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Hi. I use a sgs2 i9100, wondering if galaxy note is worth it. I need bigger screen for big thumbs /keyboard. Or is HTC one X the better? No amoled, smaller battery and screen, but higher screen DPI count.
The Note cost around 900usd
Please let me know what you think if you have a g. Note and had a sgs2
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why dont you go see / try on hand.... for me its dam big, but by reviews its one of the most applauded device. i know many people who used it now have hard time going back to smalller screens.
Go for the One x or wait for s3.
Note is similar hardware to s2 aside from screen and higher processor speed but is huge. Seriously have you seen it? If screen size is your primary objective then you won't go wrong but ..
Depends on resolution vs bigger screen too. You get more screen real estate on an HD screen which neither the s2 or note have
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I liked the note. Size isnt really a problem for me. The biggest negative fact was that the pen doesnt work on the capacitive keys. If size and the s-pen are a big necessity for you, id say go for it. Personally, I didnt find it worth it compared to the SGS2.
If you have big hands get note...but you gona look vierd when youll talk with it on the streets
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my frnd has note an ive used it for sometime an for real its a monster with tht screen sgs2 is no were close to it...its awesome but i think this is the moment u shld wait cause there may b better phones by the end of may..but if ur in hurry note is good an now wiv tht value update ,its hot....htc is good too wiv new teck an sense ui...but i neva seen one in real so u can decide m8...
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If you have big hands get note...but you gona look vierd when youll talk with it on the streets
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Couldn't care less about weird.
Ever seen an ipad used as camera by Japanese in the Eiffel tower lol. It's not a big deal though.
Weird is good tnx for the opinion mate
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A workmate here has a Note and its a really nice phone. As everyone else mentioned, it seems quite large though but anyone I know who has one loves that feature. To me, its just a larger version of the SGS2 with a slightly faster processor with an S-Pen.
Depending on what you're looking for and your timeles, we are currently into that cusp of the quad core releases so you could always wait for HTC One or possibly SGS2.
atifsh said:
why dont you go see / try on hand.... for me its dam big, but by reviews its one of the most applauded device. i know many people who used it now have hard time going back to smalller screens.
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yeh, I should, as these days one can try the phones (remember back in the day when all you could touch was a dummy phone?). But no need to. I know the size and weight. Actually I had a HTC Desire HD, it was around same weight. It is about the max weight, it was one of the many reasons i dumped the DHD and went to SGS2 (protruding camera lens was as well)
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Go for the One x or wait for s3.
Note is similar hardware to s2 aside from screen and higher processor speed but is huge. Seriously have you seen it? If screen size is your primary objective then you won't go wrong but ..
Depends on resolution vs bigger screen too. You get more screen real estate on an HD screen which neither the s2 or note have
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Sure I've seen it. Haven't 'seen' the HTC one X though. Im wondering if 'super amoled' is worse that SGS2's super amoled PLUS. I've <mostly> read the SGN does last longer than SGS2, even though it has 5.3" (+1") screen.
Oh, so hardware is pretty much the same as the SGS2 ? does that then mean:
-headphone/jack audio volume just TOO low ?
- microSD/internalSD/externalSD/memory and those folders like /emmc is all messed up ?
If those problems are on the Galaxy Note, then I might skip it, and look at the HTC One X. Only, I don't like I cannot put a 64gb microsd in it.
Kaze105 said:
I liked the note. Size isnt really a problem for me. The biggest negative fact was that the pen doesnt work on the capacitive keys. If size and the s-pen are a big necessity for you, id say go for it. Personally, I didnt find it worth it compared to the SGS2.
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Well, that's a kind of shock, the pen doesnt work on the capacitative keys ? On the other hand..those buttons are okay for a big thumb. I had a Nokia 5800, and lost the ridiculous stringy plastic stylus many times. (typing on its' 3.2" screen w/o stylus was a fight).
I'm not sure waiting is always good, it means more 'research' on more/newer models as usual, and yet more considerations..and waiting. At the moment I have no time, but by summer, yes, that would be great. So I can hope for a price drop on SGN . Wonder if there's gonna be some sort of Galaxy Note 2 ?
I also use phone (SGS2) for viweing boks, pdf's, and more, so a rise in DPI screen resolution would be splendid. The other choice I am comtemplating is to get a cheap netbook, but I'm warned that they are not up for the thing I do. (yet the SGS2 does it) Neither is it time to buy a notebook/tab for me right now. As the fiance has 3 damn notebooks, i'd like to stick with a PC and a phone, and skip any net/notebook/tab. Those are much more than 178 grams
thanks for the advice, If anyone can comment more on the particular display, super amoled vs super amoled plus, or simpler said SGN vs SGS2 displays.
does the huge 5.3" comsume battery like crazy, is a 2500mah battery inferior for that big semi-tablet phone?
is a step back from super amoled plus to super amoled hd bad ? they are both pentile matrix displays ?
The SGN does have 'HD' as in half-HD display (1280*800 = 720p), and it records full-HD. Correct ?
link to SGN vs HTC One X on gsmarena
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=4320&idPhone2=4135
Before I begin please let me say that his is not meant in an way to bash HTC, the Rezound, nor this community in any way. This is simply a review, if you will, comparing the two. I loved the Rezound so I wanted to give my $.02
Let's start with the physical appearance. (I'll including screen review with hardware) There are two things that are quite obvious: The GSIII is, of course, a larger screen at 4.8" with the Rez at a 4.3". The S3 seems to have a smaller bezel in comparison which is certainly made possible due to one thing I've always wanted to have: No Verizon branding on the front. The Galaxy S III simply has "SAMSUNG" resting below the main ear piece and between the LED and the sensors/camera. While the HTC Rezound has four red soft keys at the bottom, the GSIII as an oval home button and that is all you see. When the phone is on, you are greeted with a menu key on the left and back on the right, both giving a soft white glow. I've sat there for about twenty minutes trying to see any kind of outline for the keys and found none. I have to tip my hat to Samsung for making them "discrete."
