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Nexus 5 or Note 2?

Nexus 5 released a day back and the specs are not that bad if we see. Now this has given rise to a hunger of having an official google product in me. I use my note 2 like crazy and love it too but I want to see how it feels having a nexus device.
Storage is one thing that still makes me think of retaining my Note 2. I dont use SPen much either. Nexus 5 looks strong on paper and its tempting me. Is it advisable to sell my Note 2 off and get a Nexus 5?

I am in same situation but specs are really a boost from note 2 but major flaws of nexus 5 are storage and battery life....though I really want to see the display comparison....is the nexus 5 display better than note 2's...I know its 1080p compared to 720p but I really saw some 1080p display looking worse than 720p's like xperia z1....
I will wait for some reviews and then will decide is it worth to upgrade..

The Nexus 5 compared to Note 2 , looks like cheep, plastic, smaller and non Spen device.
Next Move will bring us to Note 4.
And the answer is no way to abandon my Note 2.

Performance on the Nexus 5 will be superior. That Snapdragon 800 screams.
The main issue is battery life. A petty 2300mha battery for a 5 inch 1080p display... It's going to suck.

Screen is slightly smaller with more pixels. But it won't be as jumping with colors as it's an LCD type screen vs our AMOLED screens which pop with colors.
The performance will be much better on the Nexus 5. Better processor. Same RAM. Better GPU. More FREE ram at boot.
Now, if I didn't have the Note 2 and I were to buy a new device, I'd get the Nexus 5. But I think the Note 2 is superior FOR MY USAGE. The SPen helps a lot, and the extra screen is great. The screen is plenty packed with pixels for my usage, too. The 2GB ram is great. In fact, the Note 3 having 3GB isn't an upgrade as you have LESS FREE RAM AT BOOT than the Note 2! WTF Samsung! haha. Anyways, RAM is taken care of by the Android OS. But Samsung takes up too much ram to begin with.
With Nexus devices you won't have that issue, as there is nothing at boot extra. It's only Android processes. So it should run much more smoothly. My Note 2 does stutter or lag a little every once in a while, but it doesn't bother me in the slightest.
I don't know... Battery life on both devices are different. Smaller with updated processors vs bigger battery with less efficient display & processor? I don't know... Wait for some battery tests? Regardless, I've never killed my Note 2 in 18 hours except for my vacation days where I'm on a bus or train for 5-6 hours then I get it down a nice amount.

i was also thinking into a change to a nexus but the battery definitely make me consider having my note a year more. i bought the note for screen and battery and mexus doesn't win at any. moreover i dt know any game yet that doesn't run smoothly in the note and the screen difference is not that noticeable since my cousin has a 1080p screen and mine seems to be better also for him.
my 2 cents
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of course Nexus 5. Note 2 will get its last update with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. But you will have many updates with Nexus 5. If you are not a traveller person, don't think about battery life. Buy 32 gb model and live your days good.

nidhish91 said:
Nexus 5 released a day back and the specs are not that bad if we see. Now this has given rise to a hunger of having an official google product in me. I use my note 2 like crazy and love it too but I want to see how it feels having a nexus device.
Storage is one thing that still makes me think of retaining my Note 2. I dont use SPen much either. Nexus 5 looks strong on paper and its tempting me. Is it advisable to sell my Note 2 off and get a Nexus 5?
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Non removable battery (instant deal killer right there for me), small and non expandable storage (32GB vs the 80GB total on my Note II), small display (even smaller than its 5" since part of that space is taken up by the virtual buttons), no S-Pen, no Samsung SW features like MultiWindow = for a poweruser they don't even play in the same league.
Samsung is doing something very stupid with the Region Lock and something less stupid but that is pissing powerusers and geeks off with the Knox warranty status but the (sad) truth is that the Note III is the ONLY smartphone out there today which I would replace my Note II with. ANYTHING else is INFERIOR to my Note II.

I gass you have very big hands to use note 3 like phone lol
Ive got note 2 yesterday and one nexus 4
Sorry but that clean android isnt for me. I prefer samsung and htc devices....not nexus
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I will get a Nexus 5 for sure to replace my backup phone HTC HD2, and will also keep my Note II forever!! unless otherwise Samsung smoehow try to screw it up with an dubious update,(yes I don't trust them anymore),I've played with a Note 3 at the store but didn't find it much an upgrade to my existing Note II.

