So I bought a nexus 7, which began a journey from iOS to android; I bought a galaxy nexus, which is awesome, aside from the amoled- not a fan. I'm pretty ocd about screens, and my nexus has a half green tint and color over-saturation. My girlfriend likes it however, and is willing to trade me her upgrade for it.
I'm now shopping for another android phone- it needs to be Verizon, 4g, and I'd rather avoid samoled. This brings me to the Rezound, SLCD HD, 4g, sounds good. A bit hesitant regarding no jelly bean, pre-installed bloatware, etc. Is the rezound a good choice for me? Is rooting/custom ROM a good idea (I'm fairly tech savy, but this will be my first root since original Droid) Is HTC about to launch another Verizon flagship (incredible X?)
Thanks for the advice! The rezound looks like a beast.
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So I bought a nexus 7, which began a journey from iOS to android; I bought a galaxy nexus, which is awesome, aside from the amoled- not a fan. I'm pretty ocd about screens, and my nexus has a half green tint and color over-saturation. My girlfriend likes it however, and is willing to trade me her upgrade for it.
I'm now shopping for another android phone- it needs to be Verizon, 4g, and I'd rather avoid samoled. This brings me to the Rezound, SLCD HD, 4g, sounds good. A bit hesitant regarding no jelly bean, pre-installed bloatware, etc. Is the rezound a good choice for me? Is rooting/custom ROM a good idea (I'm fairly tech savy, but this will be my first root since original Droid) Is HTC about to launch another Verizon flagship (incredible X?)
Thanks for the advice! The rezound looks like a beast.
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I can't speak to all of your questions, but the Rezound definitely has great development right now. Rooting and S-OFF have been around for a long time. The ICS kernel source code was released in August (or so), and now we've got some awesome aosp roms, tons of great sense roms, whatever you want. The screen is amazing (i've had mine for months and still marvel at it), and the only real downside is the supposed lack of battery life (which has improved greatly due to some fantastic kernels in the dev section) and it being a bit bulky. Other than that, it's a great device.
I agree with everything said above. Other than the Gnex, or the GS3(both of which I turned down to get my Rez), there aren't really any phones I'd consider other than my Rezound. I love HTC hardware. I can envision JB on the rezound in the next month or two as well.
While I was waiting for replies, I noticed the HTC incredible 4g also has an SLCD, and an s4 processor instead of the s3. Tough call. I love the higher resolution of the rezound, but the phone is close to a year old. I'd be nervous about going with another gnex or s3 because of my apparent aversion to amoled. Anyone have any idea how much better an s4 is? Im sure the benchmarks will show an improvement, but I wonder what that would actually translate to in real life. It would take a pretty decent boost in performance to dissuade me from the larger HD screen.
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Having a great screen is probably my top priority, and if I could get one of those aosp ROMs to remove sense and add battery life, that would be gravy.
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Having a great screen is probably my top priority, and if I could get one of those aosp ROMs to remove sense and add battery life, that would be gravy.
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That is what sold me. The screen is killer.
WAY better than even the GS3. (in my opinion)
Good, because this gnex display is really annoying. Great contrast of course, but the bottom 3rd of the display is noticeably green, and the rest of the colors are insanely saturated. Rezound it is. Thanks for the help!
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keenraven said:
Good, because this gnex display is really annoying. Great contrast of course, but the bottom 3rd of the display is noticeably green, and the rest of the colors are insanely saturated. Rezound it is. Thanks for the help!
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Don't lock yourself into a contract though, new phones coming out every day so keep your options open.
I bought the galaxy nexus off contract, and am trading it to the gf for her upgrade, because I have unlimited data and don't want to lose it by using my subsidized upgrade. I certainly get my money out of my data plan
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The Rezound is a great phone but I would have to say the SGS3 is better (my gf has one, on at&t though so I can't attest to the VZW dev community). The Rezound is a brick like the OG Droid was and the battery life is kind of crappy, but there are good sides to it: the ibeats headphones are pretty damn good, the screen is absolutely amazing (but the downside is that it absolutely annihilates batteries when at 75% or greater brightness), it's pretty fast most of the time and the dev community has just had a recent revival due to the release of the kernel source code.
The thing with getting a brand new phone is that it's going to be locked down (unless you buy a dev edition phone) and the roms aren't going to exist for a little while until the device is hacked. I found this out the hard way with the Rezound since it was the first phone I bought that didn't already have an established community. I bought the OG Droid about 3 or 4 months into it being released and bought the Incredible about a year into it's life, I got the Rezound on launch day and it took two months for it to get unlocked and about 7 months for it to get S-Off, so there was a lot of waiting involved. But good things come to those who wait
As others said: it's a great phone, but do you really want to be locked into a 2 year contract when the phone is already 11 months old? If you can get it and then sell it or give it to your girl in 6-12 months then I say do it, otherwise I'd say wait to see what comes out in the next few months. You may be kicking yourself that you got a phone that was already a year old when a quadcore 2 GHz beast debuts...
I really like the galaxy s3, but I don't think I can take another chance on an AMOLED again. Seriously, this Galaxy Nexus is burning my eyes >_< I agree the Rezound is old... but, spec wise, I would think it would last, especially if I can get a good ROM on it. If I rule out SAMOLED, then there are only three current options: Rezound, incredible 4g, iPhone 5. and app tethering isnt available on ios, which I need. Im sure you're right though, new phones are around the corner; however my gf will use her upgrade instead of trading if I wait too long. I wish Verizon had the One X; that would be perfect. Aside from that, I still think the rezound is my best option - but I'll be sure to give the gs3 another look.
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Just don't get an iPhone.