The Rezound has the power button on the right corner of the top of the phone, making it very easily accessible with it's 4.3" display. The GSIII has the power button on the right side of the phone closer to the top, making it easy to hold your phone and keep your thumb either on or around the button. (The home key is a hard key, not soft, so it can be used to turn your screen on.) The volume rocker is a single piece that can be easily pushed in either direction. While the rocker on the Rezound seemed a bit low profile, the GSIII's sticks out nicely and doesn't give me an trouble.
The back of the GSIII is made of polycarbonate, giving it a nice "firm" feeling instead of the traditional cheap plastic feel. Since you hold the phone more towards the bottom, Samsung has put the speaker next to the camera, whereas the Rezound had it at the bottom. This was never a problem for me with the Rezound due to how I held it, but I no some people aren't a fan, saying it's placement was awkward. I will say that it provides a lot of noise that's clear and doesn't sound too distorted, as opposed to the Rezound where I felt like it was somewhat muted and crackly. The Rez sports a dual-LED flash while the GSIII has a single. Now, while it seems that the flash on the GSIII is brighter, I've noticed a big issue: It sits kind of "low." Because of that, when I have my flash turned on I have light spilling out at the top through the gap between the battery door and the phone. While this isn't bothersome since you can't see it from the front of the phone, it is annoying because it doesn't flow with the polished design that Samsung tried to give.
Now, hardware!
The Galaxy S III has a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 CPU that clocks in at 1.4GHz, while the Rezound uses a Snapdragon S3 clocked in at 1.5GHz. For those that aren't too familiar with CPUs: Even though the Rez is clocked in a .1 higher, the S4 is newer and has the upper hand. The GSIII has 2GB of RAM (while the international version just has 1GB but a quad-core over dual) and the Rezound has 1GB. I've come to quickly realize it's because of how much memory Touchwiz uses. At the moment of me typing this, I have every app closed on my GSIII (minus the launcher) and I have 803MB of my RAM used. That being said, I never run into an issue of almost running out of RAM (I'll get into management later when I review software.)
Both phones use 8MP camera on the rear capable of recording in HD. However, as known, a higher MP count does not automatically mean a better camera. No matter what ROM I use, I seem to have issues getting my GSIII to focus from time to time. Even when I can get it to focus, it just seems that the Rezound takes a slightly better picture. I would post comparison shots but I no longer have my Rezound.
Now, for the screens. The Rez uses a 720p SuperLCD IPS display and packs a whopping 342DPI, making it one of the best displays out. The GSIII uses an HD Super AMOLED with a 720p resolution. While it has a smaller DPI count (320) it provides very crisp (but not as sharp compared to the Rez) images with "true" colors. I did a side-by-side comparison of a few images at full brightness and the GSIII was superior. Now, as I said though, it isn't as "crisp" as the rezound. However, unless you have the phone an inch from your eyes, you can't really tell.
On a side note, I would like to point out that the radio isn't as bad as everyone was saying it is. I've honestly noticed no difference in signal strength from my Rezound to my GSIII.
EDIT: Forgot to talk about battery life. The Rezound has a 1,620mAh battery while the GSIII has a whopping 2,100mAh. The difference is understandable given the screen size. However, I've noticed that with LTE on, screen at max brightness, and all of the motion controls and "Smart" actions, I'll get around 12 hours with a screen on of about 3 1/2 hours and be at about 25-30%. And AOSP battery life just isn't fair lol.
Software! When it boils down to it, we mainly care about our user experience and how quickly we can get things done. Since the GSIII is using newer hardware, I'll just point out features (With Sense 4, to make it fair.)
Sense 4 out of the box is customizable compared to other OEM skins. Being able to swap skins on the fly is very handy. The only issue I ever had was not being able to swap individual components (Navbars, clocks, lock rings, etc.) but still loved the fact that I could. My biggest pet peeve with Sense 4 relates to animations and the fact that they only really happen when you're using Rosie. If you use Rosie and open Messages, you get something along the lines of a flying out animation. A simple animation that's nice, but I don't know why HTC restricted it to Rosie. Stock TouchWiz implements the AOSP ICS animations that are very fluid, giving the UI a nice snappy-feel while keeping it smooth. When it comes to sharing in Sense 4, you have a lot of standard options. An example being Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Email, Picasa...but I always hated that it missed a simple one system-wide: Texting. I wasn't a fan of how it was selective about what you could share via text (such as facebook photos and photos from different websites) so I have to give this one to TouchWiz seeing as it gives you every option you can think of at all times.
While Sense 4 does provide a nice user experience with the apps included and how you can stream (just as on previous iterations), Samsung upped the ante for all other OEMs with a flood of amazing user-friendly features (possibly in response to Apple saying "You don't innovate.") Your GSIII is sitting in another room and you get a text? As soon as you come back and pick up your phone, it will vibrate to let you know you have a notification then flash a blue LED to let you know it's a text. Get a text that says "Call me?" you just swing your phone up to your ear and the phone will automatically call that person (can also be done while just viewing the contact.) You have the ability to be playing a video on your phone and just have it "popped up" in the corner of your screen so you can watch it while, say, typing an e-mail. The limitation I've noticed is it has to be a video saved on your phone. Another interesting thing I've found is being able to set the vibration pattern for a single contact or groups. You have a few stock patterns but have the option to make your own very easily. The way the S3's task manager handles things seems to be a bit more solid than others. I never notice an choking of my system. Doesn't matter much, seeing as a fresh application still loads like it had been quietly running the entire time.
In short, Sense 4 is a great UI experience compared to earlier versions of Blur, Touchwiz, and Sense itself. But Samsung really went the extra step with "Nature UX" to blow the competition out of the water. While I do understand that many don't like the color scheme of Touchwiz/Nature UX (whatever you want to call it.) but it is by far the best UI I've ever dealt with. It's smooth, VERY smooth and provides features that simply make you and your phone feel more connected.
This all being said and done, I love this phone. How it feels in my hand, the styling of it, the hardware. I haven't had a Samsung since the first Omnia running WM 6.1 and I have to say I'm more than impressed and very happy.