I`d go with nexus 5..coming from note 2 user!!

julzz said:
The Nexus 5 compared to Note 2 , looks like cheep, plastic
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Yea lol my Note 2's high quality aluminum construction looks so much better
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I've bought n5 and my only worry is battery. I'll tell you in a few days.
I'm happy with N2 but love nexus flavor.
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Well, If I were to buy a new phone and the Playstore sold hardware in my country, I'd seriously consider the Nexus 5.
But as an upgrade to Note 2? No way. Sure, it will run circles around the Note in the performance department... but I find that for my use, the Note's performance is sufficient (even though it lags now and then). Even for games, the lower res mens that pretty much everything runs smooth so far. And the lower res doesn't really bother me, as I find the screen of the Note 2 absolutely fantastic... better then that of HTC One, IMVHO. Xperias just can't compare. Sure some text zoomed out can be a tad sharper on 1080p, but otherwise the screen on the Note 2 is just gorgeous.
The S-Pen is usefull... especially for extending menus while browsing the web. That's one unique functionality that only a handfull of phones has and means that some webpages can only be browsed with these devices. Other tricks like video or gallery highlight thumbs are neat as well. And it's good for Excel editing too, especially during a meeting (otherwise it's quite difficult in a zoomed out view - only view in which you actually see a reasonable amount of data).
Storage? For me 16+64 GB is barely enough. Actually scratch that, 16GB internal is definately NOT enough (a bit more than 10 GB available...). I hope an update can allow me to use the external memory for apps. My memory card is almost full as well. So 32 GB altogether? No thanks (even with less bloat).
Battery? It's decent on the Note 2, but I wouldn't call it a stellar performer. So here we have a battery that's smaller by almost a third? And not removable too? I'll pass, thank you.
Plus, does the Nexus 5 even have the USB OTG capability? I remember there were some issues with the earlier models. I like to output video via MHL... love connecting an external USB drive or additional memory card via a card reader and it can be nice to connect external controllers via USB. Is Nexus 5 able to do this all?
Other stuff, primarily Multiwindow and Popup Browser are neat also. Hopefully even Pen Window will be possible on the Note 2.

duskdiyebiri said:
of course Nexus 5. Note 2 will get its last update with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. But you will have many updates with Nexus 5. If you are not a traveller person, don't think about battery life. Buy 32 gb model and live your days good.
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It's not correct. Note 2 will get Kitkat update next year
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Think of it this way. Only for a few minor hardware boosts and a new Launcher would you really want to upgrade ?
Note 2 still stands as a power house when compared. And if you like the idea of talking to your phone start using Google Now the experience will be no diff.
On the other thoughts I would love to upgrade to Moto X if ever get an opportunity
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darkchazz said:
Yea lol my Note 2's high quality aluminum construction looks so much better
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Do let me know.
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After reading all your views I completely feel I'll have that itch with the nexus 5 when it comes to battery and storage Coz both things matter to me. I think my note 2 will stay in my pocket for comparatively good time
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I am running the Ditto note 3 rom. .. With 4.3... Note 3 apps and installed the 4.4 kit kat apps on top of it. .
I also have the nexus 7_2013.. which will get 4.4 and is similar to nexus 5.. But I rarely use it. .
I use my note 8 and note 2 more
Why would I need the nexus 5 ?... Note 2 is good enough. .
Will bother about a new phone next year
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C'mon!
Oh God! I think it makes no sense at all! Galaxy Note II is a pretty much older device which can still be compared to other TOP devices. Plus, the Note II has got touchwiz, and lots of Samsung applications which are pretty usefule. Nexus devices are a little too poor to me. I think that if you want to try out a Nexus device, you should try the Nexus 7 2013! I think that rocks. Got such a cool display, so incredibly fast and pure Google style. Plus: updates and other Nexus stuff.

The next will be...

