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General usage query - is the wildfire any good?

Hi folks.
My gf had been offered a wildfire as an option for a work phone and she asked me if it's worth getting. This will be her first step outside the Nokia candy bar phone world.
Using a desire myself I cannot seem to offer any help as I have no idea how the lighter specs on the wildfire effect the whole android/sense experience. Web reviews tend to state that it's good for the price, whatever that means, or that it's slower and lower res than phones costing twice as much - not a fair comparison.
So, if you're just after a phone to text, call, email, calendar, gps navigate, occasionally jump on the web and tether to a laptop does the wildfire stack up?
Any guidance from users (esp those who've made a similar jump) would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Nitens.
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For the uses mentioned wildfire will surely do the purpose
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Yes, it will be perfectly fine for the purposes you have described, although getting used to the touch keyboard will be a little bit steep after being only on Nokia candybars. Check my sig.

nitens said:
if you're just after a phone to text, call, email, calendar, gps navigate, occasionally jump on the web and tether to a laptop does the wildfire stack up?
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I think it will stack up pretty good, I am certainly happy with mine. As long as you don't want mobile gaming the Wildfire is a very nice phone.

Excuse me if I am off-topic, but I think it's no good opening a new thread.
My daily usage is similar to the OP. One question about playing video on wildfire.
If I convert some with reasonable resolution e.g. 240x320, will it play without any lag?
Also, with the wildfire specs, will it be the problem with future releases of android?
I didn't mean in the official way, but ability to messing with roms e.g. CM7 will be good.
(just need opinions)
Thanks in advance.

I did the same jump!
I am very pleased with the opportunities the Wildfire gives me.
I came from using traditional phones as nokia 6230 (Yeah old phone). I used it on stock rom for 4 months, which was good enough for the things you mention, but then i finished my exams and wanted to play with the phone. Now i am on cyanogenmod, since i wanted the extra performance so i could play games and nerd around with it.
I would say she should go for it.
Hope my post can help her to make the decision.

chupchip said:
Excuse me if I am off-topic, but I think it's no good opening a new thread.
My daily usage is similar to the OP. One question about playing video on wildfire.
If I convert some with reasonable resolution e.g. 240x320, will it play without any lag?
Also, with the wildfire specs, will it be the problem with future releases of android?
I didn't mean in the official way, but ability to messing with roms e.g. CM7 will be good.
(just need opinions)
Thanks in advance.
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240x320 videos should play nice on the Wildfire, but, do check the format first.
Secondly, so far, the future roadmap of Android is not known. Gingerbread is out (Which will come on the Wildfire, courtesy CM7). The next known Android version is Honeycomb (3.0), which is optimized for tablets, and, will definitely not work on the wildfire due to its high system requirements (High Res Screen, 1GHz CPU, 512 MB RAM).
After Honeycomb, the next version for the smartphone devices is still not known, as stated above (Its probably named Ice Cream), and hence, speculating it at this point of time whether it will work on the wildfire or not is no good.

chupchip said:
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Yes, video plays fine. You want a H.264 video stream (Baseline Profile, Level 1.3) in a MP4 container.

The video will be pixelated compared to a iphone due to the low screen res
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The wildfire will have no limits Just watch the devs go!!!!

Exept for the hardware
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I quite like the Wildfire, its nice and small, easy to use etc.
I came from a long line of SE And Nokia Symbian devices (P800, P900, P910, P1000, X1, N97)
I have a iPhail 3GS and I never use it!

If you are not a gamer, then wildfire is the perfect phone for you.

