nexus
- up2date as it is google's device
- stock android is much better than HTC bloatware IMO
Have a look @ galaxy S 2
I just want a functional phone that is simple. I think I will get the Nexus S at this rate. Or may be one of each.
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I just want a functional phone that is simple. I think I will get the Nexus S at this rate. Or may be one of each.
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Seems redundant.
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Best Android phone I've ever owned. I love it every day. The build quality is great compared to the Galaxy S line. It feels a lot better in the hand and is heavier.
Some people complain about the lack of an SD card or led light. I really don't miss them. With cloud based music systems on the rise, who needs to keep music on there phone.
All other phones seem so flat now...
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What is the CM7 on Nexus S like? Does it makes it better? Has anyone modded their phone yet?
I bought mine 3 days ago after having no working handset and having bought a G2x and finding how buggy it was. I returned two G2x's due to continued lockups , freezes and reboots - everyone kept saying it was apps that I had loaded onto it, but I never had a problem with any of those apps on any other phone!
Anyhow, it runs extremely well, very stable, great display, and plenty of storage for me.
People complain about the lack of external micro-sd storage. I've never even come close to filling a 16GB microSD on any other phone. I've got 3 backups saved, plus more than 200 MP3s - who needs to have their entire MP3 collection when there are online music services??
In my area I've got 4G service, but I've never seen actual 4G speeds except for one run of Speedtest. On the Nexus S I'm seeing 6MB download speeds - I don't need more than that!
Oh and if you're one of those people who live or die by your quadrant score - I am getting only 350 less on my Nexus S than I was on my G2x , and it has a dual-core CPU.
Battery life has been better than any other Android phone I've used, and I've used a LOT of them. This morning I woke up after 24 hours and had 30% left.
sasukewa said:
I just want a functional phone that is simple. I think I will get the Nexus S at this rate. Or may be one of each.
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why would you get on of each :S
emdzej said:
I've been using HTC Desire for over a year, and comapring Nexus S to it I can say that:
- I prefer the way Desire is made, Nexus is sooooo plastic...
- stock software for Nexus S feels laggy (compared to CM7 or Oxygen on Desire more RAM?
- A looot of storage space on Nexus without need to use A2SD or any other hacks
- SCLCD screen in Nexus is better in sunlight than Desire's AMOLED, but doesn't provide so beaufifull colours and blacks
- newest hardware on nexus
- up2date as it is google's device
- stock android is much better than HTC bloatware IMO
Have a look @ galaxy S 2
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heres my opinion on the above:
-Nexus S is plastic, which is why its light. I not once ever picked up the phone and thought, man this thing is cheap.
-Stock software is great. I've had zero lag, and the build runs flawlessly. I cant remember the last time I had a force close or a bug. Even on stable rom builds, theres always bugs.
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Other than that, the phones great. I currently have a full upgrade option with AT&T for a new phone, but I choose the Nexus S over the atrix/inspire. I originally had a problem with the lack of 720p HD video record, but since ive gotten the phone, i not once needed to use the video recorder for anything. Im tempted to look at the infuse but 4.5" and touchwiz are a red flag to me.
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I bought mine 3 days ago after having no working handset and having bought a G2x and finding how buggy it was. I returned two G2x's due to continued lockups , freezes and reboots - everyone kept saying it was apps that I had loaded onto it, but I never had a problem with any of those apps on any other phone!
Anyhow, it runs extremely well, very stable, great display, and plenty of storage for me.
People complain about the lack of external micro-sd storage. I've never even come close to filling a 16GB microSD on any other phone. I've got 3 backups saved, plus more than 200 MP3s - who needs to have their entire MP3 collection when there are online music services??
In my area I've got 4G service, but I've never seen actual 4G speeds except for one run of Speedtest. On the Nexus S I'm seeing 6MB download speeds - I don't need more than that!
Oh and if you're one of those people who live or die by your quadrant score - I am getting only 350 less on my Nexus S than I was on my G2x , and it has a dual-core CPU.
Battery life has been better than any other Android phone I've used, and I've used a LOT of them. This morning I woke up after 24 hours and had 30% left.
