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Ok. I'm planning to upgrade from my LG G2x (Wind Optimus 2X) to either with Galaxy S3 or the One X+ (North American - Telus Canada versions). I'm leaning to the S3, but I want to see if people on this forum can change my mind. My criteria:
- Real-life performance (benchmarks are moot)
- Battery-life
- Camera performance
- Construction quality
- Future proofing (ROM development both 3rd party or manufacturer)
Coming from the LG G2x, I've learned a lot of lesson on areas I've gotten burned. That's one reason I've ruled out the Nexus 4 (being LG) and that fact that 16GB is not freaking enough. Google is smoking dope if they think we can get everything off the cloud and don't need much storage...not when we're on a plane or in the subway. I've learned that nVidia is terrible and doesn't support or provide source code for the Tegra (at least for the Tegra 2), I've learned, that though the processor was great, the G2x was totally short on RAM 384MB (usable), I've learn that given all these issues both LG and developers here and there weren't spending much effort supporting the device.
I much prefer the design and construction of the One X+ over the Galaxy S3, I also prefer, Sense over TouchWiz, but I'm open to trying new ROMs, skins, and launchers. I prefer things to work well stock, out of the box, but again if I need to rolling in a new ROM (or just a nice update on Android, I'm happy to do so.)
So I've probably already convinced myself based on my criteria, the S3 is better choice for me, even though, I dread the look and the feel in hand, and the fact that it's as ubiquitous as the iPhone. So someone convince me otherwise to go with the One X+ instead.
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I just came from the s3 and all I can say is if you like features speed and a beautiful phone one x plus is for you as for development the s3 is going to be best if you like switching roms
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How do you find the battery life and camera compared to the S3? Reading reviews online and the battery thread here, I still sense the still S3 wins in those categories.
Andrew149 said:
I just came from the s3 and all I can say is if you like features speed and a beautiful phone one x plus is for you as for development the s3 is going to be best if you like switching roms
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I too came from the S3. I exchanged it for a One X+ yesterday. So far, the build quality is like day and night between the S3 and one X plus. The 64 gb of storage is useful as well.
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smoothmoose said:
How do you find the battery life and camera compared to the S3? Reading reviews online and the battery thread here, I still sense the still S3 wins in those categories.
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It depends on what ROM you plan to use for battery life. I can't make a solid answer about battery yet, but I will say if you plan on gaming it eats up battery pretty quickly. IMO, I prefer the One X camera. Audio quality on the one X plus seems better as well. My advice would be to go to a store and try both phones out and see which one is best for you.
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smoothmoose said:
How do you find the battery life and camera compared to the S3? Reading reviews online and the battery thread here, I still sense the still S3 wins in those categories.
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The battery is about the same as my s3, that I owned for 4 months it's about 8-19 hours depending on how heavy I use my phone mostly tapatalk YouTube pulse facebook talk and texting all day with some GPS navigation. The camera is about the same, (HTC camera software blows Samsung's out the water) HTC one x wins all the way in my book, the phone works great s3 software is still ics stock while the one x is jellybean.
One thing I wanna note is the one x plus has no lagg at all the speakers on the s3 internal and external sucks compared to onex+
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killman2659 said:
It depends on what ROM you plan to use for battery life. I can't make a solid answer about battery yet, but I will say if you plan on gaming it eats up battery pretty quickly. IMO, I prefer the One X camera. Audio quality on the one X plus seems better as well. My advice would be to go to a store and try both phones out and see which one is best for you.
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Not a lot gaming at all. More surfing, videos, and I tend to use navigation a lot when I'm travelling. I hate having my phone out of juice in the middle of the afternoon especially when I'm travelling in another city because I was using the navigation/GPS a lot.
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Not a lot gaming at all. More surfing, videos, and I tend to use navigation a lot when I'm travelling. I hate having my phone out of juice in the middle of the afternoon especially when I'm travelling in another city because I was using the navigation/GPS a lot.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2015384
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I too came from the S3. I exchanged it for a One X+ yesterday. So far, the build quality is like day and night between the S3 and one X plus. The 64 gb of storage is useful as well.
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It depends on what ROM you plan to use for battery life. I can't make a solid answer about battery yet, but I will say if you plan on gaming it eats up battery pretty quickly. IMO, I prefer the One X camera. Audio quality on the one X plus seems better as well. My advice would be to go to a store and try both phones out and see which one is best for you.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2021540
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For me personally there is also a non technical/specs related reason. I've always been a fan of HTC devices. Design, build quality and reliability is the best among Android devices. Eventhough competing brands might offer a specs wise slightly better device, I keep supporting HTC by buying their products. I want the company to stay in the Android phone business! Otherwise Samsung or Apple will soon be the only main manufacturers...
