If so, do you miss it? Can you get used to not having different led notifications? Was it really an upgrade? What about the htc on m8 camera, does it take better pics/lowlight? Battery life, seems htc's battery is smaller? I mean the LG G2 was ok as a daily driver.
I gave my G2 to my wife and bought the M8 for myself. I figured that if I decided within 2 weeks that I didn't like the M8, I could always get it back close to stock and return it (and get another G2 - or something else - for myself.)
To answer your questions:
No, I don't miss it completely - but I do miss some things: smaller size and "knock off" (M8 has knock on)
I haven't really noticed the difference in LED notifications, but I'm sure that it's something that can be worked around with a firmware and/or kernel mod.
I didn't consider it an upgrade.
For ME, the camera on the phone was only really ever a utility thing. I can still take pictures of stuff for reference (such as serial number labels, etc.)
Battery: The G2 battery is better than the M8 battery. There's no question about it. However, the M8 battery is still quite a bit better than a nexus5 battery.
Of course, that leaves the question of what is better about the M8: Better construction, MUCH louder built in speakers, HTC isn't trying to lock down the bootloader, sdcard (big deal for me and my 50GB of music), ability to easily convert to GPE.
I find myself constantly looking for the back buttons on my M8. I miss the knock features, the HTC Is way too sensitive, I turned it off. Camera, LG G2, blows it away. I used it on my trip to Disney and the pics looked awesome, maybe got lucky? Pure performance, HTC. And the ability to go back and forth between ROM's, RUU's and trick the phone was the main reason I sold the LG G2 and picked up the M8, missed my M7's so much I had to go back. Now, with all that said, I may seriously consider the G3, but I doubt I will sell the M8. Different phones for different occasions.
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If so, do you miss it? Can you get used to not having different led notifications? Was it really an upgrade? What about the htc on m8 camera, does it take better pics/lowlight? Battery life, seems htc's battery is smaller? I mean the LG G2 was ok as a daily driver.
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I had a G2 and loved it. only gripe was the slow camera shutter response. it takes awesome pictures, the battery life was amazing.
I miss it a little but I LOVE this M8
I have no issues with it and its a SOLID device.
this phone even has the tap on tap off thing lol
go for it.
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I had a G2 and loved it. only gripe was the slow camera shutter response. it takes awesome pictures, the battery life was amazing.
I miss it a little but I LOVE this M8
I have no issues with it and its a SOLID device.
this phone even has the tap on tap off thing lol
go for it.
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I miss the ability to block calls. I could block all calls from a certain area code, block all unavailable caller id's, etc. Can't find this functionality on htc one m8.
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I miss the ability to block calls. I could block all calls from a certain area code, block all unavailable caller id's, etc. Can't find this functionality on htc one m8.
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launch your dialer then hit the menu (3 dots upper right) then select blocked contacts.....
I had a g2. It was great but the stock os is as ugly as touchwiz so I don't miss that at all. Knock on was cool but using the volume keys to turn the screen on is just as good imo. The g2 had a serious video bug. As in if you were taking video there was a bad waving effect that no one could fix. If the g3s os looks decent and can be rooted I'll go back to LG. If it looks like poo I will stick with the amazing m8. Nothing can touch the speakers which I use a lot when I'm listening to music at work.
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I came from the Samsung Galaxy S III and before that it was the iPhone 4, and iPhone 3g and before that Blackberry. I have been all over the place with phones and I get very excited when anyone releases the next huge phone. My main plan was to get the Galaxy S IV until it was actually revealed and I felt quite let down but what it was offering. I felt like they 'appled' things up by just making tiny upgrades just to get people to buy more of the same thing.
Then I read about the HTC One and was a bit skeptical. They were raving about the speakers and the Ultrapixel and all the other features and I just couldn't get past the fact it was HTC. My friend had the HTC One X and I saw how it lacked in updates and didn't have expandable storage or a removable battery. On my SIII I had an extended battery and would still manage to burn through it in a day of heavy usage. So even though I LOVED most of the things about the HTC One. I was scared of jumping ship and trying it.
As the weeks went on and the reviews came out I begun scouring the internet for every bit of information I could find on the HTC One. I read every review and I swear I surfed every forum and at the end of the day I was still impressed by the device and figured i could get over the lack of replaceable battery and extra space. So I made the leap and got the HTC One on AT&T.
I've had it a few days now and I'm still as impressed with this thing as I was when I was reading all the reviews on it. Everything from the 'BoomSound' to the 'Ultrapixel' camera was spot on like I read. The names of the cool features might be a marketing gimmick but they really are the things that make this phone stand out and make it unique.
BUILD QUALITY:
Do I even need to touch on this? Every review, every person who ever touched this device all same the same thing. That it truly is a sight to behold. Trying to put it up against my S III makes the S III look like a toy. This is one phone that I don't want to get a case for (and still haven't) because I think everyone needs to see the HTC One because this is how quality phones should be made. If you read the forums and some reviews they do mention there could be a slight gap around the plastic antenna band, and on mine that is also true. But it is SO tiny on mine that I don't even think it's an issue.
