Just some NS love - Nexus S General

Hi everyone, just wanted to post a quick love post for this phone ! I just returned my 2nd G2x after dealing with lots of annoyances and picked up the NS for T-M.
I love the battery life !!! It's better than my old N1, and twice as good as my G2x battery life. Haven't even rooted yet... The only downside is not having HSPA+ ("4G") on this phone for T-Mobile. Otherwise this phone is perfect for me.

I'm thinking Nexus phones are the only way to go now. I'm never getting anything else.
This phone had been amazing.
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Zardos66 said:
I'm thinking Nexus phones are the only way to go now. I'm never getting anything else.
This phone had been amazing.
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+1 agreed. This was my first nexus phone and I must say I have never been dissatisfied with this device. The next phone I buy will be the newest member of the nexus family whenever that is.
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New to Nexus S & happy about it

Hi all
I just got my nexus s today. I picked it up from the marketplace from someone selling it. It is an awesome phone so far. It is super fast as compared to my old G1 from HTC.
Definitely going to have a bunch of questions about my phone.
Thanks all
Heeter
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Congrats welcome to the Nexus S family
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I just got off the boat too and am liking stock just fine for now. Matter of time till I give in and root then its all over...
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raiderep said:
I just got off the boat too and am liking stock just fine for now. Matter of time till I give in and root then its all over...
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yeah im in the same boat... i'll play around a bit stock, then delve into the rooting process... after enough time i cant resist
Pretty happy that mine came rooted for my purchase.
I am really enjoying it more now.
Heeter
welcome, thats a HUGE jump.
I am pretty new to the Nexus S. Basically going on 2 weeks with it now.
Welcome to the nexus S Its a good phone. I lucked out someone wanted the Samsung Focus and was willing to trade for the Nexus S. The part I wasn't expecting is that I met the guy at the Fido store and he handed me the phone BNIB still sealed.
Welcome!
When i first got my ns i came from an iphone 3G, and oh was i inlove .
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For those coming from eclair or lower. Becareful with the market auto restore. I never used it on my Epic but decided to give it a try on this phone a few times. The feature itself works mostly fine but the problem is if you have a ton of apps it could be a solid 15-20 minutes or longer (not on wifi) of straight downloading and apps installing one after another. That means your CPU will be mostly pegged at 1ghz the entire duration, which generates a lot of heat. If your phone is on charge during this it just adds to the heat build up. Yesterday on 4g it took roughly 15 minutes for this process to complete and by the time it was done my battery was at scorching 47c. Not cool.
Suggest to turn it off in settings /privacy, grab titanium backup and learn to use it.
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Love this phone

Got this phone on the 8th super awesome! Coming from evo3d land.
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Welcome to the nexus s forums
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Wish I could agree, my NS4g has given me so much crap since I got it when I switched to Sprint. My Samsung vibrant was a way better.phone :c
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ECOTOX said:
Wish I could agree, my NS4g has given me so much crap since I got it when I switched to Sprint. My Samsung vibrant was a way better.phone :c
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I'm sorry to here that.
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ECOTOX said:
Wish I could agree, my NS4g has given me so much crap since I got it when I switched to Sprint. My Samsung vibrant was a way better.phone :c
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I think your not rooted lol
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ECOTOX said:
Wish I could agree, my NS4g has given me so much crap since I got it when I switched to Sprint. My Samsung vibrant was a way better.phone :c
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I have used Vibrant and IMHO its a piece of crap compared to Nexus but i was using stock rom .Nexus S is much better IMHO.There are so many roms that you can flash..Vibrant was really slow and touchwhiz sucked.
ECOTOX said:
Wish I could agree, my NS4g has given me so much crap since I got it when I switched to Sprint. My Samsung vibrant was a way better.phone :c
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Vibrant better than Nexus...you are probaly the 1st to say that...lolz
This phone is awesome
I've had so many phones, just sold my HTC Raider LTE and bought this thing not knowing what it was like. The only thing I miss is HD video recording and the camera. Otherwise for a phone that isn't dual core, this puppy is fantastic. I unlocked the boot loader and rooted last night and things just got even better. I don't regret my decision 4 days in.
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jayjay3333 said:
Vibrant better than Nexus...you are probaly the 1st to say that...lolz
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The vibrant gave me so much **** when I had it
The nexus on the other hand is pretty awesome
But in all honestly I like my og epic the most
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gtuansdiamm said:
The vibrant gave me so much **** when I had it
The nexus on the other hand is pretty awesome
But in all honestly I like my og epic the most
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I loved my 3d but I got to admit nexus s is just an awesome phone!
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my love!!!
I agree, this is the first time that I could care less about new devices. I'm perfectly happy.
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Me too, I just bought a new tablet, ASUS Transformer TF300. But this is my favorite!
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I love this phone too!
I've had this phone for 4 months now and let me just say that because of the devs here, my nexus s has been such an amazing device. It's pretty cool what this "old" phone can do with all the different ROM and kernel combinations available. I've gotten so much outta this guy it just blew my mind.
I've recently switched to a galaxy nexus but I just really wanted to say thanks and this seemed like an appropriate place to do it.
Thanks to awesome devs here can our lovely Nexus S easily beat lots of new smartphones with bazillion cores and tons of RAM.
Yes me too am still loving my NS that I bought at Xmas.
I'm not really interested in any other phone for the foreseeable future. I was looking at the Galaxy Nexus and thinking of purchasing one this Xmas if they drop really low, but I find the size of the NS absolutely perfect.
At the moment I'm very happy. Best phone I've ever bought.
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arun_vj said:
Me too, I just bought a new tablet, ASUS Transformer TF300. But this is my favorite!
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I was looking at that tablet. Is it any good?
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Six months ago, and got so far no per gram do not regret buying
This is my first smartphone, no problems, just great!

