Just curious if anyone came from a Galaxy S III (AT&T) to the Optimus G (AT&T). Thoughts, regrets, etc. I know development is much more active on the S3, but if given the choice, would it be worth trading up/across from the S3 to the OG?
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I did. My S3 and the sidewalk got in a fight. Sidewalk won.
So I sold the S3, got the OG, and love it. Yeah, I wish development was better but even on ICS, this phone runs smoother than my S3 ever did. And deveopment is getting there so just gotta wait I guess.
Not to mention, battery life is a million times better on the OG. God I hated my S3 in that regard....
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I did. No regrets.
Not directly but I can tell you I wouldn't trade my LGOG for an S3.
I ha've an S3 on sprint for work and although battery life is better (no LTE) I would never get the att. Version over the lgog. It's a trade up. Screen is better and it performs faster even in eco mode.
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I ha've an S3 on sprint for work and although battery life is better (no LTE) I would never get the att. Version over the lgog. It's a trade up. Screen is better and it performs faster even in eco mode.
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Dual core to quad core. Can't match the performance lol.
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I did and I don't have anything bad to say about the s3, still have it, not that its in the same league but still was a great phone. I have 3 lines, seems I'm due for another upgrade now on one so decisions... Don't know if I'll go to the pro, s4 or something else but no rush with the og being as nice as it is.
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HTC one is the way to go
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HTC one is the way to go
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If you can get one. HTC has fallen so far that they have major supply chain problems.
And if you want to pay through the nose for a lot of storage, since it doesn't have an sd card...
And if you want to put up with HTC's BS in terms of unlocking bootloaders/s-off...
Tough call in my opinion.
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Thanks for all the feedback so far.
I have an upgrade available this year, but I may have the opportunity to swap my S3 for the OG without using my upgrade, hence my question.
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Thanks for all the feedback so far.
I have an upgrade available this year, but I may have the opportunity to swap my S3 for the OG without using my upgrade, hence my question.
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would I burn an upgrade on this phone today? No. Would I swap hell yes.
With the S4 and the One on the horizon especially.
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And if you want to pay through the nose for a lot of storage, since it doesn't have an sd card...
And if you want to put up with HTC's BS in terms of unlocking bootloaders/s-off...
Tough call in my opinion.
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$650 for unlocked LTE 64 GB storage isn't through the nose though...
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$650 for unlocked LTE 64 GB storage isn't through the nose though...
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Yeah, that isn't as high as I would have guessed. Cool.
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I came from a s3 and iPhone 5 to a Optimus G and My old Motorola Atrix ..Samsung Bloatware is too much and became boring
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Well I'm new here and came from a note 2. yeah, the note 2 was pretty cool but this phone is definitely more powerful. much faster, more fluid, better screen. Oh my gosh, the screen on this thing is amazing. I can see clearly in direct sun light now. this thing has amazing viewing angles and color reproduction. it makes AMOLED look like crap. I sold the note 2 because of dust getting under the lens. I read some more about people even getting dust under the screen. i decided to sell it and buy some cool stuff. Got the LGOG, a roku box, an android tablet, and a router with the money I got from that thing. Best deal ever. Why is this phone's price so low on ebay? This phone is seriously underrated. With this price development should be booming. It's better than the nexus 4 if you ask me (sd card) plus the ability to convert it to a nexus 4 if you really want to. I can't believe i didn't sell the note 2 the day I walked out of the tmobile store knowing this beast was out.
S3 was a great phone but comparison on pure CPU speed the lgog has raw power! I think my switch from S3 to LGOG was worth the gamble being not an LG fanboy. I always said I will only get Samsung or HTC devices... Well I guess LG is on the list now! Lol
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S3 was a great phone but comparison on pure CPU speed the lgog has raw power! I think my switch from S3 to LGOG was worth the gamble being not an LG fanboy. I always said I will only get Samsung or HTC devices... Well I guess LG is on the list now! Lol
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A quad core for $99, uh yeah, I jumped fence. I have had two Samsung Galaxy phones (Captivate I897 & SG2 I777) and between having to constantly kill the tethering app, the eEMC bricking problems, the crappy firmware updates that caused more problems on top of the ones the phone already had.......sharpened my baby teeth learning about Android on Samsung. With the LG I actually have a phone that works without having to mess with it all the time. What a concept, a phone that makes calls, has a battery that doesn't drain like crazy, doesn't have random SOD, etc.
