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The G2X better be worth it... I just sold my Nexus One...

I think I'm kind of having sellers remorse, even though I sold it for $200 with it having some cosmetic damage (i'm usually very careful with my phones but i dropped my N1 like 1000 times!!)
i actually feel like I ripped off the guy even though it was in perfect working order and i threw in my extra battery and a car charger...
im gonna miss my trackball and colored notifications... PLEASE DONT LET ME REGRET THIS LG!!!
using an extremely old Nokia 5300 I had back in '07 till I get it ... yeah serious sellers remorse kicking it right now! hah

You will regret it!
Get the Arc instead

I don't think I could ever let go of my N1. I feel like it's become a part of me!
No doubt about it, sooner or later I will feel the need to upgrade. That's just the way technology works. But I always like to have a secondary device to fall back on in case of any problems - if my main device gets lost, stolen, damaged - even if it's just so much as a dead battery and I desperately need to make a call. Having a second phone can be a life saver. Plus, the Nexus One is so versatile in terms of modding. With so many ROM's to choose from, and still quite a bit of active development within the community - this phone seems far from dead. Google created an amazing piece of technology, and even when their sales strategy may have flopped, those who have had the pleasure of owning one know just how special it really is.
I recently parted ways with my aging HTC Magic which I kept as my backup device, so maybe I'm subconsciously considering an upgrade after all. There are so many options now, I wouldn't even know where to begin. G2X, Atrix, Nexus S, Evo 3D, etc... But one thing's for sure - my Nexus One is far too important to me to let go of.
I wish you the best of luck! And hey, you could always buy another used N1 if you begin having Nexus withdrawals

vegetaleb said:
You will regret it!
Get the Arc instead
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Why exactly?

All plastic
Very low loudspeaker
Freezings and random reboots
not so good 8mp
Dual core still need OS 2.4, it's still 2.2
Arc:
So stylish!
way louder speaker than N1 and optimus 2x
unlockable bootloader soon
Brilliant 8mp
Exellent bravia screen
OS 2.3 out of the box
Sweet price
I am getting one next tuesday
And will get the Sensation in September

vegetaleb said:
All plastic
Very low loudspeaker
Freezings and random reboots
not so good 8mp
Dual core still need OS 2.4, it's still 2.2
Arc:
So stylish!
way louder speaker than N1 and optimus 2x
unlockable bootloader soon
Brilliant 8mp
Exellent bravia screen
OS 2.3 out of the box
Sweet price
I am getting one next tuesday
And will get the Sensation in September
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Link to the Arc?

Bloodflame said:
I don't think I could ever let go of my N1. I feel like it's become a part of me!
No doubt about it, sooner or later I will feel the need to upgrade. That's just the way technology works. But I always like to have a secondary device to fall back on in case of any problems - if my main device gets lost, stolen, damaged - even if it's just so much as a dead battery and I desperately need to make a call. Having a second phone can be a life saver. Plus, the Nexus One is so versatile in terms of modding. With so many ROM's to choose from, and still quite a bit of active development within the community - this phone seems far from dead. Google created an amazing piece of technology, and even when their sales strategy may have flopped, those who have had the pleasure of owning one know just how special it really is.
I recently parted ways with my aging HTC Magic which I kept as my backup device, so maybe I'm subconsciously considering an upgrade after all. There are so many options now, I wouldn't even know where to begin. G2X, Atrix, Nexus S, Evo 3D, etc... But one thing's for sure - my Nexus One is far too important to me to let go of.
I wish you the best of luck! And hey, you could always buy another used N1 if you begin having Nexus withdrawals
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This is true, this was actually going to be the first smartphone I kept before/after buying a new one but I JUST moved and rather make my new phone free (I qualify for a full upgrade) so I can put that towards some new furniture. 200 isn't a lot, but it can get me a kitchen table!
vegetaleb said:
All plastic
Very low loudspeaker
Freezings and random reboots
not so good 8mp
Dual core still need OS 2.4, it's still 2.2
Arc:
So stylish!
way louder speaker than N1 and optimus 2x
unlockable bootloader soon
Brilliant 8mp
Exellent bravia screen
OS 2.3 out of the box
Sweet price
I am getting one next tuesday
And will get the Sensation in September
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Hmmm, sounds tempting but probably not available for T-Mobile USA users!
and I am DEFINITELY not going to keep using this dumb phone any longer than I have to...