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I totally agree with you . I bought the Nexus S in December when it first came out, never had any issues and it is the best Android phone I have ever had (I've had the Nexus One and the G2 in the past and a G2x recently).
I wanted to give the G2x a shot so I asked my cousin from the States to send me 3 of them and asked him to buy them at different stores. But all 3 of them had screen issues. The one that had the least bleeding, had glue sticking out of the top corners of the screen and all 4 capacitive buttons were a different color which annoyed the bejesus out of me .
Terrible QA by LG.
Also the software on the G2x is the farthest thing from vanilla, it's simply LG's software with a Froyo 'skin' on it.
Replaced my nexus S for a G2X because I love new technology and get bored of phones quick.
Got the G2x and experienced LCD bleeding, terrible GPS locking, and horrible battery life.
Went back to nexus s and it actually felt faster and smoother than the G2x. (with cm7 and netarchy kernel) No lcd bleeding, beautiful blacks, and 2 day battery life made me appreciate my nexus S more. You will not go wrong with the nexus S.
I had a Desire until I got utterly fed up with having to uninstall apps I used regularly to install apps I wanted to use more frequently. If HTC had installed more internal ROM from the off it'd have been almost the ideal phone for me. I didn't want to root and really liked my Desire with Sense but did want a slightly bigger screen so went looking for an Incredible S. However on the one I tested in the shop the screen was horribly unresponsive so wrote that off. Next to it was a Nexus S. Tried that, liked Gingerbread and could not believe how responsive the screen was - I was sold despite the lack of Sense.
I haven't regretted replacing my Desire with the Nexus S but I do still miss Sense. The bigger ,brighter screen is a boon and, if anything, since the OTA update to 2.3.4 it has become even more responsive, but it's not been a trouble free relationship to date by any means:
I do suffer with the phone becoming slow and hesitant. I'm sure this is due to one (or two?) of my apps but which ones?? Despite my best efforts I have not been able find the root cause.
Gmail keeps dropping push-email. Earlier on, to restart it I was clearing the app data and then had to re-setup my Gmail settings but have since found that doing a manual Google account sync kicks it back into life.
Many apps that run as services don't seem to restart after a reboot.
WiFi re-connection is a bit flakey - often failing to connect until I reboot.
It may be that a factory reset clears up these problems but I'm not quite ready for that yet.
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Hello all,
Been looking at this phone for a while, want an upgrade my desire as
it just lags bit much more then i like and battery not as good.
My question is:
What is the vodafone stock levels like? Where is the best place to buy i.e. shop , online , phones 4 u.
Ive been looking forums and seen people saying online have been having stock issues , so was just curious?
On a side note , has anyone upgrade from desire/similar and can
say its worth the upgrade? I worked out it only going to cost me around £100 to
upgrade which I'm happy to pay - but is it worth it? (After i sell the phone and cancel my current contract etc..)
Also , how much internal memory has the desire got left to use on first boot?
Not seen a deffinate answer yet? I've heard around 1gb?
Any plus/minus is worth knowing to help my decide?
Thanks
I've heard it's a great phone, with few issues.
But I've heard from some Desire users and DHD users that it's not much of an upgrade, in that you could pass it off as a "Desire-PRO." The feel will be pretty much the same, just with a better camera and touch screen buttons at the bottom. I've also heard that Sense 3 is not that much of a big step up. (the homescreen has a different animation, though)
In my opinion, from a Desire, the only thing your really upgrading to is the new lock screen, speed improvements and more storage.
(There's more RAM, but you get left with 197MB actually available for apps to actually use. On my Desire, I get 155MB left available for apps)
Of course if you a HTC fan, and that's what your looking for, then by all means it's a great phone, after all the Desire was pretty amazing.
If you fancy a change, you could look at the Atrix or GSII (or one of the optimus phones)
Sorry I couldn't be of more help, but I don't actually have a Sensation, but have been intensively reading the forums for the last month or so. (I'm in the process of deciding what to upgrade as well)
If the QHD screen is not the killer feature for you, you can quite easily run Sense 3.0 on the DHD, as many people are doing already.
