I had a Galaxy Nexus and returned it like most to get the Rezound. I liked the screen of the Nexus, the feel of it, etc. Didn't like how long the ringtones where, vibration, etc. I look back and I was being picky. Now that every dev is leaving here, are still sticking with the Rez or you moving to a more supported phone? I'm thinking about getting that GNEX again....hmmm?
Depends if you are a flashaholic. If you prefer flashing at least one rom a day and having jellybean now then go with the nexus. Otherwise if you are satisfied with having the best screen best camera great 4G reception but not on the latest rom then go with the Rezound.
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kind off topic but ive been getting a lot of missed calls lately. people will call me, my phone wont even ring or show a missed call. but a few seconds later google voice will say i have a vmail? anyone know what the heck is going on?
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Depends if you are a flashaholic. If you prefer flashing at least one rom a day and having jellybean now then go with the nexus. Otherwise if you are satisfied with having the best screen best camera great 4G reception but not on the latest rom then go with the Rezound.
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I'd say 4g reception is identicle... It's the cdma radios that Samsung can't get right not the LTE
You can have a Nexus and not be a flashaholic, I'm not.
I hate to sound like a Nexus fanboy but after having both phones, I have a hard time not suggesting you to stick with the Nexus.
The only things I can honestly give in the Rezound's favor is better cameras, sturdier feeling phone (excluding extended batteries), slightly better audio quality and slightly better data speeds.
That last one varies by phone I think, I got higher 4G speeds on my Rezound but higher 3G on my Nexus.
My average 4G on Rezound was 15-20down and 8-12up.
Average 4G on Nexus is 8-15down and 5-10up.
3G speeds are much less of a difference but Nexus is always higher.
Development is one sided towards Nexus but Rezound does have life in it still.
All personal preference in the end
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You can have a Nexus and not be a flashaholic, I'm not.
I hate to sound like a Nexus fanboy but after having both phones, I have a hard time not suggesting you to stick with the Nexus.
The only things I can honestly give in the Rezound's favor is better cameras, sturdier feeling phone (excluding extended batteries), slightly better audio quality and slightly better data speeds.
That last one varies by phone I think, I got higher 4G speeds on my Rezound but higher 3G on my Nexus.
My average 4G on Rezound was 15-20down and 8-12up.
Average 4G on Nexus is 8-15down and 5-10up.
3G speeds are much less of a difference but Nexus is always higher.
Development is one sided towards Nexus but Rezound does have life in it still.
All personal preference in the end
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same here, not a flashaholic, but have a preference for AOSP.
Go back to the nexus.
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I've been doing some thinking too. HTC will never be open source with their m10 source code. That's really going to drive me away from theming the phone. If it wasn't for slimrom right now and the battery life it offers, I'd probably already have jumped ship. Let's face it. Samsung seems way more open source.
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Rezound, all of the way. More power, better screen, better camera, better audio (not beats), and cooler look.
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I'd say 4g reception is identicle... It's the cdma radios that Samsung can't get right not the LTE
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I think mileage here varies. My wife has a Nexus, I have a Rezound, anytime we compare 4G signals hers is always lower and has gotten fairly regular lost connections when I have no issue. A lot of that though has to do with the hardware in the specific phone you get, I have seen horror stories on here about issues with bad hardware in both phones.
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kind off topic but ive been getting a lot of missed calls lately. people will call me, my phone wont even ring or show a missed call. but a few seconds later google voice will say i have a vmail? anyone know what the heck is going on?
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This has been pissing me off for 2 years now since I went to a 4G/LTE phone. Although I don't use Google Voice. Happened with my LG Revolution and now with the Rezound GB and ICS and pisses me off to no end. Never had any radio issues with a 3G/EVDO phone. I absolutely effin refuse to get a iphone and also had the sad experience of a HP/Palm Pre Plus. So it is Android or bust. I also have unlimited data so there is another reason never to switch or upgrade til something really good comes along.
(in cleveland, oh if that has anything to do with it)
I just bought a Nexus and think I'll be selling the Rezound. I love the speed of aosp and the development, ie jellybean. I'll miss the camera of the Rezound though for sure
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problem is, if you can't grab LTE, you'll never HAVE LTE. when my rezound gets 4g all the time, my nexus won't even grab on to it....at all. my nexus also gets like 10 dbm higher than the rezound at all times. rezound=better radio better antenna
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problem is, if you can't grab LTE, you'll never HAVE LTE. when my rezound gets 4g all the time, my nexus won't even grab on to it....at all. my nexus also gets like 10 dbm higher than the rezound at all times. rezound=better radio better antenna
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Yea, but aren't the radio's separate? Isn't there two physical chipsets? I haven't really heard about 4g problems on the Nexus that all other 4g phones don't have. I'm not arguing, but more on the worried side. I had a nexus and sold it. At the time my area didn't have LTE and now I do. I miss the screen size and roms badly. I got it back for a good price and hope that I can grab LTE then again the tower is 2 miles from my house. If I worked for Verizon though although where I live is sem-populated I'm shocked we have one when there are areas of Pittsburgh that doesn't...
Another thing with the nexus is that when I saw the one in the store it has the Google search bar and the app drawer button burned into the screen when I opened a white webpage. Very disconcerting.
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Another thing with the nexus is that when I saw the one in the store it has the Google search bar and the app drawer button burned into the screen when I opened a white webpage. Very disconcerting.
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There is a nexus in one of our local VZ outlets showing that same problem....
well, the rezound for sure has a better camera, and from what I've seen a more reliable connection... the Nexus screen is better (although I don't know if it is as poor about the battery with screen on)
that's about it, if they were the same price I would've went nexus.
