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[Q] Should I trade my Xperia Play?

I have a Verizon Xperia Play, the phone is great it just has a lot of problem's, I'm thinking about trading it in for the HTC Thunderbolt 4G LTE. Should I do it, yes or no?

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Tell us what problems you are having,most of XPs problems are software related and fixable

anymore details?

izink said:
I have a Verizon Xperia Play, the phone is great it just has a lot of problem's, I'm thinking about trading it in for the HTC Thunderbolt 4G LTE. Should I do it, yes or no?
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Yes, if you want to be completely disappointed with Mobile gaming.
Whats "a lot of problems", post them and we can help you with solutions. Mine has 0 problems and is stock.

I would never give up the gamepad...if you MUST trade just wait for the Samsung galaxy nexus to release...it will have 4g lte and android 4.0.
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izink said:
I have a Verizon Xperia Play, the phone is great it just has a lot of problem's, I'm thinking about trading it in for the HTC Thunderbolt 4G LTE. Should I do it, yes or no?
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I own both an HTC Thunderbolt and a xPlay. If you think the splay has any problems, just wait till you see that Thunderbolt. Stick with the play.
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Leraeniesh said:
I own both an HTC Thunderbolt and a xPlay. If you think the splay has any problems, just wait till you see that Thunderbolt. Stick with the play.
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Seriously every phone has issues. My Samsung captivate (SGS) had the most horrible GPS. It would show me driving 3 miles away through peoples houses in the wrong direction with the arrow going sideways and tell me it had 15m accuracy.
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Clienterror said:
Seriously every phone has issues. My Samsung captivate (SGS) had the most horrible GPS. It would show me driving 3 miles away through peoples houses in the wrong direction with the arrow going sideways and tell me it had 15m accuracy.
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HA! +1 on this.

shiftylock said:
HA! +1 on this.
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I just trade my xplay to a 2nd hand HD2 and moto atrix 4G.
Hd2 is always good, i used to own one, sold and buy again now. Since it's not native android, the battery is sooooooooo poor.
Moto is fast but the icons are so ugly compare with the sony ericsson icons. And I do miss the hardware buttons.
I have never been a fan of all touch buttons.

uccoffee said:
I just trade my xplay to a 2nd hand HD2 and moto atrix 4G.
Hd2 is always good, i used to own one, sold and buy again now. Since it's not native android, the battery is sooooooooo poor.
Moto is fast but the icons are so ugly compare with the sony ericsson icons. And I do miss the hardware buttons.
I have never been a fan of all touch buttons.
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Kinda funny, I went from an Atrix to a XP and I'm loving it. It kinda showed me raw hardware power is useless with garbage software support and poor optimization.
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[Q] Is it Xperia Arc worth a Free Upgrade?

So...
this is my current Situtation...
I've been under a Contract for +14 months now with my career; when i first got the contract i got an Xperia X10 Back on October 2010 but i got bored of it and around May this year i made a switch for Free with them for the SGS1 which i must say is a beautiful phone and I really love how the phone works even it's more than 16 months old since it came out.
Here in Guatemala we have not too many options in regards of High End Phones such as the SGS2 or HTC at all... But i have the option of a Free Upgrade for 1 Xperia Arc in early December.
I've got someone from here who is willing to buy my SGS1 for a really good price (around USD $500 - High End phones are kinda expensive here hehe) and i wanted to ask for your opinion if you guys think is it worth to upgrade to the Arc and sell the SGS1... I mean i have the option of selling any of them and keep the other...
Also have you heard if Eventually the Arc will get the so awaited ICS update?
What do you guys think?
Thanks!

I have to say Yes We have few developers stepping in for building ROM's

Here is a comparison, you decide:
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=3115&idPhone2=3619

rmk152 said:
Here is a comparison, you decide:
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=3115&idPhone2=3619
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Thanks! On the Paper both phones have similar specs with their pros and cos... But i wanted to hear the opinion from Users who already have the phone to let me know how is it like. I already have the SGS1 but wanted get more information about the Arc...
Any comment will be greatly appreciated.
JIM

I say get a gs2 or stick with gs1 Wayyy too good development
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I would upgrade to arc from SGS1 any day of the week... it's a really really great bit of kit... Love the camera, love the screen.. and it's not 100% confirmed for ICS but leaks have suggested that it will.

