Possibly trading my Gnex for this phone. Any former Gnex users regretting the switch? Also welcoming input from other One S users..please let me know what you think!
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Possibly trading my Gnex for this phone. Any former Gnex users regretting the switch? Also welcoming input from other One S users..please let me know what you think!
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Why in the world would you do that?
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Why in the world would you do that?
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So you are saying keep the Nexus?
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So you are saying keep the Nexus?
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Yes, of course, at least not to get the HTC One S. If we were talking about the HTC One X or the S3, we can talk about it, but not for the One S no way. However, why were you even considering to switch from Gnex to One S?
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Yes, of course, at least not to get the HTC One S. If we were talking about the HTC One X or the S3, we can talk about it, but not for the One S no way. However, why were you even considering to switch from Gnex to One S?
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cause the GNEX is cheap plastic . .just saying
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cause the GNEX is cheap plastic . .just saying
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OK. But I know you would regret the switch.
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OK. But I know you would regret the switch.
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I think you are probably right. The One S really isn't an upgrade...I am going to follow your advice and keep the Nexus.
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I think you are probably right. The One S really isn't an upgrade...I am going to follow your advice and keep the Nexus.
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Actually, in some ways, the One S is far superior to the Galaxy Nexus. The camera is much, much better. The processor in the One S is much faster. It is built better and feels more solid. On the minus side, the screen is qHD, not HD. However, I think the quality of the screen is a little better to be honest. The Galaxy Nexus has a grainy screen and off white whites, especially in low light with the screen dimmed. The One S seems to not have this problem, or has it to a much lesser degree. If you don't like Sense on the One S, you can use another launcher like Nova Launcher or root and go with an AOSP rom later. I had a Galaxy Nexus and don't really miss it to be honest.
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I'm sure the only reason he'd regret it is cause he'd end up selling the nex paying more for an S and not really feel any change but not cause it's a ****tier phone or anything but yea it's not much of an upgrade since the GNEX is a straight phone too but you definatly wouldn't be downgrading or anything
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Actually, in some ways, the One S is far superior to the Galaxy Nexus. The camera is much, much better. The processor in the One S is much faster. It is built better and feels more solid. On the minus side, the screen is qHD, not HD. However, I think the quality of the screen is a little better to be honest. The Galaxy Nexus has a grainy screen and off white whites, especially in low light with the screen dimmed. The One S seems to not have this problem, or has it to a much lesser degree. If you don't like Sense on the One S, you can use another launcher like Nova Launcher or root and go with an AOSP rom later. I had a Galaxy Nexus and don't really miss it to be honest.
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I agree with what you are saying, but as far as processor, I don't really see the big deal as the Nexus ROM'd and tweaked shows no performance issues at all. I just feel like if I got a One S I would be waiting for the first AOSP ROM out to rip sense off of it...Also, were you a fan of the 4.65 inch screen? If so, was it hard going to the 4.3? Still might do the trade, if I don't like the One S it will be easy to trade it for another Nexus.
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I'm sure the only reason he'd regret it is cause he'd end up selling the nex paying more for an S and not really feel any change but not cause it's a ****tier phone or anything but yea it's not much of an upgrade since the GNEX is a straight phone too but you definatly wouldn't be downgrading or anything
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Not the case..straight trade.
Nexus devices have advantages that have nothing to do with hardware. To switch to a different device at a cost, there has to be more than slightly better hardware. I can think of several reasons in general, but not certainly not enough reasons for the One S.
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Not the case..straight trade.
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if you could trade ur GNEX for a S do it cause you cold sell the S for more anyway and then buy another GNEX lol
lowandbehold said:
Also, were you a fan of the 4.65 inch screen? If so, was it hard going to the 4.3?
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I like the screen size on the Nexus for viewing videos. Otherwise, when you are in an app that shows the navigation buttons on screen, the usable area of the screen for that app on the GN is not much bigger at all than a 4.3" screen. While watching videos, though, yes, the GN has a noticeably larger screen.
Definitely play with the 1s a lot and compare what is important to you--both are great
I wanted the GN, but in trying both I found the page rendering and pinch to zoom not as good on the GN--agreed it was only on demo in Verizon on LTE, but 1s was as fast if not faster in loading pages
I like the internal card--anywhere from 10 to 18bm read/write speeds as opposed to mostly sub 10 or less on my class 10 and 6 sdcards
1s does have great build feel, like my now gone N1
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Hi All.