Thank you for this, make me more jelly lmao
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Funny thing is i went to nexus after having the rezound. Nexus was great but random service drops got me sooo annoyed. So i bought a gs3 yesterday. Little do you know a jb leak with radios comes out and i havent dropped service yet. Now my nexus is a great phone. But i might return my gs3 maybe not i like newer toys. But great review. The rez screen beats both imo tho
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Thadrow said:
Funny thing is i went to nexus after having the rezound. Nexus was great but random service drops got me sooo annoyed. So i bought a gs3 yesterday. Little do you know a jb leak with radios comes out and i havent dropped service yet. Now my nexus is a great phone. But i might return my gs3 maybe not i like newer toys. But great review. The rez screen beats both imo tho
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Yeah, that's one of the reasons why I turned down the Nexus and went for a GSIII. That and I heard the III had better battery life so I figured "why not?" I don't think a leak has come out for the GS3 for Jellybean. Well, one has for the T-Mobile version but not Verizon's. Glad to hear it helped you out, though. And thanks! Yeah. The viewing angle and sharpness are better, but I love color depth, so I'm sold. First time I pulled up Power Amp on my GSIII my eyes were in love haha. The main theme is black with blue trim so it looks stunning.
I think this would be more appropriate in the SIII forum possibly, if people wanted to find out more about the SIII i don't think they would go here.
edit: well at least now i know what to tell people when they ask me what's a new good phone.
RoryHe said:
I think this would be more appropriate in the SIII forum possibly, if people wanted to find out more about the SIII i don't think they would go here.
edit: well at least know i know what to tell people when asking me for what new phone's are good.
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Maybe, but I think it goes here too. Many people are talking about the GS3, so it is good to hear what a Rezound owner thinks.
RoryHe said:
I think this would be more appropriate in the SIII forum possibly, if people wanted to find out more about the SIII i don't think they would go here.
edit: well at least know i know what to tell people when asking me for what new phone's are good.
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Did you see the are you switching to the gs3 thread? This could of went there but pointing out that it's relevant.
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Did you see the are you switching to the gs3 thread? This could of went there but pointing out that it's relevant.
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It might be me but I don't understand what you just said.
When I get mine ill post a review in here.
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RoryHe said:
It might be me but I don't understand what you just said.
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There's a popular thread talking about moving to the gs3. This thread could of just been added in that thread. I'm pointing this out to show you that the thread is relevant and people do care, even though it's the rezound forum.
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blestsol said:
There's a popular thread talking about moving to the gs3. This thread could of just been added in that thread. I'm pointing this out to show you that the thread is relevant and people do care, even though it's the rezound forum.
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Some people just automatically think that because a thread is about a different phone that it's the worst thing in the world, even if it is to inform people. You're probably right, though. Can a mod just move the OP into that thread or should I just flag this one to be deleted and post the review in that thread?
Love the hardware... hate the software... miss my sense 4 roms.... but one glaring issue that has me contemplating selling and going bk to using my rezound as my dd is the radios are horrid.... constant data drops and slow speeds are killer on this phone... and yespecially I've tested in about 4 huge markets across t he us.... so def miss my rezound in certain aspects
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vdChild said:
Love the hardware... hate the software... miss my sense 4 roms.... but one glaring issue that has me contemplating selling and going bk to using my rezound as my dd is the radios are horrid.... constant data drops and slow speeds are killer on this phone... and yespecially I've tested in about 4 huge markets across t he us.... so def miss my rezound in certain aspects
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I just love the simplicity of TouchWiz, really lol. I can understand different tastes. Just send your S3 in to Samsung (if you have warranty.) I have great service with mine. I found out I'm pulling faster speeds, actually. I managed to hit 39.6/14.1
Glad the OP likes his new phone but I always get the feeling when I read things like this whether the person is trying to convince him or herself rather than us that they made a good purchase. Don't get me wrong, I think we all have that need especially when it comes to electronics. It's funny to see how the GNote2 blows the GS3 out of the water already so shortly after the latter's release and if the rumors are true about LG's next superphone it seems like we will only have to wait a short while before the latest Galaxies are a distant memory again. If only I was a celebrity..I'd show my face on each and every one of these new device announcements just to get the freebies.
@ all: I would just remind you a couple of things:
1st Do not try to make Mod job, if you don't like a thread just refrain yourself to post no sense words.
2nd Moderate your language, words like dbag or fag are not tollerated against another user.
Thank you.
I see ive been moderated.......oops!
Anyway, thanks for posting the review. Ive been looking at the gs3 too.
I think we all knew how this story, ahem review was going to turn out. I doubt a flagship device such as the SG3 was going to lose out in this comparison. Just the fact that its a shiny new toy wins it a few brownie points. That being said I think the rezound still holds up well after almost a year since release, and now that we have kernel source and fully functional AOSP on the near horizon our little device has never looked better
You're in denial. Switched myself and 100x faster, cool as all get out and oh the screen.: ) and stable cm 10. The rezzy was great but I must say you can't say the s3 isn't baller
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The galaxy nexus is also a good option to switch to. The new jellybean radios are nothing short of a miracle. No data drops, crazy speeds, and great reception now. Its smoother than touchwiz especially on jellybean. New radios also improved battery a ton. They are also much more likely to exchange a defective rezound for the nexus as well.
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blackhand1001 said:
The galaxy nexus is also a good option to switch to. The new jellybean radios are nothing short of a miracle. No data drops, crazy speeds, and great reception now. Its smoother than touchwiz especially on jellybean. New radios also improved battery a ton.
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I gotta agree here. With the radio kinks worked out, I'm tempted to find the nearest nexus on craigslist. No way am I paying retail price.
I m planning to buy galaxy s3 i 9305 or i9300 or nexus 4 but i am really confused.please help me. i have heard that almost everyone that owns a nexus has a yellow tint or yellow patch problems.are there any who got rid of it and moreover nexus has a battery life disaster and supports otg only with power.on the other hand s3 has less configuration,less custom roms and mods but is better with battery and screen issues.
Now the price is almost same for both the devices.
keeping the current issues and solutions in mind,please reply as i have to purchase one soon.
Regards
=_= get an iphone. problem solved
You need LTE. Go for the Samsung.
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=_= get an iphone. problem solved
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Why did you sign up on this forum???
