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I will have a droid x tomorrow as it was a replacement. In the mean time I bought a vibrant. I love the V but I also love the X!
I know this is V forum but I will also post this in the X forums to see if anyone there had to make a choice like mine!
If you had to choose, which one and why? WHY did you choose the V?
I assume that by being on XDA you'll want to play around with the phone and custom roms, the Droid X's locked bootloader will dampen the fun. Who knows when people will crack it, might be a month, might be a year.
Agreed with what tissimo said. In addition to that, Vibrant offers Super AMOLED Screen (colors are amazing), and 1GHz Hummingbird Processor. Which are pretty much the best specifications for an Android phone at the moment. Not to mention but its rumored that Verizon will be killing "unlimited data" in the future, so T-Mobile has the upper hand if Verizon goes on with that plan of going on capped data plans.
The screen of the Vibrant is perfect. I think 4.3'' is too big. It feels bad in my pocket. The screen of the X is very close to the edge of the phone (scares me). the semi-blur UI sucks compared to TouchWiz. Having the ability to change settings on the notification bar on the Vibrant rocks (and music controls).
But like everyone has, and will say.... Motorola pissed off the android world when they locked their bootloader like it was the holy grail. I would never buy a phone that I could not flash a custom ROM... and you saw how long it took them to get eclair on the droid, laughable. THANK GOD those with a droid could flash a custom rom (yeah Motorola, that helped you a lot, all of these wonderful developers doing your job).
Well I think the Vibrant is just about the perfect screen size. The Droid X just seems too big. Also, the Vibrant will almost assuredly have CM6 before the Droid X, if the X even gets it at all!
^ sadly, it will not.
after 5 failed cliqs i will never buy another motorola phone.. so no droid x for me.
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after 5 failed cliqs i will never buy another motorola phone.. so no droid x for me.
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Haha yeah I was never really impressed with any of Motorolas more fairly recent (last 3-5 years) build quality. RAZR anyone?
Motorola can suck it. I had the Cliq and had nothing but issues with it, not to mention it was so hard to hack. Motoblur is a horrid piece of software and burns through your battery. The vibrant is 100x better IMO.
Short answer, the Vibrant is the current heavyweight champion of the world. Nothing is better.
I went with Vibrant because I felt it was the best phone at the time, and because I hate Verizon. I love the Vibrant despite some initial bugs.
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I own a Vibrant and my co-worker just got a Droid X.
The screen alone on the V blows the X away, to top it off a unit with a 4" display just feels right, whereas 4.3" is overkill, the Droid X looks like a brick, but at the same token I am getting comments that my V is an iPhone rip-off.
As far as the performance is concerned, I felt the Vibrant was snappier especially with Launcher Pro instead of TouchWiz.
cons of X are: probably better support (maybe it will see Gingerbread), 2 noise canceling mics (although i dont know if they work good, Vibrant has 0), camera with dual flash.
Everything else goes to Vibrant......battery life (although i read X is also good), screen quality, size, speed, bluetooth 3.0 (whatever that does)...
X is already seeing updates with fixes, and will see 2.2 very soon........while 2.2 is also coming to Vibrant, nobody knows if its this month or maybe as late as November
I heard the camera is better on dx too. I think it comes down to what provider you can deal with. Verizon is pretty expensive.
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Droid X doesn't have an ARM processor (fail)
What you should really be asking yourself is incredible vs vibrant. Droid x is cute, but its hardware is lacking compared to either of these other phones. Not to mention Motorola phones have been difficult to mod even before the bootloader was locked.
I have to give it to Motorola that they made android way more popular in the USA than it used to be, but for anyone interested in custom ROMs or developing, they just don't compare.
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djunio said:
Short answer, the Vibrant is the current heavyweight champion of the world. Nothing is better.
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Vibrant is the heavyweight champ and literally weighs like nothing in your hand! All around such a great device!
I went into verizon the other day and played with the droid x for sum time and i have to say i didnt like it all that much. I have the vibrant and its perfect it gets a lil laggy sumtimes but what fones dont and if u root it and get setcpu runnin on it, it will be flawless trust me. and the Vibrant is Super AMOLED scratch resistant screen meanin u dont got to buy a screen protector
I'm down with both phones but once you play with the Vibrant's Amoled screen for a couple days it's difficult going back to LCD screens. It's that good.
