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GS3 screen fabrication process used for Nexus?

Has anyone recently gotten a new Nexus without the problems with the screen such as the purple tint, banding, inaccurate colors and grainy whites? I just got an S3 and the screen is definitely better than that of my old Nexus but I'm thinking of going back to the Nexus but I prefer the phone with a better screen lol.
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If ur question is if they made a gnex with a SLCD2 than the answer is No.
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Serious_Beans said:
Has anyone recently gotten a new Nexus without the problems with the screen such as the purple tint, banding, inaccurate colors and grainy whites? I just got an S3 and the screen is definitely better than that of my old Nexus but I'm thinking of going back to the Nexus but I prefer the phone with a better screen lol.
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People who just got their Nexus immediately after the ban have been receiving theirs today and all of them had great screens, based on their feedback on the thread

Serious_Beans said:
Has anyone recently gotten a new Nexus without the problems with the screen such as the purple tint, banding, inaccurate colors and grainy whites? I just got an S3 and the screen is definitely better than that of my old Nexus but I'm thinking of going back to the Nexus but I prefer the phone with a better screen lol.
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My replacement phone from January is perfect. I am aware thats the luck of the draw though, considering my wife's phone is definitely NOT perfect.

My replacement Nexus (2 weeks old) is perfect. I can't believe I went that long with a bad nexus.
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rayiskon said:
If ur question is if they made a gnex with a SLCD2 than the answer is No.
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Lol funny guy
So basically the screens they are using in the recent Nexus phones are better? No purple tint? Banding? Grainy whites on low brightness?
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Apparently if you get one with a serial number of C5 or higher there is a very good chance you will get one with a goof screen.
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harveydent said:
People who just got their Nexus immediately after the ban have been receiving theirs today and all of them had great screens, based on their feedback on the thread
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I just got mine yesterday and I have mad ghosting (usually from the keyboard). I was at the at&t store yesterday and the screen in the display GS3 looked nicer. I don't have any banding issues. The color temperature is closer to that of my Lumia 800 (slightly yellow whites, very vibrant blues) than my finally retired Nexus One (first gen AMOLED, very high K whites, almost blue, washed out reds).

Where can I check the serial number?
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Hard to draw a conclusion
We have 4 Gnexes, and two of them have gone back to Samsung for new screens, so I guess we've had 6 screens all told. I don't think I can draw a conclusion based on build date...
My son has the oldest of the 4, and his screen is nice.
Mine is the next oldest, and the screen was good from day-1, and the newly installed (dropped it) screen is really good.
My daughter's is 2nd newest, and her screen is OK, but not as good as mine. Hers got a new screen before my wife got her phone, and that one is OK, too.
My wife's phone is the newest (march or April?) (with the exception of my replaced screen), and has looked dreadful the whole time, but she doesn't seem to mind it.

My phone is 3 weeks old now. I have no 'grainy' things going on. I do have banding with the color 'grey'. I tested it with the app called 'LCD TEST' free from Google Play. I tested every color and I only got banding with the color 'grey'. The rest looks ridicilously good!
I do have to say that my Old Omnia II with an Amoled screen was good. I could see the pixels easily. (3.7", 800x480)
I can also see the pixels on my Galaxy NEXUS with ease. But these pixels are way smaller but still noticeable. Because of that the screen does not look as sharp as I thought it'd be. But still it looks WAY better than my Omnia II's Amoled screen. Also blows the Galaxy S' screen away (which I've compared my Galaxy NEXUS to)

So it seems the screens issues are really just a hit and miss. I wish they would use the same screen tech they use in the S3 :/ I'm missing jelly bean but I don't want to go from a better screen to one with problems ...decisions decisions lol
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I received my Nexus on July 6th from the playstore. The screen looks fantastic to me. Blacks are black, as for whites I'm not sure what grainy is really supposed to mean. I don't think there's any graininess.

Why does the SGS3s screen look better than the GNexs when its the same Super SAMOLED?

It's as if the colors and the screen pops more up while ours looks great but not as popped up and more in depth and concave sort of way. As if there is a grainy screen that's all like gauss covering the screen. Why did they opt for a cheaper crappier screen on the GNex?
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Natural looking colors on gnex. Think it's better.
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I love the sgs3s screen better. Due to it being more vibrant and bright!
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Yeah, my brother has an s3, for some reason the screen seems clearer
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Color profile perhaps?

monkey hung said:
It's as if the colors and the screen pops more up while ours looks great but not as popped up and more in depth and concave sort of way. As if there is a grainy screen that's all like gauss covering the screen. Why did they opt for a cheaper crappier screen on the GNex?
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Because of this.

