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There has been similar threads, but I'll just go ahead and make a new one.
As my HD2 has came to an untimely demise, I'm currently stuck with my old Nokia E65, and I'm starting to wonder if it's really worth waiting for the Galaxy S II.
I could buy an Optimus 2X or an Xperia Arc today, do you reckon the Galaxy S II is so much better that it's worth being stuck with an aging symbian phone for (at least) a month? What would you guys do?
one-word. super-amoled-plus.
Why do you need sth better for a month? Just wait and get SGS2.
Use your Nokia as most people does - as a simple phone and don't expect too much. I'm sure you can stand without web browsing or quality games for a while. You still can phone anybody, text, make notes and check time ;D
BTW. take it easy, I'm in worse situation. As my E65 died I'm stuck with Nokia 6300 for a month waiting for SGS2. <facepalm>
It's only 1 month - 4 lousy Mondays, a few beers, maybe a read book or good PC game played. Don't think about waiting.
I now what you mean, i sold my iPhone in January, an has being on my backup "N95" forever i fill, first i was waiting for LG OX2,and then i heard about SGS 2, so I will wait until May with a smile.
I now what you mean, i sold my iPhone in January, an has being on my backup "N95" forever i fill, first i was waiting for LG OX2,and then i heard about SGS 2, so I will wait until May with a smile.
Sorry there is a lag.
Somehow your misfortunes makes me feel better. Thanks!
I will wait. It has better be worth it!
I'm waiting... I've been using the same terrible LG Vu for over 2 years now... I really hope this phone comes to USA soon.
I got slapped last time I said this, but RAM. I have been out of contract for 2 months, I can get the X2 or Arc as well. But Arc is single core with 512MB ram, and X2 as great as it seems only has the 512MB as well.
Of the two, the X2 is the winner hands down, and it already has a top notch set of devs working on it. (Look at Paul's work from MODACO)
If you can afford to upgrade in a year, then yes, the X2 is a great phone. I am so tempted by it, but I have spent almost 2 years trying to make the most of the I75000. It was almost enough to put me off Samsung for life.
We do not know what the community will be like for the Galaxy SII, but it has a dual core cpu, great screen, good battery and 1GB of RAM. So with a bit of work , it will be a good phone for a few years.
So time to stop rambling, yes, from someone else going nuts and being tempted left right and centre, wait if you can.
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one-word. super-amoled-plus.
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http://www.mobiset.ru/photos/2011/march/29/samsung_i9100/disp_sgs_6b.jpg
If that red-crushing isn't fixed, I'll take an IPS LCD or a SLCD over a sgs2 any day. It's always one step forward and two steps back with Samsung amoled's.
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http://www.mobiset.ru/photos/2011/march/29/samsung_i9100/disp_sgs_6b.jpg
If that red-crushing isn't fixed, I'll take an IPS LCD or a SLCD over a sgs2 any day. It's always one step forward and two steps back with Samsung amoled's.
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Umm okk....
Three words super amoled plus !!!!!
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Umm okk....
Three words super amoled plus !!!!!
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http://www.mobiset.ru/articles/text/?id=5408
Take a look at it carefully before you praise it. It totally blurs shadow details on red colors.
you know what, i'll deal with a little bit of red over-saturation for the vibrancy you get with all the other colors of the spectrum. and if you're will to let that push you to slcd... well i just have no words for you.
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If that red-crushing isn't fixed, I'll take an IPS LCD or a SLCD over a sgs2 any day. It's always one step forward and two steps back with Samsung amoled's.
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+1 i love superamoled only for BLACK colour rest are simply 'dare i say' oversaturated .
Oversaturated is the way I like it
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i'm actually starting to get really itchy, i'm tempted to buy a nexus s for the newest updates - i do want to use it as an app dev phone - but it seems very hit and miss in terms of performance, but then there's touchwiz, which even at 4.0 looks terrible. there's nothing that the s2 does that the ns doesn't really do, only - at this stage - just a bit faster because only honeycomb can handle dual core processors...
plus, it'll be £100 cheaper, which would mean i recouperate my costs faster.
i'm just not sure the s2 would be totally for me.
