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
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 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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nrage23 said:
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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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.
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Hey guys, so I waited forever for my nexus and now that I have it...its somewhat disappointing. Bad signal, things close randomly, and it also has cheap build quality.
Honestly, how do you guys like your rezounds? How's the battery on those things? How's the build quality?
My entire android experience to this point has been with HTC (Inc and Inc 2) and I wanted something new, but I may come back.
Appreciate all the replies. Thanks.
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BABABANG said:
Hey guys, so I waited forever for my nexus and now that I have it...its somewhat disappointing. Bad signal, things close randomly, and it also has cheap build quality.
Honestly, how do you guys like your rezounds? How's the battery on those things? How's the build quality?
My entire android experience to this point has been with HTC (Inc and Inc 2) and I wanted something new, but I may come back.
Appreciate all the replies. Thanks.
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I, personally, love this phone. The build quality is very solid and doesn't feel like a cheap piece of plastic in your hand. I get great signal from it. Phone calls are clear and don't drop. I also rarely lose 4g unless I'm just in a horrible area. Plus, the GPS on this phone is absolutely amazing.
The battery life could be better stock, but you can't really expect much with such a big and bright screen. I was getting around 6 hours of heavy use out of it until I tried this little trick by nosympathy. Now I'm getting a strong 12-15 hours with fairly heavy use. I'm more than happy with everything about this phone. We don't have S-Off or perm root right now, but I could really care less. Just stock this thing whips the hell out of any phone I've ever touched. When we do get the update to ICS and Sense 4.0 (probably early next year according to HTC), this thing will be even better. I love this phone and will probably never touch anything but HTC in the future. I would suggest going to Verizon and playing around with one. I don't think you'll be disappointed at all. Good luck!
Edit: Also, with any phone I've had before (mostly Motorola or LG), I've been dying for root right away to make the phone better. This one doesn't need root to be amazing. It just is straight from the box.
I've tried numerous phones and carriers. Most recently I had the Bionic and the RAZR. I would say this phone is the best I've had in the last year or so. After going through 3 RAZRs due to screen problems, random rebooting and reception issues, the first Rezound I got is just perfect. The screen is much clearer, 4G radio is consistently 5-10 Mbps higher than the RAZR/Bionic were. I will stick with this phone for sure.
Awesome replies so far, thanks guys. So there's no creaking around the back or sides of the phone when you press them? That was a problem on both generations of my Incredible
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form factor alone, the rezound kills the nexus. that things feels so damn cheap its disgusting. as for battery, you'll get a standard work day. the highest i've gotten so far was 17 hours. not bad!
creaking, yeah. mines starting to develop it. However, I use a case so I never noticed it.
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The Rezound is the most solid feeling phone I have ever had. I switched from Sprint to get it.
Solid, great display, good battery, stupid fast, Sense 3.5!
Rezound is probably the best 4G phone you can get on Verizon now. The Hardware is high end, I'm sure once we get s-off or once ICS hits oh baby.
Edit: no creaks.
Agreed. Absolutely in love with this phone. Usually I get a phone and say I like it except for a few things. The only thing missing for me is s-off, and its so good I'm not even that upset
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I just came back from the Nexus. The battery life was horrible, the reception was about 30db less, no simultaneous 3G voice and data, and the screen wasn't that impressive.
I am happy to be back, I really like this device.
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Creaking is very slight. Some rebounds have over heating issues, so be aware that you may have to exchange for one that doesn't.
However I love my rezound, does everything I want and one of the best things is simultaneous voice/data. Came from tmobile and so glad I get to keep that feature.
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I have been considering the nexus (I haven't looked at it yet) but after reading the tremendous amount of issues and people trying to defend things that should not be acceptable, I'll probably stick with my rezound which is perfect accept I don't have root and an MIUI rom option yet... But other than that, pretty much have 0 issues with it hardware wise, and I do like sense 3.5, but MIUI is more my style I think.