I like apple hardware, but at this point iOS is boring and restrictive. Just played with a couple of store demos at Verizon; its between the gs3 and Rezound. I wonder if they would let me check the gs3 for tinting before I buy it. But even then, supposedly amoled degrades with time, leading to more tinting. I'm pretty sure the Rezound is the way to go- maybe not the best android software out of the gate, but there's no arguing with that SLCD HD display.
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You will be happy either way, but Rezound sounds like a better choice for you.
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I can't speak to all of your questions, but the Rezound definitely has great development right now. Rooting and S-OFF have been around for a long time. The ICS kernel source code was released in August (or so), and now we've got some awesome aosp roms, tons of great sense roms, whatever you want. The screen is amazing (i've had mine for months and still marvel at it), and the only real downside is the supposed lack of battery life (which has improved greatly due to some fantastic kernels in the dev section) and it being a bit bulky. Other than that, it's a great device.
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No. The amount of development on the rezound is no where close to what is available on the galaxy nexus. Its not even close to what even something like the one x has. Anyone who is telling you otherwise is dreaming. There are some work in progress aosp builds but even the RAZR with its locked boot loader has more stable aosp. This combined with the poor battery on the rezound compared to the nexus makes it hard to suggest getting it now especially if you are into aosp. Aosp simply runs perfectly with no glitches on the nexus. Even on devices like the galaxy s3 aosp its not perfect like it is on a nexus.
If your coming from stock jellybean sense 3.6 simply is not going to please you. Its no where near as smooth, sucks battery at idle and just doesn't fit the of ui of ICS and holo. I am just letting you know this now. You've experienced stock android first and have seen how lite and responsive it can be. I know many people here don't want to hear this but its the reality.
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Stock jelly bean is awesome, no doubt. I enjoy it on my nexus 7, and on my galaxy nexus. I realize ICS, particularly with sense, is going to be a downgrade. If there was any smartphone slated to get jelly bean on Verizon, and didn't used amoled, I'd be on it. Unfortunately the One X seems to be the only phone in that category, and I don't see it coming to verizon. Screen uniformity and color accuracy are my most desired traits in a display, and amoled just doesn't bring that to the table, in my experience. I think that leaves the rezound as the best choice, bloated ICS or not.
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I won't pretend to know too much about the kernel-rom-rooting etc, but now that the ICS kernel has been released for the rezound, is there a possibility of a jelly bean ROM coming from xda?
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I won't pretend to know too much about the kernel-rom-rooting etc, but now that the ICS kernel has been released for the rezound, is there a possibility of a jelly bean ROM coming from xda?
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Yes. We have one but it barely works.
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Stock jelly bean is awesome, no doubt. I enjoy it on my nexus 7, and on my galaxy nexus. I realize ICS, particularly with sense, is going to be a downgrade. If there was any smartphone slated to get jelly bean on Verizon, and didn't used amoled, I'd be on it. Unfortunately the One X seems to be the only phone in that category, and I don't see it coming to verizon. Screen uniformity and color accuracy are my most desired traits in a display, and amoled just doesn't bring that to the table, in my experience. I think that leaves the rezound as the best choice, bloated ICS or not.
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Download Franco kernel and flash it to your device. If your rooted you can just
Buy is app and flash it through that. His app allows you to control the colors which are already much better on his kernel than stock.
You also can just use color control on the stock kernel I believe. Amoled screens can have their white level calibrated much more than LCD because they produce their own light.
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I'm aware you can calibrate the screen, but as far as I know that won't fix uniformity issues. For instance, my galaxy nexus has a green tint on the bottom third of the screen, whereas the rest of the display is (comparatively) normal. Maybe the gs3 samoled is improved, which is why I'm going to check it out in person before I buy.
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Hey guys, I've seen a lot of threads about our Amaze vs the SGS2, but not a whole lot about our Amaze vs the Galaxy Nexus. I could get a swap pretty easily, but I'm still on the fence about this, so I made a little list of reasons for and against the swap. I also want the opinions of my fellow Amaze users so your input is much appreciated!
Reasons to stay with the Amaze 4G
- the camera is MUCH better than the Galaxy Nexus, no contest there.
- the Galaxy Nexus has no microSD slot!
- the Amaze 4G is going to get the ICS update eventually, and with that, probably CM9 and more development
- the Amaze 4G has much better build quality
- the Amaze 4G has the option of HTC Sense ROMs for those who prefer it
Reasons to switch to the Galaxy Nexus
- the camera is inferior, however, it's still a decent camera that can replace your basic point and shoot
- 16 GB of storage is enough for most people, it may be inconvenient, but it can be bearable
- the Galaxy Nexus already has ICS, and since it's a world phone, it also has a much bigger development base
- the Galaxy Nexus sacrifices build quality for thinness and lightness, which some may prefer
- even though the screen is a pentile display, many may prefer the SAMOLED and higher resolution screen on the Galaxy Nexus over the SLCD screen on the Amaze
- it's a Google phone, meaning that it will most likely get the latest firmware updates (might even get to see Jellybean!)
- there are no soft keys, which means no soft key bleed problem so you'll have keys that are actually given a chance to light up (a problem that shouldn't have existed in the first place)
Miscellaneous
- the Amaze is clocked at 1.5 GHz and the GNexus at 1.2 GHz, but it does not necessarily mean that the Amaze is faster. In fact, while playing games and running apps, I actually found the GNexus to run a tiny bit faster than the Amaze, but in other cases, the Amaze seems to out-perform the GNexus by a little bit, so the speed difference between the two CPUs is not as big as you think and may even be considered negligible
- both phones have a multi-coloured notification LED
- put yourself in my shoes, if you were offered a straight-up trade, your Amaze 4G for a (like) brand-new Galaxy Nexus, what would you do?
What do you folks think? I love the camera on the Amaze but the handset's shortcomings are really beginning to bother me. To be honest, if I had known that HTC wasn't as developer-friendly as they claimed to be, I wouldn't have picked the Amaze up, but at the same time, the Galaxy Nexus also has its fair share of weaknesses.
