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Galaxy Nexus or Galaxy S III?

Hi, I want to buy a new phone and I'm choosing between the Galaxy Nexus and S III. Which one do you recommend? I like how the Nexus looks, and getting updates first. I like the specs in the S III but I'm not a big fan of how it looks and I definitely don't like the TouchWiz UI. Where I live there is not much difference in price. What would you recommend? Thanks in advance!

What carrier?
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S3 then sell it and buy a nexus and profit (if you are going on contract) i actually had achance to test the s3 and on 4.0.4 it seemed pretty descent ... you could go with the s3 for sure either phone will get huge amount of support and i guess s3 is more future proof on specs so up to you

If on Verizon get the Gnex. If on any other carrier the S3.
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Unlocked phones. Where I live carriers do not sell locked phones.

M_Shaaban said:
Hi, I want to buy a new phone and I'm choosing between the Galaxy Nexus and S III. Which one do you recommend? I like how the Nexus looks, and getting updates first. I like the specs in the S III but I'm not a big fan of how it looks and I definitely don't like the TouchWiz UI. Where I live there is not much difference in price. What would you recommend? Thanks in advance!
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Nexus. I've had both phones and just sold my s3 plus 280 in return for nexus.
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Fstall303 said:
Nexus. I've had both phones and just sold my s3 plus 280 in return for nexus.
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Well only one has the new Jelly Bean.....

That was my reasoning. By the time the s3 gets jelly bean Google will have a new nexus device out with an update. If I was Verizon I would not be happy with googles timing of jellybeans release. Especially with them collaborating on the nexus
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U wont need s3 godly hardware with our buttery super smooth JB powered nexus~
Totally nexus device for me

This forum its crowded with threads about ppl regretting about sold gnex to buy s3 and hello guys I'm back sold my s3 for a gnex+xxxxx dollars.. Gnex Rox etc etc x.x
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This is a GALAXY NEXUS forum. What do you think we're going to say?

chancy319 said:
This is a GALAXY NEXUS forum. What do you think we're going to say?
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Exactamo
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Get the HTC One V lol
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I know it's the nexus forum and as you can see, many people gave constructive advice and didn't find it funny or weird
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M_Shaaban said:
I know it's the nexus forum and as you can see, many people gave constructive advice and didn't find it funny or weird
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Get sgs3 since it is better hardware than nexus. You can change the software but not hardware.
Flash CM10 on sgs3 and you should be good.
I have a galaxy nexus because I bought the unlocked gsm for $350 which is a good deal and use it as a secondary phone

kirdroid said:
Get sgs3 since it is better hardware than nexus. You can change the software but not hardware.
Flash CM10 on sgs3 and you should be good.
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absolutely nothing is stable like stock, especially on phones which don't come with aosp natively ( i.e everything except nexus).

ed116 said:
S3 then sell it and buy a nexus and profit (if you are going on contract) i actually had achance to test the s3 and on 4.0.4 it seemed pretty descent ... you could go with the s3 for sure either phone will get huge amount of support and i guess s3 is more future proof on specs so up to you
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:good:
ditto

GNex over SGS3. Who needs a quad? Only the krait version is interesting but i would still take the nexus
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iphone 5s

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iphone 5s
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Get out
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Galaxy S2 or Galaxy Nexus

I have some cash for a phone off contact. I don't have enough for the s3, but I want a Samsung. I'm done with HTC.
A question that's been asked again and again, which one should I get?
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It's been asked again and again and answered again and again.
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Teo032 said:
It's been asked again and again and answered again and again.
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Yeah, I know. Sorry.
I have the HTC sensation. Wonder how much better either phone is then the sensation. But the specs look good for T-Mobile, including data speeds.
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pnut22r said:
Yeah, I know. Sorry.
I have the HTC sensation. Wonder how much better either phone is then the sensation. But the specs look good for T-Mobile, including data speeds.
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It's all about personal preference. The Nexus has data speeds with a theoretical max of 21 Mbps where as the S2 is 42.
On the other hand, the nexus will always have the latest and greatest software ( as long as the device is still supported by google).