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For me personally there is also a non technical/specs related reason. I've always been a fan of HTC devices. Design, build quality and reliability is the best among Android devices. Eventhough competing brands might offer a specs wise slightly better device, I keep supporting HTC by buying their products. I want the company to stay in the Android phone business! Otherwise Samsung or Apple will soon be the only main manufacturers...
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Agree 100% on HTC as company. In fact, I was using HTC for my two previous devices prior to going to the LG G2x. Again big regret going to LG. But times have changed a bit and Samsung is really pulling ahead in the Android market. My biggest concern with One X+ reading around is the battery life. Right now it seems some people are doing fine with while others are having some serious battery drain issues. I might need to get the device and try it a couple of days to really find out for myself.
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Agree 100% on HTC as company. In fact, I was using HTC for my two previous devices prior to going to the LG G2x. Again big regret going to LG. But times have changed a bit and Samsung is really pulling ahead in the Android market. My biggest concern with One X+ reading around is the battery life. Right now it seems some people are doing fine with while others are having some serious battery drain issues. I might need to get the device and try it a couple of days to really find out for myself.
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Isn't there a 14-30 day period when u buy a phone that u can return it no questions asked with a new contract? If so, why does anyone need to tell anyone answers to questions they can figure out on their own? Lol. Get the S3, play with it for 10 days, return it for hox+, return it in 10 days, then stick with the one u like best. If u can't figure out battery life in 10 days then a smartphone probably ain't for u, lol! Some people
If you had to choose between phones, choose between the Optimus G or the HTC One X+. I say this because I personally want to spend $200 on a phone with 1.) Good Build Quality and 2.) not outdated Hardware (the S3 has a dual core, all phones now have quad core). If you want many ROMs, then get the S3. I've had all 3 phones, and I'm sticking with the One X+. Battery life is on par with S3, but the Optimus G has the best out of all. One X+ screen is on par with Optimus G, and they both blow the S3 screen. S3 and One X+ cameras are both good, Optimus G's is mediocre.
Hope this helped.
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Isn't there a 14-30 day period when u buy a phone that u can return it no questions asked with a new contract? If so, why does anyone need to tell anyone answers to questions they can figure out on their own? Lol. Get the S3, play with it for 10 days, return it for hox+, return it in 10 days, then stick with the one u like best. If u can't figure out battery life in 10 days then a smartphone probably ain't for u, lol! Some people
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I'm in Canada, so things are a little different with our carriers. My current provider had a 30min voice and 50MB data usage limit to void the device return policy even though the period is 14 days. I'll have to look into Telus's policy more closely if they also have something similar. That and we have 3 yr contracts and better healthcare...
I just returned my One X+. I wanted it because I really like the 64GB of internal storage. Plus I was getting bored with my Galaxy S3. I knew I was losing RAM but figured it was worth the trade off (the U.S. GS3 has 2GB RAM vs 1GB for One X+).
I have the GS3 with AOKP and after using the One X+ I realized it is NOT faster than my GS3 like I was thinking it would be. I knew the One X+ was not as friendly to root and flash ROMs like the GS3 but I was willing to just leave it stock. It's not that it lagged or anything. It works great as is. It's just that having the Galaxy S3 and iPhone 5 (Nexus 4) it did not offer the performance boost I was looking for. As for the storage, my GS3 does have less internal storage but it does accept SD cards.
It does play better looking games than the US GS3 with its Adreno 225. It will get really hot playing the high end games but I had a case on so I didn't feel it as much. The One X+ GPU is not better than the iPhone 5 GPU or even the Nexus 4 with its Adreno 320. I knew that before hand but was still fine with that. I just mention it here in case you didn't know.
As for battery life, I had a PowerSkin on my One X+ that offers some protection AND has spare battery power if and when needed. So I didn't have a battery problem myself.
If your fine not having a device that's as friendly to hack and has as much developer support then I would say the One X+ would be good over the GS3. I didn't like that by keeping my One X+ stock that I couldn't disable all the bloat but it was a small price to pay I guess.
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davidstech11 said:
I just returned my One X+. I wanted it because I really like the 64GB of internal storage. Plus I was getting bored with my Galaxy S3. I knew I was losing RAM but figured it was worth the trade off (the U.S. GS3 has 2GB RAM vs 1GB for One X+).
I have the GS3 with AOKP and after using the One X+ I realized it is NOT faster than my GS3 like I was thinking it would be. I knew the One X+ was not as friendly to root and flash ROMs like the GS3 but I was willing to just leave it stock. It's not that it lagged or anything. It works great as is. It's just that having the Galaxy S3 and iPhone 5 (Nexus 4) it did not offer the performance boost I was looking for. As for the storage, my GS3 does have less internal storage but it does accept SD cards.