Here's the official page:http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/xperiaarc?cc=us&lc=en#view=overview

lance713 said:
Hmmm, sounds tempting but probably not available for T-Mobile USA users!
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vegetaleb said:
Here's the official page:http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/xperiaarc?cc=us&lc=en#view=overview
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Sadly, according to the specs listed, this does not appear to support TMO's 3G.

vegetaleb said:
Here's the official page:http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/xperiaarc?cc=us&lc=en#view=overview
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c'mon Sony, post the CPU and GPU on the specs page, wtf?
Is the "BE" picture/video enhancements realtime or post-processing ?

Arc looks nice but "1GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 205 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon"
sorry no thanks...

Im probably gonna get g2x because of all the bands it supports. I think it will make a great travel phone too once unlocked.

It is just the "plain old" 1GHz MSM8255 / Adreno 205. While still sufficient for most uses, it is hardly a cutting edge.
But the biggest problem in my view is the internal flash storage, just a tiny 320mb.
It should be perfect otherwise to make me want one. But it isn't.

lance713 said:
I think I'm kind of having sellers remorse, even though I sold it for $200 with it having some cosmetic damage (i'm usually very careful with my phones but i dropped my N1 like 1000 times!!)
i actually feel like I ripped off the guy even though it was in perfect working order and i threw in my extra battery and a car charger...
im gonna miss my trackball and colored notifications... PLEASE DONT LET ME REGRET THIS LG!!!
using an extremely old Nokia 5300 I had back in '07 till I get it ... yeah serious sellers remorse kicking it right now! hah
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I feel ya. I just listed my Nexus on ebay today, and I am getting the LG. Probably buying it outright for 499 so I can sell it when something else strikes me in about 8 months, however I will miss my N1 for sure. The N1 is a great phone.

Don't regret it. Going from a Nexus One to a T Mobile GX2 is a definite upgrade. You're getting a bigger screen, faster processor, better camera on the back, front facing camera, more responsive touchscreen that supports multitouch, and a faster 3G/4G radio for HSPA+, and the phone will have AT&T 3G/4G bands....you made a good choice....

I'm also considering the G2X, but probably just save up and buy it outright and keep my N1 as a backup.
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You should be fine with that upgrade...keep us posted on how it did compare to your N1.

I would probably consider the G2X if it had a screen superior to my Nexus One. It may be better in every way (minus build quality I assume), but I'm a screen whore.
My next phone will probably be a Samsung one. Yes, they may be bad when it comes to updates, but they've been kicking ass with hardware. Until someone beats this, everyone has lost. Just kidding everyone~

Eclair~ said:
I would probably consider the G2X if it had a screen superior to my Nexus One. It may be better in every way (minus build quality I assume), but I'm a screen whore.
My next phone will probably be a Samsung one. Yes, they may be bad when it comes to updates, but they've been kicking ass with hardware. Until someone beats this, everyone has lost. Just kidding everyone~
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Oddly enough I've got a N1 and a Samsung Galaxy S 4G in front of me, and the N1 has whiter whites than the Galaxy S. Everything was turned on max brightness, too. I was a bit taken back, I was expecting the galaxy S to have blown it out of the water.
The only thing that sucks hard about our N1 is the fact that the actual LED screen is a couple millimeters below the glass. This makes pinpoint clicking a bit tougher at odd angles, in addition to all the extra glare/reflection from the extra layer of space between the glass and LED.

Sorry, but as an N1, vibrant, 4g vibrant owner, Samsung has done hardware justice. The samoled is just the bomb. I just wish the updates came on time as it were.
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New 4g LTE windows phones leaked.

http://m.wpcentral.com/4g-phones-htc-radiant-and-samsung-mandel-landing-early-2012#comments
What do you guys think? I don't ever expect much from HTC, Samsung is awesome, but their bodies feel like Fisher Price might be the manufacturer. It's tough for me to use anything but Nokia anymore.

