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Im in the hunt for a new phone. Ive been thinking about buying the new Z3 Compact when its launched but I cannot stand the modified android version the different manufacturers are using, I HAVE to run vanilla or close to it. I know I could root any phone and install stock android on it but im not sure if its worth the hassle for me considering it takes time to make a stable rom etc.
The perfect phone would be a smaller Nexus 5 in my mind, good usability in one hand and fast updates. I guess it wont exist in the near future tho?
Is it a smart decision to buy the Nexus 5 today?
Get one. If you don't like it you can return it. Only you can decide if you like the N5
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NorteX said:
Im in the hunt for a new phone. Ive been thinking about buying the new Z3 Compact when its launched but I cannot stand the modified android version the different manufacturers are using, I HAVE to run vanilla or close to it. I know I could root any phone and install stock android on it but im not sure if its worth the hassle for me considering it takes time to make a stable rom etc.
The perfect phone would be a smaller Nexus 5 in my mind, good usability in one hand and fast updates. I guess it wont exist in the near future tho?
Is it a smart decision to buy the Nexus 5 today?
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I just received mine in the mail today, I love it. It feels so sturdy and solid, I will be keeping it for a long time.
I forgot to mention, I have used the N5 for a couple of weeks and I really like it. Do you think I just should go for it?
absolutely ! go and buy one !
Get it and start having a great time with the Nexus5 on XDA!
I have owned every nexus made and the nexus 5 is an amazing device. I highly recommend it
I know the N5 is an awesome device, I'm just worried about the Android silver program being released and all of a sudden there are plenty of "nexuses" around to chose from. Do you guise think it will be announced any time soon?
NorteX said:
I know the N5 is an awesome device, I'm just worried about the Android silver program being released and all of a sudden there are plenty of "nexuses" around to chose from. Do you guise think it will be announced any time soon?
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Hard to say... but don't hold your breath!
I don't see how any android silver device could touch the $350 price tag. Your only competition would be the moto x in this price point.
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I had the 16 GB nexus 5 from sprint... Traded it so I could get the gs5...I now have a 32gb nexus 5 and my gs5 is sitting in my dresser
The nexus 5 is great
I would shoot for the 32 tho
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Asking in the Nexus 5 forum whether or not to buy the Nexus 5? Great!
Anyways, just like the others, I will suggest you to get it but the Nexus 6's rumors have started again and this time around it's been manufactured by Motorola!
Alright, I'm getting the nexus. You guise convinced me. Now I just have to decide on colour! What do you guise think about the different colours?
NorteX said:
Alright, I'm getting the nexus. You guise convinced me. Now I just have to decide on colour! What do you guise think about the different colours?
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Different colours for different schmullers. Pick whats best for you. This also goes for custom roms. Dont ask us when you get it what rom you should use. Please just make up your own mind.
You have had help deciding whether or not to get the nexus 5 I think it is best you decide which color you like when you get to the store or if your purchasing online then look at the colors there. The color part isn't much of a big deal and mainly comes down to personal preference. So I think it would be best for you to decide on your own
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Hello friends,
Here for a few suggestion and I mean genuine Please give ur feedback and experience
I have been here since long time, it's kinda a passion for me to upgrade to new phones. I am currently a user of Galaxy S4 just got an invite from my friend.
So willing to buy OPO but read that it has call issues and camera is very weird. Camera is almost same as of S4 both 13 mp but I want the users to speak out.
Help me out as the invite expires within 15 hours.
Regards
I love my S5 and I've had a Galaxy device since my S2.
I received an invite from a friend of mine for a sandstone black 64g $359 shipped.
I've not unlocked bootloader yet or rooted it and I've had a couple small issues but overall a very fine device especially for the money.
Its a lille smaller overall than the Note 4 display is very nice and its a fast phone.
Already a ton of development for the OneplusOne and although there are small things I miss from my T/W S5 I'm satisfied. Of course I still have my S5 and not about to get rid of it LOL I feel the OPO is worth the money.
"All we know is...He's called the Stig!"