I would have to keep my Amaze, simply because I found myself changing between aosp and sense Roms on my incredible. And since that it right around the corner...
I like sense too much to completely get rid of it, sometimes I do need a break from it though.
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I would accept the trade man. Hands down the nexus the device to get because of the support from google.
I've always wanted to try the galaxy nexus... Skeptical though since its built by Samsung. :screwy:
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Eh, I don't like Samsung phones, and there is always something I don't like from the nexus phones......
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It's a fair trade, I'll just mention 2 things, you can't un-see the pentile layout, once you notice, you'll always notice, and yes... it IS noticeable (but bearable on 720).
also, Amoled screens burn in, so 6 months from now you'll have some solid color spashscreen on the phone, and notice that you can see your softkeys hinted inside of it, I know 3 people with the GNex, and it's already happening to them.
As mentioned the camera is decent, but not as good as the Amaze.
Jellybean will be on it VERY shortly after being released. It comes with PURE aosp, and CM9 will have no bugs other than ones caused by modifications to AOSP... The Amaze CPU is faster, but with a 3.0 kernel and ICS, the GNex is quicker for most things.
I love my Amaze, and the second I can have AOSP ICS and a 3.x kernel, I'd probably disagree with the trade, but for now, it's worth it.
I would stick with the Amaze. The point about the CPU difference will change greatly when the amaze gets ICS. GB isn't dual core optimised while ICS is.
The only thing that the GN has over the Amaze is official Google support and look how that turned out for the Nexus S and ICS... It took forever!
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The only thing that the GN has over the Amaze is official Google support and look how that turned out for the Nexus S and ICS... It took forever!
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But it had CM9 builds almost immediately, and it didn't take long for the international Nexus S. The SPH-D720 is hardly a Nexus phone, it's a carrier phone, it works only on sprint, it's sold in their storefronts, and was never a "developer" phone. Although it took a little while for the i9020a/t to get ICS, they had a fully working build pretty much immediately after AOSP ICS source dropped.
Nexus line is for developers, the support is there, so if they don't get Jellybean immediately from google, the community will have it obscenely fast.
I'd have to side with the other amaze users out there and say keep the amaze.
The thing is, I always figure the nexus line was supposed to be the best "average" phone for developers. It's not supposed to be the latest and greatest at everything, it's supposed to represent the average android smartphone at the time of its release, so that if someone develops an app, they know that it'll work with the vast majority of android users. There's gonna be phones better than it and phones worse than it
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I would accept the trade man. Hands down the nexus the device to get because of the support from google.
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What it being a Google device gotta do with anything? My friends has the phone. Such and ugly wack device. Samsung should stick to TV's.
coupetastic-droid said:
What it being a Google device gotta do with anything? My friends has the phone. Such and ugly wack device. Samsung should stick to TV's.
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Better support and faster updates. I'm sorry man but I would have to disagree with you. The gnex is such a beautiful device.
rubyman94 said:
The gnex is such a beautiful device.
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Yuck
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Yuck
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Lol! Just giving my two cents bro.
Honestly, I really really wanted the Galaxy Nexus and waited for a while to see if it would come to Tmo. Google's launch for the device was mad sloppy and I got sick of waiting.
I couldn't give up my Amaze for the Gnex. I use the camera all the time and I love that about this phone. Since having it in December I have over 1,000 pictures taken with it. In fact, when I traveled across the country to visit Pensylvania and Maryland two months ago, I didn't even bring a digital camera with me. Just used the Amaze the entire time and it worked out well.
Sure, development is slow on it and for some mysterious reason HTC is releasing Kernal Drivers for everything BUT this phone, but I feel like that leaves this small community up to a challenge. The work being done to get CM7 onto the Amaze is coming along nicely, and once they get the GSM/Wifi/NFC drivers working we'll finally have an AOSP rom running on this thing. It may be annoying to most people that we haven't gotten it fully running, but I see this as a big acomplishment for the few developers that we have here.
So yeah, I think I'll stick with the Amaze for a while. Its been very good to me
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I've always wanted to try the galaxy nexus... Skeptical though since its built by Samsung. :screwy:
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What it is that you are skeptical about? I have used SGS II, 3 varieties, Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus and SGS original. I think, except than the feeling difference by holding the phone in your hand, there is nothing else which would make you worry of anything go wrong.
Compared to Amaze, yes, Nexus is totally different, 1 thing I love about Nexus phones is the Vanilla Android. Another thing I like about them is they have a different and whole new feeling about how one phone should feel like when you hold it or when its lying on your desk and someone overlooking is amazed with what its got, and the feeling it gives you with its curvy design is also something different which unfortunately no other manufactures have come up with.
On the other hand, I have used many htc phones too, i have had incredible s, amazing build quality. currently I am rocking Amaze 4g, a little bulky and heavy but phone feels good in hands, a little smaller and the fact that it too is made out of plastic, doesn't help much, but still a great phone.
Just my opinion.
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Eh, I don't like Samsung phones, and there is always something I don't like from the nexus phones......
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No offence, but since you are saying you don't like samsung phones, what is it that you don't like?? and what is it that you don't like nexus phones? I loved my first google phone, the nexus one, i have used nexus s for a long time, and i do have a galaxy nexus, they are great.
Yet the fact that they come with vanilla, is a choice of your own, whether you like a phone with a custom skin or stock android is your cup of tea... but seriously, what is it that you don't like?
Care to share your thoughts with the community?
Idk... They look boring, they're super lightweight (im clumsy) and I HATED my friend's Vibrant and my coworkers Galaxy S on Sprint. I have never liked samsung phones. TVs are awesome though.