Prism 3d runs ok but angry birds doesnt
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Thanks to one and all
Folks,
Thanks for the replies. Sounds like a no brainer that this device will run the simple smartphone tasks relatively well. Thumbs up have been passed onto her.
I can see that this is the start of a slippery slope, and she'll be coveting my desire (or the next shiny new android hotness) in no time. May provide me with an excuse to get and upgrade and hand her the desire.
Thanks again,
nitens

Quick question, did your gf have any other choices?
nitens said:
Folks,
Thanks for the replies. Sounds like a no brainer that this device will run the simple smartphone tasks relatively well. Thumbs up have been passed onto her.
I can see that this is the start of a slippery slope, and she'll be coveting my desire (or the next shiny new android hotness) in no time. May provide me with an excuse to get and upgrade and hand her the desire.
Thanks again,
nitens
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brilldoctor said:
Prism 3d runs ok but angry birds doesnt
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Just OC it - it runs fine on mine! (playing it now)

f0xy said:
Quick question, did your gf have any other choices?
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Sent via telepathy - XDA frigging hard wired into my brain.
Not too sure. She's pretty limited in that she has a suggested $ value from a particular carrier here in Australia. Pretty sure that the blackberry pearl, LG gu240 and Nokia e series were do-able.
nitens

nitens said:
Sent via telepathy - XDA frigging hard wired into my brain.
Not too sure. She's pretty limited in that she has a suggested $ value from a particular carrier here in Australia. Pretty sure that the blackberry pearl, LG gu240 and Nokia e series were do-able.
nitens
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$200 prepaid?

Zeeko said:
$200 prepaid?
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Not quite (corp. Contract), but most of the handsets fall into that kind of bracket.
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Buh bye now.

Bye guys.
I came to android world by having a tytn 2 which I enjoyed alot, haret-ed my ass oof, tried alot of roms back then.
I became so obsessed with android, I received a wildfire for my birthday. At first it seemed an upgrade, but then I've seen what means to have a cpu without a gpu struggling even to animate simple 2d stuff.
So, here we are, three months later and I cooked this idea I want a new phone with android. So I've gone with HD2 to be able to switch back to wm if I ever needed it at any time.
So here's my advice:
If it's your kids/girlfriends phone, leave it as is. If it's your phone and you are sick of it and it doesn't meet your expectations, sell it while it's sparkling new, to be able to get as much money off it, add some quids and get a real phone.
I will be less active on this wildfire subform, so I wish you happy buzzing days to come.
N.

nemuro said:
Bye guys.
I came to android world by having a tytn 2 which I enjoyed alot, haret-ed my ass oof, tried alot of roms back then.
I became so obsessed with android, I received a wildfire for my birthday. At first it seemed an upgrade, but then I've seen what means to have a cpu without a gpu struggling even to animate simple 2d stuff.
So, here we are, three months later and I cooked this idea I want a new phone with android. So I've gone with HD2 to be able to switch back to wm if I ever needed it at any time.
So here's my advice:
If it's your kids/girlfriends phone, leave it as is. If it's your phone and you are sick of it and it doesn't meet your expectations, sell it while it's sparkling new, to be able to get as much money off it, add some quids and get a real phone.
I will be less active on this wildfire subform, so I wish you happy buzzing days to come.
N.
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sorry to hear that. However, although HD2 is not the latest phone, I would love having an HD2 because you can have dual boot with Windows Phone 7 and Android, as well as WM.
Enjoy. At least you stay on android!
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The hd2 is old but it is still one of the best phones around thanks to xda
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You could always stay on wildfire and hd2 like i do withthe tab and wildfire (from a dev prospective the wildfire is better - no kies or odin or rfs nonsense)
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brilldoctor said:
The hd2 is old but it is still one of the best phones around thanks to xda
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Agreed. Talk about versatility.

nemuro said:
add some quids and get a real phone.
N.
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OMG the wildfire is a fake phone!!!
If it's not a real phone then what it's it? It's still a smartphone, just not a media oriented smartphone.please don't diss a phone just because it doesn't meet your expectations.
Yeah, there are better smartphones out there, with more bang for your buck and, hell, I'd love one, but I don't really need them.
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Alex_GP said:
OMG the wildfire is a fake phone!!!
If it's not a real phone then what it's it? It's still a smartphone, just not a media oriented smartphone.please don't diss a phone just because it doesn't meet your expectations.
Yeah, there are better smartphones out there, with more bang for your buck and, hell, I'd love one, but I don't really need them.
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I really agree with that!