First sorry in advance if this is the incorrect forum.
I really can't make up my mind what handset to go for, and I'm wondering if you guys can point me in the right direction...
Argh, they both seem like very good handsets!
Nice screen or 720p recording,
Gingerbread or FM Radio,
Sense UI or clean stock,
Gyro or DOH!!!
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Hi All.
First sorry in advance if this is the incorrect forum.
I really can't make up my mind what handset to go for, and I'm wondering if you guys can point me in the right direction...
Argh, they both seem like very good handsets!
Nice screen or 720p recording,
Gingerbread or FM Radio,
Sense UI or clean stock,
Gyro or DOH!!!
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IMHO just get whatever has the best battery life. Theyre both great and Xda will have what u need in software for either
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It honestly just depends on you.
Think about what options you would use more and go from there.
I picked the Nexus S for 3 reasons.
1. AMOLED LCD
2.Direct updates from google
3. Quality
Sure 720p recording would have been nice and I'm not sure why it wasn't included, but the question for me was how often do you really record video ? Not often enough. But I do stare at the LCD screen for oh about 3 hours a day.
Both are great phones, the Nexus S is a tad bit more powerful.
You can't go wrong with ether phone but I'd personally choose the nexus S. ( Hence why I own one. This was my exact dilemma) ( well Nexus S or Inspire 4g)
Thanks guys!
I think the Nexus S it is then.
adding to the list, i'd like the nexus more co's of the front facing camera.
Nexus S of course
Desire HD is not even a comparison
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Hi All.
First sorry in advance if this is the incorrect forum.
I really can't make up my mind what handset to go for, and I'm wondering if you guys can point me in the right direction...
Argh, they both seem like very good handsets!
Nice screen or 720p recording,
Gingerbread or FM Radio,
Sense UI or clean stock,
Gyro or DOH!!!
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This is like deja vu for me...lol.
Its the exact choice i was faced with back in december before i got my nexus. I was soooo close to going with the desire hd. But i didnt obviously.
The main single reason i picked the nexus s? Get ready for it....
Battery! Yep, i really wanted the desire hd as im a big htc/sense ui fan when it comes to smartphones. I had the hero as my previous android. Still got it around somewhere. But anyway, the 1230 mah battery totally put me off. Coming from the hero i knew how power hungry android and htc handsets were.
I mean, come on...a 4.3 inch super lcd running android with only 1230 mah battery? I just read around and came to the decision to go with the nexus s.
In terms of general performance, from what ive read and seen, both phones are more or less equal in the power and speed department. Apart from the gpu that is! Nexus takes it in that department quite comfortably, but i dont really care that much about that.
Ive come to the conclusion that complex 3d games on touchscreen smartphones just doesnt really do it for me. Always too awkward.
I really wanted the desire hd... oh well.
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not trying to bust your balls but asking in this forum might be a moot point, seeing as we all prolly own Nexus S' we love our baby and would never put him down
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not trying to bust your balls but asking in this forum might be a moot point, seeing as we all prolly own Nexus S' we love our baby and would never put him down
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that's a 50% / 50% split i'll say
the main reason is because the SNS is pretty bare-bone feature wise, compared to the other choices out in the market
That was my 2 choices too. Went with Nexus S for 3 reasons 1) battery life 2) SAMOLED and 3) Google updates. Front camera was a bonus.
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That was my 2 choices too. Went with Nexus S for 3 reasons 1) battery life 2) SAMOLED and 3) Google updates. Front camera was a bonus.
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Yeah, I used to have the original Desire before my iPhone 4 and I loved the oled screen.
It's a shame HTC have replaced it with bog standard LCD displays.
Anyway, iPhone 4 has been sold... I'm coming back to Android!!! Whooo
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Yeah, I used to have the original Desire before my iPhone 4 and I loved the oled screen.
It's a shame HTC have replaced it with bog standard LCD displays.
Anyway, iPhone 4 has been sold... I'm coming back to Android!!! Whooo
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How much did you sell your iPhone 4 for? I need to put mine up on Craigslist or Kijiji when i have time.