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i'm actually starting to get really itchy, i'm tempted to buy a nexus s for the newest updates - i do want to use it as an app dev phone - but it seems very hit and miss in terms of performance, but then there's touchwiz, which even at 4.0 looks terrible. there's nothing that the s2 does that the ns doesn't really do, only - at this stage - just a bit faster because only honeycomb can handle dual core processors...
plus, it'll be £100 cheaper, which would mean i recouperate my costs faster.
i'm just not sure the s2 would be totally for me.
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Doesn't really do more ? Nexus S lacks of MicroSD & Flash LED, it should be a standard for a smartphone to have that now...
the nexus s has a flash led. the gs however, does not. no microsd? not an issue for me. 16gb of internal storage is more than enough for me - and really, for anyone.
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the nexus s has a flash led. the gs however, does not. no microsd? not an issue for me. 16gb of internal storage is more than enough for me - and really, for anyone.
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I disagree with you on that point. I have a huge music collection which I access daily. Depending on what I want to listen to, I select. 16 GB is not enough for me.
sure, me too. but i get bored with my music. so i just use internet radio / last.fm.
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I disagree with you on that point. I have a huge music collection which I access daily. Depending on what I want to listen to, I select. 16 GB is not enough for me.
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lol, me three
what's more, I have most music in FLAC
Price?
Availability?
Size?
Pentile display?
Any other reasons?
Or are you getting it
Have a white sgs2, considering getting the nexus when it comes out on at&t with my upgrade.
That's easy. I didn't get the Nexus because at the time I got the S2, the Galaxy Nexus didn't exist (back in May).
But I'd definitely take it over the S2. I do have some slight reservations about not having a microSD slot, but everything else about the device is just so nice...
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Price?
Availability?
Size?
Pentile display?
Any other reasons?
Or are you getting it
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i didnt buy it because i own the s2
i wouldn't buy it even if i didnt own the s2
i will never get used to software keys
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i didnt buy it because i own the s2
i wouldn't buy it even if i didnt own the s2
i will never get used to software keys
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Software keys? What are those?
.. .. .. LOL.
Anyways, those are the "Back" "Menu" and "Options" keys on the screen. They are really on the screen (in the system, software) but not outside it (hardware) and for most people it may be uncomfy
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It doesn't have a microsd slot, and from what I heard only a 16gb version would be released in the UK
I don't think my music collection is particularly large, but I won't even be able to fit my music onto just 16gb.
Didn't get the Galaxy Nexus because it wasn't around when I got my SGSII, even if it was, I wouldn't have got it.
It could of been great, but alas it isn't. Before my SGSII 16GB seemed to be enough, but incidentally after loading my SGSII up, since it's a more capable phone, I've blown 16GB completely.
Software Keys? Doesn't appeal to me in the slightest, what ever you gained with the better res, is now mitigated by the keys!
No SD Card Slot? That decision was clearly made last thing on Friday.
Phil
The Nexus is too big (the SGS2 is as large as I want to go) and, by the time you've allowed for the soft keys, the available screen area is only marginally bigger than the SGS2. Also, no ability to expand the memory.
If someone offered me a straight swap of a Nexus for my Galaxy S2 I'd turn them down...
I had to make a choice of getting an SGS2 or a Galaxy Nexus for a 21st birthday present recently, and decided against the Galaxy Nexus for a few reasons:
- The main reason is that the person receiving it uses her phone's camera to the exclusion of standalone cameras for her photos. I took a look around and saw the hideously grainy photos the Galaxy Nexus produces and decided it was unacceptable.
- Another reason is the early-adopter bugs that come with any freshly released phones. Some of the bugs that unfortunately plague, like sleep of death, would be scary for someone not expecting it to experience.
- The Galaxy Nexus is also priced higher than the SGS2, given that it's newer.
- For someone not fussed with updates, having a Nexus line phone doesn't matter.
If I were getting a phone for myself however, I would get the Galaxy Nexus
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.. .. .. LOL.
Anyways, those are the "Back" "Menu" and "Options" keys on the screen. They are really on the screen (in the system, software) but not outside it (hardware) and for most people it may be uncomfy
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Haha oh you should have said on screen!