BLINK FEED/SENSE 5:
I have never used an HTC phone with Sense before, coming from the Galaxy S III SENSE is a HUGE step up from what Samsung had. I would often through CM10 or AOKP on my SIII just to get rid of the horrid UI on the S III. I read in reviews that blink feed was almost worthless and most people wouldn't use it and so I figured that be the case for me too...but the crazy part is, I actually DO use it! While I am sitting at work waiting for something to happen or I'm at dinner waiting to order I'm actually finding myself unlocking my phone and seeing what is going on with the world through Blink Feed. I LOVE RSS readers and being on top of things and Blink Feed helps with this without me having to even load up a third party app or anything. While Blink Feed is good they do need to open it up to allow me to import my RSS feeds and what not (like flip board, etc). Blink feed isn't perfect but I'm surprised by how much I actually use it.
On to Sense 5 I am quite impressed with it. Typically I'll throw Apex or Nova launcher on top of the UI and be done with it but after putting Nova on it for half a day I actually ended up uninstalling it. Part of it was so I could have Blink Feed back but the other part is I liked the overall look of Sense 5. It was clean and the buttons were nice. I wish I could use the Sense 5 icon for internet on instead of the look of the Chrome button since that's what I use and chrome now sticks out like a sore thumb on the dock, but I can live with that. Sense has done some nice things in the app locker section by letting you easily search for apps/hide apps and even put apps in folders. I've found that I use Blinkfeed as my main screen and the app launcher as my 'second screen'. I don't even bother swiping over any more to show more home screens.
CAMERA
The camera was the real reason I was excited about this phone. It was something different and something that sounded amazing on paper. HTC was doing something radically different and instead of going the way of the MegaPixel war, HTC was bypassing it completely. And for me, their bet has paid off. This camera will not be for everyone. For people who want amazing clear and detailed pictures then 4MP will probably not be enough. But I'm the kind of person who likes capturing the moments through out my day and sharing them with friends on FB or on G+. I like taking pictures during almost everything and the HTC One helps me with that tremendously.
Zoe mode is a nice change of pace where instead of just capturing a still pic it does the still with 3 seconds of video/sound. This allows you to then find the perfect picture in the 3 second period and edit and save that or even do things such as picking the best face from people in the photo and combining it into one, removing objects in the background, actually making peoples faces skinnier and many other tweaks. There are some options I don't think I'll ever use such as the option to make eyes bigger but I've used it to make funny pictures of my family by making them look like aliens!
The highlight reel is pretty neat and I find myself creating them and posting them to facebook. I think it was completely stupid of HTC to only include 4 themes and make it that you can't use custom music/themes but I have my fingers crossed that that functionality is coming. The highlight reel is a lot like the blink feed. It's a great start to something that can really shine, but HTC needs to get off it's butt and finish it to make it stand above the crowd.
The UI for the camera isn't very pretty or intuitive but the amount of options it offers easily makes up for it. Coming from the SIII it's pretty cool to be able to change everything about the camera settings and it allows people who take the time to learn to capture some pretty impressive shots. Even on full auto it takes good pictures but I think that one will need to learn to adjust the settings based on the situation they are in to get the best photos possible.
The lowlight shooting is hands down amazing. I was able to take a shot around 830 at night after the sun set, the cars on the road had their headlights on and the street lights on the side of the road were on, but the HTC One captured enough light to make it look like the sun was still out. It is crazy how much light this camera captures and when you're like me and love capturing photos of your kids in the house and might not always be in perfect lighting, then this phone is fantastic. Thanks to the quick capturing taking pictures of fast moving objects is also quite enjoyable. On the SIII (not so much on the iPhone) capturing moving objects would lead to very blurry photos, that isn't the case on the One.
I know this section got a bit big but I just wanted to run down some things about it. I didn't even mention the slow motion video, the hdr, the video hdr and other things such as the sequence shot. I have used the HDR pictures (there is a tweak out there on custom roms to enable front camera HDR too) and it's QUICK. The slow motion video makes the video quality really bad but it's still a fun effect. The camera is just something you need to use to be able to fully comprehend. I'll take a photo of something and show someone and they look at me like I'm crazy because they don't understand why I'm so excited about the picture. It's hard to describe just how low the lighting was in it and how awesome the One captured the photo.
BOOM SOUND/MICS:
Stupid name, awesome feature. I never understood why phones put the speakers on the back/bottom. It never made sense. The screen is on the front so why would I want the sound coming from a different location?! On the iPhones the speaker was on the bottom and on the S III it was on the back and I'd have to do this weird cupping movement with my hand to get the sound to make it around to the front of the phone just so I could actually hear what I was watching! And if I put the phone down some where then it'd get all muffled and horrible. The One does not have this problem at all. I'd say the front speakers can be on par with some netbooks/tablets if not louder. This makes watching videos/listening to music or even taking speaker calls a very good experience. It also has dual membrane mics that do a great job at making sure that you're recording sounds of things you actually want to record. Apparently the company that made them for HTC is being sued in Europe because they were supposed to wait 12 months to use them in another phone, but HTC isn't being held liable in that because HTC had no idea.
Now most of this review seems like it's all glowing and perfect for the One but it does have some issues. Things such as Blink Feed and the Highlight Reel (2 huge features HTC touted) feeling like they aren't finished. Or the fact the LED is only 2 colors (I miss being able to have the Notification LED on the S III let me know exactly what the notification was for before I even had the phone in my hand). I also know this isn't a big thing but I always feel like I'm going to scratch the phone when I set it down someplace just because of the noise it makes. Hard to describe but when you put something metal down it makes quite a bit of noise. I know it won't scratch or anything, but in my mind I can't convince myself it won't!