It does play better looking games than the US GS3 with its Adreno 225. It will get really hot playing the high end games but I had a case on so I didn't feel it as much. The One X+ GPU is not better than the iPhone 5 GPU or even the Nexus 4 with its Adreno 320. I knew that before hand but was still fine with that. I just mention it here in case you didn't know.
As for battery life, I had a PowerSkin on my One X+ that offers some protection AND has spare battery power if and when needed. So I didn't have a battery problem myself.
If your fine not having a device that's as friendly to hack and has as much developer support then I would say the One X+ would be good over the GS3. I didn't like that by keeping my One X+ stock that I couldn't disable all the bloat but it was a small price to pay I guess.
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You do realize the one x+ has a 12 core gpu. IPhone 5 is a quad gpu and I'm not sure about the s4 pro.
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lol. You believe because it has more cores that makes it better? The “cores" are not equal at all. The GPU's are different. And although you see that number you are very mistaken to think that makes it more powerful. Its not. Its not even close to being the same.
No the iPhone 5 has a 3 core GPU. The iPad last I check has the quad core GPU to push all those extra pixels. Benchmarks can show how many frames the devices run loading and playing certain things. The iPhone 5 in mine and others who done it handles and plays way smoother with mores frames in those intense benchmark 3D tests.
I forgot some people can't accept a device they like or has being less powerful and beaten by other devices. In whatever area. I didn't mean to make think the One X+ GPU is not good. It just really is not better than the other two I listed. Once my devices GPUs are beaten by others I have no problem accepting that. In fact, I said the Tegra-3 was better than my Adreno 225 in my GS3.
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not outdated Hardware (the S3 has a dual core, all phones now have quad core).
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the international version has a quad core.
Why would anyone bother convincing you. Its your flipping choice.
If you wanna follow the crowed like a sheep then you will get the s3 any way.
Ow by the way the s3 is made for humans, we aliens use the one x...
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If you had to choose between phones, choose between the Optimus G or the HTC One X+. I say this because I personally want to spend $200 on a phone with 1.) Good Build Quality and 2.) not outdated Hardware (the S3 has a dual core, all phones now have quad core). If you want many ROMs, then get the S3. I've had all 3 phones, and I'm sticking with the One X+. Battery life is on par with S3, but the Optimus G has the best out of all. One X+ screen is on par with Optimus G, and they both blow the S3 screen. S3 and One X+ cameras are both good, Optimus G's is mediocre.
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I'm passing on the Optimus G and Nexus 4 as well given my bad experience with my LG G2x...it's probably the worst experience I've had with a phone.
hi guys i am planning to buy one of this phones (One x plus or the droid dna ) but after seeing many reviews i couldn't chose one of them but i want a super smooth and ultra gaming phone which shall get ? urgent
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hi guys i am planning to buy one of this phones (One x plus or the droid dna ) but after seeing many reviews i couldn't chose one of them but i want a super smooth and ultra gaming phone which shall get ? urgent
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Both are on different networks, so it all depends on which network you prefer. I have the DNA, but I have used the One X+ and they are both great phones. It all comes down to preference at this point. The DNA has a 5" screen, the OneX+ a 4.8". The DNA has a 1080p screen, which is absolutely gorgeous, but the OneX+'s 720p screen is gorgeous itself. Both have similar processors and I believe 2GB of RAM, so there isn't much different spec-wise. Battery-life wise, the OneX+ has a slight edge over the DNA, as it has a 2100maH battery vs 2020maH, and you have to account that the DNA is powering a bigger screen with a higher pixel density. The OneX+ is also a lot more ergonomically comfortable to hold, this partly due to the fact that AT&T doesn't demand visual specifications as much as Verizon does.
If AT&T's network wasn't so bogged down and garbage, I'd say go for the OneX+. The DNA is quick, and aside from a blue splotch in the middle of the screen, has the best display on a smartphone ever, hands down. If you're in an area where AT&T doesn't suck, grab the OneX+. If not, grab the DNA.
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Both are on different networks, so it all depends on which network you prefer. I have the DNA, but I have used the One X+ and they are both great phones. It all comes down to preference at this point. The DNA has a 5" screen, the OneX+ a 4.8". The DNA has a 1080p screen, which is absolutely gorgeous, but the OneX+'s 720p screen is gorgeous itself. Both have similar processors and I believe 2GB of RAM, so there isn't much different spec-wise. Battery-life wise, the OneX+ has a slight edge over the DNA, as it has a 2100maH battery vs 2020maH, and you have to account that the DNA is powering a bigger screen with a higher pixel density.