Depends on what you're going to do. With a custom ROM, I found the performance to be slightly better with the G.Nexus in normal day-to-day activities such as texting and web browsing (because of Project Butter). However, the difference is pretty small. I also highly prefer the stock OS but G.Nexus does not have wifi calling so that was a deal breaker for me.

pnut22r said:
Yeah, I know. Sorry.
I have the HTC sensation. Wonder how much better either phone is then the sensation. But the specs look good for T-Mobile, including data speeds.
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It's because i literally answered the same question like 3x this past week. But anyways this phone blows away the sensation.
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How stable are the aokp or cm roms for this phone? Any bugs?
Likely get Jellybean sometime?
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Significa said:
Depends on what you're going to do. With a custom ROM, I found the performance to be slightly better with the G.Nexus in normal day-to-day activities such as texting and web browsing (because of Project Butter). However, the difference is pretty small. I also highly prefer the stock OS but G.Nexus does not have wifi calling so that was a deal breaker for me.
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we have almost no development on ROMs with wifi calling anymore, but ya.. just really depends on what ya need I guess

Google Nexus
Nexus: Better screen, supported by Google, you'll have the latest SW always...
S2: so 2011

rafucho said:
Nexus: Better screen, supported by Google, you'll have the latest SW always...
S2: so 2011
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The screen on Nexus is Super amoled or Super Amoled Plus?
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pnut22r said:
I have some cash for a phone off contact. I don't have enough for the s3, but I want a Samsung. I'm done with HTC.
A question that's been asked again and again, which one should I get?
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Having had a Nexus One previous to a Galaxy S II, it's a no brainer to me. Galaxy Nexus brand new for $350 running Jelly Bean Stock.... there's really no decision here...

Estimated Prophet Hawk said:
Having had a Nexus One previous to a Galaxy S II, it's a no brainer to me. Galaxy Nexus brand new for $350 running Jelly Bean Stock.... there's really no decision here...
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I really want a Samsung device. I can't afford 500+ for a new phone. But 350, hella yeah. With this Nexus you wouldn't need to worry about "lack of roms". Plus, from what I've been seeing. I don't think Google is releasing a new Nexus Phone. The Nexus 7 & Q took that place this year. So you wouldn't need to worry about an old device
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Get the Galaxy Nexus if you like to get updates from Google and if you want a bigger screen. Get the S2 if you want a better camera and touchwiz.

S2 with AOKP all the way but that's just my opinion.
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AgentCherryColla said:
Plus, from what I've been seeing. I don't think Google is releasing a new Nexus Phone.
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What exactly do you think you are supposed to be seeing? Google has released a new device every year since creating the nexus program, why would this year be any different?

Galaxy Nexus vs Galaxy S2

Which one should I go with? I know that there are similar threads but now since S2 has ICS, is it still worth going with the nexus? Please help

Nexus of course. Fast update and nexus have 4.1.1 and its soooo smooth :good:

Go with the nexus: better screen, UPDATES, great processor, amazing dev community, no TouchWiz, and no contract.
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Android_Forever said:
Nexus of course. Fast update and nexus have 4.1.1 and its soooo smooth :good:
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Yeah, but is it worth the sacrifice of the better hardware on the S2?

Get the s2, faster updates, better camera, better processor
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pived said:
Yeah, but is it worth the sacrifice of the better hardware on the S2?
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Nexus is faster and smoother, but its your choice

subxero123 said:
Get the s2, faster updates, better camera, better processor
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lolwut?

pived said:
Yeah, but is it worth the sacrifice of the better hardware on the S2?
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Most definitely. I have both and the nexus blows the s2 away.
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Should have posted in the phone comparison thread. This thread has been started like 100+ Times.
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Although they do have a point that there is a thread for this... it was hard for even me to find, not knowing the exact name of the thread.
No hard feelings at all but continue this discussion in this existing thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1642801
thank you. thread closed.

Sold nexus 4 kept nexus

So I ordered a nexus 4 awhile back and then got a sweet deal on a galaxy nexus. After my nexus 4 came in the mail i played with it awhile and realized the quad core was only really good for gaming, the 2 gigs of ram is good if you use alot of widgets i suppose but i don't. after taking everything into consideration i decided i liked my nexus better. nexus 4 was going for 5 to 600 on craigslist.sold nexus 4 for 550 and bought 1 year of straight talk minutes for nexus.. WIN!!
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Clever move IMO. Gnex still has juice to handle most of our needs.

Your call.
Both are nexus devices.
One thing is certain, this kind of deals for nexus devices is not one off.

I couldn't believe the guy was happy to pay 550 for a 300 dollar phone. instant gratification i suppose lol
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savagehax said:
I couldn't believe the guy was happy to pay 550 for a 300 dollar phone. instant gratification i suppose lol
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Point is you earned 250 from this poor sob.