Checked out both Saturday just gone, NS won, I am really pleased with mine. Really pleased. Finding new stuff out all the time and coming from the Hero its just a completely different class of phone.
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How much did you sell your iPhone 4 for? I need to put mine up on Craigslist or Kijiji when i have time.
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I got about £480, network locked to Orange. Sold on the Amazon market place.
Hi again.
Picked up my SNS today from Carphone Warehouse in my lunch break.
Very nice, trouble is I want to play with it now... Damn, roll on home time
It can't be done?
Cause not many want it?
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Cause not many want it?
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I do. I love the framework from my old epic, especially the camera w 720p recording. Its mostly why I chose this very close keyboardless version (epics bulk was embarressing). Being a stock dev phone is cool, but the more options the merrier.
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It can't be done?
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There's a thread about this already but not much development work has been done yet.
Camera w/ 720p is hardware based, not software.
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Camera w/ 720p is hardware based, not software.
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Really? Thats depressing. I was on a rooftop in chicago last night and took a picture of the skyline... my buddy took one with his Epic and i couldn't believe how ****ty mine looked compared to his
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Really? Thats depressing. I was on a rooftop in chicago last night and took a picture of the skyline... my buddy took one with his Epic and i couldn't believe how ****ty mine looked compared to his
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Yes. The only exception was the N1 that added 720p but it was capped at 30 FPS i believe? Not sure.
But the NS is missing a hardware piece that allows 720p recording.
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Considering one of the lead Android devs said on his twitter that 720p recording is not available on the Nexus S due to hardware bandwidth limitation, I tend to believe him.
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You'll have to find it.
I couldn't wait to get away from samsungs software. For gods sake, they can't even get font sizes right and half of the date wouldn't appear on the lock screen, it would cut off.
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I couldn't wait to get away from samsungs software. For gods sake, they can't even get font sizes right and half of the date wouldn't appear on the lock screen, it would cut off.
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When i rooted my epic and used Simply AOSP ROM i didn't have a complaint besides the phones bulk. I wish it were as easy as ripping off the keyboard underneath
but yeah, the nexus is a much more fluid device all around, but the camera blows
I have had an Epic and now NS4G and i would not go back. TW framework made the Epic slow and the battery was atrocious in comparison to the NS. To each their own, but you aint takin me back there....IM NOT GOING BACK!!!!
Nexus may not be the best at any one thing, but the total package beats almost every other Android set on the market.
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I have had an Epic and now NS4G and i would not go back. TW framework made the Epic slow and the battery was atrocious in comparison to the NS. To each their own, but you aint takin me back there....IM NOT GOING BACK!!!!
Nexus may not be the best at any one thing, but the total package beats almost every other Android set on the market.
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lol
id say the nexus is a decent and very stable device. It excels at getting the job done without hesitation and i really do like that.
thinking about the 720p camera from the epic compared to this standard camera, i've come to conclude the nexus is a DEV phone and not ALL android phones are high-end with high-def capture ability. When you have a dev phone, you want to develop and test on it and be assured what you have created will work on virtually ALL android devices... so it makes sense why they would have done that. I just miss having amazingly detailed pictures a lil
Pretty much. I toy with my phone too much to care much for all the OEM overlay stuff. I had my Epic for three months and now my wife has it. It is a great phone and the pictures are very nice, but I do not take a ton of pics and normally have a point and shoot on me anyway, which does 720p and has great quality pics, so my phone is always the last resort.
I like the hassle free goodness of the Nexus and the abilty to "just get the update now". I am an impatient SOB more than a camera phone snob.
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I am an impatient SOB more than a camera phone snob.
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what you tryin to say, huh?!
jk jk, i feel ya on the getting updates part, and partially my reason for the nexus line. The nexus one always got the latest and greatest first, and now it'll be the nexus s... i just hope the nexus 3 doesn't come out TOO soon and we are left in the dust
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what you tryin to say, huh?!
jk jk, i feel ya on the getting updates part, and partially my reason for the nexus line. The nexus one always got the latest and greatest first, and now it'll be the nexus s... i just hope the nexus 3 doesn't come out TOO soon and we are left in the dust
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Nexus 3 will most likely be out by the end of the year being the "Ice Cream Sandwich" flagship phone followed by the Nexus S and then Nexus One.