If AT&T's network wasn't so bogged down and garbage, I'd say go for the OneX+, but the DNA is the greatest phone I have ever used. It is quick, and aside from a blue splotch in the middle of the screen, has the best display on a smartphone ever, hands down.
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thank you but sir for your help but i have one more many people say that droid dna doesn't support many apps specially games and always force closing apps unlike the HOX+ is it right ?
mouyahama said:
thank you but sir for your help but i have one more many people say that droid dna doesn't support many apps specially games and always force closing apps unlike the HOX+ is it right ?
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I haven't noticed any issues of force closing apps, but Android as an entire OS automatically resizes apps to fit any screen. They are not "optimized" for the device yet, as iOS users call it. As far as I'm concerned, I can do anything that I could with my Droid Razr.
I will say that typing in landscape mode on my DNA is so uncomfortable and awkward that I just resort to typing in portrait, using Swiftkey (which is astoundingly accurate and not frustrating at all.) In all honesty, just get the OneX+. Your hands will be happier. To me, happy hands are a better trade-off than pleased retinas.
Also, a few corrections to my OP:
The screen size for the OneX+ is 4.7", not 4.8". It also only has 1GB of RAM, not 2GB. The OneX+ has a slightly higher clocked processor (1.7ghz vs. DNA's 1.5ghz quad core.) If I were you, I would just go to both stores and play with both phones. That's what I tell everyone in my company to do when they ask me for a new phone recommendation.
Get the DNA. Its newer, has a much better chip set and will probably get more updates
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Only thing the ox+ has over the dna is storage. The dna has better everything else(ram, processor, screen, battery life, etc)
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thank you guys sooo much i think i will go for the HOX+
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Only thing the ox+ has over the dna is storage. The dna has better everything else(ram, processor, screen, battery life, etc)
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I can't stress how much of this is untrue, lol. While it might go without saying who can say which chip is better, the OneX+ runs off the Tegra 3 clocked at 1.7ghz, which is slightly higher than the S4. From what I've read, the Tegra 3 handles multicore operations slightly better than the S4. The battery life is actually worse on the DNA than the OneX+ too, FYI.
As far as which is newer, the OneX+ came out around the same time the DNA did, can't really say that one is newer than the other.
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I can't stress how much of this is untrue, lol. While it might go without saying who can say which chip is better, the OneX+ runs off the Tegra 3 clocked at 1.7ghz, which is slightly higher than the S4. From what I've read, the Tegra 3 handles multicore operations slightly better than the S4. The battery life is actually worse on the DNA than the OneX+ too, FYI.
As far as which is newer, the OneX+ came out around the same time the DNA did, can't really say that one is newer than the other.
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Clock speed really means nothing. And while a few games will only run on tegra, but I have yet to find a game on my DNA that I can't run on highest settings flawlessly. Quite a few games will bottleneck on the lackluster ram in the 1x+
And the DNA runs on the brand new s4 pro, not the old s4. I would love to see the 1x+ get 5-6 hours of screen on time
Oh, and even sense will get choppy on the 1x+ due to the ram. On my DNA there is usually around a gig of ram being used(there's currently 1.2 being used) the 1x+ would start lagging like crazy if it got close to its 1 gig.
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As far as I know DNA wont support 4g LTE on At&t. Its a big factor if you stay in an LTE supported area. Also LTE is not as crowded as HSPA+ so you can expect better speeds.
Like the other guys said, it comes down to the carrier you want to go with. I have the DNA, and my girlfriend has the One X+. I prefer my DNA over her One X+, for many reasons:
- The DNA is easier to pick up when placed on a flat surface, since the One X+'s sides are more curved while the DNA's are flatter.
- The DNA's vibration motor is near silent, while the One X+'s vibration motor is louder than the ring itself.
- The DNA seems to be faster and smoother overall.
- The S4 processor runs cooler than the Tegra 3 (from what I've observed on both our phones).
On the other hand:
- While the DNA's screen is of higher resolution than the One X+'s, the screen on the One X+ does seem to be brighter than the one on the DNA - not sure why this is.
- My girlfriend's One X+ seems to be slightly out-lasting my DNA usually in terms of battery; HOWEVER, I keep my data on all the time, with background sync on, and with several accounts actively syncing. She keeps her mobile data off unless she needs it - then she'll turn it on, use it, and turn the data back off again. She also uses WiFi whenever possible, as opposed to me never using WiFi.
Either way, both of them are good phones!
