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[Q] For ex-Nexus S owners: How do you feel about your Atrix?

I'm interested in your impressions as ex-Nexus S users when you made the switch to the Atrix. I'm struggling between both phones myself.
The way I see it, Nexus S with the new kernels and ROMs is faster and smoother than the Atrix in real-life use. Also, the SAMOLED display seems better than the qHD display. Finally, with the Nexus S I'll be the first to get Ice Cream when it hits in two months, while the Atrix will get it when Motorola decides to finish it, in maybe 10 months... so I'll be missing out on Gtalk video chat and GPU acceleration, not to mention the many games that need to be updated to run on the Atrix (e.g reckless driving, gameloft 3D suite...etc)
However, with the Atrix, I can play the new Tegra Zone games, have a fingerprint unlock option, and 720p (upgradeable to 1080p) video shooting (the Nexus S only shoots 480p).
So, what's your impression?

Keep your Nexus S then. Atrix is still no ready after using.
The colors of the LCD aren't correct. Yellow looks greenish lime.
Camera is pretty pink when in door. High resolution doesn't mean quality video nor photos. IPhone 4 is the best in overall performance. Built in HDR simple fast shooting without going menu after menu. You want menu and configuration download apps from app store. Android is still always beta to me. Google are letting you guys to pay as beta testers.
I own captivate atrix Samsung focus and iPhone. Android hacks are mostly trying to catch-up on good experience on par of what iOs has designed well
If you want freedom jailbreak. But I think Android is mostly a toy rather than productive device for some serious work. CITRIX works perfectly on Atrix and iOS with HDMI out now. Now that's some serious work.
Finally backup and restore. That's totally a joke on Android devices. Without rooting you can't backup and restore the apps and you can't easily syn with the computers. Only Geeks and developers are able to do the backup restore via titanium backup while iOS is a click and work and you can go back to concentrate on your research or work. Screw android in that area.
ANDROID is still toy and iOS is the mainstream quality assurance.
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I've had both. The thing that made me put the nexus s for sale is that I couldn't use 3g on at&t. It was only edge. If a 3g versjon for att came out I may have to second guess myself. Another thing that really bothers me about the atrix after using it for only 24 hrs (I got it yesterday) is the font icons and everything seem abnormally small. Maybe its just me but I've used every android phone on att and tmobile and the nexus s and atrix both have 4" screens but look at the tiny atrix font. It bothers me and I can't find a hack or anything to change it. That being said I used the webtop hack last night and it was awsome being able to watch hulu and browse the web on my 55" led with no problems. Also the fingerprint reader ii exremely convenient and battery life is great also. I went from nexus s to inspire 4g and now atrix... and honestaly they all have their great points and I can't decide between the three. Its all about what you'll use it for I guess. if the atrix had sense ui it would be perfect.
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Square, I wish you would stop calling it a beta. If you're going to bash Android, especially the Atrix in, why are you on these forums?
Most of us have had or own an iOS device, or have used one extensively. We don't need you here preaching to us about how amazing it is because you can use iTunes to back it up. Whoopdy damn dooie. Also, the OP didn't ask about how good iOS is compared to Android. He wants to how we feel about the Atrix
To the OP:
I haven't owned a Nexus S, but my brother-in-law does, and I've had a chance to use it thoroughly. I love my Atrix compared to it. Just keep in mind that this one of Moto's newest devices. This isn't a Google Experience phone. Moto has promised that they would deliver a response to our bootloader situation, but we'll see. If updates really mean that much to you, than this might not be the phone for you. Again, keep in mind this phone was only released less than a month ago.
As for the display, it looks and feels great to me. I don't notice any off-greens like some people say. Might be because I'm not looking for imperfections as closely as they are. I came from a 3GS, so any newer display will look better than that xD
One of the major selling points were the docks. I bought the car dock and HD dock when I purchased the phone. I'm going to go pick up a laptop dock later on when I go to buy the Inspire. Now that'll get you some looks from your co-workers or classmates
Once again, if you desire custom ROMs, then I'd buy elsewhere for now. I'm going to purchase an Inspire and the laptop dock tomorrow when I go to the AT&T store as my backup phone, which I'm free to modify however I want.
And like an above poster stated, no 3G on AT&T with the S.