It seems that there are too many issues on top of compromises by switching to the Nexus :-\ the only reason I kind of want it is for the constant updates and Google support, but that's not worth sacrificing everything else for IMO, even if we don't get root, ill probably still be happier with this one
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Awesome replies so far, thanks guys. So there's no creaking around the back or sides of the phone when you press them? That was a problem on both generations of my Incredible
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tbh, mine does creak now which is annoying. extended battery door doesn't yet. Decided to buy a case and don't notice it anymore. Had the Razr before this and I can honestly say I am very happy to have switched to the Rezound. Camera on the Rezound is much better than nexus or razr.
edit: plus we have Scrosler over here now. Can't beat that!
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The Rezound is the most solid feeling phone I have ever had. I switched from Sprint to get it.
Solid, great display, good battery, stupid fast, Sense 3.5!
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+1 to that. I had the OG EVO before and switched to VZW just for this phone. Love it.
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tbh, mine does creak now which is annoying. extended battery door doesn't yet. Decided to buy a case and don't notice it anymore. Had the Razr before this and I can honestly say I am very happy to have switched to the Rezound. Camera on the Rezound is much better than nexus or razr.
edit: plus we have Scrosler over here now. Can't beat that!
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I have noticed the creaking. I don't notice it with a case. I actually need the case anyway because attaches to the belt. So far I'm happy with it. It's blazing fast compared to the Thunderbolt.
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WasabiWa83 said:
I, personally, love this phone. The build quality is very solid and doesn't feel like a cheap piece of plastic in your hand. I get great signal from it. Phone calls are clear and don't drop. I also rarely lose 4g unless I'm just in a horrible area. Plus, the GPS on this phone is absolutely amazing.
The battery life could be better stock, but you can't really expect much with such a big and bright screen. I was getting around 6 hours of heavy use out of it until I tried this little trick by nosympathy. Now I'm getting a strong 12-15 hours with fairly heavy use. I'm more than happy with everything about this phone. We don't have S-Off or perm root right now, but I could really care less. Just stock this thing whips the hell out of any phone I've ever touched. When we do get the update to ICS and Sense 4.0 (probably early next year according to HTC), this thing will be even better. I love this phone and will probably never touch anything but HTC in the future. I would suggest going to Verizon and playing around with one. I don't think you'll be disappointed at all. Good luck!
Edit: Also, with any phone I've had before (mostly Motorola or LG), I've been dying for root right away to make the phone better. This one doesn't need root to be amazing. It just is straight from the box.
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Thanks for the call out. Glad my guide helped you out.
I can make the sides crash I'd I squeeze it hard, but mine doesn't with normal use. I think that happens after you pop the back off a bunch, the clips, which are plastic, start to stretch.
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I see I'm not the only one thinking of trading in their Nexus for a Rezound. I'm coming from the Incredible.
Incredible has better reception, faster 3G speed, louder speakers (ear and rear). Also people said the DInc had poor battery life, mine last 2 days on a charge. I'm sure I can get the Rezound to last atleast day.
I'm still not fully liking the on-screen buttons. The menu button, depending on the app, is sometimes at the bottom, sometimes at the top, and some others have reported no where at all. They also reduce the resolution on most apps to 720x1184. Only a few apps (anything by google) can shrink or hide the buttons for full screen.
Phone connects to USB via MTP instead of Mass Storage Device, due to lack of sdcard.
Still images aren't bad at all, but doesn't seem to deal with motion all that well.
The reason I chose the GNex was for the amoled screen, but I might settle with slcd for an overall better phone.
Considering how most amoled screens over saturate and enrich colors to the point where they aren't accurate, and have banding issues, they are pretty, but too many issues come with it... SLCD is better lol as it does none of this, it only has a minimal wash for blacks that u can see visually, but its so minor, its not as much of an issue as seeing glare from the glass (like reflection glare that every smooth surface has...)
