I'm thinking of upgrading my Nexus S, would the S2 be a good upgrade? I really don't care about bleeding edge stuff, I just want it to play the games I want it to and last the whole day (which shouldn't be a problem since I'm buying the extended battery) texting and such.
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Yes. I can get 20+ hours on a charge, stock battery, stock rooted. I bought a galaxy nexus and couldn't play many games that I bought. Wimax will be around for a while and by the time you get bored with the s2, chances are that lte still won't be around in many areas. I'm only twenty minutes south of Boston and am not expecting sprint lte at the house...ever.
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MaXmeOliver said:
I'm thinking of upgrading my Nexus S, would the S2 be a good upgrade? I really don't care about bleeding edge stuff, I just want it to play the games I want it to and last the whole day (which shouldn't be a problem since I'm buying the extended battery) texting and such.
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Yea it's still good. Can play all the games on the store. Can get up to 10 hrs screen time with the 2000mah battery apparently. I would consider the S3 though. At least look into it
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Yes. I can get 20+ hours on a charge, stock battery, stock rooted. I bought a nexus and couldn't play many games that I bought. Wimax will be around for a while and by the time you get bored with the s2, chances are that lte still won't be around in many areas. I'm only twenty minutes south of Boston and am not expecting sprint lte at the house...ever.
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Well, I live in Sweden (the first country that got LTE) and all the major cities and surrounding areas already have LTE coverage, but I don't care much for LTE since it drains battery like hell ATM. And our 3G is really fast compared to your 4G and probably Wimax/LTE too.
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tailsthecat3 said:
Yes. I can get 20+ hours on a charge, stock battery, stock rooted. I bought a nexus and couldn't play many games that I bought. Wimax will be around for a while and by the time you get bored with the s2, chances are that lte still won't be around in many areas. I'm only twenty minutes south of Boston and am not expecting sprint lte at the house...ever.
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This phone (i9100) doesn't get WiMax.
EDIT: Also, this phone (which is GSM) doesn't work on Sprint. (a CDMA network)
(not that this matters to the OP....)
kilometers4 said:
Yea it's still good. Can play all the games on the store. Can get up to 10 hrs screen time with the 2000mah battery apparently. I would consider the S3 though. At least look into it
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The S3 is really expensive compared to the S2, and I feel like it's a waste of money on benchmark performance.
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MaXmeOliver said:
The S3 is really expensive compared to the S2, and I feel like it's a waste of money on benchmark performance.
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I feel the s3 is not a worthy upgrade from an s2. I'm also all set with a device that knows when I'm looking at it.
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tailsthecat3 said:
I feel the s3 is not a worthy upgrade from an s2. I'm also all set with a device that knows when I'm looking at it.
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Yea but it's a good upgrade from his nexus s
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kilometers4 said:
Yea but it's a good upgrade from his nexus s
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This is true.
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tailsthecat3 said:
This is true.
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Is there any way to calibrate the screen on 4.0?
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MaXmeOliver said:
The S3 is really expensive compared to the S2, and I feel like it's a waste of money on benchmark performance.
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Yea but it's quad core. It's future proof like the s2 was when it came out.. Thats why it has similar specs to the s2
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This phone (i9100) doesn't get WiMax.
EDIT: Also, this phone (which is GSM) doesn't work on Sprint. (a CDMA network)
(not that this matters to the OP....)
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Using the app, didn't realize the op was in Sweden. Regardless, I have the s2 and will more than likely be skipping the s3 cause it's not a huge upgrade here in the states(and it knows when I'm looking at it) and waiting to see what the next nexus offers
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kilometers4 said:
Yea but it's quad core. It's future proof like the s2 was when it came out.. Thats why it has similar specs to the s2
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I tend to keep phones 'til they're obsolete so future proofing shouldn't be a problem.
Also, I think that quad core just adds to benchmarks, and real world use stays pretty much the same. The difference is minimal, with the dual core just being slightly slower in some transitions and actions.
