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Xperia p, HTC one s or one x these ate my options... Plz state reason why...thanks
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Look at Xiaomi Mi2, Freelander i20, Meizu MX.
These are cheaper and more powerful smartphones.
Cheers.
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Cebrailefee said:
Look at Xiaomi Mi2, Freelander i20, Meizu MX.
These are powerful smartphones.
Cheers.
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And they will probably never have any support on XDA as they aren't generally available.

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And they will probably never have any support on XDA as they aren't generally available.
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The Xiaomi Mi2 has support
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Nexus 4
danyal241 said:
Xperia p, HTC one s or one x these ate my options... Plz state reason why...thanks
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I recommend the Nexus 4, I haven't personally used one but they look really good. The only problem is that they are pretty much sold out anywhere and people are exploiting the demand to there advantage and selling it for £300-600 while retail price on Google Play is £240 for 8gb and £280 for 16gb. The good things about it are:
8MP Camera
Always will be on latest Android version
360 degree panaroma
NFC
Jelly Bean OS
Awesome Processor
Decent Screen
Gorilla Glass
Bad Things:
Sold out everywhere!- If you search a bit you will find a decent deal*
No SD Card slot- they expect you to rely on cloud
No 4G
So that is basically the rundown, I recommend doing some research and searching for good deals. I will be sure to get one when my contract ends.
*I saw a deal for 8GB new, sealed on eBay for £250, £10 more then retail. But they were still bidding with a day left.
-Gamertroid

Cebrailefee said:
The Xiaomi Mi2 has support
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Where?

Nexus4!!

Gamertroid said:
I recommend the Nexus 4, I haven't personally used one but they look really good. The only problem is that they are pretty much sold out anywhere and people are exploiting the demand to there advantage and selling it for £300-600 while retail price on Google Play is £240 for 8gb and £280 for 16gb. The good things about it are:
8MP Camera
Always will be on latest Android version
360 degree panaroma
NFC
Jelly Bean OS
Awesome Processor
Decent Screen
Gorilla Glass
Bad Things:
Sold out everywhere!- If you search a bit you will find a decent deal*
No SD Card slot- they expect you to rely on cloud
No 4G
So that is basically the rundown, I recommend doing some research and searching for good deals. I will be sure to get one when my contract ends.
*I saw a deal for 8GB new, sealed on eBay for £250, £10 more then retail. But they were still bidding with a day left.
-Gamertroid
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Thanks but in my country the nex 4 hasn't reached yet plus limited options on memory a 32gb without expandable memory I can see but 16 gb nope. My range is also around 350 dollars. When I mentioned HTC one x I meant used the one s and xperia p are same new....
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Cebrailefee said:
Look at Xiaomi Mi2, Freelander i20, Meizu MX.
These are cheaper and more powerful smartphones.
Cheers.
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If I didn't want xda then would have picked them up plus these are not available here
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Found a few LG Nexus 4 promo pictures

Mods: if this is the wrong forum section sorry, and by all means move to relevant.
Anyway, today i was in my local carphone warehouse and saw these two pictures in a display advert... Clearly shows a few specs of the LG nexus, pictures and price and colour options... Thoughts?
Great find!
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Looking good so far...
That vast space on the bottom seems very unappealing...
Unless of course, the on-screen buttons just make it seem so.
Awesome find, op. I am excited the nexus 4 is one of the top contender since it s inception initially then went M.I.A.
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Looks nice...wait for more pic
I think it looks a bit so so :L it just doesn't look that appealing to me. I will probs still get it though I have a feeling the 389 will be the 16gb editon and the 8gb willonly be available through Google play.
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Hopefully they have them in stock on the tuesday, will pick one up
Were these signs out on display in the main store? Should have asked whether you could buy one today (knowing carphone warehouse some idiot probably would have sold you one)
Phone is looking pretty good, but a little... boring? I'm in doubt about the quality. Imo LG phones nowadays are pretty nice, but the quality is not so good. Too bad.
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Hopefully they have them in stock on the tuesday, will pick one up
Were these signs out on display in the main store? Should have asked whether you could buy one today (knowing carphone warehouse some idiot probably would have sold you one)
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No they were on display with all the other phones on the wall in the store itself
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Lg has never impressed me with any android device. Maybe this will be a big step forward for them. The pic's look very similar to the samsung nexus. suppose to have a quad core on lte that would be nice.
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No they were on display with all the other phones on the wall in the store itself
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Are you sure they were on the display? Hope you are not sarcastic
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Are you sure they were on the display? Hope you are not sarcastic
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No I'm not being sarcastic, they were genuinely on display :0
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TheRamon said:
Phone is looking pretty good, but a little... boring? I'm in doubt about the quality. Imo LG phones nowadays are pretty nice, but the quality is not so good. Too bad.
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I want to update to nexus but worry about build quality and more over regular firmware update.
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I want to update to nexus but worry about build quality and more over regular firmware update.
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why would you worry about firmware updates on a nexus device
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I could not cope with 16gb and no sdcard slot. I struggle with 32 on my one x
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why would you worry about firmware updates on a nexus device
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I think LG is not so good for releasing updates on its devices...
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I think LG is not so good for releasing updates on its devices...
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with this phone it will be down to Google not lg.
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I want to update to nexus but worry about build quality and more over regular firmware update.
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I recommend you to just wait till the phone is in stores available, so you can go there and feel the phone in your hands. For you, your opinion is the most important (compared to others).
Because it's a Nexus phone, all the updates will be served by Google, instead of LG. That's the reason of most people who buy a Nexus phone: the update support.