Edit: I went and checked one out in the store today and while ICS is cool and all, too many cons to the phone, screen problems, home buttons were weird when typing, signal wasn't as good as the two beside it (rezound and razr) even in the store, and it had more hiccups than the rezound on bloated sense. The front cam was noticeably worse, and the rear cam was fine but the rezound took better pictures... The back plate was also jacked up but I'm sure its because of the sensor things on them, though the rezound had the same thingy on it and its plate wasn't warped and bent.
Anyway, glad I got it out of my system now, I much prefer this phone, I just wish it got the same support as the Nexus. Though root will come ...
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I thought that I wanted OMLED but after seeing the blue (white) screen compared to my wife's Rezound along with my other points I decided to go back to the Rezound.
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I actually love the AMOLED screen on my Incredible, however I'm a little let down with the AMOLED on the GNex.
Things I did not like about the GNex:
Crazy batter drain: 25 percent per hour during moderate usage. (maybe due to new battery)
No visual voice mail
Missed a lot of key presses – the screen is just not that sensitive (very annoying having re repress keys!)
Speaker quality is miserable. It’s all scratchy and distorted at higher volumes. And it’s not nearly as loud as the Photon.
It’s is not as responsive as the Photon: Photon seems faster with almost any task.
Screen is low contrast and looks muddy in white areas
Screen is unevenly illuminated
Photon camera is hands down better in terms of detail
Right side of images are soft (something wrong with the lens?)
The case is slippery – and it’s already so large that I do not want to add a case.
Lack of capacitive buttons is a real pain. For example, while the phone is importing contact from Google, you can not simply press the home button and do something else in the foreground. There is no button to press, so you are stuck there waiting needlessly.
Things I like about it:
High resolution screen can look fantastic & type looks extra clear
the screen has rich, awesome blacks
The camera is always focusing and shoot as soon as you press the button
It seems to charge very fast
Radios seem good: Speedtest yielded similar results to the Photon on both 3G and wifi.
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As the GNEx is overall less responsive than the Photon, spkr phone is terrible, and battery life is poor, I am going to sell it and keep to Photon.
So yeah, I will be upgrading my other like to the Evo LTE in June and see how that goes…
And hopefully the next Motorola will keep the physical buttons, as the Evo LTE does.
Best,
ron
I moved on to a gnex. My screen has been responsive except when the browser is loading.
Battery life seems good once you train the battery. Have gotten about 2 hours of calls AND 4 hours (together) of surf time on wifi.
It is slippery sometimes. Back feels like it has traction sometimes. Does need feel as good in hand as photon, but is lighter and more bottom weighted.
For the speed of the device its mixed. Has same stock launcher hiccup as photon...but only with a LWP. Everything else is smooth for the most part.
Speakerphone is decent if you hold it right. Seems more naturally tuned than voice heavy. Not as loud though.
Another important feature for me is awesome blacks. Photon had black crush and made the xda start up page look orange. Back to a more normal contrast scale on the gnex. The photon was still easier to read in sunlight and both have that blue tinted screen which is either the glare reduction or oleo phobic quality. Mind you the 2nd gnex I am on has the purple tint issue.
Radios seem on par and this thevgnex stays connected to my wife's car it seems. Photon does support more profiles though.
NFC....have you seen what you can do with tags??????
One more thing I love about Sammy devices is their haptic feedback.
Things I miss are the alarm features, stopwatch, web top, HDMI support with no adapter, the kickstand, fb integration, and the rounded edges.
Over all though the gnex is still a great phone as is the photon. I kept mine because of it
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just as a quick fyi, photon doesnt have physical buttons it has capacitive buttons, the gnexus has onscreen buttons
For what its worth..... I went to sprint and played with a gnex....... it was OK but the external speaker wasn't very loud and it wasn't any faster than my photon. For me it isn't enough of a difference for me to upgrade from my photon with cm9. I really do want a phone with nfc chip and a baro sensor tho.