Anyways, there is no comparison. I9300 all da way!
Nexus 4 = less performance, but better initial configuration.
S3 = more performance and screen space, but awful initial configuration (gotta have the balls to tweak it yourself!)
and s3 has got TONS of roms, tons of customization features, and overall better ui (except for some launcher stuff..touchwiz isnt great but its got stuff nexus doesnt, like cool notification area...).
Plus its got better camera and sd card slot.
So no comparison amongst nexus 4 and s3...
About the i9300 and i9305(or something like that)... i9300 is international and i9305 im assuming usa.
First off, many people have said 2 gigs ram is better than quad core..but not so much, plus you can always expand ram (some shops do that).
Plus you get more rom compatibility with i9300 and its what most users actually use, many developers arent from usa...
Therefore i would go, excuse me, HAVE gone, for the galaxy s3 i9300.
I feel like a boss with this phone, still using stock but as soon as i get my hands on custom foxhound (tons of features, overall best for s3) its gonna be even swifter than nexus 4's rom.
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killbubble said:
Anyways, there is no comparison. I9300 all da way!
Nexus 4 = less performance, but better initial configuration.
S3 = more performance and screen space, but awful initial configuration (gotta have the balls to tweak it yourself!)
and s3 has got TONS of roms, tons of customization features, and overall better ui (except for some launcher stuff..touchwiz isnt great but its got stuff nexus doesnt, like cool notification area...).
Plus its got better camera and sd card slot.
So no comparison amongst nexus 4 and s3...
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I'm going to have to say that that's a complete load of bull. The Nexus 4 has better performance than the S4 any day and that's a fact. Not only do benchmarks prove that the S4 Pro is far superior to the Exynos in the international GS3, but I have both devices (GS3 running stock 4.1) and the difference is VERY noticeable. Compared to the N4 I see loads of frame drops on the GS3 and opening apps is slower. The screen space issue can easily be solved with root access (if you're allowed to talk about sorting out TouchWiz with a custom ROM then I think I can talk about sorting out one tiny issue with root ) and aside from that the N4's software is near perfect. TouchWiz has a few mediocre and gimmicky but ultimately useless features, but that doesn't make up for how ugly it is everywhere. Combined with the awful oversaturation of Super Amoled TouchWiz is indescribably ugly when compared to AOSP or even Sense. As for your next point, the GS3 has tonnes of ROMs and stuff but the N4 will always be the king in development because it's a nexus.
Sure, the GS3 has an SD slot and better camera but are they really needed? In my personal opinion 16GB is more than enough and I rarely use my camera anyway, so no. You haven't mentioned the cons of the GS3 at all though. It's going to be late with software updates (and even when it gets them it'll have TouchWiz on top), the Amoled display is awfully oversaturated, the design is inferior to the N4 and the plastic feels very cheap.
I actually love the GS3 but I don't think you should give incorrect and biased advice. Both devices have their pros and cons and it's entirely a matter of opinion as to what the OP chooses.
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I'm going to have to say that that's a complete load of bull. The Nexus 4 has better performance than the S4 any day and that's a fact. Not only do benchmarks prove that the S4 Pro is far superior to the Exynos in the international GS3, but I have both devices (GS3 running stock 4.1) and the difference is VERY noticeable. Compared to the N4 I see loads of frame drops on the GS3 and opening apps is slower. The screen space issue can easily be solved with root access (if you're allowed to talk about sorting out TouchWiz with a custom ROM then I think I can talk about sorting out one tiny issue with root ) and aside from that the N4's software is near perfect. TouchWiz has a few mediocre and gimmicky but ultimately useless features, but that doesn't make up for how ugly it is everywhere. Combined with the awful oversaturation of Super Amoled TouchWiz is indescribably ugly when compared to AOSP or even Sense. As for your next point, the GS3 has tonnes of ROMs and stuff but the N4 will always be the king in development because it's a nexus.
Sure, the GS3 has an SD slot and better camera but are they really needed? In my personal opinion 16GB is more than enough and I rarely use my camera anyway, so no. You haven't mentioned the cons of the GS3 at all though. It's going to be late with software updates (and even when it gets them it'll have TouchWiz on top), the Amoled display is awfully oversaturated, the design is inferior to the N4 and the plastic feels very cheap.
I actually love the GS3 but I don't think you should give incorrect and biased advice. Both devices have their pros and cons and it's entirely a matter of opinion as to what the OP chooses.
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That saturation stuff on screens is complete nonsense...many people make video reviews on how the screen looks or if its close enough to the surface and stuff, but once u own the phone u dont notice any of that stupid stuff...
More sd card space IS needed. It is needed to:
Download roms
download movies
Download any big files in general
Keep music
keep pictures
Really i cant believe u manage to survive with 16gigs on nexus...maybe that has something to do with you already owning an s3:beer:
Plus i cant imagine backups and restores through recovery without sdcard...
So you say s3 is slow? Mine isnt, ive configured it very well and it is fast, once you remove some bloatware and autostarting apps, even more so.
Flash a custom rom and your comparisons are soon nulled.
Ok maybe youre right, samsung doesnt make such good roms for theirs cells, but as long as there are custom roms(and there ARE many), the phone will always be updated JUST as the nexus. It doesnt matter if the rom isnt from samsung, people just want the stuff to work, not pretty names: brands are for ios users.
(Plus youre telling me nexus 4 users dont use other custom roms as well?)
The cool features abou touchwiz are the ripple screen, the home screens behaviour, the notification area shortcuts(nexus shortcuts are lousy and not as quickly accessible as s3), theyre missing a quick-memory manager(if i want to quickly manage apps, see my free space left on sdcard or phone, free up ram, all i have to do is keep pressed home button).
About the root fix ure sayin: how are you going to manage without software keys? You can restrict them, but they will still be there, taking up some space of the already small screen(smalle than s3 at least).
If it appears/is faster, its also because of screen size.
And WHO is the screen manufacturing queen company? (I believe u know the answer.., so dont say the screen looks ugly, you might scare some android newbies)
And dont argue about the fact that s3 owners/developers had to copy from nexus to get better roms, i might remind you of an operating system that copied off of apple to achieve better results....
