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Is the nexus going to be the next big thing? And thus in regards to roms and themes etc. is it going to have lots of devs on board? I'm in the market right now for a phone but the only thing stopping me from getting a nexus is the lack of mods. So that's either because it is so new or people don't actually like it. So is it worth getting this phone and waiting for 3rd party stuff to come out? As I really don't care about the average ICS features they talk about.
It's too new. It's the next damn Nexus phone, it's the ICS reference phone, it already has plenty of developers. But it's a low newer than the SII.
As stated before, its too new. Sure, the SGSII sold about 1 million units in less than a month but you gotta take into consideration that Samsung brung in new technology and the Galaxy Nexus is pretty much an upgraded SGSII with AOSP. SuperAMOLED HD & an LED notification are the 2 main features that made me want this phone, plus the design is alot sleaker than first anticipated. Also, Google phones are developer phones. So people tend to not go for dev phones even though its alot easier to use than Bloatwiz.
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sales wise the galaxy nexus will NOT surpass the GS2
as far as development, community and modding goes, that it will surpass simply because the nexus is the go to device for the fast majority of major developers around here.
in any case except software there is not much to write about in Galaxy Nexus, its more or less the same hardware specs as SGS2 which is almost an year old now.
Now that ICS is showcased, there should be much better hardware coming up (in a matter of months) which would be FAR BETTER!
There is hardly anything to write about in this hardware, but coming up are the 1.5/2 GHz - quad core CPUs and that would make for the REAL deal
Unfortunately, the nexus Galaxy S handset will blow the Nexus out the water sales-wise as Samsung will plug it like hell
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in any case except software there is not much to write about in Galaxy Nexus, its more or less the same hardware specs as SGS2 which is almost an year old now.
Now that ICS is showcased, there should be much better hardware coming up (in a matter of months) which would be FAR BETTER!
There is hardly anything to write about in this hardware, but coming up are the 1.5/2 GHz - quad core CPUs and that would make for the REAL deal
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Uh.. have you taken a look at CES 2012? many companies announced upcoming phones. All of them with the exception of the Huawei one are being launched with Gingerbread upgradable to Ice Cream Sandwich. This will take months to do. Not to mention, manufacturer skins will ruin the stock ICS experience.
Sure tablets are coming out with quad-cores. But all in honesty, this is a phone, not a computer. Quad core is nice, yes. But it's still a phone.
Galaxy Nexus won't be big as the S2 in terms of sales. It never will be. Nexus devices are focused towards Android enthusiastics that want the stock experience. It is not a device that is mainstream (not the device everyone will notice). Which is what makes the device so cool and unique with it's sleek design.
Galaxy Nexus will have major support from developers. We've already have numerous developers who are putting work and effort into ROMs and kernels including Ezekeel (his works from the Nexus S and kernel expertise), Franco (kernel), morfic (in progress with donations), supercurio (Voodoo) and so on. Several CM devs also have the phone.
Why do you think Clockwork Recovery Touch Enabled was built first for the GN? Get the phone if modding / ROMs is your thing. The phone's just going to get bigger as it slowly gets expanded onto U.S. carriers (whenever..)
I don't understand ur point and most probably there is none anyway
Matter of months you see much better hardware, we will both be here I'll post ..HTC Samsung are both coming up with their next Gen phones.
Galaxy nexus is an year old spec almost, and regarding OS - almost everyone is rooting their nexus devices - so u root a much better hardware spec device and port a fully functional ICS rom on them and you're there!
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Actually he made very good points. Coming from an iPhone the galaxy nexus was the only option. I won't deal with lack of upgrades and bloatware anymore
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I don't understand ur point and most probably there is none anyway
Matter of months you see much better hardware, we will both be here I'll post ..HTC Samsung are both coming up with their next Gen phones.
Galaxy nexus is an year old spec almost, and regarding OS - almost everyone is rooting their nexus devices - so u root a much better hardware spec device and port a fully functional ICS rom on them and you're there!