Idk, it's hard to think about anything, basically it's all about a blurry pic and pretty common specs (nowadays). As far as i'm concerned i really hope that Htc brings out something well built as the Titan but smaller, i don't really care about the kind of network it uses, here in Italy we only have slow ass 3G and i can't see anything better coming in the next 2 years or so...what i really want right now is a 4"er, rock solid, compact and well built WP7 phone with up to date (for the specific platform) specs. I can't say that my next phone will be a Samsung, unless they really start using some really premium material: the whole "it's plastic but it's high grade!" thing turned out to be bull**** (at least for me) because after a few months having the GS2 and carrying it inside a case (pulling it out only to replace the battery or the sim card) the plastic parts are all but shiny right now, end even the glossy metal bumper isn't that glossy anymore. Right now the Lumia 800 would be the most appealing phone to me, but i won't upgrade till next summer so i'm a afraid that its successor will be some oversized piece of crap. After a while using my GS2 having such a huge screen became a little annoying and uncomfortable, and i hate the fact that apparently OEMs are pushing for even bigger stuff at the present day. Maybe when it will be time for me to upgrade i'll be forced to grab an iPhone5 (sure it won't be bigger than 4" because they need to give it some "one size fits all" attitude) because all the other high end phones will be too big due to this stupid trend. That would suck really bad

HTC has the best build quality
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trevanddev said:
HTC has the best build quality
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I'd say tiered, as far as build quality goes it's:
Nokia
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Motorola
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Samsung
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Dell
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LG and HTC (though LG has been trying more as of late, HTC just keeps trying to throw bigger processors and screens at poor build quality.​

4G LTE
z33dev33l said:
http://m.wpcentral.com/4g-phones-htc-radiant-and-samsung-mandel-landing-early-2012#comments
What do you guys think? I don't ever expect much from HTC, Samsung is awesome, but their bodies feel like Fisher Price might be the manufacturer. It's tough for me to use anything but Nokia anymore.
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I will also a great fan of Nokia. No doubt Samsung has great smart phones specially with their look but not just looks that matter. HTC has to deliver much more to compete Nokia. Nokia has all the important features as compare to others and mainly it is more reliable than any other smart phone in the Industry

z33dev33l said:
I'd say tiered, as far as build quality goes it's:
Nokia
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Motorola
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Samsung
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Dell
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LG and HTC (though LG has been trying more as of late, HTC just keeps trying to throw bigger processors and screens at poor build quality.​
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You're putting Samsung above LG and HTC in terms of build quality? That's insane. All Samsung phones are plasticky and brittle. Build quality is how durable the phone is as a whole, not the individual quality of the parts. That's a different story.
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The best quality of assembly at HTC. And I at all didn't see DELL phones.

Coming From An S4

Is the G2 better? I dont wanna jump ship and be disappointed. I have a red S4 and am fairly bored with it. The whole locked bootloader thing sucks. Dont get me wrong, I like the phone but have simply become bored with it. What would you do?
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I have a gs4 on Verizon as well. I switch between that and my dna for some change up. my gs4 is rooted though, so I've been enjoying custom roms... but to be honest, the only thing I like about the phone anymore is it's smaller footprint and it's camera. I hate amoled screens now especially since my gs4 status bar is beginning to burn in already after only having it since the end of may... and i just hate the look of amoled. sure pure black is great but the colors suck.
the camera kills my dna though, and that's why I still like it. but the g2 camera from the review I read on phone arena yesterday, seems to be on par or better than the gs4 so I'm excited.
plus look how snappy the g2 is compared to the laggy s4. my s4, even in custom roms, is still choppy and annoying.
gs4 has amazing battery life tho, and kills my dna, but the g2 should be even better. my gs4 and dna both heat up like crazy so here's hoping the g2 runs cooler!
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If you want something different, go for a Windows Phone or iPhone. The GS4 is already the best thing on Android. The LG G2 isn't much better. If you think the GS4 is laggy, then Android will lag no matter what even on a faster Snapdragon 800, which really isn't that much faster than a 600. 400mhz more isn't gonna mean jack for lag, because its not the processor causing it. Everything else is identical. Cheap plastic body. Slightly bigger screen. Same shape. Same UI design and features aside from some color choices. The LG G2 is even more boring than the GS4 when it first came out. LG isn't shy about copying Samsung, so it is basically just their version of the S4.
If you wanna stay with Android, the Xperia Z1 is also coming out this month, with a 20MP camera and a very different design than the plastic Korean phones. The UI is different too, although I don't like Sony's Timescape UI. IF you wanna be a rebel, Oppo is announcing the N1 later this month and probably releasing it next month. It should have a big camera sensor and big screen. Seems to be very easy to customize and install ROMs on if you don't like the gaudy colors of their COLOR ROM.