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I heard the camera is better on dx too. I think it comes down to what provider you can deal with. Verizon is pretty expensive.
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Its about the same quality. More mps doesnt make it better. Vibrant has ton of in camera features, dont know about X
EDIT. iPhone, Sony, and Nokia cameras are the best on the market, the rest all have glitches here and there and all about the same quality....Vibrant camera is not sharp enough, maybe its a software glitch with auto focus or something...X camera pictures I believe come out noisy due to 8MP, Nexus One pictures lack color....
I used to be htc fan and but now I am considering to move to samsung.
Nexus S seems a phone almost perfect.
but I really like a phone with big screen size from 4.3" to 5".
Any recommendation of a phone having similar quality/specification as Nexus S?
thanks.
I think you might have to wait for HTC to release their Pyramid handset with 4.3" screen and 1.2Ghz dual core cpu
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/03/htc-pyramid-emerges-from-the-mists-of-speculation-with-a-1-2ghz/
I don't recall the name of the device off the top of my head, but AT&T announced a Galaxy S variant with a 4.5" inch screen coming soon. That sounds like what you might be looking for.
It's called the Infuse 4g.
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I think you might have to wait for HTC to release their Pyramid handset with 4.3" screen and 1.2Ghz dual core cpu
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/03/htc-pyramid-emerges-from-the-mists-of-speculation-with-a-1-2ghz/
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Want that phone. Want it so bad o.o
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I don't recall the name of the device off the top of my head, but AT&T announced a Galaxy S variant with a 4.5" inch screen coming soon. That sounds like what you might be looking for.
It's called the Infuse 4g.
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There is of course the Motorola Atrix 4G which also has a 4.5in screen and is dualcore and has a gig of ram.
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There is of course the Motorola Atrix 4G which also has a 4.5in screen and is dualcore and has a gig of ram.
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But it's not SAMOLED Plus, or even SAMOLED (regular). If you're looking for something similar to the Galaxy S, seems like that would be a major part of what you're looking for, since that's the most distinguishing feature of the Galaxy S derivative phones. But that was an assumption I made, not part of the specific request of the OP.
I'm so hooked on SAMOLEDs that I can't imagine using anything else. The iPhone 4 comes close, but all those other LCD screens are just butt-ugly to me now that I'm used to SAMOLED. YMMV.
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But it's not SAMOLED Plus, or even SAMOLED (regular). If you're looking for something similar to the Galaxy S, seems like that would be a major part of what you're looking for, since that's the most distinguishing feature of the Galaxy S derivative phones. But that was an assumption I made, not part of the specific request of the OP.
I'm so hooked on SAMOLEDs that I can't imagine using anything else. The iPhone 4 comes close, but all those other LCD screens are just butt-ugly to me now that I'm used to SAMOLED. YMMV.
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I used to feel similarly when I had my Epic 4G. But I got so fed up with it I finally traded it for an Evo and sure, I could tell it wasn't a SAMOLED but it wasn't as bad as I had thought. If a better phone comes along, I'd be more than willing to trade in the Nexus S. Its just a matter of the pros out weighing the cons (IE: something being so great about the other phone that it makes me forget about the lack of Google updates).
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I used to feel similarly when I had my Epic 4G. But I got so fed up with it I finally traded it for an Evo and sure, I could tell it wasn't a SAMOLED but it wasn't as bad as I had thought. If a better phone comes along, I'd be more than willing to trade in the Nexus S. Its just a matter of the pros out weighing the cons (IE: something being so great about the other phone that it makes me forget about the lack of Google updates).
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Agreed. I'm not as enamored of the first in line for Google updates as most. It's the overall experience I want. Display is the most important to me, in terms of size and appearance. I'd have a tough time going for something where the blacks aren't the inky blacks of the (S)AMOLEDs, but some android phone with an iPhone 4 display of 4" or 4.3" and otherwise superior tech to Sammy's current offerings would certainly tempt me away.
I'm in no rush for dual core on my phone until there's actually an advantage in having it for the normal everyday stuff I do (email, text, web, some apps...not a big gamer here).