About the plastic case: maybe its plastic becausr it absorbs percussions more easily and it makes the phone lighter?
I dunno if youve ever had a phone break, or an iphone(perfect example), but the best cases arent those made of hard plastic, but the flexible ones. the best cases are made of thick rubber, which is even more flexible and absorbs even more percussions, but rubber cant be used to cover up the battery can it?
Samsungs plastic makes the phone lighter(it hits the floor less hard) and more easily likely to bounce when dropped, thus producing an aelastic impact, so the phones damage is reduced. Here falls the fairy tale about samsungs cheap hardware (which is more tested than many other companies', perhaps the most).
And as far as it goes, it seems you didnt mention any flaws about the n4 either...
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And might i add i've read in the past of many cases of nexus 4 back covers breaking up because of the screen lg/google put there to make it look cooler...but i suspect not many users like to hold up their phones with a broken screen(even if its the back)
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s3 or wait until the s4 comes out
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The s4 looks just like the s3 with little stupid features....it's the perfect changce to get the s3, as soon as the s4 comes out the prices will drop.
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That saturation stuff on screens is complete nonsense...many people make video reviews on how the screen looks or if its close enough to the surface and stuff, but once u own the phone u dont notice any of that stupid stuff...
Oh really? Compare the screens of the GS3 and an LCD display phone, the GS3 is ridiculously oversaturated and unrealistic. Some like that, I don't.
More sd card space IS needed. It is needed to:
Download roms
download movies
Download any big files in general
Keep music
keep pictures
I have a fair amount of music, a movie, two big games (more than 1GB each) as well as a fair number of other games and apps, around half a gig of pics, a CWM backup and a titanium backup on my phone and still have over a gig free.
Really i cant believe u manage to survive with 16gigs on nexus...maybe that has something to do with you already owning an s3:beer:
The S3 is my Dad's, has nothing to do with my Nexus I'd flash it if he'd let me.
Plus i cant imagine backups and restores through recovery without sdcard...
So you say s3 is slow? Mine isnt, ive configured it very well and it is fast, once you remove some bloatware and autostarting apps, even more so.
Flash a custom rom and your comparisons are soon nulled.
Never said it's slow but you said in your original post that it's faster than a N4 and that simply is NOT true in any comparison. The S3 is still fast, I was just pointing out that the N4 is faster
Ok maybe youre right, samsung doesnt make such good roms for theirs cells, but as long as there are custom roms(and there ARE many), the phone will always be updated JUST as the nexus. It doesnt matter if the rom isnt from samsung, people just want the stuff to work, not pretty names: brands are for ios users.
(Plus youre telling me nexus 4 users dont use other custom roms as well?)
That doesn't matter, the fact is that if you don't want to use a custom ROM (which is the majority of users and it's quite possible that the OP doesn't either) then you're stuck with the worst manufacturer skin available.
The cool features abou touchwiz are the ripple screen, the home screens behaviour, the notification area shortcuts(nexus shortcuts are lousy and not as quickly accessible as s3), theyre missing a quick-memory manager(if i want to quickly manage apps, see my free space left on sdcard or phone, free up ram, all i have to do is keep pressed home button).
Ripple screen is a gimmick, don't actually know what you mean about the home screen behaviour, the notification area shortcuts are almost as good on the Nexus (and bear in mind they don't take up space for your notifications like the GS3's ones do) and the N4 has a memory manager without having to long press anything.
About the root fix ure sayin: how are you going to manage without software keys? You can restrict them, but they will still be there, taking up some space of the already small screen(smalle than s3 at least).
No, no they won't. You get rid of them completely and use PIE controls or LMT Launcher controls (which are essentially the same thing). Also, the screen sizes are practically the same (4.7 vs 4.8 inches)
If it appears/is faster, its also because of screen size.
Dafuq? That makes no sense whatsoever.
And WHO is the screen manufacturing queen company? (I believe u know the answer.., so dont say the screen looks ugly, you might scare some android newbies)
But the screen DOES look ugly. That's my point. Not only that, but the resolution and pixel densities are lower on the SGS3 and the fact that it uses a PenTile subpixel arrangement makes pixels visible in a few rare cases.
And dont argue about the fact that s3 owners/developers had to copy from nexus to get better roms, i might remind you of an operating system that copied off of apple to achieve better results....
Never said anything about that, Android is open and free for devs to use.
About the plastic case: maybe its plastic becausr it absorbs percussions more easily and it makes the phone lighter?
They're almost the same weight, but yes plastic is more durable. I personally take care of my phones very well (my HD2 saw two years of use with no scratches or dents) with a pouch case. I can use the phone as it was meant to be used (no ugly cases and screen protectors) but have it safe in my pocket.
I dunno if youve ever had a phone break, or an iphone(perfect example), but the best cases arent those made of hard plastic, but the flexible ones. the best cases are made of thick rubber, which is even more flexible and absorbs even more percussions, but rubber cant be used to cover up the battery can it?
Samsungs plastic makes the phone lighter(it hits the floor less hard) and more easily likely to bounce when dropped, thus producing an aelastic impact, so the phones damage is reduced. Here falls the fairy tale about samsungs cheap hardware (which is more tested than many other companies', perhaps the most).
None of this changes the fact that the phone feels very cheap in the hand when compared to the N4, iPhone 5 and other flagships.
And as far as it goes, it seems you didnt mention any flaws about the n4 either...
I acknowledged the potential lack of storage for some people and the fact that there's no removable battery. The camera is also sub-par.
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And might i add i've read in the past of many cases of nexus 4 back covers breaking up because of the screen lg/google put there to make it look cooler...but i suspect not many users like to hold up their phones with a broken screen(even if its the back)
If you mean people have had the glass on the back shattering then of course they have if they drop it.
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1)the screen looks just fine, lock away your s4 for a week and use the s3, after the week has passed you will notice you dont notice anything wrong about the screen anymore, screen color comparisons are nonsense, becuase you wont notice the difference unless u own another phone(like u). If you thinks its oversaturated, theres an option in stock rom to change 4 colors, 4 options actually...