katamari201 said:
If you want something different, go for a Windows Phone or iPhone. The GS4 is already the best thing on Android. The LG G2 isn't much better. If you think the GS4 is laggy, then Android will lag no matter what even on a faster Snapdragon 800, which really isn't that much faster than a 600. 400mhz more isn't gonna mean jack for lag, because its not the processor causing it. Everything else is identical. Cheap plastic body. Slightly bigger screen. Same shape. Same UI design and features aside from some color choices. The LG G2 is even more boring than the GS4 when it first came out. LG isn't shy about copying Samsung, so it is basically just their version of the S4.
If you wanna stay with Android, the Xperia Z1 is also coming out this month, with a 20MP camera and a very different design than the plastic Korean phones. The UI is different too, although I don't like Sony's Timescape UI. IF you wanna be a rebel, Oppo is announcing the N1 later this month and probably releasing it next month. It should have a big camera sensor and big screen. Seems to be very easy to customize and install ROMs on if you don't like the gaudy colors of their COLOR ROM.
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If windows didnt suck so bad I might. I'm just saying ive never gotten too bored with any phone except this one. It's weird. The screen is starting to degrade a bit as well. If I don't get the G2 I'll get the 5S. Maybe the note 3 even it drops.
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dude, your lag argument is irrelevant. the gs4 doesn't lag on stock android. it lags because of touchwiz. the g2 ui is much more streamlined than touchwiz. there's no hiccups from what I've seen.
why are all the trolls hanging out around here?
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katamari201 said:
If you want something different, go for a Windows Phone or iPhone. The GS4 is already the best thing on Android. The LG G2 isn't much better. If you think the GS4 is laggy, then Android will lag no matter what even on a faster Snapdragon 800, which really isn't that much faster than a 600. 400mhz more isn't gonna mean jack for lag, because its not the processor causing it. Everything else is identical. Cheap plastic body. Slightly bigger screen. Same shape. Same UI design and features aside from some color choices. The LG G2 is even more boring than the GS4 when it first came out. LG isn't shy about copying Samsung, so it is basically just their version of the S4.
If you wanna stay with Android, the Xperia Z1 is also coming out this month, with a 20MP camera and a very different design than the plastic Korean phones. The UI is different too, although I don't like Sony's Timescape UI. IF you wanna be a rebel, Oppo is announcing the N1 later this month and probably releasing it next month. It should have a big camera sensor and big screen. Seems to be very easy to customize and install ROMs on if you don't like the gaudy colors of their COLOR ROM.
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Not really, Krait 400 is much faster, as is Adreno 330. The clock speed isn't everything. I believe it has a larger L2 cache.

katamari201 said:
If you want something different, go for a Windows Phone or iPhone. The GS4 is already the best thing on Android. The LG G2 isn't much better. If you think the GS4 is laggy, then Android will lag no matter what even on a faster Snapdragon 800, which really isn't that much faster than a 600.
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you mistaken, it's not android lagging, it's Samsung's UI that lags. No others UI lag including MIUI, Sence etc. Only touchwiz is BAD and laggish
katamari201 said:
400mhz more isn't gonna mean jack for lag, because its not the processor causing it. Everything else is identical. Cheap plastic body. Slightly bigger screen. Same shape. Same UI design and features aside from some color choices. The LG G2 is even more boring than the GS4 when it first came out. LG isn't shy about copying Samsung, so it is basically just their version of the S4
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Haters gonna hate. LG is way above and beyond Sammy that's why you so hate it and see only what you wanna see