Sony have officially stated that all of their 2011 xperia models will be getting ICS. That includes the original arc as well as the arc S.
As far as the upgrading question goes, i would say the arc is definitely worth it. There are faster/more powerful phones out there, but nothing as well designed or with as good a camera.

Wow.I wouldn't buy a new galaxy S for 250$.sell it now
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SGS1 and ARC?
of course arc.
no more option. no more thinking. ARC

chitose_ndy said:
SGS1 and ARC?
of course arc.
no more option. no more thinking. ARC
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Arc s Super LCD beats Super amoled

You should go on line and get a HTCsensation or a gs2 for500
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You not bored of trolling round here yet?

if you ask me to choose between arc and sgs1 ?
ofcourse i would choose arc, duh
no contest, arc beats sgs1 in all category...

im_iceman said:
You not bored of trolling round here yet?
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What kind of answer is that? And that has to do with upgrading a phone?
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Poker gypsy said:
And that has to do with upgrading a phone?
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Going on line and spending $500 has nothing to do with getting a free upgrade from your service provider. Especially since he said dual core phones werent available in the original post.

He can sell his phone for500 = free upgrade
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daveybaby said:
Going on line and spending $500 has nothing to do with getting a free upgrade from your service provider. Especially since he said dual core phones werent available in the original post.
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There is this place called eBay you go on line
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daveybaby said:
Going on line and spending $500 has nothing to do with getting a free upgrade from your service provider. Especially since he said dual core phones werent available in the original post.
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He never said dual core phones not available! The quote was not to many available so that means there are some not all
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Poker gypsy said:
He never said dual core phones not available! The quote was not to many available so that means there are some not all
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jimbo77 said:
Here in Guatemala we have not too many options in regards of High End Phones such as the SGS2 or HTC at all
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He specifically mentions not having the SGS2 or high end HTC phones available. And he's getting the offer of a free upgrade from his carrier. And yet this is your suggestion:
Poker gypsy said:
You should go on line and get a HTCsensation or a gs2
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And with that i'm done with this depressingly stupid conversation.

Good for you eBay baby
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What do u think about the new ipoop 5 ?

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I've been a long time iPhone user, since the first one, and I just bought a Galaxy s3 and can honestly say I don't miss it at all. The new one is just more of the same....

This is probably going to get locked down real fast.....but its definitely a BIG dissappointment. Some of my friends are turning into hypocrites real fast saying they'll buy it. Especially when they told me"I don't need a bigger screen, 3.5 is more than enough" this was when I had the x10, captivate, nexus s etc. iPhone users need to wake up.
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I just want them to tell us what's in that A6 chip and how much memory it has.
Herp derp SGS3 Tapatalk 2

My favorite part is the amount of threads that will be started here in the next 48 hours on this very subject.
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baskln said:
I've been a long time iPhone user, since the first one, and I just bought a Galaxy s3 and can honestly say I don't miss it at all. The new one is just more of the same....
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I was going to reply, just this..LOL so funny. I had every iPhone ever released until 3 weeks ago, got the GS3 and i couldn't be happier, iP5 is just a minor minor revision, playing catch up to the rest of the world.

The only feature I was eagerly looking forward to in the iPoop5 was NFC, but, nope, mobile payments are now set back a few years for everyone.
IN BEFORE THE THREAD's CLOSED!

The dead of apple is soon.
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I think this a forum about the Galaxy S III and this question doesn't belong here....
(you asked)

All i can say is i hope Samsung really DOES sue Apple for it's use of LTE....

zmore said:
The only feature I was eagerly looking forward to in the iPoop5 was NFC, but, nope, mobile payments are now set back a few years for everyone.
IN BEFORE THE THREAD's CLOSED!
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Good point. As much as I don't like apple, we need it to have NFC if we want it to become mainstream. My 2 cent
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yamaford said:
Good point. As much as I don't like apple, we need it to have NFC if we want it to become mainstream. My 2 cent
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Actually, what we really need would be Google Wallet support for our GS3's without the hack-around. But we know that wouldn't work with Apple since they're now Anti-Google. Forget where i saw it... think it was on the news earlier, but i like how they put it. Something along the lines of "There is so much competition between Apple and Google, that Apple decided to recreate the world." in regards to Apple's new maps system.