Ya, pentile sucks. My og dinc's screen looked better as far as colors go. But it gets the job done, which for me is displaying everything this [email protected]%&ing awesome phone can do

Landara said:
Because of this.
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Doesn't Galaxy SIII also has PenTile Matrix in its screen?

timelessfahad said:
Doesn't Galaxy SIII also has PenTile Matrix in its screen?
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Yes, the SGS3's screen is also pentile, note the lack of plus at the end of Super AMOLED HD.
Different colour profile, different Q/A requirements (Have you noticed that there is very little black in touchwizz UX, maybe to avoid the low brightness blacks become purple issue).
Tweaks made to the panels and manufacturing process after doing them in blunk for the gnexus?
All of the above?
Your guess is as good as mine

Landara said:
Because of this.
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You do realize this link is irrelevant to the topic at hand, right?
Anyway, I have had my phone next to my friends S3 and with the color tweaks on the GNEX I did not notice any difference. Stock GNEX screen, sure it looks horrible. My GNEX looks 10x better then any stock GNEX screen as well.

I would say quality control. Samsung took the time to perfect the S3's colors. I love my screen and it's vibrant and all that. Granted I've never compared the two.
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[email protected] said:
You do realize this link is irrelevant to the topic at hand, right?
Anyway, I have had my phone next to my friends S3 and with the color tweaks on the GNEX I did not notice any difference. Stock GNEX screen, sure it looks horrible. My GNEX looks 10x better then any stock GNEX screen as well.
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What tweak are you using? Trinity or franco kernel with color profiles?

monkey hung said:
It's as if the colors and the screen pops more up while ours looks great but not as popped up and more in depth and concave sort of way. As if there is a grainy screen that's all like gauss covering the screen. Why did they opt for a cheaper crappier screen on the GNex?
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Trinity colors FTW!
Try it. Screen of GNex looks way better than SGS3!

SGS screens are poorly calibrated. Over saturated, over sharpened, etc.
Some people apparently like that.
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MikeyMike01 said:
SGS screens are poorly calibrated. Over saturated, over sharpened, etc.
Some people apparently like that.
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Agreed.
Believe it or not there is a point where too much saturation is bad. It starts to look entirely unnatural. I'm happy where the saturation levels are at with my Nexus currently, still more vibrant than any LCD screen, but not to the point where everything looks like someone took the saturation dial and cranked it to max.

speedyink said:
Agreed.
Believe it or not there is a point where too much saturation is bad. It starts to look entirely unnatural. I'm happy where the saturation levels are at with my Nexus currently, still more vibrant than any LCD screen, but not to the point where everything looks like someone took the saturation dial and cranked it to max.
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What colour settings do u use BTW ?
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Tarun95 said:
What colour settings do u use BTW ?
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Stock, I've had no reason to mess with the colors.

To me, they both have the same Nasty blue tint
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speedyink said:
Stock, I've had no reason to mess with the colors.
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Oh stock is damn yellow for me
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SDRaver said:
To me, they both have the same Nasty blue tint
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Lolwut? That plagued the first gen galaxy phones. Not the current ones. Probably why you have an evo
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CAMERA | Post photos taken with your LG Optimus G here

Taken any good photos on your LG Optimus G?
Seen something funny that you captured the moment for?
Then why not share them.
Have fun guys.

Does anyone have this phone

Maybe not yet but its here resdy lol
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Here's a pic of my wife's latest cut after she dyed he hair a purpleish blue. She a stylist.
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Thats awesome mate
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Pretty decent picture quality. And awesome hair cut

Depleta said:
Pretty decent picture quality. And awesome hair cut
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She says thanks. Its grown back already though. Her hair grows like weeds. (Not the smokeable kind though. That actually grows kinda slow)
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Night time Photography - Noise
Just wondering what is the noise like on this camera when taking pictures in the streets lit only by street lights?
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Depleta said:
Just wondering what is the noise like on this camera when taking pictures in the streets lit only by street lights?
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Reviews been saying that pictures in the dark are not very good i believe we'll need a cameraMOD

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Just wondering what is the noise like on this camera when taking pictures in the streets lit only by street lights?
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I'll take one this evening and post it. I've heard the Sprint versions does better in low light though.
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Gotta say after playing with one first hand...im SUPER dissapointed with the camera. Im an android faithful through and through, but I compared the pictures side by side with an iphone 4s and wow what a difference. you can zoom in so much farther and the pictures are so much clearer on the 4s. I was freaked out by this because they touted the 13MP camera, and it just doesnt deliver. It honestly looks more akin to my galaxy nexus camera quality wise. Just thought I would weigh in on my experience.
this along with the locked bootloader unfortunately might push me away from this phone.

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Gotta say after playing with one first hand...im SUPER dissapointed with the camera. Im an android faithful through and through, but I compared the pictures side by side with an iphone 4s and wow what a difference. you can zoom in so much farther and the pictures are so much clearer on the 4s. I was freaked out by this because they touted the 13MP camera, and it just doesnt deliver. It honestly looks more akin to my galaxy nexus camera quality wise. Just thought I would weigh in on my experience.
this along with the locked bootloader unfortunately might push me away from this phone.
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So can you post some pictures here?
Since I wanna switch from galaxy nexus and I don't want a worse camera in my new phone..