At the end of the day, I'm in love with the phone. It fits me and my life style perfectly and it captures why I love smart phones. I don't take pictures of my food but I spend a lot of my day capturing memories and sharing them with the people close to me. The HTC One makes doing that and keeping it organized thanks to events very easy! I would still recommend the S III to anyone that wants a great cheaper phone (specially since the price has dropped on it). But if someone asks me what the best phone in, I will say the HTC One without hesitating.
Same thing was going on with me, but I knew HTC always made high quality build phones. I took the jump from an N4 and haven't looked back. Your review was awesome and right on par with my thoughts about this phone too.
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Great little review! Thanks for taking the time to write it up. I'm trying to hold off on getting the One, but I don't think I can after seeing it all over the place. The thing just looks too damn nice. I'm also really over the plastic body of the S3.
I got a question for ya though.. How is multitasking on the One? I completely hated it on the One X and even ended up returning the phone. I wouldn't even call it multitasking tbh. Dunno if you ever used the One X, but I was curious if any of the problems still persist.
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Great little review! Thanks for taking the time to write it up. I'm trying to hold off on getting the One, but I don't think I can after seeing it all over the place. The thing just looks too damn nice. I'm also really over the plastic body of the S3.
I got a question for ya though.. How is multitasking on the One? I completely hated it on the One X and even ended up returning the phone. I wouldn't even call it multitasking tbh. Dunno if you ever used the One X, but I was curious if any of the problems still persist.
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The multitasking was one of the things that turned me off about that phone. From what I heard it'd start closing things after you had one or two things open. With the One I haven't noticed anything like that and when I open my 'Open Apps' by double tapping home it is always full. Now it only shows 9 open apps at any given time. I'm not sure if it closes other apps if you get over that number or not. But if that's the case it hasn't affected my use at all. Maybe HTC wised up after the bad reviews or maybe it's because it has better memory management.
Thanks for the review robamacaf! Well written and very informative.
I have also grown tired of Samsung plastics and gimmicks. My recent devices have been HTC One X, iPhone 5, Galaxy S3, and a Galaxy Note 2.
HTC has always made nice hardware. Dare I say that even the One X had pretty good build quality when compared to the S3.
Like you, I assumed one of the 1st things I would do on the One would be to find a way to rid myself of BlinkFeed. That crazy thing happened to me as well and now I find myself using it and loving it.
Thanks for the awesome review!
I have an HTC One & I'm considering switching to The G2.
My 2 day old phone is having Bluetooth connectivity issues and the dreaded build quality gap on the top near the power button.
Honestly if the G2 was @ the T-Mobile store I would have got it that day.
I love my HTC One but once I saw the G2 I had to have it
So what made you leave the One for the G2?
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I have an HTC One & I'm considering switching to The G2.
My 2 day old phone is having Bluetooth connectivity issues and the dreaded build quality gap on the top near the power button.
Honestly if the G2 was @ the T-Mobile store I would have got it that day.
I love my HTC One but once I saw the G2 I had to have it
So what made you leave the One for the G2?
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Only reason I left the One is because of the camera. The G2 is hands down the best camera phone....for Android.
Surge, how would you compare the sound quality & volume on the G2 ear speaker during a call compared to the One?
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Surge, how would you compare the sound quality & volume on the G2 ear speaker during a call compared to the One?
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I hear the stock values aren't as strong as it can be. However there is a mod you can do once you are rooted to increase the speaker volume for both for media and speakerphone purposes.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2442883
I switch from htc one for bigger screen. Bigger battery which is alot better. Camera is better. Speaker sound is better on htc one which is the only thing i missed but not that bad on the g2. Ui is really nice and i think alot better than sense 5 n touchwiz.
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htc has the better stereo speaker
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Surge, how would you compare the sound quality & volume on the G2 ear speaker during a call compared to the One?
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Ear speaker, is pretty much equal between the 2. The One's headphone quality is slightly better than the G2 IMO.
Made the switch myself because of BT and camera. HTC One is a beast, but I don't miss it at all.
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I switched for bigger screen, bigger battery, and better camera. The One's camera is pretty ****, I don't understand why people think it is good because every time I use it, it looks like crap. I've had the G2 for a few hours and the camera is amazing so far but we shall see how that plays out in the long run.
Another thing I noticed about the G2 is that it seems the touch sensitivity is better and more accurate than the One.
1. I'm addicted to having the latest, greatest cell phone.
2. Needed better battery life.
3. Wanted larger screen.
4. I hate hardware buttons (I rarely use my G2's rear buttons).
Camera for larger megapixels. The camera on the htc one wasn't bad,wish they would've increased camera pixels by a little. I also jumped for the screen size. I miss the sound quality of the boomsound. But I do like the fact that calls and text come in a small box.
If you are worried about ui speed, htc wins hands down. But battery life is way better with the G2.
Dont care what anyone say htc it has the fastest ui on current devices.
Made the switch for bigger screen, better battery, didn't like the almost flush wake/power button, and if I had to stay stock the G2 had more built in tweaks.
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Camera for larger megapixels. The camera on the htc one wasn't bad,wish they would've increased camera pixels by a little. I also jumped for the screen size. I miss the sound quality of the boomsound. But I do like the fact that calls and text come in a small box.