Reasons why your still with the Nexus S?

Hey guys, I was a older nexus user and after getting many phones(I have a sensation) I'm getting a nexus again. I'm trading my senny for nexus S and a Samsung infuse 4g.
So why are you guys still with the nexus? Reasons?
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Because I can't afford another phone. Lol. Well part of the reason. I actually enjoy the community support and see no other reasons to upgrade. My phone does what I need it to without any problems. My next phone will be a GNex, but I'll probably run this thing into the ground before then. At least I'll have saved up enough by then.
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That's cool. For spem reason, this phone looks amazingly sexy. And in hand it feels the best than any other phone
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I quite like my nexus, but the main reason is, that there is nothing extraordinary about new phones.
My nexus can perform smoothly, any task i need to do( i don't play games).
I'll upgrade at the end of the year,
hopefully till then , they will be able to sort the battery life and use more efficiently front panel,
to fit screen.
I'll would love, to have bigger screen, although not at cost of carrying mini tablet in my pocket.
Because I am not a fool that constantly goes out and buys the latest and greatest phones for a big e-peen.
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That's cool. For spem reason, this phone looks amazingly sexy. And in hand it feels the best than any other phone
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+1 This phone is smexy! Plus, I really don't see a significantly better speed increase on my friend's GNex... They do everything at roughly the same speed!
guys, what is a good extended battery that is under $20 or $15 that is good and doesnt need a different battery door?
1. cant afford
2. dont want to leave you guys behind (did that twice to others already)
3. it works!!! isn't that all you need?
It has Matr1x.
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It has Matr1x.
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Hahaha. I'm actually gunna flash your kernel when I get it in about a couple hours lol
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I use a galaxy tab for my larger screen fix, so I prefer the smaller size and weight of the NS, not to mention the it's superb performance.
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It has Matr1x.
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soo true!! Matr1x is awesome!!! NO rom is complete without it
Contact upgrade hasn't come yet lol but the development here is amazing also.
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g1user101 said:
guys, what is a good extended battery that is under $20 or $15 that is good and doesnt need a different battery door?
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Just buy a spare. Those cheap extended ones aren't really that much better in performance from reports I've seen online. You can't bump up the maHs without increasing the size of the batteries just yet.
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I've seen anker on sensation and it bumps up like 40% and I found a anker for nexus. Wonder if it works
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damn, seems like the guy im trading with is flaking out. texted him many times when he told me to and hes not responding.
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It has Matr1x.
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Agree
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1. Awesome development and community support
2. NFC/Wallet. It's cool to pay with your phone.
3. It's beautiful and it works.
4. Contract still not up yet .
The nexus has the best form factor of any phone to date. Its kind of a shame all the manufacturers are moving towards making giant phones.
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s3 costs almost 750-800 usd in my country so i rather stick to this

Should I buy one?