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Next generation phones? The lineup of these phones at ces were not that impressive, and I doubt I'll be impressed at mwc. Also 99% of these phones will be on gingerbread
Nexus devices will always be the best choice for me because I enjoy the pure android experience without bloatware and easy unlock.
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February!! ICS!! Quad core!!
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/samsung-galaxy-s3-here-february-with-3d-720p-screen-50006516/
Most likely 1.5 ghz!!
What are you talking about? Deluded?
Or because you bought nexus it is the best device??
It is an year old hardware, I've bought it for some reasons but anyone who can afford to ..should wait a month or two to get the real deal!
I just gave Samsung s3 a mighty upgrade from HTC is also coming up real soon!
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February!! ICS!! Quad core!!
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/samsung-galaxy-s3-here-february-with-3d-720p-screen-50006516/
Most likely 1.5 ghz!!
What are you talking about? Deluded?
Or because you bought nexus it is the best device??
It is an year old hardware, I've bought it for some reasons but anyone who can afford to ..should wait a month or two to get the real deal!
I just gave Samsung s3 a mighty upgrade from HTC is also coming up real soon!
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I bought a Galaxy Nexus because it is a nexus device. I do not care for Galaxy S3 because it uses a manufacturer skin causing delays when it comes to updates. Not to mention, S3 is announced and will probably not arrive to the states until Summer or Fall 2012.
Galaxy nexus hardware is definitely not outdated. Quad cores, what's the use of them if android os isn't optimized to be used with those four cores?
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couple months ago word broke that HTC was looking to break into the phablet market and today those claims are resurfacing again from numerous mobile tech sites. Specs include 1080p 5' screen and a quadcore S4 chip along with its own scribe pen. Do you think HTC can make a splash in this market, should it have sense or vanilla android and what specs do you want to see? Also reports claim the device could see a release sometime between september and october, and may come to Verizon but that doesnt mean it might not show up on other carriers.
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couple months ago word broke that HTC was looking to break into the phablet market and today those claims are resurfacing again from numerous mobile tech sites. Specs include 1080p 5' screen and a quadcore S4 chip along with its own scribe pen. Do you think HTC can make a splash in this market, should it have sense or vanilla android and what specs do you want to see? Also reports claim the device could see a release sometime between september and october, and may come to Verizon but that doesnt mean it might not show up on other carriers.
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Who gives a rats ass ?
I didn't want to update to the S3 b/c they made it a dual core phone in America. So I'm waiting for a quad core or better upgrade to the GalaxyS2.
get the note 2! it's quad core.
Note 2 will be next phone
Prolly the s4 but ill play the note 2 to see if I like it.
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I agree with you, the S3 is a nice phone but not a huge upgrade from this phone unless you are in one of those few areas with lte already. Note2 is too big for me. I think the Nokia Windows 8 phones are nice, wonder if they will go Android in the future as well. Heck Windows 8 may end up being awesome. Android can be frustrating at times.
I think I'll be speaking for a lot of people in a wimax market / non wimax market without network vision coming in till next year...
Not upgrading until LTE + NV upgrades improve data speeds.
SO probably not till the S4 or any other highly competitive / powerful phone next summer when network vision is going to hit or will hit the majority of the sprint network along with 800mhz + clearwire TD LTE 2.5-2.6ghz starting to become active.
I'll skip the S3 since I really don't see much of a Diff from my S2 to warrant an upgrade at this time. Bring on the S4!!! LOL
I'll probably wait til the s4. The feature I'm waiting for the most is the camera. I want faster focus and burst shot, and last but certainly not least, a lens that is MUCH better in low light. It has to be equal or better than the iphone 5's.
I agree, buying a LTE phone that doesn't support 800mhz LTE band is pretty dumb.