If you are worried about ui speed, htc wins hands down. But battery life is way better with the G2.
Dont care what anyone say htc it has the fastest ui on current devices.
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I don't own an HTC one but have used one before. It's been awhile so I can't really compare the two phones, but I'm wondering what you mean by fast. When you say fast do you mean smooth? Because there is a huge difference. If you mean fast then just enable developer settings and you can change the speed of the animations. Perhaps you mean smooth and on that all I can say is I can't imagine the one being smoother than the near perfection I see on this phone.
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S4 ----> G2
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1. I'm addicted to having the latest, greatest cell phone.
2. I hate hardware buttons (I rarely use my G2's rear buttons).
3. S4 stutters (TW is a POC)
4. Bezel and screen size (DAT BEZEL)
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^^My reasons plus other things like better gaming (N64 emu is quite smooth), knock-on and headphone jack on bottom were pluses
Also I didn't know if Note 3 Dev was going to be open due to Knox and my S4 was losing value
Thing I regret is that Wifi Tethering isn't available yet on VZN but I suspect that is temporary
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I don't own an HTC one but have used one before. It's been awhile so I can't really compare the two phones, but I'm wondering what you mean by fast. When you say fast do you mean smooth? Because there is a huge difference. If you mean fast then just enable developer settings and you can change the speed of the animations. Perhaps you mean smooth and on that all I can say is I can't imagine the one being smoother than the near perfection I see on this phone.
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When I say fast, when you touch the phone icon the dailer launches immediately when you press it. If you press home it goes right away no lag. When you launch text it comes up right away. Htc put all their effort into out doing any phone in that aspect. It comes from how heavy UI are now days, the one will run circles around S4 and note 2 stock. Go to any store and you can see for yourself or i could do a youtube video
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When I say fast, when you touch the phone icon the dailer launches immediately when you press it. If you press home it goes right away no lag. When you launch text it comes up right away. Htc put all their effort into out doing any phone in that aspect. It comes from how heavy UI are now days, the one will run circles around S4 and note 2 stock. Go to any store and you can see for yourself or i could do a youtube video
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Ohhhh! I see. I'd like to see a comparison videooff you launching a bunch of apps side by side because this phone launches everything what seems like instantly most the time. So let's see that video ?
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Ohhhh! I see. I'd like to see a comparison videooff you launching a bunch of apps side by side because this phone launches everything what seems like instantly most the time. So let's see that video ?
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Im not at home with my htc one, but when i get there i will record it, about an hour and half. Are there any rules about posting links?
Just did the video and its uploading now
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When I say fast, when you touch the phone icon the dailer launches immediately when you press it. If you press home it goes right away no lag. When you launch text it comes up right away. Htc put all their effort into out doing any phone in that aspect. It comes from how heavy UI are now days, the one will run circles around S4 and note 2 stock. Go to any store and you can see for yourself or i could do a youtube video
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Darn you for pointing that out. LOL I never noticed it before, but you are dead on with the comparison. Now it's going to drive me nuts.
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tiguy99 said:
I have an HTC One & I'm considering switching to The G2.
My 2 day old phone is having Bluetooth connectivity issues and the dreaded build quality gap on the top near the power button.
Honestly if the G2 was @ the T-Mobile store I would have got it that day.
I love my HTC One but once I saw the G2 I had to have it
So what made you leave the One for the G2?
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Bigger screen and faster processor
I'm currently using the HTC m8 and I'm tired of it. I haven't had a g3 in years. How does everyone like theirs? I was going to pre-order but the screen heat issue scared me off since I work outdoors. Please list your pros and cons. Thanks
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I'm currently using the HTC m8 and I'm tired of it. I haven't had a g3 in years. How does everyone like theirs? I was going to pre-order but the screen heat issue scared me off since I work outdoors. Please list your pros and cons. Thanks
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I came from a SGS3 and I'm satisfied with the G3, overall. I hate the sharpening that occurs on text which is scaled down and I hate the stock pastel UI colors. I find the screen resolution does little to actually enhance the user experience. Lastly, I hate that the audio amp doesn't play nicely with low impedance speakers (you'll hear static in the left audio channel unless there's a ~ 64 ohm or higher load or the speakers are below 64 ohms and not very sensitive). The flipside is that audio output is excellent when using quality headphones or audio gear (not Beats trash, I'm talking about real audiophile-grade stuff).
Everything else about the phone is great, especially if you have large hands!
The display looks pretty good in the store, but I do have a tab s that I use for YouTube or anything media. I compared the phone size to my m8 and they are the same size. Does it have a car mode? I drive 2hrs a day to work and hate the car mode on this m8
speedfreak228 said:
I'm currently using the HTC m8 and I'm tired of it. I haven't had a g3 in years. How does everyone like theirs? I was going to pre-order but the screen heat issue scared me off since I work outdoors. Please list your pros and cons. Thanks
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I had an M8 before the G3. I could not be happier. I love Sense but the G3 is a much better phone. The camera and the screen are best part.
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nrage23 said:
I had an M8 before the G3. I could not be happier. I love Sense but the G3 is a much better phone. The camera and the screen are best part.