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If the QHD screen is not the killer feature for you, you can quite easily run Sense 3.0 on the DHD, as many people are doing already.
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I agree. qHD is a "failed" technology. It's pretty damn good, but it's an "inbetween technology." It'll be around for 4-6 months and then we're going to have ultra-high-resolutions in the market, which will simply triumph all other displays.
daivik said:
I've heard it's a great phone, with few issues.
(There's more RAM, but you get left with 197MB actually available for apps to actually use. On my Desire, I get 155MB left available for apps)
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Thanks for that useful stuff!
im seriously thinking now. I think i would love the bigger screen size and quality ,
im agains the samsung simple for the feel of it, i hate the galaxy s , as i class the feel of the phone as one of the most important (as doesnt matter how good a phone is, if you hate the feel in your hand then not very good)
Im confused about the quote, you mention ram at the start then say only
197mb free for apps,
do you mean there only 197mb internal memory spare for apps?
If thats true that is a big minus!
Phil750123 said:
Thanks for that useful stuff!
im seriously thinking now. I think i would love the bigger screen size and quality ,
im agains the samsung simple for the feel of it, i hate the galaxy s , as i class the feel of the phone as one of the most important (as doesnt matter how good a phone is, if you hate the feel in your hand then not very good)
Im confused about the quote, you mention ram at the start then say only
197mb free for apps,
do you mean there only 197mb internal memory spare for apps?
If thats true that is a big minus!
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No, by 197mb RAM i mean that, that's all you have for apps to use - RAM is not storage. RAM is Random Access Memory. Basically the more RAM available, the more things the phone will be able to do WITHOUT lagging up and getting slow.
In the beginning i was referring to 1GB of space of internal storage to store all of your apps.
Cheers for that -
Heard any issue with stock? ideally i want to walk into a shop on Friday and pick one up, might ring first just in case
Hi Phil,
I got mine yesterday from Phones4U, they had no stock problems as far as I know.
It has around 600Mb+ free for app installations (plus the 8Gb SD card of course). As previously mentioned, there is about 200Mb RAM free on boot too.
Only lag I've had today has been when updating the Vodafone settings (data plan stuff) which needed a reboot, but I'm guessing it was just a glitch with one of the apps using the connection at the time, as otherwise, its been as fluid as a, erm, fluid thing.
Battery: pretty much constant web, market and facebook chat usage on 3G, plus a few 3 or so minute calls = down to 12% battery by about 2pm (unplugged 7am)
rp-x1 - Does your Phones4U Sensation have Vodafone branding or is it running Generic Europe firmware?
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In my opinion, from a Desire, the only thing your really upgrading to is the new lock screen, speed improvements and more storage.
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Plus Bluetooth 3, plus twin-CPUs, plus HDMI out ........
Dave
rp-x1 said:
Hi Phil,
I got mine yesterday from Phones4U, they had no stock problems as far as I know.
It has around 600Mb+ free for app installations (plus the 8Gb SD card of course). As previously mentioned, there is about 200Mb RAM free on boot too.
Only lag I've had today has been when updating the Vodafone settings (data plan stuff) which needed a reboot, but I'm guessing it was just a glitch with one of the apps using the connection at the time, as otherwise, its been as fluid as a, erm, fluid thing.
Battery: pretty much constant web, market and facebook chat usage on 3G, plus a few 3 or so minute calls = down to 12% battery by about 2pm (unplugged 7am)
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Thanks useful stuff coming from someone who brought it !
And yer the screen and speed are my biggest wants . 600 mb is plenty so that sorted that problem!
Im edging towards it closer and closer! Specially as my desire battery seems to be dieing , i was one first to get one before the release date so had it 15 odd months and battery life getting worse and worse.
Also thinking of upgrade from Desire to Sensation but worried about losing the optical joystick (or whatever it is called). I seem to use it a lot for close up fiddly movements of the cursor. Does new software cope without it? Do any new phones still have the hardware?