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Ill be either going with the note 2 or the LG optimus g(next nexus) the optimus on sprint is 4.7" true HD IPS screen with 1280x768 resolution snapdragon s4 pro 1.5ghz quad core, 2gb ram, 13mp rear cam, 1.3mp ffc, 2100mah battery. Specs are close to the note 2 minus the smaller screen and the note 2 has a 3100mah battery, otherwise the specs are pretty close. Google's new nexus affiliate program looks like we may have a plethora of nexus phones to choose from, they just have to meet minimum hardware requirements and have any 3rd party UIs or apps as a separate install thru a theme manager, so it ships with aosp and then u can choose to add sense, TWiz, blur etc.
We are legion, for we are many.
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I'm gonna get the next nexus, just easier to get solid updates like klp and whatever dessert starts with the letter L.
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Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
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I'm gonna get the next nexus, just easier to get solid updates like klp and whatever dessert starts with the letter L.
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The nexus is apparently shipping on android 4.2, however it is still unknown if 4.2 is a JellyBean update or if it will be Key Lime Pie, as quickly after JB was released to the nexus release I'm guessing 4.2 is going to just be an update to JB to add the stylus function and a few other new functions to aosp that were previously manufacturer specific(included in 3rd party UIs) to allow for the nexus affiliate program to move forward and the UIs just needing the launcher/Widgets/apps installed instead of an entire rom needing to be flashed through the system manager
We are legion, for we are many.
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Next Nexus not the LG Optimus Nexus G (hope new Nexus program is forbreal) or whatever Flagship is available by February 2013 :beer:
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Next Nexus not the LG Optimus Nexus G (hope new Nexus program is forbreal) or whatever Flagship is available by February 2013 :beer:
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There are rumors that around 25 nexus branded devices from the new program will be available between now and q1 of 2013, some phones, some tablets and some media devices. I'm hoping they make a nexus version of the note 2 since it meets the spec requirements it would only need an aosp version to qualify for the nexus branding
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I'm waiting until I see something that impresses me... so far I'm not impressed.
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I'm waiting until I see something that impresses me... so far I'm not impressed.
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this, exactly.
i get a new device every year (at a minimum), as a rule. i was an htc fan for some time, but (coming from the EVO) the evo3d just did not impress at all, so jumped to sammy this year, with a bit of hesitation. no real regrets so far...
but so far this year, the GS3 seems a nice bump, but not a true step forward.
the HTC X series seems nice (for HW reasons), as a possibility, or possibly the Note 2.
but nothing i've seen in the last few months really grabs my balls and demands attention.
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Note 2 will be next phone
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Same here!
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this, exactly.
i get a new device every year (at a minimum), as a rule. i was an htc fan for some time, but (coming from the EVO) the evo3d just did not impress at all, so jumped to sammy this year, with a bit of hesitation. no real regrets so far...
but so far this year, the GS3 seems a nice bump, but not a true step forward.
the HTC X series seems nice (for HW reasons), as a possibility, or possibly the Note 2.
but nothing i've seen in the last few months really grabs my balls and demands attention.
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You sound like me. I dropped that Evo3d ASAP and got a GS2 though. Prior to that I had an Evo 4g Touch pro 2, Touch Pro, Mogul, Apache me and HTC went way back, but the Sprint S2 killed that love in a blink of an eye. Straight Talk and my S3 killed my love for Sprint....Pending LTE deployment in my neck of the woods. I am in love with this S3. At first I had bad experiences with the battery life, but after I installed the XDA battery life fix I get battery well over 10 hours and in emergency situations I have seen it get over a day worth of battery life with the screen using 3 hours of that time.
Im definitely waiting on the S4. I just hope that the battery life will match my current device the s3. Hoping there is a15 quad core upgraded GFX and the jaw dropping 3gb of ram. Only thing I am worried about is flash compatibility. That was one of my main reasons
I'm waiting on something noticeably better when it comes to specs and build quality. My contract was up 2 months ago, but theirs nothing out there worthy of upgrading to. The Optimus G looks good spec wise, but the build quality is questionable. I'm hoping HTC gets their act together and continues improving their uni body designs.