I thought you meant software keys like software licenses for apps or something
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I had to make a choice of getting an SGS2 or a Galaxy Nexus for a 21st birthday present recently, and decided against the Galaxy Nexus for a few reasons:
- The main reason is that the person receiving it uses her phone's camera to the exclusion of standalone cameras for her photos. I took a look around and saw the hideously grainy photos the Galaxy Nexus produces and decided it was unacceptable.
- Another reason is the early-adopter bugs that come with any freshly released phones. Some of the bugs that unfortunately plague, like sleep of death, would be scary for someone not expecting it to experience.
- The Galaxy Nexus is also priced higher than the SGS2, given that it's newer.
- For someone not fussed with updates, having a Nexus line phone doesn't matter.
If I were getting a phone for myself however, I would get the Galaxy Nexus
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Yeah, I have a white sgs2 on at&t, and a upgrade waiting to be used... I don't know if I should get the galaxy nexus when it comes or just wait until after CES...
Decisions, decisions! The nexus s is still very solid, so the galaxy nexus should expect decent life as a relevant phone.
16gb bothers me a bit, the camera a little bit too... but HD and nexus make up for that.
Who knows - hopefully something knocks my socks off soon.
For now I could choose : HTC vivid, Samsung skyrocket, or LG nitro HD. All of them are great but none are good enough to pull me away from my albino sgs2 yet
more opinions plz!!
Screw Galaxy Nexus.. Lack of SD card and crappie camera didn't do it for me. And crappie GPU also.. Galaxy S 2 blows it away.
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well. the Nexus was not out when i got the SGSII
BUT, reasons that I rather keep my SGSII, (I have an unlocked euro version)
1. its got a hardware button in the middle, , not the 4 buttons like the US version and not software like the nexus, i like to turn the phone on with that button.. bummed that it's a dead thing these days in the US market and in the ICS phones.
2. My SGSII is the smaller one, and its bigger then my Captivate, but smaller then the huge Nexus, i like the size just as it is.
3. I got the 2000mha batteries, and they are awesome, to me, it does not make the phone ANY bigger!
4. If I am not mistaken, the internal hardware is the EXACT same or close enough to being the same.
5. SD Card, I do a lot of Spotify stuff, but i like keeping stuff on my phone when I can't get cell reception.
6. Let face it people, ICS will be on the SGSII pretty soon! and it will be pretty much just as fast.
the gorilla glass is nice too , but i heard the nexus is just as good just not the same.
etc. etc. etc.
ohh and I am hoping that my next phone is an LTE phone, if AT&T gets LTE,
Another of these threads...
The nexus wasnt out when i preordered my sgs2 (uk version)
The only thing i liked about nexus was screen res (screen size same when using softkeys)
Found camera better on sgs2. Ics coming. Hardware similar. Hate to lose even more hardware keys (still miss keyboard of my touch pro). Sd card expansion
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Because not everyone wants to throw out 500+ euros every time a new phone comes out?
Well, I did get one. Even though I agree with most that has been said above, especially the price (expensive!!) and the fact that the camera is sub par. But, even though I was mildly impressed when I opened the box, after a few days playing with the Nexus I have to say that I don't miss my SGS2 (although I'm still not sure whether I'll sell the device). It's just so fast, something you'll notice after playing with it for a few days. Battery life is great and the screen gets better everytime I look at it. But most of all, it's just pure AOSP goodness! Of course you can root your phone and install an AOSP rom, but my experience with the HTC Desire and SGS2 is that a custom AOSP rom is just never as good as the real deal. So that's why I'm really happy I bought the Nexus.
But! The SGS2 is great, no doubt. It's just a matter of taste. I would recommend the SGS2 to just about anyone, but not the Nexus. It's just for those who want to experience pure AOSP the way google intends it. And yes, it comes with flaws. For me it's worth it, for most I'd say it isn't...
-edit- forgot, the on screen buttons are great! They are easily getting used to and it looks gorgeous.
Firstly, Galaxy Nexus was not out when i got my SGS2, ( May2011)
and i was tempted to get it when it was announced, but
Camera,(Yes pixel matters, when you bring photos on big screen),
No hardware home button( way i like to turn phone on),
Not thin and light wieght like SGS2, ( got used to thinness of phone and light wieght), Well, i like big screen thou,
and all temptation for nexus was gone, when news of ICS was confirmed for our SGS2 , and yeah , hardware is stil good, just lack of NFC, but is okey, some other better phone will come soon in 2012 summer.
a great question here is the my answer
because
1- i own s2 coming from iphone4 after the great disappointment that they did not release iphone5
2- price ! as samsung products always drops more than 35% just in a couple of weeks after release and keeps dropping more later (this is where i live; Kuwait)
3- so i think i should wait till iphone5 comes out to make a decision about buying another phone. i should stick to s2 for now.
