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[Q] Galaxy S4 vs Nexus 4

We can get Nexus at almost half the price and on the top it is unlocked and will provide vanilla android experience, what do you say guys..? which one would you prefer..? S4 o N4.?

I would obviously prefer S4 over Nexus 4 any day.
But, I think these comparison threads aren't allowed in device forums. Post in General forum if you want to
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ramkumar2000 said:
We can get Nexus at almost half the price and on the top it is unlocked and will provide vanilla android experience, what do you say guys..? which one would you prefer..? S4 o N4.?
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S4 if I have to choose...
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The Nexus 4 is not very attractive anymore. Slower, heavier, limited in storage and functionality and has a much shorter battery life. This latter is a major cause for concern, never mind the price. Hopefully Google will improve on that significantly for the N5, if they do, I'd consider that.

BoneXDA said:
The Nexus 4 is not very attractive anymore. Slower, heavier, limited in storage and functionality and has a much shorter battery life. This latter is a major cause for concern, never mind the price. Hopefully Google will improve on that significantly for the N5, if they do, I'd consider that.
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What difference is there in gs4 and nexus 4 GPU?

I know that they both run andreno 320 (I think lol). Any way what difference is there and is performance better ?
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In terms of raw power samsung wins...but if i were you i would buy nexus...you will get almost instant updates while with sammy you will have to wait...and nexus is much more dev friendly while sammy isnt so on s4 custom roms will never be fully stable.

Byebye samsung.

After having the s1, s2, s3 and now s4 also a note 2 i have come to the conclusion i hate samsung and their money grabbing and lack of support. This has been an issue across all the phones iv had from them. My current s4 heats up all the time so much lag across the various dynamics of the phone. And i havent even rooted this phone for a change.
Ive decided to give the htc one a shot. I wont change from android to ios dont like it.
See you all around the forums guys.
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iamsloany said:
After having the s1, s2, s3 and now s4 also a note 2 i have come to the conclusion i hate samsung and their money grabbing and lack of support. This has been an issue across all the phones iv had from them. My current s4 heats up all the time so much lag across the various dynamics of the phone. And i havent even rooted this phone for a change.
Ive decided to give the htc one a shot. I wont change from android to ios dont like it.
See you all around the forums guys.
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You should remove bloat ware it's making it slow my phone flies
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iamsloany said:
After having the s1, s2, s3 and now s4 also a note 2 i have come to the conclusion i hate samsung and their money grabbing and lack of support. This has been an issue across all the phones iv had from them. My current s4 heats up all the time so much lag across the various dynamics of the phone. And i havent even rooted this phone for a change.
Ive decided to give the htc one a shot. I wont change from android to ios dont like it.
See you all around the forums guys.
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Why don't you just install GE? After installing stock Android I couldn't be happier with my phone (screen is gorgeous and performance is great). :good: HTC One is also a great phone, but if I were you I'd just make do with the GE rom for now and then switch to the Nexus 5 in a month or so.

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Of course heats is a big problem!
but you should try uninstall Chrome and S voice.
Also i suggest u use a third party rom
that will be much better!!

Ive been through the latter of various roms and kernals but decided to stay stock with the s4 and man have i noticed the bloat slowing things down. But yeah dude the heat was enough for me to call my carrier explain the issue and they were more than happy to replace like for like or i could completly change so the htc had my attention.
I know nexus 5 is due but iv never been a big fan of standalone roms from the GE variants i do enjoy some bloat apps to which i genuinely use. But sammybhas just gotten too big for their boots in my opinion so im jumping ship so to speak lol. I had the choice of note 3 but do i really want spend an uneccesary £100 for the latest smartphone which is from Samsung yet again. Too many variants and not enough support.
Il always be milling around various forums the s2 s3 and note 2 are still in action running custom roms wife and kids totally unaware of course :screwy: but my time is done cheers guys for those i have made friends with in the sammy forums.
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I did the same thing you did and jumped ship to the htc one and dont get me wrong I love the One awesome built and its fast but I didnt like it...
Camera sucks, I had light leak on my second replacement device after the first one had a bad battery, bad battery life I can barely make it to 4:30 pm from 8 am, dead and stuck pixels on the new one after about a week of use and thats all I can remember for now but needless to say I am happily back with another s4 and soon to have a note 3