2)wow i cant believe you actually have a gig left...
I own one nandroid backup(dont need more)
2 movies(watched and deleted the others)
Something like 40 youtube videos
1.4gigs offline wiki
6.8 gig of music
662mb of images and camera vidS
112mb of random download stuff ive never had the time to delete
1.9gigs of stuff i got ready to flash in case i need it(roms or gapps and stuff)
+other coding stuff random junk
Ive got 11.6gig free on sdcard, and since on my internal storage i only keep apps, ive got 4gigs free.
Dont think u gonna watch many more movies with 1gig
3)i think s3 i believe to be faster, but i cant be sure cause ive never owned both cells.
4)guess people looking for help on xda know the goodies can be found in custom roms, so no real obstacle here. stock rom is a problem for people that barely know what a smartphone is and dont tweak/use it that much. In that case, s3 will still be just fine, its fast even without tweaking if its not loaded...
5)ripple effect is cool and with added ink mod effect it just rocks. Guess its gimmocks to you cause you DONT HAVE it
Nexus notification area is light years from samsung's, i would find it difficult to use it, it takes even longer than ios' sbsettings tweak.
By homescreen effects i mean the way the pages look, theyre cool.
About memory manager...i dont know what n4 has got, do you mean automatic memory management? I was instead speaking of quick access to features like free space left of uninstall apps or cleanup ram..
6)(apart from the fact that 0.1inch is not small deal for a smartphone) i dunno how comfortable it would be to handle the smartphone eith gestures...just like ubuntu mobile or blackberry...i think it kinda sucks and takes longer than pressing a button.
Have YOU removed touch buttons from your phone?
7)about when i wrote that if screen is smaller phone will work faster....obviously i meant just that. If gpu needs to elaborate less pixels, the reactions will be faster, its one of the reasons why apple's weak A-chips make their phone look fast...they dont the screen is just REALLY small...
8)wha...the....is pentile subpixel arrangement nonsense?????
I use my ohone everyday, i can tell "legible" from not legible. And s3's screen is VERY sharp.....
Enough with these 'small-detail' comparisons (just like in youtube videos), no one can say the s3 screen looks so bad it is noticeable when using it. It looks almost just like n4, the fact it is SLIGHTLY more hd just means....nothing really! I can not notice any zigzag lines if i bring the screen close up to my face, so theres no point in speaking of screen sharpness. Ive already watched hd 720p and full hd videos on this phone, i dont recall not enjoying it because of low pixel visibility or whatever. Plus with the new full hd smartphones, talk about screen sharpness is becoming stupid, because the human eye is not even capable anymore of detecting single pixels at such high ppis.
9)i can use my phone without any cases or screen protectors as well. Matter of fact i dont use any screen protectors and some weeks i dont wear a cover at all, the only reason i DO usually wear a cover is becuase i remember the times when i had an ipod and everyone's was always breaking, but mine never broke because of its great rubber cover...therecore i feel like the cover would save my screen if i were ever to make it fall down the stairs, pkus s3 har great aerodynamics.
And the phone DOES NOT feel cheap AT ALL! it feels extremely light and made of long lasting material, even though the plastic makes it look otherwise...
10)now you completely acnowledge some s4 defects, good to know.
11)ive dropped my s3 a couple of times, bounced like it was going to shatter into pieces but ended up lying on the floor as if it were sunbathing, not one scratch.
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Before this gets out of hand............OP it is your money. Go to the Dev threads and check them out yourself. Specs are readily available for both. Which is best for you is only something that you can decide.
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^I thought this thread was going to be locked? Anyway this is the last OT post from me, as Woody said the choice of phone is entirely down to opinion and nobody can really decide for you (OP). @killbubble, you can PM me if you really want to discuss further after this.
1. I noticed it as soon as I picked up the GS3, not once I compared it to another phone. With TouchWiz's colour scheme (bright green and orange everywhere) it's very noticeable and quite ugly.
2. Well, I do. Different people have different usages for their phones, that's just the way it is. Some need the storage, others are perfectly content with even the 8GB N4.
3. Read my earlier post. Not only do benchmarks prove that the N4 has a superior chipset, but my usage also tells me this.
4. The people who don't use custom ROMs = 95% of consumers if not more. Since the OP had to ask this question, the likelihood is that he falls into this category.
5. The ripple effect is a matter of opinion completely. I can honestly say that even if I had it I'd turn it off because it's useless and I think that it's gimmicky. I have no issues whatsoever with the notification shade, a two fingered swipe down or a swipe from the area with all of the icons (battery, WiFi etc.) brings up quick settings, a normal swipe brings up the notifications. Samsung have done NOTHING special here, they've just changed the design. As for the homescreens, they look exactly the same as the homescreens on any other Android device; if anything worse as the app drawer icon is off-center. If I hit multitasking on my phone I get all of my recent apps and the ability to either kill all of them or swipe an individual app off. There's also an option to show the free/used RAM if I want to, but I don't have that on since I don't see any need for it.
6. If you don't know how it would be then you can't comment on it. Some people can use the PIE controls very well and just as quickly if not more quickly than normal controls. It's definitely faster than having to use a physical home button (once you get used to it that is). It's not natural to have a completely touch-based OS then have a physical home button, it just doesn't feel right. I personally don't use PIE, I just have my softkeys set to 70% of the normal size which is right for me.
7. You're talking about screen RESOLUTION, which is higher on the N4 than the S3. Your argument is completely invalid. Also, a bunch of off-screen benchmarks can quite easily prove that the N4 has a more powerful GPU. When you say that Apple's chips are weak, do you even know what you're talking about? The A6 in the iPhone 5 is a brilliant chip and the A6X in the iPad 4th gen was easily the best until recently.
8. Hey, you said that the GS3's screen is superior, I'm just pointing out that that's not true.
9. The phone DOES feel cheap, which is why every single tech reviewer has mentioned it time and time again. I never said it isn't durable (my Dad has managed to drop his down the stairs twice somehow with not a single dent) but it's not as nice to use as other phones.
10/11. Nothing to say here.
R: [Q] Need Help Galaxy s3 vs Nexus 4
Im not gonna reply, even though i've got some...
