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[OFF TOPIC] New phone time

With the announcement of the GS4 now here. Im a bite dissapointed how its Soap bar 2.0. I really digged the look of the S2 (candybar). The dilemma is that the GS4 is all i want IN a phone. While the Sony Xperia Z and HTC one look really nice. What do you guys think of the new Galaxy S? I think its a great. Phone which lives up to its Name but i dont Like the look.

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I think you should...

I owe SGS II for about 1.5 years. WHen S3 came i Thought 'nice phone', but there was no revolution. 4 core's ok, but i doubt if there's an app that will use them. Camera almost the same as in S2. Bigger screen/ resolution ++. But performance was not so good as I expected. Design was ok for me, but i think material's quality is better in S2. Now S4 came and imho it's very interesting phone, and in June/July I will sell my S2 and buy S4 when the prices will be lower. Overall I like S4 design, it looks niceer than S3 for me, and the performance is really good too(benchmarks), but we'll see how's its real performacnce. The only problem for me may be battery's life. 2600mAh may be too little for 5 inches screen and 8 cores(yeah, i know, only A7 or A15 cores are enabled at the time). TO sum up i think S4 is a great phone, an i'll buy it for sure(after reading a few reviews and testing it a lot). Best regards.

What s the point of this thread? Anything related to SGS2?

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What s the point of this thread? Anything related to SGS2?
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This is the new covenant people want to make.
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I think only the 1080p screen is enough to make me jump to the S4. Even if it is pentile the pixel density is enough to make it go unnoticed. No more pink spot in the camera. LTE and float touch are a nice addition too.

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[Q] Galaxy S4 vs Others

Galaxy S4 vs others.
Hey I know there are a few other threads out there like this but they are not really specific enough. I'm torn, I'm going to be buying a new phone in the next month or so and I'm confused as to which phone I should get, I've looked at many comparisons and still can't decide which is the better buy:
Galaxy S4
LG Optimus G Pro
Sony Xperia Z
HTC One(Maybe a little small)
Any thoughts on the matter or feedback would be appreaciated. Thanks. :good:
Note: I do live in Australia so that may affect my choice.

You're on XDA forums, and it's not a place for people who are new to android. You should be able to decide for yourself what features will be more useful to you. If you still can't, at least tell what features draw you on each of the phones.
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Tbh, the best for you is to go on a retail store and compare those 4 phones then choose the best for you and the one that will satisfy your needs. It's just a matter of self preference. No need to start a new thread that may attract fanboyism, bashing and flaming wars.
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S4
Advantages: Best processor in the pack. Tiny form factor.
Disadvantages: Nothing really, unless you count the plastic body.
Xperia Z
Advantages: Solid build.
Disadvantages: Slowest processor in this bunch (still fast).
HTC One
Advantages: Amazing build quality
Disadvantages: Feels uncomfortable due to excessively angular design.
G Pro
Advantages: Good build quality.
Disadvantages: No stylus.
Personally, I would recommend the S4. It's likely that it will be updated to at least 2 major android versions like what happened with the S2. It has the most battery efficient AND powerful chip around.
EDIT: Is Australia getting the S600 or Exynos Octa version?

1337RYoN said:
S4
Advantages: Best processor in the pack. Tiny form factor.
Disadvantages: Nothing really, unless you count the plastic body.
Xperia Z
Advantages: Solid build.
Disadvantages: Slowest processor in this bunch (still fast).
HTC One
Advantages: Amazing build quality
Disadvantages: Feels uncomfortable due to excessively angular design.
G Pro
Advantages: Good build quality.
Disadvantages: No stylus.
Personally, I would recommend the S4. It's likely that it will be updated to at least 2 major android versions like what happened with the S2. It has the most battery efficient AND powerful chip around.
EDIT: Is Australia getting the S600 or Exynos Octa version?
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I understand this is your opinion but
HTC One is super comfortable according to anyone that owns it, reviewers and users.
Xz is also waterproof which is a good thing and S4 pro is more than powerful.
S IV build quality could definitely be better but im ok with it.
And OP just go to a store like a user mentioned and go see what you like best.