I tried an EVO for 30 days. Sprint service was worse than T-Mobile's, the "3G" speeds were slower than my iPhone and i9000 and Nexus One were on EDGE only. I didn't care for the yellowish tint of my screen, which separated after just 13 days. Never will go back to that one! I'm sure mine was just a lemon on the screens, but the Sprint service was being attacked by everyone at the time, and when I had it, 4G was just a random on/off testing thing downtown, nowhere near where I live and work.
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Agreed. I'm not as enamored of the first in line for Google updates as most. It's the overall experience I want. Display is the most important to me, in terms of size and appearance. I'd have a tough time going for something where the blacks aren't the inky blacks of the (S)AMOLEDs, but some android phone with an iPhone 4 display of 4" or 4.3" and otherwise superior tech to Sammy's current offerings would certainly tempt me away.
I'm in no rush for dual core on my phone until there's actually an advantage in having it for the normal everyday stuff I do (email, text, web, some apps...not a big gamer here).
I tried an EVO for 30 days. Sprint service was worse than T-Mobile's, the "3G" speeds were slower than my iPhone and i9000 and Nexus One were on EDGE only. I didn't care for the yellowish tint of my screen, which separated after just 13 days. Never will go back to that one! I'm sure mine was just a lemon on the screens, but the Sprint service was being attacked by everyone at the time, and when I had it, 4G was just a random on/off testing thing downtown, nowhere near where I live and work.
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I left Sprint for all of those reasons, but I loved the Evo. It was miles better than my Epic and the screen was actually quite good, though admittedly not as good as on the NS or Epic. The one downside was that I am quite enamored with dark backgrounds and those just don't look as good on a standard LCD. So on the Evo I switched to colorful which was a nice change to be honest, considering how dark I keep my SNS for battery life.
Hey i got this from a dutch forum, but Samsung is gonna release the Galaxy S2 in a while, its suppossed to have a 4.5" screen with super amoled plus, so goodby to pentille technology, which means more sub pixels per pixel!
Here's the link, its in dutch so if you have any questions about the article i would gladly help!
//tweakers.net/nieuws/72430/samsung-galaxy-s2-heeft-4-komma-5-inch-super-amoled-plus-scherm.html
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I'm so hooked on SAMOLEDs that I can't imagine using anything else. The iPhone 4 comes close, but all those other LCD screens are just butt-ugly to me now that I'm used to SAMOLED. YMMV.
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I agree. Almost to the point where samoled has ruined things for me. Any new non-samoled phone I get, I'll be disappointed with how it's not samoled. I just can't get over how awesome the blending of blacks on screen to the screen bezel is. Truly epic.
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I agree. Almost to the point where samoled has ruined things for me. Any new non-samoled phone I get, I'll be disappointed with how it's not samoled. I just can't get over how awesome the blending of blacks on screen to the screen bezel is. Truly epic.
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if you are looking for a phone that still works in AWS (1700+2100) band, then
Galaxy S 4G, might be the next best choice
T-Mobile site
http://galaxy-s.t-mobile.com/4G?uid=Discover_1_2
Thank you. exciting news. Just wondering when it will be released?
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Hey i got this from a dutch forum, but Samsung is gonna release the Galaxy S2 in a while, its suppossed to have a 4.5" screen with super amoled plus, so goodby to pentille technology, which means more sub pixels per pixel!
Here's the link, its in dutch so if you have any questions about the article i would gladly help!
//tweakers.net/nieuws/72430/samsung-galaxy-s2-heeft-4-komma-5-inch-super-amoled-plus-scherm.html
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Just see the galaxy s II is out in show.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/13/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-official-tegra-2-4-3-inch-super-amoled-plu/
Hardware specification is quite good. my dream phone is a little bit bigger and a little bit higher screen resolution.
I really don't like the top/bottom black stripe. Won't removing them make the phone more compact? Honestly I would still prefer Desire HD's design. But HTC is a bit behind in hardware specification.
hi guys, ive been on my HTC Desire Z for almost a year. since 21-07-11 to be exactly, after a lot of stressing to root this thing( it was my first time) what took me about 4 days, and a lot of new roms, and flashing, im starting to look for another phone. I prefer the Samsung Galaxy S3 over the HTC, because its a little faster, has a MENU button, and isn't rebooting when you are running all apps( happend to me when i was testing the HTC) The HTC becomes laggy if you run all apps at the same time even without live wallpaper. The S3 can run smootly if you run all apps at the same time, even with a live wallpaper.
