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To sgs2 or not to sgs2?

Just moved to t mobile and have a one s. Awesome phone, with spotty reception., which is the reason for wanting to exchange. Can't exchange for sgs3 due to backorders and 14 day exchange. Can go to sgs2 but is it worth the little downgrade?

I love mine. The device is rock solid and the multitude of custom ROMS, GB and ICS, should give you enough variety to find what makes you happy.
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How is reception, audio, camera, GPS, battery life

Don't do it because its going to take a while for us to get the new software (Jellybean). I'm going to give you a little advice that I learn the hard way. Only buy Google made phones like galaxy nexus. Never buy other parties like Samsung and HTC cause they never update phone and there's not a lot of development. For android only get Google specific manufacturer phone . I can't stress that enough
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Thanks but I'm well aware of that. I'm looking for a well developed phone hat doesn't have spotty reception the way the one s does

davwman said:
Thanks but I'm well aware of that. I'm looking for a well developed phone hat doesn't have spotty reception the way the one s does
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Then just get the Galaxy Nexus unlock from the play store
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Had the nexus on Verizon. No thanks, battery was worthless

peconaut said:
Then just get the Galaxy Nexus unlock from the play store
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Might want to take a look...not available any more.
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davwman said:
How is reception, audio, camera, GPS, battery life
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Reception is a tough one as it depends on so many factors. I live just a few miles from the nearest TMO tower and my job is only 15 miles away so I always have great reception. I'm currently running the Whitehawkx AOKP ROM and have no issues with audio, camera, GPS or battery. Audio is crystal clear on calls and through apps such as Pandora, HBOGo, etc. The camera is what it is, 8mp is capable of quite a bit and if you get a solid HDR app such as HDR Camer+ by Almalence, you'll really get to see the hardware used to its potential.
I don't use maps much so I can't comment a whole lot on GPS other than to say the few times I have needed it, it has worked flawlessly. The battery is of course dependent upon far too many factors that all come from personal usage tendencies but I can say from my experience I get between 15 and 20 hours of battery a day on a full charge.
I'd suggest just checking the phone out in store if possible to get a better feel of what you'd be getting. Yeah, the OS updates are few and far between, and could very well be over at this point, but with all the custom ROM choices and the abilities of the Devs here, I wouldn't be shocked to see more custom choices as we go along.

davwman said:
Had the nexus on Verizon. No thanks, battery was worthless
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so the verizon one may have had horrible battery life, but my gsm one that i bought last friday from the play store is at 60% battery with 15 hours of light use.

aaronuser said:
Might want to take a look...not available any more.
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But I believe its coming back so I would wait for now
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There isn't a bright future for this phone. Most of the devs are moving away for greater phones. Our aokp dev doesn't have this phone anymore so it's not looking too good for aokp jellybean. I'd figure out a way for an s3 or wait for the nexus to come back (hopefully).
But if you must then this is a good phone with good Rom options at this point in time. Just don't be too hopeful about the future.
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But presently its still chugging along. I'm starting to drift towards getting the gs2, interchangeable battery expandable storage, bigger screen, stable roms. Let's here some more opinions.

If your still in your 14 days why don't u return the one s and cancel the service. Go buy a cheap prepaid phone get on T-Mobile prepaid or another prepaid service. Then when the gs3 becomes available resign up for service thru T-Mobile.
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Can't do that have my wife's and mother in law on my plan.

Each line is a separate two yr agreement if yours is in its 14 days u can cancel your line specifically. Your wife and mother in law will still have service. You just won't.
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Don't get this phone. Get a Galaxy Nexus.

I'm not paying full price for the gnex.

If you're looking for a really good phone but don't want to spend $600.00 then the S2 is for you IMO! I've enjoyed my S2 since I first bought it. I don't know how big you are on rooting, ROMs, and the like, but even if you don't root this phone is great! The only thing that might turn you off is the larger than average screen (the Galaxy S3 is even bigger, but thinner), in that case I would go with a Blaze.
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The s2 is a great device. Just because nexus got jellybean, people are acting like the s2 is complete crap. development is slow but at least we have something. Signal is great for me, battery lasts long and is interchangable ,SD, fast GPS lock, and lots of other things.
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[Q] So do you guys like your GS3?

So do you guys like your gs3? Would you have gotten a different phone, given the chance?
Just curious if this is the one to get. Im coming from the Tmobile G2X.

Well? Do you?

Lol. I love my phone. Maybe would have gotten the note 2 only for the lte.
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I like it a lot. It's the best phone I've owned. However, the Note II is looking mighty tempting since it supports LTE.

No buyers remorse here. Best phone I've ever owned by a mile... and is the perfect size. I will have it for a while
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What out there is better?
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Love it!
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jnewman1991 said:
I like it a lot. It's the best phone I've owned. However, the Note II is looking mighty tempting since it supports LTE.
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What is lte?