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Nexus 3 will most likely be out by the end of the year being the "Ice Cream Sandwich" flagship phone followed by the Nexus S and then Nexus One.
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More than likely...One of the benefits of having four lines on my Sprint account is annual upgrades...I was offered a free upgrade to the EVO3D and am turning it down, because I want a dev phone. I will wait on Nexus 3.
I don't miss the buggyness of TW but you have to admit the added functionality it offers. I sold my SGS because I was so frustrated with the limitations and now that I have the NS I have to admit, this is the fastest phone I've ever used period. Even out of the box! I was a bit hesitant thinking it would be a re badged SGS but I am amazed what good software can do with hardware. Nothing like the SGS at all.
I thought this would be a good upgrade from my Samsung galaxy S, but boy was I wrong.
1. it's heavier than SGS
2. it's thicker than SGS
3. the back cover is so difficulty to take off. WTF?
4. it's got a crappier screen, esp the black, and horrible viewing angle. Backlit is too bright, horrible LCD panel.
5. large pixels during video playback, WTF? Even my single core SGS can render video much better.
6. laggy as hell, my SGS is so much smoother.
7. horrible battery life, less than half of that of my SGS.
8. runs much hotter than SGS.
9. UI is so ****, can't even delete blank home screen pages, WFT seriously?
10. and cost twice as my SGS.
11. No internal storage, my SGS has 16GB. WTF?
Should have gone with SGS2, what was I thinking.
Will never get another HTC again.
waahhh wahhh wahhh. nobody cares. go cry somewhere else and play with that plastic toy you call a phone.
is it that time of the month to feed the troll already? lol.
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waahhh wahhh wahhh. nobody cares. go cry somewhere else and play with that plastic toy you call a phone.
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I lol'd at this. Felt I should share.
Anyhow, I gotta tell ya, nobody gives a **** if you don't like the Sensation. Really, honestly, nobody cares. You can change phones and never have to say anything here, you're just trying to get attention. Dumbass.
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I lol'd at this. Felt I should share.
Anyhow, I gotta tell ya, nobody gives a **** if you don't like the Sensation. Really, honestly, nobody cares. You can change phones and never have to say anything here, you're just trying to get attention. Dumbass.
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no I am trying to tell you people how you have been conned by HTC with their inferior and more expensive product.
haha not trying to troll. just saying what sshede said. why would you post something like this trashing a phone that thousands of people in this forum love? nobody cares if this samsung dickrider doesn't like this phone.
Yeah cos we're all dumb and your the no1 mastermind, not interested, go find a sgs forum!
If you loved your sgs that much how come you didnt stick with it and buy an sgs2? cos you were looking for something better!
this phone is like 280. and the s2 is from 380-450. what do you expect? no shizz.
Really you must not know anything about phones or computers haha. You are the typical Iphone owner why didnt you buy one of those laggard
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Really you must not know anything about phones or computers haha. You are the typical Iphone owner why didnt you buy one of those laggard
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No, I hate Apple and iPhone. I love android. I admit I don't know much about phones, but I can evaluate which Android phones better user experience. And Sensation is one ****ty phone and I stand by that.
I had my SGS for the last 2 years and I was really expecting HTC sensation to be a decent upgrade. But I am really disappointed.
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No, I hate Apple and iPhone. I love android. I admit I don't know much about phones, but I can evaluate which Android phones better user experience. And Sensation is one ****ty phone and I stand by that.
I had my SGS for the last 2 years and I was really expecting HTC sensation to be a decent upgrade. But I am really disappointed.
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Ok you are talking about the samsung galaxy 4gs correct. I rooted 2 of those phones my moms and a friends they only have a single core. The samsung has a better screen yes because its amoled
FinancialWar said:
No, I hate Apple and iPhone. I love android. I admit I don't know much about phones, but I can evaluate which Android phones better user experience. And Sensation is one ****ty phone and I stand by that.
I had my SGS for the last 2 years and I was really expecting HTC sensation to be a decent upgrade. But I am really disappointed.