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I can't stress how much of this is untrue, lol. While it might go without saying who can say which chip is better, the OneX+ runs off the Tegra 3 clocked at 1.7ghz, which is slightly higher than the S4. From what I've read, the Tegra 3 handles multicore operations slightly better than the S4. The battery life is actually worse on the DNA than the OneX+ too, FYI.
As far as which is newer, the OneX+ came out around the same time the DNA did, can't really say that one is newer than the other.
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Actually, no.
The S4 PRO, found on the DNA, is superior in pretty much every way to the Tegra 3. Every benchmark and real world usage tests I've seen attests to this fact.
In addition, to the best of my knowledge the One X+ has only 1GB of RAM, NOT 2GB (like the DNA).
The One X+ is a great phone, and if you're on a carrier that has the One X+, its a no brainer. But on Verizon, the DNA rules without a doubt.
^ true story.
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According to HTC the US version is dual core? Yikes.
http://www.htc.com/www/smartphones/htc-one-x/#specs
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According to HTC the US version is dual core? Yikes.
http://www.htc.com/www/smartphones/htc-one-x/#specs
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Dude that's the original one x. We're talking about the ONE X+ here. Its a quad core.
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Dude that's the original one x. We're talking about the ONE X+ here. Its a quad core.
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Arrg.
Thanks for the correction.
I take both the DNA I think it's better, better display and battery is worse than minimal by One X +.
Are both good phones but I think the better DNA
Did you consider waiting for the M7? Sounds like it'll receive a lot more support than either the HOX+ or DNA
Im assuming your using AT&T? If LTE is a must then One X+ is a great choice otherwise droid DNA is an overall better phone in my opinion. Everything from the better screen, better processor, 2 gigs of ram vs 1gig on the HOX+, according to gsmarena, the DNA has better battery life than the one X+ too.
http://blog.gsmarena.com/battery-tests-of-htc-one-x-are-complete-here-are-the-results
http://blog.gsmarena.com/htc-droid-dna-takes-battery-tests-heres-what-it-scored/
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Bigandrewgold said:
Clock speed really means nothing. And while a few games will only run on tegra, but I have yet to find a game on my DNA that I can't run on highest settings flawlessly. Quite a few games will bottleneck on the lackluster ram in the 1x+
And the DNA runs on the brand new s4 pro, not the old s4. I would love to see the 1x+ get 5-6 hours of screen on time
Oh, and even sense will get choppy on the 1x+ due to the ram. On my DNA there is usually around a gig of ram being used(there's currently 1.2 being used) the 1x+ would start lagging like crazy if it got close to its 1 gig.
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Dude, you are not getting 5-6 hours of screen time on the DNA in real world usage. And don't bother trying to tell me that you are because I won't believe you.
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The title may be a little misleading. I currently have the Optimus G (AT&T) and it's just not doing it for me. For one, I like a bright screen, but the phone likes to heat up even when surfing the web and auto-dims the brightness, not allowing you to brighten due to high temperature. That is annoying. I do like the phone, the screen (other than the yellow tint on the bottom, eh) and the UI. Pretty nifty UI. But, the heating issue, the battery, and not having control over my screen is just not keeping me. This is the second Optimus G that I've gotten, the issues are just the same.
With the One X+ do you really feel the difference between 2GB and 1GB of RAM? The Optimus G is constantly using 1gb of RAM, even on idle.
What are really the key features to a One X+ over the Optimus G? Yes, I know updates. lol
Thanks!
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The title may be a little misleading. I currently have the Optimus G (AT&T) and it's just not doing it for me. For one, I like a bright screen, but the phone likes to heat up even when surfing the web and auto-dims the brightness, not allowing you to brighten due to high temperature. That is annoying. I do like the phone, the screen (other than the yellow tint on the bottom, eh) and the UI. Pretty nifty UI. But, the heating issue, the battery, and not having control over my screen is just not keeping me. This is the second Optimus G that I've gotten, the issues are just the same.
With the One X+ do you really feel the difference between 2GB and 1GB of RAM? The Optimus G is constantly using 1gb of RAM, even on idle.
What are really the key features to a One X+ over the Optimus G? Yes, I know updates. lol
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Well the OG has a better processor, but the HOX+ has better build quality, good quality display, 64 gb storage, I personally haven't noticed any slow downs. The audio quality is pretty good as well. If you are a gamer you also get the tegra exclusive games. Hope I somewhat helped, if you want any specifics just say and I will answer
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killman2659 said:
Well the OG has a better processor, but the HOX+ has better build quality, good quality display, 64 gb storage, I personally haven't noticed any slow downs. The audio quality is pretty good as well. If you are a gamer you also get the tegra exclusive games. Hope I somewhat helped, if you want any specifics just say and I will answer
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I can't even express how appreciative I am, that I now get to discuss this with somebody.
