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Best performance smartphone?

I am planning to buy a smartphone. Budget is around 350 usd - 450 usd.
Any suggestions?

I have galaxy nexus, and what i think is, if we look at the perfomance, with the latest JELLY BEAN 4.1 update, galaxy nexus is the most smooth smartfone.
You should consider buying it. It is in your budget and you will love it
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What company do you have for cell service?
Or do you want a unlocked or international cell phone?
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Sony Xperia P is good too

HTC ONE X

OptimusLove said:
HTC ONE X
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Plus one for this, love mine. Only consider this if lack of expandable storage and no removable battery is not an issue for you.
It has a great screen, looks great and Sense 4.0 is a polished and useful UI.
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hanut1 said:
I am planning to buy a smartphone. Budget is around 350 usd - 450 usd.
Any suggestions?
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I was far more satisfied with the HTC, I've now bought a HTC X one.

one rule I learned - whatever you choose go with the mainstream. The more popular phone, the more support you get, more phone, more roms, more devs..
got a friend stuck with Huawei.. what a pain to browse all these chinese and russian forums

Verizon - sgs3
T-Mobile - sgs3
Sprint - evo 4g lte, and sgs3 are tied IMO.
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Galaxy SIII or Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy Note, HTC One X/EVO 4G LTE
Galaxy Nexus on Google Play Store - SGS3/One X/ EVO 4G LTE/ Note I'd consider ebay.
I've even found someone selling a EVO LTE in my are for $225 with an otterbox and a few cases........less than a month old. I'd consider it except I don't have Sprint.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus.....on JB, its faster than S III on ICS. And S III will not get upgrades for ever...Nexus will! Or at least for a very long time.

Galaxy Mini is the best :good: lol

LG OPTIMUS ME better than the iPhone.

Galaxy Nexus!!!!
JB Rocks!

Galaxy nexus and galaxy s3
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Galaxy nexus with Jelly Bean.
Samsung galaxy S3

Or galaxy s2 with cyano
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hanut1 said:
I am planning to buy a smartphone. Budget is around 350 usd - 450 usd.
Any suggestions?
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Add another vote for Galaxy Nexus. :good:

Either GNexus or sgs3. That simple!

I just checked out the One S and SSG3. They are both pretty strong phones depending on what you are looking for. :cyclops:

Galaxy S2 or Galaxy Nexus S????

Please what are you thoughts i need to know quite soon

S2 way over the Nexus.
Even though the S is a Nexus device, it's not a phone I would pick at this time with all these newer much more powerful phones coming out.
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If they won't add microSD in the future Nexus lines I will never a buy a Nexus line of devices again. Just root other better phones and install the latest & greatest here on XDA...I hate cloud !

Only if the SGS2 is not an I9100G

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The beast in its class :thumbup:
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This is just an idea so it makes these forums easier to deal with.
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New phone suggestions

Hi folks,
I have been using my HTC desire s for the past 1 Year and em feeling a lot intimate with it. recently my screen got cracked and so I plan on getting a new mobile, after a big walk around the forums I found HTC sensation and Galaxy s2 are the ones having a good feedback and also fits my budget. Now em in a duo of which one to select I like htc sense ui a lot but Samsung is well known for its source code release stuff (I'm a flashalcholic). Please suggest me a good mobile my budget is 400 to 450 usd (max 25000 INR)
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EVO
I'm a lil baised but the EVO 3D or the 4G LTE seem really good but I've also heard the Samsung Galaxy S2 or S3 are both great devices and all of those are in your price range.

Ive had the htc sensation and the galaxy s3 not the s2 but me personally i would go with the samsung galaxy s2 seems to be alot of development for both phones but the s2 being more popular would have more devolopment with newer roms in the future i would think. Plus the screen on the galaxy is s2 is better then the sensation in my opinion

HTC One X
Sensation and S2 are both old phones. Or a Galaxy Nexus, much cheaper choice.
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clbattle90 said:
I'm a lil baised but the EVO 3D or the 4G LTE seem really good but I've also heard the Samsung Galaxy S2 or S3 are both great devices and all of those are in your price range.
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Till now I haven't checked with Evo.. Will make some research thanks a lot dude... S3 is no way near my bill
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recepo1 said:
Ive had the htc sensation and the galaxy s3 not the s2 but me personally i would go with the samsung galaxy s2 seems to be alot of development for both phones but the s2 being more popular would have more devolopment with newer roms in the future i would think. Plus the screen on the galaxy is s2 is better then the sensation in my opinion
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Yes just for dev community I have prioritized s2 but build quality of it is not that much to the par
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go for galaxy s2 its still one of the best smartphone & many roms are available for it

I would go with Galaxy S2... HTC sensation is also a good phone and u would not be dissapionted after buying it... but s2 has great future for developments and its one of the most popular phones out in market..

