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Compare GS4 to Nexus 5?

I am on sprint and have a galaxy s4. I am happy enough with it.
I want the ability to leave sprint and be off contract with either att or tmobile.
I am worried about what I reading with battery life on the Nexus 5.
Can anyone comment on their experience with both he 4 and the 5? Pros/cons etc.

One thing I can tell you from my experiences is that N5 battery is way better than S4. S4 is a powerful device but battery was one of my reason to stay away from it.

My N5 blows my S3 away non battery life.

I had a s4 and i was disappointed with the battery life, the galaxy series never exceeded my expectations especially when they inside touchwiz it reminded me when i had the s2 and the complaints people had,
With amoled displays its ment to be more efficient but it drained so fast when in use, so i swapped for a n5 and even though the battery is smaller i don't need to charge it twice a day.
The n5 is a nice solid device to hold,no bugs to mention, just nice smooth vanilla android
My s4 could not connect to camera often, wakelock bug,reboot required, standby drain,no knox security or deterrents for unlocking boot loader.
Bugs varied from device you may not experienced these.

Thanks for the response.
I was going to get the 6, but that is just too big for me. 5 will be a keeper for a while and it can be used on Sprint ATT and TMobile.

Battery!!!
Bielinsk said:
Thanks for the response.
I was going to get the 6, but that is just too big for me. 5 will be a keeper for a while and it can be used on Sprint ATT and TMobile.
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If you only listen to music, use social media and make calls, the battery will last a day. Now, if you start playing games and watching videos all the time on youtube the nexus 5 you will run out of power at the end of the day. I'm very pleased with my battery life, and with Android Lollipop promising better performance, you can't go wrong getting a nexus.

Funny, when I owned a s4, the best part of the device was the stellar battery life. My only gripe with it was the amoled screen (looked fake to me).

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Funny, when I owned a s4, the best part of the device was the stellar battery life. My only gripe with it was the amoled screen (looked fake to me).
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Battery didn't improve much from the S3 before it. AMOLED needs a lot of juice to get the brightness level usable though that has been somewhat resolved in the latest generation panels found only in the S5 and Note4. Hopefully the Nexus 6 was able to procure them and not stuck with last year's tech as the Moto X 2014 was forced to do.

The Nexus 5 blows away the S4 in everything. I set it to ART and it is much faster.
Spark on Sprint is 22mb down.
Very happy I made the switch. What a great phone this 5 is, kicking myself for not getting it a year ago.

HTC U ULTRA 64GB for 275€ in amazon... worth it?

I have just found it, looks like a bargain to me... I know it is not perferct, and definitely a no-no for the 700€ they asked when released, but for 275.... opinions?
Thanks.

I bought mine 3 weeks ago for 360 euro and am definitely happy with it. For 275 eur your can't go wrong in my opinion.

great phone ath this price

I am also considering this phone since in my country i can get it for 300 euros. Only concern I have is battery life and heating... Some reviewers reported heating while regular use and extensive heating while playing games. Russians posted a review where the temperature got up to 57C...

Well i am coming from snapdragon 808 based phone (lg v10) so this one is definitely much cooler. During normal benchmarks for a new phone (antutu 6, 3dmark) it scored well for snapdragon 821 based phone and remained cool. I personally do not play heavy games but for multimedia (including 4k stream from youtube) it does not get hot. Regarding battery life - comparing with my lg v10 which also have 3000 mah battery i get better battery life from the u ultra with the same apps. Standby drain is good and with light usage it can get up to 3 or maybe even 4 days. With my typical moderate to light usage (1 hour music listening, 30 minutes watching video, maybe around 2 hours browsing and viber chat per day) it easily handles 2 days usage so i am ok with that.

Thank you for your reply. What version do u have ( i mean color). Also, that battery life is too good to be true in my opinion since everyone bashed it battery. And the size ? is it a problem since i never used big phones.