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I hate the screen on my m8. I can't see it at all with my polarized shades on. Drives me nuts. The power button and volume button placement drives me crazy too. Only had the phone for a month good thing I got it with the edge plan. Any lag with the g3? I looked at the s5 too but kinda worried about the touch wiz lag factor lol
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I hate the screen on my m8. I can't see it at all with my polarized shades on. Drives me nuts. The power button and volume button placement drives me crazy too. Only had the phone for a month good thing I got it with the edge plan. Any lag with the g3? I looked at the s5 too but kinda worried about the touch wiz lag factor lol
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You are going to have a hard time with any screen and polarized sunglasses. The lag is very subjective. I do not notice lag except for a bit right after boot up. Also if you are like me and like sense you use G3 Tweaksbox along with enabling the hidden menu to allow themes for the launcher to get the look of sense.
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You are going to have a hard time with any screen and polarized sunglasses. The lag is very subjective. I do not notice lag except for a bit right after boot up. Also if you are like me and like sense you use G3 Tweaksbox along with enabling the hidden menu to allow themes for the launcher to get the look of sense.
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My note 3 screen was dim with shades on but the htc is completely black. Has anyone had the heat issues?
I came to my G3 from a Droid 3 so it was quite an upgrade and I couldn't be happier. I pretty much did everything hacking related that could be done to my Droid 3 and finally just got tired of how slow it was. It would take 1 full minute just to load facebook. The G3 is pretty amazing. All we need now is an unlocked bootloader. <crossing fingers>
We needed the unlocked boot loader with the Droid3 too. Motorola promised us, like LG has, but never unlocked it.
I still have a few of those Droid3s around somewhere. I used to use them when traveling in Europe since they did well there on cheap local sims once unlocked for international use by Verizon. When Hashcode developed SafeStrap, things got pretty nice though, as long as you didn't need the camera. I think I stopped at Jellybean.
The Verizon G3, like all recent Verizon LTE phones, works on about any GSM carrier by just inserting an active SIM chip and setting up the APN and mode.
I am on T-Mobile 4gLTE right now on mine. Gets amazing download data speeds.
I agree with you about the Droid 3 and safestrap. Safestrap made it so easy to backup and restore my ROM but the camera bug was very frustrating. I finally ended up just using Minimoto which was a stripped down stock ROM with the holo launcher. It worked well,had all of the garbage bloatware removed, and the camera still worked.
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We needed the unlocked boot loader with the Droid3 too. Motorola promised us, like LG has, but never unlocked it.
I still have a few of those Droid3s around somewhere. I used to use them when traveling in Europe since they did well there on cheap local sims once unlocked for international use by Verizon. When Hashcode developed SafeStrap, things got pretty nice though, as long as you didn't need the camera. I think I stopped at Jellybean.
The Verizon G3, like all recent Verizon LTE phones, works on about any GSM carrier by just inserting an active SIM chip and setting up the APN and mode.
I am on T-Mobile 4gLTE right now on mine. Gets amazing download data speeds.
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Had the M8 for a couple of months back when it first came out. Great phone but I don't miss it one bit. I usually root my phone's within a couple of days but not with this one. Perfectly happy the way it is. I haven't noticed any lag on my G3 and battery life is improving compared to when I first got it. Definite plus is the replaceable battery.
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il buono said:
Had the M8 for a couple of months back when it first came out. Great phone but I don't miss it one bit. I usually root my phone's within a couple of days but not with this one. Perfectly happy the way it is. I haven't noticed any lag on my G3 and battery life is improving compared to when I first got it. Definite plus is the replaceable battery.
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Does it have car mode? The htc car mode us OK but the voice app is awful?
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Does it have car mode? The htc car mode us OK but the voice app is awful?
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There's no car mode
No car mode
Pros: great standby on battery, speaker is decent for a rear facing one,design feels good in hand,camera is great,cell signal reception is great
Cons: screen is next to impossible to see outdoors in sunlight unless you really crank the brightness, little but noticeable lag/stutter especially in app drawer nothing major, screen on time is OK but definitely not best, and for some reason this phone is super picky about charger and cable combo (have used the same high quality chargers for all my phones mostly but the g3 slow charges or sometimes simply goes into not charging mode,works fine with stock cable though)
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nrage23 said:
I had an M8 before the G3. I could not be happier. I love Sense but the G3 is a much better phone. The camera and the screen are best part.
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The same here!
How much do you value root (and possible bootloader unlock)? Or else you might want to wait for Moto X+1 and/or Note 4.
Personally I am overall satisfied with my purchase but its not without its flaws (like any other phone).
It's a nice phone, but I am not sure I would say it's much better than an m8. These phones are so comparable anymore, it's hard to justify the monies for them IMO. I used to switch constantly, had jump with tmobile and every 6 months switched out. Now, on contract with Verizon and keeping this for a good while.
I do have the heating issue, only when taking a bunch of pictures and or videos. Automatically dims my screen to cool it off. It was ridiculously hot!
Besides that it's a nice phone.
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It's a nice phone, but I am not sure I would say it's much better than an m8. These phones are so comparable anymore, it's hard to justify the monies for them IMO. I used to switch constantly, had jump with tmobile and every 6 months switched out. Now, on contract with Verizon and keeping this for a good while.
I do have the heating issue, only when taking a bunch of pictures and or videos. Automatically dims my screen to cool it off. It was ridiculously hot!