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if you put a rom on it you will eat your words. try rcmix sense 3.5
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Ok you are talking about the samsung galaxy 4gs correct
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No I am talking about Samsung galaxy S i9000, I don't think we have 4gs here in Australia.
FinancialWar said:
No I am talking about Samsung galaxy S i9000, I don't think we have 4gs here in Australia.
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Ok gotcha yeah still a single core phone yes the amoled screen is always gonna look nicer got a point there but as stated above root it and put a good rom on her and it'll fly trust me.
Seriously mate, if you don't like it just exchange for Samsung. Stop with this childish act.
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Seriously mate, if you don't like it just exchange for Samsung. Stop with this childish act.
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Agreed.
Stop your complaining and try out some custom roms, or go swap it for something else.
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Seriously mate, if you don't like it just exchange for Samsung. Stop with this childish act.
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That's why I am doing, posted ad on ebay already. I going to use the money to get the SGS2. Just want to inform other i9000 looking to upgrade to the sensation.
He doesn't like sense. Flash beastmod
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Well, I sorta agree. I mean it isn't ****ty but this phone does annoy me a bit.
I want to root but idk the first thing about it. Now I'm stuck with a phone I sorta like.
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FinancialWar said:
I thought this would be a good upgrade from my Samsung galaxy S, but boy was I wrong.
1. it's heavier than SGS
2. it's thicker than SGS
3. the back cover is so difficulty to take off. WTF?
4. it's got a crappier screen, esp the black, and horrible viewing angle. Backlit is too bright, horrible LCD panel.
5. large pixels during video playback, WTF? Even my single core SGS can render video much better.
6. laggy as hell, my SGS is so much smoother.
7. horrible battery life, less than half of that of my SGS.
8. runs much hotter than SGS.
9. UI is so ****, can't even delete blank home screen pages, WFT seriously?
10. and cost twice as my SGS.
11. No internal storage, my SGS has 16GB. WTF?
Should have gone with SGS2, what was I thinking.
Will never get another HTC again.
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obviosuly not the device for you then - guess that's why there are so many manufacturers and models.
you clearly didn't do much homework before your purchase though did you?
apart from battery life/and 'hotness', you would have discovered all the things you don't like by playing with one for 10 minutes.
On Tuesday right before the galaxy nexus ban I ordered one and it will be here tomorrow. I am more than likely going to sell my one x. Although this phone has been very good to me I really love the idea of vanilla android. The only thing I will really miss is the camera app. I'm not a big gamer and I mostly use phone for music and cycling (GPS). This is my first android phone coming from an iPhone and I'm never going back. Do you see any reasons why I would regret this decision?
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On Tuesday right before the galaxy nexus ban I ordered one and it will be here tomorrow. I am more than likely going to sell my one x. Although this phone has been very good to me I really love the idea of vanilla android. The only thing I will really miss is the camera app. I'm not a big gamer and I mostly use phone for music and cycling (GPS). This is my first android phone coming from an iPhone and I'm never going back. Do you see any reasons why I would regret this decision?
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It's all opinion really, font sell your hox until your happy with another phone. Try out both, but the hox is generally considered better than gnex.
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On Tuesday right before the galaxy nexus ban I ordered one and it will be here tomorrow. I am more than likely going to sell my one x. Although this phone has been very good to me I really love the idea of vanilla android. The only thing I will really miss is the camera app. I'm not a big gamer and I mostly use phone for music and cycling (GPS). This is my first android phone coming from an iPhone and I'm never going back. Do you see any reasons why I would regret this decision?
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You'll miss the screen on the HOX, possibly big time. You'll also miss maybe a little speed, and if you're in an LTE area you'll miss that. Other than that the Nexus is a great device - and there are many pros vs. the HOX. But you didn't ask about those
I'm the crazy guy that likes sense. I've always flashed phones to AOSP or CM but I just like some of the sense apps too much. The email app and dropbox integration being 2 of the "biggies".
Good luck, I'm sure you'll enjoy it!
That's another thing I'm wondering about. Would it.be as easy as taking the sim out of the one x and throwing it in the nexus? I already made one of those sim adapters.
i had the gnex, and well battery on a custom rom with custom kernel for best support i barely made it over 2 hours of on screen time, and the camera in my opinion is horrible...i play golf outside quite a bit and with full brighness it was still hard to see the screen.