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See I am on the other end of the device spectrum. I just picked up a 64GB OnePlus One. Right now I'm using a Moto X. On TMo now with my BF. I've had every iteration of the Galaxy S since the original Captivate on AT&T up thru the S4 and I'm over Touchwiz and Samsung's lackluster build quality. I just recently had a G2 which I loved until I broke it. Been using the Moto X until I got something new and the One seemed like a great deal for the $$. Can't wait to try it out!
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I love my S5 and I've had a Galaxy device since my S2.
I received an invite from a friend of mine for a sandstone black 64g $359 shipped.
I've not unlocked bootloader yet or rooted it and I've had a couple small issues but overall a very fine device especially for the money.
Its a lille smaller overall than the Note 4 display is very nice and its a fast phone.
Already a ton of development for the OneplusOne and although there are small things I miss from my T/W S5 I'm satisfied. Of course I still have my S5 and not about to get rid of it LOL I feel the OPO is worth the money.
"All we know is...He's called the Stig!"
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Can you temme the issues in brief please?
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See I am on the other end of the device spectrum. I just picked up a 64GB OnePlus One. Right now I'm using a Moto X. On TMo now with my BF. I've had every iteration of the Galaxy S since the original Captivate on AT&T up thru the S4 and I'm over Touchwiz and Samsung's lackluster build quality. I just recently had a G2 which I loved until I broke it. Been using the Moto X until I got something new and the One seemed like a great deal for the $$. Can't wait to try it out!
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Nice to hear that..
After few reviews I will be ordering it via Amazon.
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Can you temme the issues in brief please?
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Just a little stutter at times in the statusbar and an occasional freeze but over the last couple days seems to have settled. I don't like the keyboard style I prefer the Samsung's. Other than that the black sandstone back is great and feels great in my hands.
It just feels like a solid device in my hands. Not a slippery feel at all. When I have some more time to read I'll unlock the bootloader and root it. Rooting my S5 took mere seconds literally.
"All we know is...He's called the Stig!"
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This phone is worth the price.
My only issues are that I find the vibration pretty weak barely feel it whilst phone is in my pocket. The camera is decent but doesn't match the IQ of let's say the Note 4 for example but it's adequate for what it does and sure software can help improve it when lollipop is out. Other than that my phone has been solid. The battery life is excellent probably the first device I've had that can last me the whole day with plenty in the tank left over. The screen is nice I'm used to AMOLED devices but I like the screen on the OPO too at least it won't suffer from any burn ins and such. Music playback is good and plenty loud for me via headphones. The speakers are decent being on the bottom rather than the back is useful. You have a very active development on the phone at the moment if your into flashing custom roms and such, CM11S itself is decent but as you are aware of the recent CM issues with devices purchased in India. Lollipop is due soon and the phone will be even better, I've tried the recent unofficial built and believe me it's even smoother than Kit Kat! All in all for the price you can't do any better it's a solid device for the amount paid and I love the slick design of the phone.
^^^ +1 agreed
"All we know is...He's called the Stig!"
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This phone is worth the price.
My only issues are that I find the vibration pretty weak barely feel it whilst phone is in my pocket. The camera is decent but doesn't match the IQ of let's say the Note 4 for example but it's adequate for what it does and sure software can help improve it when lollipop is out. Other than that my phone has been solid. The battery life is excellent probably the first device I've had that can last me the whole day with plenty in the tank left over. The screen is nice I'm used to AMOLED devices but I like the screen on the OPO too at least it won't suffer from any burn ins and such. Music playback is good and plenty loud for me via headphones. The speakers are decent being on the bottom rather than the back is useful. You have a very active development on the phone at the moment if your into flashing custom roms and such, CM11S itself is decent but as you are aware of the recent CM issues with devices purchased in India. Lollipop is due soon and the phone will be even better, I've tried the recent unofficial built and believe me it's even smoother than Kit Kat! All in all for the price you can't do any better it's a solid device for the amount paid and I love the slick design of the phone.