Atleast now there is Galaxy III =) dang that thing is impressive, I would've payed the extra $150 for that haha
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. the Nexus screen is better
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The nexus pentile screen is not better than the Rezound
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The nexus pentile screen is not better than the Rezound
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lol seriously. the pentile is meh, and the fact that it's super grainy at lower brightness %'s ruins it.
rezound screen is by far the superior one
Also, the nexus does't have an SD card.
Major dealbreaker.
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If so, what do you like about the evo over the gnex? Anything you miss from the Gnex?
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I had the galaxy nexus and absolutely hated it. What your missing going to the evo lte is horrible battery life and crappy signal not to mention the horrible GPS that has been on every Samsung device I have ever tried. The evo lte I have had for a few weeks and haven't looked back once. The evo lte is far superior. Ohh wait the one thing that the gnex had over the evo is the easily able to be unlocked bootloaded. That's the only thing that I miss. But as past has shown we have awesome developers here so it shouldn't be too long before s-off is achieved.
James
I still got the galaxy nexus and I still haven't made my decision but galaxy nexus is really great phone I prefer some stuff on the galaxy nexus and some stuff on the EVO lte... Both great phones tho
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I had the galaxy nexus and absolutely hated it. What your missing going to the evo lte is horrible battery life and crappy signal not to mention the horrible GPS that has been on every Samsung device I have ever tried. The evo lte I have had for a few weeks and haven't looked back once. The evo lte is far superior. Ohh wait the one thing that the gnex had over the evo is the easily able to be unlocked bootloaded. That's the only thing that I miss. But as past has shown we have awesome developers here so it shouldn't be too long before s-off is achieved.
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Ok, what about from a performance standpoint? The Evo LTE will run me about $150 more, think the difference between the two justifies that? I'd be waiting for some cm9 on the evo lte anyway fwiw.
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Ok, what about from a performance standpoint? The Evo LTE will run me about $150 more, think the difference between the two justifies that? I'd be waiting for some cm9 on the evo lte anyway fwiw.
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Performance for some reason they both feel snappy, the gnex multitasking feels better (since it doesn't closed the apps half of the time) games feel good on both I'm not wow by the 720p screen just yet but give me some time. Aokp and black ice roms are my favorites. Sense is sense if you don't like it you won't change your mind, I'm still undecided which one is better for me, I didn't like the one s much will see for this one, screen size is nice and design is awesome IMO, the nexus all black looks really good too
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I think from a performance standpoint they are both on par with each other. Me personally I couldnt stand the gnex as the service was unstable. I would loose signal and miss calls and I was sitting in an area where i had decent coverage. It wasnt the greatest coverage but it was decent. The Evo Lte has much better battery life than I could ever imagine. I am getting at min 17hrs per charge with LTE enabled and searching, wifi on and bluetooth on. That to me is worth it. The gnex i could barely make it 4-5hrs before i got the infamous low battery warning.
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Alright, I spent a solid 2 hours in the sprint store today, and I was pretty torn, so I decided to see why some people made the switch and why. Thanks for the input guys.
What do you think of the camera? In looking at countless photos posted by people Evos, I find it really doesn't look much better than my GNex. And how many hours of battery do y'all get (and screen on time)?
I think the battery is great. I am sitting at 12hrs 32mins right now with 16% remaining. This is with the lte option enabled. Screen on time is just under 4hrs. I have been trying to run thru this battery pretty hard today as well. I am extremely impressed with the battery. Typically I can easily get 17+hrs on a charge but I have had androirc running in the background most of the entire day.
As for the camera I personally think its far superior than that of the gnex. Video is just unheard of quality.
James
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What do you think of the camera? In looking at countless photos posted by people Evos, I find it really doesn't look much better than my GNex. And how many hours of battery do y'all get (and screen on time)?
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Camera is definitely better and battery too but not removable :/, I don't think you might want to pay extra only for those two features alone tho. Just saying
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I'm most likely leaving AT&T and coming to Sprint. There are 3 good phones on Sprint and it's really hard to decide which one to get. The Evo 4g LTE, SGS3, or the GN for Jelly Bean. If anyone could give me their opinions on those 3 devices (best roms, mods, etc.) that would be great. The GN is now only $99 on Sprint. Ugh. I hate that I can never make a decision.
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I'm most likely leaving AT&T and coming to Sprint. There are 3 good phones on Sprint and it's really hard to decide which one to get. The Evo 4g LTE, SGS3, or the GN for Jelly Bean. If anyone could give me their opinions on those 3 devices (best roms, mods, etc.) that would be great. The GN is now only $99 on Sprint. Ugh. I hate that I can never make a decision.
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I am having a similar issue. Im deciding betwees the s3 and the white evo lte. But I think im going with the evo tomorrow morning. It has better reviews. I have the ps2 for Sprint and the s3 does not seem that much of an upgrade to me.
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There's a couple of other threads with people on similar positions as you guys. Just search around. They are pretty fact driven
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I just did the exact same move, I had all three phones in the past three weeks.. i ended up with the EVO, and I'm very happy with it. The nexus had subpar battery, and bad signal strength.
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I have both the S3 and EVO. You can't go wrong with either one. If you need some help deciding go to this great review comparing both
EVO LTE vs Galaxy S3
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I just did the exact same move, I had all three phones in the past three weeks.. i ended up with the EVO, and I'm very happy with it. The nexus had subpar battery, and bad signal strength.
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What did you like of the EVO over the sgs3?
Also I looked on Sprint's coverage map and it shows that I am in "fair" territory. Does that mean I'll have poor signal?