jthornton71707 said:
I've had both. The thing that made me put the nexus s for sale is that I couldn't use 3g on at&t. It was only edge. If a 3g versjon for att came out I may have to second guess myself. Another thing that really bothers me about the atrix after using it for only 24 hrs (I got it yesterday) is the font icons and everything seem abnormally small. Maybe its just me but I've used every android phone on att and tmobile and the nexus s and atrix both have 4" screens but look at the tiny atrix font. It bothers me and I can't find a hack or anything to change it. That being said I used the webtop hack last night and it was awsome being able to watch hulu and browse the web on my 55" led with no problems. Also the fingerprint reader ii exremely convenient and battery life is great also. I went from nexus s to inspire 4g and now atrix... and honestaly they all have their great points and I can't decide between the three. Its all about what you'll use it for I guess. if the atrix had sense ui it would be perfect.
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the Atrix has the highest resolution screen of any Android phone to date and in the near future. Thats why fonts are smaller. There are some screen res programs you can use to increase font sizes I believe...

squarejp said:
bunch of useless android bashing and ios fellating.
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Why are you even here if you just bash Android and talk up iOS?

squarejp said:
Keep your Nexus S then. Atrix is still no ready after using.
The colors of the LCD aren't correct. Yellow looks greenish lime.
Camera is pretty pink when in door. High resolution doesn't mean quality video nor photos. IPhone 4 is the best in overall performance. Built in HDR simple fast shooting without going menu after menu. You want menu and configuration download apps from app store. Android is still always beta to me. Google are letting you guys to pay as beta testers.
I own captivate atrix Samsung focus and iPhone. Android hacks are mostly trying to catch-up on good experience on par of what iOs has designed well
If you want freedom jailbreak. But I think Android is mostly a toy rather than productive device for some serious work. CITRIX works perfectly on Atrix and iOS with HDMI out now. Now that's some serious work.
Finally backup and restore. That's totally a joke on Android devices. Without rooting you can't backup and restore the apps and you can't easily syn with the computers. Only Geeks and developers are able to do the backup restore via titanium backup while iOS is a click and work and you can go back to concentrate on your research or work. Screw android in that area.
ANDROID is still toy and iOS is the mainstream quality assurance.
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You're probably not a very smart guy, are you?
Rooting different Android phones really ins't that hard. If you think you need to be a geek or dev to root and install Titanium Backup, you may actually be quite stupid.
Anyways, the truth is, you can be a five years old and work an Iphone easily. For Android, IMO, it's easy too, but you do have to know a little more of what you are doing and be decently smart in order to be able to do neat stuff on it, and really make it the way you want it. If you made it through middle school, you should be able to find out in less then an hour how to root your phone, epically with guides that explain with step by step instructions how...
So, my guess with you is either one, you don't own an Android phone, or two, you're in middle school.
And what the hell is wrong with your grammar? It looks to me you're Chinese and translated your trolling to English.

Do you know of any? I can't find anything at all
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Next android

Hi on the grapevine..
Ive heard googles next android will be named frozen doughnut
Htc will also stop producing android phones from 2014 due to being the best at making them..with sense onboard
Blackberry are going out of buisness..nokia is rumoured to be interested apparently designing a new os named blacknok
In 2019...apple will apparently launch a good iphone
Only jesting,good night
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yup yup and all iPhones will run android froyo 2034 onwards

Lol
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arknailed7754 said:
Hi on the grapevine..
In 2019...apple will apparently launch a good iphone
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Sounds legitimate..

lol...probably you are right..eheh

I heard the next iPhone will run iOS69 and the new android would be called Jelly bean.
lulz

jelly donut, jelly bean ???????/

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iphones have a lot to answer for,i had this discussion with someone the other day though who has iphone 4..
the end of the arguement was
iphones for people who want an easy phone,everythings ready to go out of the box..easy to use and dont really need to do much(so sheep if we are getting down to it)
android is for geeks.Android phones are pretty simple as well but then taken up a level to development of the o/s
ios isnt open source,bit like a heavily guarded fortress..just in case someone actually does something to it..that makes people want to stop buying every version they release whilst the actualy operating system hardly changes... lol
xda is a pure reflection of...a geek loving site.