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OK - just tried the HTC One X. It is indeed impressive - much more so than the Gnex.
The screen is pretty fantastic, it feels smaller and more sturdy than the Gnex too.
A much better phone IMO.
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OK - just tried the HTC One X. It is indeed impressive - much more so than the Gnex.
The screen is pretty fantastic, it feels smaller and more sturdy than the Gnex too.
A much better phone IMO.
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But can't use a extended battery.... that's a deal breaker for me.
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It is said that the battery life is very good.
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it would have to be out of this world fantastic for me to even consider it.
i spend my free time riding a dualsport motorcycle at times way farther into the Everglades than i should be and have to turn on GPS for hours at a time. i use a 3500ma battery daily and carry the stocker as a backup. a replaceable battery is a must for me.
to be honest as well i'm tired of having half ass broken phones. unlocked bootloader but no 4g etc. as soon as my area gets LTE i'm getting what ever Nexus phone is available at that time. hopefully it's a motorola made one but if not it's no big deal.
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it would have to be out of this world fantastic for me to even consider it.
i spend my free time riding a dualsport motorcycle at times way farther into the Everglades than i should be and have to turn on GPS for hours at a time. i use a 3500ma battery daily and carry the stocker as a backup. a replaceable battery is a must for me.
to be honest as well i'm tired of having half ass broken phones. unlocked bootloader but no 4g etc. as soon as my area gets LTE i'm getting what ever Nexus phone is available at that time. hopefully it's a motorola made one but if not it's no big deal.
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Only thing worse than getting a boner in public places is not having a memory expansion slot on my smartphone as I like to keep my media in excess. So that was the deal breaker for me.
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The battery as mediocre with my gnex when I first got it too. After two weeks the battery has improved greatly. When using only stock I prefer the gnex.
If you own the photon skip the gnex, but if its between both and all else is equal then go with the gnex. Price wise, the photon can't be beat though. Wish I still had it, I would have spent my money on a tablet instead!
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HTC would have to show me something very exclusive for me to buy another phone from them Samsung needs to step they radio game up
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Or Google could just have Motorola build the next nexus phone. We'd get the best hardware, vanilla android and a unlocked boot loader.
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snoopy1e11 said:
HTC would have to show me something very exclusive for me to buy another phone from them Samsung needs to step they radio game up
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The HTC one isn't enough? I like your standards!!
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was tempted to pick up gnex but i might wait now, thanks for perspective
I sold GN, to a man, that sold it to me, after he tried HTC OneX, he wants GN back and gave OneX away. I am staying with Photon for now. ;-)
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Ok people. Doing reviews on devices other than the Photon 4g, should be kept in respective device forums. Unless I'm missing something, I didn't see the MP4G mentioned once.
I put a sticky up just for posts like these. "What Phone should I buy"
Also, for "some", try and keep the sexual innuendo's to a minimum... "boner", and don't let it progress farther.
International, Verizon, T-mobile and AT&T G2 devices.
Now that many of you have the G2. Please provide your review. Keep it simple just so a common user can understand. Dislikes also if any.
. User experience (speed, fluidity, lags)
. Features that you like(including display)
. Battery
. Build quality(Screen, plastic, charger, headphones etc)
Also please mention your carrier (International, Verizon, T-mobile or AT&T)
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International, Verizon, T-mobile and AT&T G2 devices.
Now that many of you have the G2. Please provide your review. Keep it simple just so a common user can understand. Dislikes also if any.
. User experience (speed, fluidity, lags)
. Features that you like(including display)
. Battery
. Build quality(Screen, plastic, charger, headphones etc)
Also please mention your carrier (International, Verizon, T-mobile or AT&T)
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I'm not very picky so here we go:
User Experience has been great. i'm coming from an s3. I like the sleekness of the device. The thin bezels make the s3 seem clunky. Navigating menu's and around the phone has been fantastic. Of course some of this novelty is due to a new toy, but this really is a superb phone imo.