The only thing that REALLY bugs me on the LG is the quality of the sound, well actually lack of sound, when listening to music. Music is flat and lacks depth. I just use my SG2 as glorified mp3 player.
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would I burn an upgrade on this phone today? No. Would I swap hell yes.
With the S4 and the One on the horizon especially.
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$650 for unlocked LTE 64 GB storage isn't through the nose though...
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The Atrix HD is in a similar situation. Locked down but has a developer edition out. Yet no one is doing anything for it. While you may be able to buy an unlocked one, you run the risk of being the only person doing anything for it with no help. Even then, if you lack the skills to make something for it, you'd be stuck hoping for a decent dev to join the scene. By the time someone even gets around to starting something for it, newer and better devices will probably be released and leave the HTC One without anything. Locked devices + the option to spend extra on an unlocked one is pointless IMHO.
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The Atrix HD is in a similar situation. Locked down but has a developer edition out. Yet no one is doing anything for it. While you may be able to buy an unlocked one, you run the risk of being the only person doing anything for it with no help. Even then, if you lack the skills to make something for it, you'd be stuck hoping for a decent dev to join the scene. By the time someone even gets around to starting something for it, newer and better devices will probably be released and leave the HTC One without anything. Locked devices + the option to spend extra on an unlocked one is pointless IMHO.
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The One is identical hardware internationally as far as I know, so an unlocked dev edition would be ok. I could be wrong, but I see your point.
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The One is identical hardware internationally as far as I know, so an unlocked dev edition would be ok. I could be wrong, but I see your point.
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Same thing with the AHD. Yet it's still dead there lol.
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I am looking to upgrade from my Atrix 4g at the end of the month, I am looking at getting either the GS3, Optimus G, or Xperia TL, leaning t'words either the GS3 or Optimus G due to the extra Gig of ram. What are your personal pros and cons about the phone? How is the build quality? I see its rootable yet the boot loader is still locked, which to me isn't that big of a deal since I have only unlocked my Atrix to flash CM a few months ago before the ICS update was canned. If anyone is a previous LG user how are they with updates are they worse than Moto or better. Assuming the bootloader is unlocked and CM is ported to it I will run that but as long as stock isn't too slow I am fine with that.
I am a HUGE Sony fan and am so disappointed at both Sony and AT&T for releasing the TL... it's almost like the hardware was unfished and not a flagship device... Everyone knows the sg3 is a great phone but the screen resolution just doesn't cut it... I want to love this new LGOG and if they can iron out some of these little software glitches this will be an amazing phone for LG if the biased tech writers jump on board.
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I am a HUGE Sony fan and am so disappointed at both Sony and AT&T for releasing the TL... it's almost like the hardware was unfished and not a flagship device... Everyone knows the sg3 is a great phone but the screen resolution just doesn't cut it... I want to love this new LGOG and if they can iron out some of these little software glitches this will be an amazing phone for LG if the biased tech writers jump on board.
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That's why I am looking more at the GSIII and Optimus G, the TL I'm sure is a pretty solid phone but it does seem like it was unfinished, plus I'm not a fan of the AT&T Logo on the front. I figured since the Optimus G is very similar in specs to the new Nexus if we can get an unlocked bootloader we should be fine on the drivers front on getting newer versions of Android working. I do love the look of the Xperia ION and the TL though. The Optimus G is a great looking phone and has an SD Card slot, I'd have to have my 32gb UHS1 Class micro sd card go to waste.
What kind of bugs are you experiencing right now? How is the stock launcher (I will most likely go with Nova Prime right off the bat, which I run on both my Atrix (CM10 w/ 'those' libs) and my TF101 CM10-nightly)
I say its worth I if you don't do a lot of rooting or Roms. I don't see that bing really popular on this phone. Me I don't do that anymore so I'm very satisfied with it, ui and all
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I say its worth I if you don't do a lot of rooting or Roms. I don't see that bing really popular on this phone. Me I don't do that anymore so I'm very satisfied with it, ui and all
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Well the phone has only been out for a couple of days now so I say it's a little to early to say weather the phone picks up. Though you are most likely right. Seeing as the internals are very close to the Nexus 4 though, we might be able to port roms for it with minimal tweaks. I do root and flash roms, but only when I have to, the only device I've regularly flashed to is my TF101 which I flash nightlies every few days.