Don't forget that the iPhone is also for games..
But imo the smart thing to do is to get yourself an iPad gaming purposes, and pack an Android for everything else
Well I'm a geek and a tech junkie, and no other mobile OS has been able to deliver the flexibility nor the customization like Android..

xbiggyl said:
Well I'm a geek and a tech junkie, and no other mobile OS has been able to deliver the flexibility nor the customization like Android..
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Same here.
I really love my Android for its flexibility and usability.
I can do so much with it, my girlfriend is jealous on my phone

What I'll be looking for when i decide to replace my dhd are the following:
-Improved battery life
-Quad core
-SAMOLED at least 4"
-Min. 16GB internal memory with memory card slot
-Physical qwerty keyboard (i just prefer a slide-out keyboard)
-Front-facing cam
I know I'm being too demanding--and maybe too optimistic--but imo the specs above can easily be packed into the next HTC..
What do you think?
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xbiggyl said:
What I'll be looking for when i decide to replace my dhd are the following:
-Improved battery life
-Quad core
-SAMOLED at least 4"
-Min. 16GB internal memory with memory card slot
-Physical qwerty keyboard (i just prefer a slide-out keyboard)
-Front-facing cam
I know I'm being too demanding--and maybe too optimistic--but imo the specs above can easily be packed into the next HTC..
What do you think?
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Well, i still couldn't decide what's for after DHD.. Damn, this phone is already 2 years old and still lots of thing happenning for this phone. Thinking about keeping it for another 1-2 years.
Well, i love galaxy note, but at the same time, i hate the plastic feels. i love iphone4, but the OS sux..
Maybe a 5" screen with aluminium unibody design that's all it takes. Single core or multi core, i don't care, as long as it's snappy.
Still loving my DHD though.

The Dhd isn't old at all..I wouldn't even class the desire old be honest...only classed ad old because New phones released all the time so its phone life in commercial not actual phone life!
Having a LG cookie is being old or tocco...etc
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Are you thinking of changing phone for a nexus?

I like my sgs3 but I'm thinking of maybe changing to the new nexus.
The basic reasons are:
- IPS LCD display (if it has one like the rumors show). Amoled is clearly a second class display nowadays. Before it was good, but now... today I compared it to the LCD IPS of the iPhone 4S and I was impressed with the white backgrounds. On the SGS3 they look terrible on comparison, just terrible. There is also a notice difference in brightness and visibility outdoors.
- This whole problem with Samsung not releasing the info, codes and stuff of the exynoss processor is making it difficult for stock roms to become better. There is actually not that many interesting roms or tweaks available for the SGS3. Most roms are based on Samsung's. The nexus is obviously gonna have some really cool stuff and tweaks.
- Better optimization of software. Project butter on the SGS3 right now is a shame. I'm hoping on the next update they make it better. It's still a beta firmware so let's wait, but I don't trust Samsung that much.
Three basic reasons. Of course, not saying the SGS3 is a bad phone, but I expect better, specially software wise.

Sensamic said:
I like my sgs3 but I'm thinking of maybe changing to the new nexus.
The basic reasons are:
- IPS LCD display (if it has one like the rumors show). Amoled is clearly a second class display nowadays. Before it was good, but now... today I compared it to the LCD IPS of the iPhone 4S and I was impressed with the white backgrounds. On the SGS3 they look terrible on comparison, just terrible. There is also a notice difference in brightness and visibility outdoors.
- This whole problem with Samsung not releasing the info, codes and stuff of the exynoss processor is making it difficult for stock roms to become better. There is actually not that many interesting roms or tweaks available for the SGS3. Most roms are based on Samsung's. The nexus is obviously gonna have some really cool stuff and tweaks.
- Better optimization of software. Project butter on the SGS3 right now is a shame. I'm hoping on the next update they make it better. It's still a beta firmware so let's wait, but I don't trust Samsung that much.
Three basic reasons. Of course, not saying the SGS3 is a bad phone, but I expect better, specially software wise.
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1 more thing u miss, a 8gb and non-sd card slot.
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The new nexus 2 still be having sd card slot.
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There is no SD card slot in the sgs3??
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1 more thing u miss, a 8gb and non-sd card slot.
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Yeah, I know. Not great obviously, but storage alone is not enough if you lack the other three I mentioned, like more tweaks, better roms and such.
Oh, I forgot another little reason:
- There is no in line spell checker on Samsungs touchwiz rom. In stock Android a red line appears before any misspelled word, but Samsung doesn't have this. The reason? Who knows... but I really need that feature because I type a lot on the phone.