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Idk... They look boring, they're super lightweight (im clumsy) and I HATED my friend's Vibrant and my coworkers Galaxy S on Sprint. I have never liked samsung phones. TVs are awesome though.
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Fair enough...
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Idk... They look boring, they're super lightweight (im clumsy) and I HATED my friend's Vibrant and my coworkers Galaxy S on Sprint. I have never liked samsung phones. TVs are awesome though.
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im with you on this, but.. my brother has the HTC incredible (still one of the best HTC phones made) and since its lightweight its harder for it to break/get damaged. our phones are bricks when it comes to weight lol so it would impact a lot more when dropping
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im with you on this, but.. my brother has the HTC incredible (still one of the best HTC phones made) and since its lightweight its harder for it to break/get damaged. our phones are bricks when it comes to weight lol so it would impact a lot more when dropping
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Off topic, but my friend had the incredible. Loved that phone!!!!
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Im goin back to att and so far been reading up on the OG. Does anybody regret getting their OG?
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No
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Im goin back to att and so far been reading up on the OG. Does anybody regret getting their OG?
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Not really, the dev support is slightly less then I could hope for (i was running CM10.1 on my Older HTC Sensation 4G, so to go back to ICS is slightly disappointing), but i am satisfied with the phone, screen is amazing, it is supper fast, tons of room, i mean it really is a great phone and i am really optimistic that support will pick up. so no regrets here.
That's great to hear!!! But how's the sound quality on the speaker when talking on the phone?
But please keep the comments coming. I just saw that the phone is 99 at best buy!!! Tempted to get it but just want some actually user reviews from the geeks on xda!
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i recommend this phone
i'd buy it again. it'll be nice once i can roll CM10 on it. but the LG firmware is actually not too bad (coming from HTC Sense). i've recommended the device and will continue to do so.
the only two issues i have is:
1) it's slippery. having gorilla glass on both sides looks good, but the damn thing can slide on any surface. it's like it has a 'zero friction' backing.
2) LG created a device with multiple sizes but one name. the LG OG AT&T version is different in size than the LG OG Sprint version. eventually this probably won't be a big deal, but when looking for a case it can be an irritant if you get the wrong size.
love the screen
device is fast
battery lasts @20hrs regular use
great wifi
LTE is fast in my area
sound is fine
speaker could be a bit louder
put me in the unsure column. the phone is fantastic in most aspects: the screen is AMAZING, it is FAST and the build quality is very good. however, there are a few things that are making me doubt my decision:
1) the phone shape makes it a bit uncomfortable to hold and use, it is just a bit too square. my S3 is bigger but feels smaller due to the curve edges.
2) i am starting to have some doubt on if this phone will actually be very popular. so far it doesn't look like it is having too much success which might limit the amount of development and accessories.
3) there are very little accessories for this phone. i think that this is actually due to the fact that ATT once again decided to go with a device that is different than the international version. there are MANY cases for the normal version but very little for the ATT version.
More phones will hit soon. A lot more. Amazon got frigin back ordered on them... Amazon...
Its either a gs3 or this OG. I know cause its between the two
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This phone couldn't be much better in my eyes. I am not worried about development as the phone just came out. Most who are complaining fail to realize that only the nexus has huge development right out the gate. Well not to forget galaxy phones.
But overall it is a well put together phone. Wouldn't return it for anything on the market now. Plus the resale in my area (Ga) is around $450 can't beat that if your only paying $99 for it.
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I'm getting this phone soon and my only concern, like many others, is lack of support. I see it as the best option otherwise on At&T and I hope that if everyone with doubts supports it, there will be support. If everyone doubting supports goes somewhere else, their doubts will come true.
Anyway, there are quite a few nice cases for the At&T model on Amazon if you search for it specifically. They have a nice looking one for $2.....
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You guys worrying about lack of dev support are ye of little faith. The OG doesn't have very many devs but the ones we do have are very proficient.A lot of you guys are soft bricking your phones with simple debloated stock ROM's so don't be surprised that all of the AOSP testing is going on in IRC instead of here. There might even be a Sense port ffs.
I would definitely buy this phone again. I absolutely love it. I had used nothing but HTC and Samsung in the past. They were great phones too, but I like this one better.
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You guys worrying about lack of dev support are ye of little faith. The OG doesn't have very many devs but the ones we do have are very proficient.A lot of you guys are soft bricking your phones with simple debloated stock ROM's so don't be surprised that all of the AOSP testing is going on in IRC instead of here. There might even be a Sense port ffs.
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Yeah, it's a chicken and egg kinda thing going on. And we have the ability to push the chicken end (build install base). I see a ton of people here saying they are coming from the Atrix and a ton of people from the Atrix saying they are leaving for here. Being one of these people, I'm super pumped because the ATrix community was really great. Hell, I'll probably have some free time ovver the summer, I'd love to help dev for this phone.
No regrets here, coming from the Captivate, I suspect there will eventually be a lot of spill over from the Nexus 4 development, but in the mean time LG's UI is head and shoulders above touchwiz!
Ya I'm on my way to store so after playing with it some more ill decide. Lack of development is expected since this device is new, I suspect it will boom, ain't no telling who is making what. Guess the hard part is waiting! But with the specs of this phone theirs NO WAY yall won't see some kind of development....
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I love the LG stock software. It offers more customization than any other stock firmware I've ever used.
The screen is crisp, the battery is excellent, the phone is fast.
It is quite literally the most impressive kit I've ever had the pleasure of using.
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I definitely do not regret purchasing this phone. As a matter of fact, so far it's one of the best I've bought over the years. Every smartphone I've ever owned was HTC. I was stuck between the LGOG, S3, Ox+, or Note 2. I looked at all of them and the LGOG won hands down.
A few things drew me in to purchase this phone.