I appreciate all answers, but it really is down to op, the debate i opened up was just to try and help establish some valid differences between the devices and deal breakers - to make a choice the ot needs to get this information all sorted out...
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coolkakucool said:
I m planning to buy galaxy s3 i 9305 or i9300 or nexus 4 but i am really confused.please help me. i have heard that almost everyone that owns a nexus has a yellow tint or yellow patch problems.are there any who got rid of it and moreover nexus has a battery life disaster and supports otg only with power.on the other hand s3 has less configuration,less custom roms and mods but is better with battery and screen issues.
Now the price is almost same for both the devices.
keeping the current issues and solutions in mind,please reply as i have to purchase one soon.
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S3 for sure! Nexus 4 has more raw power, but no added features. ..
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Since this is general, discuss.
I noticed a lot of things that are very similar to what android had 6+ months ago. Sbeam or their new "airdrop" being one of them. And I'm pretty sure their animated weather was taken from Sense.
Either way. Good refresh. iOS7=ICS/jellybean.
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Wow, I didn't even know it was out. Dammit, I just updated my iPad which is a pita on a jail broken device.
Anyway, I'm not really a huge fan of iOS, in fact I kind of hate it. But the pictures look really nice. I definitely am seeing the android references. Particularly some sense 5 influence.
But yeah the camera looks just like the jb camera, multitasking is obviously android inspired, so is the keyboard, "control center," the new safari is also a direct rip off of chrome, etc.
Still no gesture typing.
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Almost every single "new" feature in iOS 7, Android has had for a while. Also they managed to make an uglier UI than Touchwiz, bravo Apple.
I need to watch some videos on it but judging by the stills I've seen I'm not impressed. I despise iphones and can't really stand my fiances ipad 2. It just feels clunky next to my nexus 7 and all the various android phones I've had. I might enjoy an iPhone if they'd make them wider.
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I like the looks. I can't lie apple makes beauty. But it's simple and dumbed down. I can't stand owning one and all features are stolen
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Feature by feature comparison http://www.droid-life.com/2013/06/10/ios7-vs-android-a-quick-comparison-after-the-wwdc-keynote/
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I have only looked at some of the pictures that have been posted on facebook, but thus far most of it looks like stuff I had on my RAZR a year and a half ago.
Looks interesting. Not an iFan at all, but like was posted above; Apple does make a pretty, albeit feature-lacking interface, and it does it well for the masses who don't want to be burdened down with silly things like choice. I work as a sysadmin/support desk person and have to support a lot of BYOD stuff, so I picked up an iPhone 4 for a ridiculously low price (guy wanted a 750gb data drive and so I traded straight up the other day.) Will be interested to see if iOS7 will be supported on the iPhone 4.
As much as I love my newly S-OFFed DNA, the screen on the iPhone is much more crisp and well-defined. Wish HTC would have made a slightly better display, but i can say that it's nice to have 1080 support!
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Looks interesting. Not an iFan at all, but like was posted above; Apple does make a pretty, albeit feature-lacking interface, and it does it well for the masses who don't want to be burdened down with silly things like choice. I work as a sysadmin/support desk person and have to support a lot of BYOD stuff, so I picked up an iPhone 4 for a ridiculously low price (guy wanted a 750gb data drive and so I traded straight up the other day.) Will be interested to see if iOS7 will be supported on the iPhone 4.
As much as I love my newly S-OFFed DNA, the screen on the iPhone is much more crisp and well-defined. Wish HTC would have made a slightly better display, but i can say that it's nice to have 1080 support!
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Actually the dna screen is rated and tested higher than any idevice. And real life I've observed that to hold true.. Oh and your in luck, apple will support iphone 4 tell me how you lije it
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Actually the dna screen is rated and tested higher than any idevice. And real life I've observed that to hold true.. Oh and your in luck, apple will support iphone 4 tell me how you lije it
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I ended up with a couple iPhone 4s also, neither screen comes close to the DNA. I even prefer my gnex screen over them. Oddly they don't even match each other, I'm thinking one was a replacement at some point, its a little cooler then the other iPhone is. There's an app I use to watch movies and its really crappy on the iPhone screen, blacks blur together, brightness and contrast is lackluster, resolution isn't that great. To the point I use airpin to watch them on...my DNA or gnex.
Either we have very different tastes in screens, I have two crappy screens, or I'm spoiled by android screens, the DNA in particular.
It'll be fun to see how iOS 7 plays out, though I won't do it until at least a tether jailbreak.
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From what i've seen on videos of iOS 7 , it's a win. I've been knocking the iphone/ipad since i jumped to Android for the Galaxy Fascinate. This update will resolve the main problem areas i've seen.
1) Crappy notifications, that can't be accessed from the lock screen. - FIXED.
2) powertools or some way to quickly get access to common settings. - FIXED.
3) Task manager that shows pics (like Android or WebOS) - FIXED.
4) Back button or swipe back(Windows) - FIXED.
5) Widgets - NO
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There is still a long way to go for iOS, but this is a big step in the right direction;
It finally has android beam!!!!!
Its a major update for the people who use amd like it. My brother has a iphone4 and seems to like it.........I cant stand them.
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Anyone see the new Mac pro? They didn't listen to the pro users at all. The specs are nice but there's no expandability... No pro tools HD cards, no cuda, no multiple hard drives, etc unless you want to plug in a bunch of different adapters and stuff to the thunderbolt ports. I guess I'll be sticking with hackintoshes for a while... On the other hand, osx 10.9 actually has some useful features, without adding any useless features.
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They patented the NFC transfers which android has had forever.
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They patented the NFC transfers which android has had forever.
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Yeah I think the reason they were able to patent it is because i think it still transfers over WiFi, even though NFC initiates it. Still though, nothing new there... Wireless file transfers are old news. Is there even a current Apple device with NFC?
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Yeah I think the reason they were able to patent it is because i think it still transfers over WiFi, even though NFC initiates it. Still though, nothing new there... Wireless file transfers are old news. Is there even a current Apple device with NFC?
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Not without an attachment.