Im bored with my Galaxy S2

I just bought it last Sunday.
Can you guys suggest me things to do with my phone?
Where can I get HD Games for free? Coming from an iPod touch, there are quite some nice games.
Im currently watching movies in it, the screen is gorgeous.
Im not rooted and have no plans at all since I dont want to void my warranty.
Dont reply in this thread if you're gonna act like an insane samsung fanboy

You a gamer? The new Modern combat 3 is outstanding!
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Fizzerr said:
Have you tried making a phone call?
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crankyy said:
Haha that made me laugh
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Not as easy as you might think! While it's a great device for lots of things, they are very poor at actual calls - you know, their primary reason for existence!
I had to get rid of mine, could not take calls at my desk (Could hear incoming, but outgoing voice was distorted/broken up). Got a Motorola, and can sit in the same place and have a normal conversation.

Try playing Asphalt 6 its free on Samsung App and ShadowGun its awesome too

anshmiester78900 said:
Try playing Asphalt 6 its free on Samsung App and ShadowGun its awesome too
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thanks man
is it the full version or the demo? I tried downloading Avatar on Samsung app but it's the demo version :\

Samsung Apps offering 16 games free for Galaxy devices
http://sammyhub.com/2011/12/19/samsung-apps-offering-16-games-free-for-galaxy-devices/

If you're asking for warez, don't wait for people here to take you serious.
Either be happy with the demos which are free, or - as stated earlier already - get a life.
A buddy of mine is looking for a S2, he'd gladly help you to get rid of it again.

Ask netchip, he hasnt rooted his phone but yet he has plenty of fun lol
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I'll give you half what you paid for it given it's now second hand. Seeing as you're bored with it and all
Edit - You post a thread like this on a development site and honestly expect not to get flamed ?

Sell it it won't turn in to anything but a smartphone of the sgs2 variety .
jje
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Don't be such a cheap ass, just buy the damn games, they're worth it.
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shakra00 said:
I just bought it last Sunday.
Can you guys suggest me things to do with my phone?
Where can I get HD Games for free? Coming from an iPod touch, there are quite some nice games.
Im currently watching movies in it, the screen is gorgeous.
Im not rooted and have no plans at all since I dont want to void my warranty.
Dont reply in this thread if you're gonna act like an insane samsung fanboy
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When you start a thread like you are bored with your Galaxy S2 you cant really expect people to take you seriously mate especially on the SGSII forums, in the time since ive had my phone ive never been bored quite the opposite actually.
There are many HD games for the SGSII, lots of games in the market, as many apps as the Apple app store and much more for free too just search.
Enjoy your phone.

+1
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People say the Android market is not up to scratch but I find it adequate, with the recent 10 billion apps promotion and the free apps on Samsung Apps it's getting decent.
Loads of free apps compared to iOS.
It's actually getting better day by day compared to say this time last year!
As for the phone, best phone still available nothing beats it at the moment and wont until next year.
Enjoy it, grab some apps and start experimenting

Thanks jonny and nikz for the mature replies.
Anyway, what day and time does the android market get updated?
Is there anyway I can buy Android apps without credit card?
Giftcards are the only way I can get them

- You can mod your phone in any conceiveable way
- Get many good and free games via Samsung App
- Play any audio and video format
- Surf the internet with flash (i.e. video streams, browser games...)
... if you are bored with this phone, there was, is and never will be a phone that isn't boring for YOU.

Donate the mobile to me will be useful for testing ICS

It's a phone, primarily bought and used to make calls and texts.
If you're bored than that must mean the obvious. You have no one...to
lol
It's not a PSPVita is a mobile phone.

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answer me honestly, did you just buy this phone to make phone calls?
use your head.

Install IQ test.
P.S: Let me know if you are >60.