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Also thinking of upgrade from Desire to Sensation but worried about losing the optical joystick (or whatever it is called). I seem to use it a lot for close up fiddly movements of the cursor. Does new software cope without it? Do any new phones still have the hardware?
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I was worried the same untill i played with my boss's desire s (without the trackpad)
HTC/android has some new little arrow buttons you can use to be more accurate which is why the trackpad has been removed on all new phones.
Takes a while to get used to it but it made me happy not getting a trackpad
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rp-x1 - Does your Phones4U Sensation have Vodafone branding or is it running Generic Europe firmware?
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Hi, it has Vodafone branding, but can only see the Vodafone logo on boot and a 360 app in the list. Otherwise it 'looks' largely untouched
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Long story short, I hard bricked my Evo 3D because I flashed the boot image to the wrong partition by not properly editing the updater-script when trying to port Jellybean (very developer NOOB move even though I'm not one by a long shot). So I'm thinking about buying one on Amazon to tie me over until my upgrade next year, because right now, my parents' only option (until I get the money) is to let me use a Blackberry, its torture (-_-)... I've read up on this and I am thoroughly impressed with the specs given it was released in 2010, plus it has ICS Officially. So I just have a handful of questions!
1. How is the Developer scene here? Is it still very active?
2. How good are the 3G speeds on this (I'm not getting 4G)
3. How is battery life
4. Is the phone easily breakable (this determines if I buy a case or not upon my ordering)
5. Can I still have me an awesome gaming experience? I am the Asphalt 6 and Shadowgun type of guy, so gaming is a must.
6. How quickly can someone fill up that 512MB space? and has someone made script that moves the WHOLE app to an external SD or repartitioned the space to give 1GB space?
I'll be sure to add more questions should they come up...
Now I have read that this has no SD card slot, and this would have been a problem. But as of recently, I have become a cloud kid. My Music is on Google Play Music, I have a couple of Movies and TV Shows on my SD Card but I can put those on my box cloud storage, that means that I can use all 16 GB for Game caches and the few movies and shows I frequently watch.
I just want to know your opinion, and the pros and cons of the phone, alongside the questions I asked. Thanks in advance!
Developer scene is still pretty solid. Expect an additional boost in a few weeks when Jelly Bean arrives. 3G speeds and reception should be decent so long as you have a decent provider, it is more dependent on them than on the phone. Battery life is mediocre, though you can pull off 4 hours of screen time a day with a little bit of effort (and compromise). It is generally a pretty stubborn phone. It won't break straight off the bat, but being plastic it will tend to scratch easily from rough surfaces. The screen can take a fair bit of abuse so don't be scared about the lack of "gorilla glass" branding, plus it's curved which is both great to touch and means it's less prone to scratched glass. I've found a case to be good due to the phone being slippery, but have since decided to use it without one. If you intend to root the phone i'm sure the gaming experience will be a good one, and likely even more so with jellybean - though there are certain games that won't even install (some tegra and tablet based games i think, i don't game that much on the phone so don't take my word on this).
As for storage, you have 16GB in the phone classified as "sdcard". It is built in and non-replaceable, with no external sdcard slot. It is partitioned primarily into /system, /data and /sdcard. /system holds the android operating system and is plenty big enough even for development purposes. /data is approximately 1GB and holds the data for apps only, so you have 1GB worth of apps which you can keep installed on the phone. The /sdcard partition is around 15GB and formatted as FAT32, so you can throw all of your music, photos, videos and sd2ext (built in, not a seperate app) apps here, so any larger games would be thrown onto the sdcard if you choose so, generally giving plenty of room. The only drawback for me, personally, is the lack of room for music - but you seem to have yourself sorted there.
And as i said above, if you really want to get every benefit from this phone it should be unlocked and rooted. It loves being free. Otherwise it's just a Galaxy S.