djnoicatse said:
This is probably going to get locked down real fast.....but its definitely a BIG dissappointment. Some of my friends are turning into hypocrites real fast saying they'll buy it. Especially when they told me"I don't need a bigger screen, 3.5 is more than enough" this was when I had the x10, captivate, nexus s etc. iPhone users need to wake up.
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Lol they do. They said my infuse is too big for pockets :face palm: now I just say I'm used to having big things in my pocket, but 4.5 isn't really all that large anymore. So many I sheep at my school, then again I'm at a richer private school lol they were all like ooohh ahh the iPhone 5 is the best. Then I shut them up when I told them about the gnote 2 haha.
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So when the iphone comes out with a lighter feeling phone, it feels impressively light, when Samsung comes out with one with a lighter feeling, it feels cheap.
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gunnyman said:
I think this a forum about the Galaxy S III and this question doesn't belong here....
(you asked)
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GS3 owner can have an opinion about other products specially if they are direct competitors, it is not about making he threat about OS vs OS, but general opinions about the product just announced.

How can you hate it? Its sooooo new. All the features are totallllly innovative. This is gonna change everything again LOL no
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elementaldragon said:
All i can say is i hope Samsung really DOES sue Apple for it's use of LTE....
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Here you go: http://androidandme.com/2012/09/sma...ock-us-eu-sales-of-iphone-5-using-lte-patents

Apple is at it again, same old phone design. Lame is what I think it is. Honestly, whats changed? Basically nothing besides LTE. The event was more of a " we sold a billion of these and a trillion of these, and oh yeah heres the new iPhone 5 we gave it a bigger scree, now go wait in line"
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zmore said:
The only feature I was eagerly looking forward to in the iPoop5 was NFC, but, nope, mobile payments are now set back a few years for everyone.
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This.
Its almost impossible to get (cheap) nfc tags in Canada. I asked a Best Buy rep at the Eaton Centre store in Toronto a couple of days ago, and he had no idea what NFC was.
I was really hoping the new iphone would have it so that it would become 'mainstream', but guess we have to wait another year now. Also, doesn't help that stupid S Beam is incompatible with Android Beam (try transferring photos to any non-GS3 phone, it will fail..till we get updated to JellyBean)

cashyftw said:
So when the iphone comes out with a lighter feeling phone, it feels impressively light, when Samsung comes out with one with a lighter feeling, it feels cheap.
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i remember reading reviews almost 'ranting' about how light the galaxy s and galaxy s ii were. people were saying 'too light', 'does not feel premium because phone does not feel substantial in hand', 'iphone is perfect with high quality weight to it', 'sometimes not sure if in pocket or not'. something along those lines.
and i read this on a youtube comment but I think it could hold some truth. could Apple have not included nfc (even if it wanted to/why wouldn't they want to?), because it already finalized its aluminum design? fail.

Does anyone familiar with the "Sony" phones ?

Only "I" in love with Xperia Z ? The design of the phone was killed me. (the phone is full glass black)
Specs is also very good. And most important it got support for AOSP.
Any way Im alone who getting jump to it? I'm just not familiar with Sony.
They are accidentally not like LG with OTA updates?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWysHOjl95E&feature=share&list=PL7CrlqRu8QgSYhFQzMmQ44E8R0BT3zVgp
PS: If you know something about sony (bad/good sides) share with me

Uh completely wrong forum?
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@rbiter said:
Uh completely wrong forum?
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I wanna ask my people. Exactly here.
I don't want to post in Sony thread's where only certain fanatics of sony will say it's better than samsung.

I wana buy it too....but wana have a look at galaxy s4 too
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jayOverkill said:
I wana buy it too....but wana have a look at galaxy s4 too
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But Sams S4 will come much later after Sony Z. I will deffenetly sell "Z" in that time.
I also don't like interface of sony (it's not stock AOSP), but I remember we got Cyanogen support there.