Besides that it's a nice phone.
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I had the heating issue once when I was recording a video in UHD (which is limited to 5 minutes because of extreme heating). Other than that the phone will get warm but nothing out of the ordinary.
I just got this phone yesterday. Coming from a Note 4. Not sure how much good the secondary screen will provide. Is this a good phone? Is there developer interest? Would I be happier with a different phone from verizon? The main reason I got this phone was because it has a removable back and replaceable battery in addition to an SD Card slot.
I got it because my Z3v broke and I needed a replacement. I was considering the G4 but I liked the fingerprint scanner so I went with this on black Friday. It's a good phone for the $170~ with all the deals I got but if I had to pay more I might not have gone for it honestly. I love the replaceable batteries I got and the 200gb SD card. The camera is great on it, and the wide screen front camera looks great in photos.
Secondary screen is pretty useless for me, I leave it off or on the signature screen. Also as for development I don't think we'll see much cause Verizon. I'll probably keep it for awhile but honestly might upgrade to one of next year's nexus devices if they look good.
So far I love it. My Note 4 was turned into a square white turd by the latest update from Verizon. It was absolute crap, overheat, battery life sucked and it would just go black...Verizon said that it was impossible to downgrade back to 4.4.4 where my phone was great. This phone is Smooooth as butter. The second screen is kinda gimicky but it does come in handy, much better than that "edge" crap from Samsung. As far as root??? Dont get your hopes up, the note 4 never got it and probably will only when it is obsolete. Just enjoy the buttery smoothness that is the V10. I know I will.
The V10 is great. I considered a Samsung but they got rid of expandable storage and removable battery. Otherwise, I might have ended up with a Note 5. This is my third LG device. I have the G2 and G3 prior to this. Not crazy about the second screen and I think there's no need for 2 front facing cameras. All in all I love it.
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Here here. Second screen so much better than the edge crap. I loved my Sammy S3, but very happy with the V10. I know too many people that hate their S6 of all varieties.
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I would recommend the G4, I'm regretting selling mine to buy the V10.
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I would recommend the G4, I'm regretting selling mine to buy the V10.
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Why? Let us know....
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Main gripe is lack of root / dev support. My G4 was rooted rather quickly and I never realized just how much Viper4Android did for my music. Sure there's a DAC and AMP, but Viper had a LEGIT equalizer, compression, and the main selling point: Convolution. I realize I'm in the minority here. But actually, 3 of the new features that the G4 didn't have I find don't use. I've literally disabled the 2nd screen entirely since the lack of customization proved it to be useless / distracting to me. Plus that light bleed when the screen was off was annoying. Completely didn't realize there wasn't any LED notification light until it was too late. Wide angle front facing lens is nice, but I'm not much of a selfie person and would have LOVED to have a wide angle rear facing lens more. Front facing camera quality also seems sub-par compared to G4. Battery dies faster on the V10 than it did on the G4. I can't change the DPI on the V10 because the 2nd screen causes any DPI app to FC. Finger print scanner didn't work with any of my cases, but I don't really use a lock screen any ways because I use Gravity Screen. I just really feel dumb for switching...but you don't know what you have til it's gone! Oh well. I learned my lesson. I'm trying to convince my brother-in-law to trade me his G4 for my V10. Wish me luck. ( ^o^)/
I love my V10. I hated the LED on my G2 and G3. Second screen shows icons for notifications which is more helpful to me. When in silent mode I can quickly see what app is notifying me and can decide if it needs attending to. Not that activating the screen is any slower but I like that aspect of second screen. I only notice the bleed when the screen is off and the room is dark. I'm not real big into EQs or anything. The new VZW updates that came last week fixed the FPS issue. Works great with a case. I never had a FPS before and I hated security locks so I never used one previously. I absolutely love the phone. I tried root and ROMs with my G3 and while I found some features that were good I found more that I didn't have. I missed the VZW Visual Voicemail app and the LG camera app. LG has now included the flashlight with the OS and the UI is pretty smooth. I'm happy with the improvements to Lollipop on the V10. I getting an average of 4 and a half ours of Screen On Time with one charge from 100% to 5%. There are days when it's less but I am just happy with the V10. I also loved my G2 and G3 so I was confident that I'd like the V10.
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Main gripe is lack of root / dev support. My G4 was rooted rather quickly and I never realized just how much Viper4Android did for my music. Sure there's a DAC and AMP, but Viper had a LEGIT equalizer, compression, and the main selling point: Convolution. I realize I'm in the minority here. But actually, 3 of the new features that the G4 didn't have I find don't use. I've literally disabled the 2nd screen entirely since the lack of customization proved it to be useless / distracting to me. Plus that light bleed when the screen was off was annoying. Completely didn't realize there wasn't any LED notification light until it was too late. Wide angle front facing lens is nice, but I'm not much of a selfie person and would have LOVED to have a wide angle rear facing lens more. Front facing camera quality also seems sub-par compared to G4. Battery dies faster on the V10 than it did on the G4. I can't change the DPI on the V10 because the 2nd screen causes any DPI app to FC. Finger print scanner didn't work with any of my cases, but I don't really use a lock screen any ways because I use Gravity Screen. I just really feel dumb for switching...but you don't know what you have til it's gone! Oh well. I learned my lesson. I'm trying to convince my brother-in-law to trade me his G4 for my V10. Wish me luck. ( ^o^)/
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Cant say as that I blame you for wanting a rooted phone back.