Maybe next year will see a Galaxy S7 without battery. At the way Samsung is loosing features....
I have no problem with IR, no problem with battery but I need to see 128 GB option for S6E+ and Note 5.
4 gb of ddr4 with 128 gb of ultra fast internal memory will be more than enough for everyone. Btw, an usb otg micro sd card reader is small than a coin and can be attached anytime.
Maybe this time android will work without problems. If that's the case I think Samsung's moves are in the right direction.

yep

calinormy said:
Maybe next year will see a Galaxy S7 without battery. At the way Samsung is loosing features....
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Except the constant and significant improvements to their Super AMOLED displays, top-notch finger print scanners (S6/Note5), industry leading cameras that somehow manage to get better with every iteration, vastly improved material choices and design, UFS 2.0 internal storage, 14nm Exynos chipset that leads the market in power and efficiency, etc., etc. ...
Forgive me for not being more enthusiastic. I'm just not a big fan of negative speculation threads.

After the last 6 months it is just really old and lame to keep complaining of the same things over and over... If you don't like the phones, buy something else and be happy.
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Im not complaining but i would have preferred to see 64 the minimum with 128 the next bump up. That being said i still love my 32 gig to death!
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Now someone will come here and post they miss this and that
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I miss windows mobile 6.5. Why oh why can't they add that back

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Now that Galaxy Note 5 is released, simple question: WILL YOU BUY ONE?

Now that Galaxy Note 5 is released, simple question: WILL YOU BUY ONE?

Yes, I bought one out right, 64gb, black.
Edit: Will you buy one? If not, why?

Depending on the phone you're coming from but yeah I'm coming from the g4 and it's head over heels better than that device
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soukie said:
Yes, I bought one out right, 64gb, black.
Edit: Will you buy one? If not, why?
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No, I'm sticking with the Note 4 or moving to LG or Sony. I travel a lot, so upgradable storage and removable battery are must haves for me.
I don't want to rely on cloud storage or power outlets or BULKY external chargers.

I got one. And I love I it, so far.
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Neo3D said:
No, I'm sticking with the Note 4 or moving to LG or Sony. I travel a lot, so upgradable storage and removable battery are must haves for me.
I don't want to rely on cloud storage or power outlets or BULKY external chargers.
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I see. You should keep your Note 4 and hold up for the note 6 maybe they will add the micro SD and removable battery back (I'm hoping). The Note 4 still a great phone and I personally think nothing worth the upgrade over the Note 4 out there at the moment.
I got the Note5 because I loved the s-pen. I never use micro SD or change the battery.

Got it yesterday morning. So far, love it.

Don't buy one until I get mine first.

Got mine on Monday, been enjoying it all week. 64Gb black. Coming from an LG G2, fantastic upgrade.

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Now that Galaxy Note 5 is released, simple question: WILL YOU BUY ONE?
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Will you mary me, every time I see you post something, I fall in love all over again
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nope..waiting for moto x pure

Kaboose666 said:
Got mine on Monday, been enjoying it all week. 64Gb black. Coming from an LG G2, fantastic upgrade.
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Note 4 would be an upgrade from that too and cheaper.

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Note 4 would be an upgrade from that too and cheaper.
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Yup it would, but since this was almost free for me I really dont care what it would have cost me off contract.
Moved to AT&T next which saved me $25/month on my bill. The phone costs $28/month. Total cost to me $3 more per month.
Besides the G2 didnt have a removable battery, and didn't have mSD card support, so what exactly would the Note4 offer me that the note 5 doesnt, besides a slower SoC, less RAM, worse display (though its still a good one), worse s-pen, and cheaper feel.

Kaboose666 said:
Yup it would, but since this was almost free for me I really dont care what it would have cost me off contract.
Moved to AT&T next which saved me $25/month on my bill. The phone costs $28/month. Total cost to me $3 more per month.
Besides the G2 didnt have a removable battery, and didn't have mSD card support, so what exactly would the Note4 offer me that the note 5 doesnt, besides a slower SoC, less RAM, worse display (though its still a good one), worse s-pen, and cheaper feel.
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More storage and removable battery. Essential for power users, so maybe you're just not a power user.