I'm in the same boat. I have been an Android user since Day 1 since Oct 2007. I loved it. But I bought the Samsung Vibrant 2 years ago and was very sure that I would never buy another Samsung phone given their sorry upgrade track record and not releasing source code and binaries for their radios. So i was pretty sure I was going to grab the One X. The EVO LTE looks like the best one since it had a micro SD card and a dedicated camera button. The lack of removable battery is a problem, but after reading the reviews on the battery life, I thought I'd risk it.
But two things happened. Samsung released the same S3 model (bar the CPU for the US market) all over the world and they released the source code almost immediately. They don't have a locked bootloader (I know the HTC allows you to unlock it - bit it breaks the warranty). I hated ODIN initially, but it does make the Samsung phones practically unbrickable and they don't lock the bootloader, so I don't lose the warranty if I root it and install a custom ROM. I can always ODIN it back to stock and get a replacement if something goes wrong with the phone.
I haven't been keeping up with the HTC ROMs anymore so I don't know how it's going these days. I have been using ICS on my Vibrant since December. How long have you guys had an ICS ROM for the original EVO?
What's giving me pause in going for the EVO LTE is
1. Would the custom ROM scene on the EVO LTE be as good as the one on the S3? Given that the S3 is practically the same worldwide and Steve Kondik is now a Samsung employee with access to resources that might help CM10?
2. The reports of the multi-tasking on the EVO LTE are worrying. If the reason that the battery life is decent on the One X is because it's aggressively dropping background processes, that's not what I want. If I wanted crippled multi-tasking, I'd have bought an iPhone. How's the multi-tasking? If you load a game in the background, a browser loading a page in the background and switch to the email app, is it responsive? If you go back to the browser, does it start loading the page again? Or has it finished loading the page? I use planetandroid.com as my test case since it gives even Firefox on the desktop a problem (although Chrome on the desktop doesn't have any issues with it).
3. I read that it's because Sense is so resource hungry, they traded the multi-tasking to keep it in memory, but I see that that still doesn't work and Sense does keep getting swapped out and has to restart when exiting email or the browser or some big game. Is this still a problem with Nova Launcher? I read that this has been set at the kernel level. Does Auto Memory Manager help? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lim.android.automemman
I guess the extra 1 GB on the S3 helps. I have read some comparisons that the S3 is smoother multitasking than the EVO LTE.
I'd love to hear whether these are real problems or a custom ROM would solve them.
Edit: BTW, my biggest problem with the S3 is the display. It looks very dim. The One X simply smokes it!
Thanks guys.
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I'm in the same boat. I have been an Android user since Day 1 since Oct 2007. I loved it. But I bought the Samsung Vibrant 2 years ago and was very sure that I would never buy another Samsung phone given their sorry upgrade track record and not releasing source code and binaries for their radios. So i was pretty sure I was going to grab the One X. The EVO LTE looks like the best one since it had a micro SD card and a dedicated camera button. The lack of removable battery is a problem, but after reading the reviews on the battery life, I thought I'd risk it.
But two things happened. Samsung released the same S3 model (bar the CPU for the US market) all over the world and they released the source code almost immediately. They don't have a locked bootloader (I know the HTC allows you to unlock it - bit it breaks the warranty). I hated ODIN initially, but it does make the Samsung phones practically unbrickable and they don't lock the bootloader, so I don't lose the warranty if I root it and install a custom ROM. I can always ODIN it back to stock and get a replacement if something goes wrong with the phone.
I haven't been keeping up with the HTC ROMs anymore so I don't know how it's going these days. I have been using ICS on my Vibrant since December. How long have you guys had an ICS ROM for the original EVO?
What's giving me pause in going for the EVO LTE is
1. Would the custom ROM scene on the EVO LTE be as good as the one on the S3? Given that the S3 is practically the same worldwide and Steve Kondik is now a Samsung employee with access to resources that might help CM10?
2. The reports of the multi-tasking on the EVO LTE are worrying. If the reason that the battery life is decent on the One X is because it's aggressively dropping background processes, that's not what I want. If I wanted crippled multi-tasking, I'd have bought an iPhone. How's the multi-tasking? If you load a game in the background, a browser loading a page in the background and switch to the email app, is it responsive? If you go back to the browser, does it start loading the page again? Or has it finished loading the page? I use planetandroid.com as my test case since it gives even Firefox on the desktop a problem (although Chrome on the desktop doesn't have any issues with it).
3. I read that it's because Sense is so resource hungry, they traded the multi-tasking to keep it in memory, but I see that that still doesn't work and Sense does keep getting swapped out and has to restart when exiting email or the browser or some big game. Is this still a problem with Nova Launcher? I read that this has been set at the kernel level. Does Auto Memory Manager help? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lim.android.automemman
I guess the extra 1 GB on the S3 helps. I have read some comparisons that the S3 is smoother multitasking than the EVO LTE.
I'd love to hear whether these are real problems or a custom ROM would solve them.
Edit: BTW, my biggest problem with the S3 is the display. It looks very dim. The One X simply smokes it!
Thanks guys.
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After the updates sense no longer reloads, for me anyway. Multitasking aside, the One X has had the best battery life on any phone I've ever had by far. Android or iPhone. I love the One X that's why this is so hard for me to decide. The white Evo LTE looks sick. I'm also starting to like the customization of the sgs3 the more reviews I watch of it.
I just got 3 hours of screen on time on my One X before it got to 50%. By far my best yet.
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What did you like of the EVO over the sgs3?
Also I looked on Sprint's coverage map and it shows that I am in "fair" territory. Does that mean I'll have poor signal?
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Not necessarily its hard to say tho.