Ide rather wait for an S3 than upgarde/downgrade to a galaxy nexus.Next year smartphones go quad core so whats the point any other phone now.
Anyone else out there a little disappointed In the new At&t Galaxy Note? I know i sure am. I've had the Moto Atrix, LG Nitro HD, and the Galaxy Skyrocket all in the last year and i must say that other than the screen size this phone does not impress me. I actually took my first two phones back and exchanged them before i decided on this one. I wish i had of kept the Skyrocket because it is hands down the best phone att has right now. Even my Atrix outperforms this thing by a mile and it is a year old. Im not running that many apps and the ones that i am are not affecting the phone that much. It is soooo slow and laggy. I literally have to make several attempts to unlock the screen and while browsing and typing the phone cannot keep up. They should have equipped it with the better processor that was available at the time rather than use the same old lame duck. This phone was supposed to be the king of the hill and so far it has been nothing but a big disappointment. If anyone has any suggestions please p.m. Me as i am android literate and would like some advice on what i need to do to make this thing smooth as it should have been right out the box. Id hate to have to break my Atrix back out and put this one on the shelf. Quadrant standard is at around 1800 and that is unacceptable. Desperately seeking help on this.
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You may very well have gotten a lemon. If you're within your 30 days, I'd suggest taking it back to where you bought it and telling them what's going in, and that you want a different one - they should do it, no questions asked.
If it's after day 30, call the AT&T warranty department, they'll pretty much do the same thing, but through the mail instead.
The last time I had that kind of problem (unlocking the phone) was when iOS 4 came out and my iPhone 3G was rendered nearly unusable. Then I got off the Apple hamster wheel and went android.
Good luck!
Exchange it. You got a bad device. I have zero lag and the phone flies.
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The last time I had that kind of problem (unlocking the phone) was when iOS 4 came out and my iPhone 3G was rendered nearly unusable. Then I got off the Apply hamster wheel and went android.
Good luck!
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I relate to this. My iPhone 1st gen became unusable with later post 3G OS updates, so I went 3G. Then the post-3GS updates made my 3G slow. When my iPhone 4 started showing signs of this with iOS 5.1 (and the tiny screen, iTunes restore error codes, tethered jailbreak woes, etc. etc.) I took one look at my ex's new Galaxy S2 (Sprint) and decided Android was the future.
My Note isn't super snappy all the time, but freeing up memory brings it back and it returned a 3260 benchmark last night, so I can't be too unhappy. Its data speeds are twice as fast as my old 4 and pushes media around better than my iPad. What good is a retina display if it's the size of a postage stamp, anyway?
There's always drawbacks to any phone. If you really do have speed issues and serious lag get the thing replaced as long as you're within 30 days. Or factory reset and start over and see if that helps.
Ditto on no lag here. Maybe twice it has gotten behind me by a letter or two for a second while I was typing, but only for a second and it didn't miss the letters I typed in the interim. The camera takes a quarter-second to take a pic. Other than that, smooth all around.
Quadrant standard is at around 1800? LOL.
I would cry if I had the same. At stock it was laggy and felt like it was 1800 until I installed a custom ROM. Now mine is at 3300 rooted and with no overclocking..
Bone stock is nowhere as jaggy as you describe, even loading it down with a bunch of apps it's not... Removing bloatware improves things on top of that.
You're either FOS or your device is screwed up somehow.