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More storage and removable battery. Essential for power users, so maybe you're just not a power user.
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Lol I love this argument, i'm not a power user because I use cloud storage and sit at a desk therefore a removable battery means nothing to me.
I have USB OTG if I want removable storage so bad, but I have 1TB of cloud storage so generally I find that pointless, I have 30GB free on my 64GB note5 after installing my apps. I will be fine with the remaining storage considering I am used to 32GB internal from the G2.
You calling me not a power user because you can't fathom how someone else uses a phone without an mSD card or a removable battery is just stupid, those things have no correlation with being a power user. I keep my phone plugged into my computer for literally 80% or more of my day, what would a removable battery do for me? Nothing. mSD storage would allow me to keep 100GB of music with me at all times, sweet too bad I use spotify, or I could keep all those Linux distros on the mSD card, everyone knows power users use Linux for their primary OS so we always keep a distro or two on the phone just in case.
Give me a break, if you think someone not needing an mSD card slot and a removable battery means they aren't a power user then you don't know what a power user does. Those two things have absolutely no impact on what I use my phone for besides maybe not being a mobile data vault, which is a moot point when I have 1TB cloud storage and 75Mbps wifi.

Another dumb ass thread. If you don't want/like the phone don't get it. Nobody wants to keep logging in and seeing this crap. We are looking fwd to root and roms not people complaining about a phone. You don't Iike it don't buy it. Samsung will not lose sleep over you not getting this year's model. Stick to your Note from last year or whatever else you have and let us enjoy our devices. I go through a lot of devices.... Some with swappable battery and expandable storage... Some without. All manage to get me through a day or two and handle all task I do on a day to day basis. The Note 5 is a hell of a device. Awesome build quality, loud speaker, beautiful screen, beautiful camera, very responsive and very good battery life. Once we get root and custom roms more potential will be unlocked.
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Kaboose666 said:
Really? Note 5 has the best SoC on the market, fastest RAM (LPDDR4) and more RAM (4GB), best display (18-23% brighter than note 4 while using 20% less power), and fastest internal memory (UFS 2.0).
I got the phone for basically free, but hey I guess i'm just "stupid" for getting the current best phone on the market while only spending $50 out of pocket.
I feel really dumb now.
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Even with all that RAM Note 5 doesn't store apps in memory.

I bought it and still have my note 4.. Couple of downsides to it but it still outperforms the note 4 on every level.. .
I have a otg dongle for extra memory now that literally takes secs to use. And with Samsung's read write speeds it's more than adequately gets the job done..
But nonetheless I still will keep the 4 in case this thing goes belly up for some reason.

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Seriously, I came into the thread since I already bought one. I posted a comment about buying it, the OP has done nothing but make rude comments and attack me since.
What the hell is the point of this thread if you're just going to call everyone who gets a note5 an idiot for not getting a note4?
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I got to be honest I'm running note 3 and ported s6 rom it's a fantastic rom but obviously being 64 bit running on note 3 it has limitations I'm in London and for some reason we don't get n5 till Jan I don't understand logic behind the wait as we are usually before the us on updates iv a choice between s6 edge + note 4 edge or wait for n5 so was hoping for some for and against but seems like the op should rename thread to all who hate note 5 (and love note 4 )
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I got to be honest I'm running note 3 and ported s6 rom it's a fantastic rom but obviously being 64 bit running on note 3 it has limitations I'm in London and for some reason we don't get n5 till Jan I don't understand logic behind the wait as we are usually before the us on updates iv a choice between s6 edge + note 4 edge or wait for n5 so was hoping for some for and against but seems like the op should rename thread to all who hate note 5 (and love note 4 )
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Don't get me wrong I love my note 5 and I'm going to keep it the only thing I don't like about it is not having an IR blaster and that's just because I travel for work and I use it often I cannot wait to get this thing rooted and see what ROMs come out for it

Is OnePlus 2 worth buying in 2016?

I'm looking to replace my Moto G 2nd Gen with a phone which offers decent performance (light gaming and apps) and at least 1 or 1.5 days of battery backup. I have been closely reading OP2 XDA Forums and OP Community for a month and found a lot of issues related to fingerprint sensors, lags and heating.
Could you please tell me if things are improved in Oxygen OS 3 ? I also don't mind flashing custom ROMs, if they are stable.
I have read about the overheating issues in SD 810. Does it make the OP2 too hot to handle it with light gaming and normal apps (Mail, Maps, Chrome, etc.) usage? Or do you recommend settling down to the newly launched Zenfone 3 with some sacrifice in performance?
Thanks for the responses!
Edit: My budget was $250. I have stretched it to $300 now. It would be great if you could give your opinions considering the price. Also, I feel that 6 GB RAM is an overkill for a smartphone and the battery life of OP3 in the reviews doesn't seem to be impressive.