I have both AT&T and Verizon and I've waited patiently for some new game changers to come out. I sell mobile phones for a living so i get first dibs and want to of course have the best device for both carriers. Which new phones would be best I'm your opinions?
I would say, being a fan of the nexus brand, wait for a new nexus. Unless you like touch wiz. Then you should wait for the Galaxy S4. From some rumored specs I've read so far I believe its going to be a great device, but nexus phones are still my favorite being pure android and having a lot of support from Google with the updates.
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I'd wait for X.
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Why would you say to wait for the X? How much better would it technically be than its rivals?.. I love my Nexus but pretty much any phone I get will be modded so its Hardware I'm curious about.. We get the HTC One in store on Tuesday so I'm most likely going to get that for my ATT line. Im sure it'll hold its resale value for a few months so I can sell it if something better comes out in the near future. I'm not sure which Verizon phone is coming out but I want both to be the best ones out
I am waiting for the next nexus device personally. I don't want to deal with locked bootloaders and other hacking to get my phone to do what I want it to. Nexus can't be beat until carriers and manufacturers get on board with rooting and custom roms... Which is never going to happen.
I'm thinking Galaxy S4 for my next device. Not a big HTC phone guy.
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i'm staying on my Gnex until it dies or someone comes out with another 32gb Nexus device thats worth buying that i can get some t-mobile unlimited data with, cause i've about had it with verizons crap.
iPhone 5S lol.
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He said game changer... So iphone is clearly out.
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I think if you ask this question in this section most people will tell you to wait on a new nexus or grab the nexus 4. I'm not in any rush. My gnex does everything I need it to. The nexus 4 I'd made by lg and has no removable battery made of glass and got hot as hell. OK not saying it's not a good phone.. Just was not for me. My galaxy nexus is still pretty and smooth as butter.
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If my gnex broke now I'd get a Note 2. But I'm interested in seeing how the S4 pans out. If the next Nexus had an sdcard I wouldn't consider anything else, but no chance of that.
X Phone news for today:
"Google (GOOG) is believed to be working on a high-end smartphone with Motorola, codenamed X Phone, that is expected debut this May. Initial reports claimed the handset would include a top-notch camera, a flexible display and revolutionary software features, however most specs have remained a mystery. According to a report from Android World, the flagship smartphone will be equipped with a 4.7-inch full HD display, a quad-core Tegra 4i processor and a 16-megapixel camera. The device will also reportedly include the latest version of Android, rumored to be called Key Lime Pie, and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with eye scrolling technology. Purported dimensions are said to be 131.2 x 66.7 x 7.9 mm, making the device slightly thinner than the DROID RAZR MAXX HD."
I use Sprint.
I gave my upgrade to my mom so she could get rid of LG Optimus S and get a Galaxy S3. I bought my girlfriend the GNex from a warehouse in LA off Ebay and picked it up myself ($180). A week later I received another GNex in the mail from the warehouse. At No cost. I had the E4GT and loved it until 6 months later the micro USB port died. Instead of fixing it, I used the GNex that just sat there. I now have my mom's upgrade available in July. So why not wait to see if the RUMORed X Phone will see the light of day, and then make my choice. If these specs pan out, the battery is removable, and there is a removable sim card (might not matter) - X phone all the way! Of course it all depends on the Galaxy S4, and Sprint getting the X Phone. (God, I never pray, but please, I will do what ever you say- But only if you give me an X Phone from Sprint) I am kidding. Calm down Jesus Freaks.
Reference:
http://bgr.com/2013/03/11/motorola-x-phone-specs-rumor-368342/
Of course the Rumor news has now been called Not concrete at all. I guess the Nvidia chip doesn't support CDMA, and the masses believe Motorola will not - not make a phone for Verizon, being their biggest partner. Funny thing is- Google didn't care about CDMA for Nexus 4. But the masses didn't mention that. Either way the X Phone is still not confirmed as real. PS I might be willing to switch to Tmo if that phone was real and didn't support CDMA- as long as Tmo has working LTE in my area.