Sensamic said:
Yeah, I know. Not great obviously, but storage alone is not enough if you lack the other three I mentioned, like more tweaks, better roms and such.
Oh, I forgot another little reason:
- There is no in line spell checker on Samsungs touchwiz rom. In stock Android a red line appears before any misspelled word, but Samsung doesn't have this. The reason? Who knows... but I really need that feature because I type a lot on the phone.
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The phone should be 32gb at least. If not I won't buy it until it had 32gb.
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Sorry, but the Nexus will never be a high-end phone. It's supposed to be somewhat affordable. Although considered a good value and pure Android, it won't possess the higher-end specs like the Galaxy S or HTC One series will. Which Nexus are you going to get? There are like 6 coming out next year. LG maybe?

jinosong said:
Sorry, but the Nexus will never be a high-end phone. It's supposed to be somewhat affordable. Although considered a good value and pure Android, it won't possess the higher-end specs like the Galaxy S or HTC One series will. Which Nexus are you going to get? There are like 6 coming out next year. LG maybe?
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Next year nexus, android 5.0. Sweet
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w1nter456 said:
1 more thing u miss, a 8gb and non-sd card slot.
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This was just a prototype . Official woukd have minimum 16 gb
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jinosong said:
Sorry, but the Nexus will never be a high-end phone. It's supposed to be somewhat affordable. Although considered a good value and pure Android, it won't possess the higher-end specs like the Galaxy S or HTC One series will. Which Nexus are you going to get? There are like 6 coming out next year. LG maybe?
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I've come to realize more powerful hardware is not essential. What use is there for quad core if project butter is half baked and developers cannot use all its horsepower because of lack of documentation from Samsung? It's way better to have dual core optimised, just like the nexus will do be it dual or quad core. Software must be optimised or quad core means nothing.
I would buy the one with LCD IPS display clearly. I think it's the best display right now, very bright and whites look great.

Sensamic said:
I like my sgs3 but I'm thinking of maybe changing to the new nexus.
The basic reasons are:
- IPS LCD display (if it has one like the rumors show). Amoled is clearly a second class display nowadays. Before it was good, but now... today I compared it to the LCD IPS of the iPhone 4S and I was impressed with the white backgrounds. On the SGS3 they look terrible on comparison, just terrible. There is also a notice difference in brightness and visibility outdoors.
- This whole problem with Samsung not releasing the info, codes and stuff of the exynoss processor is making it difficult for stock roms to become better. There is actually not that many interesting roms or tweaks available for the SGS3. Most roms are based on Samsung's. The nexus is obviously gonna have some really cool stuff and tweaks.
- Better optimization of software. Project butter on the SGS3 right now is a shame. I'm hoping on the next update they make it better. It's still a beta firmware so let's wait, but I don't trust Samsung that much.
Three basic reasons. Of course, not saying the SGS3 is a bad phone, but I expect better, specially software wise.
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Only thing I like with the nexus, would be the faster updates (yes I do use custom roms).
Another thing I can't really stand seeing users who say that stock android is better bla bla. Have you ever compared stock androids camera (aosp) vs samsungs one? You might dislike the template/colour scheme of touchwiz, but from a functionality point of view, samsungs software is way ahead of stock android. (even aokp, cm etc etc) eg, camera, task manager on home long press, clock app, better messaging app, contacts app etc, direct call, smart alert, smart stay (better than not having the option)

Sensamic said:
I've come to realize more powerful hardware is not essential. What use is there for quad core if project butter is half baked and developers cannot use all its horsepower because of lack of documentation from Samsung? It's way better to have dual core optimised, just like the nexus will do be it dual or quad core. Software must be optimised or quad core means nothing.
I would buy the one with LCD IPS display clearly. I think it's the best display right now, very bright and whites look great.
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Butter shouldn't be the goal of the phone. Functionality clearly trumps it. For example, playing a complex game or watching a high resolution movie is where you'll see high-end hardware really shine. As for IPS, I foresee Samsung shedding that very soon in future models.
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I can't really stand would be users who say that stock android is better bla bla.
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I agree that some of Samsung's modifications are really useful. I used an S3 then tried a Nexus for the first time and I couldn't stand the simplified options menu of the device.

Not interested in Nexus devices. Apart from faster software updates, I still can't see any better features Nexus can offer to consumers compare to OEM devices.
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Yes my next phone would be a Nexus... I like the default android launcher and fast update on Android OS. Less stress cause by waiting and TouchWiz bugs.
I would sacrifice having no SD card slot if that's the case. I just want the next nexus to have a quad core and 2GB of RAM and a 32GB of storage would be fine with me.

if the price is right, i'll get the LG nexus phone to replace my S3
i'm always on AOSP rom. no point S3 when there's always something not working on stock android.