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I bought the nexus and it was amazing with vanilla ics roms were pretty awesome too, the curve to your hand made it by far the best hand held experience of any phone the only down side to it had sub par battery life I had to carry 2 batteries
I now have bought an EVO LTE and its nice but I think cause of the non curve it feels like a mini tablet atleast to me , but holy carp is it fast and snappy , and super bright, I did like a whole lot better on the nexus was swiping left to right to close out the task menu , sense made it so you can only go up to close them out wich Is slow and they didn't add the feature in the browser like the nexus did
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If you go with the S3 u will be happy, after I had it for a couple of days all the extra customization of the S3 seemed trivial.and gimmicky, it was cool at first especially the gestures... But I ended up not using them at all. Yes I think the S3 is smoother than the EVO, but not by much. I hated the physical home button, it had way too much lag, and that's even with the S-voice turned off. You don't get full use of the home screen realestate on the stock UX, which was annoying. Those where my only complaints. My past three phones have been sammys, that's another reason I chose the HTC, I just wanted a change, and the build quality(external) and feel of an HTC phone in my opinion is far superior to Samsung. In the end don't beat yourself up with the desicion you will be extremely happy with either phone. Oh and I made the switch to sprint from ATT due to ATT raping me on data charges... Now I have to sacrafice service, but its worth the trade off.
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If you go with the S3 u will be happy, after I had it for a couple of days all the extra customization of the S3 seemed trivial.and gimmicky, it was cool at first especially the gestures... But I ended up not using them at all. Yes I think the S3 is smoother than the EVO, but not by much. I hated the physical home button, it had way too much lag, and that's even with the S-voice turned off. You don't get full use of the home screen realestate on the stock UX, which was annoying. Those where my only complaints. My past three phones have been sammys, that's another reason I chose the HTC, I just wanted a change, and the build quality(external) and feel of an HTC phone in my opinion is far superior to Samsung. In the end don't beat yourself up with the desicion you will be extremely happy with either phone. Oh and I made the switch to sprint from ATT due to ATT raping me on data charges... Now I have to sacrafice service, but its worth the trade off.
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With the Evo having source out now do you think it will get jb fairly quick? Same question for sgs3.
Also my One X gets pretty hot and I don't know if it's the battery causing it. I would love to be able to change out the battery. I miss that option.
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What did you like of the EVO over the sgs3?
Also I looked on Sprint's coverage map and it shows that I am in "fair" territory. Does that mean I'll have poor signal?
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I have "fair" coverage and I needed to get an Airave because I had zero or one bar everywhere in my house and couldn't have a conversation with anyone. Luckily, they gave me an Airave for free so now I have five or six bars everywhere in my house.
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Get a white EVO LTE and trade me lol I'd pay some cash too
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I wouldnt get sprint period for atleasr another year
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I wouldnt get sprint period for atleasr another year
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More info please....
the NV upgrades near me have been brutal, tons of dropped calls, especially while on the move, but even still while sitting at home. I would also check the NV upgrade schedule to see if they are even coming to your area any time soon...I agree though, wait on sprint until NV is up and running in your area.
The S3 is indeed almost identical as the international version, with the exception that it uses the S4 krait like the ones in the Evo LTE, putting it in the same situation as the LTE and the One X. The One X's community looks to be pretty active, but with a different processor than ours, the roms are not exactly interchangable, so i would expect the same issue to be present for the LTE-specced S3s.
If you're talking about development though then the multitasking and sense issues shouldn't be a problem unless you actually like sense, in which case all i have to say is you're boned .
I chose the Evo because I like how solid aluminum bodied phones feel, and I have never liked the oversaturation that is present on every amoled-based screen that i've looked at. I held off upgrading from my OG Evo because when i held the SGS2 and then the Gnex, they both felt flimsy and cheap in my hands compared to my Evo. I'm sure that they're probably all equally fragile when dropped, but for something where i'm holding it any time i'm going to use it, the feel was very important to me, so i would say it mostly comes down to personal preference, like Mitsu Evo vs Subaru STi, or Cameros vs Mustangs, test drive them both and see which one you'd like best.
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The S3 is indeed almost identical as the international version, with the exception that it uses the S4 krait like the ones in the Evo LTE, putting it in the same situation as the LTE and the One X. The One X's community looks to be pretty active, but with a different processor than ours, the roms are not exactly interchangable, so i would expect the same issue to be present for the LTE-specced S3s.
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Yes. The same issue would be present for the S3 if the CPU is the only change. But I expect that the S3 would be probably be a well supported phone since it would sell so many and many devs would have it. I have been out of the HTC scene for a couple of years so don't know if the EVO has had good custom ROM support. eg. I have been running ICS since Dec/Jan on my Vibrant.
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If you're talking about development though then the multitasking and sense issues shouldn't be a problem unless you actually like sense, in which case all i have to say is you're boned .
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Sorry, what does "you're boned" mean? I'm an idiot for liking Sense, or if i use Sense, then the multitasking is a problem? I like the stock Google UI using Nova Launcher. But I haven't seen any definitive answer on whether using Nova Launcher alleviates the multi-tasking problem. If it does, then I'd be okay with not using Sense, although I do like some Sense widgets. But I can live with out them.
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I chose the Evo because I like how solid aluminum bodied phones feel, and I have never liked the oversaturation that is present on every amoled-based screen that i've looked at. I held off upgrading from my OG Evo because when i held the SGS2 and then the Gnex, they both felt flimsy and cheap in my hands compared to my Evo. I'm sure that they're probably all equally fragile when dropped, but for something where i'm holding it any time i'm going to use it, the feel was very important to me, so i would say it mostly comes down to personal preference, like Mitsu Evo vs Subaru STi, or Cameros vs Mustangs, test drive them both and see which one you'd like best.
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I have got used to the "flimsy" Samsung phones. I like the lightweight feel of them and they are surprisingly resilient. Check out the CNet's torture test for the S3. http://cnettv.cnet.com/8301-33814_53-57468819-10391737.html It's intense.