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Developer scene is still pretty solid. Expect an additional boost in a few weeks when Jelly Bean arrives. 3G speeds and reception should be decent so long as you have a decent provider, it is more dependent on them than on the phone. Battery life is mediocre, though you can pull off 4 hours of screen time a day with a little bit of effort (and compromise). It is generally a pretty stubborn phone. It won't break straight off the bat, but being plastic it will tend to scratch easily from rough surfaces. The screen can take a fair bit of abuse so don't be scared about the lack of "gorilla glass" branding, plus it's curved which is both great to touch and means it's less prone to scratched glass. I've found a case to be good due to the phone being slippery, but have since decided to use it without one. If you intend to root the phone i'm sure the gaming experience will be a good one, and likely even more so with jellybean - though there are certain games that won't even install (some tegra and tablet based games i think, i don't game that much on the phone so don't take my word on this).
As for storage, you have 16GB in the phone classified as "sdcard". It is built in and non-replaceable, with no external sdcard slot. It is partitioned primarily into /system, /data and /sdcard. /system holds the android operating system and is plenty big enough even for development purposes. /data is approximately 1GB and holds the data for apps only, so you have 1GB worth of apps which you can keep installed on the phone. The /sdcard partition is around 15GB and formatted as FAT32, so you can throw all of your music, photos, videos and sd2ext (built in, not a seperate app) apps here, so any larger games would be thrown onto the sdcard if you choose so, generally giving plenty of room. The only drawback for me, personally, is the lack of room for music - but you seem to have yourself sorted there.
And as i said above, if you really want to get every benefit from this phone it should be unlocked and rooted. It loves being free. Otherwise it's just a Galaxy S.
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And my decision was solidified with the acquisition of jellybean. I can get a gnex experience for the most part without having to shell out so much money. I just need a gaming device (I'm going to buy chainfire for the coupe of tegra games I want) and an entertainment hub. I will buy a case asap, probably a ballistic case, an some other stuff, thank you so much
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One more thing to point out though, if you end up getting the 4G version (the only CDMA version, which i think is what Sprint uses) it may take longer to get JB and I can't comment on CDMA networks 3G. It will be approximately on par with most other phones running on the same network, though.
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I just want to know your opinion, and the pros and cons of the phone, alongside the questions I asked. Thanks in advance!
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The Nexus range is the first to get the Jelly Bean update, so it's certain that Google is paying extra attention to it.
As a friend of mine (also owning a Nexus S) pointed out, the development activity is one of the best out there.
In terms of performance, I was happy with it in 99% of time, you can't pretend the same performance as a quad core phone but overclocking the phone at a safe 1200mhz makes it significantly faster.
All in all, it is a very good phone for the price you pay.
Good luck and let us know if you decided getting the phone.
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One more thing to point out though, if you end up getting the 4G version (the only CDMA version, which i think is what Sprint uses) it may take longer to get JB and I can't comment on CDMA networks 3G. It will be approximately on par with most other phones running on the same network, though.
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I am aware of Sprint and their inability to push updates properly, so it's expected. I will be rooted and running a slim ICS Rom anyway
, so I can just install JB after they get the update it in rooted Rom style.
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The Nexus range is the first to get the Jelly Bean update, so it's certain that Google is paying extra attention to it.
As a friend of mine (also owning a Nexus S) pointed out, the development activity is one of the best out there.
In terms of performance, I was happy with it in 99% of time, you can't pretend the same performance as a quad core phone but overclocking the phone at a safe 1200mhz makes it significantly faster.
All in all, it is a very good phone for the price you pay.
Good luck and let us know if you decided getting the phone.
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I got a little excited yesterday and decided to do research on some other phones that could be possible contenders, but this phone takes home the crown. My parents said that because I broke the phone, I cover the expenses. So I did the math.
If I get a galaxy nexus now:
I have to buy out my contract ($100), and then buy the phone ($150) = $250
If I buy a galaxy S III now:
I have to buy out the contract (same) and buy the phone ($200) = $300
if I buy this phone:
But it from Amazon ($150) and transfer my number (free) = $150
The numbers say it all. I will get this phone . Plus, I want a nexus 7, so I need to save as much money as I can. I will wait until next year to get my upgrade to the gnex
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I've been a huge fan of my Google Nexus One, but T-Mobile never played fair with it, and after finding myself literally stranded (bad idea to rely on the Navigation tool) because their network engineers kept cutting my data, I decided it was time enough to give up and go mainstream.
