Tried looking around, but the online reviews dont satisfy me.
If i exchange my phone from Telus, these 2 are the closest in prices. Galaxys is 430$ (selling my T989 so aint too bad). and One X + is 460$
OneX+ has Quadcore vs the Dualcore from the Samsung, is it really noticeable, i know cores is not necessarily the key point
OneX has 1 gig of ram, Samsung 2gigs.
OneX has 64gigs of internal memory. Galaxy has 16 + sd Slot.
All comes to global. Nevers hard any HTC products.
Will be rooting either, so firmware is not an issue.
Any advice ?
I'd go for the one x.. but I'd check to see where development is going with that phone. I came close to dumping my t989 for a one s but when I checked how are along development was going for it... not a good move.
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I've had an HTC before, and all I can say is that they're great, the hardware is good and all, but it comes down to like Rush said, dev support. If you like flashing different ROMs and what not, then go to each of the phones forum sections and check out how their dev support is. I remember I had the choice of the S2 and the Amaze 4G,and I chose the Amaze over the S2, and as much I loved the phone when I got on XDA all it had was root, no AOSP roms, just modified stock Sense Roms. Then theres the whole thing with HTC not releasing the source. When the Amaze was stolen and I got the S2 from T-Mo I was surprised by all the dev support the S2 has and it was that what changed my opinion on Samsungs, which before wasnt really a good one.
Tx.for the input
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I would go S3 as well. I've had both brands and prefer Samsung. My og evo was a great phone and has one of the most active developer communities. But I actually don't have the personal need to try a bunch of different roms out with this phone because it feels pretty good out of the gate.
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I say s3. The one x is a better phone overall but development will never be as good as the s3.
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Hi there I have a rogers gs3 and I am thinking of switching to a nexus. I love the gs3 but I also love installing ROMs and unfortunately there are not that many at&t/ rogers ROMs out there. Not even a single miui ROM
I have been reading g up on the specs for both phones and I don't see a big difference in either phones.
What's your take on the phones? Am I making a right choice if I switch phones?
Also what section of the forums would I be looking in for ROMs for the rogers nexus?
I would say it depends on what is important to you. if flashing ROMs(customizing) is what you prefer then go for the nexus.
and yes your are correct ..there is not a big difference or gap on hardware between the two.
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They just unlocked the boot loader on the S3...something to consider now as well.
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They just unlocked the boot loader on the S3...something to consider now as well.
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I think that was only an issue on the VZW version no?
If you love your ROMs then this is the phone for you. I love my GNex!
Definitely better if you really wan't the customizations, the newest android first and stable clean android.
However the hw on the nexus does lack behind the gs3 hw quite a bit.
Thanks for all your responses. I really like different ROMs so I am going to get the nexus tomorrow
GS3 is superior to GNexus (powerful cpu, better camera, and so on).. And if you can wait other GS3 roms will be developed in the next future..
If you really want to customize a lot your device I'd wait to the NEXT nexus phone
Cyanogenmod 10 is already really stable.. have you tried it? I'm using it very happily on my gs3 right now.
And hardware differences between the phones is significant.
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Hi there I have a rogers gs3 and I am thinking of switching to a nexus. I love the gs3 but I also love installing ROMs and unfortunately there are not that many at&t/ rogers ROMs out there. Not even a single miui ROM
I have been reading g up on the specs for both phones and I don't see a big difference in either phones.
What's your take on the phones? Am I making a right choice if I switch phones?
Also what section of the forums would I be looking in for ROMs for the rogers nexus?
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I went from the htc one x which is as good as the s3 and came to my senses and went to a nexus just because I realized that software is so much more important than the hardware and now that I watch phone comparisons I see that the nexys is still competing against all these top tier phones also in a few months the one x and s3 will be beaten by another phone but people will still compare the nexus to the upcoming super phones
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I went from the htc one x which is as good as the s3 and came to my senses and went to a nexus just because I realized that software is so much more important than the hardware and now that I watch phone comparisons I see that the nexys is still competing against all these top tier phones also in a few months the one x and s3 will be beaten by another phone but people will still compare the nexus to the upcoming super phones
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I'd pass up slightly better hardware specs for an unlocked bootloader and the latest version of Android any day. The only major drawback for me by going to the GNex from the GSIII is losing LTE.
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I love my Nexus.