Yeah it's definitely worth buying if you are looking to upgrade. The phone still would easily outperform many phones in the market. With the sort of development oneplus two is getting now easily it'll be future proof (atleast with custom roms) for another 2-3 years. Most problems are fixed by oxygen 3 and custom roms. I have no issues with throlling, finger print, etc. Marshmallow roms seems to have increased the performance of the phone. And 4gb ram is still enormously enough to kill all the tasks. Considering all this being said if you have the budget choose nexus 6p or even oneplus 3 now.
P. S: if you buy you got to flash AOSPA.

kirankumar1991 said:
I'm looking to replace my Moto G 2nd Gen with a phone which offers decent performance (light gaming and apps) and at least 1 or 1.5 days of battery backup. I have been closely reading OP2 XDA Forums and OP Community for a month and found a lot of issues related to fingerprint sensors, lags and heating.
Could you please tell me if things are improved in Oxygen OS 3 ? I also don't mind flashing custom ROMs, if they are stable.
I have read about the overheating issues in SD 810. Does it make the OP2 too hot to handle it with light gaming and normal apps (Mail, Maps, Chrome, etc.) usage? Or do you recommend settling down to the newly launched Zenfone 3 with some sacrifice in performance?
Thanks for the responses!
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I would said yes one - two months ago, but as the Oneplus 3 has been announced and is now out for buying, I would say no. In term of development, the Oneplus 3 is far away from the 2, as Cyanogenmod is already ported to it (4 hours after release).
I can't see any point sticking with the Oneplus 2. Go for the 3, this is my advise .

I would go for the OP2, the 3 doesn't seen much of an upgrade for the price
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Bought the OPT a few weeks ago and its an awesome machine, with 3.0.2 is great, great battery life, very snappy and i have had no issues related to over heating or fingerprint scanner, and if i think that my Note 4 scored 54000 odd on Antutu and my OPT scored 76000 (stock) odd which shows its massive performance potential, plus it's well built too and the camera is a real surprise, it's really good.
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Definitely, no.
I am selling it.
Go for a OnePlus 3

Hard to recommend op2 when op3 is out now. 2 gb ram more, far cooler processor, better build quality (subjective!) and a much better camera.

Thanks everyone for your opinion. I have ordered OP2 yesterday. Let's see how it turns out to be

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge plus or Nexus 6p

Okay folks while it is a nexus forum I'll like ur frank opinion on this one.
I'm using oneplus 2 now. I've 2 options brand new galaxy s6 edge plus for USD 350 or Nexus 6p for USD 400.
I'm a normal user don't want root or rom access etc. But a great all round daily phone.
Inclined towards the s6 edge plus given the steep discount, outstanding screen and camera also it records slomo videos with audio. Plus that curve is a head Turner. What say folks give ur frank opinion without any biases. Thanks a ton

The 6P will do slow motion at 240fps with audio as well. I'm like you in that, while I am interested in phones to a deeper level than most, I don't really want to root or anything like that. I have a Galaxy Note 5 and I'm going with the 6P because, based on my testing, it has vastly superior battery life. That and I am sick and tired of daily nagging via notifications from Samsung apps I can't delete or even disable (Samsung Pay).
I bought a 32 Gig 6P from Best Buy two weeks ago and tested it thoroughly (everyone's usage is different so you can't really rely on user feedback). I absolutely loved the build quality. Camera was as good but noticeably slower though and it would have been nice it it had OIS and phase-detection auto-focus.
The real star here was it's battery endurance. For my usage, it was astonishing how much better it was compared to my Note 5. I could easily get 4 hours of SoT over a 16 hour period and plug it back in with 35%-40% left. I'd get through my work day with two and a half hours SoT and 75%-80% remaining. My Note is sitting here, as I write this 8 hours and 20 minutes since being unplugged, at 56% with only 1 hour SoT. When I got MM by Note actually got a little worse believe it or not.
I returned that test unit I bought and just ordered a 64 Gig version directly from Google. Best Buy has some varieties of the 64 gig model on sale for $415 but I opted to buy from them for the protection plan. Anyone want to buy a spotless Note 5?