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Yep. The One X at 50% brightness (275 nits) is brighter than the GN at max (247 nits). There's tons of discussion about the GN's display in their forum. While you're over there, check out the discussions about the camera too. At this stage in its life its only stand out feature is being a pure Google device. It's still a fantastic deal at $349 outright though.
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Yep. The One X at 50% brightness (275 nits) is brighter than the GN at max (247 nits). There's tons of discussion about the GN's display in their forum. While you're over there, check out the discussions about the camera too. At this stage in its life its only stand out feature is being a pure Google device. It's still a fantastic deal at $349 outright though.
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It has a really bad camera though,I returned GNex with in 3 days of purchase... I am waiting for their next flag ship device, but have a feeling it won't be that great either since its clear now that Google designs device which are quite affordable...
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You'll miss the screen on the HOX, possibly big time. You'll also miss maybe a little speed, and if you're in an LTE area you'll miss that. Other than that the Nexus is a great device - and there are many pros vs. the HOX. But you didn't ask about those
I'm the crazy guy that likes sense. I've always flashed phones to AOSP or CM but I just like some of the sense apps too much. The email app and dropbox integration being 2 of the "biggies".
Good luck, I'm sure you'll enjoy it!
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I am not sure if the screen on the HOX is that much better. I am coming from GNex, and I have to say HOX's screen is gorgeous, but I don't think it's a quantum leap from that of the GNex.
The biggest advantage is the S4 (this thing is a beast!) and the LTE speed. The only problem I have with the phone is Sense. I have the CleanROM DE just to get some of the AOSP experience back, and I'll be jumping to CM or AOKP as soon as either one is usable as a daily driver.
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That's another thing I'm wondering about. Would it.be as easy as taking the sim out of the one x and throwing it in the nexus? I already made one of those sim adapters.
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they both have their merits and shorcomings. as others have stated it's a matter of personal choice. i have both and will keep both for the foreseeable future. i wanted to sell my GNex after i got the HOX, but couldn't do it. i use the HOX as a daily work phone and the GNex (w/Jelly Bean) when not working.
If the Google nexus had. Better screen an HTC like camera I'd be all over it (can live without lte).
Would love having stock android and tons of developers
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yeah its tough! im trying to convert my wife over to android so i had to convince her to test drive the phone after my nexus comes in. i really dont want to get rid of it!
I hate the burn in on my nexus screen. Whites are piss colored
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It's a Samsung thing. Amoled screens are just utter garbage. White looks like Baby blue/ washed out grey.
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On Tuesday right before the galaxy nexus ban I ordered one and it will be here tomorrow. I am more than likely going to sell my one x. Although this phone has been very good to me I really love the idea of vanilla android. The only thing I will really miss is the camera app. I'm not a big gamer and I mostly use phone for music and cycling (GPS). This is my first android phone coming from an iPhone and I'm never going back. Do you see any reasons why I would regret this decision?
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This is how I see it: With the One X, you have the option of running either Sense or AOSP. With a Nexus device, you can only run AOSP.
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This is how I see it: With the One X, you have the option of running either Sense or AOSP. With a Nexus device, you can only run AOSP.
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Software comes and goes, hardware is forever.
BarryH_GEG said:
Software comes and goes, hardware is forever.
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Well.. sense is never coming to that phone.
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HOX is better than GN, why don't you order GS3?
I have an upgrade this month on AT&T. Its actually on my granpas phone number because we added him to ours and I could use that upgrade.
What should I do? I almost thought about getting the s3 just to try out and see what its like, but I just hate the look of it and haven't had good service with samsung before.
Also thought about getting iphone 5. I know a good bit about iPhones like jailbreaking and all that good stuff. But I am really an android guy. I could get it for my girlfriend which currently has iphone 4 and sell her iphone 4 possibly.
I would be the one jailbreaking it and all the fun stuff with it lol.
Or should I just wait? Is anything good coming out soon?
NeverToLate said:
I have an upgrade this month on AT&T. Its actually on my granpas phone number because we added him to ours and I could use that upgrade.
What should I do? I almost thought about getting the s3 just to try out and see what its like, but I just hate the look of it and haven't had good service with samsung before.