I can highly recommend this phone. I have only been using it 2 days now, but the battery life is amazing with brightness on at around 63%. From 9:45 am this morning to 6:06 pm now, on high brightness with using the phone like an average user, I have 68% battery left and the is with Eco mode and Power Saving OFF. Very pleased with this phone.
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I can highly recommend this phone. I have only been using it 2 days now, but the battery life is amazing with brightness on at around 63%. From 9:45 am this morning to 6:06 pm now, on high brightness with using the phone like an average user, I have 68% battery left and the is with Eco mode and Power Saving OFF. Very pleased with this phone.
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Is that with running all 4 cores or you switched it to 2? Also is that with lte aswell?
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Is that with running all 4 cores or you switched it to 2? Also is that with lte aswell?
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I'm sorry I noticed you said eco mode off but are you running lte?
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Is that with running all 4 cores or you switched it to 2? Also is that with lte aswell?
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I'm sorry I noticed you said eco mode off but are you running lte?
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I have Eco mode OFF and LTE is on. Just for a perspective, I woke up at 6:30, and now, 2:37pm, the battery is on 74% which is awesome because with my galaxy s3, the battery life was much worse. Very happy with the phone.
Amazing phone
Super fast slick well built design and great battery life
I also upgraded from the Atrix 4G to the LG Optimus G.. and Wow.. originally i had the SGS3, then i took it back and got the LGOG. Im certainly not looking back. Great build quality and specs all around, only thing i dislike is the camera quality.. its sub-par.
I upgraded from atrix 4g. I love my LGOG. Looks, feel and performance excellent.
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I would recommend it. I switched from the SGS3 to this, and I'm not disappointed. It feels very solid and has nice weight to it. It's fast as hell, too.
Returning my IP5 tomorrow, and I'm torn between this phone and the GN2.
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I would recommend it. I switched from the SGS3 to this, and I'm not disappointed. It feels very solid and has nice weight to it. It's fast as hell, too.
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I did the same thing. Very happy. Screen is amazing.
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Returning my IP5 tomorrow, and I'm torn between this phone and the GN2.
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Add One X+ as well to your considerations, but I would say go with the Optimus. Its stock software has its fare share of bugs, but in my opinion, one of the most important factors is the potential. The Optimus has superior hardware to each. Its A15 processor is more power efficient and faster than the other two.
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Add One X+ as well to your considerations, but I would say go with the Optimus. Its stock software has its fare share of bugs, but in my opinion, one of the most important factors is the potential. The Optimus has superior hardware to each. Its A15 processor is more power efficient and faster than the other two.
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Is there a release date for the One X+ yet?
Atrix 4G CM10 w/ "those" libs
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Is there a release date for the One X+ yet?
Atrix 4G CM10 w/ "those" libs
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Not sure. I can't find anything on a release date.
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next Thursday I believe will be the last time at&t adds any phones to the lineup
one x+
vx
Samsung galaxy express
couple tablets
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Turned out I was up for an upgrade today, not the 22nd as I was lead to believe, so I picked up an Optimus G on my way home from work, I've only had it for about an hour, but I'm liking it so far.
Edit #1: For those of you who already rooted I'm assuming this is the only method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1941699? Any issues with it, did you run it before or after running the OTA update?
Edit #2: I tried it myself, works fine.
I've had it for about 24 hours and, with the exception of the stock LG UI (Already replaced with the new ADW), it seems like quite the rocking phone. When the One X+ gets here at the end of the week I'm going to take a hard look at that and may swap out, but I don't think you can go wrong with this beast!
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Probably on Launch Day.
Nope. The screen will KILL battery life like butter.
Via my Google Galaxy S3 running sweet sweet Jelly Bean
Depends on the off contract price... expecting it to be around 7-8 hundred so probably not.
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Is this thread really necessary?
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I agree we already have the same phone in 2 other threads. Although I sound a bit like a hippocrit since I made a thread on the Japanese version when they had the dlx thread out.
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Nope. The rezound is my last HTC device. They make decent quality stuff, but they refuse to support it. (see tablets) After buying two tabs and getting the shaft, I have made a vow to not buy another HTC product. Not to mention the hoops they make us jump through just to root and rom our phones. They might aswell be dead to me.
/rant off
Delete it then fine by me. I only saw the butterfly thread and was just trying to provide some information.