get the htc one if you can stand that ugly logo in front of your face next to the capacitive buttons.
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I can confirm for sure that you can fry eggs on the back of the xperia z. After having heating problem with my nexus 4 I thought that was lg's fault but I was wrong, it's the snap dragon s4 pro CPU that has a problem with making devices really hot.
That's why Sony made it waterproof so that you can leave your phone in a cold water jar
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big_b0sss said:
I can confirm for sure that you can fry eggs on the back of the xperia z. After having heating problem with my nexus 4 I thought that was lg's fault but I was wrong, it's the snap dragon s4 pro CPU that has a problem with making devices really hot.
That's why Sony made it waterproof so that you can leave your phone in a cold water jar
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even the s3 gets really hot. it is the quad core and i bet even the s4 will get hot as well.
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even the s3 gets really hot. it is the quad core and i bet even the s4 will get hot as well.
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I hope not all the threads about device being plastic then no octa version for uk turning me down from getting s4 never had a Samsung device before apart from galaxy nexus and I am dying to buy s4 I don't like htc although HTC one has fantastic design but their device like a lot complicated to root or unlock boot loader could've bought xprria z but I currently own a nexus 4 which has the same spec as z apart from 5 inch screen also will never buy lg product ever again don't know what to do
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get the htc one if you can stand that ugly logo in front of your face next to the capacitive buttons.

Your Question must be asked in Q/A forum buddy.
BTW S4 is the best among all beasts..

Thanks
Woah!! Thanks guys for all your posts. I' m not new to android but I'm still having a tough time deciding. Thank you again for the help and I hope I'll be getting my awesome new phone soon.

Samsung Galaxy S IV. Most awaited.

I also live in Australia and having a tough time deciding between GS4 or HOne. I am with Vodafone. Which is Vodafone getting for 3g. I really hope Exynos octa.

Sad....
I just read an article on Gizmodo: http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/03/unofficial-list-says-australias-getting-the-quad-core-s4/
It shows that Australia might only get the Snapdragon 600 S4.

bedi.gursimran said:
I also live in Australia and having a tough time deciding between GS4 or HOne. I am with Vodafone. Which is Vodafone getting for 3g. I really hope Exynos octa.
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HTC no external card slot as far as I know, and lower spec camera. Besides slightly slower processor etc that's enough for me to go the GS4
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Galaxy S4 or Xperia Z/ZL or Nexus 4??

Guyz i have a budget of 30K and options i made out are Nexus 4, Xperia Z/ZL or Samsung galaxy S4.
Can you give suggestions??
My requirement is : Music like Xperia phones, Camera sensor like Xperia phones, Display like AMOLED or S-LCD.
My last device was Xperia SP and it totally sucked. Pathetic display. Pathetic camera. Sold out after 10 days use!!!

Go for nexus if you want pure stock ROM
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I had a Z and now I have a S4. Worst decission ever. Going back to Z.
In the end, it's a matter of personal preferences. I like the XZ because of the premium feeling, music (I listen a lot of music during the day), and exclusivity. I have seen S3 and S4 all around the place I live, and if I pay a lot of money for a gadget, I want to have at least a little exclusivity.
About the screen, I like the one on the XZ. The thing with the viewing angles is non existent at this point.
The camera has been greatly improved.
You should check the XZ forum and read about that phone in there.
I haven't had a Nexus and I don't like it (Find it too boring), so I couldn't tell you about it.
Anyway, with any of the options you'll have a great device.