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Anyone else out there a little disappointed In the new At&t Galaxy Note? I know i sure am. I've had the Moto Atrix, LG Nitro HD, and the Galaxy Skyrocket all in the last year and i must say that other than the screen size this phone does not impress me. I actually took my first two phones back and exchanged them before i decided on this one. I wish i had of kept the Skyrocket because it is hands down the best phone att has right now. Even my Atrix outperforms this thing by a mile and it is a year old. Im not running that many apps and the ones that i am are not affecting the phone that much. It is soooo slow and laggy. I literally have to make several attempts to unlock the screen and while browsing and typing the phone cannot keep up. They should have equipped it with the better processor that was available at the time rather than use the same old lame duck. This phone was supposed to be the king of the hill and so far it has been nothing but a big disappointment. If anyone has any suggestions please p.m. Me as i am android literate and would like some advice on what i need to do to make this thing smooth as it should have been right out the box. Id hate to have to break my Atrix back out and put this one on the shelf. Quadrant standard is at around 1800 and that is unacceptable. Desperately seeking help on this.
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I will trade you a mint skyrocket! Let me know!
Jacknovercasher said:
Anyone else out there a little disappointed In the new At&t Galaxy Note? I know i sure am. I've had the Moto Atrix, LG Nitro HD, and the Galaxy Skyrocket all in the last year and i must say that other than the screen size this phone does not impress me. I actually took my first two phones back and exchanged them before i decided on this one. I wish i had of kept the Skyrocket because it is hands down the best phone att has right now. Even my Atrix outperforms this thing by a mile and it is a year old. Im not running that many apps and the ones that i am are not affecting the phone that much. It is soooo slow and laggy. I literally have to make several attempts to unlock the screen and while browsing and typing the phone cannot keep up. They should have equipped it with the better processor that was available at the time rather than use the same old lame duck. This phone was supposed to be the king of the hill and so far it has been nothing but a big disappointment. If anyone has any suggestions please p.m. Me as i am android literate and would like some advice on what i need to do to make this thing smooth as it should have been right out the box. Id hate to have to break my Atrix back out and put this one on the shelf. Quadrant standard is at around 1800 and that is unacceptable. Desperately seeking help on this.
[email protected]
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If you have a lemon, Ill happily trade you my potato! (Infuse 4g). Anyway, lol just return it, try another note, or wait for the skyrocket hd or xperia ion. I am tempted to go the ion route, much much better development.
I am I received mine last week, was truly excited but after reading a few reviews I did notice that my caveman hd2 was running around same amount of apps and it ran smoother. Honestly something doesn't make sense I have around 8 to 10 apps that I installed and I'm left with 180mb left to play with, thats ridiculous. I had more apps running on my hd2 to that handled this better. Anotherthing mine is laggy just by scrolling through pages, I truly hate how android handles multi-tasking maybe I wouldnt have this issue if 5 of the apps weren't running because they weren't being used..... I just paid over 500 and I'm feeling that I payed for the screen.
When AT&T gives you Lemons...
-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke
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When AT&T gives you Lemons...
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... then you sell me the lemons cheap so I can make lemonade.
"-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke" So true I can't look at another device the same. I was so wowed about the Galaxy s2 but after getting my note, I ask myself what is the Galaxy S2? Huh? What? 4.5inch, no sorry not for me!!!
I've been an avid fan of the jailbraking iphone community. I've finally decided to upgrade from my iphone 3g to the Galaxy S2. I thought wow, it's so much bigger than my iphone and after doing some minor research rooting is practically like jailbraking...so I was sold on the GS2.
That is until I started browsing around here and read about this new smartphone called the note. I read and watched some youtube reviews. I was slowly getting impressed until I went to the AT&T store yesterday and was blown away by the note. I didn't even glance at the GS2, I forgot all about it. lol
I was sold and I'm getting the white one tomorrow. Man I can't wait!
my issue is non-responsiveness...
My phone is sometimes unresponsive...nothing but the 4 buttons on the bottom and the side hard buttons work. It's as if the screen has stopped responding to input.
I reboot and it works for a while...then it stops...
perhaps mine is a lemon too?
rooted and SU'd..
Perhaps it's one of the keyboards I loaded?? Swype? Swiftkey X? Better keyboard?
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Hard reset (root and SU retained!) and now it seems to be ok. I haven't added any funky new keyboards, however.....so I am wondering if these are issues that try men's souls?
Hey guys, i've recently owned an HTC One x, and i've found it to be okay, if there's one thing i liked about it over the SGS 3 it would be only the screen (or maybe not). (ATM phone is dead, screen broke, not willing to give htc 300$ just to replace the screen. They wanted 294 euros, that
Either way, what good is a screen if the overall package doesn't do the job, right?