But what do you guys think? Do you prefer the HTC one X or de S3?
For me none of those phones have a physical keyboard, which is a problem for me. I'd go with HTC though, cause I have relatives who've had random problems with the Samsung S2. We've had to exchange the phone twice. Once cause it didn't want to charge, and another time the phone wouldn't turn on. I'd consider HTC to be the better quality manufacturer.
Also my G2 is the result of two broken G2's I found on Ebay for cheap, which resulted in one working G2. These phones very resilient, considering one phone was ran over by a car and the other was water damaged. I'm holding off until my contract ends, in which I now have a bargaining chip against T-Mobile.
Samsung is much easier to root compared to HTC usually. HTC usually has much better community support then Samsung, but I think it's nearly equal nowadays. Don't know what problems you have with your G2, but I haven't found myself wanting a new phone yet. Haven't found a situation where the phone slows down, especially if you overclock the phone. The only time the G2 would be slow is if you're using ICS roms. Once the Desire HD gets ICS, the speed for ICS on G2 should dramatically improve.
After countless hours of reading articles, opinions and spec sheets I'm opting for the S3. The only drawback I see is the lack of physical keyboard. The S3 out performs the HOX in almost every aspect. Although....my contract isn't up till January so maybe there will be other contenders by then.....
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I can't stand Samsung's build quality, so I would vote for HTC One X.
Samsung devices are all plasticky and cheap-ish in quality (my sister has an S2, my uncle has an S, and oh golly I hate using them).
Also, TouchWiz is the ugliest thing ever. Sense (4.0 especially) is beautiful and IMO adds a lot of needed tools (maybe it's just me being used to it).
Anyway, try them both for a while if you can and then decide on which one to buy. Read reviews and search YouTube for videos of both and see how they perform in different conditions.
That's how I ended up with my Desire Z. Cheers!
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Also, TouchWiz is the ugliest thing ever. Sense (4.0 especially) is beautiful and IMO adds a lot of needed tools (maybe it's just me being used to it).
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Sense? TouchWiz? Oh yeah, those are things like motoblur that I get rid of the first day lol
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HTC sense is using way too much memory, thats why my is desire z is so slow, ICS is the fastest version of android for me, i lags but not as much as android 2.3.X with htc sense 2.1 - 3.5, i can even normally play dead space
I think go get the S3.
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I'm going to be getting my new One X in the next few days. I chose the One X over the SIII for a few different reasons:
1) The One X is much cheaper on contract here in Australia.
2) The One X has much much much better build quality than the SIII. I saw a bunch of drop test videos for the SIII and it seemed to break as easily if not easier than an iphone, which is just shocking for a flagship. I even saw this post in the One X forums where someone dropped their One X out of a window from a first storey building and it survived with just a scuff on the back!
3) I think the One X actually looks like a proper flagship phone. I'm still not impressed with how the SIII looks and feels.
4) I personally prefer Sense to Touchwiz.
5) I don't have any use for the many gimmicky features that touchwiz offers.
When i get my One X, i'm going to post a full review with initial impressions, which i will then update after using it for a few weeks. I will also compare it to my experience with my Desire Z.
Actually, i don't mean to take over the thread here, but is there anything specific that anyone would like me to include in my review about the transition from the Desire Z to the One X? I wanna give back as much useful feedback as possible, so let me know what you guys want to know for when i post my review. You guys can pm me about this so that this thread doesn't get clogged up.
I came from a desire z to the one x, miss the keyboard but the speed improvement is great and the bigger screen is a blast.
Can't go wrong with either though, s3 is a beast as well
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What do you guys think about the LG P880 Optimus 4x HD ?
Did you guys forget about the Wi-Fi thing with the HTC One X? About it being a manufacturing problem which should have been corrected by now but its nice to keep it in mind if you're gonna get a One X
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I'm going to be getting my new One X in the next few days. I chose the One X over the SIII for a few different reasons:
1) The One X is much cheaper on contract here in Australia.