For me, the design is simple, super thin. A lot of people love the curved corners, but that's neither here nor there for me. I get asked about this phone a lot and no one mentions curved corners.
It's big, but not too big to be a huge pain. The screen IS amazing.
With the N4 having the same build and similar specs, I had no doubt there would be development for it.
And finally it has a SD slot! I've pushed every phone I've ever owned to the limit. It takes me no time fill 16 gigs. I need more space options.
No regrets so far here either. Coming from a HOX, the extra storage will be welcomed. I do like the design a lot, but it is ridiculously slippery. I have an invisible shield coming to help with that. Haven't had it long enough to comment on battery life. It's blazingly fast and never hiccups. Really looking forward to some Jelly Bean or CM10, but this stock firmware is by far the best I've used. I was torn between this an the HOX+, and honestly what really finally sold me was the $100 priectag Best Buy has on it right now. This phone has the potential to be the best Android device out there at this point, IMO.
I've got an OG N4 and an S3 and the only one I regret buying is the nexus4. Just the lag in screen response is a big enough deal breaker....even with the" fix". The OG can be a better machine than the S3 but is limited to LG's firmware < Samsung firmware. LG wins with screen and the processor but the s3 overclocked to 1.8 and on JB outperforms the OG in terms of system ui snappiness....the s3 still gives a better user experience than the LGOG.....just saying
LGOG E970
If you want a lot of development, get an SIII or Note. If you want an inexpensive yet epic phone, LGOG.
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Hey guys, my contract expires in a month and I am looking at a couple of new phones to buy. I currently own a Droid Incredible, and I absolutely love it. The only thing that I don't like about it is that it has poor battery life, and it's kind of slow. Things that I do like about it are that I have a plethora of roms to choose from and it has great development support. Some phones that I am looking to buy are the Droid Razr Maxx HD, Samsung Galaxy S3, and the Google Nexus. Can you tell me about the pros and cons of the S3? How is the developer support for this phone? I appreciate any help!
Developer support isn't the worst but it isn't the best, the Exynos 4412 is Faster than it needs to be, don't go for a Snapdragon S4 Quad just because its faster... the differences are minimal.
If I was you I would get the Nexus 4 over the Galaxy Nexus if you were to get a Nexus device.
Cons:
Not much.
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Hey guys, my contract expires in a month and I am looking at a couple of new phones to buy. I currently own a Droid Incredible, and I absolutely love it. The only thing that I don't like about it is that it has poor battery life, and it's kind of slow. Things that I do like about it are that I have a plethora of roms to choose from and it has great development support. Some phones that I am looking to buy are the Droid Razr Maxx HD, Samsung Galaxy S3, and the Google Nexus. Can you tell me about the pros and cons of the S3? How is the developer support for this phone? I appreciate any help!
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everything is great with this phone, developer community, xda support community is good, frequency of software updates from samsung is also good compared to other OEMs at the moment...overall phone experience is excellent and you will not be disappointed...however, sgs3 suffers from two issues...
1) stock Contacts & Phone App lags, takes 3-4 seconds to open for the first time and will not stay in memory for a long time for fast opening..this sucks...work around is avaliable like Exdialer app from play store or Jkay mod for SGS3 to keep contacts and dialer app in memory always.
2) heavy apps installed from market cannot be moved into external memory (memory stick)...work around available though I guess..!
If you are comfortable flashing a custom rom, kernel or mods, then it's a wonderful phone.
Stock experience is good but has some shortcomings like mentioned before.
Overall, I think it's the most balanced device right now. Removable battery and micro sd slot surely give it an edge and it's not as large as a Note.
Xperia Z would be also a great choice if you decide to wait. Seems that it would be a better choice IF you can wait a month or two.
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@TheCraig: what do you mean it isn't the best? Like, the dev support for the droid incredible is great. The phone is 3 years old but we still have about 5 jelly bean roms, and 2 4.2 unofficial nightly roms which is great!
@gchindi: well, i am not too worried about the contacts and phone apks taking a while to load. and how big apk files are we talking about?
@drakester09: yeah, i am addicted to flashing. I have a gtab 2 so i'm familiar with the rooting process for samsung devices as well. i don't like the stock interface too much. i can't stand touchwiz for some reason lol.
thanks for your help guys. can one of you upload a screenshot of your battery usage graphs too? just for comparison with my battery life. i'd greatly appreciate that.
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@TheCraig: what do you mean it isn't the best? Like, the dev support for the droid incredible is great. The phone is 3 years old but we still have about 5 jelly bean roms, and 2 4.2 unofficial nightly roms which is great!
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he was talking about the SGS3, I thought you were too
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he was talking about the SGS3, I thought you were too
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haha let me clarify. i was telling him what the dev support is like on the dinc so that he could compare it to the dev support on the gs3.
oh, I got you.
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@TheCraig: what do you mean it isn't the best? Like, the dev support for the droid incredible is great. The phone is 3 years old but we still have about 5 jelly bean roms, and 2 4.2 unofficial nightly roms which is great!
@gchindi: well, i am not too worried about the contacts and phone apks taking a while to load. and how big apk files are we talking about?
@drakester09: yeah, i am addicted to flashing. I have a gtab 2 so i'm familiar with the rooting process for samsung devices as well. i don't like the stock interface too much. i can't stand touchwiz for some reason lol.
thanks for your help guys. can one of you upload a screenshot of your battery usage graphs too? just for comparison with my battery life. i'd greatly appreciate that.
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I meant to say the dev support for the Galaxy S3, which isn't massively impressive compared to the Nexus, but that's expected as AOSP is made for Nexus.
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I meant to say the dev support for the Galaxy S3, which isn't massively impressive compared to the Nexus, but that's expected as AOSP is made for Nexus.
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Ohh OK. I was going threw the development forum and it looks pretty good.