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Nope. The rezound is my last HTC device. They make decent quality stuff, but they refuse to support it. (see tablets) After buying two tabs and getting the shaft, I have made a vow to not buy another HTC product. Not to mention the hoops they make us jump through just to root and rom our phones. They might aswell be dead to me.
/rant off
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Ok go get a samsung or moto and have fun with all the locked bootloaders
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Ok go get a samsung or moto and have fun with all the locked bootloaders
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Samsungs is easily bypassable. Which is where I plan on going. And it's not like "htc's unlockable" BL does all that much good. If it did we wouldn't need to s-off.
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Samsungs is easily bypassable. Which is where I plan on going. And it's not like "htc's unlockable" BL does all that much good. If it did we wouldn't need to s-off.
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true about samsung. moto i think has garbage hardware... can i ask what trouble you had with the htc tablets? sounds like a pretty bad experience for you to leave the company
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true about samsung. moto i think has garbage hardware... can i ask what trouble you had with the htc tablets? sounds like a pretty bad experience for you to leave the company
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Well, it started with the many replacements of the tbolt, then HTC's hard stance against updating their tablets kinda pushed me over the edge, then they updated the flyer/view to broken software and they wont even fix it. Now the Rezound is having touchscreen issues. So I'm just tired of dealing with the problems and the lack of OEM support after purchase. I appreciate the Dev community for the zound, but sammy seems to be stronger in that dept. So I think I am going to give them a shot. I won't touch Moto with a ten foot pole. It may be a bad move, but I'm willing to take that risk after all the issues I have had recently with HTC. So for me, from here on out, it's going to be Nexus, or Samsung.
Samsung is worse.
I love my Rez and I still think of it as probably one of the, if not the most undervalued android phone released to date, but I don't see myself going for yet another carrier exclusive device after this. Of course, reviews might be so great for the DNA that I could change my mind but so far I am not that impressed.
Having said that however, the lack of a LTE capable Nexus 4 kinda limits the options for those looking to upgrade atm and I really cant see myself with a Galaxy S device. Wish Sony would be given a chance at penetrating the US market, they seem to strike a fair balance between corporate dev support, hardware and software quality.
I'll be getting this. The hardware and build quality will be top notch, it can be unlocked through HTCs dev website and be able to load cm. It was between this and the note but son, I am dissapoint at it having the older gen exynos and 720p screen on a 5.5 inch screen.
no, my next phone will be honor 2 or note 2
battery is important factor to me now
i dont think i will ever came back to htc
even im sense-boy
Nah, samsung isn't worse.
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Its looking like ill most likely be getting it. I'm thinking ill be getting the DNA and one other new gen phone probably a GSM phone since I have two contracts, one with ATT and one with Verizon.
But I will be more careful than usual with this purchase. I'm currently so broke I can't afford the down payment on a grilled cheese sandwich. But this phone is a priority, and I owe it to the BAMF community. So I've been saving my pennies and will be selling some stuff to raise some funds.
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I cam say that I'll be getting one as well, I'm always into the latest HTC has to offer..
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Nah, samsung isn't worse.
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samsungs radios and signal are 10x worse.
in my house, my gs3 gets about 6kbps download on 3g.
my rezound, when its not pulling 4g in my house (which the nexus and GS3 CAN'T), pulls atleast half a meg to a meg per second. doing anything on the gs3 on 3g is terrible, and ridiculously slow. fb app won't even load. rezound loads it no problem. hell, i even tethered 3 tablets to my rezound last night and while we were all browsing at the same time, ti was STILl faster than my gs3
i don't think i'd buy antoher samsung phone ever again, and i really want the DNA...dunno if i wanna fork out 600 bones for it tohugh
It's so cheap on att and only $50 on wireless amazon currently. It comes with all the top specs you can find today, excluding the upcoming 1080p devices. However, I'm getting mixed reviews from websites such as amazon and phonearena.
Any xda feedback i can get?
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Highly underrated phone...... it beats almost all phones on any benchmark. The screen is amazing good feel in ur hand dont feel cheap like all the sammy crap. Only downfall is the camera but one of the devs fixed that with a camera mod here in the forum.
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It's so cheap on att and only $50 on wireless amazon currently. It comes with all the top specs you can find today, excluding the upcoming 1080p devices. However, I'm getting mixed reviews from websites such as amazon and phonearena.
Any xda feedback i can get?