Features I really like the knock knock feature. quickmemo is neat but maybe a novelty.
Battery Battery has been very nice. I have yet to charge my phone and its been 24 hours. Got it at around 77% had it plugged into computers for about 10 minutes trying to get adb to work. It's down to 30% now. Wifi does not drain. I went down 5% in 7 hours.
Build Quality Build quality seems very sturdy. Back plate is a little "Mushy" if you press it. The heft really makes it feel premium. Screen is very nice. No headphones but i have much better headphones than the $22 quadbeats (which aren't bad).
Verizon.
The statusbar toggle in the nav bar might be the best idea I've seen in awhile, knock on is also a nice feature. Only lag I experienced was using swiftkey and going back to home, which other have also noted.
Verizon also
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heffzilla said:
The statusbar toggle in the nav bar might be the best idea I've seen in awhile, knock on is also a nice feature. Only lag I experienced was using swiftkey and going back to home, which other have also noted.
Verizon also
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Just got mine. What do you mean status bar toggle in nav bar?
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Just got mine. What do you mean status bar toggle in nav bar?
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Also sucks seems at&t version doesn't have the browser set up for q slide
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It's a great phone. I wasn't keen on LG phones after using the G Pro and the G but this made me change how I felt. It's on par with every other flagship. I sold my One and will probably sell my S4 and be down to just 1 phone for the first time in a while.
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International, Verizon, T-mobile and AT&T G2 devices.
Now that many of you have the G2. Please provide your review. Keep it simple just so a common user can understand. Dislikes also if any.
. User experience (speed, fluidity, lags)
. Features that you like(including display)
. Battery
. Build quality(Screen, plastic, charger, headphones etc)
Also please mention your carrier (International, Verizon, T-mobile or AT&T)
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Verizon Variant, I previously owned N4, ONE, DNA, and S3, so my comparisons are based off those.
User Experience
This is absolutely the smoothest,lag free phone I've EVER used. Its ridiculous
Features
The display is beautiful, I like it better than my ONE. Having such thin bezels makes it really pop. Hard to really explain. I love the keyboard, I've always preceded Swiftkey, but do not feel the need to switch on this phone. The mms has customization features above any other phone I've had, and the lay out of everything from dialer to settings is absolutely stunning.
Only complaint-The ONE with Boomsound spoiled me. I miss the quality of the external speakers, Verizon removed one of the dual speakers on there G2 to fit in the wireless charging and you can tell. Its not bad, just not amazing like everything else on this phone. Back to Bluetooth speaker for my podcasts. But really no,big deal. The camera is the best I've ever used. Better than ONE and my wife's S4. Picture quality and interface.
Battery
I've had this a full day. I charged it fully overnight and have been using it regularly, browsing internet, since 630 am so that's 7 hours of usage and I'm on 71%. Exact same usage on my ONE and phone would be dead an hour ago and plugged in. Battery is EXCELLENT.
BUILD QUALITY
I am not a,fan of Samsung at all because I hate the feel of there phones. Feel cheap. I was concerned about the G2 feeling the same because it's plastic as well. It doesn't. Maybe it's because of the way they stepped there battery but it feels extremely solid. The weight to it makes it feel really good in your hand, and there is no" hollow" feel to it. The plastic back feels nice and looks beautiful. I wish Verizon hadn't changed the back buttons though, but that's super minor.
As you can tell, I've drunk the cool aid and am going back for seconds. This phone is the best I've ever owned. P E R I O D
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big70tom said:
...Verizon removed one of the dual speakers on there G2 to fit in the wireless charging and you can tell.
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Don't worry all g2 only have one speaker, the two grills on the international/att is just for looks and the microphone.
Damn what do you do for a living lol
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razball said:
Damn what do you do for a living lol
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Me?
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Me?
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Has anyone dropped their phone on concrete yet? I've dropped my Thunderbolt a bunch of times...there was barely a dent on it. Do you think the G2 will stand an impact from waist high?