I highly doubt the s4 will even have a SD card slot. Google is trying to push cloud storage which dies make sense. Prepare for SD cards to become a thing of the past soon
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I highly doubt the s4 will even have a SD card slot. Google is trying to push cloud storage which dies make sense. Prepare for SD cards to become a thing of the past soon
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They need to just increase the size of internal storage for people with limited data plans, cloud storage is just a money spinner for google an carriers, apple did it long before google with iCloud an its a failure, common sense learn from histories mistakes.
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I think you should wait just to check out the S4, the new nexus witch KLP and the google X phone configs. But if have to buy a new phone now, I would buy a S3.
Galaxy s4 when you like plastic.
Waiting to see what S4 brings. If its not enough, getting Note 2. Love Galaxy Nexus, but the finicky battery leaves more to be desired. Don't want to wait for X Phone as the resale value of the Nexus will be crap by then.
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What do you think about the Galaxy S4? Will you buy it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DbW-Nr2PVE
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that is fake for sure.. notice two sim slots?
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Waiting to see what S4 brings. If its not enough, getting Note 2. Love Galaxy Nexus, but the finicky battery leaves more to be desired. Don't want to wait for X Phone as the resale value of the Nexus will be crap by then.
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Motorola has the best radios and best hardware out of any company period. At least in the Droid X days. So take that with Google software and bam. Orgasm
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Nexus 2013
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I mean i know the note 3 going to be awesome device but its like it HELLA died off, development is not good as HTCs one I find myself looking through XDA alooot less these days. Hope the note 3 has more support and more talented devs will like to take it on. Ive had HTC before the OG, 3D and one X all good devices and I LOVEd the development man was awesome seeing a new or updated rom every week. Not to mention the way it was able to be customized with venom tweaks. If the T6 really picks up more development like the htc one has over the our version of the note 2 (spint) then damn
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And please no one take this offensive by all means im not. Just wondering why development for note 2 basically died off folks
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I don't know about "always". The grass is always greener.
a) Note 2 dev TWiz activity specifically has hit a brick wall because the TWiz ROMs are stable, and Samsung/Sprint has not blessed us with any new code leaks or otherwise. The same would happen on any device regardless of OEM or carrier, if the manufacturer well of code went dry. Ya want new code, seek out AOSP the ROMs are all around quite good.
2) Further, there isn't much more we can do with TWiz. I cannot speak for Sense, but in TouchWiz it is very difficult to alter things without breaking. And thanks to the MASSIVE amount of work put into Morphology by folks like Gyrene it is all at devs fingertips to integrate themed elements or not.
III) HTC only has one real handset of interest, i.e. the One keeping devs that don't mind putting up with HTC's crap all on one device for the most part. Sammy has a swath of different devices from s3/s4/Note2/etc, which spreads out lots of people over different hardware markets.
When Sammy/Sprint decide to ship new code dev activity will pick up...presuming users don't flee to the Note3, under the misapprehension that the same exact thing could never happen on their New Shiney.
Maybe because the HTC One is a newer device? Go take a look on the HTC EVO 4G LTE forum and see if development is popping there. It's not, at least not anymore anyways.. And neither was the 3D, that one died before it even lived. Only HTC device that had hell of development was the OG EVO.
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I think a major reason why is because the Note line of phones aren't as popular as any of the high end phones. A lot of people think the screen size of the Note 2 is too big and keeps people from getting the phone. The S4 and S3 development is pretty good, because more people buy those over a Note 2.
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I think a major reason why is because the Note line of phones aren't as popular as any of the high end phones. A lot of people think the screen size of the Note 2 is too big and keeps people from getting the phone. The S4 and S3 development is pretty good, because more people buy those over a Note 2.