As far as the fingerprint scanner, I fixed that issue with some tin foil. You have to make contact with the steel sidebars to get the scanner to work. Mine works great with the caseformer case. I actually use the second screen. I comes in handy especially with the camera. And the camera takes photos in RAW format which makes photoshop editing more precise.
I use poweramp and winamp on this phone and they are great....
But if the V10 is not for you, maybe bro in law will be kind...good luck!
Hi.
This is just my personal opinion thread. Around three months ago I swapped the G3 for brand new Nexus 6P and wanted to share with you my thoughts. I will write it in a comparison way to show what changed for me.
1. PRICE - I paid £120 for used 16GB LG G3 almost a year ago. The nexus cost me £440 for 32GB brand new from a phone shop back in December (early Christmas present for myself).
2. DESIGN - I still really like the G3! The overall smoothness, no buttons on the side (I became a fan of buttons on the back), the feel of lightness. Yes, it's plastic, but because of that I never bothered with any cases. In worst case I could just replace the rear cover for new one - job done. The screen is very good, but over sharpening bothered me sometimes. And those bezels - I think one of the best examples of what you can do with screen-to-body ratio. And the size was perfect - big but still mostly manageable with one hand (thanks to thin bezels again).
The design of Nexus 6P speaks for itself. I liked aluminium feel on iPhone, HTC ONE m7 and I like it on the 6P. The only problem with it is... It's aluminium and I don't want to scratch it. So like on iPhone I had to sacrifice the superb feeling and put it in a case. The visor on top doesn't bother me really. I think it looks interesting, differentiates the phone from hundreds of others looking the same. On the front - (almost) stereo speakers. The play nice and loud although I suffer from top speaker being louder. And yes I can hear the imbalance... The bezels are rather big (normal, considering speakers upfront?). And I don't like these buttons on the side. When I grab the phone, and unlock with finger on my way, sometimes I lock it again accidentally with my thumb. And there's the issue with some car mounts which grab your phone from the sides. It's just a big phone and my next one will be max 5,5" for sure.
3. CAMERA - I would say that these are comparable. I don't have big monitor (nor the PC for the matter) to properly compare them but they both seem very good. 6P gets more light and that's noticeable. I just wish 6P had 12Mp 16:9 instead of 4:3 because that forces me to use 8Mp 16:9. LG gets 10Mp in 16:9. Both shoot great videos but I think LG has little edge here with its OIS. Both shoot in 4K but I think LG has more potential (with hardware mod I have it doesn't overheat, has OIS, SD card slot and can be equipped with 6000/9000MAh swappable battery for long recordings). And LG has dual tone flash which is brighter than 6P's.
4. SOFTWARE - surprisingly stock LG G3 with Google launcher isn't that much slower than 6P. Sure, everything opens up faster on Nexus but the difference is not big. Multitasking on the other hand obviously is better on 6P - more RAM, quicker app changes. It just doesn't have this lag that G3 has, everything happens "now". But I miss the soft menu key bringing down notification bar, especially that 5,7" is a long way up for finger to reach it. Other thing I had and has been taken away is Miracast support. Blocking it was a bit Apple'ish behaviour to try and force users to buy Chromecast (I have chromecast, but many other friends with smart TV's don't and Miracast allowed me to easily share pics and vids on big screen).
5. SCREEN - LG has very nice screen (except for this over sharpening), but my first AMOLED is just something completely different. I love these blacks! Colours are nice and vivid albeit maybe a bit too saturated. SRGB mode on the other hand seems to be washed out too much. Maybe it's just too perfect for the likes of regular user. And whites are definitely whiter and brighter on G3.
OK, time to end this summary/comparison. These are just few of my thoughts and I know that many things can be changed with root (CPU Temp app doesn't show temperature on 6P and it drives me mad!), but I am not convinced yet to do it so things will stay as they are for now. Would I buy it again if I knew all this? Probably not and I'd wait for the release of new phones shown on MWC 2016. Maybe I would even choose something from China? Why not.
I don't know if anyone will find it interesting but I just wanted to share it with somebody, maybe get some feedback.
Cheers!
I wanted to say quickly, about your miracast comment. I had the note 4 previously that I used screen mirroring to watch movies from my phone on my TV. The Nexus 6p doesn't work exactly the same way, but there are two apps on the Google play store which work similar so I can still do the same thing essentially with my Nexus 6p. One is called imediashare, and the other is allconnect. Sometimes I have to switch from one app to the other because one may not play the video but the other one will, but it's not that big of a hassle. Give those apps a try and see if it solves your miracast issue. Otherwise, I love my Nexus 6p vs the note 4. So far, the Nexus 6p has been the best device I've ever owned and used, and I have used a lot of devices. Cheers!
I came to the 6p from the g3 and I'm very happy with the choice. At first I really missed the double tap unlock feature, but quickly got used to not having it.
chmura said:
I came to the 6p from the g3 and I'm very happy with the choice. At first I really missed the double tap unlock feature, but quickly got used to not having it.
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You can get that feature by flashing a custom kernel... Or I guess search through the forums there is a method somewhere to activate the dt2w... Sorry could have posted had I not been using mobile XDA premium app...
