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Need help choosing a phone!!!

Hey guys,
I'm really stuck in deciding what to buy! I want to buy two android phones & here's the problem:
First one, I'm stuck between HTC Hero & HTC Magic, their hardware look same only difference is camera which I think is not that impressive in any of them! I've heard that Magic rooting procedure is way too dangerous! It may brick the phone easily! So isn't there a safe approach? Which one do you think is a better choice?
Second phone is somehow harder to choose! Don't know what to choose: X10 or Nexus One or Galaxy S! I really like to have a big screen since I want to watch movies on it while on the move. Also updating the OS & having new apps is important for me! I really like the specs of Galaxy S but no LED flash usually means no camera! I have heard Samsung does not care about support & software updates... If only HTC Evo was GSM compatible! It really looks perfect & just like what I need! What do you think? Which one's better in your experience? Do you think I have to wait for a better phone since I haven't seen any good GSM android under development!
Thanks in advance everyone!

BUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nobody cares to say what would they choose?

Go for the Nexus One. I have one and it´s the best buy ever. (And I have always been a Nokia supporter) Forget about the X10, my colleague has bought one and must admit that it was a wrong decision. I have no knowledge of the Samsung phone, it could be ok, but who knows...? I have even purchased a used Iphone just to compare, (and to install Android on it of course), and the Apple device is nice, but not as nice as Nexus One.
You will never regret that you bought the Nexus One.

I'd agree with the above poster and go for the Nexus One... played with a mates one and its fantastic, and being Google made its gonna be kept well updated!

If Android were the only one OS in the world I would choose EVO or tmob 3g slide
Thanks its not

It's a shame there's no Evo on GSM network! Thanks guys, any experience from Galaxy S owners is appreciated!

Do NOT forget the X10, especially since it has been rooted. Look into it more.

How about HTC Desire? Which one is better, Nexus One or Desire?

[Q] i need your expert opinion

can you tell me what is the best phone good call quality features fast so on im looking into dumping tmobile ive had it with the g2x thank you

Would help to post which carrier you are interested in switching to, since some phones are carrier specific.
I've heard a lot of great things about the Galaxy Nexus from numerous users. ****, another forum I frequent changed the "Android Users" thread to "Galaxy Nexus Owners" thread as a joke since so many switched to it.
But I'd recommend checking it out at the VZW store near you.

Motorola Photon 4G on Sprint. Won't regret it.
MoPhoACTV Initiative

thank you im not sure im so fed up i just want a phone that works as a phone yes i do want cool and features i was looking at att and sprint

if youre looking for a phone with the best phone radio(signals, calls, messages, data) i would recoment a motorola phone (photon in my case cause im on sprint) if you want a phone full of features and incredible specs go for a galaxy s2 (display, processor, lightness, slimness) but kinda regular signal (not so bad but not the best) or if you want a phone full with dev and roms and mods go for a galaxy nexus(no the best spec phone but still great)...hope it helps
here are my ¢2 cents
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thank you so much it does help

[Q] Need Help. S3 Vs One X. Help me choose the best

Hi all,
I heard a lot about the xda community, and its truly a wonderful place. I own a samsung galaxy s phone and I am looking to purchase a new phone, currently I am confused in between the HTC one x and Samsung galaxy s3. Can you guys please help me in choosing the one correct for me. If any of you can take some time out and pin down some content which can help me choose, it would greatly help me.
I am looking for a phone which looks great and does'nt get outdated quickly in the future, I am really annoyed by the fact that samsung didnot rollout ICS for galaxy S. So i need a beast which looks really nice. I have narrowed my options to S3 and One X.
Any help would be grateful.and sorry If i am not supposed to post such threads( I am new here).
Thanks,
Sid