Billy Madison said:
you mistaken, it's not android lagging, it's Samsung's UI that lags. No others UI lag including MIUI, Sence etc. Only touchwiz is BAD and laggish Haters gonna hate. LG is way above and beyond Sammy that's why you so hate it and see only what you wanna see
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Lol LG is nowhere near the level of significance of Samsung. Samsung doesn't care what phone or tablet LG comes out with, because they will continue to dominate the mobile industry along with Apple. Like it or not, that's just how it is.
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yes that's how it is, however the one on top isn't always the best... i. e., apple and samsung. it's a popularity contest. don't get me wrong, I do like my gs4 and I liked my gs3, but i love my dna more.. except for the awful battery... and that's by htc, a failing company that's nowhere near as popular as the two. I'm not the type of person who goes omfgz i need that brand bc im a typical American statuswhore. I get what's good. LG is a big name and big company and has been for years, and just bc they're not on the top doesn't mean they don't make a good product.
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King Shady said:
Lol LG is nowhere near the level of significance of Samsung. Samsung doesn't care what phone or tablet LG comes out with, because they will continue to dominate the mobile industry along with Apple. Like it or not, that's just how it is.
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Samsung really wasn't relevant until fairly recently. The Galaxy S was a great phone, but not popular, same goes for the S2. The S3 however was huge and launched Samsung into dominance and made HTC fall. However, the same could easily happen to LG, HTC, or Motorola at any time. All it takes is a couple great phones in a row. Apple had a great first couple iPhones, which made them prominent. Same goes for Samsung, who continues to make great phones, but really aren't exponentially better than the other manufacturers. Both companies also have huge, genius advertising campaigns, so that certainly helps them a lot and appeals to people particularly who aren't as knowledgeable as we, on XDA, are about phones.

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dude, your lag argument is irrelevant. the gs4 doesn't lag on stock android. it lags because of touchwiz. the g2 ui is much more streamlined than touchwiz. there's no hiccups from what I've seen.
why are all the trolls hanging out around here?
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The S4 and G2 lag...I have both and a Nexus 4. Now the N4 never lagged. The G2 animations suck! But the phone is sick. My Fav so far. Plenty of features, great screen,camera and call quality. Speakers suck tho....not loud enough.
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Nexus 4 doesn't lag. Its a great choice if you like to tinker around in the android world. It heats up a lot though. The CPU may soon to be slightly outdated, but since it houses an adreno 320 paired with a 1280x768 resolution, its not gonna have problems running games since its pushing far less pixels than phones such as the GS4, Xperia Z etc. Camera isn't bad, not that good either, although HDR makes up for it and looks really good. iPhones and Windows phones will surely bore this guy. Also GS4 is not the best android phone whatsoever, it may come close, but no. Another great choice would be HTC one Google play edition if you're willing to spend a ton. FYI: Nexus 4 price is lowered if it's in consideration.
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King Shady said:
Lol LG is nowhere near the level of significance of Samsung. Samsung doesn't care what phone or tablet LG comes out with, because they will continue to dominate the mobile industry along with Apple. Like it or not, that's just how it is.
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Strange, you managed to misspell "advertizing and marketing" and instead got word "significance". Samsung wouldn't even catch Apple lest it flood internet advertising with money and Apple digged own grave by issuing "patent suites" against Samsung. It better not.
If Sony tomorrow would spend 15 B in advertising the day after tomorrow everybody will buy himself a Sony Honamy and forget of Samsung, rest assured
I don't care for some significance for somebody as long as my phone flies and works w/o a hitch and doesn't crack in jeans pocket as S4 does and etc
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Both companies also have huge, genius advertising campaigns, so that certainly helps them a lot and appeals to people particularly who aren't as knowledgeable as we, on XDA, are about phones.
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Correct, that's the main and only reason of Samsung became significant.

unfortunately, some of us are stuck on crappy verizon, so a nexus device isn't in our future. the n4 looks sick, yeah and nexus devices hardly ever lag, but honestly, the videos I've seen on the g2 don't look choppy at all like the s4 did when it came out.
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Anywhere I can get the G2 early?
TapaTalked