P.S I don't really use the feature myself as the FP sensor is good enough for me...
Also had the G3 before the 6P, and the 6P is vastly superior in every way!
I had a g3 before my nexus 6 which I now have a 6p the 6 was world's better then the g3 Imo and the 6p is a different monster all together. The g3 was my shortest kept android was far to laggy and slow 801 was not ready for that screen.
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But I miss the soft menu key bringing down notification bar, especially that 5,7" is a long way up for finger to reach it.
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I use Nova launcher, and have the swipe down action set to bring down the notification bar. That way I can swipe down anywhere on home screen and it brings the notification bar down, no need to reach for the top.
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I use Nova launcher, and have the swipe down action set to bring down the notification bar. That way I can swipe down anywhere on home screen and it brings the notification bar down, no need to reach for the top.
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I wish I could get something like that working without root.
Mietas2 said:
I wish I could get something like that working without root.
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You don't need root to swipe down in Nova. I just revoked root access to Nova to confirm. You just go into Nova settings > gestures & inputs, and set swipe down to "expand notifications"
My last phone was the G3 (D850). I did not have a good experience with it. I am blown away with the performance of the 6P thus far.
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You could solve 90% of your problems with custom ROM and kernel... Try Chroma and Franco. You get all the features and your battery life will be much better on top. Using this Combo for about 3 months and didn't have a single problem.
yeah! I miss my htc-m8. because I'd multirom with 3 base version of Android! I mean, I'd kitkat and lollipop and marshmallow in same time. so good so far!
plus it'd amazing sound
I think I'd be happy to trade up to pretty much anything from a G3. My girlfriend has one and it's the most awful modern Android smartphone I've used. It's laggy, since the 801 really can't deal with a 2K display. That 'fancy' display is terrible, a huge retrograde step from the one on the G2 in terms of contrast, colour accuracy and outdoor visibility. The battery life is okay, but not fantastic like the G2 was with the same battery capacity. Then finally, hers locks up and drains the battery when the screen is off...
Still, I guess LG were allowed to have an 'off' day, since the G2 was fantastic, the G4 seems to be highly regarded, I loved my Nexus 4, the Nexus 5 was fantastic value if a bit creaky build-wise, and the 5X is a really nice bit of kit!
Edit: The speaker on the G3 is really good though. Nearly gives me a heart attack every time the damn thing rings. You could probably hear it from another continent...
The G3 was the worst phone I've owned in the past 5 years. Overheating, laggy piece of crap.
Amazing how many 6p guys came from g3. I didn't have any issues with my g3 other than battery. Would have left back to Nexus if the 6 had been worth a crap
LG G4 => Nexus 6P. Totally worth it.
I loved my G3 on Verizon running ResurrectionROM, 6.0.1, and xposed. Ran smooth and the overheating stopped once I got on Android 6.0. However, at least once a day it'd completely reboot on it's own and that got annoying. The screen was sharp but the colors sucked, brightness was awful, and the battery was awful.
This was a big upgrade.
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It is crazy how many people came from G3. I had a Nexus 6 before my 6p and while I really liked my N6 the 6p is much better imo. I was at first skeptical because Huawei makes it but after a few devs I know talked so highly about it I decided to jump and I'm very happy that I did. I get a Nexus every year and this is by far my favorite of all phones I've owned since Android was born and I started w/ the G1. Google finally made a GREAT device with the Nexus 6p!!! I usually sell every year and buy a new one while this next year I will no doubt grab the new Nex I'm keeping my 6p. Nobody who bought a 6p has regretted it. I love mine!! ✌???
I also (we should start a club) came from the G3 to the Nexus 6p. I don't regret the upgrade at all. I was overall satisfied with my G3, but the battery life was the worst and I was never really happy with the screen. It was also super laggy at times where the N6P is always smooth. I do still find myself tapping the screen to wake my phone up, but am slowly getting used to the fingerprint scanner. Overall, the 6P is a way better phone in my opinion.
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I think I'd be happy to trade up to pretty much anything from a G3. My girlfriend has one and it's the most awful modern Android smartphone I've used. It's laggy, since the 801 really can't deal with a 2K display. That 'fancy' display is terrible, a huge retrograde step from the one on the G2 in terms of contrast, colour accuracy and outdoor visibility. The battery life is okay, but not fantastic like the G2 was with the same battery capacity. Then finally, hers locks up and drains the battery when the screen is off...
Still, I guess LG were allowed to have an 'off' day, since the G2 was fantastic, the G4 seems to be highly regarded, I loved my Nexus 4, the Nexus 5 was fantastic value if a bit creaky build-wise, and the 5X is a really nice bit of kit!
Edit: The speaker on the G3 is really good though. Nearly gives me a heart attack every time the damn thing rings. You could probably hear it from another continent...
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Agree with you on your comments...
I had a Z ultra which was very smooth, fast and snappy. I got D850 from my brother and it was very slow even there was a stutter when opening the app drawer. I unlocked BL, rooted and installed MM for international version on D850 and it is much better. Still my Z ultra was relatively more snappier than LG G3. The screen resolution was great but the colors were dull and poor in outdoors. I got 3+ hours of screen on time with one day standby.
I bought Nexus 6p exchanging my Z ultra a few weeks ago and its easily the smoothest of the three devices.
I love the screen and the development support available for the device.