So a week ago or so I mustered the courage to walk into one of the disgusting neon-pink Tmo stores and look at their phones. Luckily, I was due for an upgrade, and was able to sell my Nexus One on CL for the same price as a brand new One S... :crying: Bye Nexus
Anyway, I got it activated and working yesterday, and I've been pleasantly surprised by the phone, I find it odd that my carrier would offer an actual, nice, android phone.
My biggest peeve is that the One S doesn't support external storage, like a MicroSD. When I asked the teenager at the puke-pink store, she told me it wouldn't be a problem, because the One S already has 2Gigs of RAM and 16Gigs of internal storage. "And 16 Gigabytes is a lot of space" I was told, which is true.
Except the phone doesn't have 16 Gigs of storage, is barely has 9.6 Gigs. I can understand 15-point-something gigs, heck I can understand 14-point-something gigs due to the phone using it, but 6 missing Gigabytes? That a lot less space than I was counting on..
Do the phones just come with 10 Gigs of internal storage, or does the stock Sense/Android stuff take up SIX WHOLE GIGABYTES? (cheating IMHO to advertise as though it isn't)..
Sorry to rant, I love this new phone otherwise and I'm still glad I went with HTC over the Samsung S3
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I'm an idiot, I totally missed the HELP THREAD. If someone feels this needs to be posted there instead, please tell me.
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It's not that Sense takes up 6GB, it's that the flash is partitioned such that sectors such as /data take several GB even if empty. I guess the rule with this phone is never install apps to "SD", just keep them all on internal storage to maintain that full 10GB for your files.
The total storage is 16G.
10G is 'for you' and acts as the SD card would.
The other 6G is apps, app data, cache, radio, hboot, sbl, recovery, etc..
It does get 25G of dropbox, but that's not really as good as local storage.
Also, it has 1G, not 2G of RAM.
Basically, it means that you can't carry your media collection around on your phone, but it is still enough to carry a couple of albums, a movie, and take lots of pictures.
With this restriction, it is a very nice piece of equipment. Gorgeous body, bright and saturated screen, very snappy.
Enjoy!
-Jobo
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The total storage is 16G.
With this restriction, it is a very nice piece of equipment. Gorgeous body, bright and saturated screen, very snappy.
Enjoy!
-Jobo
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that's right! and for me it is especially the haptics which makes it superior to the s3!
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It's not that Sense takes up 6GB, it's that the flash is partitioned such that sectors such as /data take several GB even if empty. I guess the rule with this phone is never install apps to "SD", just keep them all on internal storage to maintain that full 10GB for your files.
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Okay, that makes more sense, and if installing apps doesn't cut into the 10GB very much, I'll be happy. I guess that was another thing with the N1, I always had the ram and internal storage maxed out.
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Also, it has 1G, not 2G of RAM.
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..I feel pretty cheated by what they told me at the store I literally watched this lady "look it up" on a computer and tell me that 2G and 16G were the specks.. Oh well
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With this restriction, it is a very nice piece of equipment. Gorgeous body, bright and saturated screen, very snappy.
Enjoy!
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Yeah, I'm really digging how similar it is to the N1 shell: not plastic-y :laugh:
Thanks for clearing that up for me guys, I really appreciate it!
I think I'll give stock a few days to grow on me, and then play around with rooting and installing MIUI
I'm due for a phone upgrade. Right now I got the LG Optimus-T on T-Mobile. I'm not a huge fan of the phone, and plus the replacement timing couldn't have been more perfect; the LG is falling apart. I did some research, and I'm leaning towards getting the HTC One S as a replacement. It's really lame that there is no SD card option.. I was reading that the phone comes with a certain amount of online storage space; how much?
I'm a musician and this phone supposedly excels in that department. I use the internal microphones on these phone to record guitar riffs and stuff; how is the built-in microphone? The internal mics are pretty hit or miss, so I'm hoping to hear good news about the one on this phone.