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It's has great hardware but horrible software specially Ram Management.
For example, you wanna enjoy some tracks while browsing web ?
Forget it, the songs start to shutter .
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It's has great hardware but horrible software specially Ram Management.
For example, you wanna enjoy some tracks while browsing web ?
Forget it, the songs start to shutter .
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Easily fixed with a new kernel or ROM.
Worst thing about Samsung bloatware, but that isn't as bad with the I9305 and its 2G ram.
I'd wait for the SGS4!
LG, Lucky Goldstar anything but...
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Yeah, I'd hold off for a few months if you can - get a discount off your monthly bill from your service provider, save that money, then pull the trigger on a brand new S4 when that comes out. S3 is a great phone, and there's nothing else I'd rather have at the moment (except maybe the i9305 with more RAM, although a much weaker dev scene). But with the S4 release within spitting distance now, you'd be mad not to wait. Unless cost is an issue, in which case I'd still say wait, cos the S3 will drop in price quite a bit when the S4 is released. Might as well get yourself synced up with the Galaxy S release cycle now, cos once you have one you're unlikely to want to go elsewhere. I did buy myself a Nexus 4 when that came out, but the only benefits that had was the software (if you're into vanilla Android) and two gigs of RAM. EVERYTHING else was inferior to my S3, so I ended up sending the N4 back.
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Yeah, I'd hold off for a few months if you can - get a discount off your monthly bill from your service provider, save that money, then pull the trigger on a brand new S4 when that comes out. S3 is a great phone, and there's nothing else I'd rather have at the moment (except maybe the i9305 with more RAM, although a much weaker dev scene). But with the S4 release within spitting distance now, you'd be mad not to wait. Unless cost is an issue, in which case I'd still say wait, cos the S3 will drop in price quite a bit when the S4 is released. Might as well get yourself synced up with the Galaxy S release cycle now, cos once you have one you're unlikely to want to go elsewhere. I did buy myself a Nexus 4 when that came out, but the only benefits that had was the software (if you're into vanilla Android) and two gigs of RAM. EVERYTHING else was inferior to my S3, so I ended up sending the N4 back.
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i was thinking about waiting for the s4 but i don't know when exactly it will come out. regardless, i probably won't buy it since i personally think that it might be too over powered and the battery life will take a hit, but hey, you never know. you're right about the S3's cost dropping though. i was looking at the nexus 4, but the no microSD card
(at least that's what i've read) was a complete turn off for me.
40 million S3 units sold, having come from HTC I can see why just on the quality of components Samsung uses in it's phones. I had a choice between the new nexus and the S3, the removable battery and sd card sold it for me but I'm very impressed by how well the software works. All my phones up to now had AOSP, this is the first that has ( albeit a stripped down version) a stock ROM onboard after three months use.
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40 million S3 units sold, having come from HTC I can see why just on the quality of components Samsung uses in it's phones. I had a choice between the new nexus and the S3, the removable battery and sd card sold it for me but I'm very impressed by how well the software works. All my phones up to now had AOSP, this is the first that has ( albeit a stripped down version) a stock ROM onboard after three months use.
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Yeah the s3 is pretty great. I've played around with it and I really like it. Is the battery life good with touchwiz or is it better with cm10.1?
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Its all about choice. I have a nexus 7 which is a bigger version of the Google nexus in theory. Do you mean Google nexus or the nexus 4? I have to say that I love the jelly bean on the nexus and especially the user interface which I think is very simple to use on my nexus7. The RAZR maxx has the best battery life out of any phone I have seen on the market. My friend has one and funnily enough I have a s3. The s3 is brilliant you can really feel and see the quality Samsung put into making their phones. I came from HTC myself after having alot of issues with the one x . I would recommend either the nexus 4, simply because of the software and easy access and the s3 because of the removable battery and SD card which is what made me go for the s3 rather than the nexus
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i was thinking about waiting for the s4 but i don't know when exactly it will come out. regardless, i probably won't buy it since i personally think that it might be too over powered and the battery life will take a hit, but hey, you never know. you're right about the S3's cost dropping though. i was looking at the nexus 4, but the no microSD card
(at least that's what i've read) was a complete turn off for me.
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I highly doubt this will be the case - the battery life will be no worse than the S3 (most likely better). Chances are it will have a bigger battery as well as a better CPU (which will have better power management). The possibly larger screen and 1080P will obviously have a negative effect. This is obviously basing off rumour specs (and no one will really know until the phone is released), though point is, just because the phone is more powerful doesn't mean the battery life will be worse. The S3 is more powerful than the S2, though has better battery life (for me anyways).
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Its all about choice. I have a nexus 7 which is a bigger version of the Google nexus in theory. Do you mean Google nexus or the nexus 4? I have to say that I love the jelly bean on the nexus and especially the user interface which I think is very simple to use on my nexus7. The RAZR maxx has the best battery life out of any phone I have seen on the market. My friend has one and funnily enough I have a s3. The s3 is brilliant you can really feel and see the quality Samsung put into making their phones. I came from HTC myself after having alot of issues with the one x . I would recommend either the nexus 4, simply because of the software and easy access and the s3 because of the removable battery and SD card which is what made me go for the s3 rather than the nexus
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Yeah, the Nexus 4. What was wrong with your One X? But yeah, I think I'm going to go with the S3. It has a lot of roms (so that beats out the raxr) and it has a micro SD(beating put the Nexus). Having a rooted droid incredible has kind of made those two things a necessity for me.
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I'm getting an upgrade soon. Not sure if I should get this phone or not.
So basically, are there any other features that makes this phone stand out from others besides the screen ?
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Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro is pretty awesome too if u want to know.... And IPX-5 grade water resistant.
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What has your research shown you so far?
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I'm getting an upgrade soon. Not sure if I should get this phone or not.