It's a good phone. I'm going to root it soon because in it's present state I feel that performance could be better and the gross amount of bloatware is incredibly annoying. I have used the speed test app and I'm T-Mo and managed to get a max of 27.80Mbps. Not to shabby. I did realize later that the size of the phone is quite big for my hands but the screen real estate makes up for it. I don't think I would have gotten anything else. Battery is great as well.

Yes. Absolutely i love my S3.

TheKid1 said:
What is lte?
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4G LTE. Same as Verizon's 4G.
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Well yea otherwise I would of gotten another phone

Nope got rid of in 2 days. I didnt know whether i was coming or going. HTC ONE BABY.. Needed sense and offcourse Awesome Beats with walkman...
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r1tesh said:
Nope got rid of in 2 days. I didnt know whether i was coming or going. HTC ONE BABY.. Needed sense and offcourse Awesome Beats with walkman...
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Lol I have awesome beats and walkman on my sgs3.
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r1tesh said:
Nope got rid of in 2 days. I didnt know whether i was coming or going. HTC ONE BABY.. Needed sense and offcourse Awesome Beats with walkman...
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Im assuming you're kidding? Otherwise you would not be floating around the gs3 forum still?
If you are serious, what do you mean "didnt know whether you were coming or going"? What does that even mean lol?
and by mentioning the "htc one", im assuming you mean the "one S". So that being said, no removable storage card and no removable battery, doesnt that speak for itself? Good luck with that one, or did you overlook those two missing features?
If you are serious, can you explain why u chose the htc one s over the gs3?
To the other person, the note 2 looks nice but from what i was reading, it seems a little big.
And also, people keep mentioning the nexus. Is it better than the gs3 better?

I like it, overall pretty good. WiFi performance and Wi-Fi calling are very bad. If you are planning on using WiFi calling DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE!

The s3 is light years ahead of the lg, that's a 2 year old phone that wasn't even that great to begin with. IMO the only other phone out right now to compare with the s3 is samsung's own Note2, but that's a giant phone and definitely not for everybody. If you wait a little longer LG's new superphone is around the corner but who know's when exactly it'll be released.

TheKid1 said:
So do you guys like your gs3? Would you have gotten a different phone, given the chance?
Just curious if this is the one to get. Im coming from the Tmobile G2X.
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Hey Kid. I remember you from the G2x days. Night and day different experience. Everything just works. Screen quality, speed, size, features, everything is better. This is what the android experince should be.You will love gaming on the GS3.

I love it so much. I do have an issue with the battery running out quickly but I think I have a faulty battery. Not sure. Other than that it's the best phone I've had. I don't think there's anything better out there.
The only other phone i would consider is the new Nexus coming out simply for the updates. It still hasn't been announced tho but I'm sure it'll be a fantastic device on par with the S III
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Goodbye my fellow E4GT brothers and sisters

I have left the Epic 4GT for a Galaxy Note 2. Ever since ICS came out for the E4GT, it just ruined my phones experience. An update I was once so eagerly awaiting, turned out to be a Trojan horse (literally) in a frozen treats disguise.
After enduring countless frustrations (4G not working, crashes, unreliable wifi, horrible battery life, etc, etc, etc...) I left the device. After biting the bullet and paying an early upgrade fee, and selling my old POS E4GT back to Sprint, and all their other fees and bla bla bla, I paid $501.17 to get my new phone. (And that's after I got taken again by Sprint in selling them back my old E4GT for a measly $90)
Honestly, the phone was good until the update, and I suffered for months until I just couldn't bear it. And it sucked because I switched from AT&T after having the iPhone 3G, 3GS, and 4. I was so happy to get my first Android phone, it was such a let down once ICS was pushed to it. The only good thing that came out of owning that peice of ****, was that I met some really cool, and amazing people on this forum that taught me a lot. Honestly, you guys were the ONLY good thing that came out of buying that phone. Aside from that, my phone experience was abysmal.
Now I wish you all luck, and I'll miss you guys. But I'll stop by from time to time to drop in and take a peek. I wish you all well, and hope to see you again in the future.
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Aww.
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Good luck bro! Best wishes to you. I have to agree as well, the ICS experience with this device ruined it for me as well. After using ICS on my current Galaxy nexus, i can see what real android is without issue.

Good luck. You probably could have gotten about $100 more if you had sold it on eBay.
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Shoulda flashed a new ROM, duh, You are on XDA right now...