I'm not a fan of the large screen phones. This one seems to be one of the smaller, but it's still larger than my LG.
I've read that there is alot of bloat software that comes pre-loaded on the phone, and that it doesn't let you uninstall any of it. I guess the only way to get around that is to Root the phone. Since there is no SD card, it's important not to have any Apps that you don't use taking up space.
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-Adam
Internal space is 16GB. Avaible actual space is around 14GB.
Since there is no SD card why not go for the Galaxy S3 instead?
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Internal space is 16GB. Avaible actual space is around 14GB.
Since there is no SD card why not go for the Galaxy S3 instead?
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The 4.3" screen on the One S is a bit too big for my liking; 4.8" sounds too large. I need to go to the store to check out the phone sizes in person.
4.3" - once you've got it you'll wonder what you did without it. The phone is not too big and build quality is excellent, you won't find the One S falling apart on you.
Trying your choices out in a shop is a good idea, especially how they work for you. The One S has the most responsive screen of any phone I've ever used and the unibody design makes it very strong, listen to any Samsung creak as it flexes in your hand
The fixed internal memory might be a problem for some but not for me, I had a 32Gb card in my last phone but found I hadn't used more than 4-5Gb of it. As a musician you may want more for mp3s but I'm betting you've already got a decent mp3 player for that.
Honestly it sounds like you'd be better off with the GSIII. Yeah, the screen size kinda sucks, but it's worth it. I'll admit the One S fits in the hand much more comfortably than the GSIII.
The lack of storage space kills me. 14Gb useable, 25Gb online via dropbox BUT only for a limited period, a year I think. Pretty pathetic that HTC would go as far as to cut out our primary storage option so Dropbox could monetize. Jerks.
This phone has been pushed for musicians and music lovers alike, but that has a lot to do with the Beats audio, which if you're unfamiliar with it, kinda really sucks. You said you play guitar? Beats is for people who play Macbooks. All you could be looking at is a stupidly oversampled bass tone and no improvements in sound anywhere else. I actually turn off Beats to prevent damage to my earbuds. As for the onboard mic, it's alright. A decent option for recording on the go. I haven't tried the GSIII's for comparison or anything. I've always used my iPod Touch for recording riffs and it's DRASTICALLY better than this phone, but, I sold it.
If you do decide to go with this phone, you're definitely going to want to unlock the bootloader and install a more lightweight ROM like CM10 or AOKP. It's a shame you're buying it now when that process has become more complex due to more bootloader restrictions. Another thing the GSIII has over this phone.
Jewcifer said:
Honestly it sounds like you'd be better off with the GSIII. Yeah, the screen size kinda sucks, but it's worth it. I'll admit the One S fits in the hand much more comfortably than the GSIII.
The lack of storage space kills me. 14Gb useable, 25Gb online via dropbox BUT only for a limited period, a year I think. Pretty pathetic that HTC would go as far as to cut out our primary storage option so Dropbox could monetize. Jerks.
This phone has been pushed for musicians and music lovers alike, but that has a lot to do with the Beats audio, which if you're unfamiliar with it, kinda really sucks. You said you play guitar? Beats is for people who play Macbooks. All you could be looking at is a stupidly oversampled bass tone and no improvements in sound anywhere else. I actually turn off Beats to prevent damage to my earbuds. As for the onboard mic, it's alright. A decent option for recording on the go. I haven't tried the GSIII's for comparison or anything. I've always used my iPod Touch for recording riffs and it's DRASTICALLY better than this phone, but, I sold it.
If you do decide to go with this phone, you're definitely going to want to unlock the bootloader and install a more lightweight ROM like CM10 or AOKP. It's a shame you're buying it now when that process has become more complex due to more bootloader restrictions. Another thing the GSIII has over this phone.
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I agree with everything above but dropbox is for 2 years. The amount of time the average person uses a phone.