HTC one x end of .
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IntenseTorture said:
Hi all,
I heard a lot about the xda community, and its truly a wonderful place. I own a samsung galaxy s phone and I am looking to purchase a new phone, currently I am confused in between the HTC one x and Samsung galaxy s3. Can you guys please help me in choosing the one correct for me. If any of you can take some time out and pin down some content which can help me choose, it would greatly help me.
I am looking for a phone which looks great and does'nt get outdated quickly in the future, I am really annoyed by the fact that samsung didnot rollout ICS for galaxy S. So i need a beast which looks really nice. I have narrowed my options to S3 and One X.
Any help would be grateful.and sorry If i am not supposed to post such threads( I am new here).
Thanks,
Sid
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To many options out there right now my friend..down to you which one you really want to go for...New Nexus phone is coming out..Even though it is LG still sounds quite interesting cause it is a Nexus so it has Google behind it...Then you have the One X+....even if you went for the original One X you can be assured you have great support for it already development wise and it is still one sexy phone

IntenseTorture said:
Hi all,
I heard a lot about the xda community, and its truly a wonderful place. I own a samsung galaxy s phone and I am looking to purchase a new phone, currently I am confused in between the HTC one x and Samsung galaxy s3. Can you guys please help me in choosing the one correct for me. If any of you can take some time out and pin down some content which can help me choose, it would greatly help me.
I am looking for a phone which looks great and does'nt get outdated quickly in the future, I am really annoyed by the fact that samsung didnot rollout ICS for galaxy S. So i need a beast which looks really nice. I have narrowed my options to S3 and One X.
Any help would be grateful.and sorry If i am not supposed to post such threads( I am new here).
Thanks,
Sid
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I'll reply to this later in more detail, as I currently have both phones in my possession after a lucky win at work courtesy of HTC.
The phone I got on contract was the S3, back when the blue ones finally started showing up after they were delayed.
I'm currently in the same position as you, as I know have to make a choice between the two phones I agonized over for months before their release. I genuinely thought I'd made the right decision with the S3, but once I got hold of this One X and actually used the phone, I'm struggling to decide!
After reading plenty on XDA, and assuming the battery life was awful on the One X, I've been really pleasantly surprised by this handset. It's odd how the One X actually feels 'better' in the hand, and how real world use of the phone usually gets me around 2 days of charge, which is no different to the S3 for me!
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Wow, Thanks guys for quick responses. I am totally stuck between both the phones. I have another question, did you experience any kind of slight lag in any of these phones? Cuz my Galaxy S lags a lot, specially when I tend to start an app, it takes some time to launch it. I heard there is no lag whatsoever and the UI is pretty smooth, but since you people have used them for quite some time now, have you ever experienced any lag?
Thanks guys this is really helpful.

Honestly there isn't a lot between them, only really personal preferences. Ask here, you'll be told the One X is the best. Ask in the SGS3 forum and you'll be told that's the best.

FlamingAngel82 said:
I'll reply to this later in more detail, as I currently have both phones in my possession after a lucky win at work courtesy of HTC.
The phone I got on contract was the S3, back when the blue ones finally started showing up after they were delayed.
I'm currently in the same position as you, as I know have to make a choice between the two phones I agonized over for months before their release. I genuinely thought I'd made the right decision with the S3, but once I got hold of this One X and actually used the phone, I'm struggling to decide!
After reading plenty on XDA, and assuming the battery life was awful on the One X, I've been really pleasantly surprised by this handset. It's odd how the One X actually feels 'better' in the hand, and how real world use of the phone usually gets me around 2 days of charge, which is no different to the S3 for me!
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Thanks for the reply . One X is truly a very good looking phone. I have never held one in my hands so i have no idea how it feels. Please do give me your valuable review, since you own both you will have a fairly good idea. Waiting for your response

One X.
Currently I have S3 and One X and One X is more superior to S3.

brongogr said:
As the Q&A Forum is now up, all questions regarding the device should be posted there.
Now, some rules regarding the General Subforum:
Only threads specific to the device should be posted here
No comparison threads between devices should be placed here. They will be moved to Android-General or they will be deleted.
No "Goodbye" or "I decided not to get it" threads will be allowed
Finaly, no general ranting or offtopic threads will be allowed.
Thank you for your cooperation, lets try to keep this forum clean
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please read above next time also buddy for future reference and if you want a good comparison review head over to youtube or search the forums
There you go i did the work for you
all you need to know