All Questions must be posted in the Q/A section

I have the Nexus 4 and the S4 .
The Screen of the S4 is better, the Battery is a lot of better , for the N4 there are tons of roms and kernel out there, this is one thing i am missing here ( i am a flash junkie, only AOSP Roms and Kernel )
All in all , both are great Phones. Cant realy say wich one is better. I keep both Phones.

xperia z cabt even compete with s2, it has the worst washed screen, terrible battery life and super stupid screen response. .. used it for 3 days and I couldn't stand it anymore
n4 isn't bad at all but you shld consider that on screen soft buttons will make your typing really hard ( pressing on home button instead of space alot)
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Well. I had nexus 4 and I must say that it was the smoothest and most fluent experience. It felt like the software was actually optimized for the hardware. Ok one or two stutters mostly with third party apps like Facebook. But...i now use a i9505 with 4.3 GE build JRV66V which is incredible. I now have a better nexus experience, a much better camera (compared with the nexus 4 ) and great battery life. Can't say anything about xperia z/zl other than to assume that the same SOC/GPU/RAM with the nexus 4 but with a bigger screen and also a higher resolution, cannot bring a better os experience than a nexus one. The differences are in looks, Oem software and personal affinities.
Hope it helped. Cheers.
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IMO just stay away from XZ/ZL crappy display - bad cam - tiny speaker
Nexus very good device with fast updates but it had bad cam with no SD + glass back ( chance of breaking the glass x2 ) , no 1080p display
GS4 : I9500 more powerful CPU than I9505 , games work better than I9505 , better DAC , better Battery , better cam sensor
I9505: better AOSP support - more powerful GPU than I9500
BTW Htc One is good option too
my 0.2 $

I am using s4 9500 htc one and iphone5, as you can see i am a gadget maniac.
Didnot use nexus 4 so i cannot post anything about it.
I just sold my XZ 2 days ago. For me;
if you want to play games and use big screen go for s4
if you want something you can daily use go for Htc.
Htc one is very stable and no lags.
s4 has so many lags (for me) and not much rom support like 9505.
if you want to shoot good pics go for s4, htc camera is totally crap (big failure).
Htc one is handy you can use easily with one hand.
Both screens are excellent both 1080p.
Hope helps
cheers;
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I am waiting for Note 3 'cause i was keen admirer of note2. If you can wait just about a month then go for note 3

You meant i9500 has poor roms choice,the i9505 has as much as the One,I am using sometimes the launcher + weather widget from XZ one my One thanks to codex and it rules!
The 13mp of the S4 is awesome though and make me want to swap from my One to S4

if youre going to use the S4 then get the 9505
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diego9016 said:
I had a Z and now I have a S4. Worst decission ever. Going back to Z.
In the end, it's a matter of personal preferences. I like the XZ because of the premium feeling, music (I listen a lot of music during the day), and exclusivity. I have seen S3 and S4 all around the place I live, and if I pay a lot of money for a gadget, I want to have at least a little exclusivity.
About the screen, I like the one on the XZ. The thing with the viewing angles is non existent at this point.
The camera has been greatly improved.
You should check the XZ forum and read about that phone in there.
I haven't had a Nexus and I don't like it (Find it too boring), so I couldn't tell you about it.
Anyway, with any of the options you'll have a great device.
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how is the battery life on the xperia z since the latest update

I got the 9505 my wife the Nexus 4.
Being honest I wouldnt buy the S4 again.
One big plus is the cam (only on stock rom!). But it is so damn lagging. Cant believe this by a so called flagship. I really love the "nexus experience" of the N4. The N4 has also a great housing, in my opinion better than the S4. The screen of the S4 inside buildings is great, outside the amoled is not bright enough.
Maybe you should check the Moto X if available in your country.

Zurko said:
I got the 9505 my wife the Nexus 4.
Being honest I wouldnt buy the S4 again.
One big plus is the cam (only on stock rom!). But it is so damn lagging. Cant believe this by a so called flagship. I really love the "nexus experience" of the N4. The N4 has also a great housing, in my opinion better than the S4. The screen of the S4 inside buildings is great, outside the amoled is not bright enough.
Maybe you should check the Moto X if available in your country.
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a i9505 running a Google edition rom flies like a hawk, if any of the S4 variants lag is because of the crapware that comes with the touchwiz Ui
touchwiz is quite a resource hog
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negrobembon said:
a i9505 running a Google edition rom flies like a hawk, if any of the S4 variants lag is because of the crapware that comes with the touchwiz Ui
touchwiz is quite a resource hog
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Correct. Unfortunately the Cam isnt that good with GE.
For 1 S4 you get 2 N4. This is why for me the N4 is the better option

The n4 performs really good but speaker sucks on it.i have gs4 but it does lag on touchwiz rom.u can juat flash aosp rom and your good. Now the htc one performs really well I really recommend that phobe
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Used both The HTC One and the Galaxy S4 S600 version... if you want something with a better camera and slightly better battery life go with the S4... Everything else go with the HTC One. The HTC One, despite running 4.1.2 is as smooth and quick as my SGS4 on a 4.3 Nexus ROM. For development, the HTC One has more kernels and ROMs too.