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Yes. The same issue would be present for the S3 if the CPU is the only change. But I expect that the S3 would be probably be a well supported phone since it would sell so many and many devs would have it. I have been out of the HTC scene for a couple of years so don't know if the EVO has had good custom ROM support. eg. I have been running ICS since Dec/Jan on my Vibrant.
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The S3 is definitely well supported and got a CM10 preview release this morning. The sprint variant has great devs lurking in the background so there's still lots of good stuff to see released.
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Anybody got some advise? Pros cons?
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can't go wrong with a nexus.
IMO, good move if it is a GSM galaxy nexus. OK move if it is a sprint and you are in a LTE area.
Photon has an advantage in which you can use it on any carrier except verizon. That give alot of flexibility.
Signal sucks on the Nexus. Photon has the strongest radios. Nexus is arguably the weakest.
Being an Android addict, even though I'm with Verizon, I must give my two cents. I've had substantial experience with both phones as I have my buddys Photon and I have a Nexus as a backup to my S3. The Photon doesn't even compare, especially if your looking for ROMs. Motorola has totally dropped the ball lately and the Photon is giant proof of that. Get the Nexus, you will not be disappointed.
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Being an Android addict, even though I'm with Verizon, I must give my two cents. I've had substantial experience with both phones as I have my buddys Photon and I have a Nexus as a backup to my S3. The Photon doesn't even compare, especially if your looking for ROMs. Motorola has totally dropped the ball lately and the Photon is giant proof of that. Get the Nexus, you will not be disappointed.
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Holding the actual phone goes a long way. For me, nexus phones feel like cheap toys that will suicide if dropped. Photon feels like a purpose built device. Ive come to love the radios in my photon, as well as the seperate charge hdmi ports. I usually mod an hack the hell out of phones...i dont feel the need to with the photon. Having a phone that doesnt feel like my nieces barbie phone is great. Think it over.....
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I switched to a gnex and couldn't be happier. Jelly bean is awesome and the development support for it is second to none. Battery life blows away my photon, and no more worrying about locked bootloaders and Motorola being trolls.
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Holding the actual phone goes a long way. For me, nexus phones feel like cheap toys that will suicide if dropped. Photon feels like a purpose built device. Ive come to love the radios in my photon, as well as the seperate charge hdmi ports. I usually mod an hack the hell out of phones...i dont feel the need to with the photon. Having a phone that doesnt feel like my nieces barbie phone is great. Think it over.....
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what nexus are you talking about? ill agree the nexus s was a plasticy hunk of crap, but the galaxy nexus is very solidly built. since i got my extended battery free from sprint (two of them to be exact ) i like the feel of it in my hand even more.
the photon community has more than tripled than when i first found it and i am very happy for you guys, i loved my photon like no other but i would definetly have to say my gnexus has stolen my heart. despite not being a true AOSP device (sprints gnexus is the only one without binaries or source code in AOSP), we were able to get jellybean working damn near flawlessly within a day of google I/O, our biggest setback? MMS. now that we have source we have a bunch of jellybean based roms that are all flawless.
Pros:
Newest software updates well in advance of OTA's
Future proofing yourself with LTE
Bigger screen
Free extended battery if you act quickly
Slight performance bump
Unlockable bootloader
Color control (dont like how samoled is super saturated? change the color tuning to how you like )
there is a lot of kernel work out there and a handful of roms (i say handful cuz we have all the big ones CM, AOKP, CNA, AOSP, MIUI etc etc)
Cons:
Lose webtop (you can buy an MHL adapter and mirror, but none of teh fancy webtop stuff )
You'll be stuck on 3G for a while (assuming you have wimax now)
You'll lose Motoblur
im sure there is more im forgetting but i cant remember at this time
I may be a little biased. Not a fan of the samsung phones. The plasticky feel/look is such a turn off an the radios ive experienced with the few phones ive had in hand were atrocious. These threads are all about personal opinion. No one answer is right. OP, go physically use both for as long as you can. We ultimately cant decide whats attractive to you. Hands on/time spent is the best way. And if you cant decide, hands off an wait till something comes up that does blow your skirt up
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I have used GN one month and returned to Photon, it was not worth the money for that. It would be good upgrade from Defy, maybe Atrix (screen size) or something with one core cpu, but not from Photon. Just my opinion. I am waiting for Droid RAZR HD.
I moved from the photon to the nexus and don't regret it. Idk why others are bashing the radio. I've always felt photon had the best radios but I honestly can't tell the difference in signal strength between the two. I also have an e4gt and that had a horrible radio. Traded it out for another e4gt and same issue. Tried the g3 and it was slightly better but not anywhere close to the gnex and photon.
Battery life is better
Screen quality is better
Design is PERFECT! feels amazing to hold and look at
Speed is obvious just check out the specs. Ive overclocked to 1.8 once and ran buttery smooth. Went back to 1.2 for battery life.
I can't think of a reason not to move to the nexus.
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I moved from the photon to the nexus and don't regret it. Idk why others are bashing the radio. I've always felt photon had the best radios but I honestly can't tell the difference in signal strength between the two. I also have an e4gt and that had a horrible radio. Traded it out for another e4gt and same issue. Tried the g3 and it was slightly better but not anywhere close to the gnex and photon.
Battery life is better
Screen quality is better
Design is PERFECT! feels amazing to hold and look at
Speed is obvious just check out the specs. Ive overclocked to 1.8 once and ran buttery smooth. Went back to 1.2 for battery life.
I can't think of a reason not to move to the nexus.