TheDudeAbides said:
Shoulda flashed a new ROM, duh, You are on XDA right now...
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No offense to the devs but the roms right now for ics is still the same as the stock ics update just theme and modded but the super elestic scroll still there and well the battery well everyone uses their phone different so not to much tweaks will help. Aosp roms are the only best ones out for the e4gt but to me until JB source is out it isn't going to be a complete rom even though I notice chris and the rest of the crew are doing a great job but like the op I also got tired of waiting and got a note 2 yesterday and I must say its a better huge upgrade I dont regret it at all and this new touchwiz is the **** like I really love it.
Folks that think that the note 2 is not a big upgrade I disagree dont knock it till you try it cuz I think its a big upgrade and battery life is omfg amazing I got the phone with about 56% life on it and this is what I finished with so imagine at full charge .
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I had a pretty good experience with my Spring Galaxy S2 until recently. I never had any major issues on ICS except for bad battery life. When I needed my phone the most, during Hurricane Sandy, my battery began to swell and my phone would randomly turn off. I fixed this by buying a new battery but a few days later my power button crapped out. This phone was great for the first year but I think it's also time for me to jump ship to the Galaxy Note 2.

Now with that said, the Note 2 does look awesome. At least when I'm eligible for an upgrade, the Note 4 will be even cooler.
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mjs2011 said:
Now with that said, the Note 2 does look awesome. At least when I'm eligible for an upgrade, the Note 4 will be even cooler.
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Yea im pretty sure ill be hopping on it too lol
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Should have just flashed back to a el29 based from like calks or phantoms 4.1 and held out for the jb update. That's what I am doing.... really my only option less I wanna pay more for a service with data caps.
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I had the best battery life after the second OTA update on unrooted stock FH13. After I rooted my phone I couldn't find any ROM that had nearly as good of battery life. It used to last more than 60 hours on FH13 with very light use before I rooted it. Now I can only get around 50 hours on CM9 and at most 40 hours on JB ROMs, still on very light use. Not too bad I guess and at least I could modify a bunch of stuff when it's rooted.

yea Blazer or caulk was the Best Rom for Me On the e4gt IMHO. But me I Just Wanted Something New But to me The Way The e4Gt is going it Isn't Worth Staying on it for 2 years.
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I got a note 2.. But the epic 4G touch community is cooler and better
Hell I keep up with these forums more then the note 2 fourms lol:what:
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MiguelHogue said:
I got a note 2.. But the epic 4G touch community is cooler and better
Hell I keep up with these forums more then the note 2 fourms lol:what:
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It is cooler and better because theres no huge development community yet but if you look at it that phone really is too perfect unless you need root for small little things. I also still follow this community since I past this phone to my lil brother and I have to do everything for him when it comes to flashing and such but thats my only reason if not I'll be busy not following no community for the meantime and just enjoy the hell out of my note 2 since I really dont need much tweaks at all.
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mjs2011 said:
Now with that said, the Note 2 does look awesome. At least when I'm eligible for an upgrade, the Note 4 will be even cooler.
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I'm really torn between getting the Note 2 or waiting to see what's next. I would of rather waited a year but my E4GT is almost unbearable to use.

Idk why I can't quote your post but that is true
I know I've rooted mine already even though the phone was perfectas stock.. The unlimited multi view, youtube download, and getting rid of bloat had me sold
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faceyourfaces said:
I'm really torn between getting the Note 2 or waiting to see what's next. I would of rather waited a year but my E4GT is almost unbearable to use.
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I feel you on this and you should always consider the right move for yourself but some folks would be like meh e4gt to the note 2 really isn't worth it they rather wait but to me its worth it depending on the situation I have responsibility but heck when the s4 comes out and I want it ill just sell my note and put the differences its that easy for some folks and well it aint for others and those are the ones that would say meh its not worth upgrading from the e4gt to the note 2.
Once I saw lte in my area and it was being tested by my job and by my house I finally made the jump since lte is around the corner for my area and this device is pure beast and I dont regret it at all but if folks are used to wimax and not sure when they will receive it well its a different story but you just have to play your cards right when deciding to make a move.
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faceyourfaces said:
I'm really torn between getting the Note 2 or waiting to see what's next. I would of rather waited a year but my E4GT is almost unbearable to use.
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I myself was in the same situation kinda.. Torn to wait.. I myself just made the jump because everything is really a big waiting game with something new always coming out.. And after a while, in my opinion, the specs on these phones are just going to look good on paper.. A lot of apps don't even being to tap into the full capability of the phone .. That was my mind set so I just jumped ship since I missed out on the first note..
Just my thoughts
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You guys need to try lightweight and recalked. Best 2 Roms which are very close to stock and lightweight only themes the bare things. If you guys want to switch to newer phones, that's fine but don't blame the device and Roms available. It feels somewhat of an insult to all the awesome devs even though I know you guys don't mean it. Just my 2 cents.
Also almost every goodbye thread has some sort of complaint in it..
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BluesRulez said:
You guys need to try lightweight and recalked. Best 2 Roms which are very close to stock and lightweight only themes the bare things. If you guys want to switch to newer phones, that's fine but don't blame the device and Roms available. It feels somewhat of an insult to all the awesome devs even though I know you guys don't mean it. Just my 2 cents.
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Why should it be an insult to the devs? The devs wasnt the ones that had sent sprint this screwed up ics update remember it was samsung, the devs just been doing something they love and tryed to fix most thing's that sammy couldn't. I cant speak for all but my main turn off is the elastic super scrolling crap that to me its the biggest turn off and when i find something unattractive im sorry but I don't take one for the team lol. I know some folks got acustom to the fast scrolling since the leaks but for me its a big turn off when I go to sites or apps and when im really not flicking my fingers or putting to much pressure that damn thing scrolls all the way down when im really tryin to get to the center of the page and what not.
I really dont see it as an insult when the software of a rom these devs are working with is a crap that samsung decided to push out to this phone specifically I mean for some folks if you like what you use thats fine by me I just couldn't handle most things that used to bug me and im no rookie at flashing and such. If you really wanna see how crappy this ics update samsung gave this device check out the other devices that also recieve ics updates like the sky rocket they ics update is much better and the scrolling is much smoother and snappy like it really should be without that super quick scrolling crap that some folks actually call smooth lol thats my 2 cents.
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Other device and upgrading phone discussion