Im thinking of buying it as a secondary phone to use when I dont want to bring my note around lol.
It will probably replace my hox as my soare phone
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kylec said:
Im thinking of buying it as a secondary phone to use when I dont want to bring my note around lol.
It will probably replace my hox as my soare phone
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Check this design buddy...looks sick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa86s-tGHO4

I have been using Sony Xperia S before my Note 2. ıt was pretty good. I can recommend.

akdenizx said:
I have been using Sony Xperia S before my Note 2. ıt was pretty good. I can recommend.
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Thank you akdenizx !
How is build quality ?

I had the Xperia T for a week and returned it. Unbelievable dust magnet. Every piece of dirt and lint and fluff would gravitate towards it.
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poplectic said:
I had the Xperia T for a week and returned it. Unbelievable dust magnet. Every piece of dirt and lint and fluff would gravitate towards it.
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That's interesting. \:laugh:

Sony's build quality is actually better than samsung's I think. A lot more solid, have had the xperia s.
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desirer said:
Sony's build quality is actually better than samsung's I think. A lot more solid, have had the xperia s.
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Their build quality is amazing compared to Sammys and much more durable and resiatant to water and shocks but I think they tend to lag behind in terms of performance compared to Sammy,HTC and LG...
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avetny said:
That's interesting. \:laugh:
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Xperia z says water and dust proof xP
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It will be faster than our note 2 cause it has snapdragon s4.. but without spen..lol
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avetny said:
Only "I" in love with Xperia Z ? The design of the phone was killed me. (the phone is full glass black)
Specs is also very good. And most important it got support for AOSP.
Any way Im alone who getting jump to it? I'm just not familiar with Sony.
They are accidentally not like LG with OTA updates?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWysHOjl95E&feature=share&list=PL7CrlqRu8QgSYhFQzMmQ44E8R0BT3zVgp
PS: If you know something about sony (bad/good sides) share with me
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My previous phone was a Xperia Arc S, bought in GB 2.3. Sony update it to ICS, but the first update was a failure: far less memory available, many games stop working. 3 update later, it's better, but finaly i ended to put a custom rom, better than Sony one.
This is one reason why i don't buy another Sony phone. One other reason is there is no many differents models, that it make comparison between models too complicated.
Sony bootloader are locked, you can unlocked them to put different kernel, but you loose the warranty. It's not a big problems, you can always root and put new roms.
The build quality is good, except the paint: I bought a pink one, and paint around the corner fade in few months, showing white plastic behind.
It's still a good phone, I kept it as a backup one, in case of my Note II broke or is stolen. I put the Sony phone in plane mode, and in this mode, battery goes from 100% to 10% in 30days.
I'm always using Sony PC companion for sync between my Outlook account and phone. Kies sync directly the phone, without update you Google account. PC companion update you google account only, and after that you can sync you phone or any device related to you account.

Guys thank you so much !
You all help me a lot ! Love xda.

GNex still good?

I'm thinking of buying this phone, but looking that it's been almost 2 years, or has it already? I'm worried that buying this would be a mistake and I end up regretting. I want your opinions, I'm not willing to spend a lot on phones (my conscience says no).
I don't play much games, I'd just like to have smooth apps and browsing especially.
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RedGoblinz said:
I'm thinking of buying this phone, but looking that it's been almost 2 years, or has it already? I'm worried that buying this would be a mistake and I end up regretting. I want your opinions, I'm not willing to spend a lot on phones (my conscience says no).
I don't play much games, I'd just like to have smooth apps and browsing especially.
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buy the nexus 4 instead, gnex is still good but its getting old, 4.3 could be its last update

For me it's just fine. It runs quite smoothly (much better on 4.1.2 though) and it's display is good (although, they seem to vary). If you're upgrading from a budget phone or an old single core snapdragon or something you'll be happy. If you expect it to run with the latest and greatest, though, you won't be happy.