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Thanks for the detailed review buddy.
I am too used to AMOLED screens, it will be my 1st experience of IPS display when I order it.
What I read that we cannot use headset during a call, is it?
Zephyr! said:
Hello friends,
Here for a few suggestion and I mean genuine Please give ur feedback and experience
I have been here since long time, it's kinda a passion for me to upgrade to new phones. I am currently a user of Galaxy S4 just got an invite from my friend.
So willing to buy OPO but read that it has call issues and camera is very weird. Camera is almost same as of S4 both 13 mp but I want the users to speak out.
Help me out as the invite expires within 15 hours.
Regards
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It's an awesome phone, period. If you have a look in the General Section you'll see a thread dedicated to user reviews.
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It's an awesome phone, period. If you have a look in the General Section you'll see a thread dedicated to user reviews.
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Ok thanks for the info buddy
timmaaa said:
It's an awesome phone, period. If you have a look in the General Section you'll see a thread dedicated to user reviews.
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That thread is related to Invites
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That thread is related to Invites
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You're looking at the wrong thread.
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You're looking at the wrong thread.
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Will you guide me?
OPO is best phone I have owned, especially considering the cheap price. Customer service though is abysmal, from what I have read. So better hope your unit will not be a faulty one... Mine has worked 100 % perfectly so far.
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Will you guide me?
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This took three seconds to find, just by scrolling down in the General Section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2685348
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This took three seconds to find, just by scrolling down in the General Section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2685348
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Lazy me
Should I get the OPO, or wait for the confirmed OnePlus Two? I mean, in a blog post, 3 winners of a photo contest get hands on w/ the two in hong kong. It's coming in Q3. Should I wait? Or gun it? I am stuck w/ an apple iphone 5 so :/
You should go for it. The price doesn't get better than what it is right now, $249 for the 64GB, and $349 with one year of Dropbox Pro. Plus, I read somewhere that OP is going to use the invite system to sell the OP2, which unless you don't mind the hassle is kind of a pain in the ass. I am keeping mine until I get more details about the OP2, if it doesn't come with a fingerprint support, I will probably move to next Nexus 6, but keep the OPO as my back up phone.
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Should I get the OPO, or wait for the confirmed OnePlus Two? I mean, in a blog post, 3 winners of a photo contest get hands on w/ the two in hong kong. It's coming in Q3. Should I wait? Or gun it? I am stuck w/ an apple iphone 5 so :/
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If I was faced with the same decision I'd still buy the OnePlus One now. It's cheap, you don't need an invite anymore, and it's a beast of a phone. The OnePlus Two isn't going to be as cheap, and they'll be reverting to the invite system again.
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You should go for it. The price doesn't get better than what it is right now, $249 for the 64GB, and $349 with one year of Dropbox Pro. Plus, I read somewhere that OP is going to use the invite system to sell the OP2, which unless you don't mind the hassle is kind of a pain in the ass. I am keeping mine until I get more details about the OP2, if it doesn't come with a fingerprint support, I will probably move to next Nexus 6, but keep the OPO as my back up phone.
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Yup, just go for it, considering the price.
I just received mine Saturday & I tell you the truth, I am very satisfied even after ditching my HTC One. I enjoy everything about this device & it sure is a beast indeed. Go for it, you won't regret it.
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Should I get the OPO, or wait for the confirmed OnePlus Two? I mean, in a blog post, 3 winners of a photo contest get hands on w/ the two in hong kong. It's coming in Q3. Should I wait? Or gun it? I am stuck w/ an apple iphone 5 so :/
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It's hard to know to be honest... I've had the OPO since July of last year and, as everyone in this thread has said, it's an amazing phone, and that doesn't even include the price. I would say it depends on what you're interested in. If you like having the 'latest and greatest' phone with the newest CPU / GPU and most RAM (like me ) etc, I'd wait. But if you just want a great phone that will be able to run the next few versions of Android and all the apps in the world (minus some future games that require OpenGL ES 3.1 or something, but that's a good way off yet!) and has a great community to back that up (even when OnePlus leave it behind), as well as an amazing price, I'd go for it.