I am thinking about buying the n4. I love my n7 but reading some of these forum's it seems quite a few people are unhappy with it. Oh what to do?
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joeZONE82 said:
I am thinking about buying the n4. I love my n7 but reading some of these forum's it seems quite a few people are unhappy with it. Oh what to do?
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Buy one.. This phone blows the n7 away
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I think people only post if there is a problem with the phone...
That why you only see post about people being unhappy with it..
Most of the time, people wouldn't post anything about the phone if it's working fine/happy with it..
But then you do get the occasionally positive/*this phone rocks* reviews :victory:
I end up selling my N7 after awhile I got my Nexus 4... cause is such pain getting game saves around.. !
Getting mine today :good: First things to do: unlock it, flash recovery and SU and off course Franco kernel. Had it before and liked the phone, the only bad thing about this phone is the camera quality and the washed out colors out of the box.
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Buy one.. This phone blows the n7 away
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No it doesnt. Lol
I have both and I love them!
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Right on, I need a phone and not just any phone..had the s3 unlocked rooted, loved it. Sold it lol. Was thinking about note 2 but don't really care for the gimmicks and the price! Kinda new at whats what for tech but refuse Togo back to ifoam or bb. Android rules. Caught wind of the n4 on n7 forums n dig the specs, just need to make sure ppl that have it love it. Reading a few negative threads I had to ask cuz it looks like a badass phone.
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joeZONE82 said:
Right on, I need a phone and not just any phone..had the s3 unlocked rooted, loved it. Sold it lol. Was thinking about note 2 but don't really care for the gimmicks and the price! Kinda new at whats what for tech but refuse Togo back to ifoam or bb. Android rules. Caught wind of the n4 on n7 forums n dig the specs, just need to make sure ppl that have it love it. Reading a few negative threads I had to ask cuz it looks like a badass phone.
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You will not regret buying this phone, and a custom kernel should increase batterylife quite a lot. And you can set the colors to your own liking
As far as reports of problems go, there are just as many in the Nexus 7 forums. People with issues are simply more vocal.
I for one am finding this phone to be a perfect companion to my Nexus 7 and it's also as near to a flawless specimen as I could have hoped.
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Okay I been reading up more on this phone and I can't find a good reason not to get it. Price is great specs are solid and the support and development are going to be off the charts. I'd like to know what case to get, I have been using otter box on past phones but wanna try something different.
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joeZONE82 said:
Okay I been reading up more on this phone and I can't find a good reason not to get it. Price is great specs are solid and the support and development are going to be off the charts. I'd like to know what case to get, I have been using otter box on past phones but wanna try something different.
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To be fair, most of the people in this forum are nexus 4 fanatics, so our opinions may be a bit biased
That being said, this phone is AWESOME.
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joeZONE82 said:
Okay I been reading up more on this phone and I can't find a good reason not to get it. Price is great specs are solid and the support and development are going to be off the charts. I'd like to know what case to get, I have been using otter box on past phones but wanna try something different.
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I would honestly suggest a soft gel/rubber case.. Hard cases ruined my hox, too much pressure to get them on, ended up breaking some ribbon on the board, so the screen won't turn on unless the housing is partially removed.. Which is how I have to use this phone until I fix it or order a nexus 4 if its not fixable for free/really cheap.
The only thing I'm losing is LTE. Which I don't use/rarely use as it is
You should if you can get it for $350 at Play Store. I'm happy with it, very good price for a good phone. If you can live with no LTE, non removable battery, no external SD card, somewhat low/tinny speaker output volume and just average camera quality you'll be happy with it.
I would buy it again. The price is unbeatable. If you can live with the lack of OTG (Which may be fixed eventually) and camera quality then you'll love it. I think the washed out colours thing is due to peoples love for very saturated screens. As I said in another thread, take a photo of something, look at it on the screen, if it's brightly covered in bloom, then it's over saturated. Just because the Nexus 4 is less saturated doesn't mean it's washed out.
All right just ordered it from Google. Can't wait! 388.00 total but that's cheap compared to the other ones I've had bought. Not to worried about the camera I have a camera for that. I'm still not sure on what case but thinking gel case something that won't scratch it n can clean up n not bulky. I don't know what plan to go with being in northern Mn there's not too many options.
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I have been driving myself nuts with this question. I have a note 2 now that I love but I am also thinking about getting a nexus so I can have something to play around with mods and getting into developing. I have At&t so swapping the simple won't be a problem.
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Well I got mine about a month ago and I love it. Even more so than my s3. Not worried about lte cuz it's not around here anyway and it does lack storage but I been using drop box. I haven't rooted it yet tho I am fine with it the way it is. No issues with it at all. Beautiful phone with great features and price. They got it right with this one. Love it.
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joeZONE82 said:
Well I got mine about a month ago and I love it. Even more so than my s3. Not worried about lte cuz it's not around here anyway and it does lack storage but I been using drop box. I haven't rooted it yet tho I am fine with it the way it is. No issues with it at all. Beautiful phone with great features and price. They got it right with this one. Love it.
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You can still have LTE just flash older radio when or if it comes to your area.
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Noooooooo
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If you can live with a phone that has 3 hours of screen time, meaning that you don´t go from 8am to 8pm, meaning that you have to do 2 full charges every day, go for it
i´m returning mine
I recently got it and I absolutely love it.
Things to consider though:
1. no SD CARD, got the 16GB version and im still struggling with space.
2. battery life is below average, I'm coming from a Motorola defy which had much better battery life.