RedGoblinz said:
I'm thinking of buying this phone, but looking that it's been almost 2 years, or has it already? I'm worried that buying this would be a mistake and I end up regretting. I want your opinions, I'm not willing to spend a lot on phones (my conscience says no).
I don't play much games, I'd just like to have smooth apps and browsing especially.
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yes m8 its really a gr8 device if u root it
shriom_manerker said:
buy the nexus 4 instead, gnex is still good but its getting old, 4.3 could be its last update
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hell no
we will get klp for sure
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Seraz007 said:
yes m8 its really a gr8 device if u root it
hell no
we will get klp for sure
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google supports devices for 18 months right ? wlel the gnex was released in . 2011, November , now its june 2013. official end is near but i hope the devs can push us to KLP im saying this cus the nexus s can still go 4.2.2 strong and pretty decent

shriom_manerker said:
google supports devices for 18 months right ? wlel the gnex was released in . 2011, November , now its june 2013. official end is near but i hope the devs can push us to KLP im saying this cus the nexus s can still go 4.2.2 strong and pretty decent
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well klp is said to be optimised for hpones with 512mb ram so we will definitely get it :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:

Seraz007 said:
well klp is said to be optimised for hpones with 512mb ram so we will definitely get it :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
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it said support for low ram, not old hardware :\ anyways lets keep the hopes high

shriom_manerker said:
google supports devices for 18 months right ? wlel the gnex was released in . 2011, November , now its june 2013. official end is near but i hope the devs can push us to KLP im saying this cus the nexus s can still go 4.2.2 strong and pretty decent
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Defiantly we will get 4.3 seeing as how I can run 4.1 on my 4 year old droid 1 (which had a massive nand failure and got scrapped)
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shriom_manerker said:
it said support for low ram, not old hardware :\ anyways lets keep the hopes high
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Google is pushing to make Android less resource-intensive so that it can push some low cost handsets into developing regions. This involves much more than a smaller memory footprint. Expect an ultra-low cost Nexus handset on the horizon, along with the usual higher-end Nexus models.
It plays right into the hot air balloon project.
Apples sees it coming too, with their planned iPhone lite.

I'd recommend you look elsewhere really. The gnex isn't a bad phone, its just that for a similar price you can get a better experience.
A nexus 4 would be better if bought out right. The gnex has pretty poor battery life and the camera is fuzzy
On top of that, its almost 2 years old. Google will drop this device first out of the nexus line due to the specs alone (whenever that may be).
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Thanks everyone for your opinions and replies, another reason why I thought of the GNex is because of the vast ROMs available, I really like fiddling with things like this, so.
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RedGoblinz said:
Thanks everyone for your opinions and replies, another reason why I thought of the GNex is because of the vast ROMs available, I really like fiddling with things like this, so.
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One thing the gnex doesnt lack behind is ROMS [email protected]! ! ! ! !

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One thing the gnex doesnt lack behind is ROMS [email protected]! ! ! ! !
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True but the same goes for the N4.
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lars1216 said:
True but the same goes for the N4.
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Well it goes almost all of the nexus phones and in my opinion the gnex is still a good phone if you can get it for the right price.
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WildfireDEV said:
Well it goes almost all of the nexus phones and in my opinion the gnex is still a good phone if you can get it for the right price.
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Agree. I got one for €175 around a month ago. And I'm totally loving it.
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Hm, how's the multitasking on the Gnex? With 1gb of RAM.
And battery life as well. If you guys don't mind.
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RedGoblinz said:
Hm, how's the multitasking on the Gnex? With 1gb of RAM.
And battery life as well. If you guys don't mind.
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In my opinion multitasking is good. Battery life with stock battery is quite bad. But that's of course different to how you use your phone.
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Battery life is one thing that I have trouble with on this phone. There are ROM and kernel combos that can improve it for sure. Usually with light to moderate use I cam get through a day, but I just carry a spare battery around usually just in case. Multitasking usually works fine, but every now and again if I have some memory intensive things going like games it can slow down the multitasking some. In my opinion if it is cheap enough this phone is great. I still feel it is one of if not the best looking phones still out. The buttonless smooth look just works. I have had mine a year and I got it instead of waiting for the GS3 so I could keep unlimited data and I have not regretted it at all.
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Battery life is great for me after using custom ROM and kernel. Franco. Its a good phone if you can get a deal for it, otherwise n4 is much improved,

RedGoblinz said:
Hm, how's the multitasking on the Gnex? With 1gb of RAM.
And battery life as well. If you guys don't mind.
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Multitasking is fine. Works really well on 4.1.2.
Battery life greatly depends on GSM or CDMA. If GSM, with moderate usage it will last you the full day. I used mine lightly yesterday and I didn't bother charging it last night. Sitting at 68% left.
If it's LTE CDMA probably a good idea to get a spare battery..