I was originally planning to get a Nexus 4, but for some reason i have the other side of me telling em to go for the GSG 3, incredibly fast updates (as they've proven). One factor i noticed that the SGS 3 has over the Nexus 4 is battery life. I think it easily gets 1 and a half to 2 hours more screen on time if i compare both battery stats thread.(hugely favoring me in for the sgs 3)
I'm just clueless as to what I should do. The nexus 4 is not highly available atm (screw you LG) , this is another reason i don't see why i should wait.
The SGS 4 is around the corner (?)
I'm just not sure what next move i should make now? The reason i'm very desperate at the moment is because my one x is not functional at all. My SGS1 is wrecked badly (charging hardly works anymore, and i just can't take it without a decent phone >_>)
Would you guys still recommend i buy a brand new SGS 3 @ 470 Euros right now? Any reason not to? I know such threads are not very welcome to a select bunch. But regardless, i'd really appreciate some input.
Worth noting is that i don't really game on phones, if at all.
No no i don't think you should buy sgs 3 again wait for a month you well see new phones. My next phone will be xperia z or s4 but lets see what we get in mwc 2013
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Hey guys, i've recently owned an HTC One x, and i've found it to be okay, if there's one thing i liked about it over the SGS 3 it would be only the screen (or maybe not). (ATM phone is dead, screen broke, not willing to give htc 300$ just to replace the screen. They wanted 294 euros, that
Either way, what good is a screen if the overall package doesn't do the job, right?
I was originally planning to get a Nexus 4, but for some reason i have the other side of me telling em to go for the GSG 3, incredibly fast updates (as they've proven). One factor i noticed that the SGS 3 has over the Nexus 4 is battery life. I think it easily gets 1 and a half to 2 hours more screen on time if i compare both battery stats thread.(hugely favoring me in for the sgs 3)
I'm just clueless as to what I should do. The nexus 4 is not highly available atm (screw you LG) , this is another reason i don't see why i should wait.
The SGS 4 is around the corner (?)
I'm just not sure what next move i should make now? The reason i'm very desperate at the moment is because my one x is not functional at all. My SGS1 is wrecked badly (charging hardly works anymore, and i just can't take it without a decent phone >_>)
Would you guys still recommend i buy a brand new SGS 3 @ 470 Euros right now? Any reason not to? I know such threads are not very welcome to a select bunch. But regardless, i'd really appreciate some input.
Worth noting is that i don't really game on phones, if at all.
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If your extremely stuck buy the s3 but if your not id wait because god only knows what around the corner. Htc have a few nice phhones coming out and already out aswell as that the xperia z which will be out very soon is going to beat any phone that comes out this half of the year.
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If you want to use the phone as it is, it's fine buying SGS3. the stock ROM is Okay with some great features. There are many great custom kernels (Perseus, Siyah, etc.) for you to choose. The phone is ok if you don't look at the specs, battery life is good, no warm(hot) issue, play almost any games well, support most video hardware acceleration codecs and great camera.
You should consider Xperia T if you want AOSP-like(CM) experiences. As it's a great device for devs and rapidly getting more and more sick developers (codeworkx for example). You may wait another month for an Xperia Z also.
Looks to me as though many are going to be recommending I wait. If that's the case i guess i will hold out. It would be much easier if my phone didn't suck. If it dies out on me i guess i'll just buy a cheap nokia for the time being and call it a day until i get my hands on something newer.
Never was worth buying and never will be. Get yourself a 16GB Nexus 4, instead.
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If your extremely stuck buy the s3 but if your not id wait because god only knows what around the corner. Htc have a few nice phhones coming out and already out aswell as that the xperia z which will be out very soon is going to beat any phone that comes out this half of the year.
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Theres 2 thing with waiting
1 Theres always going to be something round the corner, so you can always waiting so you can end up chasing the latest greatest phone to be. I'm looking for a phone myself, but if I'm going to wait, I'd have to draw a line somewhere.
2 The price of what those phones will be, for example the price of the sony xperia is currently rumoured to be £520 sim free for the UK, whilst it's more than likely going to change, it may still be too expensive for some, depending if someones getting it on contract or what ever.