No sdcard slot = no go!
If it had a sdcard slot, I'd definitely go for it. It seems to solve all the problems of SGS3.

When the new Lumia 920 is there, i'll go for it.\
Im getting tired of android, the flashing, the custom ROMS.
None of it is without lagg, so i'm gonna try Windows Phone 8

No. The Nexus series of phones will never have a microSD slot 'cause Google do not think they're needed (along with file managers - with the Android trait of leaving leftover **** on the SD when uninstalling applications, yeah right). Despite already nearly filling up both my 16GB internal + 32GB microSD card, I'd - grudgingly - live with the loss of a microSD card slot but rumours say that the memory of the new LG Nexus is either 8GB/16GB in order to push Google's **** cloud services. Not only do I feel it's more futuristic that I can carry huge amounts of files on a tiny microSD card without having to be tied to the Internet, Google Music doesn't officially work this side of the pond and even if it did I don't have the data allowance to always be streaming - and, in my case, I don't get mobile phone signal for a couple hours a day...
LG have been told to make the next Nexus. Luckily, I never bought the useless doorstop known as the Optimus 2X, but ask around and owners will generally tell you it sucks thanks to its feature of randomly rebooting throughout your day, on the stock firmware doing nothing. LG Canada also said no to ICS for the phone - we're talking about the first Android dual-core phone and LG's flagship. Thankfully, Google will be operating the update side of things so this won't be an issue with the Nexus, but I'll be damned if I ever buy an LG phone (4x has a locked bootloader, for example. Again not a problem on the Nexus, but another reason why I'll never consider LG).
I want to (well, try to) punch a wall when I say this, but odds are I'll be getting a Sony phone when they release a phone with specs worthy of the month of the year they're announcing it in. (In short, I want a quad-core, Sony, not excitement over the fact that the T is - finally - your first dual-core) I'll never forgive them for the Vita but with phones, they seem to have it right so no point in cutting my nose off in order to spite my face. Everybody knows of Code Aurora, but Sony do release binaries for those things they don't/can't open the source of to make it easier for those who want to run AOSP-based ROMs, unlocking the bootloader can be done through a website of theirs (and there's no bollocks like S-ON to deal with), Entropy512 says they release the code of some of their own things that they don't need to - nothing groundbreaking but very helpful to AOSP ROM maintainers etc. and they've posted on XDA in order to promote their open-source software to help developers (there's a post from a Sony Ericsson employee somewhere on XDA talking about their program that wraps apktool and others to for a better decompiling experience... god I sound like a shill).
I've also seen them contribute fixes to upstream software. Take D-Bus. On a GNU/Linux desktop it's an open-source program used mainly by the KDE & GNOME desktops (and by a ton of freedesktop.org programs like the upower daemon) as a way for programs to communicate with each other. (Sorry for the awful attempt at an explanation) On Android it's there too, probably because BlueZ, which provides the Bluetooth stack, needs it. Applications can't use it on Android but if dbus-daemon is happy then BlueZ is too. On the DBus mailing list, I would see posts by Sony Ericsson employees working on Android trying to find out why X operation was slow and, in some cases, providing fixes themselves. This is a great approach as it means not only DBus-using Linux desktops get a more stable piece of software because Sony chose to submit directly to the people who wrote the the program, it also means that other Android phones that run the version of dbus-daemon with Sony's fixes also benefit. JBQ of Google also put the Arc S device tree into AOSP - the first non-Nexus phone - because (if I'm remembering right) Sony were always friendly to AOSP and were contributing.
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won't
waiting s4

As a previous owner of the original sgs1 and currently have the nexus s I recently had to decide on my new smartphone. I discounted the nexus pretty quickly because, frankly I found the nexus s boring. The nexus line will always be good but never great. Lack of storage and no sd card is a killer. The only - admittedly considerable - thing going for the nexus range is early access to latest firmware. That's it. The galaxy s range are sexy and leading edge. That's where each new model is aimed and that's what Samsung achieve
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How is the nexus 4