Z51 said:
Anywhere I can get the G2 early?
TapaTalked
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you can buy the Korean version on eBay from what I heard. That's about it

Thats a ****ty version though right? Like its dumbed down?
TapaTalked

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Thats a ****ty version though right? Like its dumbed down?
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Why you think so? No. It has shrinked 2600mAh instead of 3000mAh in international, but pair of batteries instead of 1, removable back cover and microsd slot. It's international version w/o microSD is dumbed down in fact, and Korean contrary is full-featured

xboxfanj said:
Samsung really wasn't relevant until fairly recently. The Galaxy S was a great phone, but not popular, same goes for the S2. The S3 however was huge and launched Samsung into dominance and made HTC fall. However, the same could easily happen to LG, HTC, or Motorola at any time. All it takes is a couple great phones in a row. Apple had a great first couple iPhones, which made them prominent. Same goes for Samsung, who continues to make great phones, but really aren't exponentially better than the other manufacturers. Both companies also have huge, genius advertising campaigns, so that certainly helps them a lot and appeals to people particularly who aren't as knowledgeable as we, on XDA, are about phones.
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well said. I'm so tired of hearing about how Samsung dominates and everyone's comparing every phone to the s4. honestly the physical button is enough to turn me off to the whole phone. the lgog was good and I'm definitely considering it. I might go the s4 way if I was gonna leave it stock, but like you said about huge advertising divisions and whatnot.. alot of people don't even know you can switch things up with something like a rom. so, baked-in features usually wind up selling a phone.

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Why you think so? No. It has shrinked 2600mAh instead of 3000mAh in international, but pair of batteries instead of 1, removable back cover and microsd slot. It's international version w/o microSD is dumbed down in fact, and Korean contrary is full-featured
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I wasnt aware of that. Ebay wants 1000 ill just wait
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Thank God I didn't wait for the note 4

Jesus what a huge disappointment. I'm so glad I got the g3.... Samsung needs a new team cause its all the same ****..

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Even more retarded

is the 805 a lot better then the 801? I mean even with the gpu bump in real world it cant be that much of a difference.

Alaris said:
is the 805 a lot better then the 801? I mean even with the gpu bump in real world it cant be that much of a difference.
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depends on what you consider "a lot better". The 805 would be a nice bump in battery life and would make things snappier with a QHD screen. Would also see improvement in gaming. Im sure if the G3 came with the 805 people would be complaining less about the battery life. Also it really depends on how the software is utilized with the 805 to see real differences. Considering how bloated touchwiz is i doubt itd feel like a huge difference in performance.

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Jesus what a huge disappointment. I'm so glad I got the g3.... Samsung needs a new team cause its all the same ****..
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+1 And then compare the price!!!!

I completely agree. I almost passed on the G3 to wait for the Note 4, but I'm glad I didn't. If I had, I'd be going to get the G3 today.

The Note Edge looks like it will be a complete nightmare for case makers or anyone that is prone to dropping their phone.

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is the 805 a lot better then the 801? I mean even with the gpu bump in real world it cant be that much of a difference.
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IMO the biggest improvement, beside GPU, is faster memory (2x900mHz, if I recall correctly)

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The Note Edge looks like it will be a complete nightmare for case makers or anyone that is prone to dropping their phone.
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Or people who want to put a screen protector on their phone.

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Or people who want to put a screen protector on their phone.
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That too. In a world full of useless gimmicks, I think Samsung just took the cake with this one...

I quite like the note 4. Just wish they changed the design a bit more, flush back camera and got rid of the physical home button.

I too had a lot of thoughts if I chose poorly by buying the G3 instead of waiting for the note 4 (speaking as a previous note 2 owner)
But c'mon there is nothing special about the note 4...legendary battery life on the note serious?
The note 4 had a 3200mAh battery(Same as the note3) and it will sip the juice more than ever thanks to the 2k screen..so no longer "legendary" battery life...it left with the note 2
Camera? Though I rarely use my phone for photos ( Prefer my much more loved Nikon D7000 )..but the G3 does it all and well.. i do occasionally take some photos in case I don't have my photography gear with me
And the results are pretty good for a phone...
Software?please keep me away from TW
S Pen? I rarely used it with my note 2
CPU / GPU bump? I don't use phone for intense gaming or so...and I believe the 801 SoC is more than enough
I though miss the AMOLED display :\
In a nutshell..I'm perfectly happy with the G3..Although I wish for AOSP Rom for the G3
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I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed

I kind of miss physical buttons. or those capacitive ones on the one plus one. with the option to have either.