Recent galaxy s4 reviews will make us all smile

If u were one of those people that was torn between the HTC one and the galaxy s4 .. well.. laggy, gimmicky, and boring design all seem to be mentioned in all the top website reviews on the final build s4. Stuff.tv and pocketnow are amoung a few sites rating the HTC one higher than the s4
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I have noticed that too. So glad I've got One.
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After having a galaxy s (still going) and seeing Samsung's lack of software support, on that alone I'd choose the HTC ONE. I'd be happy with the hardware upgrade of the S4, but the ONE seems like its of better build quality.

Not only that, but the whole PR debacle where Samsung was revealed to have been spreading bad user reviews of the HTC One also casts a shadow of doubt on anybody ridiculously badmouthing the One. Good job Samsung!
Hopefully the fact that almost all of the reviews mention the HTC One in comparison will give it the media exposure it is lacking due to minimal advertising.

Wow is that confirmed to be true? But yeah its some media exposure for HTC is always good.

Syrioth said:
After having a galaxy s (still going) and seeing Samsung's lack of software support, on that alone I'd choose the HTC ONE. I'd be happy with the hardware upgrade of the S4, but the ONE seems like its of better build quality.
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Don't make me laugh, have you even used a HTC phone? HTC drop support after like 3 months.

lavafire said:
Don't make me laugh, have you even used a HTC phone? HTC drop support after like 3 months.
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In my past experiences, Samsung was not much better. I hated dealing with their customer service as well, was a pain in the rear.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/samsung-says-galaxy-s4-delayed-191217386.html
yeah right

I suppose I could just be having a bad experience with Samsung. In a way I'm glad, otherwise I wouldn't have tried so many great ROMs. I still think it should have been upgraded past gingerbread though.

just picked up my One a couple days ago. Wow. This thing is so buttery smooth it's like silk! I'm totally digging this masterpiece.
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Syrioth said:
I suppose I could just be having a bad experience with Samsung. In a way I'm glad, otherwise I wouldn't have tried so many great ROMs. I still think it should have been upgraded past gingerbread though.
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i never had a phone from them, but i had one of their high end $ 3000 led tv got it replaced twice by amazon (thanks amazon) while samsung customer service a-hole told me (after 50+ calls over a month and 2 tv sets) they will not honor the warranty due me abusing the tv by keeping it on for more than 6 hours because the tv was reseting every 15-30 min (really i bought an lg led never had problem with and will keep on for a day sometime w/o problem), so no thanks if samsung will make the last anything on the planet i will not buy it.

Syrioth said:
Wow is that confirmed to be true? But yeah its some media exposure for HTC is always good.
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Samsung admitted paying Taiwanese college students to trash HTC on online forums

Gordo96 said:
Samsung admitted paying Taiwanese college students to trash HTC on online forums
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Wow, dam losers never learn.
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I'll just leave this here seen this on Twitter this helped me sell 4 HTC ones today
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CheesyNutz said:
I'll just leave this here seen this on Twitter this helped me sell 4 HTC ones today
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Wow that's a huge difference! Result of PPI, or is the pentile amloed the reason?

dreamdestiny said:
If u were one of those people that was torn between the HTC one and the galaxy s4 .. well.. laggy, gimmicky, and boring design all seem to be mentioned in all the top website reviews on the final build s4. Stuff.tv and pocketnow are amoung a few sites rating the HTC one higher than the s4
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If you check gizmodo's review you are going to laugh. They destroyed(trolled) S4 from top to bottom. :cyclops:

anyone noticed the clam after those reviews were published

Syrioth said:
Wow is that confirmed to be true? But yeah its some media exposure for HTC is always good.
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True. I live in the country where this news originated.
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hamdir said:
anyone noticed the clam after those reviews were published
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Sony , Nokia , ASUS, LG's problems disappeared in a second. hTC sacrifices itself to save the world.

I was one of the people who was torn between the S4 and HTC One i kept changing me mind right up to the last minute. I was coming from an S2 which i never had any problems with infact its still a great phone over 2 years old (the misses uses it now and loves it) I'm glad i went with the One though it has that WOW factor that i dont think the S4 has. i'm more than happy with my decision the One is an amazing piece of kit

I take it all but the most demented Sammy trolls are now far too busy over on the S4 forums to hang around our street corner anymore.
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New Device:Suggestions?