Hi I've been looking into getting a nexus 4 for a while I just want to know what are the ups and downs of it, I've looked through a bit of the thread and haven't really seen anything bad, just wanting to know how the device is and such not too worried about any custom software glitches or anything. Thanks
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deathblade said:
Hi I've been looking into getting a nexus 4 for a while I just want to know what are the ups and downs of it, I've looked through a bit of the thread and haven't really seen anything bad, just wanting to know how the device is and such not too worried about any custom software glitches or anything. Thanks
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Well, I don't think you can get that performance for that money in any other phone atm.
The sound is a little low, although I've seen fixes for that if it bothers you. The camera is average for a modern smartphone. As is the battery life.
Big plus: Always having the latest updates. Also, the Support should last quite a while.
What else...I like the NFC technology and playing around with tags. Easier than I thought, too.
Looking into buying a QI charger atm. Being able to use those is another nice feature.
Then there is the look of the back Of course that's only good for something when you don't hide it in a bumper or case.
You can't get anything better if you're on a tight budget imho. :good:

danielms22 said:
Well, I don't think you can get that performance for that money in any other phone atm.
The sound is a little low, although I've seen fixes for that if it bothers you. The camera is average for a modern smartphone. As is the battery life.
Big plus: Always having the latest updates. Also, the Support should last quite a while.
What else...I like the NFC technology and playing around with tags. Easier than I thought, too.
Looking into buying a QI charger atm. Being able to use those is another nice feature.
Then there is the look of the back Of course that's only good for something when you don't hide it in a bumper or case.
You can't get anything better if you're on a tight budget imho. :good:
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Thank you for the insight, sadly as much as i would love to be an owner of one of these great devices i have no budget (as in no income) but heres hoping i get a job soon so get one, before the nexus 5 comes out and no longer can get a nexus 4

I lovetheNexus 4. True other phones have better hardware. But you get it for the same price you pay for one of the other phones on a 2 year contract. I enjoy the freedom.
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I'm kinda bored with this phone

The subject basically says what I am thinking. This is a great phone, don't get me wrong, but it's kind of boring.
I was looking at the fingerprint scanner on the $6 and it looks pretty cool, especially how it logs you into websites with it's browser.
Anyone else bored with this phone?

dspcap said:
The subject basically says what I am thinking. This is a great phone, don't get me wrong, but it's kind of boring.
I was looking at the fingerprint scanner on the $6 and it looks pretty cool, especially how it logs you into websites with it's browser.
Anyone else bored with this phone?
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That's cool and all but I never used the fingerprint scanner. I have both devices. And what I prefer over the S6 is of course the changeable battery and also the SD card. Plus the fact that this phone has more potential for development. CM and bliss pop will be here any day. The S6 hasn't had much action in that division.
The LG UI is a nice change from touchwiz has been my main UI since the S2. I think I'm about to sell my S6.
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That's cool and all but I never used the fingerprint scanner. I have both devices. And what I prefer over the S6 is of course the changeable battery and also the SD card. Plus the fact that this phone has more potential for development. CM and bliss pop will be here any day. The S6 hasn't had much action in that division.
The LG UI is a nice change from touchwiz has been my main UI since the S2. I think I'm about to sell my S6.
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That's a good point about blisspop. So out of your two phones, you prefer the S6?

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That's a good point about blisspop. So out of your two phones, you prefer the S6?
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He just said he was about to sell it, so I'm going with no....

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I mistyped....
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Lol All good.

I'm betting this is not the first time you've become bored with your phone. I know for me, I get bored with every phone I own after a few months with them. Some quicker than others. The Nexus line of phones seem to keep me interested the longest. I get a new phone every 6 months and still get bored

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That's a good point about blisspop. So out of your two phones, you prefer the S6?
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Lol. Right now I prefer the G4. Again this is my opinion after using Samsung phones for so long. Do you want my S6 ? [emoji14]
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have been a sammy user with S, S2, S3 and Note3
nice with a change to G4, and as other says, LG's UI is much better than TW.
Now i just wait for bliss, CM to arrive! soon the fun will begin!

dspcap said:
The subject basically says what I am thinking. This is a great phone, don't get me wrong, but it's kind of boring.
I was looking at the fingerprint scanner on the $6 and it looks pretty cool, especially how it logs you into websites with it's browser.
Anyone else bored with this phone?
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Nope, not at all. I hate fingerprint scanners, as I am not willing to give any more personal information to the rest of the world as I am already am by using a smartphone. For what benefit? There is a plethora of other ways to unlock your phone and since 5.1 they work great for me. The LG G4 has what I want from a phone, a great screen, great camera and a removable battery and sd card slot.
Especially the battery and the missing sd card slot is a deal breaker for me. So the S6 was never really an option. Although the leather option really looks nice and works in day to day use, while glass on a phone is a very dumb idea. I can not count how many times I did replace the back of my girl friends Sony Z3.
LG has of course some things to fix, but the overall concept of the phone is great. Samsung? Not so much!