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Pros: screen, best processor, micro SD slot, everything else I don't list as a con
Con: ..... I don't really consider these things bad at all but they are not the best. Battery is good for me. Camera takes good pictures for a smartphone. Its overheated like three times not really a big deal and I've had it since the beginning of December when I bought it for 200$
The combination of the amazing processor, plentiful ram, display( quality and size) , and the inclusion of a micro sd are its main points.
Yes this phone is highly underated and cheaper and still the phone i would go out and purchase today
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Well in my opinion it's the most underrated phone on the market. Fast, well designed very mild LG skin(I use Nova so that takes care of that for me) and a nice sleek design even though I have it cased up due to work.
This is the third LG phone I've owned and the best device by them by far. Although I liked the other two I owned. Coming from the HTC One X and I don't miss that phone at all, nice device but dev unfriendly and HTC just isn't my thimg with their horrible Sense junk.
Buy it for the price you won't regret it imo. The dev community is a nice solid group as well.
Highly underrated.
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Well in my opinion it's the most underrated phone on the market. Fast, well designed very mild LG skin(I use Nova so that takes care of that for me) and a nice sleek design even though I have it cased up due to work.
This is the third LG phone I've owned and the best device by them by far. Although I liked the other two I owned. Coming from the HTC One X and I don't miss that phone at all, nice device but dev unfriendly and HTC just isn't my thimg with their horrible Sense junk.
Buy it for the price you won't regret it imo. The dev community is a nice solid group as well.
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Hah we're very alike there! I'm also coming from the HTC One X(L). I liked it for sure, and h8rift/rohan32/etc are fantastic devs. The only thing I miss at the moment is Cyanogenmod 10.1. :highfive:
Yeah. About that overheating issue. How bad is it? This phone seems to fill in the qualifications for a great phone, but yet its gone months unnoticed.
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ive never had mine over heat, had it for just over a month now. i love this phone, it has a nice solid weight, its one of the fastest phones out right now. the only bad things are the lack of JB, and its kind of slippery to hold without a case
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Yeah. About that overheating issue. How bad is it? This phone seems to fill in the qualifications for a great phone, but yet its gone months unnoticed.
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Well I personally haven't had the overheating issue and like I said I rock a case because of work. Then again even though I have overclocked ever other phone I've owned, I just don't see a need to with this phone. I've also noticed very few people with the issue. If it was an epidemic I'm sure I would have noticed more since I seem to practically live on XDA, lol. Between here and the Note 10.1, One X and Atrix HD forums.
What's annoying about the phone is that sometimes you cannot put the brightness all the way up. Also camera is not so hot. Great phone overall and happy i have it (first android phone). With decent use my phone lasts about 10-12 hours.
If you have a decent phone right now I would just be patient and see if you like any of the 5 inch 1080p phones coming out (and possibly Galaxy S4). The screen "should" be superior, we won't know until we see it in hand comparing but another thing would be that the new phones will have a bigger battery (optimus pro g if in the USA will have a 3300 battery). If you are fine rooting etc than this phone will be fine but if not maybe the newer phones would be best as it would come with Jelly Bean and more than likely come out with 1-2 more updates (just pure speculation on my part)...whereas this phone will prob get Jelly Bean and that is it- however JB or not this phone runs very smooth and quick on ICS.
If you decide on this phone you will definitely be happy with it, especially at 50 bucks! Hell the Optimus G for Sprint is buy one get one free!
I think one of the reasons this phone is so far under the radar is due to the Nexus 4 stealing it's thunder. The OG and N4 have all the same "guts" but the N4 gets all the press due to having "pure android" and being first in line for all OS updates. That is all well and good, but I couldn't stomach being restricted to 16GB (11 usable) of storage. Not when I can buy a 64GB microSD card for only $40 and store all my media that I like to have on hand. Don't trust the cloud...
The OG also has LTE. That's not important to me since I'm on a Straight Talk plan, but it is a nice bonus feature for most people.
So as long as you're comfortable waiting for the devs here to keep you on the latest and greatest software, this phone IMHO is better than the Nexus 4, which most reviewers are in love with.
Thanks for the great feedback everyone. I was indeed comparing this to the Nexus 4, but this has LTE and N4 does not. However, i was also debating whether or not i wanted to wait for the 5 inch 1080ps instead because well, I like a big screen.
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Thanks for the great feedback everyone. I was indeed comparing this to the Nexus 4, but this has LTE and N4 does not. However, i was also debating whether or not i wanted to wait for the 5 inch 1080ps instead because well, I like a big screen.