One X vote from me.
I had gs1,gs2,gs3. Really wanted to keep the gs3 but as I work outdoors in Australia, I needed to actually see the screen.
Enter the one X.
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One x+ is by far the best phone until next nexus comes. But If you are not in hassle, i would w8 till next gen nexus phones: htc 5 inch beast with 1080p display should be a killer
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S3: Expandable Memory*
Removable Battery*
Plastic ugly back
Better front cam
PENTILE 4.8" Screen*
One X: Sexy Polycarbonate Body
Tegra 2/3 games*
25gb sd
4.7" SLCD2 Screen*
*features that should be your deciding factor
Hit below link for one of the best comparisons.
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_iii_vs_htc_one_x-review-759.php

I have also had GS1, 2, 3 and tbh when I had the GS2 i preffered the sensation XE in terms of looks etc but people were saying the camera/battery life wasnt great and the s2 was better in both those respects and it is the same thing again this time with the HOX I always preffered the HOX from the start but the camera quality and battery life was a issue once again and the video recording frame rate was low at 24fps.
However this time, the HOX under firmware update and the upcoming jelly bean update look very promising not to mention the tegra 3 games and the playstation store, plus the fact you can take pics/videos, watch your videos in the stock music player, use the internet with 3g connection and olisten to music whilst in a phone call.
When watching videos or movies you can take pics, the fact that you are not restrcited to sending 3 messages before the phone turns the whole message into a multimedia one and when sending texts to multiple people you are restricted to 10 contacts at a time which is just jarring.
Also the S3s low light camera/video performance is less than stellar. Alot of the motion features on the s3 turned out to be gimmicky tbh, like smart stay doesnt work all the time sometimes I am looking at the screen and it still goes off, swipe to do screen shots is freaking jarring as because you have to touch the screen of the phone sometimes it moves what ever your trying to capture and it sometimes takes 5 attempts. I prefer the screen on the HOX aswell.
Battery life isnt actually great unless you have power saver on, take it off and quite literally watch your battery drain tbh, my 4 other friends with S3s have said the same.
TBH I must admit i did fall for the hype of the s3 and wish I just got the HOX in the first place and suffered the niggles because the s3 imo is a really boring phone. the only things I honestly prefer on the s3 is the loud call volume, well thats because outside I always have to have it on if im not using headsets because the normal level is not great, also calls are not as good with my ur beats headsets as they are in a HTC device.
I like the in call equalizer on the s3 and the Blue notification light. I am not fussed about replaceable battery or memory card slot. I dont see that stopping the icrap sorry iphones from selling in their millions.
Also tbh the s3 hoggs RAM, the other day I just had a phone call and internet on (via wi fi) and it was using 692mb out of 779mb. My GFs HOS had the sims running, internet, gallery and like 5 other things and was only using 463mb out of 685mb. The person i was on the phone to also has a S3 and only had phone call running and his phone was using 623mb of 779mb just for phone call. My S2 never did that it was always generally around 460mb with a few apps running out of 833mb.
my only problem right now is I really like the white HOX and its £380 at expansys and amazon and its still over a week to wait for the HOX+ which entices me with the 64gb memory and bigger battery but I just want to get rid of this phone now. I am trying to hang on but its just so boring i wanna get rid of it. Two of my friends were in the same predicament one of them just said F it he dont need 64gb memory and he cant wait so he went and got a grey HOX and said the battery iho isnt as bad as what he was hearing, neither is the camera plus JB is coming soon aswell.

Its interesting reading the repsonses to this thread. At the moment I have a HOX but im contemplating getting a s3..
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Try them both and make your own mind up. :good:
We can all say X is better than Y, or Z has this over W. But only you can decide, may the force be with you.

Both have awesome specs and features I chose the x bec of the screen+quality of the body. I'll end up getting the s3 or note 2 to complement my note 10.1.
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Wait for the next Nexus

Defo wait for one X+

I'm the proud owner of HOX and i think HOX is much better than SGS 3 except one thing .SGS 3 has more roms to flash and if You are a flashoholic then go with S3 other than that get your self a HOX and just grab it and hold it !!! Can You feel it?? It feels like a woman but it's better
huhuhaha I'm serious

Sg3 roms are too bored, a friend of mine sold his sg3 because of that, now he is happy with his new hox and he is using jelly bean roms. Now he wants to learn the theming stuff.
Of course hox is better than sg3. NO doubt about that.
But if u can wait for hox+, it will be a wise decision
SkyDragon Sense Rom V1

[Q] Which device to choose on Verizon?