I have the unlocked european version. Color is black. Size is similar to my old V10 and is not uncomfortable at least for me. It is good idea to get it in your hand before buying. Regarding the battery - i come from phone with bad battery life due to the combination of big screen and hot and power hungry cpu so u ultra is improvement for me. I personally rate battery life as average. If you come from phone with better battery life you can be disappointed but with quick charge enabled chargers, car adapters and even power banks these days it is not so much of a problem. My advice is to see the battery life rating in gsm arena review and compare it with the rating of your current phone to see if it will be better or worse.

Since my current phone is a Nexus 6, I don't think its size is going to be a problem.

That is the problem i cant see phone in person i can order it only online. Thank you for your replays.

I sold my s8 plus for it. I have the 128GB Saphire Edition any i love it. 6 to 7 sot mo lag great Camera and no heat at all..
For me it is absolut a go.

C.H.T.J. said:
I sold my s8 plus for it. I have the 128GB Saphire Edition any i love it. 6 to 7 sot mo lag great Camera and no heat at all..
For me it is absolut a go.
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Just ordererd it 64GB black, 265€ with a discount coupon. Can't wait it to arrive, I'll share my impressions.

Just received mine. Paid $272 for it. What a beautiful mobile it is, also smooth as butter. I'm in love with it
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Where did you get that $272 price?

tatkovladko said:
Where did you get that $272 price?
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Amazon, the prices vary sharply depending on the colour and storage capacity. Right now, 32GB black units cost 189€ (damn, it wasn't like that a month ago, I'd happily give up 32GB for a 90€ discount)
Whereas 64GB pinks cost 365€

I don't think there is a 32gb variant of u ultra, is it? As far as I remember only 64gb and 128gb for the sapphire glass edition.
So it might be the u play..?

Pocket_rocket said:
Amazon, the prices vary sharply depending on the colour and storage capacity. Right now, 32GB black units cost 189€ (damn, it wasn't like that a month ago, I'd happily give up 32GB for a 90€ discount)
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HTC U Juego means HTC U Play, sadly

ChavezD said:
I don't think there is a 32gb variant of u ultra, is it? As far as I remember only 64gb and 128gb for the sapphire glass edition.
So it might be the u play..?
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HTC U Juego means HTC U Play, sadly
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You guys are right. When you select 64GB, it is a U Ultra, but if you switch to 32, it is a U Play unit instead. I think this is a mistake (I have just reported it) that could lead to buy the wrong phone . Anyway, the prices vary from a colour to other. Currently, the cheapest is the white one, for 262€, when I purchased it a month ago, the black one was the cheapest.
https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B01N4PUNS7/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

How is the battery guys and heating?
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How is the battery guys and heating?
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Battery life is pretty average. Not good, not bad. 6-7/10. But there is no heat or lag. Works fine

Definitely better than in MotoZ
Temps are ok unless quick charging, but that is generally normal. Sometimes small lags happen.
For this price is much better than any chinese phone, unless you can't handle this size.

HTC U Ultra Android 8.0 Oreo update

Here you go
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That looks nice.
How does it feel?
Do you encountered any bugs ?

Smooth same to android 7.0, better battery and less of heat
So far got no bug as well

What about the camera? Did you notice any improvements? Should have now the same great auto-hdr algorithm as the u11 (+) I guess.

thanhtrung229 said:
Smooth same to android 7.0, better battery and less of heat
So far got no bug as well
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I'm really hoping there's an improvement in the battery life because my U Ultra barely lasts a full day!

My phone doesn't last for a 12 hour working day after the Oreo update. I am going to hate my phone.

vinczetibor said:
My phone doesn't last for a 12 hour working day after the Oreo update. I am going to hate my phone.
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It's typical for HTC... I've got A9 and after update 2 nougat got hugh battery drain - no fix. Htc10 updated to Oreo = worst battery life. And now UUltra.. I'ts time to say goodbye HTC...

vinczetibor said:
My phone doesn't last for a 12 hour working day after the Oreo update. I am going to hate my phone.
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Well I have same problem, but still on 7.0

I had about 4 hours SOT with android 7 and now only 2 hours with android 8.

No update ota Oreo for me
Nothing in France, European firmware, no news for me?