Had the same kinda question facing me. Stick with my Nexus 5 until the end of the year when the OP2 or new Nexus' are out, or go for the OPO.
Went for the OPO. Blows my N5 out of the water and will take me until the end of the year. If the phones i mentioned above are too expensive I'm happy keeping the OPO into next year.
Helps i got £100 for my N5.
Feels like such a premium phone. Took it to work on Friday and people were amazed that it cost so little.
Still a fantastic phone for the price had mine well over a year and still going strong was considering upgrading this month but I am sticking with the OPO for longer. It does everything I need on a phone the screen is still good, battery life is excellent, takes decent daylight photos and is fluid on CM12.1.
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Hey guys, this seems like the most relevant thread to post in, but I agree with some of the previous comments, I really like the specs on the OPO, I currently have an HTC M8, with the same chipset, which runs phenomenal, however AOSP ROMS aren't the best for HTC Devices, they've always suffered from a lot of bugs, and GPE support has started to lag behind with the M9 being out.
I just purchased a 64gb model and am anxiously awaiting for it to arrive. My question is, how is the overall build quality of this device? I wasn't impressed with the N5 build quality and from videos and pics, this phone looks solid, but I've read about numerous users complaining about touch screen issues. Is this phone pretty solid? And how are AOSP ROMS on this device? Pretty bug free? Thanks!
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Hi guys I just need your opinion.
Should I buy this phone or wait for the new coming phones realease this year?
I don't want to spend a flagship price tag at the time being and this phone price looks pretty appealing.
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Hi guys I just need your opinion.
Should I buy this phone or wait for the new coming phones realease this year?
I don't want to spend a flagship price tag at the time being and this phone price looks pretty appealing.
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Honestly I think this phone is really good, having said that though I am in the process of returning mine. Just look at the lack of activity in these threads for this phone and lack of custom roms, if you are happy with stock phone then get it otherwise theres hardly any custom stable roms unfortunately and there sadly seems to be a lack of devs here for this phone.
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Honestly I think this phone is really good, having said that though I am in the process of returning mine. Just look at the lack of activity in these threads for this phone and lack of custom roms, if you are happy with stock phone then get it otherwise theres hardly any custom stable roms unfortunately and there sadly seems to be a lack of devs here for this phone.
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Hi thank you for your reply. Yeah I think I'm just gonna have this phone stock. May I know what is the reason for you to return this phone?
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Honestly I think this phone is really good, having said that though I am in the process of returning mine. Just look at the lack of activity in these threads for this phone and lack of custom roms, if you are happy with stock phone then get it otherwise theres hardly any custom stable roms unfortunately and there sadly seems to be a lack of devs here for this phone.
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If you don't need to mess with custom roms and stuff, get it.
Is really a bargain for the specs.
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I just purchased one from B&H photo. I was going to get a new one, for $110 off the purchase price, of a 32 or 64gb version. But they had used white 32gb version, 9 out of 10, for $219 free shipping, so I got that. It will be here Friday. Hope it is in good shape. For $219 can't go wrong.
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I just purchased one from B&H photo. I was going to get a new one, for $110 off the purchase price, of a 32 or 64gb version. But they had used white 32gb version, 9 out of 10, for $219 free shipping, so I got that. It will be here Friday. Hope it is in good shape. For $219 can't go wrong.
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Yeah I'm about to pull the trigger on that deal as well. I kinda wish it comes other the doctor strange bundle.
They're a bunch of used one on ebay for around $250 ish (no original box), but for $40 more I would rather pay for a new device or reputable seller.
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I just purchased one from B&H photo. I was going to get a new one, for $110 off the purchase price, of a 32 or 64gb version. But they had used white 32gb version, 9 out of 10, for $219 free shipping, so I got that. It will be here Friday. Hope it is in good shape. For $219 can't go wrong.
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U got a real result there mate.
I have had my honor 8 for a few months now and I love it.