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So. I've got a friend who tonight just offered to trade a 32gb HTC One X International for my AT&T 16gb Galaxy S3. I've already got two friends saying it's a good trade, and I'm inclined to agree because of the Tegra 3 and the LCD screen. Just curious to see what anyone else thought and if they'd give a thumbs up or down.
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Yes its a good trade. Tegra 3 and 32 gb, but you will NOT get LTE with the hox, is this a deal breaker?
Also the battery life on the hox is a lot less than the s3, but if rooted there are a couple of roms that utilize battery use very well.
Another good reason to trade is the latest sense, its brilliant.
Check the hox thoroughly, make sure its a perfect runner before you swap.
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Don't now about circumstances in us, but here in Germany its not good, better to sell your galaxy s3 on ebay or Craig list and buy hox, it'll give you some extra bucks
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Check what your network uses. GSM or CDMA. If you haven't, go read some reviews. I've been debating getting the one x international myself but I've read the battery life is god awful.
Been holding out on getting a new phone since I wanted one with a decent physical keyboard and other specs. Since HTC decided they don't want to anymore and I love sense its hard to look at anything else. Can't stand AOSP stock look or touchwiz for sure though personally.
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Check what your network uses. GSM or CDMA. If you haven't, go read some reviews. I've been debating getting the one x international myself but I've read the battery life is god awful.
Been holding out on getting a new phone since I wanted one with a decent physical keyboard and other specs. Since HTC decided they don't want to anymore and I love sense its hard to look at anything else. Can't stand AOSP stock look or touchwiz for sure though personally.
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Your out to date, mate. The battery life with last stock rom is pretty good. With 4-5 screen on time hox can live for a hole day. Gaming will cause some battery drain, bur even playing 1,5hrs Sega virtua tennis my phone gives me 3hrs screen on time.
P. S. : typing on 4,7 display with swiftX keyboard is such a pleasure after some time it collects your type of lexicon and it becomes really hard to use something other than that (ok, full qwerty is still nice on PC, but everything alse kind of suxx)
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I just got the galaxy S3 on at&t and I chose it over the One X (despite costing $100 more than the One X) because the features seemed really cool. S-Voice and other little things that would make life a little easier. Stuff like s-beam, s-voice, various motion things, swipe to screenshot, etc. Google now is so much faster than s-voice though and pretty much everything else can be achieved with third party apps. So now I'm wondering if I should return the s3 and get a One X or not.a
Any comments or suggestions that can male this choice easier?
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I just got the galaxy S3 on at&t and I chose it over the One X (despite costing $100 more than the One X) because the features seemed really cool. S-Voice and other little things that would make life a little easier. Stuff like s-beam, s-voice, various motion things, swipe to screenshot, etc. Google now is so much faster than s-voice though and pretty much everything else can be achieved with third party apps. So now I'm wondering if I should return the s3 and get a One X or not.a
Any comments or suggestions that can male this choice easier?
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Sgs3 on jellybean> hox on jellybean
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Htc one x jellybean is actually great, the screens is wayyy better the the s3 but when it comes down to performance sgs3 wins so ur choice
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Sgs3 on jellybean> hox on jellybean
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Why is it better?
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Why is it better?
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Read the forum. It's not like there aren't 100 other threads regarding this same subject already.
Oh, and see my signature.
S3 would be be an ideal choice than HTC One X.
Ok i will change it up. HOX no way, I but HOX+ I would say that is worth entertaining when it is released.
The only thing worth having in the HOX is its screen. It uses the same cpu, less memory, lower battery, no sd and bootloader locked (I believe it is still the same but not 100%.)
HOX+ will have better screen, less ram, faster cpu and same size battery as S3. Also I believe the HOX+ will come out at either 32gb or 64gb.
Hopefully that helps a little.
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Unless I hear the One X+ has an unlockable bootloader on AT&T, I'm keeping my sgs3. The reason I switched to this phone was the bootloader shenanigans.
Had the One X with Rogers for 2 months then went to SGSIII. Nuff said
I switched from a One X too. Gs3 hands down better
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Samsung optimizes their phones a lot better than HTC. There's also fewer bugs. Material wise, the HTC are better though.
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This phone has the same polycarbonate as the one x. It just has a different finish.