2) The One X has much much much better build quality than the SIII. I saw a bunch of drop test videos for the SIII and it seemed to break as easily if not easier than an iphone, which is just shocking for a flagship. I even saw this post in the One X forums where someone dropped their One X out of a window from a first storey building and it survived with just a scuff on the back!
3) I think the One X actually looks like a proper flagship phone. I'm still not impressed with how the SIII looks and feels.
4) I personally prefer Sense to Touchwiz.
5) I don't have any use for the many gimmicky features that touchwiz offers.
When i get my One X, i'm going to post a full review with initial impressions, which i will then update after using it for a few weeks. I will also compare it to my experience with my Desire Z.
Actually, i don't mean to take over the thread here, but is there anything specific that anyone would like me to include in my review about the transition from the Desire Z to the One X? I wanna give back as much useful feedback as possible, so let me know what you guys want to know for when i post my review. You guys can pm me about this so that this thread doesn't get clogged up.
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I would be very keen to hear your review. Any reason why youre going with the one x over the one xl with Telstra?
Personally when my contract is up in October I will be going with the one xl with Telstra as the 4g speeds are so fast, i tested one down at my local telstra shop and was very impressive. Also I'm currently using my desire z on the optus network and I'm just over optus's crappy 3G speeds, it hangs too much.
if you want to play games better, get one x. lots of games has nvidia support right now and the graphics difference on games with tegra support are really big between s3 and one x.
if you dont want to play games, get one x anyway.
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I'm going to be getting my new One X in the next few days. I chose the One X over the SIII for a few different reasons:
1) The One X is much cheaper on contract here in Australia.
2) The One X has much much much better build quality than the SIII. I saw a bunch of drop test videos for the SIII and it seemed to break as easily if not easier than an iphone, which is just shocking for a flagship. I even saw this post in the One X forums where someone dropped their One X out of a window from a first storey building and it survived with just a scuff on the back!
3) I think the One X actually looks like a proper flagship phone. I'm still not impressed with how the SIII looks and feels.
4) I personally prefer Sense to Touchwiz.
5) I don't have any use for the many gimmicky features that touchwiz offers.
When i get my One X, i'm going to post a full review with initial impressions, which i will then update after using it for a few weeks. I will also compare it to my experience with my Desire Z.
Actually, i don't mean to take over the thread here, but is there anything specific that anyone would like me to include in my review about the transition from the Desire Z to the One X? I wanna give back as much useful feedback as possible, so let me know what you guys want to know for when i post my review. You guys can pm me about this so that this thread doesn't get clogged up.
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1 im not going to buy this with an contract
2 the S3 is better than a iphone in drop tests, thats what i want
3 while testing, i could still experience some lag, and i dont like sense, uses way to much memory
4 and i want to try another launcher
5 the S3 offers an removable battery and a SD card slot, those are the main reason i dont want a one x
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if you want to play games better, get one x. lots of games has nvidia support right now and the graphics difference on games with tegra support are really big between s3 and one x.
if you dont want to play games, get one x anyway.
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i still want the S3 because the processor is still a little bit better
Hey, and what about Galaxy Nexus? Maybe hardware is not as good as in GS3 or OneX but think about software updates.
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Hey, and what about Galaxy Nexus? Maybe hardware is not as good as in GS3 or OneX but think about software updates.
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galaxy nexus doesn't have a menu button
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I would be very keen to hear your review. Any reason why youre going with the one x over the one xl with Telstra?
Personally when my contract is up in October I will be going with the one xl with Telstra as the 4g speeds are so fast, i tested one down at my local telstra shop and was very impressive. Also I'm currently using my desire z on the optus network and I'm just over optus's crappy 3G speeds, it hangs too much.
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I would love to get the xl but for me, it's too expensive. Telstra's idea of a "small" plan isn't exactly small for all people haha. I did try and win the One XL in a couple of competitions though haha, needless to say, I didn't win xD. I was also very impressed when I first tested telstra's 4g speeds at one of their stores. On an HTC Velocity 4g, i saw 3mb/s download speeds :O.