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Where did you get your facts from? The Note 2 sold 5 million in two months and was the top selling phone beating out the iPhone 5 with the S3 at number 3. And the Note is still selling and still has a higher price than an S4. That's one of the main reasons Samsung is holding off any updates from the Note and S3 because they know it'll dwarf the S4's sales.
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Where did you get your facts from? The Note 2 sold 5 million in two months and was the top selling phone beating out the iPhone 5 with the S3 at number 3. And the Note is still selling and still has a higher price than an S4. That's one of the main reasons Samsung is holding off any updates from the Note and S3 because they know it'll dwarf the S4's sales.
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The S4 sold 5 million in the first 2 weeks according to:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/haydnsh...sungs-galaxy-s4-closes-in-on-apples-iphone-5/
The Note 2 took the first 2 months to sell 5 million:
http://m.cnet.com/news/samsung-5m-galaxy-note-2-units-sold-in-2-months/57553995?ds=1
The Galaxy S3 took 2 months to get to 10 million:
http://m.digitaltrends.com/mobile/galaxy-s3-sales-surpass-10-million-in-less-than-two-months/
The fact of the matter is that in general, more people are going to buy the smaller high end phones compared to the Note only because of the screen size. Not really sure where you got your facts from.
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Just from a user (not dev) point of view, I don't find myself wanting much more than tweaks to the stock ROM. After using a HTC EVO 4G for over 2 years, I feel that compared to HTC Sense, TouchWiz is head & shoulders more stable and a lot less "intrusive" into my Android experience than Sense is. To me, Sense (even the early versions of it that were on the EVO 4G) almost felt like a completely different operating system. I don't feel that way with TouchWiz. With the EVO 4G, I kept feeling the need to flash CM7 because I got tired of all the fluff and bloat that comes with Sense, but I don't feel that way with my Note 2 and TouchWiz. Sure, I've removed some of the bloat apps, but other than running Nova Launcher (to get back the features that the lawsuits have taken away), I'm perfectly happy with mostly stock rooted.
As for the popularity of the Note 2 versus other Samsung models versus the competition (HTC, Apple, etc.), I have no doubt that most people think the Note 2 is too big. And then every single time that someone has noticed that I have a Note 2 they all say some variant of the same thing -- "That's not anywhere near as big as I thought it would be. Man, I'm wishing I'd gone that route now." Given that, I personally think it was probably a mistake for Samsung to market the S4 as "the next BIG thing", but it apparently worked at least fairly well...
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Just from a user (not dev) point of view, I don't find myself wanting much more than tweaks to the stock ROM. After using a HTC EVO 4G for over 2 years, I feel that compared to HTC Sense, TouchWiz is head & shoulders more stable and a lot less "intrusive" into my Android experience than Sense is. To me, Sense (even the early versions of it that were on the EVO 4G) almost felt like a completely different operating system. I don't feel that way with TouchWiz. With the EVO 4G, I kept feeling the need to flash CM7 because I got tired of all the fluff and bloat that comes with Sense, but I don't feel that way with my Note 2 and TouchWiz. Sure, I've removed some of the bloat apps, but other than running Nova Launcher (to get back the features that the lawsuits have taken away), I'm perfectly happy with mostly stock rooted.
As for the popularity of the Note 2 versus other Samsung models versus the competition (HTC, Apple, etc.), I have no doubt that most people think the Note 2 is too big. And then every single time that someone has noticed that I have a Note 2 they all say some variant of the same thing -- "That's not anywhere near as big as I thought it would be. Man, I'm wishing I'd gone that route now." Given that, I personally think it was probably a mistake for Samsung to market the S4 as "the next BIG thing", but it apparently worked at least fairly well...
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The big loser on TWiz is the notification tray/bar implementation...even what is in TWiz 4.2.2 on the s4 is crap compared to stock Android 4.2-4.3...sadly Samsung views their version as "correct' and will probably never change it.