Is Nexus S still a good buy?

I'm planning on buying a new phone this April after my exams.
My budget is real tight, and it goes upto INR18000-19000 tops ($350 approx by today's rate). I have found A nexus s for real cheap, in new condition on a site. Should I go for it, or should I wait for the s3 mini? Nexus S is a great phone, and as long as it gets the KLP (5.0) update from CM, which I'm quite sure it will, I have no problem with it.
Please advise me. Thanks a bunch in advance!!
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Depends on your definition of "real cheap". Sub-$150? Then I'd say go for it.
gfinockio said:
Depends on your definition of "real cheap". Sub-$150? Then I'd say go for it.
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I'm getting it for $245 approx. Used to get it for 20k which is $360 approx.
Edit: Does photosphere work on official CM10.1?
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Tyr Fifteen said:
I'm getting it for $245 approx. Used to get it for 20k which is $360 approx.
Edit: Does photosphere work on official CM10.1?
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Yes but you need the zip.
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AzN MusiQ said:
Yes but you need the zip.
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Cool, thanks. I may just end up buying it.
Thanks to everyone.
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Tyr Fifteen said:
Cool, thanks. I may just end up buying it.
Thanks to everyone.
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You can get it cheaper than that. I paid $120 CDN for mine. At that price, you can probably swing a used S3, or even a new Nexus 4.
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You can get it cheaper than that. I paid $120 CDN for mine. At that price, you can probably swing a used S3, or even a new Nexus 4.
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Nexus 4 not yet released here. Imported at 30k. That's the least price atm. That's around $545....
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I wouldn't recommend it. It's definitely showing its age and even a Galaxy S2 would serve you better.
One vote more for S2. S2 is widely spread prices are low. Dont like the looks, but the size is perfect and it's much faster than NS.
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I feel at $350 you would be better off buying an S3 or One X+ and getting it shipped to India. The NS is a great phone, but it's showing it's age.
I'd keep looking, I just bought one for $150 in good shape on craigslist. They were a good bit higher on ebay.
edit: like someone mentioned I have seen decent S3s for about $300, suppose it could be very different where you're at though.
250 for nexus s is too much I think. Ten minutes on sale sites in my country and I found 10 advertisements for the nexus I9250 for max 300 dollars (max price is for one month old). I suggest you to search a little longer or wait a few days. When new nexus will be released in your country, people will start to get rid of the old one to get money for the new (as in here, retail price for nexus is more than 500 dollars here, but nexus 4 its about to launch so people are getting desperate to get money)
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Heck - I'd sell you my Nexus S for $200 (plus shipping), and include a case, charger and extra battery!
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Heck - I'd sell you my Nexus S for $200 (plus shipping), and include a case, charger and extra battery!
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Well, you're gonna have to wait till March for that. Plus selling isn't allowed anymore, so yeah.
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Can get a new Nexus S for $173 plus shipping if bought from international sellers eBay India.
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Why exactly do you want the nexus s, and not something else? Something newer?
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I would go for the galaxy nexus if you also wish to get KLP!
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Nexus s
You know it for sure?
It's a phone from 2010, so its a bit older.
I have the nexus s for 1.5 year, and i must say I'm still happy with it.
One coin, I have a nexus s with the "unresponsive touchscreen" problem.
Sometimes after unlocking the device there some unresponsive spots on the screen. This is easy to fix. (turn on/of the screen)
Its a hardware problem, but only some nexus s devices have that problem
When you find a good deal, i say buy it! But when you have the money to buy a newer devices, i should buy a newer one
Yup. Agree with all of you. Probably getting an SGS3 Mini. Suits my needs, and its new too!
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You can get it cheaper than that. I paid $120 CDN for mine. At that price, you can probably swing a used S3, or even a new Nexus 4.
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Tell me where I can get a N4 for less than 300$
I have been looking for a replacement for my NS, that is starting to get old + much random reboots. The cheapest Nexus 4 I can find from ebay is about 550$, and the local shops sell it for 800$.
From what I've heard, it is pretty cheap in countries like Germany, where it is available from Google Play. I really wish Google Play would sell it's devices to Finland...
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Tell me where I can get a N4 for less than 300$
I have been looking for a replacement for my NS, that is starting to get old + much random reboots. The cheapest Nexus 4 I can find from ebay is about 550$, and the local shops sell it for 800$.
From what I've heard, it is pretty cheap in countries like Germany, where it is available from Google Play. I really wish Google Play would sell it's devices to Finland...
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In Germany the official price is slightly above 400 dollars for 8gb version the 16gb version is for 550 if I read it right I wish that my country have Google play shop also... is really nice price for a new superb phone...
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[Discussion] Any alternatives to the Nexus 4?