I looked at some of the similar threads but they are old and devices change so rapidly so I am starting a new one.
I am looking for some thoughts, opinions, etc on a new device. I have to buy my device on Craigslist, eBay or somewhere because I have an old Verizon plan with unlimited data and can't upgrade without losing my plan and paying their upgrade fee.
I have been using a Toro Nexus on Verizon for about a year. I have been running CM10 and making updates as they are released. Recently my phone took a header out of my truck and now the screen is cracked. So, it is probably time to get something more up to date.
A couple things I am looking at evaluating are:
ROMS and development love available for devices. Which ones get the most love?
If I get something unlocked as in straight from Google like the Maguro would I be able to get a radio which works on Verizon?
Cost is a consideraton as well. For example I like the price of the S3 right now compared to the S4 on CL.
Any thoughts, opinions, facts, guidance, etc would be awesome!

Oldtymehockey said:
I looked at some of the similar threads but they are old and devices change so rapidly so I am starting a new one.
I am looking for some thoughts, opinions, etc on a new device. I have to buy my device on Craigslist, eBay or somewhere because I have an old Verizon plan with unlimited data and can't upgrade without losing my plan and paying their upgrade fee.
I have been using a Toro Nexus on Verizon for about a year. I have been running CM10 and making updates as they are released. Recently my phone took a header out of my truck and now the screen is cracked. So, it is probably time to get something more up to date.
A couple things I am looking at evaluating are:
ROMS and development love available for devices. Which ones get the most love?
If I get something unlocked as in straight from Google like the Maguro would I be able to get a radio which works on Verizon?
Cost is a consideraton as well. For example I like the price of the S3 right now compared to the S4 on CL.
Any thoughts, opinions, facts, guidance, etc would be awesome!
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the Galaxy nexus is a great phone it saddens me to see that you would like another phone. but im not you so lets get start with phone shopping shall we?
Google
I can see that you like all the rom and development for devices i happy for that!, most of the time you would want one of googles flagship phones that is plain ol stock android (nexus s, galaxy nexus, nexus 4 etc..) googles is so great to us since its stock android its much easyer to flash roms and put other goodies on our phones! i have heard the nexus 4 is one of the best phones around right now (not to mention the new white nexus 4 thats coming out soon with Android 4.3!) so if its on your provider i would recomend that from google!
Samsung
So from what you said you want a phone around the price of a S3, from that right there i would recomend a S3! Samsung does a great job with their phones its not the same stock android like the galaxy nexus they have spiced android up to what they call touchwiz which is a very smooth version for their launchers. a S2 might sound old but even that would be a great phone (i dont know about the specs galaxy neuxs might be a little newer so S3 might be better to get). rooting should be very simple all i had to do for my S2 was to flash a pda file from odin so its again easy to be able to join in on all the development. i think i have heard that the S3 (and maby S2) is getting alot of Goodies from the S4.
LG
i have only had some LG phones and in the past they werent so good but their newest flagship the Optimus G Pro is sposed to be aso good as the HTC one and S4 i dont think LG has their own type of launcher such as samsungs touchwiz, htcs Sense, or motorolas motor blur. so that probably means stock android and pretty easy to root and flash stuff.
HTC
the HTC dream was the first android phone, all of their phones are amazing i have had many of their devices, sense is a very smooth, sense 4.0 and up is sposed to be great. the One and its new blinkfeed feature i have heard can get old within a month or two so im not sure. about rooting with htc phones can be a pain. its different between each phone my droid incredible i had to unlock the bootloader turn s-on off downgrade just to be able to get root and cwm and its all a big pain, htc just dosent want us to screw with it maby. for my htc inspire 4g i had to just only unlock the bootloader and could flash a root from there but still was a pain, so if you can deal with some of the fears of easily bricking your phone you can try these phones!
there are alot of (im just going to call them third party but they arent really) third party phones such as huawei, ZTE, kyocera that some are deff better phones from these people that are better than the galaxy nexus just ask if you would like me to explain them!