For me though, the issues that others have with the One X don't really bother me. I'm not fussed about using a micro sim, or having a non-user replaceable battery and no expandable storage. Also, development is already massively active for the One X and as such, if Sense doesn't work out for me, then i can just use Slim ICS or one of the many CM9/AOKP ROMs.
The main reason that i'm choosing the One X over the SIII is the build quality though. I dislike using cases and to me, the SIII feels far to flimsy. Otherwise, the SIII is a very admirable phone which I wouldn't hesitate to recommend. That's my own opinion though.
So yeah, keep an eye out for my review of the One X that i will post and then update in the following weeks.
One X
If you have the option of holding both devices in your hands, you will probably like the look and feel of X much better.
Please note that both X and SIII have different revisions (Hardware, cpu)
You might want to check which one is available in your area.
Unless you want to root your SIII, touchwiz will be a torture for most sense users.
Sense 4 is lightweight and is running on monster hardware.
so +1 for X
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AOKP.
First I could not buy a G3 because the rounded corners was something I could not live with. The corners on the Note 2 are NOT rounded as much, and with a Otterbox case will be not as noticeable. The specs on the note 2 are almost perfect. The PPI is a bit lower but what I've been reading not that noticible.
The LG Optimus G has a PPI of 440 and I am sure the screen will appear much finer and crisper. The negative aspects of the Optimus G however could be a bit scarry...bad support, and a bad reputation for not supporting their phones.
The HTC One X+ specs are not very clear at this point, so it is an unknown at this point. The One X was inviting to me style wise, but the phone does NOT multitask, add in a non removeable battery and no card slot, and you have to run the other way. The update to Jelly Bean may fix the multitasking issue, but that remains to be seen.
One the Note's plus side, we also have a removeable battery, and a 64gb SD card slot, a notification LED,and NON PENTILE amoled display, 2 gigs of RAM, quadcore processor, all of which makes it quite inviting. I really cant think of any negative aspects to the phone at this point.
I've been on my Atrix 4G since March of 2011 and it has served me well. I got the Nexus 7 and that has satisfied my tablet craving for sure. The Nexus 7 has a LAG ISSUE which I assume google will address and fix at some point.
Switching between my Atrix with its 4" screen, and the Nexus' 7" screen is interesting. My Atrix actually runs smoother and so upgrading the phone to something a little bigger, faster, and better is very critical to me.
We may not know exactly what the negative aspects of the Note 2 are until it is released. I learned a hard lesson with the Nexus 7. With all the hype and great reviews of it, NOONE mentioned the lag issues and other quirks. If the Note performs and feels as good as I think it will, I may sell the Nexus 7 if the wife doesnt want it .
So really the main point here is I wouldnt preorder ANYTHING anymore until it is relased to the public and vetted because everyone, the companies, the reviewers, the magazines, all want to hype everything to death, even before it is released, AND there has only been ONE main report on the serious NEXUS LAG ISSUE even months after it has been released and well known. What I can say for sure is that I'll never buy an Iphone.
Depends what you are after and use your phone for, but all 3 seems they will be very nice on their own way.
I always get all new phones and normally use 2 phones at a time, one for daily use and one play phone. In the end i always end up using phones i thought I should use last.
Like now after a good while on s3 i did go back to my HoX as I just like that screen and feeling of the phone..
But the device i really want is Lumia 920 tho, but till that comes I for sure gonna give note2 and ip5 and other nice devices a shot..
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I was all for the Optimus G initially. The "poor support" thing did concern me but I figured the devs on xda would more than cover that. I could even just about tolerate the non removable battery.. But the lack of an SD card slot just killed it. I bought a 64GB Micro SD not long ago and I wouldn't have any use for it.
The HOX+ looked interesting too but just like the LGOG, the lack of expandable memory is a deal breaker for me.
That left the GNote2.. Big screen, RBG as opposed to pentile, user-replaceable battery (I have an extended battery in my GS2 now), more than ample internals for what I plan to use it for, it's a Sammy flagship (good support), and of course, expandable memory.
Imho, the GNote2 is the way to go, but of course, that's just me
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I think i will buy Note 2, for bigger display and spen. Gonna give my HOX for my wife.