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MaXmeOliver said:
I tend to keep phones 'til they're obsolete so future proofing shouldn't be a problem.
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Yea but it's better to start with the best one in the beginning
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kilometers4 said:
Yea but it's better to start with the best one in the beginning
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But more expensive though :/
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But more expensive though :/
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I think it's worth it though.
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There hasn't been anything that I couldn't do on the s2 so far. To me, the only reason to consider the s3 would be the new screen
Just upgraded from Nexus one to sgs2. Loving it. Feel like a huge upgrade. Sgs3 prob nice but money talk.
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Yep upgraded a few days ago and this phone is still above many other newer phones
Hi guys i just realized that my s3's screen was lighting up again and again for no reason. There was no call or text. Its pretty strange and it drains my battery
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Never happened to me. You don't mention anything about if your rooted or have another ROM on your device.
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No I am on stock 4.0.4
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Hi guys i just realized that my s3's screen was lighting up again and again for no reason. There was no call or text. Its pretty strange and it drains my battery
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I have seen that happen on my s3. After a while it goes away. I had it too on my gnex. I think it's some app that is running in the background. Was concerned at first but never did anything about it. Try installing GSAM battery monitor. It shows which process consumes the most battery. There are other apps better, but this one is free.
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I have the s4 thinking about the one due to some of the laggy issues. But people who have had the s4 or note 2 which is what I had before did you adapt to the smaller screen easier?
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Yeah smaller screen size did not take me long at all to adapt to, I had the s4 for a day before the one and a note 2 for a bit before I don't regret the move to the one at all.
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I had the note 1 forever and then the note 2 and now the s4 I'm just worried I couldn't adapt to an even smaller screen and won't have a way to go back to the s4 incase I did not like it
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I enjoy this size of screen completely... Boom sound and the better screen makes up for it!
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If it was not for closet att store being an hour away I'd easily go play with one but I guess I will
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It doesn't seem much different in size from the s4 to me honestly big change from the note but I adjusted fine
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I recently switched from Sprint to T-Mobile, before switching I asked them to try the network before I switched. They gave me a S3 to use. Using the S3 was great, but this HTC One really shines!
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I never cared for the s3
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Anyone else have issues with their phone getting super hot? Mines been up to 46°C, just from using it for about an hour. Its not rooted or anything. Completely stock.
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My phone did this last week. Im rooted and running CM10 had been for like 2+ months. I made a call on the speakerphone and the phone got extremely hot then my speakerphone blew out! Ended up getting a replacement.
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Is the phone not being used or are you doing anything when it gets hot. This phone for me anyway hasn't gotten nearly as warm as my nexus 4
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jonapunk said:
Is the phone not being used or are you doing anything when it gets hot. This phone for me anyway hasn't gotten nearly as warm as my nexus 4
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Just doing normal things like facebook and netflix and it gets super hot
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I can see that happening on Netflix but not facebook
Did this always happen or just recently
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jonapunk said:
I can see that happening on Netflix but not facebook
Did this always happen or just recently
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Mine gets up in the high 30s low 40s with normal usage.. pretty sure this is recent. Anyone want to trade a good DNA for cash haha I will probably sell this on swappa and get the One when its out for big red.
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I can see that happening on Netflix but not facebook
Did this always happen or just recently
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Pretty much always. It might just be me using it for a while.
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All phones get off under load. I've seen my old rezound get over 155F. DNA not so much.
In general, I really don't see any difference in day to day usage after the latest update. However, one app that seems to lag really badly is words with friends. Man is it terrible now. I confirmed it wasn't just me. Same performance on my wife's s4 as well. My droid incredible handles it MUCH more smoothly, which is inexcusable. Anyone else see anything like this?
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So I'm not the only one noticing it.
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So I'm not the only one noticing it.
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No. It's frustrating. It's not like it's a graphically intense game (evident by the fact that my incredible handles it no problem). Samsung needs to fix something.
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Samsung should of let the newest os 4.4
on this phone.
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