It's no denying that my Optimus G is freaking fast with no hiccups (That and man, the Optimus UI is actually pretty nice).
I just want smooth everything. Gaming isn't TOO big for me, but I do like it. And I would like if my phone didn't heat up so easily and knock the screen brightness down.
Just how good is the battery life and how good is the screen in comparison? If possible, do you have the information on how much RAM your phone uses in idle? (960mb in idle for the Optimus G, roughly).
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I can't even express how appreciative I am, that I now get to discuss this with somebody.
It's no denying that my Optimus G is freaking fast with no hiccups (That and man, the Optimus UI is actually pretty nice).
I just want smooth everything. Gaming isn't TOO big for me, but I do like it. And I would like if my phone didn't heat up so easily and knock the screen brightness down.
Just how good is the battery life and how good is the screen in comparison? If possible, do you have the information on how much RAM your phone uses in idle? (960mb in idle for the Optimus G, roughly).
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The HOX+ uses about 600-750mb when idle depending on apps installed.
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killman2659 said:
Well the OG has a better processor, but the HOX+ has better build quality, good quality display, 64 gb storage, I personally haven't noticed any slow downs. The audio quality is pretty good as well. If you are a gamer you also get the tegra exclusive games. Hope I somewhat helped, if you want any specifics just say and I will answer
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AndroHero said:
The HOX+ uses about 600-750mb when idle depending on apps installed.
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Oh, wow. I guess an extra gig is pretty useful, then.
Performance wise you won't know difference - unused ram for android is wasted ram, to put it simple
I had both and sold the lg. The one x+ is better for me. It has better sound, better camera and better build quality. The lg felt to me like it was going to break way too easily, and its creaky when you hold it firmly. The one x+ feels a lot better in the hand as the lg is wider and more square. The speed is about the same when comparing them side by side. Apps opened at the same speed and web pages loaded at the same speed. The battery life seems to me that its better on the htc. I really like the way the htc handles word wrap on the stock browser, you can zoom in as much as you want and the words fit the screen. Another thing is that the lg has a menu button instead of the recents button, even though this can be changed with software it is kind of annoying. The one x+ has jellybean out of the box and the lg may never get it.
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I had both and sold the lg. The one x+ is better for me. It has better sound, better camera and better build quality. The lg felt to me like it was going to break way too easily, and its creaky when you hold it firmly. The one x+ feels a lot better in the hand as the lg is wider and more square. The speed is about the same when comparing them side by side. Apps opened at the same speed and web pages loaded at the same speed. The battery life seems to me that its better on the htc. I really like the way the htc handles word wrap on the stock browser, you can zoom in as much as you want and the words fit the screen. Another thing is that the lg has a menu button instead of the recents button, even though this can be changed with software it is kind of annoying. The one x+ has jellybean out of the box and the lg may never get it.
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The only thing I feel like the OG has over the X+ is customization. I really like how slick everything is. The lock animation, the dew drops, everything. But since I stumbled back into a 2 year contract with AT&T, I need a phone that will last and be updated normally.
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The only thing I feel like the OG has over the X+ is customization. I really like how slick everything is. The lock animation, the dew drops, everything. But since I stumbled back into a 2 year contract with AT&T, I need a phone that will last and be updated normally.
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+ 1 on the dew drop lock screen. I wish we had that on the one x+.
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The only thing I feel like the OG has over the X+ is customization. I really like how slick everything is. The lock animation, the dew drops, everything. But since I stumbled back into a 2 year contract with AT&T, I need a phone that will last and be updated normally.
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Updates is something that you can't really be sure to rely on with any manufacturer, so that's great for our X+ to start off with JB 4.1.1
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Updates is something that you can't really be sure to rely on with any manufacturer, so that's great for our X+ to start off with JB 4.1.1
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I came from IOS6 to ICS on this Optimus G. That alone was the best transition ever. Being able to actually do stuff, ah...
Is JB really that better?
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I came from IOS6 to ICS on this Optimus G. That alone was the best transition ever. Being able to actually do stuff, ah...
Is JB really that better?
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Not really.
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I had an Optimus G and currently am using One X+. The difference in performance between the two is going to become obvious real quick, sorry. The Optimus G does everything smoothly and effortlessly, and the only instances where I see lag is browsing Flash heavy websites and waiting for items to load in Market while scrolling. The One X+ lags basically everywhere. What the One X+ has advantage-wise over the LG is camera, build quality, and the 64 GB internal storage. Battery life and component temperatures between the two is a tie.