Least with any phone out, people know what the (most of the) pro's and con's and how much it's going to cost.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNsX30n0R3s&feature=youtube_gdata_player
You gotta check it out i am sorry to piss some of the guys here by posting this video here but the phone looks great.
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Amritttt said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNsX30n0R3s&feature=youtube_gdata_player
You gotta check it out i am sorry to piss some of the guys here by posting this video here but the phone looks great.
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That phone does looks indubitably sexy.
Amritttt said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNsX30n0R3s&feature=youtube_gdata_player
You gotta check it out i am sorry to piss some of the guys here by posting this video here but the phone looks great.
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That is a nice looking phone, what I really don't understand about people is they complain at phone screens breaking, then a few days later the next in thing is making a phone out of glass, which is what breaks in the first place, it boggles the mind.
I own one and I wouldn't buy another one if this one failed.
It's nice and all, but it's not that great.
I realise posting in this section will get me biased reviews, but Im 99% sure the xperia tablet s is right for me just want a few opnions from people who have one.
My situation is that my windows laptop has about had it, it still works but even after a fresh format it just doesnt keep up with me these days. For the first time ever since my first wndows 3.1 machine I am wanting to move away from microsoft completly and move across to android (I will be keepig the windows laptop in a cupboard just in case theres something I cant do on android such as root a phone and such, you just never know)
I got myself my first android phone back in April which is an xperia T and I have fallen in love with it, I have rooted it, unlocked the boot loader and now got it running exactly how I want with no glitches, at the time it was a close call between the T and the Samsung S3 however after owning the T I am glad I went with sony over sammy mainly for how professional and business like it feels, the samsung just looks and feels like a childs phone compared in my opinion
This leads me to the tablet obviously the xperia z tablet would be my ideal choice, but I just cant warrant having that much in a tablet so my options came down to:
Xperia Tablet S
Nexus 10
Galaxy Tab 2 10.1
I really want to stay with the Sony Brand mainly because I love their take on android over samsung or stock android, Im just a little worried that Im buying something that is a dead or at least fast dying tablet? Mainly because sony seem to have discontinued everything now, obviously they are really pushing the z phone and tableand seem to be neglecting almost every other model
Would I be better going with the much more popular tab 2, samsung do seem to keep things well updated and there is a much larger raange of accessories?
Or paying out a little more and getting the superior Nexus 10? The display sounds fantastic and I am sure I would love the nexus 10, but its quite a lot me expensive than the s
I would use it for emails, typing on the internet in forums, surfing the net and controlling my synology disk station, then maybe when me and the misses go away watching a film, but that would be about as far as I would ever need to push the tablet
Just wanting to hear real world opinions and such on the xperia tablet s, if you have one, do you with you had something else or do you love it?
dougie175 said:
I realise posting in this section will get me biased reviews, but Im 99% sure the xperia tablet s is right for me just want a few opnions from people who have one.
My situation is that my windows laptop has about had it, it still works but even after a fresh format it just doesnt keep up with me these days. For the first time ever since my first wndows 3.1 machine I am wanting to move away from microsoft completly and move across to android (I will be keepig the windows laptop in a cupboard just in case theres something I cant do on android such as root a phone and such, you just never know)
I got myself my first android phone back in April which is an xperia T and I have fallen in love with it, I have rooted it, unlocked the boot loader and now got it running exactly how I want with no glitches, at the time it was a close call between the T and the Samsung S3 however after owning the T I am glad I went with sony over sammy mainly for how professional and business like it feels, the samsung just looks and feels like a childs phone compared in my opinion
This leads me to the tablet obviously the xperia z tablet would be my ideal choice, but I just cant warrant having that much in a tablet so my options came down to:
Xperia Tablet S
Nexus 10
Galaxy Tab 2 10.1
I really want to stay with the Sony Brand mainly because I love their take on android over samsung or stock android, Im just a little worried that Im buying something that is a dead or at least fast dying tablet? Mainly because sony seem to have discontinued everything now, obviously they are really pushing the z phone and tableand seem to be neglecting almost every other model
Would I be better going with the much more popular tab 2, samsung do seem to keep things well updated and there is a much larger raange of accessories?