I hadn't rooted Etc and staying with stock on this one for a good while.
I know that people ain't happy with the custom ROM stuff that's happening or not happening.
This will change though, off you read what the devs are saying over on the custom ROM thread they are saying that they are working on thier own sources for Lineage 14.1 and once they have that sorted all of the other ROMs will quickly follow.
If I could start again with this phone would I still buy it knowing what I know about honor's lack of involvement ??
Yes I would for sure. It's a great phone with great specs.
I also have access to the pixel and I honestly prefer my Honor 8
John
It's a very good phone,fast,stable,good battery life and a very nice looking design. As other members said, if you plan to root and want custom rom i'm not going to recommend it, but if you stay stock, go get it. I got like one month ago and i'm happy, i didn't made root, i'm running B360 (Android 7.0) on FRD-L09 and everything it's just perfect. I like the EMUI 5.0 a lot, idk why a lot of people hate it. So, as i said, if you don't care too much about development go get it.
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It's a very good phone,fast,stable,good battery life and a very nice looking design. As other members said, if you plan to root and want custom rom i'm not going to recommend it, but if you stay stock, go get it. I got like one month ago and i'm happy, i didn't made root, i'm running B360 (Android 7.0) on FRD-L09 and everything it's just perfect. I like the EMUI 5.0 a lot, idk why a lot of people hate it. So, as i said, if you don't care too much about development go get it.
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Well said that man
Thank you for your input guys. I did ordered one yesterday.
Yeah I feel like this day and age its kinda ridiculous to spend $800 and up to get a smartphone.
For the people that owns the phone, have you guys received Android N update yet?
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Thank you for your input guys. I did ordered one yesterday.
Yeah I feel like this day and age its kinda ridiculous to spend $800 and up to get a smartphone.
For the people that owns the phone, have you guys received Android N update yet?
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Not yet. (unlocked Ld04, in Argentina)
Hoping to get it soon.
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Yes I have had the N update for a while.
It's all running very well, very smooth, I'm not finding any bugs.
My flat mate has the pixel and his phone is not running any better than my Honor 8
Hi guys and gals,
I'm at my second LG G2 since end 2015. Both phones let me down with their screens being jumpy and having ghost touch issues... I can't take it anymore.
Could you recommend to me a good reliable old model you loved I can buy for > $100?
I'd like something with a past and may be still active community base, coupled with having some good custom ROMs, battery life and decent speed for multitasking but no games. In OS terms, it's KitKat or Nougat. I can't stand Lollipop.
Like everyone, I dislike mostly UI lag and a temperamental brat. Open-minded and low-maintenance and easy going is definitely my type.
You saw my previous choices for the G2 despite its age so I think you'll understand where my preference goes.
I'm in France thus old models are still expensive compared to other parts of the world.
Oh and to add to the difficulty of the task, I don't have a computer anymore and can't afford to buy one for a foreseeable future, all the cooking has to be done without one obviously.
After reading this you probably think I should get a third G2...???
I hope I haven't forgotten any relevant piece of information. Thanks.
Lol, have a bricked G2 that has the same issue bud, that sh*t was annoying!!!
My advice? Nexus 5 was $99
OnePlusOne or 2 maybe,
Htc m7 or if you find an m8 that is quite a stable device in my experience ,
Hope that gives ya a few ideas to play with.
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Lol, have a bricked G2 that has the same issue bud, that sh*t was annoying!!!
My advice? Nexus 5 was $99
OnePlusOne or 2 maybe,
Htc m7 or if you find an m8 that is quite a stable device in my experience ,
Hope that gives ya a few ideas to play with.
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Yes. That'll teach me to think probability theory and for being stubborn.
Nexus 5. I couldn't find one at the price you mentioned. I only have access to eBay, Amazon being somewhat erratic about international shipping availability.
OnePlus One. That one had my preference however it's out of my league price wise.
HTC M7 or M8. I'll have a look. Thanks for the suggestions.
We have a dedicated thread for this here
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Please ask your question there
Thanks for understanding
Sawdoctor