Samsung is the king of android right now and it seems they will be for a long time. The optimization, features and power combo are the ultimate in phones/ tablets
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Add me to the list of people who ditched the one x
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I too came from a Hox, but I switched bc I couldn't unlock the bootloader. The thing I loved about the Hox was its beauty, it was the most beautiful device I've owned. I didn't like the screen honestly bc I could see the grid on it (drove me insane)
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So if I'm gonna root it and install Cyanogenmod or maybe AOKP, is the GS3 worth the $100 premium?
I say yes, absolutely. Especially if you also keep in mind the the OX doesn't have expandable storage. We have great development support in the community and your phone will perform better than you thought possible.
Galaxy S3 AOKP 4.1.2 JB.
My gf has the gs3 and I have a one s that has the same chip as the hox. I have no idea were the gs3 has more power comment has come from. Out of the box it was just hitting between 4000 and 4500 on quadrant. My one s out of the box was 4500 and up. Running sense on my one s and a over clocked kernel to 2.1ghz I'm getting between 6000 and 6500. I put her gs3 on task and knootesz aokp with the 2.1ghz kernel and I'm lucky if her phone hits 5000. Even in linpack it only gets a 45. She also has been asking me to make her phone snappier like mine because it just pops apps right open. I honestly am kind of bummed because I recommended the s 3 because I thought it would be fun to mess with and pretty powerful but I've just been unimpressed, I was actually a little jealous that she got the gs3 because I thought it would be more powerful than+my phone . I will admit though it has a beautiful screen.
Edit; if the boot loader thing is a deal breaker for the hox, the flash GUI app takes care of the problem
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So if I'm gonna root it and install Cyanogenmod or maybe AOKP, is the GS3 worth the $100 premium?
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Absolutely. For that extra 100 bucks you get a removable battery and sd card slot, not to mention no more racing against htc and att to find exploits. The One X is as locked down as an iphone.
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Absolutely. For that extra 100 bucks you get a removable battery and sd card slot, not to mention no more racing against htc and att to find exploits. The One X is as locked down as an iphone.
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Right, Okay.
Another reason I've kind of been wondering about the HOX is because I've had two phones stolen already–just this past week it was my Skyrocket, which prompted the upgrade–and since the HOX doesn't have a removable battery, it seems less stealable.Because then they can't remove the battery and the phone can be tracked, right? Or am I wrong about this?
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I'm due for an upgrade from my Incredible 2, which was an awesome phone with some really great devs cooking up some badass roms. I guess my question is do I switch to the gnex, which is free, or go for the sgsIII?
I need a solid device with decent battery and it's used mostly for communication. No games or anything.
Having to give up my unlimited data is making me leary about switching to any phone.
Thanks in advance for the advice.
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With basic use, anything around these days will pretty much last you a solid work day, and home play time. Regarding the consideration of the nexus, if you can handle the shipping chaos right now, I'd just get the n4. I'm assuming you have a gsm carrier. Same price, longer life. Big picture all around, I'd wait to upgrade. A15's are here, and they're going to dominate the bar for standard in the near future.
Came from the same phone three weeks ago.
I dont regret it at all. I bought mine off contract so I kept my unlimited data and only paid 160 new.
The phone is way more responsive with little to no bloat, and best of all, the development is based off source and not ports.
Battery life isnt as good but thats because its a 4g phone and the screen is WAY better.
Buy either a GNex or a SGS3 off contract.
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Came from the same phone three weeks ago.
I dont regret it at all. I bought mine off contract so I kept my unlimited data and only paid 160 new.
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Where did you find it for that price?
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The Galaxy S3 is better than the Gnex in pretty much every way. I just don't like the design. You can't go wrong with the handset that sold more than any other handset and that would be the S3.
More users = more community.
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LG Nexus 4 obviously is the best right now if you need a new phone, but for someone like me who already owns a galaxy nexus it isn't worth upgrading to a N4 as it runs the same JB 4.2.1 OS with the exact same jellybean features an just as smooth.
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How do you guys find the radio and wifi reception on this phone? I've read a lot of mixed reviews.
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How do you guys find the radio and wifi reception on this phone? I've read a lot of mixed reviews.
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Every phone will have mixed reviews. I personally came from the htc inspire to a nexus, and have experienced less signal losses in my common areas.
LG N4 all the way if you can get one. Or get a used gnex on craigslist. Easy to handle if you are a ROM freaky.