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My personal opinion is that the phones are getting too big. I played around with the Note and Note 2 to get a feel for the size, and I just didn't care for it. I need a phone. Not a phablet and that's what I see it turning into at that size.
I agree. Phones are getting way too large, the Note and Note 2 are way too large for my taste and hands for that matter. I have a Note 10.1 tablet and love it so why do I need a bigger phone? Just my opinion as I know phablet users who love it.
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Thanks for the great feedback everyone. I was indeed comparing this to the Nexus 4, but this has LTE and N4 does not. However, i was also debating whether or not i wanted to wait for the 5 inch 1080ps instead because well, I like a big screen.
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If you like big screens and your current phone is fine, I would wait on Galaxy SIV and G Pro news.
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Only real complaints I have are the speaker volume (fixed with the Sony enhancement) and the camera isn't that great (which doesn't bother me too much).
Also, the lack of updates. It doesn't effect me since I'm a flashoholic and will flash ROMs anyway, but still... It's more the principle of the matter. LG sucks so much with the updating and this phone should have had JB upon release.
What ever, I want AOKP and CM anyway!
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If you like big screens and your current phone is fine, I would wait on Galaxy SIV and G Pro news.
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Yeah I do like larger phones. My brother has a Note 2, and upon playing with it I already know its the perfect size. However, I have yet to get the Note 2 because of its price and me being a fairly smaller guy, I'm afraid the Note 2 will be indeed too large for my skinny pockets. So I may take your (xda) word on this phone and purchase the Optimus G within the next week or so.
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PATRICKismyHERO said:
Yeah I do like larger phones. My brother has a Note 2, and upon playing with it I already know its the perfect size. However, I have yet to get the Note 2 because of its price and me being a fairly smaller guy, I'm afraid the Note 2 will be indeed too large for my skinny pockets. So I may take your (xda) word on this phone and purchase the Optimus G within the next week or so.
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If it's the perfect size, yet could be too big for your pockets, you might want to get away from wearing skinny jeans...
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But this phone is pretty underground if that's your pleasure
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I think one of the reasons this phone is so far under the radar is due to the Nexus 4 stealing it's thunder. The OG and N4 have all the same "guts" but the N4 gets all the press due to having "pure android" and being first in line for all OS updates. That is all well and good, but I couldn't stomach being restricted to 16GB (11 usable) of storage. Not when I can buy a 64GB microSD card for only $40 and store all my media that I like to have on hand. Don't trust the cloud...
The OG also has LTE. That's not important to me since I'm on a Straight Talk plan, but it is a nice bonus feature for most people.
So as long as you're comfortable waiting for the devs here to keep you on the latest and greatest software, this phone IMHO is better than the Nexus 4, which most reviewers are in love with.
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Its definitely underrated. There isnt any major marketing of this phone, and to be honest people dont really trust LG because of the lack of support and updates. But they did a terrific job with the optimus g, every review that i read/watch praises this phone, how crazy fast it is. Now lg needs to support it and build some momentum to carry it over the optimus g pro.
Trying to get some opinions here. I have a ATT unlocked Note i717 and a guy wants to trade his brand new Nexus 4. I know to some this may be a no brainier but from what I've seen it's not all that. And it's made by LG. I was thinking it'd be a advantage to get and trade for something else but it's not that popular in my area it seems. And granted you can get it for $300 for the 8GB and $350 for the 16gb (which he has).
I love my note and don't have any issues with it really. What do you guys think?
I would do it, especially if it is a straight-up trade.
Yes, it is LG, but Nexus 4 and Optimus G (and pro) are very well-made phones.
Nexus 4 will get updates right away, and has better specs. In the long-run, it is a better phone to keep. As much as I love my Note, I would trade it for a Nexus 4 in a heartbeat.
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I would do it, especially if it is a straight-up trade.
Yes, it is LG, but Nexus 4 and Optimus G (and pro) are very well-made phones.
Nexus 4 will get updates right away, and has better specs. In the long-run, it is a better phone to keep. As much as I love my Note, I would trade it for a Nexus 4 in a heartbeat.
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Seconded
Well didn't keep the guy waiting and did the trade. It's almost as if I walked in the store and bought it myself, that's how new it is. I'll give it some time to see if i'll grow on it but so far it was definitely a good trade. No cash involved just a straight trade. The guy was happy with it.