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Btw here's my Atrix screenshot. Can't wait to see in on the Note
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Btw here's my Atrix screenshot. Can't wait to see in on the Note
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Whoa that screen
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does the Note2 have in-cell touch screen like the LG?
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does the Note2 have in-cell touch screen like the LG?
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no. For now only the optimus G and iPhone 5 are using that tech (actually it's 2 different techs with the same name)
when is this lg phone coming out?
Note 2 definetly
randoug said:
when is this lg phone coming out?
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November in the US so it must be around the same time of the international version (if not sooner).
Galaxy Note II:angel:
CreepyDroid said:
no. For now only the optimus G and iPhone 5 are using that tech (actually it's 2 different techs with the same name)
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I think the xperia v too.
....was looking forward to that tech.
I am buying Note 2 so I never have to worry about having a tablet.
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the nexus five by htc looks amazing.
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The note 2 is a different type of smartphone because it's a hybrid between tablet and phone, that's why I'm getting it so I can have the best of both worlds
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I'm getting the Note II...soon. The LG Optimus G has amazing specs. That processor may be faster than the Exynos 5250 when it comes out. It will undoubtedly the fastest processor until then. We'll just have to wait and see. But after much research, there are so many people saying they'll never buy LG phones again and they regret buying it. 2 years is a long time to live with buyer's remorse. Phone looks great, but the warning screams are too loud to ignore.
The HTC One X+, I thought for a long time that people who used the HTC One X absolutely loved their phones, and I think this is still true. However, I have followed some users who have the privilege of owning both HTC One X and Galaxy S3 who have given equal face time with both phones, and the it is clear the HTC One X has flaws with how their multitasking is implemented that it unnecessarily wares on your patience, time, and battery power. If you don't own both devices, you probably don't know what you are missing.
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Lucidmike said:
I'm getting the Note II...soon. The LG Optimus G has amazing specs. That processor may be faster than the Exynos 5250 when it comes out. It will undoubtedly the fastest processor until then. We'll just have to wait and see. But after much research, there are so many people saying they'll never buy LG phones again and they regret buying it. 2 years is a long time to live with buyer's remorse. Phone looks great, but the warning screams are too loud to ignore.
The HTC One X+, I thought for a long time that people who used the HTC One X absolutely loved their phones, and I think this is still true. However, I have followed some users who have the privilege of owning both HTC One X and Galaxy S3 who have given equal face time with both phones, and the it is clear the HTC One X has flaws with how their multitasking is implemented that it unnecessarily wares on your patience, time, and battery power. If you don't own both devices, you probably don't know what you are missing.
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Yes stay away from LG, i have the G2x and yes while on paper its a great device the lack support from LG and 0 support from nvidia has left the first dual core phone in the states still running gingerbread unless you want to run ICS with no video drivers.
I've seen a lot of comparisons and done some searches, but I haven't found a great thread really comparing the advantages of the new Nexus 4 over the Galaxy Nexus.
I have the Galaxy Nexus running on T-Mobile. I purchased the larger Samsung battery (~2100) and haven't had any complaints along those lines. The phone doesn't seem to lag and has been among the best devices I've owned.
I do agree the camera could have been better..I felt it was a step-down from the camera on the T-Mobile G2 I had previously. I also wish phone manufacturers would put a dedicated camera button on the phone!
Forget about cost...why should I upgrade?
Thanks!
It's new and shiny.
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why buy an n4 when you have the gnexus?
1. samsucks plastic toys are lame
2. specs are twice as good as crapsung
did you really need a thread for that?
there are a total of 5 threads in the entire nexus 4 subforum. the rest are just repeats. mods should start getting more aggressive.
learn to read a little.. stop being lazy
If you already have the GSM version of the Galaxy Nexus the only reason to upgrade is if you want better hardware.
Me on the other hand, I have the VZW version so there's a lot of room for improvement for me to go GSM.
If I upgrade, its because I want faster HSPA+ speeds. I don't really like where the headphone jack is placed, tho. I like it on the bottom of the Gnex.
The nexus 4 looks nice but the glass back is so easy to break
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-IPS Display is reason enough to upgrade! I can't stand pentile screens... also its higher resolution.
-HSPA+ 42mbps
-Quad Core S4 Pro / Adreno 320
-2GB Ram
-bigger battery 2100 vs 1850 mah
-much better camera...