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Mortgage business.
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Oh ok makes sense
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I think he means notification pull down
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Good to know bro. I was kind of bummed at that. All the 'reviews I watched said it was dual speaker. My bad. Now I have no complaints. Great phone
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My review of the LG G2 running CM11 Android 4.4.4
Wanted to make this little review here on xda and have others guy with cm11 share. Before I start I am running almost the latest nightly on the D801.
Hardware: Obviously CM can't change the hardware but all the awesomeness about the G2 like the compact design and decent camera, only decent because of the slow focus and poor performance inside buildings and houses but if you're outside the phone will take amazing pics. Speakers have good quality compared to nexus 5 with same volume but if you're a headphone user like me you won't really care much.
CynagonMod Itself: Goodbye LG UI was the first thing I said when I loaded up my phone with cm11 I was happy to let go of the kinda ugly UI which was a bit slow sometimes but was actually much faster compared to touchwiz either way cm brought stutter and lag free performance which should be the standard, because when iPhone users use android its probably a galaxy with touchwiz and its slow, so they think android is slow. Make more phones like the nexus 5 Google but please fix its flaws! So cm11 on the g2 is fast, I'm able to play games also much more smoothly without any lag, on the LG UI I had to turn on force 4x for simple games like tr2 to run well. I'm also very happy with the theme I have going its called slim .. And it ain't 99 cents its a bit more its my favorite theme right now next to flux.
The few bass of cm11 on g2 (very little): there is not much to dislike about cm11 nightlies to have a few bugs here and there I have so far only found 2 that have to do with the screen and camera.. Let's start with the screen not often but happens sometimes the screen will display white and black lines through the middle of the screen for less than a second this isn't really that annoying since it rarely happens maybe once a week, sometimes twice a day etc right now I tweaked the dev options to force GPU to maybe help it not occur but its totally livable through .. Next up a actual annoyance and its the camera the cm camera just straight up can't take photos inside and in low light its faster than the lg camera which I had but I think the fact it does not give time to take the shot is the reason they are so crappy next is the flash I rarely use the flash but when I do it is like taking a picture with a nexus 5 the flash never remains on to wait for a good lighting its creating it just flashes once and is done taking the shot this will resault in real crappy shots. But outside pictures look how they would normally and that's where photos really matter .
So yeah I would love to make YouTube videos and review phones but I don't have the equipment yet and I'm brainstorming channel names I want Cyan in the name .. I don't wonna use chlcken lmfao.
I am coming from a Galaxy Note 2 and there are definitely both pros and cons about the G2 compared to the SGN2.
Display:I love amoled's blacks .I thought the display of the G2 would be a lot worse than note 2's and the blacks would be too gray,but i was pleasantly surprised with it.It's still not as black as amoled but its fine,not too grayish.About the size-just 0.3 inches difference but in real life its huge difference.Its like i've cut note2's display about 30% .
User experience:it's ok.Its overall fluid and smooth with a little bit of stutter here and there.Touchwiz has been as smooth for me as is G2's UI,but the stylus was incredible ,i loved it and i miss it still.Otherwise G2's UI is satisfactory.As of AOSP roms,i'll get to that in a while.
Battery:When i first got the G2 it made 6 hours of SoT,now it generally makes about 5.At first i thought battery life would be even better with the G2 than the note 2 but eventually my experience got the same.I've had top of about 8 hours of SOT with note 2,i had about 7.40 with the G2,with both phones normal usage gives me 5 hours SOT.
Build quality:The first touch to the G2 was quite good.I was expecting a little less of the build quality,but it appeared better than i thought.I've had the phone for about a month now and I am having controversial experience with the back buttons.At times they seem quite nice but more often side buttons are more comfortable for me.Too good there is the Knock on feature,it it wasn't present in the G2 I am not sure i could get used to the back buttons.On the other hand back buttons make a little hole on the back which makes the phone very comfortable to hold in the hand.