I'm very surprised that everyone is getting bad battery life and many are complaining about ram management. Take into consideration that this phone has a small battery for its display, not that it has bad battery life. -- I just recently purchased u ultra sapphire glass edition, which I believe has the same specs except for the sapphire display and 128gb hdd... For me it has been working very well indeed. No issues to report as of yet, battery life is not great but most certainly does the job given that it only has 3k mah.... Granted I have to charge my phone 2-3 times a day, but that's because I'm a very heavy heavy user. For me it has given easily between 4-5 hours of SOT... I use a lot of apps and most of the time you'll find my screen to be on... I send emails a lot, watch Netflix during my spare time in the office and play a bunch of games. Yes, I literally use my phone a lot... Specially for emails and Netflix. I think the phone is doing pretty good considering the battery size. Also, as far as ram management goes it's been doing very well for me and I'm surprised by the performance of this device. Overall, it's a very good device and the secondary display is awesome. I don't really need this phone but I was interested in the display and that is exactly why I purchased it to see how the sapphire really is comparing to regular displays, but this phone does keep up with some of the other flagships of 2016/2017 phones.
I'm currently on Nougat and do not plan on updating to Oreo. Why? Because I know the specs of this phone will probably not be able to handle Oreo really well comparing to nougat. I'm sticking to nougat where I know it's running well and smoothly, without any issues...

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Wonders_Never_Cease said:
US Unlocked/Developer edition update is being pushed now... 2.21.617.1
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No need to spam just post it once we all can see it

No worries... Gone... Better? Have a great day...:good::good:

Hmm
US got the oreo ?

EU gets it last, great..and i bet DSim are 1st

Great news!

My HK model with Dual SIM got it yesterday.

DSim?
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DSim?
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Dual SIM

3429 mAh battery - anybody else or is it just me?

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Bought it more than one and a half years ago but up until recently was lying on a shelf. Started using it together with a new S10 - both identically configured (stock, no root, uninstalled what I didn't want), same apps, 2 sim cards (actually 5 sim cards in each thanks to SIMore), wifi, multiple apps syncing in the background, power mode "optimized", and yet A8 eats only 0.3-0.5% an hour screen off while S10 (with "only" 3353/3400 estimated/design battery capacity) takes more like 0.5-0.6% an hour. And that's after a week of optimizing (uninstalling, disabling, suspending, background limiting, standby bucketing, battery historianing). I can't get S10 to last at least as long as A8 (which costs only 1/3).
If A8 had 6+ GB of RAM I would have never bought S10. A8 has a notification LED, can take 2 sim cards and a microsd card together and with 2x SIMore I could put in there 8 sim cards. None of that is possible with S10.
Why are people complaining about A8 battery? Such an amazing phone.

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Bought it more than one and a half years ago but up until recently was lying on a shelf. Started using it together with a new S10 - both identically configured (stock, no root, uninstalled what I didn't want), same apps, 2 sim cards (actually 5 sim cards in each thanks to SIMore), wifi, multiple apps syncing in the background, power mode "optimized", and yet A8 eats only 0.3-0.5% an hour screen off while S10 (with "only" 3353/3400 estimated/design battery capacity) takes more like 0.5-0.6% an hour. And that's after a week of optimizing (uninstalling, disabling, suspending, background limiting, standby bucketing, battery historianing). I can't get S10 to last at least as long as A8 (which costs only 1/3).
If A8 had 6+ GB of RAM I would have never bought S10. A8 has a notification LED, can take 2 sim cards and a microsd card together and with 2x SIMore I could put in there 8 sim cards. None of that is possible with S10.
Why are people complaining about A8 battery? Such an amazing phone.
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i went from the A8 to the S9 and regret it. The A8 is a venerable phone and is very overlooked here in the states because of what seems to be caused by the snob factor. What else could cause a sensible human being to choose an inferior performing phone over the superior one? Other than the microsecond advantage the S9's snapdragon has over the Exynos in the A8 is negligible, the A8s slightly less sharp display never let me down or left me wanting a better one(its a phone for gods sake after all), the rest is nearly identical. The A8's FFC is vastly superior than the S9's tho, and thats objective, not just subjective. The A8 has a dual aperture FFC array whereas the S9 is single, and its obvious when compared side by side. the 2018 A8 is a wonderful phone. Oh, to your topic, ive never noticed any battery issues in it either. It lasts longer than the S9 does on the daily, and ive put it thru nearly identical scenarios. Even down to the time i take it off the charger before going to bed and seeing where it is percentage-wise in the morning, where it sits on my desk at work, how often i use it during the day and what for. The A8 battery life is just superior in my personal experience with both phones as daily drivers for months on end. I ran my A8 for a year and then sold it to the older kiddo, so its still in the family and i keep tabs on how its doing for him regularly.
oh, and i dont use that app nor would i give an ounce of credence to a battery estimator tool saying how big it thinks my battery should be based on how much estimated life it has left