Can you think of a reason NOT to upgrade?
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DonDizzurp said:
why buy an n4 when you have the gnexus?
1. samsucks plastic toys are lame
2. specs are twice as good as crapsung
did you really need a thread for that?
there are a total of 5 threads in the entire nexus 4 subforum. the rest are just repeats. mods should start getting more aggressive.
learn to read a little.. stop being lazy
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Ken Esq said:
I've seen a lot of comparisons and done some searches, but I haven't found a great thread really comparing the advantages of the new Nexus 4 over the Galaxy Nexus.
I have the Galaxy Nexus running on T-Mobile. I purchased the larger Samsung battery (~2100) and haven't had any complaints along those lines. The phone doesn't seem to lag and has been among the best devices I've owned.
I do agree the camera could have been better..I felt it was a step-down from the camera on the T-Mobile G2 I had previously. I also wish phone manufacturers would put a dedicated camera button on the phone!
Forget about cost...why should I upgrade?
Thanks!
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twistedh said:
It's new and shiny.
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Exactly - it's cause I can!
Thank you...I think my decision is going to hinge on the camera. If it proves to be markedly better I'm in.
New and shiny is fine, but it takes a while to setup a phone just right, install apps, setup screens, folders, etc. There's gotta be a solid reason to go through that drudge...
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-IPS Display is reason enough to upgrade! I can't stand pentile screens... also its higher resolution.
-HSPA+ 42mbps
-Quad Core S4 Pro / Adreno 320
-2GB Ram
-bigger battery 2100 vs 1850 mah
-much better camera...
Can you think of a reason NOT to upgrade?
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I'm switching from the Gnex for the IPS LCD screen, bigger battery (although I'm sad it is non-removable), and the camera. I could care less about the processor and RAM because the gnex is more than enough for me in those categories. I also don't like the form factor of the gnex with the big hump thing at the bottom; I would rather just have it be all one thickness the the N4. I love my nexus and wouldn't trade it for anything... except the NEXT NEXUS!!
simple, its shiny and new and has nexus in the name.
this guy compared n4 to GNex throughout the review
cbutters said:
-IPS Display is reason enough to upgrade! I can't stand pentile screens... also its higher resolution.
-HSPA+ 42mbps
-Quad Core S4 Pro / Adreno 320
-2GB Ram
-bigger battery 2100 vs 1850 mah
-much better camera...
Can you think of a reason NOT to upgrade?
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The resolution is practically the same (both around 720p) although IPS vs. pentile may be a bit of a plus. Also, the GNex on Verizon is theoretically almost twice as fast as HSPA+/42. I've got the extended 2100 mah battery as well.
My thought is that the Nexus 4 will be snappier, take better pictures, and get better updates and less meddling from Verizon. HSPA+/42 is only offered by T-Mobile in the states whereas AT&T only supports HSPA+/21. Might be enough for me to switch to T-Mobile but the $240 to end my Verizon contract is a bit daunting.
It's an easy decision for me, I get to upgrade my phone after 10 months buy selling my Gnex all for less than £100.
Simples
Yes
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Upgrade the phone for not only the better build quality but the improvements google has put into the hardware.
Faster and better multitasker. And let's not forget wireless charging and bragging rights!
Ken Esq said:
Thank you...I think my decision is going to hinge on the camera. If it proves to be markedly better I'm in.
New and shiny is fine, but it takes a while to setup a phone just right, install apps, setup screens, folders, etc. There's gotta be a solid reason to go through that drudge...
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freaking hell how many apps do you have then? to set up a phone the way you want will not take you an eternity you know.. i am coming from the One X section and i have to say i love that phone to bits but looking at the Nexus it just looks amazing and i want it and plus i know the development for this phone will be something else..hence why i am going for it
I don't think one necessarily need to upgrade if you know how to customize the OS. Its still a very good user experience. Galaxy Nexus is still a great phone and would be my next recommendation after the LG Nexus. But if you can afford it then go for it.
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freaking hell how many apps do you have then? to set up a phone the way you want will not take you an eternity you know..
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Not everyone like things the same way. I do tend to go over every single GUI option of a rom.
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