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how is the battery life on the xperia z since the latest update
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XZ' s battery life is good but with the update i felt little bit of more juice in stamina mode. But of course when screen is on juice runs out more quickly.
S4 > Htc One > XZ . For my statistics these are the battery times.

I tried the N4 then the S4.
The S4 is better for me ! More expensive but more better !
Sorry for my english

lol the xperia phones are a disgrace.. why would sony put such a bad screen on their flagship device?
i have a galaxy s4 myself running on the latest touchwiz rom, it rarely lags , the screen is amazing except for the "ghosting/smearing issue" everything else is great
im gonna be switching to the GE 4.3 rom when its available (probably tomorrow) :good:

[Q] New Nexus 4 or used Xperia Z?

Simple question: new Nexus 4 or used Xperia Z (condition: noticeably used, but without big scratches, ~7/10)?
If you could, please write pros/cons. I'd really appreciate any help! Thanks.

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Simple question: new Nexus 4 or used Xperia Z (condition: noticeably used, but without big scratches, ~7/10)?
If you could, please write pros/cons. I'd really appreciate any help! Thanks.
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absolutely nexus 4 !!! i didnt buy my nexus with the great price of google store i paid around 450 euros and i never will regret this treasure i get better support better quality better development and better community is are biggest pros.. a great screen maybe not 1080p but still amazing and both have same spec almost both snapdragon s4 pro with 2 gb ram but can u say Z is more beautiful than N4?! choose google! u will have the support from mama! :good:

I went from N4 to an XZ then back to an N4. I found the XZ too big and awkward to use, it lags a bit more than the N4 too.

Or maybe Xiaomi MI2S? Currently beats all phones!

Its the Nexus 4 forum, it'll be obviously biased towards the Nexus 4.

^^ somebooty isnt happy. Remember opinions; we all have em and breathing is good.
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I used one for a bit in a Sony store. I didn't like it. It felt more uncomfortable in the hand, it lagged, and even though the screen was 1080p, it looked worse. The colors looked way off, didn't really look great, and the viewing angles were terrible. I would get a Nexus 4.
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The nexus 4 is awesome!!
Fastest android device u can get (in terms of ui smoothness) as of now
But hey the experia z is so sexy i like it a lot and also the 13 mp is a pulse too only thing holding me back from buying it is it being a bit too large .

Do you guys still in the USA via the Play Store the Nexus 4 will still be cheaper than the Moto X?

If I was going to buy the phone JUST to use it, no developing no nothing, I'd get the XZ. It looks great and it performs well.
If I was going to buy the phone to mod and develop, I'd get the nexus 4.

That's another reason I went back to the N4, the dev community for the XZ isn't very active. For example there's only 1 custom kernel and it only works with stock based roms. I was bored.

Bought Nexus 4 16GB in latest HW revision. If someone has similar issue between the phones, you can ping me via PM. Thank you all.

Gs3 users will buy Gs 5 or Xperia Z 2 or HTC M8 or LG G3 ??? General discussion

SAMSUNG GALAXY S 5 FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS CLICK HERE
SONY XPERIA Z2 FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS CLICK HERE
HTC M8 FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS CLICK HERE
LG G3 FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS CLICK HERE
SO SHARE YOUR OPINIONS AND YOUR THOUGHTS WILL YOU CHANGE YOUR PHONE OR NOT

No
Ill go probably for Note3 or ill move away from samsung they eraned that by taking ages to update S3 and then when the updated it was crappy because we were no longuer the prodigal son therefor were rushed out.
And they forgot that this isnt about the phones its about the people that spend tons of money on their products to in the end get real desapointments.
So sammy hope im wrong but S5 was the missing nail on the coffenet.
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S5 is ugly, doesnt have anything really new and interesting. LG G2 from last year is better and cheaper. Samsung did very bad job this time.