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Well didn't keep the guy waiting and did the trade. It's almost as if I walked in the store and bought it myself, that's how new it is. I'll give it some time to see if i'll grow on it but so far it was definitely a good trade. No cash involved just a straight trade. The guy was happy with it.
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Sounds to me he just wanted the screen size and awesomeness of the O.G. NoTe. Cool man
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Sounds to me he just wanted the screen size and awesomeness of the O.G. NoTe. Cool man
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Basically. The screen size was his main thing.
do it! the i717 is a sinking ship.. n4 specs alone make it a no brainer.
crixley said:
do it! the i717 is a sinking ship.. n4 specs alone make it a no brainer.
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Losing LTE would be the other drawback besides losing screen size.
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do it! the i717 is a sinking ship.. n4 specs alone make it a no brainer.
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Sinking ship?? I am running 4.2.2 on my G-Note..doesn't feel like a sinking ship to me...and the N4 isn't LTE enabled, and has no SD expansion..and its made by LG...LG has been rather lack luster in my opinion . I dont care if the N4 was the same size as the note, I still wouldn't do it. In terms of Nexus phones, the N4 was a flop. Just my opinion .
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I would do it, especially if it is a straight-up trade.
Yes, it is LG, but Nexus 4 and Optimus G (and pro) are very well-made phones.
Nexus 4 will get updates right away, and has better specs. In the long-run, it is a better phone to keep. As much as I love my Note, I would trade it for a Nexus 4 in a heartbeat.
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yet the nexus 4 was just labelled as #1 most likely to break... atleast 2-3 times a week i see people posting their broken glass nexus phones, happens way to often.
any phone made of glass front and back is not worth it unless your getting some hefty ass case for it. no clue why lg didnt learn from apples mistake with ip4/4s glass backs always broke, same happens here on nexus 4's/lg g's
and yes it will get STOCK ota update faster, but most people run aftermarket roms which get updated just as fast, so i have no clue why people try and use "gets updates first" as a selling point to people, esp on xda
but to op, id go into a carrier that has a lg optimus g and see how you like it before trading just to be sure your ok with smaller screen, i got an s3 recently and gave it to my sister 2 days later, the screen size was to much of a deal breaker.
I bought a nexus 4 a few months ago and was able to get $360 for my note on eBay.
Took a few days to adjust to a smaller screen size but I got used to it.
No LTE kinda sucks but I've been getting over 10MB down on HSPA+ so I can't complain there
Battery life has been somewhat disappointing but the N4 charges very fast and I never find myself going that long without access to a charger
Other than those gripes the phone is really, really good. I wouldn't hesitate taking the N4 over the Note and I loved my Note.
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Sinking ship?? I am running 4.2.2 on my G-Note..doesn't feel like a sinking ship to me...and the N4 isn't LTE enabled, and has no SD expansion..and its made by LG...LG has been rather lack luster in my opinion . I dont care if the N4 was the same size as the note, I still wouldn't do it. In terms of Nexus phones, the N4 was a flop. Just my opinion .
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Getting an s3 was the best decision I ever made. So much smoother and better imo.
That being said I would take a note 2 in a heart beat.
Flop? The note is probably not going to see official jb and ics is laggy.
The sales of the nexus 4 are insane, the gpu/cpu destroys the notes.
I would make the trade just for the specs the of note is great especially with a custom ROM but eventually it will be outdated you will get more life with the nexus 4.
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Well I took the trade and haven't looked back. This is a way ahead of the Note in terms of specs. The screen size was not a issue at all. Don't take this as dogging the note cause I'd pick one up any day, but as far as the market is concerned this would be in the top picks.
For all the comments about the build and it breaking, well to each their own. I've had zero issues with mine. Some people don't really use caution when handling already cheaply made devices. And it goes for any phone that it's possible to come with defects from the factory.
As far as LTE, the Nexus 4 is capable of. With the .33 radio and a custom rom it's no stranger. T-Mobile has only launched LTE in a few cities but it'll soon get around.
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/03/2...bile-lte-action-thanks-to-newly-live-markets/
I just sold my note today. Waiting for my nexus 4 to ship. Hopefully it doesn't take long. The reason I choose the n4 over the note is that development over at the n4 forum is pretty busy.
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I want to see how many are interested in this phone coming from a non-LG background. I come from a Samsung and HTC background.
Please vote everyone. Thanks.