So basically, are there any other features that makes this phone stand out from others besides the screen ?
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To be honest with you, have yet to find anything about this phone I don't like. The screen is amazing, the snapdragon S4 pro is incredibly fast. Not to mention the fact that the DNA has by far the best battery life for any android phone I have ever had (went from the Aris >> Incredible >> Droid Charge >> rezound >> DNA). I can go to work for 8 hours and come home with >70% of my battery still left with moderate usage. A few friends who also have the phone report the same thing.
IMO you really can not go wrong with this phone.
I have a Galaxy Note 2 and a DNA and I much prefer my DNA as my "daily driver". My only gripe with the phone are kernel the wakelock issues, but that problem is easily addressed by flashing LKs kernel.
I would also add that the phone was a bit too thin for my tastes. Possibly because I have smaller hands. A Diztronic case solved that issue and I think the phone has a perfect feel to it now.
The DNA is nearly perfect, and using ViperROM makes it even better. The only reason that I would give a recommendation to a different device is for expandable memory. If you often find yourself in situations where you don't have 4g or decent WiFi, then you will want your media on your device, and 11GB goes quick.
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To be honest with you, have yet to find anything about this phone I don't like. The screen is amazing, the snapdragon S4 pro is incredibly fast. Not to mention the fact that the DNA has by far the best battery life for any android phone I have ever had (went from the Aris >> Incredible >> Droid Charge >> rezound >> DNA). I can go to work for 8 hours and come home with >70% of my battery still left with moderate usage. A few friends who also have the phone report the same thing.
IMO you really can not go wrong with this phone.
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The standby time for this phone is incredible. I can go on a 7 hour shift with only using about 2% of the battery.
This phone is also sooooo smooth. Waaay faster than my moms, sisters, or brother in laws galaxy III's.
i just lol'd
The reason I ask is because I'm going to be upgrading to either the S3 or DNA from an Incredible 2. The S3 is $100 cheaper, and I stopped and wondered if there was anything the DNA had that made it worth the extra price other than the screen. My Incredible 2 is the only smartphone I've owned so far, and I immediately stopped liking Sense and went the custom ROM route with CM7 and MIUI. I returned to stock once and the phone felt laggy, and the bloatware didn't help. I know its unfair to compare the DNA to an older device with and older version of Sense, but it kind of made me want to step away from HTC. Plus, I'm a bit mad at HTC promising an update but never delivering.
I plan on going stock this time, and based on what you guys are saying its still very nice and smooth? Worth the double price? It is a two year commitment so I'm being cautious.
What are your other choices?
it's still ur choice. but why not just go and try the phone first? hold it touch it feel it.
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The reason I ask is because I'm going to be upgrading to either the S3 or DNA from an Incredible 2. The S3 is $100 cheaper, and I stopped and wondered if there was anything the DNA had that made it worth the extra price other than the screen. My Incredible 2 is the only smartphone I've owned so far, and I immediately stopped liking Sense and went the custom ROM route with CM7 and MIUI. I returned to stock once and the phone felt laggy, and the bloatware didn't help. I know its unfair to compare the DNA to an older device with and older version of Sense, but it kind of made me want to step away from HTC. Plus, I'm a bit mad at HTC promising an update but never delivering.
I plan on going stock this time, and based on what you guys are saying its still very nice and smooth? Worth the double price? It is a two year commitment so I'm being cautious.
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I'm curious as to where you are seeing this price difference. At Verizon they're both 199 and at amazon they're both 149 for an upgrade.
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DNA is the best phone I have owned. Came from EVO 4G lte, great phone but DNA beats it. Running Nova launcher and is crazy fast! Truly love the phone. Played with a buddies SGiii, no comparison, DNA smokes it. My opinion of course.
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Yeah this is definitely the best phone ive owned. Coming from crapple.
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I'm getting an upgrade soon. Not sure if I should get this phone or not.
So basically, are there any other features that makes this phone stand out from others besides the screen ?
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Built in wireless charging, form factor, camera
battery. reception of 4g. call quality. gaming. speed. camera. stylish looks. beats. music. i can go on
I'm currently debating whether to pick up the Galaxy Note 2 or the HTC DNA. I love the form factor of the DNA and it's 1080p, sense has always been of interest as well. I currently own a Galaxy Nexus, the new Nexus 4 is kind of underwhelming so I think I'm gonna take a break from the google line of devices.
what do you guys say?
I looked at both before I got the DNA. The Galaxy Note 2 was just to big for me. The screen on the DNA is much better. The also I prefer Sense over Touchwiz and Sense 4+ is the best yet. The biggest problem people have with DNA is the 16gb of space on the phone. You can easily get around this since the phone has usb-otg built in. With an adapter you plug in any size USB device. I have a dongle with a 64gb microsd card. It also works with TWRP recovery so you can backup your phone to it if you choose to unlock your phone.
The DNA is also a world phone, correct? I live in Pakistan (where all the networks are GSM) and plan on having a friend of mine bring a DNA over from the states. I've read that they're unlocked out of the box and can be used on virtually any network.
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The DNA is also a world phone, correct? I live in Pakistan (where all the networks are GSM) and plan on having a friend of mine bring a DNA over from the states. I've read that they're unlocked out of the box and can be used on virtually any network.
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Yups, u should be able to use it in Pakistan. All GSM frequency/band are UNLOCKED in this phone.
Iam using mine in India
My previous phone was also a GNex.
DNA is at another level to GNex. Quad-core, Bigger and better screen , better sound quality, better camera, better battery life.
The only thing GNex has over DNA is custom ROMs. But you should try out ViperDNA. It kicks ass !!
We should be getting AOSP pretty soon :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
The thing that sold me was the 1080p screen... Everything looks phenomenal on this thing. I was nervous about the battery life but that had ended up impressing me also. This has honestly be the best phone I have ever owned
man you guys are getting me pumped. I might have the phone by the 3rd week of march.