You are right about the note 4 being a big disappointment but it's it's better than the G3 lol
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Jiyeon90 said:
You are right about the note 4 being a big disappointment but it's it's better than the G3 lol
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Yeah ill get an edge

Well.. I keep wondering what exactly more people want from a smartphone.
How different can it be? If Samsung increases the size, it looses it's pocket-ability and market share. If they use even more premium materials, it becomes fragile (glass) and weight increases. These would be downgrades.
Design: It's basically a block with a huge screen. There's not many ways you can re-design that. Samsung did add metal to the edges to give a premium feel without weight increases and I think they have done a decent job at that. Remove the front buttons? Sure.. I'm sure many support the idea. But don't forget.. it's Samsung's signature design to have a centre physical button and many people buy Samsung because of that. Just like how Apple has their round button. The advantage is that you get more screen space too.
The dimpled back of the S5 received more negativity and they decided to keep the faux leather texture from N3. Nothing wrong about it. Miles better than glossy materials imho.
Internals: The CPU bump from 800 2.3Ghz to 805 2.7GHhz is very decent. You can't find anything better out there now (maybe except the NV's K1). A 64bit CPU won't do the end-user any good at this point. The screen bump from FHD to QHD is also expected and goes very nicely with the big screen. However, I have to admit that the curved screen edges are kinda sucky, esp if you're gonna apply an SP.
Software: Seriously.. I think the new screen grab function is very neat. No need saving individual pics or text before sharing. The photo taking from notes and handwriting detection is pretty nifty.. not to mention it does keystone correction! Also, a screen grab of a bunch of text will end up as ASCII when you paste it. It does OCR on the fly. Multi tasking is a step closer to windows-like. These are real new features.. not gimmicks unlike the smart-stay, smart-wave, smart hover or whatever.
In summary, I am pretty pleased with the Note4's offering. Beware, I am not a Samsung fanboy. The S5 was a crappy upgrade from the S4, being bigger, uglier and all.. but I would say the Note4 is a decent upgrade from Note3. :good:
Will I be switching to N4? No. I don't need the stylus nor the bigger screen size. Not needing such a device doesn't mean it's bad :silly:
Cheers!

After having a G2 and Flex which I liked both phones a lot I was going to wait for the Note 4. I just wanted something different. I played with a G3 and had to get it. So I'm glad I didn't wait for Note 4. Have a Jump to use and might try iPhone 6 though. Lol

Maybe if Samsung stopped downgrading devices at the same time.
The Note 4 is slightly taller and heavier than the Note 3
They removed USB 3.0 and went back with USB 2.0
The speaker is now on the back instead of the bottom
I agree that there is only so much that can be done, but look at the G3 for instance. They made the bezels as thin as possible compared to other phones, since it's not water resistant like the S5 I don't know what their excuse is for not making the bezels smaller. The battery is basically the same size, every other Note model has had a significant improvement in battery capacity, plus with QHD it's going to be worse just like the G3 is to the G2.
Overall Samsung makes a device that has good specs, but in a shell that is not pleasing to look at and easy to forget, with an OS that is full of so many half-baked features that since they don't work consistently, no one ever uses them. They need to get some new design engineers and take a page out of Apple's attention to every little detail, and either fix or remove most of their features so they actually work.

[DISCUSSION] LG G4 - Upgrading?

so.
Now that you have seen the LG G4 and the specs...
Are you getting it?
Whats your next upgrade?
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Just for those who care.
It seems that many of us G3 users are not impressed by the Specs on the G4 and might hold off on purchasing or upgrading until the G5 release.
Heres the FULL LG G4 release video.
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I'm so getting it! With a leather back but not sure what colour tho. I do hate those lg icons arghhh!!!
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tichyb said:
I'm so getting it! With a leather back but not sure what colour tho. I do hate those lg icons arghhh!!!
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I want the Black or Brown leather. In my opinion looks more premium than glass.