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I had an Optimus G and currently am using One X+. The difference in performance between the two is going to become obvious real quick, sorry. The Optimus G does everything smoothly and effortlessly, and the only instances where I see lag is browsing Flash heavy websites and waiting for items to load in Market while scrolling. The One X+ lags basically everywhere. What the One X+ has advantage-wise over the LG is camera, build quality, and the 64 GB internal storage. Battery life and component temperatures between the two is a tie.
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I haven't intimately used the X+ yet, so I can't decide whether this is true or not. I can verify that the OG is freaking smooth, but I wouldn't expect the X+ to be far off.
Heat doesn't really bother me, it's just that the OG obnoxiously auto-dims the screen that bugs me.
TRF-Inferno must have a bad device because mine is very smooth. Now I did try using the Nova launcher and it does lag for some reason. Other than that my experience with the one x+ has been great. Like I said before, when I had both the HTC and LG optimus g side by side they performed alike. But, my LG's battery would drop 10% every hour and my one x+ only drops 5% every hour. All I'm saying is that both phones are fast and smooth. I know it will cost but, you could add a line and try the HTC for a week and if you don't like it you can return it. If you can find it at Walmart, they don't even have a restocking fee. Just a thought. Other wise your going to get 100 different people with different opinions.
Edit: Dang it TRF-Inferno, its all your fault,you got me comparing my daughter's one x to my one x+ and her's is just as fast as mine at browsing and loading apps. Now all I have is more storage than her. Thanks a lot.
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As far as I can tell OP, the One X+ is freaking awesome. I LOVE everything about this phone because 1) It has the 64 gb storage that ill probably never even come close to filling 2) The JB that comes right out of the box 3) The camera is great but sometimes lacks quality in low light 4) Its build is just great, the rubber backing, the size and the quality of it is just great 5) Dropped it in the toilet and it still worked after with no defects when I fully dried it off 6) The beats audio equalizer when you have headphones in does make a difference for sound 7) How loud the speakers are 8) The slimness of the phone 9) It is the exact same size as the HTC One X which is great because cases from the original can fit it 10) It has everything that I want in a phone (personal opinion).
One thing I dont like is how hot it can get when you are gaming for awhile (playing graphics demanding games). Doesn't take long to cool down though so don't worry. I think its because of the rubber backing that holds the heat in. Ask me anything else!
I had the Optimus coming from the Galaxy S 3 for 3 days and had a couple of complaints. The first one was that it felt too big in my hands. I loved the way that it was built except the screen. It scratched way too easily which was my second complaint. A case with it would just make it too huge so I decided to go with the one x+. The building quality is amazing. I am not a big fan of sense so I just pop nova Launcher over it. I don't feel like the Optimus is a bit faster. It may be due to the RAM but I can notice it.
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The Optimus G was the only other phone I was considering instead of the HTC One X+. In the end I never went to the store to look at it. I just liked the One X+ so much that I never got around to checking out the Optimus G at the AT&T store. I ordered the HOX+ online.
One of the issues that really concerned me about the Optimus G was the shape being more 'squarish'. My hands aren't terribly big, but, I can still use the HOX+ effectively with one hand. Don't know if that would still be possible on the Optimus G.
In the end the biggest problem I had with the Optimus G was that it is manufactured by LG. It is quite possible they are going to continue/start making quality phones, but, I was definitely leery after previously owning one of their 'non-smartphone' models.
So now you know why I'm hanging out here instead of the Optimus G forum.
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+ 1 on the dew drop lock screen. I wish we had that on the one x+.
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I use widget locker.
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It is quite possible they are going to continue/start making quality phones, but, I was definitely leery after previously owning one of their 'non-smartphone' models.
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And rightfully so... I worked at Sprint and AT&T for many years, and I can't tell you how bad a reputation LG has to the EMPLOYEES, let alone the customers. When the Rumor came out (basic messaging phone), the charging port was so fragile that it would snap off the board if you so much as looked at it funny. It got so bad, our area were directly replacing ANY customer with a Rumor with a Rumor 2, no questions asked. Oh yeah, and that phone proved JUST as bad. I myself had an LG Thrill that I purchased full price, and I had to replace it twice in a week due to overheating, rebooting, lag, etc. It got so hot that the adhesive around the screen MELTED and dripped black goo down the inside of the screen.
That being said, I was dead set on geting the new Nexus, until Google announced they were going with LG. I'll wait until next year, where it's hopefully Motorola or Sony.