Trozzul said:
the Galaxy nexus is a great phone it saddens me to see that you would like another phone. but im not you so lets get start with phone shopping shall we?
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Thank you for all the info. Much appreciated. The Galaxy Nexus (Toro) is a wonderful phone. I believe it is the longest running in my pocket. It broke my heart when it took a swan dive out of my truck Sunday. I would absolutely go with another of these. The question on that topic is could a guy get the Maguro to work on Verizon's CDMA network? I don't know that much about the hardware but I'd LOVE to try Ubuntu Touch.
There is a local guy who has an S3 advertised on CL for $175. I'd have to evaluate that guy first though. Would I be as happy with the development on the S3 as I have been on the Toro?

Oldtymehockey said:
Thank you for all the info. Much appreciated. The Galaxy Nexus (Toro) is a wonderful phone. I believe it is the longest running in my pocket. It broke my heart when it took a swan dive out of my truck Sunday. I would absolutely go with another of these. The question on that topic is could a guy get the Maguro to work on Verizon's CDMA network? I don't know that much about the hardware but I'd LOVE to try Ubuntu Touch.
There is a local guy who has an S3 advertised on CL for $175. I'd have to evaluate that guy first though. Would I be as happy with the development on the S3 as I have been on the Toro?
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i googled a way for it to work on verizon, dosent look like there is any way unless its unlocked. as for the s3 im sure you will be happy with all the development as much as the toro i have seen the s4 at some networks for $149 with a 2yr.

what devise to buy.

i have galaxy s4 and i want to buy a new phone. can you please help which to choose :
1) htc one (M8)
2) lg g3
3) xperia z2
4) galaxy s5

lg g3
Its hav a high res display and gd camera...
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Thanks..and about htc one (m8 ) do you know if its a good phone?

They are all great phones, it honestly depends on what you are looking for the most, i imagine all of them have amazing cameras, they all try to aim for that, probably the phone with the best camera would be a HTC m8 or lg g3, the g3 is supposed to shoot 2k pictures/videos but im not quite sure, the g3 is supposed to have a superb Screen, not that the other phones wouldn't have great screens but the G3 has a 2k resolution screen which must be nice. the xperia z3 is coming out (or is already out) so i would get that over a z2, Sony phones have waterproof coating and are made for durability, i dont know much on the z3 since its a little newer you would have to do research on that, if its performance you want either a m8 or a Galaxy s5 would be perfect. anyways, thats all i have to say about the devices, if you have any questions please reply back!

all you say it was very useful...so i decide tha the best option is lg g3..but i am confused.i never have buy any iphone,i always have galaxy but the loose their price very fast as lg.on the other hand with iphone you don't have this problem and if you can sell it you can achieve a high price.So now I wondered between iphone 5s and lg g3 which is better?
you what will choose? thanks a lot

dimdistraction said:
all you say it was very useful...so i decide tha the best option is lg g3..but i am confused.i never have buy any iphone,i always have galaxy but the loose their price very fast as lg.on the other hand with iphone you don't have this problem and if you can sell it you can achieve a high price.So now I wondered between iphone 5s and lg g3 which is better?
you what will choose? thanks a lot
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the reason why iphones sorta keep their price is because you are paying for "Premium" Design basically from the Greedy people at apple, think of macbooks vs pcs, macbooks are going to be more because they are one of a kind, there are lots of different windows computers that you might or might not like, so iphones are one of a kind and are not in huge bulk as android is.

There are 3 threads already established that are devoted to discussions about devices, please read, and if necessary, repost your question in one of these threads: The what should I buy thread or the The Device Suggestion Thread or the The Device Comparison Thread.
There are also several other discussion threads that you probably should review to help you. They are What phone do you wish you had? or
The Worst Android Device That You've Ever Had & Why or even this place that talks about The best phone you ever owned.