Except for the leather back: where is the great improvement, to move from the g3 to g4??
I haven't seen it/found it yet..

If you feel the xtra millisecond difference is worth spending £££€€€$$$ on by all means. I however, am happy with the G3 if it was a major leap between the G3/G4 then maybe but based on the cost/upgrade theres no point imho. Will wait for the G5. Am sure the leather back will make its way to the G3 at some stage either via 3rd party or LG themselves.

nk7600 said:
If you feel the xtra millisecond difference is worth spending £££€€€$$$ on by all means. I however, am happy with the G3 if it was a major leap between the G3/G4 then maybe but based on the cost/upgrade theres no point imho. Will wait for the G5. Am sure the leather back will make its way to the G3 at some stage either via 3rd party or LG themselves.
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You have a point.
Also, heres the G3 Leather Back Cover.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60096693&postcount=6

It seems there are not too much improvements from G3 to G4, just the camera, yeah the screen is better but I feel fine with the current one, I even would prefer 1080p, I can't see difference between QHD and FHD at this size of screen (I currently change it for FHD resolution for better performance).
I hope we get the LG G4 features on roms for G3.
However, I have phone's contract for 1 year, and mine ends on July, if my carrier offers me the G4 at a good price like they did for G3, then I will upgrade if they doesn't then I will keep my money and maybe buy a newer smartwatch or just save the money for another stuff.

Yes I will get it looks better than S6 plus the camera is crazy
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The ui looks really smooth. Hope LG can port a version for us.
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I'm getting this one just for the camera, but not now maybe a 8 months later.

I would like it too but I'm happy with the G3. I don't use the camera too much. An there are some new feature which maybe are not that grate cuz they just came in. I learned that NEW is not always better. Maybe I'll get it, maybe I'll wait fot G5.

Nah, I don't see why I would spend so much money on marginal improvements. I do believe that the G4 is better in almost every way but the G3 is still a great device.
I do hope that LG will port their renewed software to the G3 although they didn't really do it for the G2... Again, I thank the dev community for providing us with great software. Without them I would have hated the G3 experience (I just didn't liked the stock software...)

ingoljosh said:
You have a point.
Also, heres the G3 Leather Back Cover.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60096693&postcount=6
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That's not leather. It's rugged plastic. It's a LG cover (not a battery cover). I have one in black.

I think the only worry I have now with the G4 being announced/released is with updates?. LG has been really good at the moment with releasing updates for our G3's but... Am sure we will now be last with future updates .
Having watched a number of videos of the G4, the only major change is the camera imho. It also appears that the screen is less sharp?. Like I stated in my previous post, the jump from the G3 to G4 isn't big enough to warrant a upgrade.. For me at least anyway.
Lets just see how LG fair with updates for a "old" device?!.

If the processor was 810 I'd think of upgrading in the future but 808 still better but not that big deal for me. There are other good improvements but G3 does the job perfectly fine and I'm sticking with it!

Waiting for a renewed nexus 5, (hoping to see something at Google I/O). The G3 is a good device, but N5's form factor suits me best, in addition to performance and fluidness of stock android.

Well i think its not worth the upgrade. I mean the cam is really impressive+the improvements on screen (brighter +quantum display) but G3 is perfect for now, screen is really good perfomance too plus we have roms ,mods to improve it even more so i dont think i ll bother buying it.Maybe after some months when the price is lower.... maybe..

i believe the leap from UX 3.0 to 4.0 is not that significant
but i am tempted by the camera and the screen - as much as i love my G3, i too still find that the screen could've been britghter for my liking

For me, probably not.
I'm not taken by the new changes to the design, or the slight increase in specs. I cant justify spending a fortune for it when I'm perfectly happy with my G3. Pretty much as everyone above says really, but I'll hold out. :angel:

Only if
Why didn't LG get it upgrade to 4gb RAM !
If got 4gb Ram i upgrade it today if already on sales