First time I don't feel like getting a new phone...

I usually switch phones every 4 months but since I got my nexus 4 I do not feel like getting rid of the nexus 4. Anybody else feels the same out there?
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I do too. Except for the limited battery capacity, the phone feels great. You get to do what you like with it, no oem restrictions and always the first to get software updates.
I too am that type of person but I'm really enjoying the nexus!
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Me too! I plan on getting a new one in 2-3 years but only if there'll be another amazing Nexus available
Pretty much this. I'll probably just stick with whatever the latest Nexus is.
Unfortunately I don't feel the same way. This HTC One is calling me and I must get it.
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shook187 said:
Unfortunately I don't feel the same way. This HTC One is calling me and I must get it.
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Anything special about it? I read it has many production flaws + software will be two versions behind within 2 months when klp comes out. Still great phone though!
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LTavaress said:
Me too! I plan on getting a new one in 2-3 years but only if there'll be another amazing Nexus available
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Lol 3 years waiting for me would be a lot...
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Underground_XI said:
Anything special about it? I read it has many production flaws + software will be two versions behind within 2 months when klp comes out. Still great phone though!
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Let's see better battery life a 1080 p screen stereo front speakers a quality built to kill for.
Should I go on?
shook187 said:
Let's see better battery life a 1080 p screen stereo front speakers a quality built to kill for.
Should I go on?
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Please don't. I would run and go get it if I was you
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Underground_XI said:
Please don't. I would run and go get it if I was you
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I was drooling over the HTC One when I first heard of it. But then I thought "Mine is better cuz it's cheaper, *****es".
(I still secretly love the HTC One tho. Please don't tell it to myself or I'll regret buying the N4)
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I was drooling over the HTC One when I first heard of it. But then I thought "Mine is better cuz it's cheaper, *****es".
(I still secretly love the HTC One tho. Please don't tell it to myself or I'll regret buying the N4)
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i do... abit for the Z
The Nexus 4 is the perfect phone for me, no doubt about it.
However, being the tech geek that I am there is no doubt in my mind I will grab the Nexus 5 about 6 months after it's released (I don't want to deal with launch-day drama and hardware issues which always seem to plague the initial Nexus releases)
I can say, however, that I will only be buying Nexus phones from now on since they have finally stepped up to the plate with decent hardware and specs. The Gnex was a massive disappointment to me, I sold it within four months of owning it.
Same for me. I had the one x for the last year but it has started giving me trouble by not recognizing the Sim card was in the slot.
I was torn between the nexus 4. HTC one and the galaxy s4.
After much deliberation I went with the nexus 4 and I'm so glad I did.
I owned the nexus one before so I am already accustomed to the nexus experience.
I honestly didn't expect the 4 to be so much better than the one x. Snappier. Better gaming performance and longer battery life.
I'm so glad I switched
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I don't know about you guys but I want a Motorola Razr.
shook187 said:
Unfortunately I don't feel the same way. This HTC One is calling me and I must get it.
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Good luck with HTC. I just sold my HTC OneX+ after 4 months only. Just can't stand anything except stock Android.
Same here, N4 is perfect for my needs.
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I was drooling over the HTC One when I first heard of it. But then I thought "Mine is better cuz it's cheaper, *****es".
(I still secretly love the HTC One tho. Please don't tell it to myself or I'll regret buying the N4)
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Thank you, you just made me and my brother laugh pretty hard. In happy with my phone for now I'm waiting for the x or the next nexus
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I've upgraded from a BB Curve 3G, So as you could imaging this phone is one hell of a upgrade, So I won't be looking for a new phone anytime soon. Well happy with my Nexus 4
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