Sweet profit you made there. The Galaxy Nexus is indeed enough for everybody except for people who suffer from the obsessive need to have the latest thing even if the latest thing is not really worth buying over what you already have.

Disregard

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I couldn't believe the guy was happy to pay 550 for a 300 dollar phone. instant gratification i suppose lol
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Supply and demand . Play Store is out of stock in every country. Don't forget it's Christmas shopping season. If you're going to sell, this is the perfect time. (After the new year, it'll probably settle down again, everyone will be trying to offload the gifts they don't like XD)

CADude said:
Sweet profit you made there. The Galaxy Nexus is indeed enough for everybody except for people who suffer from the obsessive need to have the latest thing even if the latest thing is not really worth buying over what you already have.
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Not true. I loved my Galaxy Nexus, but it just started chugging for me. For basic operations, it was fine, but it started to lag here and there. Also, the screen's protective layer started peeling off and it was annoying to scroll or just generally slide my finger on the screen. I thought those were good enough reasons to switch, so I sold my Galaxy Nexus for $250, and paid $170 extra for a lot more horsepower, but I will probably not enjoy the glass back and the non-removable battery.

I think i made out pretty well lol
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savagehax said:
I think i made out pretty well lol
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Well, you're happy, nuff said:good:

Sweet deal but it would suck if straight talk cancelled your service for their B-S cap or little to no reason on that 1 year of service.

While the s4 pro is nice and all I would have preferred Google had let samsung make a refreshed galaxy nexus 2 with the exynos 5250 and the 8mp camera out of the s3/note ii.
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blackhand1001 said:
While the s4 pro is nice and all I would have preferred Google had let samsung make a refreshed galaxy nexus 2 with the exynos 5250 and the 8mp camera out of the s3/note ii.
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Exynos is closed source, you won't ever see it in a Nexus.

I wanted to buy Nexus 4, but then I (after quite some time) flashed stock Android and realized how fast actually GNex is. N4 is great and all, but just not enough for me to spend any money. I'll wait for the next year...
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Exynos is closed source, you won't ever see it in a Nexus.
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Its more open than both the s4 pro and tegra 3. And it is in a nexus device. The nexus 10 which had no problems getting into aosp. The s4 based nexus 4 had trouble with licensing. The exynos is not closed it just took samsung forever to get documentation out for the exynos 4. The exynos 5 is used in a nexus device and will have extensive documentation. Much better than what people will have to deal with on s4 pro. Qualcomm is propably one of the most closed soc makers out there.
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jeeholim said:
Not true. I loved my Galaxy Nexus, but it just started chugging for me. For basic operations, it was fine, but it started to lag here and there. Also, the screen's protective layer started peeling off and it was annoying to scroll or just generally slide my finger on the screen. I thought those were good enough reasons to switch, so I sold my Galaxy Nexus for $250, and paid $170 extra for a lot more horsepower, but I will probably not enjoy the glass back and the non-removable battery.
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Glad you're happy with your choice, but a bit confused about the description.... I've yet to hear of a protective layer on the Galaxy Nexus screen that could peel off, unless you're talking about the plastic film on the screen that you are supposed to remove when unboxing the phone. The glass is a"fortified" glass, similar to gorilla glass, hardened based on composition, heat and pressure. There has been speculation about an oleophobic coating, but that would be a chemical bath if anything, not any kind of peelable layer.... I believe you may be the first to report a peeling galaxy nexus screen...
Regarding your observation that it started to lag... there is nothing in the hardware that would age or degrade and cause lagging. The battery is perhaps the only part that ages with use, and that can be replaced in a minute or two. If you were seeing lag, it was likely due to configuration or an app taking more than its share of resources. Apps link Currents like to do background syncing, and when they do, your only indication that it's happening is a lagging UI in whatever else you're doing. A bit of house cleaning, or even a ROM and/or kernel update could probably have made the device fly again...
beamed from a Nexus 10 far, far away

blackhand1001 said:
Its more open than both the s4 pro and tegra 3. And it is in a nexus device. The nexus 10 which had no problems getting into aosp. The s4 based nexus 4 had trouble with licensing. The exynos is not closed it just took samsung forever to get documentation out for the exynos 4. The exynos 5 is used in a nexus device and will have extensive documentation. Much better than what people will have to deal with on s4 pro. Qualcomm is propably one of the most closed soc makers out there.
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IMO that's why the Nexus 4 is not in AOSP and why the Nexus4 may not see full AOSP support, but instead a more hobbled form. It probably wouldn't have an effect now, but down the road it will. The only other Snapdragon Nexus was the Nexus One.
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speedyink said:
Exynos is closed source, you won't ever see it in a Nexus.
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I don't see the Nexus 4 in AOSP, do you?