I don't have the Nexus 4, but I had the S3 and Galaxy Nexus twice, between the three choices, I'm figuring:
S3 advantages:
-best front and rear camera
-best battery life
-best rear speaker
-microsd expansion
disadvantage:
-poorest built quality of the three
-will not get direct Google updates and stock android experience (unless you use custom rom of course, which still isn't compared to the quick updates and the variety of quality roms of the Nexus)
-physical/capacitive buttons (yes its a disadvantage, I said it)
If you have to ask me, I sold the Galaxy Nexus to buy the S3, then sold it and repurchased the Galaxy Nexus despite the benefits of the S3. So there is your answer. Also a used Galaxy Nexus are very cheap now.
Also you are asking in a Nexus forum, so the answer is will be the Nexus, as opposed to asking in the S3 forum.
Either of the two would be great. The main thing the Gnex(on Verizon) has on the SGSIII is that we get our Roms made from AOSP source.
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I am sticking with the Verizon Galaxy Nexus they sent me for free in June.
The Nexus4 is not an option for Verizon customers and my GNexus is very nice even on stock 4.1 Jellybean. Not really sure 4.2.1 would be a real improvement.
It would be cool to play with a sgs3, maybe, but no rush. They are bound to get a lot cheaper if they really last long enough and if I never upgrade via Verizon again I can keep my unlimited data for at least the next year and a half...hopefully longer.
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Not really sure 4.2.1 would be a real improvement.
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It's real and improved, I'm using it right now.
I do flash a lot of different roms, and having ones built from source is awesome. My dinc2 is now running JB bit with a hacked GB kernel. The dev who cooked most roms I use, Aeroevan, is a genius and is now making sgs3 ones as well. That being one reason I may go that route. The nexus seems more feasible though. Especially if I can pick one up and still keep my unlimited data. I only use about 800mb/month because I always on wifi, but I don't want to give it up. Thanks for all the tips so far.
Also, being that so many people have the sgs3, I posted this here hoping that I'd get the advice of people that were a little more experienced with their phones and the capabilities outside of what's sold to them from the provider.
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on a purely hardware basis, there is no doubt the GS3 is better. GNex will only have more AOSP ROMs, but better hardware on GS3 + tons of users and a very active dev community = it will last longer. I say this as a GNex owner
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on a purely hardware basis, there is no doubt the GS3 is better. GNex will only have more AOSP ROMs, but better hardware on GS3 + tons of users and a very active dev community = it will last longer. I say this as a GNex owner
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Just until GS4 comes around, then the exodus will begin exactly as is happening with Gnex. I recently bought my Gnex just because GN4 was sold out, and I'm still trying to find what real benefits could I gain with these phone vs the Gnex. Better camera? It's a cellphone cam, every cellphone camera sucks big time (aberrations, noise, and so on...). More CPU, well I compare these with Windows X64 5 or 6 yrs ago, when there wasn't programs that could work with 64 bits, there are not apps using a quad core or using 2gb ram, but however, I don't know if i need to sell my recent purchase and upgrade (if it is) to a G4, just to see how in 3 months Samsung announces a new galaxy, or Sony, or anybody else.
I own a GS3 but am not due for an upgrade for another year. However, I have saved up enough to purchase one new device and am debating on whether I should purchase the S4 or One because I am amazed by the specs for both and not sure which I should go for. The One would be something completely new for me, not to mention the beautiful design so I keep leaning a bit more towards that but I would also love the S4 for the brand new features but is it really worth getting? I agree with many that it's not that big of an upgrade to the S3 but I absolutely love the idea of having Touchwiz running on the latest android version 4.2.2 and I'm not sure if and when this will be released on the S3. If so then I will probably consider staying with the S3 and just buy the One while I wait for the updates to come to the S3. So as of right now I'm kind of lost on what I should do. Any suggestions? I'm open to opinions from anyone and everyone. Thanks.
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My thing before buying a device now a days is one thing, OPEN SOURCE??? that's all I care about lol. If it were me based on looks and functionality, it'd be the One S, it's just so beautiful. The S III will get some of the features the S IV will have, and this phone is plenty capable of handling the future to come of android.
My opinion is you probably meant to ask this question here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2164
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Didn't even know this thread opened up. Thank you very much.
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