I'm looking for an unlocked phone that wont break the bank, had high hopes for the new 6589 phones from China but between the 2GB RAM bugs and the subpar graphical performance (wasn't expecting much from the A7 cores from the start) combined with in most cases >$230~$299 prices for some of the actually good quality units (like the UMI) make me think the N4 is still the best bang for your buck out there.
Which is kind of sad given its not that new anymore and has that pain in the ass storage handicap, but the S4 Nexus being as expensive as an iphone5 is IMHO just too much money for a phone that might at best last 2 years before its effectively obsolete.
Frankly I can't find any alternatives to the N4 at that price range, can you?
Lg optimus g. There's many variants. There at&t variant has external SD plus internal SD. The lgog n the n4 are internally the same device. The lgog just had more options
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Thats from att&t, I'm talking about unlocked phones
N4 is the best choice
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ebay htc x ( 220+) with 16 Gb and great camera and great super LCD3 screen compare to a 8 GB nexus (300 new) with meh grainy camera
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Why do you need an alternative, nexus 4 is
the best phone in the market
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why dont ya get a galaxy s 3 or even a s 4
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Thats from att&t, I'm talking about unlocked phones
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The phone can be unlocked. Any gsm phone can be unlocked. There's also a Sprint variant, 2 Canadian variants, and a Korean variant. Pick your poising n unlock it.
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Take nexus 7 ..
I know it can be unlocked, but I'm stuck with contract anyway, or have to pay full price which is much higher than the N4.
stick to the N4, you can't do much better with your money, or take a look at chinese phones but obviously you won't get the same support (custom rom)
I could reccomend the HTC ONE it's almost the same price
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I could reccomend the HTC ONE it's almost the same price
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Unlocked? Where?
MGREX said:
Unlocked? Where?
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Sadly just locked version, in Hungary
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Sadly just locked version, in Hungary
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Yeah here too, and the unlocked is really expensive like the iphone

Iphone fails 5s

Been following the new iphone 5s/c press conference and actually was waiting for something great.. but the innovations seems to have dissapeared with steve jobs.. in my opinion.. sad to see they seem to stay with the 4 inch screens at apple, a 4.7 inch iphone and i would have got one the day they released it.. if they'll continue to stay with the "old and reliable" concept they will soon be upon a new nokiagate. . Just some thoughts of mine
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8mp cam , no xenon flash , yes innovation at its peak
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Fugly home button...looking like a China copy ahh the irony(Sweatshop's building iphones)
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We need a apple fanboy to debate or else we would win without any competition...
64bit processor...
Touch id
Slow mo
The only reason i dun like iPhone is bcoz it costs more than an average scooter here in india
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We need a apple fanboy to debate or else we would win without any competition...
64bit processor...
Touch id
Slow mo
The only reason i dun like iPhone is bcoz it costs more than an average scooter here in india
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5c costs 39000 inr Loool so much for cheap ^_*
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5c costs 39000 inr Loool so much for cheap ^_*
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Its cheap for millionaires :banghead:
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Its cheap for millionaires :banghead:
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Touché.
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More than one reason to not like the Iphone believe me. Although for some looking for a simple easy to use interface that does require them to think then its great. I too was expecting more since if they came out with something big it would only entice and push the android developers to go even bigger. Sadly the phone is still small still boring but now boring and small with colors...
£469 sim free iphone 5c in the UK
£169 too much.
Either buy a iPhone or buy a apple stock is how I see it
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It seems like apple will lose more ground if they do not shape up and make a phone that their customers can look forward to, sure glad i decided to go with a android phone myself. :good:
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Very cheap
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Nexus 4
BLU phones
Some China phones
Better bang for the buck. Can't say the same for the GE version of the HTC One and the S4 on Play Store though.
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Deggy said:
Nexus 4
BLU phones
Some China phones
Better bang for the buck. Can't say the same for the GE version of the HTC One and the S4 on Play Store though.
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was ironic
I hope people buy the crap tbh.
Free fingerprint-database with linkage to name, phone numbers, photos and GPS data for the public to access, what's not to like?
(Yes i'm referring to the security vulnerabilities in apple products which is a fact causing concerns not only for private people but for large companies as well)
I think they cannot use bigger screen because it means they need bigger resolution to keep the retina display trademark. Bigger resolution makes problem for apps. Iphone apps cannot automatically adapt to different screen resolution like android.
This I think is the flaw of ios.
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£469 sim free iphone 5c in the UK
£169 too much.
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seriously? that much bah not worth it...wait for the Nexus 5 now that would be far less cheaper fingers-crossed and a lot more better than that and it will come with Kit-Kat
We don't need an iPhone thread, thanks. We have a whole site for that...
http://forum.iphone-developers.com
Thread closed.