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Yeah, I think it might be perception. I don't know how to describe it - side by side, the iPhone's display seems to have deeper blacks, and seems to have a sharper contrast. I agree the overall the DNA is a much better screen, but there's something that has a vaguely superior look to the iPhone's screen. Could just be the carefully designed graphics engineered by Apple to give the impression of a display better than it actually is, for all I know.
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Yeah, I think it might be perception. I don't know how to describe it - side by side, the iPhone's display seems to have deeper blacks, and seems to have a sharper contrast. I agree the overall the DNA is a much better screen, but there's something that has a vaguely superior look to the iPhone's screen. Could just be the carefully designed graphics engineered by Apple to give the impression of a display better than it actually is, for all I know.
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I don't know. It really is a personal issue. I don't like smaller screens to begin with but even back when it first came out the contrast seemed way out of whack for me and looked washed out to a point. Then again though color wise I am also in the minority that dislikes the super amoleds due to over saturation. Although the HTC Thunderbolt had its flaws I liked its screen for the time.
There is no doubt that the iPhone screen is nice. I love the way my DNA screen is but the iPhone screen is good too, just too small for my liking.
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I don't know. It really is a personal issue. I don't like smaller screens to begin with but even back when it first came out the contrast seemed way out of whack for me and looked washed out to a point. Then again though color wise I am also in the minority that dislikes the super amoleds due to over saturation. Although the HTC Thunderbolt had its flaws I liked its screen for the time.
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Yeah, I get that. I was always wowed by the Super AMOLEDs for exactly the reason that you don't like them, but I suppose if you're going for true color precision, Super AMOLED is probably not a very accurate means of display. Either way, no complaints here about my DNA's screen - I love it, just noticed a big difference between the two when I picked up that iPhone 4, and it kind of surprised me.
Dri94 - Cool. Looking forward to giving it a test drive when it becomes available.
Pio, I'll be looking forward to the untethered jailbreak as well. From what I understand, it very well could be pretty soon after iOS 7 is released, as long as at least one of the many recent exploits the devs have been hoarding will be applicable. I'd be really surprised if iOS7 turns out being a total rewrite. Keeping fingers crossed that they will still be building upon at least some of the iOS 6 framework.
I'm asking purely for discussion because I'm interested in what such a community has to say about it. The LG G2 is a damn beast phone and I'm super curious to hear, from a dev's perspective, just how much more potential the G2 has left in it to be that more amazing.
Thoughts?
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I'm asking purely for discussion because I'm interested in what such a community has to say about it. The LG G2 is a damn beast phone and I'm super curious to hear, from a dev's perspective, just how much more potential the G2 has left in it to be that more amazing.
Thoughts?
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Fixes wise, maybe the pulsating screen at lower brightness and the camera's tendency to blow out whites.
Features wise Im actually pretty impressed by stock, but am spoiled by a few things available on ROMs for my Gnex:
custom LED colors for every app on the phone
transparent status bars all around
lock screen targets
nav bar button modifications (as many buttons as you want, any action available in the phone, etc)
color calibration
underclocking
stock Android browser (although I hear the AT&T variant has this, I wonder if it can be exported from there and loaded onto the VZW variant that I have)
Root tethering working.
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I'm interested in the audio playback capabilities. The G2 can output 24/192 but only with certain audio files. At least from what I've read. I wonder if there is a way for it to dismiss what type of audio file is playing and automatically up-sample all audio. Unless I'm wrong about it. Listening to Google Music, I'm not sure I'm getting higher audio playback.
Just a thought.
Nexus 5 port
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Root tethering working.
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Quick Launch Apps via Quick Window
If you could use the stock quick launch camera (hold down vol. down for 3 seconds) while keeping the quick window case closed (using the window as a viewfinder). That would make it better. Same for any app; you could set one of the buttons to pull up your calendar agenda, and quickly scan it without actually turning the phone on.
The back...oh goodness, that horrible back surface.
Like a previous poster said, that random dimming/brightening backlight bug is pretty annoying.
I'd also like to see capacitive buttons instead of the on-screen ones. They get in the way, especially in games. The bezel size is exactly the same as the Note 2, so there was room. And the N2 gives you the option to have them off all the time, so all you see is screen.
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Everyone is different. The cleaner/simpler the UI, the better it is for me. I don't need all these features that seem to be focused on business/work. My phone is mainly used to keep in touch/updated with friends via text, calls, emails and social media. Anything that requires serious office work or organization.. I pull out my Surface Pro. It's with me at all times during business hours. I also don't care about pics.. I have a DSLR for that and I've never been disappointed with any of my phones pictures. I mostly upload them to Facebook and Instagram anyways. The main thing i want about G2 is DAT BATTERY LIFE I'm a heavy user... The longer battery life the better.
I'm on Sprint so I don't have a G2 yet, but I'm decided on getting it. The first thing I'm going to do is hide the onscreen buttons. Then start researching clean/minimal ROMs.
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Everyone is different. The cleaner/simpler the UI, the better it is for me. I don't need all these features that seem to be focused on business/work. My phone is mainly used to keep in touch/updated with friends via text, calls, emails and social media. Anything that requires serious office work or organization.. I pull out my Surface Pro. It's with me at all times during business hours. I also don't care about pics.. I have a DSLR for that and I've never been disappointed with any of my phones pictures. I mostly upload them to Facebook and Instagram anyways. The main thing i want about G2 is DAT BATTERY LIFE I'm a heavy user... The longer battery life the better.
I'm on Sprint so I don't have a G2 yet, but I'm decided on getting it. The first thing I'm going to do is hide the onscreen buttons. Then start researching clean/minimal ROMs.
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Sounds like u need the HTC Facebook phone then, lol. Why even get a smart phone if ur just gonna text and play on FB and nothing else? Cute screen?
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I say the iPhone 5s is the next best thing to the LG G2.
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If the display wasn't so narrow and tiny, I would switch.
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deeznuts said:
Sounds like u need the HTC Facebook phone then, lol. Why even get a smart phone if ur just gonna text and play on FB and nothing else? Cute screen?
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The same reason why you are deciding to troll rather than give positive or constructive input. Because I can.