I want to love my LGG4 but I am having the occasional vertical screen split issue and I am hesitating to get a refurb replacement with my TEP. If I were to trade it in (if even possible) I would go with the Note 5. My kid just got one and it is nice. Real nice! ...and no issues so far!

dspcap said:
The subject basically says what I am thinking. This is a great phone, don't get me wrong, but it's kind of boring.
I was looking at the fingerprint scanner on the $6 and it looks pretty cool, especially how it logs you into websites with it's browser.
Anyone else bored with this phone?
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I came across your thread while surfing.. I am a G2 user from past 1 and half year. You know what I am still not bored with it. Infact I got bored with my nexus 4 in same amount of time just because of plain boring vanilla android. [emoji12]
Just love my G2. Running Cloudy 3.3 rom which is a G4 port.. Loving it.
Thinking to upgrade to G4 just for the dual Sim and SD slot.
Regarding s6 it's battery ? life is not that good.
You have a great phone man just love it. [emoji4]
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How do you get bored with a phone? It's just a tool. Do you get bored with a hammer?
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Im one to switch phones every 6 months but this is my first Lg phone and so far its been a great experience. The camera is just ridiculous and the ui dosent bother me near as much as touchwiz. Im happy with my nexus 6 and g4, ill be certain to get the g5 next year if its a huge upgrade.
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I absolutely love this phone. The aspect of having removable battery and an sd card slot was the reason I bought this phone and has not regretted it. Now the only thing missing is an unlockable bootloader. But a least we have root for now so I m quite satisfied.
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As card slot, removable battery, amazing display and camera front facing and rear, really selfies look much better on this phone. Also feels much better in the hand than any of the s6 line, also love the minimally intrusive ux ui, closest thing to stock you can get on any of the flagships, exception of moto pure.
Fingerprint scanner can't replace the bennifits of this phone.

chrisrozon said:
How do you get bored with a phone? It's just a tool. Do you get bored with a hammer?
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You're right.
I think it tells a lot about the instability of some people, not just with phones but with everything in general. Some don't know how to be content .
I used to desire wanting a phone and other things so bad and then when I get that thing I felt "bored" after a while and then realized that this will happen with EVERY phone/laptop/car/technology/house/location/etc..
We just have to learn to be content and not let a phone/everything earthly thing be our idol.
See the benefit in what we have and look forward to living our lives.
That fingerprint on the S6 will make the OP "bored" after a while too.
If you're not happy with something because it is defective or too large / too small for you, that's a different issue.
G4 is great but I find it a bit too big because of the bottom bezel preventing me from holding it sometimes. But I still enjoy the phone a lot when I use it.

chrisrozon said:
How do you get bored with a phone? It's just a tool. Do you get bored with a hammer?
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Because hammer is a simple tool. You don't use it everyday, you don't take it everywhere with you (showing to others is also important lol)
Sometimes you can feel better with phone that runs worse but look better and vice versa. I used note 4 for 2 weeks. I loved it despite the speed not being that great. But it had some serious issues with 3g signal and mobile data was very slow, often no connection at all while traveling. (shiny metal frame also looked ugly after 2 weeks)
I switched to Z3. Great phone in almost every aspect. But it became boring in its perfection of every day usage. However camera was a lot better on Note 4 I knew it and missed it when looking at photos and videos (especially in low light).
I feel like I was always looking for phone that has everything. Yesterday I used S6 edge plus for a while and I'm impressed so far. Looks amazing, camera is superb in auto and also has every manual options that g4 has (normal s6 has no shutter speed control, but I wanted to learn how to play with night shots). Speed and battery life is easily fixed (but so far looked good) with debloating software. But guys the price xD.
I tried to summarize it but it's hard, because I considered Z3 as the best phone I've ever used and everything changed in one day when the back glass cracked itself and Sony didn't want to repair it under warranty. Btw. Sony claims that their phones are no longer waterproof and you shouldn't take them underwater.
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I just miss SMemo and the Samsung camera software. If this phone had all the incredible camera options along with it's high def camera and the unmatched SMemo, this phone would be the best available without question.
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I have the Sprint variant and just wish the bootloader was unlocked so I could flash ROMs. I love the phone tho.