I'm too for note 3 over s5. My phone serves me as a tool for work not as a toy so s3 is enough for me.
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For me, it will be another brand. Samsung is too busy.
- Plastic again and again... I prefer metal like iPhone
- No real hardware improvment (2Go - RAM ... WTF)
- A Printer Sensor (like iPhone)
- Not other new...

No. Love my S3, and waited for the S5, but its back is horrendous, it's bigger overall with big bezels, TouchWiz on it looks horrendous and I expected something totally different. Let's see if HTC has something better at 25 March...
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Samsung have dropped the ball, I couldn't care less about fingerprint scanners and all that bloat. I want more ram i9305 which launched in 2012 had 2GB, and a larger battery, Samsung total caught on the hoof by the Xperia Z2 which total trumps the SGS3SS, I suppose in 6 months they'll be an S5Pro with better specs but i'll either jump ship to Sony or await Nexus.

GS5 sux its back cover looks like medical plaster, am either gonna stick to my S3 with temasek rom (CM 11 based) or go to Note 3 which has much much better look or wait as long as my S3 is surviving

No way!!! Mo more Samsung!

I'm thinking keep it reasonably cheap and jump to nexus or get the Sony flagship
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No.

I'm surprised it doesn't have 3Gb. Not because it's needed (though it may with all the usual crap samsung puts in) but because it's not a new thing anymore (note3). I quite like that the back is replaceable. It's SO UGLY. I may have a change of heart about this holding it in hands but that's my first impression. It'd probably be better off with some black cheap back cover from ebay.
I really don't like raised cameras at all too. It's a great way to scratch the lens and it probably makes the screen wobble if it's being used on a table.
Dem extra features. I believe it was wozniak who said features =! from innovation. All those extra functions are nice but they're only adding stuff 99% of the people will only use for party tricks. Not really sure what i expected but then again it's their job to come up with impressive stuff not mine. This one just seems lackluster.
The only reason i'd get it would be if i got it offered to me and i had no say in the matter (company replacing phones for that one, etc). It's a great phone for sure but not impressive considering what else's out there. Also, samsung needs to learn how to treat their customers better and if for nothing else, i'd like them to learn this lesson.
To be honest the only thing that gets me mildly excited about the S5 is the fact they FINALLY decided to put away with that exynos crap in favor of a decent processor, even if it's "just" a quadcore. Since they're not using it anymore on the flagship device, i'm hoping they stop caring enough about older phones that they release proper sources.
If i have any say on my next phone it'll most likely be a nexus - a cheap always updated powerhouse. I may also look the apple and the microsoft way. I wouldn't buy them with the current offer but I'm not adamant for anything if they do grow greener grass on the other side.
TL;DR: S5? No, ty.

Sony z2
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Dude this SGS5 looks sweet though, but I do like that Note 3 a lot.
Tough choices.... tough choices.
My wife keeps trying to convince me to buy her the Note 3, shes got that POS iPhone 5 that freezes up on her every minute.
Tisk tisk apple.

S5 have same memory as s3 lte with some extra gimmick
For now z2 seams good deal and waiting for htc one.
I've the same disappointment when they introduced s3 with 1gb.
now they dropped the s3 from 4.4.2 upgrade list because of lack of memory. They will do the same to s5 in the feature.
This time Samsung will learn a lesson . Note 3 is big for me.
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Note3 or xperia Z2 will be my next phone. Sgs5 is fail for me
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Samsung failed a big time now. Well ill keep my s3 and keep updating my software instead of hardware.
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Xperia Z2 or HTC M8 for me, S5 is slight upgrade over S4 which was slight upgrade over S3. Was hoping for something awesome.

No Radio?
No radio ??I will stick with S3 i think.....

No! S3 kitkat no - Samsung anymore ... simple...