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First of all in my home there are a Photon / GNex(not always, friend phone) / E4GT and I notice something about them, people claim Photon has better radio (partial true imo) and Samsung GNex or E4GT weak one (partial true), in Photon it always shows full signal no matter if there is good or bad coverage but when you connect a call it shows the real signal strength ex. 2-3Bars same as the Sammy devices are showing with or w/o a call so IMHO is just a placebo effect on Photon.
And for OP go GNex you won't regret.
Or maybe Photon Q (I'm getting it for my wife).
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I am in the market for a different phone and I have about 200 to spend, Im on PagePlus so that rules out a lot of phones like the GNex and a few other super sweet deals. Anywhoo I have been looking through Craigslist/eBay, etc and it seems like The Galaxy SII, The Rezound, The Evo 4G LTE, and Moto Razr may all be within budget (used of course). All have their good points I suppose but I was leaning twords the Evo LTE since over all it looks pretty nice. Does anyone have any comments or better suggestions?
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I have been very happy with my LTE. The hardware is great - I like the screen and the availability of an sd card. I get good battery power and performance. More importantly, there are some great developers working on this phone. Between XDA and theMikMik you have a good choice of ROMs to pick from. Good luck with your choice.
Out of the list I will go with the Evo lte. It has the better specs. I loved the GS2 when I had it and even though it's getting jellybean the specs are out of date compared to what's out now. Still pretty responsive device tho. Evo lte takes the cake.
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I love mine!! It's a great phone, hardware and software wise. I preordered mine from Best Buy, so I've had it since launch. It's got the best camera on any phone, and I've is the best displays (only the DNA and similar have a better display, because of their 5" 1080P display, but you're not going to really notice the difference on day to day use with your bare eyes). Looks wise, I think it's one is the best looking phones out there! I love the phone so much that I just bought a brand new white one (since they weren't available at launch) and I'm going to sell my black one. So about 8 months after its release, I still think it's the best phone available for Sprint, and one of the best in the entire market! As far as size goes it probably is the best phone on the market, but personally I'd like a 5" display so I can't say the Evo LTE is the best out of all phones available on all carriers. If you can find one in good condition for $200 or less, then I'd say to jump on it, because it is without a doubt the very best phone in that price range!! No doubt in my mind that you will absolutely love the Evo LTE!! Good luck!!
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I actually just "downgraded" my Note 2 to the Evo and couldn't be happier. Phone is just the right size, plenty fast, and battery life is almost as good.
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I love mine. But you're obviously going to get fairly biased responses here.
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GNex?
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I love mine. But you're obviously going to get fairly biased responses here.
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Obviously But Biased is OK. I have also discovered I might be able to get the original Galaxy Nexus on PP as well. Seems similar hardware wise. Im assuming the GNex has better custom rom support but the specs on the Evo LTE are a hair better. Correct? Any more comments?
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Obviously But Biased is OK. I have also discovered I might be able to get the original Galaxy Nexus on PP as well. Seems similar hardware wise. Im assuming the GNex has better custom rom support but the specs on the Evo LTE are a hair better. Correct? Any more comments?
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Seems like you pretty much know your stuff. Def should be out of the EVO LTE or GNex. Basically specs vs software. What you prefer? A nicer screen, camera, and kick stand vs more rom development/Google support.
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The screen specs looked the same to me, but the EVO looks nicer? It also doesnt look like you guys are lacking for ROM development either. I saw about a dozen, would you say thats accurate? How is the battery life? The Camera sounds like its super nice too.
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The screen specs looked the same to me, but the EVO looks nicer? It also doesnt look like you guys are lacking for ROM development either. I saw about a dozen, would you say thats accurate? How is the battery life? The Camera sounds like its super nice too.
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I have both, kind of. (I bought my mom a gnex for mothers day and tinker with it when I see her). Battery life is abysmal on gnex compared to Evo, and that's even with the extended 2100 battery, irrespective of ROM/kernel combo. Also, the camera on the Evo is vastly superior to the gnex. I do prefer the feel of the gnex in my hand, not the build quality, but the shape/form of the thing.
I Was surprised to see, on the gnex, camera quality degradation after installing custom ROM (CNA), given that it's a nexus and all open source, but I definitely notice a big quality difference from stock software.
Just my .02¢
Camera Evo>gnex
Battery. Evo>gnex
Development. Gnex>Evo (but very slight edge, considering you can run sense OR AOSP on Evo, not so with gnex)
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Specifically with battery life, 4.5 hrs screen on time on Evo, give or take.
3hrs tops on gnex.
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This was all very helpful. The only thing I find irritating about the EVO is the LED on the front only does red. I know that sounds incredibly stupid, but even on the shambling Droid 1 and Droid 2 I am using currently I can tell whats going on based on LED colors. I find the decision to put in a red-only light puzzling, but Im sure I will get used to it.
I am also assuming there is a way to root and unlock the boot loader no matter what version the software on the phone is? I dont actually HAVE the phone yet, but Im going to be driving a couple hours to get it this weekend. WHEEE. I checked the MEID first and its clean. I am porting this phone to PagePlus. Any other pitfalls anyone can think of?
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This was all very helpful. The only thing I find irritating about the EVO is the LED on the front only does red. I know that sounds incredibly stupid, but even on the shambling Droid 1 and Droid 2 I am using currently I can tell whats going on based on LED colors. I find the decision to put in a red-only light puzzling, but Im sure I will get used to it.
I am also assuming there is a way to root and unlock the boot loader no matter what version the software on the phone is? I dont actually HAVE the phone yet, but Im going to be driving a couple hours to get it this weekend. WHEEE. I checked the MEID first and its clean. I am porting this phone to PagePlus. Any other pitfalls anyone can think of?