What I really love about the phone is the size and the build quality. And the consistency of that build quality, there are hardly any compromises made in this. You get solid performance, top notch sounds from both headset and speaker (yes beats is a gimmick, but it does show how much efford they made to get the best possible sound quality), a really solid build design which fits your hand perfectly, and a really awesome camera with a very intuitive ui. The sense ui is great as well, although its not everyone's flavor it really preforms well these days and adds allot of features over vanilla android (nexus phones). I don't know how well this phone can record sound though.
The GSIII is a great phone as well, but its plastic build always reminds me of Tupperware. Besides this, the sg3 suffers (still) from some software quirks which causes about 15% of the playstore apps to crash (on stock firmware).
I really love the design of this phone, everything is very well worked out and htc used all high end parts for this device. If I have to point a downside its the screen, although its contrast and colors are really great. But the resolution ain't that high, therefor some details are lost.
As for storage and bloat. Try to get a unlocked phone, most carriers pre instal some apps on top of sense which your can't remove. As for sense it self, you wont notice this so called bloat anymore in speed nor batterylife. As for the storage, i got 25gb dropbox storage for 2 years (this is my estimation for my phone untill i replace it aswell). You get 10gb internal storage, you wont get more on aosp roms as you cant repartition this internal storage.
Jewcifer said:
Honestly it sounds like you'd be better off with the GSIII. Yeah, the screen size kinda sucks, but it's worth it. I'll admit the One S fits in the hand much more comfortably than the GSIII.
The lack of storage space kills me. 14Gb useable, 25Gb online via dropbox BUT only for a limited period, a year I think. Pretty pathetic that HTC would go as far as to cut out our primary storage option so Dropbox could monetize. Jerks.
This phone has been pushed for musicians and music lovers alike, but that has a lot to do with the Beats audio, which if you're unfamiliar with it, kinda really sucks. You said you play guitar? Beats is for people who play Macbooks. All you could be looking at is a stupidly oversampled bass tone and no improvements in sound anywhere else. I actually turn off Beats to prevent damage to my earbuds. As for the onboard mic, it's alright. A decent option for recording on the go. I haven't tried the GSIII's for comparison or anything. I've always used my iPod Touch for recording riffs and it's DRASTICALLY better than this phone, but, I sold it.
If you do decide to go with this phone, you're definitely going to want to unlock the bootloader and install a more lightweight ROM like CM10 or AOKP. It's a shame you're buying it now when that process has become more complex due to more bootloader restrictions. Another thing the GSIII has over this phone.
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I don't think that this One S phone is the right one for me. Beats audio sounds terrible and not having a SD card sound even more terrible. Someone recommended I wait a couple weeks for the Nexus 4 to come out; I haven't done any research on it yet. I'm going to the store today so I can figure out what dimensions I can deal with (i.e. screen size).
Thanks for all the help everyone,
-Adam
adam79 said:
I don't think that this One S phone is the right one for me. Beats audio sounds terrible and not having a SD card sound even more terrible. Someone recommended I wait a couple weeks for the Nexus 4 to come out; I haven't done any research on it yet. I'm going to the store today so I can figure out what dimensions I can deal with (i.e. screen size).
Thanks for all the help everyone,
-Adam
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The Nexus 4 doesn't have a SDcard-slot either, and only 16GB of storage. If it really is a dealbreaker, than the Nexus 4 won't be the device you're looking for either. However, considering the extreme low price tag ($350) on the Nexus 4 when bought via the Play Store, you might just want to take the lack of expandable storage for granted
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The Nexus 4 doesn't have a SDcard-slot either, and only 16GB of storage. If it really is a dealbreaker, than the Nexus 4 won't be the device you're looking for either. However, considering the extreme low price tag ($350) on the Nexus 4 when bought via the Play Store, you might just want to take the lack of expandable storage for granted
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What's the deal with this new trend of no SD card slot? Are they phasing it out in attempt cash in on the remote storage?
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What's the deal with this new trend of no SD card slot? Are they phasing it out in attempt cash in on the remote storage?
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That's what it seems like. They're also locking the batteries in place, preventing people from upgrading to higher mAh batteries and causing them to have to replace the entire phone if their battery goes out. I don't think they realize those are two of the things a lot of the Android fanbase hates about Apple products.