I am looking to purchase a brand new (off contract) HTC One X or One X+ off ebay for AT&T. I want one of them for rooting and messing around with custom roms etc..., I am new to rooting but it looks pretty straight forward with the tool kit listed on this site. The One X+ is about $200 more than the original One X, do you think the newer One X+ is worth the extra $200?
Yes for battery and storage alone
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The speed and smoothness too.
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Not to mention it's free from most design issues that plagued the HOX like the Wi-Fi issue.
I'd say it's worth it. With the HOX you have to choose between quad core or LTE. The updated Tegra 3 in the HOX+ lets you have both and a higher clock speed.
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honestly, i would stay clear of the One X+ because of the following reasons:
Terrible performance, specially on 3D games
phone gets hot. really hot when you are playing games
terrible battery life
camera is aweful
the camera gets scratched very easily
very hard to repair if damaged
i bought one, had it for 4 months and just sold it, believe me, it's terrible, i wish someone told me this. when i asked everyone said good things about it...
also if custom roms and mods are your thing, i tell you now that HTC has made it very hard for devs. i used numerous builds of AOKP and CM10.1 etc and they all worked ok but camera performance was terrible, even worse than stock app and lots of niggels with the audio driver
mjenabi2 said:
honestly, i would stay clear of the One X+ because of the following reasons:
Terrible performance, specially on 3D games
phone gets hot. really hot when you are playing games
terrible battery life
camera is aweful
the camera gets scratched very easily
very hard to repair if damaged
i bought one, had it for 4 months and just sold it, believe me, it's terrible, i wish someone told me this. when i asked everyone said good things about it...
also if custom roms and mods are your thing, i tell you now that HTC has made it very hard for devs. i used numerous builds of AOKP and CM10.1 etc and they all worked ok but camera performance was terrible, even worse than stock app and lots of niggels with the audio driver
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The only negative thing I have to say about this device so far is that the display scratches pretty easy. I haven't dropped my device or put it face down and the bottom area where the capacitive keys are is filled with hairline scratches. Gaming on my phone is pretty good. I guess it depends if the game is Tegra optimized or not.
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I recommend clearly the One x +!
Ok. This is my first post to this forum and I wanted to participate in the Talkshow.
I've bought the first one x and found the device very well. Since I was a small smartphone freak but I have a One x sold and bought me one x + and must say WOW!
Not only that it has the larger memory of 64 GB, it is also significantly faster than the one x.
It is fast even with the original software, but since I have the new Viper Rome the device runs like a speed demon.
So I suggest clearly the One x +!
Daywalker68 said:
Ok. This is my first post to this forum and I wanted to participate in the Talkshow.
I've bought the first one x and found the device very well. Since I was a small smartphone freak but I have a One x sold and bought me one x + and must say WOW!
Not only that it has the larger memory of 64 GB, it is also significantly faster than the one x.
It is fast even with the original software, but since I have the new Viper Rome the device runs like a speed demon.
So I suggest clearly the One x +!
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That's project butter for you, I highly doubt any smoothness is a result from an extra .2GHz in clock speed, which is really the only performance difference between the two. The devices are equally capable of running android, the hox+ is just a little bit better at high-end stuff.
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That's project butter for you, I highly doubt any smoothness is a result from an extra .2GHz in clock speed, which is really the only performance difference between the two. The devices are equally capable of running android, the hox+ is just a little bit better at high-end stuff.
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The 200mhz is not irrelevant. It's also not the cause of the speed increase. That comes from the newer generation of Tegra 3 soc's. Just like a 3rd gen I7 is slightly faster than a 2nd gen one with the same clockspeed.
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The only negative thing I have to say about this device so far is that the display scratches pretty easy. I haven't dropped my device or put it face down and the bottom area where the capacitive keys are is filled with hairline scratches. Gaming on my phone is pretty good. I guess it depends if the game is Tegra optimized or not.
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I bet your your display is not even scratched. HTC put a Oleophobic coating on the screen. This coating is quite easy to scratch. It's also just as easy to replace
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Hi all!
I am trying to decide between the Sensation for $60 used vs the LG L9 for $75 used.
It is for my mom which is why I want a bigger display. Gaming is of course a non issue so as long as there are no performance issues that are horrible, I feel either one will do the job.
How is the situation with the L9 right now, performance and rom wise?
Any feedback is welcomed!
PS I never had an LG phone but it looks good and a big screen as needed so I am almost decided to go with it, but still would like some user feedback. :good:
Both phones are great. I have Sensation and my girlfriend LG L9. Sensation is much faster and better phone if you want to play or need overall performance. Don't even compare low end LG from last year to high end Sensation from 2011,they aren't on same level.
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You should get the sensation. Since they got an ion kernel, development has been going good.
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