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I just got mine yesterday after owning the original evo4g then the 3d and now this..you won't be disappointed one bit this phone is amazing.. As of right now every bootloader has been cracked for s-off and i got a bunch of recommendations to run meanbean and its a very nice ROM haven't had any problems yet. Ohh amd also the led is a red green combo led..it is dissapointing they didn't use a tri-led but it doesn't bother me too much
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Yes, you can HTC unlock any hboot and now you can s-off any of them as well (s-off is the only way to go in my opinion!!). Development is great for this phone, even though it's only on 1 carrier (all Evo's have always had exceptional development though!). The camera AND the display in the Evo LTE are amongst the best, just read any Android news blog!! The S4 processor holds its own against other processors too! The S4 Pro would be nice of course, but the standard S4 is still great. You really can't go wrong with the Evo LTE, assuming it's in good condition!!
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Even though I am taking this to page plus, the custom roms should still work for me correct? I have only ever used Verizon phones on PP and thats not much of a leap.
OP, If you're in a metro PCS town:
I just picked up the Motion 4G for my lady, for a total of $175 ...(or less). The metro plans just cant be beat right now by anyone and I have a 25% sprint discount.
Here's the rub: Other than the screen not being as nice as the Evo LTE, her phone out performs mine everywhere for about half the price.
I realize its not fully attributable to the Evo, but her carrier brings 4G into the house and pretty much everywhere we go, at a minimum of 3 Mb/s.
My phone doesnt make calls from inside the house and is lucky to ever see 500 kb/s. The motion has ZERO lag, and the speech to text, and web browsing beats my phone by 30 second every time we race them to yahoo.com. This is still true when she is on 4G and I am on my wifi. The evo is slower than the Motion. :\
I also had to return my first two Evo LTE's due to manufacturing problems. I had an incredibly poor experience with the returns as well, sprint's "two week" return policy is really a 13 day return policy. Heads up on that.
I really do like my phone in some ways, but screw it. I've had an awful experience.
I like it but I only bought it to hold me over until my upgrade in August. Lol
Ill probably keep it until something I like is out. Preferably an HTC nexus :beer:
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I like it but I only bought it to hold me over until my upgrade in August. Lol
Ill probably keep it until something I like is out. Preferably an HTC nexus :beer:
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Love my EVO. Got a Nexus 10 too. Both are fab !
A phone one might want to consider to buy outright is the LG Optimus G. That phone is pretty awesome and overlooked and underpriced if you ask me.
I too was in the market for a "hold me over phone" and ran into it and was pleasantly surprised. Having owned a GS3, EVO LTE and the Note 2, the Optimus G had a little something over all those phone and all for a price of $325.
I'm still waiting patiently here in NY for LTE to startup! They need to hurry....3G sucks sooo much!!!
No Gnex
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I empathize with your quandary; been there done that. I would NOT recommend the CDMA Gnex. I really, really wanted to keep that phone. I've gone thru three of them and all three had signal loss issues. It's a known thing for the via chipset in that phone. Sadly, the best Nexus experience is getting the phone directly from google and using a GSM carrier like ATT or tmobile.
Go with the EVO; best long term bargain for your money.
I'm really curious as to the difference you guys have noticed in terms of overall signal, data reliability and data speeds. I am really close to buying HTC one, just am not sure if issues I am having are nexus related or T-Mobile.
Like I'd get no service all of the sudden when in the same spot I'd get 3 bars just a minute earlier. Or data dropping out with 4 bars of service at times, even though it'd be averaging 8mbps a second before. Just really odd issues and my buddy who has tmo didn't seem to have same problems.
Also, when doing speeds test on hspa+, device usually tests with a really high ping, same was the issue with galaxy nexus as well, gs2 was not like that.
I ended up getting HTC one on sprint but they royally screwed up and I am returning it Monday, besides, service was plain terrible.
I'm in DC area right now, will be moving to Atlanta next month though.
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I just moved from the N4. Boy am I glad. I never thought I would buy a HTC phone yet alone one with sense. This phone is just pure awesome.
I too had those signal issues with my N4 but I do not notice them with the one. Speed wise the One is getting much better of a data signal and I am able load up things that require data much faster. Ping times with the speedtest.net app are much much lower too in the same areas I tested with my N4. On a side note in my media room my N4 would always loose signal but I have 2 bars and get a little over 2mbps down with my One.
Hope this helps.
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Thank you, it does. I figured that it was the nexus as I've heard of it dropping a signal from others too. And it wouldn't make sense for it to be a service issue when there is pretty good coverage.
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I just sold my nexus 4 to my buddy, I had no complaints about that phone, I loved the size of it.
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I get 4g where I used to get edge net even with the .27 radio runs video a little smoother camera kills except I miss photo sphere.
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weird..i always get better speedtest results with the n4 than the htc one.. also checked the htc one and the galaxy s4 in the tmobile store... htc one also got lower speed results. i think the metal might be messing with the speeds...
I tend to get slightly lower speed tests on average with the One than the N4 but not dramatically so (and speedtests vary so much anyway that they're not that meaningful); empirically, the connection is no worse. Signal strength is very comparable, usually within -90(+/-5)dBm. Bars don't mean anything; different firmware converts actual signal power to bars however they feel like.
It is nice to be free of the N4's periodic data drops, though.
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I tend to get slightly lower speed tests on average with the One than the N4 but not dramatically so (and speedtests vary so much anyway that they're not that meaningful); empirically, the connection is no worse. Signal strength is very comparable, usually within -90(+/-5)dBm. Bars don't mean anything; different firmware converts actual signal power to bars however they feel like.
It is nice to be free of the N4's periodic data drops, though.