The only thing that bothers me is the Verizon logo tbqh.
I bought the note 2 but after two weeks it was just too big. Swapped it for this and never looked back!
For what it's worth I came from galaxy nexus and get easily double the battery life on this phone.
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I was on a gnex before I got my DNA I'm happy as hell with mines. Unlocked,rooted,s-off,viper Rom, can't go wrong with that
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I could not be happier leaving the gnex
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AW: Galaxy Nexus to HTC Droid DNA
I have the Note 2 before Dna,Dna is better for me!
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I have the Note 2 before Dna,Dna is better for me!
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lol cool .
I'm surprised to see so many gnex owners made the switch to DNA. That says a lot about the quality of the phone in my opinion. I'm not surprised you guys love the phone though, I guess its just that I've seen so much (unnecessary in my opinion) debate about all the things wrong with sense and HTC from gnex users.
I'm one of the rare people that loves both, but if I wasn't allowed more than one interface it would definitely be sense.
In regards to the OP, how serious of a hardcore android gamer are you?
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I came from a GNEX and haven't looked back. I miss the roms but it is honestly a relief to be able to sit on one rom for a month with no issues and stellar battery life.
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I'm going to provide a somewhat tenuous dissenting opinion. I'm coming from a Gnex, and picked up a DNA last night, which I'm considering switching to full time. After 24 hours with it, I'm quite pleased by the hardware, and utterly horrified by the software.
Sense is, in my opinion, complete and utter crap. There's no other way for me to put it, I hate almost everything about it. It's as if they locked several caffeinated adolescent boys in a room and told them to design a skin while watching episodes of Transformers. Viper is making it somewhat tolerable, but man am I anxiously awaiting AOSP. That said... the hardware, oh the hardware. The screen is simply gorgeous, and the battery life is easily twice what I got with my Gnex. In addition, I have 2-3 bars of 4G at work where I had 0-1 bars of 3G before.
The hardware advantages this has over the Gnex are sufficient to keep me from selling this thing in the hopes that AOSP is coming soon. If anyone reading is on the fence, and isn't sure how they'll feel about Sense, I'd advise waiting for prices to come down. I'll probably still pop my SIM into the Gnex here and there to experience Android as it was intended to be.
I too came from the gnex and while I loved the phone itself and devolopment. I couldnt stand the poor reception and battery life. I got the DNA on launch day and have never regreted it. battery life is great and so is the radio reception! As far as development goes you cant beat Viper rom been running it for a good while now and dont even miss AOKP anymore .I am sure you will love this phone!
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I'm going to provide a somewhat tenuous dissenting opinion. I'm coming from a Gnex, and picked up a DNA last night, which I'm considering switching to full time. After 24 hours with it, I'm quite pleased by the hardware, and utterly horrified by the software.
Sense is, in my opinion, complete and utter crap. There's no other way for me to put it, I hate almost everything about it. It's as if they locked several caffeinated adolescent boys in a room and told them to design a skin while watching episodes of Transformers. Viper is making it somewhat tolerable, but man am I anxiously awaiting AOSP. That said... the hardware, oh the hardware. The screen is simply gorgeous, and the battery life is easily twice what I got with my Gnex. In addition, I have 2-3 bars of 4G at work where I had 0-1 bars of 3G before.
The hardware advantages this has over the Gnex are sufficient to keep me from selling this thing in the hopes that AOSP is coming soon. If anyone reading is on the fence, and isn't sure how they'll feel about Sense, I'd advise waiting for prices to come down. I'll probably still pop my SIM into the Gnex here and there to experience Android as it was intended to be.
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As much as I hated it when I first switched, I actually kind of like sense now.... But maybe because every phone I have had before this one I ran CM or some form of aosp and the "newness" of sense keeps me interested. I really LOVE sense camera especially with the mod to make compression next to minimal. I get amazing pictures that the aosp (bless its soul) could never produce.
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I'm surprised to see so many gnex owners made the switch to DNA. That says a lot about the quality of the phone in my opinion. I'm not surprised you guys love the phone though, I guess its just that I've seen so much (unnecessary in my opinion) debate about all the things wrong with sense and HTC from gnex users.
I'm one of the rare people that loves both, but if I wasn't allowed more than one interface it would definitely be sense.
In regards to the OP, how serious of a hardcore android gamer are you?
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I actually don't game all that much, I might start though with that beautiful 1080p 5" screen. That said, I'm aware that many games don't work just yet, if that's the point you're insinuating.
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As much as I hated it when I first switched, I actually kind of like sense now.... But maybe because every phone I have had before this one I ran CM or some form of aosp and the "newness" of sense keeps me interested. I really LOVE sense camera especially with the mod to make compression next to minimal. I get amazing pictures that the aosp (bless its soul) could never produce.
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This is exactly how I feel. Having first owned a G2x and then a Galaxy Nexus, the untainted google experience is starting to get a little stale. This is why I hope the DNA and sense will distract me for at least a year or longer... especially if Sense 5 is on the way.
Can only add to what others have said. I also came from the Nexus. Before that I had the incredible and sense.
The piss poor reception is what ultimately made me pay full retail for the DNA. Only downfall is the 16GB memory and annoying WiFi notification.
This phone is amazing though.
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I just recently made the jump from the Galaxy Nexus to the Droid DNA. I resisted Sense at first being so used to the Stock UI but have come to really enjoy it. This phone is amazing though. Beautiful screen and very snappy performance. Anyone know how easily the back cover scratches? I prefer the naked feel and don't really want a case. In short it was a good move to go to the DNA.
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so my question is what is the process of unlocking and turning s-off on this bad boy, i have never owned a htc device before