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IMO that's why the Nexus 4 is not in AOSP and why the Nexus4 may not see full AOSP support, but instead a more hobbled form. It probably wouldn't have an effect now, but down the road it will. The only other Snapdragon Nexus was the Nexus One.
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"Only other"? You do realize that makes Qualcomm the most popular chip maker for nexus phones right? 2/4.

Buy nexus 4 or I keep with galaxy nexus

Guys help me please I really want to know if buy a nexus 4 is advantage or don't change much of galaxy nexus?
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Not much of a difference
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duduzinho15 said:
Guys help me please I really want to know if buy a nexus 4 is advantage or don't change much of galaxy nexus?
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Better keep your money for next new nexus model. Not much different.
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keep ur money and wait for the new one.

Not much of an upgrade....save your money for the NX5/Moto X
The N4's glass back will give you heaps of worries

If I had fully working gnex perhaps I would wait until n5 or maybe go for s4 or HTC one. But since it died and I didn't had unlimited funds I went for n4...and I am really happy, I would never downgrade. It's blazing fast, screen is awesome. Even voice quality (in call) seems higher. Of course it has its flaws, but which device hasn't? Wifi and data signal are as weak as on gnexus. Yeah glass back but that's what cases are for. Maybe it's not a huge upgrade in terms if camera (still very average) but it is a noticeable difference overall . For me N4 feels like Gnex on steroids. Exactly what I was looking for and I don't need much more.
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Thank you guys
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duduzinho15 said:
Guys help me please I really want to know if buy a nexus 4 is advantage or don't change much of galaxy nexus?
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Hey man. I recommend you keep your current phone and wait for the next Nexus. The N4 has a problem registering touches and can be frustrating. A lot of owners will deny it, but if you have someone else try it out they will notice.
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If you want to buy a device which really makes a difference and shows even more ambition in supporting custom roms, have a look at the oppo find 5.
It even features the custom roms:
link to the oppo forum linking back to xda http://www.oppoforums.com/threads/poll-which-3rd-party-find-5-rom-is-your-favorite.2867/

majamee said:
If you want to buy a device which really makes a difference and shows even more ambition in supporting custom roms, have a look at the oppo find 5.
It even features the custom roms:
link to the oppo forum linking back to xda http://www.oppoforums.com/threads/poll-which-3rd-party-find-5-rom-is-your-favorite.2867/
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I'm from Brazil, I can't buy oppo find
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duduzinho15 said:
Thank you guys
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NO LTE!!!!! IM in Indy and LTE works great. would be a dead no go for me

duduzinho15 said:
Guys help me please I really want to know if buy a nexus 4 is advantage or don't change much of galaxy nexus?
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Huge advantage. I have the 16gb n4 and its amazing. Sleek build quality with a quad core processor that blows away the gnex. The extra gig of ram is nice too. Side by side my n4 is 4x as fast as my gnex
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I've had the GalNex for about a year and I recently jumped to the N4. I can tell you that you WILL notice a performance jump. I'm not sure why but GN lags when it's running 4.2.
If you can stand the GN, keep it. If you can't, get the N4.

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I've had the GalNex for about a year and I recently jumped to the N4. I can tell you that you WILL notice a performance jump. I'm not sure why but GN lags when it's running 4.2.
If you can stand the GN, keep it. If you can't, get the N4.
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i'm not sure why people say the gnex lags when it's running 4.2.2
no lags here :silly:

Seraz007 said:
i'm not sure why people say the gnex lags when it's running 4.2.2
no lags here :silly:
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Yeah. I'm not sure if it's a device related or what.
My phone will take 5 minutes to start an app after running CM10 for about 3 weeks. It lags so badly I have to wipe it every month.

exb0 said:
Yeah. I'm not sure if it's a device related or what.
My phone will take 5 minutes to start an app after running CM10 for about 3 weeks. It lags so badly I have to wipe it every month.
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lolz hang in there :highfive: :good:
recently bought the gnex and i gotta say it is rocking on 4.2.2
only con i can think of is the battery
other than that its gr8 ! :good:

Seraz007 said:
lolz hang in there :highfive: :good:
recently bought the gnex and i gotta say it is rocking on 4.2.2
only con i can think of is the battery
other than that its gr8 ! :good:
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haha well the gnex was good while it lasted. now it's just gathering dust .