I hope the HTC suits your needs better. It's a beautiful device!
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good luck , i hope you will be satisfied with HTC.
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I am also tired of Samsung.
I will be buying Nexus 5.
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I had a HTC one and had swapped 3 before they offered me a s4 instead, HTC one gets really hot and because if the aluminium you notice it much more. Also every HTC one, I had came with problems. HTC one was faster with stock ROM
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OMG ! 5 guys aren't happy with their S4s. What is Samsung gonna do . Jokes aside, the overheat issue is a genuine issue. But somehow I don't have this overheating issue anymore after updating to latest firmware. My lag is minimal now. Works smoother than gs3 and note 2.
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OMG ! 5 guys aren't happy with their S4s. What is Samsung gonna do . Jokes aside, the overheat issue is a genuine issue. But somehow I don't have this overheating issue anymore after updating to latest firmware. My lag is minimal now. Works smoother than gs3 and note 2.
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Nice of you to do a headcount:thumbup:
Wasnt looking sarcasm:banghead:
Anyway last post from me on the S4 side of XDA......
And yeah i suppose most phones suffer from heat disappation from moderate to heavy usage but in my case light usage wasnt good enough. Il prob notice it with an alu case but at least it wont be a sammy casing for a change. We will see i guesd
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Best of luck with the new phone.
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[DISCUSSION] What is the killer feature that it made you buy the note 3 and its bigge

What the title says.
For me personally the killer features were the spen,the display and the multiwindow. The main problem that I found is probably the speaker(and also disappointed by the camera)
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For me it's the display and removable battery & sdcard
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Display resolution/size
3GB of Ram
SnapDragon
S-Pen

everything
not joking, huge improvement from Galaxy Note 1 / Galaxy S2

CAT-4 LTE, the removable battery and expandable storage (though the battery life on this thing is so much better than my GNexus that I doubt I'll ever need a second battery) all played a big part.
However if I'm honest, I'd figured I was getting a phablet way back in may but I was torn between the Note 3 or the One Max - I loved the design of the One and yes, the non-removable battery and non-expandable storage were sucky but I figured if they released a bigger version of it, I'd be sold.
Then IFA came and went and HTC announced nothing. Then rumours circulated that it would have a downgraded processor and after seeing the Note 3, I decided I'd waited long enough.
I'm pretty sure the exact moment I made my mind up (And this will sound stupid) was when I seen that it had a USB3 port instead.

I'd planned not to get it but it's just so damn gorgeous looking I couldn't resist. Display, s-pen and battery life are all an improvement over the Note 2 and I have 32gb internal storage now so all good.
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The s-pen!
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oneandroidnut said:
For me it's the display and removable battery & sdcard
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+1, only Samsung still has these, HTC Sony Nexus don't have .

Display Amoled
Screen Size
S Pen feature
Battery life
Brand
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Multiwindow. To me there is no other reason to run anything other than stock android. Touchwiz is disgusting, but at least Samsung added some cool functionality for power users.
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full HD large screen.
S pen.
32 gb memory.
3 gb ram.

The large display
The battery life (it has the most amazing battery life compared to my previous android phones)
The spen (still couldnt get to scrapbook a youtube video though..does anyone know how?)
The 32gb internal storage and last but not least the one handed operation..though its a big phone but feels compact for daily use. Just my 2 cent
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FullHD, and killer screen size 5,7"
Super fast phone, no lagging what so ever.
Cat. 4 LTE connectivity.
Must say I'm very pleased so far, this is so much faster than my SGS3 was.

batna.antab said:
What the title says.
For me personally the killer features were the spen,the display and the multiwindow. The main problem that I found is probably the speaker(and also disappointed by the camera)
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What's wrong with the camera? I think it's one of the best in any smart phone in terms of clarity
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It's my addiction with upgrading phones ;p
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better battery life
external sd
note function
coming from htc one x+, honestly, i'm impressed with the note functionality. no need notebook and pen anymore.

maidangisme said:
+1, only Samsung still has these, HTC Sony Nexus don't have .
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yup htc one would be my baby if it had those two options

yuu.hack said:
better battery life
external sd
note function
coming from htc one x+, honestly, i'm impressed with the note functionality. no need notebook and pen anymore.
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Yeah, touch wiz is a very refined skin with tons of well done feature, but god, it's so ugly and heavy(it uses too much ram and stutters sometimes,)
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oneandroidnut said:
For me it's the display and removable battery & sdcard
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Looks like you used to have an iphone

my opinion
Samsung galaxy note 3 is an all rounder device..has almost everything..
sony z1 and lg 2 are also very good but lacks some important features..like lg g2 doesn't have external sd and sony z1 display is not as good as Samsung(personal opinion so pls don't start an argument)..and i watched many reviews where they claimed the sony z1 camera is not as good as what sony is claiming..
on the other hand, Samsung has s-pen and unique multitasking features..
in my country lg g2 and sony z1 both are cheaper than gn3..but i still bought gn3 as it has everything i want..and lacks nothing (although ois in camera wud have been a nice addition)

Sell Nexus 5 and get Galaxy S5 ?