I am also very disappointed in the camera its unbearable.
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It's good in outside light, lousy indoors.
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Here is one I just took at lunch.
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The first one is in pitch black. I'm very happy with all my pictures. Better then my sg3.
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Some late season flowers I saw while walking my dog yesterday
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Those look pretty good. Some of the reviews mentioned strange autofocus and I agree. Pics can look very good if you catch it in focus.
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One focused on the box, one focused on the puzzle itself. Low light under a chandelier. Not bad at all.
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Screen DPI Question

I'm coming from a G2X, and I've owned a GS3 while I was using Sprint, but am about to pick up a GS2, and I have a couple of questions. The GS2 states that it only has 206dpi on a 4.52 super amoled plus screen, which the G2X has ~233dpi on a 4" LCD, and the GS3 having ~306dpi on a 4.8" super amoled plus screen.
Why is the dpi count so low on the GS2? Is there a set of sub pixels, does the G2X have sub pixels? I would just be really disappointed if my 2 year old G2X looks better than the GS2, is that the case?

stevew84 said:
I'm coming from a G2X, and I've owned a GS3 while I was using Sprint, but am about to pick up a GS2, and I have a couple of questions. The GS2 states that it only has 206dpi on a 4.52 super amoled plus screen, which the G2X has ~233dpi on a 4" LCD, and the GS3 having ~306dpi on a 4.8" super amoled plus screen.
Why is the dpi count so low on the GS2? Is there a set of sub pixels, does the G2X have sub pixels? I would just be really disappointed if my 2 year old G2X looks better than the GS2, is that the case?
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The GS2 looks a lot better than the G2x. I used to have a G2x and the screen on the GS2 is a lot more vivid. I don't know about the sub pixel thing. All I know is a much better phone than the G2x hands down
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Yea, the specs are far superior to the G2X, I was just curious about the low dpi of the GS2. Thanks for the info.

stevew84 said:
Yea, the specs are far superior to the G2X, I was just curious about the low dpi of the GS2. Thanks for the info.
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T-Mobile doesn't always list the specs correctly
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They both have 480*800 resolutions. The g2x has a smaller display so there are more pixels in every squared inch.
That's why, for example, the iPhone has a high PPI even though the resolution is not even HD. It's smaller than most android phones.
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The GS2 looks a lot better than the G2x. I used to have a G2x and the screen on the GS2 is a lot more vivid. I don't know about the sub pixel thing. All I know is a much better phone than the G2x hands down
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The gs2 is brighter but over-saturated. LCDs are more natural and easier to look at under sunlight. The g2x's display is better IMO.
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Can anyone comment on the HTC One S? higher resolution AND higher DPI while at 4.3". Then there is the new Optimus L9, so I'm confused.

stevew84 said:
Can anyone comment on the HTC One S? higher resolution AND higher DPI while at 4.3". Then there is the new Optimus L9, so I'm confused.
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I think its your choice if you're going to root the One S, because my brother has a One V, and it was quite confusing to root, and the fact that you had to use ADB every time you flashed a ROM. I have no knowledge about the L9, sorry :/
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Just bought a Galaxy Nexus instead of waiting for the N4 to come back in stock..

So I sold my S3 (which I really regret) in anticipation for the N4. I couldn't get one on launch and theyve been sold out in the UK play store ever since.
I'm kind of glad I didn't get one now. I was always concerned about teething issues and 16gb bothered me.
Today I decided to get a GN off eBay as a stop gap. Besides the camera, it is a wonderful device. I like the build and I love the pure black front. I'm also a sucker for amoled screens. I've used my brothers one fairly extensively and with 4.2 it seems like a really "complete" device.
My plan is to keep the GN for around 6 months. At that point I'm hoping Google are going to do an N7 and release a 32gb model. Only at that point will I pick an N4 up.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to getting it, and for the first time since my S1, having a device which I can run 100% working AOSP rooms on.
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Cool story

I think you'll really like it. I've had mine for about 3 weeks - got it for a steal on eBay right after the Nexus 4 was announced. When I got it, it looked completely unused.
Anyway, even the camera doesn't bother me. It's as good as any other cell phone camera I've ever used though I suppose it's not the best out there (HTC or Nokia most likely have those). Still what I use my phone camera for is stuff that winds up downsized on Facebook anyway. If I want to take nice photos, that's what my Canon EOS T3 is for.

Yea it is not a bad decision. The camera really does not bother me at all because it actually takes great pictures. Overall it is the software mix with the mp that produce great shots so the 5mp only sounds bad but quality is pretty good imo. The development is amazing as well with all the new 4.2.1 Roms coming out
Also depends on how much you got the gnex for thou?

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Cool story
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You are part of the problem this site faces. