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Worth to change my Optimus 7 to Nexus S?

Since I owned a HTC Hero and a Google Nexus One I wanted something new. So I changed to a Windows phone. The LG Optimus 7 is a great phone, really easy in use, great build quality,... I just have 1 problem, I miss Android to much So, because the Nexus S is so low in price I was wondering if it's still a good choice? I know the hardware is a bit outdated, but it seems that it's still is a great phone with a lot of ROM developement.
What do you guys think?

ZeppeMan said:
Since I owned a HTC Hero and a Google Nexus One I wanted something new. So I changed to a Windows phone. The LG Optimus 7 is a great phone, really easy in use, great build quality,... I just have 1 problem, I miss Android to much So, because the Nexus S is so low in price I was wondering if it's still a good choice? I know the hardware is a bit outdated, but it seems that it's still is a great phone with a lot of ROM developement.
What do you guys think?
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Wait for the nexus prime imho
Sent from my Nexus S 4G powered by Matr1x/CO2 using Tapatalk

Ow, forgot to tell about that. I don't like phones with such big screens. The nexus S has imo perfect screensize. If the Nexus prime had smaller screensize I would have waited.
And the low price of the Nexus S is nice too.

Then why wait?

Because I wanted to hear some other opinions
Is it still worth it? If you look at the price imo then yes.

I just sold my evo 3d and got a nexus. IMO the nexus is a better device. I don't even want to root it, yet.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk

I am also concerned about the size of the new Nexus ... time will tell. In the meantime I swapped my Evo for an NS4g. With Oxygen and Franco's latest kernel ... I could be happy with this phone for a long time.

ZeppeMan said:
Since I owned a HTC Hero and a Google Nexus One I wanted something new. So I changed to a Windows phone. The LG Optimus 7 is a great phone, really easy in use, great build quality,... I just have 1 problem, I miss Android to much So, because the Nexus S is so low in price I was wondering if it's still a good choice? I know the hardware is a bit outdated, but it seems that it's still is a great phone with a lot of ROM developement.
What do you guys think?
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I have an LG Optimus 7 and switched to the Nexus S. Mainly for the same reasons you are looking at. I think the LG is a fantastic phone, but I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with WP7 and wanted to get back to Android. I chose not to wait for the Prime for the same reason as you. I don't like the big screen. The 4.0" on the Nexus S is perfect for me. Its specs aren't that far behind. Here in North America there aren't a lot of phones with front facing camera, which the Nexux S has. It has NFC which I think is going to take off this year. It is going to get an official ICS upgrade if you don't want to root to get it.
The flexibility of Android is fantastic compared to the locked down Windows Phone....I'm so glad to be back with Android, and the Nexus S.
Dave

well sinc the galaxy nexus doesnt have a bezel it doesnt make the phone that much larger

Ok thx guys
I think I will put my Optimus 7 for sale then and go for the Nexus S.

I'd get it still... I have a nexus a 4g and had an epic 4g before that...stock Android has so much going for it that I could only recommend another stock phone like the prime... But as you said, it's not what you are looking for right now.
The build quality on the nexus a is great and it feels like a very solid phone. I would recommend it to anyone and everyone looking at Android in general. Much better than the other non nexus phones I've used
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk

I luv reading these types of threads. Reminds me how great these phones are

I just picked up a Nexus S today and for the few hours I have played with it I am loving it. I don't like big phones either and was a little intimidated by the size but I think it is perfect for me even with tiny hands.
There were no surprises for me either, it is the pure android experience and so easy to use. I recommend the Nexus S to most Android users and would recommend the Galaxy Nexus to those who want the bigger screen.

Any Former Gnex Users?

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!

lowandbehold said:
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?

New2Houston said:
Why in the world would you do that?
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So you are saying keep the Nexus?

lowandbehold said:
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?

New2Houston said:
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

icecicle04 said:
cause the GNEX is cheap plastic . .just saying
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OK. But I know you would regret the switch.

New2Houston said:
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.

lowandbehold said:
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.

New2Houston said:
OK. But I know you would regret the switch.
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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

Raibyn said:
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.

icecicle04 said:
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.

lowandbehold said:
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

Do you think Nexus 4 would be a good upgrade from the One S?

So with the new announcement of the Nexus 4 and how it will work on T-Mobile's network, I've been wondering if I should sell my One S to buy the Nexus 4? Is anyone else having similar thoughts? I am really interested in the bigger screen, higher resolution, as well as the S4 Pro processor and the 2 GB of ram. The One S has served me well but waiting on an official Jelly Bean release from HTC has been a big pain, though ParanoidAndroid has helped me deal with that. I can't imagine it being supported officially when 4.3 comes out.
Just wondering what everyone else thinks of the Nexus 4 in comparison to our One S.

Sorry, I didn't realize I was posting to the General section. This should belong to the Q&A section. I tried, but I don't know how to delete or move the thread.
I feel bad for messing up.

No worries a mod will move it. But on topic yeah its a great upgrade, it has the best specs on the market right now and it's only £279 I have already decided to upgrade and we can sell are one s on eBay and get the nexus 4 for like £30 on top.
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I'm actually considering the same thing. Allthough the one S is a gorgeous device with good preformance and a wonderfulll build quality. But for this price its a real bargain, and as im on a 2 year contract i doubt the one s will keep up to speed. Plus I'm afraid alot of dev will jump ship aswell (some allready are).
Pro's for getting the Nexus 4 over the one S
- Better screen, this was a mayor lackbuster for the one S
- Newest chipset, allthough the oneS is doing a great job here, there is no denying the power of the s4 pro, and the nexus has a fresh aosp on top of that.
- Huge development community behind it
Con's
- Allthough the nexus has a great camera it doesnt has the same preformance and usability (burst, 0shutterlag, ect.)
- No sense. Yes its bloat, but we can't deny the solid preformance it has nowdays, and if we look at what 4.1 did for the one X i think i rather have a fun Sense ui over a vannila blend aosp nowdays (boring).
- I think i prefer the build quality on the one S, and it looks alot better aswell.
Still with this display, preformance, newest android builds is it hard not to consider it, especially with that price. And the development behind the nexus devices are really tempting too.

I'm buying the LG nexus 4 and selling HTC One S S3 because this phone was garbage. This was my last phone from HTC.
Goodbye HTC (crap), hello Nexus 4!

I like my HOS S4 but I cant resist the S4 Pro chip and the 2 GB of ram. The only con is the lack of an SD slot like the HOS.
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icet69 said:
I like my HOS S4 but I cant resist the S4 Pro chip and the 2 GB of ram. The only con is the lack of an SD slot like the HOS.
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I really like the my HOS S4 but I'll sell my One S for about the same price of the Nexus 4.
PS: I don't care about the SD
There is just one "small" problem. It looks like in Italy the phone it will cost probably 549€ or 599€ instead of 349€ like Spain\France\Germany(via play store)...so I won't sell my One S

Vauix said:
I'm actually considering the same thing. Allthough the one S is a gorgeous device with good preformance and a wonderfulll build quality. But for this price its a real bargain, and as im on a 2 year contract i doubt the one s will keep up to speed. Plus I'm afraid alot of dev will jump ship aswell (some allready are).
Pro's for getting the Nexus 4 over the one S
- Better screen, this was a mayor lackbuster for the one S
- Newest chipset, allthough the oneS is doing a great job here, there is no denying the power of the s4 pro, and the nexus has a fresh aosp on top of that.
- Huge development community behind it
Con's
- Allthough the nexus has a great camera it doesnt has the same preformance and usability (burst, 0shutterlag, ect.)
- No sense. Yes its bloat, but we can't deny the solid preformance it has nowdays, and if we look at what 4.1 did for the one X i think i rather have a fun Sense ui over a vannila blend aosp nowdays (boring).
- I think i prefer the build quality on the one S, and it looks alot better aswell.
Still with this display, preformance, newest android builds is it hard not to consider it, especially with that price. And the development behind the nexus devices are really tempting too.
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This pretty much sums it up. I wont buy it, as my contact lasts one year

Will probably move to it as well, main reasons are
- nexus phone therefore we get updates as soon as they are released and will be guaranteed to get them
- bigger screen
I love the one s, prefer sense to stock android, will probably have a better camera and it has way more features, prefer Samoled, better design/build etc. but HTC as a company have really let it down with support and slow updates, can't see jb hitting my phone for another 4 weeks or so....
I just need to see reviews of it first and user opinions for the audio, camera and battery life, there are reviews for the optimus g, but lg's software seems to have been very poorly optimised (software/driver optimisation is very important in these areas), although these areas still look very good anyway except the camera.
In theory the battery should be better than the s as the n4 has a next gen battery, more power efficient screen and s4 pro, the adreno 320 is more power efficient than the adreno 225

I'm tempted by it so much too just cause its a new phone lol ... But I really don't like the huge screen and I'd miss my camera too much cause the camera the HOS has is too good .. AND honestly the way it feels and the weight and all that makes me not wanna sell this ... On top of all that I think I actually like sense over stock lol ...and screw LG after the g2x I don't think I'm ever getting over that
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icecicle said:
I'm tempted by it so much too just cause its a new phone lol ... But I really don't like the huge screen and I'd miss my camera too much cause the camera the HOS has is too good .. AND honestly the way it feels and the weight and all that makes me not wanna sell this ... On top of all that I think I actually like sense over stock lol ...and screw LG after the g2x I don't think I'm ever getting over that
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Wow, are you me? I really do love the camera on the One S and the build quality just feels excellent; the two things that I would say it has over the Nexus 4. I like the cool metal case and just how professional and solid it feel. Like you, I also had the G2x before the One S and felt like they had screwed me over (Crappy drivers, crappy camera, crappy promise of ICS, etc.). I'll have to really see if I trust Google more than I distrust LG on making a good phone...

hippocritical16 said:
I'll have to really see if I trust Google more than I distrust LG on making a good phone...
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Lol that right there is what i need to figure out too Lol couldn't have said it better
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Though HTC is not so good at delivering updates, in my opinion it is the most reliable OEM out there. So i won't move to LG or Samsung. My reason is based mostly on build quality, which kida sucks on LG and Samsung when compared to HTC.
Also, i don't really see the point in having the latest gadget. The HOS S4 will still be breathing at least a year from now, the CPU and GPU are strong enough. Plus, i don't really see how a quad core will help me on a mobile phone.
The only Nexus i really miss is the original Nexus One, the HTC Desire's brother.

You do realise that lg have nothing to do with the software? All they have done is made the phone and everything regarding software is handled by Google since it's a nexus phone.
Google said they shipped the lg design team over to Google headquarters in order to work with them very closely on the design and ergonomics of the phone.
Lg make fantastic hardware and a lot of their phones are very good as usual they are let down by the poor support and awful software.

I am really thinking about selling my One S S3 and getting a Nexus 4. I seems to be a very good phone.

.TanTien said:
I am really thinking about selling my One S S3 and getting a Nexus 4. I seems to be a very good phone.
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I would definitely agree if you have the One S S3. It would be a significant speed bump and there probably isn't a significant con to the Nexus 4 that the One S doesn't share (non-removable battery, no SD card, etc.). I think the S4 version would be a tougher decision as to whether or not to upgrade to the Nexus 4.

Im getting the Nexus 4 the second I have the funds.

hippocritical16 said:
I would definitely agree if you have the One S S3. It would be a significant speed bump and there probably isn't a significant con to the Nexus 4 that the One S doesn't share (non-removable battery, no SD card, etc.). I think the S4 version would be a tougher decision as to whether or not to upgrade to the Nexus 4.
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But I'm too lazy to find someone who wants to buy it. And I don't want to sell it for under 300€.

Ruwin said:
Though HTC is not so good at delivering updates, in my opinion it is the most reliable OEM out there. So i won't move to LG or Samsung. My reason is based mostly on build quality, which kida sucks on LG and Samsung when compared to HTC.
Also, i don't really see the point in having the latest gadget. The HOS S4 will still be breathing at least a year from now, the CPU and GPU are strong enough. Plus, i don't really see how a quad core will help me on a mobile phone.
The only Nexus i really miss is the original Nexus One, the HTC Desire's brother.
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My thoughts exactly although I still have my N1, it will always be the one I never let go.
The speed and performance on this phone is outstanding and well asop has become very boring and old. Sense for me was a very big suprise as its come such a long way and just gets better. For me I'm sticking with my One S.

.TanTien said:
But I'm too lazy to find someone who wants to buy it. And I don't want to sell it for under 300€.
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Lol, no way you will get 300 euros for a S3 one S, when you could get a S4 one S for that.
Especially if you have the black model, which has chipping issues.
Only way is if you can find someone around your area who don't have a clue about tech/android stuff.

[Q] Looking into buying the Nexus 5 next month...

Hey guys,
I'm looking into buying the Nexus 5 as I feel like I want a much faster and more responsive Android experience and I also want to get a phone that is very well supported by the developers of XDA...
I have had both of the following handsets previously:
-HTC Wildfire(Buzz)
-HTC One V(PrimoU)
My biggest complaints about my previous handsets are that the Android experience is very slow, sloppy and HTC Sense'd meaning that to get an acceptable level of performance out of them they had to be rooted and flashed with 'close to Google' ROMs and because of the lack of developers that were interested in these devices they were relatively unstable even with their best ROMs.
My real question is pointed at users who currently have a Nexus 5 and had a relatively comparable phone to the HTC Wildfire or HTC One V, am I making the right move (based on what I've said) to buy the Nexus 5 and do you think that it's worth its money or are there better phones available in your opinion?

Absolutely get the N5.

I don't think there is a better option for a phone right now than the n5.

PhilipTD said:
Absolutely get the N5.
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I don't think there is a better option for a phone right now than the n5.
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Brilliant, thanks for your replies. Anyone ever had any of my older phones and now have a Nexus 5 and can share their experiences?

LewisD94 said:
Brilliant, thanks for your replies. Anyone ever had any of my older phones and now have a Nexus 5 and can share their experiences?
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Well my mom had the One V. And that phone sucks if you compare it with the N5.
The Nexus5 is soooo much faster and better. And for this price you cant get a better phone at the moment.
It's almost perfect

I have had;
HTC hero
Nexus one (HTC)
HTC one X
Nexus 4
Getting my nexus 5 tomorrow.
The most comparable ones for me are going to be the htc one x to the nexus 4
The one x was a better phone than the one v that you have but still the jump to the nexus 4 was a massive upgrade in terms of performance and stability from the one x.
So you are going from a slower phone than I had to a faster phone than I have and I was happy with my upgrade so you should be very pleased with your new phone.
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I haven't had your exact previous phone, but I had a Droid 1 and GSII and I promise you, you'll love the N5, it's just an amazing piece of machinery, especially for the price.

If you're a tweaker/modder or someone who enjoys exploiting the android OS for all of it's open source worth then the N5 is by far the best device you could ask for as of right now in my honest opinion. If not, there are other devices with better hardware on a more powerful platform. For me.....I had to get the Nexus.

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Well my mom had the One V. And that phone sucks if you compare it with the N5.
The Nexus5 is soooo much faster and better. And for this price you cant get a better phone at the moment.
It's almost perfect
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Yeah man, it definitely sucks thanks for the comparison, really appreciate it!
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I have had;
HTC hero
Nexus one (HTC)
HTC one X
Nexus 4
Getting my nexus 5 tomorrow.
The most comparable ones for me are going to be the htc one x to the nexus 4
The one x was a better phone than the one v that you have but still the jump to the nexus 4 was a massive upgrade in terms of performance and stability from the one x.
So you are going from a slower phone than I had to a faster phone than I have and I was happy with my upgrade so you should be very pleased with your new phone.
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Thank you for such an accurate answer! I really appreciate how in depth you have gone into answering my question, I've decided that after reading all of these comments that I would be a fool to not buy the Nexus 5!
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I haven't had your exact previous phone, but I had a Droid 1 and GSII and I promise you, you'll love the N5, it's just an amazing piece of machinery, especially for the price.
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Brilliant, thanks for your answer dude!
Pain-N-Panic said:
If you're a tweaker/modder or someone who enjoys exploiting the android OS for all of it's open source worth then the N5 is by far the best device you could ask for as of right now in my honest opinion. If not, there are other devices with better hardware on a more powerful platform. For me.....I had to get the Nexus.
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Thanks man, I do really enjoy messing about and customising the Android OS so you've hit the spot there dude. I've decided to buy it on the 18th of next month!
:good: Thumbs up to all answerers! :good:

LewisD94 said:
Hey guys,
I'm looking into buying the Nexus 5 as I feel like I want a much faster and more responsive Android experience and I also want to get a phone that is very well supported by the developers of XDA...
I have had both of the following handsets previously:
-HTC Wildfire(Buzz)
-HTC One V(PrimoU)
My biggest complaints about my previous handsets are that the Android experience is very slow, sloppy and HTC Sense'd meaning that to get an acceptable level of performance out of them they had to be rooted and flashed with 'close to Google' ROMs and because of the lack of developers that were interested in these devices they were relatively unstable even with their best ROMs.
My real question is pointed at users who currently have a Nexus 5 and had a relatively comparable phone to the HTC Wildfire or HTC One V, am I making the right move (based on what I've said) to buy the Nexus 5 and do you think that it's worth its money or are there better phones available in your opinion?
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Absolutely get the N5. There's a world of difference between old non-Nexus phones like the HTC Wildfire and the Nexus 5, not to mention the Nexus devices are made to be modded. There's literally no device easier to mod than a Nexus, and if you don't want to mod, the Nexus's stock firmware is still way better than HTC Sense or Samsung TouchWiz.

I have had the GSII, Galaxy Nexus, GSII before. Ok, the last step from the GSIII was not that, but I am still very happy with the purchase.

nexus 5 or lg g2?

hi am thinking of getting eithe r lg g2 or nexus 5. if someone has both can you help with few questions on decide wich to get..
so far i know hardware is the same except camera , maybe battery..
i know camera on g2 is better but how better is it then the nexus 5? are there any mods for better camera on n5
also nexus means updates...
so am in the middle of good camera vs new updates.?
i know theres aosp and cm...
about battery life how is it?
thanks

G2

Nexus 5

raptorddd said:
hi am thinking of getting eithe r lg g2 or nexus 5. if someone has both can you help with few questions on decide wich to get..
so far i know hardware is the same except camera , maybe battery..
i know camera on g2 is better but how better is it then the nexus 5? are there any mods for better camera on n5
also nexus means updates...
so am in the middle of good camera vs new updates.?
i know theres aosp and cm...
about battery life how is it?
thanks
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As regards the Nexus 5, I can say that the battery life is outstanding (i'm using CM 12.1 CAF).

Get the G2. It's just a better phone overall, unless you're an update junkie.
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slmklc said:
Nexus 5
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Why you lie for

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Why you lie for
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Lie ?
Have you ever touch the g2 ? or used minimum 1 month ?
g2 only ahead of nexus 5 in battery.nothing else.

Had both, changed the LG G2 for the Nexus 5. Both are great phones. G2 has an extreme battery, you can get easily 6-7 horas of SOT, the only problem is really the software.
Perfect combination would be Nexus 5 software with G2 hardware.

kirmr said:
Had both, changed the LG G2 for the Nexus 5. Both are great phones. G2 has an extreme battery, you can get easily 6-7 horas of SOT, the only problem is really the software.
Perfect combination would be Nexus 5 software with G2 hardware.
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and about how much of SOT on nexus... ican only get about 3 on skyrocket its more like a phone with a chord attached lol..
in software you mean ui ?could you explain? someone told me that g2 if going on cm or aosp it losses camera advantages ..
well updates are good and so its battery.. very tough to decide...

raptorddd said:
and about how much of SOT on nexus... ican only get about 3 on skyrocket its more like a phone with a chord attached lol..
in software you mean ui ?could you explain? someone told me that g2 if going on cm or aosp it losses camera advantages ..
well updates are good and so its battery.. very tough to decide...
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I think that it has not much support from community, at least not like Nexus 5, that's a disadvantage.
In Nexus 5 with custom kernel and rom I can get about 4-4:30 hours with moderate use, nothing compared to G2 one.