Or paying out a little more and getting the superior Nexus 10? The display sounds fantastic and I am sure I would love the nexus 10, but its quite a lot me expensive than the s
I would use it for emails, typing on the internet in forums, surfing the net and controlling my synology disk station, then maybe when me and the misses go away watching a film, but that would be about as far as I would ever need to push the tablet
Just wanting to hear real world opinions and such on the xperia tablet s, if you have one, do you with you had something else or do you love it?
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Wait for 2nd gen Nexus 10. These Sony tabs are locked down and don't really get any updates anymore. I would wait for the next Nexus 10, and either get the new Nexus 10, or get a used 1st gen Nexus 10 when the prices drop.
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Wait for 2nd gen Nexus 10. These Sony tabs are locked down and don't really get any updates anymore. I would wait for the next Nexus 10, and either get the new Nexus 10, or get a used 1st gen Nexus 10 when the prices drop.
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Thanks I have been half thinking that, I just love the Sony android style, like the idea of phone and tablet being the same. Does the final fw for the xps have issues or is it a great firmware? If it's perfect I don't really need future updates, however if it's poor and the bootloader is locked, guess I would be stuck. Thanks
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Thanks I have been half thinking that, I just love the Sony android style, like the idea of phone and tablet being the same. Does the final fw for the xps have issues or is it a great firmware? If it's perfect I don't really need future updates, however if it's poor and the bootloader is locked, guess I would be stuck. Thanks
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Right now, the XTS has some issues with Wi-Fi even though one of the updates was supposed to fix it, and I've heard of a bug where the Tegra 3 will only use 2 cores instead of all 4. The core count bug is fixable with a root app, but it's not exactly permanent and it doesn't always work. And trust me, even though you say you won't mind not getting updates, once you flash 4.4 or some future version of android on your phone, you will change your mind. The screen on the XTS is crap too, with bad color saturation, low resolution, and bad viewing angles. You would be much happier with a Nexus 10.
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Right now, the XTS has some issues with Wi-Fi even though one of the updates was supposed to fix it, and I've heard of a bug where the Tegra 3 will only use 2 cores instead of all 4. The core count bug is fixable with a root app, but it's not exactly permanent and it doesn't always work. And trust me, even though you say you won't mind not getting updates, once you flash 4.4 or some future version of android on your phone, you will change your mind. The screen on the XTS is crap too, with bad color saturation, low resolution, and bad viewing angles. You would be much happier with a Nexus 10.
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Thanks for the advice, I'll take it and get myself a nexus 10 shame not to have the Sony ui, but the nexus seems a great device, can't justify the extra for the Xperia z just to get the Sony ui.
Never know I may even end up preferring stock android
dougie175 said:
Thanks for the advice, I'll take it and get myself a nexus 10 shame not to have the Sony ui, but the nexus seems a great device, can't justify the extra for the Xperia z just to get the Sony ui.
Never know I may even end up preferring stock android
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There are plenty of Sony themes for ROMs with the theme engine anyway, so if you unlock the bootloader on the Nexus you could make it look similar to a Sony anyway
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There are plenty of Sony themes for ROMs with the theme engine anyway, so if you unlock the bootloader on the Nexus you could make it look similar to a Sony anyway
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Sounds like the solution if I don't like the stock ui.
Cheers buddy think you have pushed me in the right direction
dougie175 said:
Sounds like the solution if I don't like the stock ui.
Cheers buddy think you have pushed me in the right direction
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Have a look at the xtz its fully supported by the sony MOBILE team not viao so its a good option if you want to flash roms at a later date
rooted lighting wildfire on unoffical j.b from benni
and sony XTS rooted stock j.b thanks djrbliss
dex9mm said:
Have a look at the xtz its fully supported by the sony MOBILE team not viao so its a good option if you want to flash roms at a later date
rooted lighting wildfire on unoffical j.b from benni
and sony XTS rooted stock j.b thanks djrbliss
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Yeah thanks for the suggestion as I said in my original post its a little more than I want to have in a tablet to be honest.
I have actually ended up buying a nexus 10 and a 2nd gen nexus 7, as I couldnt decide which would be right for me, Ill have a good go with both of them and decide before factory resetting one and sticking it back on ebay, fortunatly good condition second hand ones go for about £5 less than brand new ones on ebay.
I just couldnt decide between them if I wanted the screen size or the weight advantage