Please use this thread to discuss all other devices besides the S3.
Thanks
FNM

So how about that iPhone 5 huh? ....Guys? Guys? Where did everybody go? :crying:

CitrixLemon said:
So how about that iPhone 5 huh? ....Guys? Guys? Where did everybody go? :crying:
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What about it

iPhone is so gay
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What about it
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iPhone is so gay
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Classy.
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Had the n4 for 2 days well four now and coming back to sgs3. .
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Had the n4 for 2 days well four now and coming back to sgs3. .
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What is it you miss about the S3 or don't like about the N4?
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What is it you miss about the S3 or don't like about the N4?
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I was getting tired of the sgs3 regarding updates. 5.0 will come soon and we aren't even on 4.2 . once I had the nexus which I got as a replacement due to Tmobile not having sgs3 in stock ( don't ask weird situation). I realized I missed the drop down toggles and how quick it was to silent the phone. There's also no WiFi calling which is only important to me at work since I work in the basement and need to have for my wife and emergency calls. Also lack of SD which I though wasn't going to be an issue is. I hate having to transfer all my pictures and the ones that don't fit I'd rather not have stored on the cloud. I guess aside from getting quick updates and vanilla android, its not such an upgrade for me. It us for others but the sgs3 is more my style for the features that I use it for. :/. Getting a brand new one from Tmobile at non cost due to what happened. I do have to return the n4 though but I think I won in this situation.
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In all seriousness... Did anyone happen to get a glimpse at the new sexy phenomenal Galaxy S4?
Freaking thing looks beast!

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In all seriousness... Did anyone happen to get a glimpse at the new sexy phenomenal Galaxy S4?
Freaking thing looks beast!
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Its ight nothing special for me.....
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VibrantThemer said:
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You are a classy fella aren't you

loving my N4 don't regret giving my S3 to the wife.

Good
I love T-Mobile :highfive:

I think I would rather buy the HTC one over the S4

Tmobile fb just announce s4. Next week baby

Just wondering what the s4 will do that my s3 can't?

I've never been a fan of LG devices... but this is one I might just be tempted to get...
http://www.nextpowerup.com/news/1076/lg-smartphone-with-snapdragon-800-soc-benchmarked.html
I knew the Adreno 330 was going to be a beast of a chip but I had no idea it would clock like THAT!
Its a T-Mobile build too... Note the build fingerprint... "lge/g2_tmo_us"
One way or another I'm waiting for Snapdragon 800 devices to drop later this year before upgrading... That's just insane!

S4
Thinking of upgrading from S3 to S4.... Is it worth the money ?????

shaharyaraziz said:
Thinking of upgrading from S3 to S4.... Is it worth the money ?????
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Early reports say no... And the bootloader is locked as well. They managed to root it but it may be awhile before custom ROMs can be installed. Battery life is worse than the One as well (its marginally better than the battery life of the S3 by early accounts).
If you have an S3, I would recommend waiting at least until Google I/O to see what they have up their sleeves... The Snapdragon 800 devices are coming this year and they look to be beasts... Hell do a Google on "LG D801" and see what I mean...
Tegra 4i is coming too. Its too early to jump into another device in my opinion - the S3 just has so much life left in it.

Point taken, I think i'll wait for a while and will also check out the LG, besides I am addicted to flashing Custom Roms ..... by the way the toggle 2g app is pretty good for conserving Battery, I have a very heavy Phone usage that includes 4 Email Accounts set on Push and several hours of call time daily and still the battery lasts me the whole day and that app alone is reason enough for me to stay away from phones that are still under early stages of Rom Development. Thanks for the Fast response btw
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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]! ! ! ! !

Seraz007 said:
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..