When can we actually buy one?

Haha. Seems it was officially released but yet you can't buy it yet? Can only get one from an invite.
Any idea when we can buy one?
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Haha. Seems it was officially released but yet you can't buy it yet? Can only get one from an invite.
Any idea when we can buy one?
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Original Quote by OnePlus Admin Carl : 2014 Q2 Production Update Today at 9:01 PM:
When we started OnePlus, one of the first things we announced was that our product would be available internationally in Q2 2014. We're well on track of achieving that.
However, after our product announcement, we realized that far more people wanted the One than what we originally anticipated. Over the past few days, we have been frantically adjusting our production schedule to make sure that as many people possible can buy the One, as soon as possible.
In our updated plan, we prioritized for two aspects; time to market and availability of the high capacity model (in that order). We now know that people want the 64GB Sandstone Black far more than the 16GB Silk White, but we also know that more than everything, people just want to get their hands on the device as soon as possible.
What we've done is dramatically increase the amount of 64GB Sandstone Black models in our production plans, while producing 16GB Silk White as long as they don't delay the time to market for Sandstone Black.
Our production schedule is as follows:
Ready now - 100 for phone smashers
Mid to late May - Larger batch 16GB Silk White for the first batch of invites
Early June - Larger batch 64GB Sandstone Black
Later in June - Increased general availability, people who want it should be able to get an invite without much trouble in June
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I think this message is clear enough and i hope it will not be delayed more to get on of this piece!!!
Cheers
By the time end of June comes around, Two months after the phone was "released" .. I'm sure there will be another phone. Sucks but I'm out. Was looking forward to the opo for a couple days haha.. But not going to wait two months
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I already have a decent phone in my LG g pro so having to wait till the end of June isn't a problem for this guy.
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I know they don't have the manufacturing capabilities HTC but I thought their release of the m8 was fantastic. Leak the hell out of it, announce it and immediately release it. Every release should be like this imo
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Pricing
Man the pricing on the One+ is great but wonder how good the company tech support will be. I'm due for a new phone but LG G3, S5 Prime and Nexus 6 right around the corner.
Gahar said:
Man the pricing on the One+ is great but wonder how good the company tech support will be. I'm due for a new phone but LG G3, S5 Prime and Nexus 6 right around the corner.
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XDA will be your free tech support.
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XDA rules
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XDA will be your free tech support.
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XDA members always has been my tech support but hardware problems always gets to me.
But if they are releasing 100 phones a week for the next 2 months it will take a year before enough devs have the phone and can do good stuff..
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Man the pricing on the One+ is great but wonder how good the company tech support will be. I'm due for a new phone but LG G3, S5 Prime and Nexus 6 right around the corner.
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Yeah but LG G3 and S5 prime is going to cost 600$/euro at least(like every other their flagship). Which is 2 times more than Oneplus One. I think Nexus 6 will be released later after August but who knows...
And when would it be available in india ?
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And when would it be available in india ?
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When they sell it there. Not now.
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Yea I love the 1+ wish they would got the snapdragon 805 or tegra k1 801 they have only be new for 3 months maybe. the Amazon phone looks interesting if cheaper then the one.
So I guess no 64gb in white?
Thats too bad, i was planning on picking up this device when it became available in Canada bit not if I cant get it in white.
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force70 said:
So I guess no 64gb in white?
Thats too bad, i was planning on picking up this device when it became available in Canada bit not if I cant get it in white.
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You can switch backs later. I think white will be an option.
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Hi Everyone, Not been here for a while, since I defected to apple... Anyway, really looking forward to this OPO, I think its going to be a turning point for some flagship market domineers.
What I'd like to know is, does anyone know which retailers or phone outlets will be selling it?
To my understanding no retailer will ever sell the one plus one. You need to buy it directly from them. Though that's at least a couple months away.
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To my understanding no retailer will ever sell the one plus one. You need to buy it directly from them. Though that's at least a couple months away.
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absolutly right!
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To my understanding no retailer will ever sell the one plus one. You need to buy it directly from them. Though that's at least a couple months away.
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It's already on sale. More like a few weeks for general public purchasing, not months.
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It's already on sale. More like a few weeks for general public purchasing, not months.
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Already on sale means we can buy it. Which we can't.
It's not available
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