Hello all,
I'm planning to get a new device.
Is nexus 4 good on hardware given that it's made by lg?
Should I buy htc one x+ or galaxy s3 instead?
What are your recommendations?
I can afford upto 30k or 550_600$.

HTC One costs around 43k,if you can afford that much then I would really recommend it.Nexus 4 would be a good choice too.

Oops I meant to say htc one x+
http://www.flipkart.com/htc-s728e-one-x/p/itmdkaabrsfd7guz

gobz said:
Oops I meant to say htc one x+
http://www.flipkart.com/htc-s728e-one-x/p/itmdkaabrsfd7guz
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It's a nice one but I think n4 is better,it doesn't have much memory though.

Wasimk32 said:
It's a nice one but I think n4 is better,it doesn't have much memory though.
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I had the same thing in mind.
But it has a better interface, processor and beats audio.
I don't care for most if these but has lg made a good hardware for the nexus 4???
Btw nexus 4 arriving here in a week

Agreed,sense will always have a better ui than anything in the world
Don't care about the beats audio,have seen ppl using other mods despite having beats audio.
Lg is a good company,we don't see it as a cell phone manufacturer,do we?
And you mean,you've ordered n4?

Wasimk32 said:
Agreed,sense will always have a better ui than anything in the world
Don't care about the beats audio,have seen ppl using other mods despite having beats audio.
Lg is a good company,we don't see it as a cell phone manufacturer,do we?
And you mean,you've ordered n4?
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Nah not ordered yet. I mean it's coming officially in India in a week.

gobz said:
Nah not ordered yet. I mean it's coming officially in India in a week.
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And regarding lg, my brother had lg optimus black he said LG is s#!t on hardware, hence I was concerned.

gobz said:
And regarding lg, my brother had lg optimus black he said LG is s#!t on hardware, hence I was concerned.
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What you mean by hardware?
Build quality?

Yes

Then Slymobi must have something to say about it.Nexus 4 to me looks good,has a much better build quality than any of the Samsung devices.

I'd go for the N4. Purely because your getting a pure google handset, with new updates guaranteed (unlike HTC. Who sometimes cancel or don't even bother to update devices), you'll also get something that's easy to BL unlock, root and experiment with. And being a nexus device, I'm sure there would be a lot try out!
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gobz said:
Yes
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The build quality is just great! Just the speakers and the camera are not as good as the HTC one's. I had both phones One and Nexus and this glass look looks just so much better than the "plastic" from the HTC One X. And it's also easier to root than the HTC phone. It was a pain in the ass to root the One X and to flash ROMs on it. The Nexus is definitly the better choice also in relation to the money,

I'd get the nexus 4. I already have a nexus 4 and it is brilliant. It feels more premium than the galaxy s3 and the htc one x+. Plus it is easier to root and will have excellent developer support. You also get the newest updates from Google themselves.

I have the one x, great device, doesnt feel "cheap" at all, n4, while having more "premium" feeling also can break more easy so keep that in mind.
Also, hox is easy to root, dont know why is everyone saying its hard lol.
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Thanks for the feedback guys..
I came across this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2163979

Also the latest Nokia lums is good and it doesn't cost a lot.
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Pator57 said:
Also the latest Nokia lums is good and it doesn't cost a lot.
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Ive seen it. Frankly Id prefer android!

The hardware of the N4 is amazing for the price. Fastest phone I've ever used for sure. For value/speed, nothing comes close.
The glass back is fragile so just make sure you purchase the right protection.
Jellybean 4.2 is so good you could use it without the need for rooting

gobz said:
Thanks for the feedback guys..
I came across this
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Never happened to me...strange. I think the 4.2.2 update solved this issiue for the most people. I think that happens to maybe 1 of 1000 N4 devices. And if yours is affected you can send it back and order a new N4.
You can still choose the HOX its also a nice device and it has almost no bugs but its got that crappy Tegra processor which seems to be not very familiar with the android system itself and some Gameloft games.