Question huawei p50 pro issues

Hello, I just bought Huawei P50 Pro and as soon as I got it, it had a system update. I did it and from then, it gets hot after a short time of using it, especially in camera. Also when I try to take a video, it records fine and when I go to watch it, it stucks or say "error playing the media", or the video finishes immediately. And another problem I think is with the battery. 5 hours maximum until it shuts down,and it's warm. It's like services are running at the background. I don't know what's happening. All these I think in system update 12.0.1.221. And also I think that something is going on with the zoom. When I zoom in, until 3.1 it's OK, but from 3.2x until 100x it's so blur. So bad. Is it a software problem? It's the second day I use the phone. I've just updated the software to the 12.0.1.223 version but unfortunately no results in the zoom section
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I had p40 pro and the zoom was incredible. After the 4x or 5x zoom, it starts blurring, and it's not clean. Do you know, is it OK? I don't think that p40 pro has better, a lot better zoom than p50 pro

Man so many trouble there! I would do a completely factory reset and i'll check again and in case i would go for warranty

Hahaha yeap. The truth is that after update, it seems a little better.
The photos are 1x 3x and 10x
Maybe the photos are good. I don't know The video is incredible but I don't know about photos.

Photos are exceptional too except the ultrawide camera that for me is average. Video are awesome too especially the audio!!!

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Photos are exceptional too except the ultrawide camera that for me is average. Video are awesome too especially the audio!!!
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yeah,the video is amazing. The biggest problem i think is the battery.
From 100% to 4% only 4 hours and 45 minutes on screen.
i had the Iphone 12 Pro Max and the battery lasted 9 to ten hours on screen! It's a big difference.
I heard that the emui has many problems,with stability,perfomance etc...
I'm looking on installing the harmonyOS. I think it's possible.

You won't solve too much by insytalling or trying installing HOS. The "Problem" is hardware releted. Snapdragon 888 is the answer. If we could get a Kirin chipset we will get muuuuuch better battery life out of it, Americans decided that Huawei was becoming so much better with smartphones and they banned them. I'm getting same battery life as you but for me is ok, consider also that IPhone is much thickness than Huawei, and to be honest Huawei p50 pro is much better holding it in my hands than the square design of any iPhone 12 or more....

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You won't solve too much by insytalling or trying installing HOS. The "Problem" is hardware releted. Snapdragon 888 is the answer. If we could get a Kirin chipset we will get muuuuuch better battery life out of it, Americans decided that Huawei was becoming so much better with smartphones and they banned them. I'm getting same battery life as you but for me is ok, consider also that IPhone is much thickness than Huawei, and to be honest Huawei p50 pro is much better holding it in my hands than the square design of any iPhone 12 or more....
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I hope that huawei will fix the software and the battery management cause this is so unfair
But i'll try to install the HOS to see what's happening there and let u know
Maybe it's better ,who knows

Mpampinos said:
yeah,the video is amazing. The biggest problem i think is the battery.
From 100% to 4% only 4 hours and 45 minutes on screen.
i had the Iphone 12 Pro Max and the battery lasted 9 to ten hours on screen! It's a big difference.
I heard that the emui has many problems,with stability,perfomance etc...
I'm looking on installing the harmonyOS. I think it's possible.
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Are you using the snapdragon version or the Kirin version ?

I'm using the snapdragon version. But after the update it seems more stable. It has some bugs, like moon (it doesn't recognizes it) or the zoom photo (how clean is) but I think it Wil be fixed.

Wide on night mode is TRAGIC.

Battery is still -.-