Been using my brothers old LG G2 for a few days. Software is trash, battery is absolutely fantastic. Perhaps find a good custom ROM on the LG G2 and you're set.
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dkconor said:
Been using my brothers old LG G2 for a few days. Software is trash, battery is absolutely fantastic. Perhaps find a good custom ROM on the LG G2 and you're set.
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+1

from experience the g2 is better camera wise and battery, although roms are built off cm and not aosp (i assume depending on carrier) and nexus overall is a beast but battery sucks and has more support on here on xda... i bricked my g2 trying to get grola rom on it and ruined the partitions

G2 is almost superior in every aspect but if you dig into it more, there is one hardware defect that instantly kills it: touch panel malfunction. Almost every G2 I've seen around my local forums (be it international, Sprint, Verizon or else, and be it treated carefully or badly) eventually get the syndrome where a horizontal portion of the touchscreen stops responding, usually one year after their purchase. This is a hardware issue and will not be fixed by ROMs.
If it had not been like this I would've bought myself a Sprint G2. Think it over.
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dkconor said:
Been using my brothers old LG G2 for a few days. Software is trash, battery is absolutely fantastic. Perhaps find a good custom ROM on the LG G2 and you're set.
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Had the g2 for 2 months, camera/battery is great, speakers aren't that great, software is utter ****. Flashing roms isn't as cut and dry as with the nexus 5 since there's a handful of variations of the g2, in my case there was no compatible lollipop rom since lg never released a lollipop rom in my country, so i was having constant modem issues no matter what i tried. Got rid of if because of that.

Personally, I think Nexus 5 is spot on with the phone dimensions, shape and screen size. I had Meizu MX3 before, and it was MUCH harder to use it with one hand and I wasn't feeling very comfortable holding it. Granted, despite bigger screen, G2 is slightly smaller than MX3, but it still probably isn't insanely comfortable to hold and operate. So yeah, I think the way it feels in your hand and how comfortable are you with it (I very much prefer the design of N5 as well, but that's a subjective matter) is more important than minor differences in specs. And of course - software/support.

thanks guys i need to have a talk with my pillow and think it over ......
someone mentioned cloudy g2 rom works ok ..and from now on i would like to stay off of cm..i kind of like aosp better... so thank you for you time and input, but i can still listen to more comments.

I had the G2 for quite some time, but since I cracked the screen/digitizer and it was replaced with a generic one, it never was right. I ended up finding a good deal on a Nexus 5.
G2 - lightweight and awesome battery life. Great screen
Nexus 5- lots of developer support, I feel it has a better camera, but crappier battery for sure. I hate having a charger so I have a power pack on it and it kinda turns it into a brick.
Overall I believe you'd be happy with either one. I think my next phone will be a Z3 compact. I don't like big phones anymore unless they became G2 size with updated specs. I had a custom rom and kernel on the G2 and maybe I wasn't tuned right, but it did seem to lag more often than it should.

Nurmi_CEO said:
I had the G2 for quite some time, but since I cracked the screen/digitizer and it was replaced with a generic one, it never was right. I ended up finding a good deal on a Nexus 5.
G2 - lightweight and awesome battery life. Great screen
Nexus 5- lots of developer support, I feel it has a better camera, but crappier battery for sure. I hate having a charger so I have a power pack on it and it kinda turns it into a brick.
Overall I believe you'd be happy with either one. I think my next phone will be a Z3 compact. I don't like big phones anymore unless they became G2 size with updated specs. I had a custom rom and kernel on the G2 and maybe I wasn't tuned right, but it did seem to lag more often than it should.
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don't think to buy any z series from sony mate.They are really problematic series,you can google it.I recommending you to wait nexus 5 2015 edition from lg