Thinking about it, to replace my Galaxy Nexus. But since Ive never touched an LG smartphone Im not sure what (if?) the status of "third party" development would be like. Ive also never seen their overlays over Android so Im not sure what Ill be in for.
But, Snapdragon 800 makes up for some of that
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Thinking about it, to replace my Galaxy Nexus. But since Ive never touched an LG smartphone Im not sure what (if?) the status of "third party" development would be like. Ive also never seen their overlays over Android so Im not sure what Ill be in for.
But, Snapdragon 800 makes up for some of that
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In a way this poll should also reflect the status/extent of third party development. Thanks for your participation.
I'm picking up the LG. I've had all HTC 's and Samsung's. I'd have the Optimus G PRO for a couple months and loved it. It was a tremendous phone. IMO. I just hope the development community come through. I think with it being on all carriers it will.
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Always been with samsung but their design has become stagnet for me. Ready for something new to play with. Just hope the G2 lives up to hype its been receiving. I will have mine on Tuesday.
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Will be my first LG since the Dare - if that counts. I usually sport a Samsung or Apple but am currently running a Lumia 928. WP8 has a long ways to go! Looking forward to the G2!
I've had every HTC Android that Sprint carried, but switched to the Nexus 4 in February, so the G2 won't be my first LG device, but it will be my first LG device with LG software on it. I'm looking forward to this phone.
Just pre-ordered it, I have had my HTC Amaze 4G for a bit now and the LG G2 will be a huge leap, in terms of specs! lol This will be my first LG experience! Hope for the best!
I've used the Charge, GNex, Rezound, Maxx, DNA, S3, Note 2, Maxx HD, and the S4. This will be my first LG. I'm not too worried about the bootloader being locked down. The navigation keys are movable and most of the other things I'll want to change can be done just by being rooted,
first LG here since the LG env touch lol. my smartphones were all htc and samsung... eris, incredible, rezound, gnex, s3, dna, s4...so this is my first LG too.
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Will be my first LG phone too. Had HTC, Motorola, a lot of Samsung devices but never LG. The only thing that worries me is the availability of custom ROMs and mods, but I guess that it's still to early to judge.
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XanoZuke said:
Will be my first LG phone too. Had HTC, Motorola, a lot of Samsung devices but never LG. The only thing that worries me is the availability of custom ROMs and mods, but I guess that it's still to early to judge.
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I dont think any LG phone has gotten so much "must have" responses, so I would be suprised if we dont get lots of roms. Especially if Nexus 5 will be based on it.
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I dont think any LG phone has gotten so much "must have" responses, so I would be suprised if we dont get lots of roms. Especially if Nexus 5 will be based on it.
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I concur.
Look who won the best android phone. LG G2. Unbelievable. Deserves the win though.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/The-...here-now-which-one-is-it-poll-results_id47231
Now i am more confident about 3rd party ROM development. One more week to go.
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Look who won the best android phone. LG G2. Unbelievable. Deserves the win though.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/The-...here-now-which-one-is-it-poll-results_id47231
Now i am more confident about 3rd party ROM development. One more week to go.
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Well a couple hours for me, some already got their ATT variants this morning..my FedEx guybis slow I guess lol.
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djkinetic said:
Well a couple hours for me, some already got their ATT variants this morning..my FedEx guybis slow I guess lol.
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Really lucky you bro.. I didn't realize they were shipping them right away. Good news.
Could you please share your experience about
Knock knock
Music player sound quality
Camera
Screen quality
If possible open a new thread for AT&T phones(just a suggestion). Just so all AT&T experiences fall in one place. Developers can figure out the missing features too.
I am going to switch from my note 2. I really love my note 2 but the size after a year is starting to get to me a bit. 5 inch screens look funny to me because of them being narrow and tall and I love the bigger screen in the small form factor. Great specs and great size. I will miss my note, but the lag, crappy gps, terrible amoled screen, and the slightly too big size are starting to turn me off.
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djkinetic said:
Well a couple hours for me, some already got their ATT variants this morning..my FedEx guybis slow I guess lol.
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So after using it a bit, do you feel like you want to pick the S4 back up or are you totally satisfied with the G2.
Personally I cant remember the last time I was so excited about a phone. I remember when I went to the S4 from the note 2 and I really just couldn't get excited about it at all. It didnt feel like an upgrade.
Heres hoping the G2 can win me over...
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Nope dont feel the urge to pick up my S4, One, or Nexus.
Looks many people have/bought this now. So please vote. Thanks.