What do you think about Galaxy S5 ?
Is it worth alternative for a future upgrade ?

No
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It's a downgrade in my opinion. Touchwiz is really, really bad.

It depends what you want to do with the phone.. Are you trying to run custom Roms. Root has been achieved, but not sure if Knox will be cracked to get to the bootloader.. I would wait and see how it goes. The new HTC one may be a better route. I know you can use bootstrap to run customs Roms. I just don't think they run as good as when you have an unlocked bootloader.
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I played with an S5 in Best Buy yesterday. Definitely a downgrade. It's still stuttery like other galaxy phones, the new touch wiz leaves a lot to be desired. The only thing in my opinion that the s5 does better than the nexus is the camera. The only thing I personally would upgrade to would be the new HTC one at this point. I played with one of those too, very nice.
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jodvova said:
What do you think about Galaxy S5 ?
Is it worth alternative for a future upgrade ?
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do you really want to change your $350 phone for a $600+ phone with nearly the same specs, some more gimmicks and a fugly UI? what will you use the extra 200MHz for? you wont feel the difference between the N5 and S5. well, maybe the N5 will feel smoother, since the new samsung crap UI appears to be choppy at some points. Quite honestly, after all the issues I had with samsung, I'd never consider going back to their devices. nuh uh.

If I got an S5 for free, I'd sell it then buy the Nexus 5.

you'll get better response if you ask in G5 forum

doomed151 said:
If I got an S5 for free, I'd sell it then buy the Nexus 5.
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Seriously. The spec upgrade is so minor and touchwiz sucks. Why not get 300+ dollars in the bank and still stay top of the line?

spunkfaucet666 said:
I played with an S5 in Best Buy yesterday. Definitely a downgrade. It's still stuttery like other galaxy phones, the new touch wiz leaves a lot to be desired. The only thing in my opinion that the s5 does better than the nexus is the camera. The only thing I personally would upgrade to would be the new HTC one at this point. I played with one of those too, very nice.
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Is it so much sluttery ? Which model did you try ? SM-G900H ?
I tried M8 the other day (hasn't played with S5 yet), it was as fast as Nexus 5 while navigating through the menus and etc.

Get HTC One M8 GPE
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im done with htc and samsung is out of my league..i dislike sense and a GE rom is not a true nexus experience so nexus for me all the way
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hello00 said:
im done with htc and samsung is out of my league..i dislike sense and a GE rom is not a true nexus experience so nexus for me all the way
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Samsung can cripple any device`s speed with TW, i like Sense 100 times better tbh.

i have both a n5 and a s4. sure, by specs, the s4 holds its own, and appears to be better than the n5. but in reality, even with the s4 optimized and all the crap disabled, the s4 tends to lag and stutter. it feels like a phone from a few years ago, by the amount it tends to stutter. it doesnt feel like a phone with the specs it has. the n5 truly blows it away with real time use.

hello00 said:
im done with htc and samsung is out of my league..i dislike sense and a GE rom is not a true nexus experience so nexus for me all the way
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I had S4 GE in past and now on Nexus 5. They are exactly the same in terms of software.
The only downside, a new version of Android comes earlier to Nexus than to GE device.

simms22 said:
i have both a n5 and a s4. sure, by specs, the s4 holds its own, and appears to be better than the n5. but in reality, even with the s4 optimized and all the crap disabled, the s4 tends to lag and stutter. it feels like a phone from a few years ago, by the amount it tends to stutter. it doesnt feel like a phone with the specs it has. the n5 truly blows it away with real time use.
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How a snapdragon 600 can be better than snapdragon 800 ???

First, do what you want....we can't decide for you. ?
Second , it seems its getting harder and harder to play with new phones....some may never see root, or there will be complicated hack ways to root. Yes, many have dev type editions....but development for them is slow and limited. (Like moto x say)
So, if you like flashing and playing, the only sure bet now days is a nexus. If you can live with a quiet or non existant development community..... Then there's lots of great phones on the way or out. ?
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And personally.... If there's a chance I'd be stuck on touchwiz.......no way would I touch any samsung again. Lol
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Get this crap out of n5 general

Nexus5 forever

jodvova said:
I had S4 GE in past and now on Nexus 5. They are exactly the same in terms of software.
The only downside, a new version of Android comes earlier to Nexus than to GE device.
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they are the same but it does not have the same performance as if u were using a device with true aosp preinstalled..i had the GE htc one before and it is far behind as performance wise and sluggish
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