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See, I don't really care if I get 1-2mbps less than on my nexus. What bothers me is signal drops, not even just the data, it happens very randomly it seems like. I just don't want to spend all that money on the One to still have those.
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Can you notice the difference in screen resolution between the two? I would think the difference would be marginal at best.
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Can you notice the difference in screen resolution between the two? I would think the difference would be marginal at best.
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Yes. I have HTC one for Sprint, I have yet to return it lol. Everything looks a little sharper. So the claim that human eye can't see the difference, to me, is false. It isn't a huge difference, but I can see it. More so, the difference is in colors, they look way morenatural. If you tweak settings on the nexus with saturation and brightness, it gets much better, but not like the One. It is much better in direct sunlight as well.
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Yes. I have HTC one for Sprint, I have yet to return it lol. Everything looks a little sharper. So the claim that human eye can't see the difference, to me, is false. It isn't a huge difference, but I can see it. More so, the difference is in colors, they look way morenatural. If you tweak settings on the nexus with saturation and brightness, it gets much better, but not like the One. It is much better in direct sunlight as well.
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Makes sense. The Nexus 4 seemed washed out as well. It's not as big of a jump from going from a non-HD display to an HD display, but it enhances the experience.
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Makes sense. The Nexus 4 seemed washed out as well. It's not as big of a jump from going from a non-HD display to an HD display, but it enhances the experience.
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Yea, nexus 4 looks good until you play with any other high end phone side by side, even gs3 or even optimus g that uses same display as nexus lol...
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Yea, nexus 4 looks good until you play with any other high end phone side by side, even gs3 or even optimus g that uses same display as nexus lol...
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Plus the battery is much better on the One. My only concern is replacing the battery down the line. I'm planning on keeping this phone for a while and don't want to be forced into a new purchase because of a battery that needs replacement.
But the Nexus 4 is still a bargain. For $300-$350, you can't beat it. The fact it's even being compared to $600 smartphones that are half a generation newer is a feat in and of itself.
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Plus the battery is much better on the One. My only concern is replacing the battery down the line. I'm planning on keeping this phone for a while and don't want to be forced into a new purchase because of a battery that needs replacement.
But the Nexus 4 is still a bargain. For $300-$350, you can't beat it. The fact it's even being compared to $600 smartphones that are half a generation newer is a feat in and of itself.
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It always was though, when gs3 was still pretty much new and was like $650 for a dual core CPU and nexus 4 was half that for quad...
These days things are different, hardware is usually sufficient enough to run any android skin pretty well. Sure gs4 and HTC One has much better processors, but day to day you barely see the difference. Nexus 4 is very fast partially due to stock android, and partially because real world, there isn't too much difference between it and say HTC One.
Now, I love stock, but I'm still upgrading to one. I simply am growing tired of nexus devices running crappy on T-Mobile network. From high pings during speed tests that translate to delay in initial data refresh in real world, to signal and data drops. And now, LTE. Sure, I'm running LTE on my nexus now, but it is not as stable as I want it to be, and battery does take a pretty substantial hit.
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Is battery a huge difference from N4 to One?
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Is battery a huge difference from N4 to One?
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Ordered mine this afternoon, expected it to be backordered. Yet, it shipped and should be here tomorrow... Stock Nexus 4 had subpar battery for me, with different kernels it isn't bad. The Sprint HTC One that I've had for few days gave me much better battery life than Nexus 4, and that was with Sprint LTE constantly dropping and switching. If HTC One on T-Mobile is anything like Sprint version, then should be, yes.
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Can you notice the difference in screen resolution between the two? I would think the difference would be marginal at best.
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I'm looking at them side by side right now with the same content open. The aspect ratio is a bit different in that the N4's screen is slightly wider and the One slightly longer. Text is a sharper on the One and it jumps off the screen more because there's more contrast between lights and darks. White is different, too, more bluish on the N4. I use an app that can alter RGB values on the N4, but no setting changes the nature of the whites relative to those of the stock One.
Overall, the One's visuals are more appealing to me and I write that as a satisfied user of the N4, largely because of its low price and easily customized Android experience.
Looking at a hd cityscape image, the detail and brightness of the One is plainly superior. It’s not close. The detail jumps out of the One. Tiny highrise windows are more distinguishable as one of the many obvious examples. I know that we're not supposed to be able to detect resolution differences at these pixel densities, but the One's images are instantly more defined. Some of this is probably pure resolution and some is the black/white contrast differences between the two devices.
This is the first time I've done this side by side thing with the N4 and it's striking. I'd compared the One and the Galaxy S4 in a store. My wife will be the regular user of the One. I hadn't cared that much before that it wouldn't be my daily driver. But now I feel like I'm missing out on something.
Switching back to t-mobile tonight and taking the opportunity to get the One. How would you guys say your transition from on onscreen buttons back to physical went? I love my n4 but am solid on the Ones hardware except the hardware buttons.
I too experienced the signal loss on the N4 until I hacked it to enable LTE, it was much better after that (there was decent LTE coverage where I was having signal issues but almost NO HSPA). I was also a fan of the software buttons, however.. after using the HTC One now for almost 2 weeks I am completely glad to have ditched the N4 for this phone.. everything is better, the cell reception, the screen, the sound (oh the sound!), the camera.. I even like Sense 5 MORE than Vanilla Android! (I know, crazy right?). I have always been an Android purist, I would constantly flash ROMs to get away from TouchWiz, etc. and I loved stock 4.2.2 on the Nexus 4.. but I cannot say a single bad thing about Sense 5, and Blinkfeed is awesome, as is the camera and it's features. HTC nailed it with this phone. Best phone I have ever owned, and I buy phones a LOT
What physical buttons are you talking about? Both phones have a physical power button and volume button. But nothing on the glass.