A few extra words: Development for the G2 seems ok generally,not as huge as samsung's phones but still satisfactory.BUT it is really sh*tty imo that each kernel is only compatible with each rom and needs a special version for different roms.All the phones i had before the G2 just had one or two types of kernels.With nexus phones any kernel works with any rom,and with htc and samsung phones any stock kernel works with any stock rom and any aosp kernel works with any aosp rom.G2 disappointed me with that.
Overall i am satisfied with the G2 and like it a lot.I can get used to it despite its negative sides and i enjoy the positives a lot.
What I like on my LG G2:
+ Big display with nice colors
+ Really good camera
+ System with lot of usefull features and customization
+ FullHD 5,2" display, Snapdragon 800 + 2GB RAM and 13MP camera with OIS for great price
+ Great battery life
- Build quality is pretty bad, everything creak. Shiny back cover is terrible.
- Cannot unlock bootloader
- Serious issues in system (lag while updating weather widget info, no support for ART, home screen button delay, launcher redraws, old menu button)
- No support for 4K or 120FPS 720p video recording on stock but hardware and chipset supports it
- Strange update distribution, France is on 20B, almost every country except Italy is on 20D and Italy on 20F. Why not same update for every Europe country?!
Michalko5896 said:
What I like on my LG G2:
+ Big display with nice colors
+ Really good camera
+ System with lot of usefull features and customization
+ FullHD 5,2" display, Snapdragon 800 + 2GB RAM and 13MP camera with OIS for great price
+ Great battery life
- Build quality is pretty bad, everything creak. Shiny back cover is terrible.
- Cannot unlock bootloader
- Serious issues in system (lag while updating weather widget info, no support for ART, home screen button delay, launcher redraws, old menu button)
- No support for 4K or 120FPS 720p video recording on stock but hardware and chipset supports it
- Strange update distribution, France is on 20B, almost every country except Italy is on 20D and Italy on 20F. Why not same update for every Europe country?!
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Build quality well it needed to be light, The creak could be fixed with putting something between maybe idk or buy a hardcase or gelcase then you fixed the creak and the shiny back cover problem.
Yes bootloader 4.4.2 isnt yet unlocked by someone but see this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2715496
Lagg maybe because thermal throttling isoff idk or it is on 4.4.2
No support is also i think to maybe save space cause more frames means more space and if you have like 16gb then the storage will go fast full. And i thought that a human cant see more then 60fps so its unnecesary right?
And about the update distribution well its weird a bit but you also got the same with Samsung devices.
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Has anyone dropped their phone on concrete yet? I've dropped my Thunderbolt a bunch of times...there was barely a dent on it. Do you think the G2 will stand an impact from waist high?
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I've dropped the phone a couple of times, luckily i had a case. Though it didn't help with a pressure crack the screen developed while phone was in my pocket when I got in the car. Had to shell out $200 for replacement just a few months after getting the phone.
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?
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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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?
tiguy99 said:
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
bryanhayn said:
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 starting to think more and more about selling my G3 and getting a 2nd Gen moto X. After watching Droid Lifes video tour of lollipop on the G3, it looks like they didn't change anything. The biggest thing I was waiting for was the new notification feature. Sounds like LG decided to not fully integrate that in. It looks like I could sell my Verizon G3 for around $300 and buy a Moto X for $400 to $500. Can anyone talk me out of it?
The bootloader will probably go locked forever. idk whether that matters to you or not and who cares about what stock does. Our awesome devs are capable of a lot!
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I've got both, as it seems you do, too.
Three G3 has an infinitely better camera, and for many uses, a much better display.
I personally would keep the two different phones for the ability to use whichever one best meets my needs as circumstances dictate.
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I've got both, as it seems you do, too.
Three G3 has an infinitely better camera, and for many uses, a much better display.
I personally would keep the two different phones for the ability to use whichever one best meets my needs as circumstances dictate.