Also thought about getting iphone 5. I know a good bit about iPhones like jailbreaking and all that good stuff. But I am really an android guy. I could get it for my girlfriend which currently has iphone 4 and sell her iphone 4 possibly.
I would be the one jailbreaking it and all the fun stuff with it lol.
Or should I just wait? Is anything good coming out soon?
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HTC One X+ is coming out (One X with a quad core, 2100mAh battery, 64GB storage). That would be a good choice.
Galaxy Note 2 is supposedly coming to AT&T if you like big displays. (Quad core, 2GB of Ram, sd slot)
And then there is a lot of Nexus rumors flying about.
Personally, I would wait and get one of those.
Have you seen the iPhone 5 in person? Its pretty underwhelming. Disappointing, really. It looks almost exactly like the iPhone 4. Just the screen is 1/2 inch longer in portrait orientation, which makes it 16:9 in landscape (for watching HD television programs). It also gives it a goofy long "candy bar" shape compared to most every other smartphone out there. Slightly faster CPU, a bit thinner, and aluminum back (instead of glass). But otherwise its the same old same old. It really brings nothing new to the series. Also, the screen is still so small, it seems like a joke now that I'm accustomed to the One X.
GS3 is not a bad phone, and great dev activity. I might consider it. But we're already a few month along into that phone's cycle. So I wouldn't be surprised if an incremental update is not released on AT&T. Or the Note 2 may be an option for you.
I might consider the One X+, given its an incremental improvement on an already stellar phone. And its coming out on AT&T with 64 GB of storage. But given the bootloader unlock ituation on 2.20, I might wait and see how locked down any future HTC device on AT&T is before a purchase. Or wait for a dev community root/unlock solution before buying.
I haven't seen Iphone 5 in person. I have heard rumors bout the one x. Didn't know it would be worth the upgrade. It would have a lot of the same roms as this wouldn't it? Any info on a date on it?
NeverToLate said:
I haven't seen Iphone 5 in person. I have heard rumors bout the one x. Didn't know it would be worth the upgrade. It would have a lot of the same roms as this wouldn't it? Any info on a date on it?
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The One X+ would be worth the upgrade (not the One X which has been out for 4 months now). It should be shipping this month.
And no it will have different ROMs and you will not be able to use the ROMs for the current AT&T version. Different chipset. You will brick your phone.
Butters619 said:
The One X+ would be worth the upgrade (not the One X which has been out for 4 months now). It should be shipping this month.
And no it will have different ROMs and you will not be able to use the ROMs for the current AT&T version. Different chipset. You will brick your phone.
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Alright. I will keep a lookout on it and see what happens with it. There isn't any physical changes as far as looks are there. Cause I like this phone like it is
NeverToLate said:
Alright. I will keep a lookout on it and see what happens with it. There isn't any physical changes as far as looks are there. Cause I like this phone like it is
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Nope. Looks the same except there will not be a white version.
Butters619 said:
Nope. Looks the same except there will not be a white version.
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Man that sucks. The white version is my favorite. Looks better than grey to me.
Looked up some pics of the phone and not a big fan of that red ring on the back camera. Everything else can be covered with a case. But that is just tacky to me lol.
Windows phones are useless. Apple devices make no sense whatsoever. Android is so much easier.
Ever since growing up with Macintosh computers in 80s and 90s and the desire to napalm the original iMac my mother purchased. I find Apple appalling in every way fathomable.
I would atleast wait to see how the Jellybean rom is for the hoxl.
NeverToLate said:
Looked up some pics of the phone and not a big fan of that red ring on the back camera. Everything else can be covered with a case. But that is just tacky to me lol.
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Red is pretty signature for Verizon Droid phones. I'm guessing it will be removed on the AT&T version.
I would wait. There are a lot of phones rumored to come. Like the Samsung s3 but with a smaller screen, HTC one x+, lumia 920(with amazing camera), a new nexus, and the note 2, as well as LG G phone with the new built in LCD screen. A lot of choices.
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redpoint73 said:
Red is pretty signature for Verizon Droid phones. I'm guessing it will be removed on the AT&T version.
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Lets hope so
NeverToLate said:
Lets hope so
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That red looks tacky. Agreed.
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