Samsung galaxy nexus is the best dualcore quality-price. Buy it.

Galaxy nexus all the way buy it!
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Nexus or find a way to get a S3
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Why not galaxy nexus? It's in your budget, actually cheaper. And probably better than HTC sensation or Samsung galaxy s 3
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I just compared Galaxy s2 and s3 and I can say that the new Galaxy s3 very sensitive sensors. Highly recommended!

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Galaxy Nexus. You will have much better and prolonged support with it.

S3 as it is one of the best devices at the moment with very strong spcs. However galaxy nexus is also a very strong device. It like i9100. ( little weaker) but as it from google sources, it 'll get every new software update. Don't forget that nexus s has jellybean 4.1 and galaxy s (i9000,9001,9003,9030) gingerbread 2.3.6!!!!!!!
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Galaxy nexus all the way buy it!
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I like Nexus a lot but I feel it's screen size is tooo big
for my hand
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Samsung galaxy nexus is the best dualcore quality-price. Buy it.
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TheShade007 said:
I would go with Galaxy S2... HTC sensation is also a good phone and u would not be dissapionted after buying it... but s2 has great future for developments and its one of the most popular phones out in market..
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go for galaxy s2 its still one of the best smartphone & many roms are available for it
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have took a big walk and found my favorite company htc has got a perfect mobile for me.. The htc one s now started my research over that phone
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I would buy a Samsung Galaxy SII (new or used...)...

have took a big walk and found my favorite company htc has got a perfect mobile for me.. The htc one s now started my research over that phone
Folks your opinions please
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Galaxy s3
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Galaxy Note 2
Galaxy Note 2 all the way if u can hold out

[Q] New Phone

Ayo guys, stratz here, i want to buy a phone for christmas, there is many good phones out there but idk what's the best option
can you help me?

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Ayo guys, stratz here, i want to buy a phone for christmas, there is many good phones out there but idk what's the best option
can you help me?
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Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE 4G or Samsung Galaxy Note 2 4G.

Galaxy Note 2
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XEURONIX said:
Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE 4G or Samsung Galaxy Note 2 4G.
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Great, compared phones and yeah, ill get te gs3
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StraTzHD said:
Great, compared phones and yeah, ill get te gs3
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It depends on your budget. If you've got a fairly large budget and looking to get a fairly new phone with great features and future support and updates then I'd either go with the Samsung Galaxy S3, Galaxy Nexus, or the new Nexus 4. I have the Nexus S and it runs great, recently updated it to 4.1.2 Jellybean.
Remember it's all about your budget and if you're the type of person who likes to flash ROM's and whatnot.
Hope that helped,
Regards,
Bomboholic

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It depends on your budget. If you've got a fairly large budget and looking to get a fairly new phone with great features and future support and updates then I'd either go with the Samsung Galaxy S3, Galaxy Nexus, or the new Nexus 4. I have the Nexus S and it runs great, recently updated it to 4.1.2 Jellybean.
Remember it's all about your budget and if you're the type of person who likes to flash ROM's and whatnot.
Hope that helped,
Regards,
Bomboholic
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This helped me even more, thx bro, and yeah Gnexus is cheap and good, the nexus 4 is even better than the gs3 and gnex, but scores low in the benchmarks, so I think a food option is the gnex
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1846277
Post it here....
You'll get more suggestions!
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Theres a cool sony phone thats fairly good and waterproof tho irs not in australia at the moment called xperia acro s.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 VS. HTC One

Ok I am between those phones which are coming out soon. HTC One in 4 days and Samsung Galaxy S4 in 1 month. I have seen the specs from both devices but dunno which one to choose. Both are looking powerful and it is really difficult to choose which are is the best.

Imagine these are like S3 vs OneX and you already knew who wins.
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For now def S4
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b1nb1n2012 said:
Imagine these are like S3 vs OneX and you already knew who wins.
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So should I wait for Samsung Galaxy S4? Tho from the aspect of specs both phones are similar with S4 having better processor and One having better ppi. I will go with S4. I think it deserve 1 month waiting for it.

What's a month when you've waited this long. Compare after both devices are announced. However the hype on the S4 is getting ridiculous.