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I only have the G3 right now. I know the camera and screen are better but I rarely use the camera where I need a really good picture. The other thing I would wonder about is battery life. Maybe I'll just stick with the G3 for another year.
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I only have the G3 right now. I know the camera and screen are better but I rarely use the camera where I need a really good picture. The other thing I would wonder about is battery life. Maybe I'll just stick with the G3 for another year.
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Not being able to put a microSD card in is the deal killer for me. I wouldn't buy any phone with less than 64GB of internal storage if it didn't have a microSD port.
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Not being able to put a microSD card in is the deal killer for me. I wouldn't buy any phone with less than 64GB of internal storage if it didn't have a microSD port.
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I didn't realize the Moto x didn't have an sd card slot. That is very disappointing.
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I didn't realize the Moto x didn't have an sd card slot. That is very disappointing.
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I looked at a lot of phones before I picked up the G3. I was tempted to get a Moto but that was the thing I had a problem with. I considered the Moto Droid Turbo that you can get in 64GB, but ONLY the "Ballistic Nylon" style, which is affected by heat if left inside a hot car. Along with the phone being physically bigger than what I wanted, and I think the Turbo doesn't have optical stabilization on the camera like the X does, overall the G3 had the least amount of turn-offs especially when it became cheap or free.
I also wasn't sure how MUCH I would like such a stock Android experience on the Moto. I would have to play with one to see what bells and whistles Motorola does add since I'm not positive what things that used to have to be added to Android are now stock. Like being able to pull the status bar down on fullscreen apps. Other little things potentially.
The only questionable thing about the G3 before I got it was how the battery life is affected by the screen resolution. Well, the battery life in my G3 is better than any Android phone I've previously owned. It's helped by the fact I picked up a tablet at the same time, so I do all my in-car music and GPSing on the tablet, and any quick browsing on the couch, too, so I really don't have the screen on very much and my wife and I are anti-social so we're on the phone only once or twice a week.
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
I looked at a lot of phones before I picked up the G3. I was tempted to get a Moto but that was the thing I had a problem with. I considered the Moto Droid Turbo that you can get in 64GB, but ONLY the "Ballistic Nylon" style, which is affected by heat if left inside a hot car. Along with the phone being physically bigger than what I wanted, and I think the Turbo doesn't have optical stabilization on the camera like the X does, overall the G3 had the least amount of turn-offs especially when it became cheap or free.
I also wasn't sure how MUCH I would like such a stock Android experience on the Moto. I would have to play with one to see what bells and whistles Motorola does add since I'm not positive what things that used to have to be added to Android are now stock. Like being able to pull the status bar down on fullscreen apps. Other little things potentially.
The only questionable thing about the G3 before I got it was how the battery life is affected by the screen resolution. Well, the battery life in my G3 is better than any Android phone I've previously owned. It's helped by the fact I picked up a tablet at the same time, so I do all my in-car music and GPSing on the tablet, and any quick browsing on the couch, too, so I really don't have the screen on very much and my wife and I are anti-social so we're on the phone only once or twice a week.
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I'd say the best thing about the G3 is the battery. I've never had a phone last all day with my normal use. I am a high school basketball and track coach so I could have my phone on without charging from 8am to 10 pm. It usually lasts that whole time as long as I'm not in a small town with no service and metal box for a gym. The second best thing is the screen.
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I'd say the best thing about the G3 is the battery. I've never had a phone last all day with my normal use. I am a high school basketball and track coach so I could have my phone on without charging from 8am to 10 pm. It usually lasts that whole time as long as I'm not in a small town with no service and metal box for a gym. The second best thing is the screen.
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I agree. What do you think of the speaker? I love it. It's loud and clear.
Fuse8499 said:
I agree. What do you think of the speaker? I love it. It's loud and clear.
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It's a decent speaker. I don't buy my phone for the speaker though. I usually have headphones or Bluetooth speaker.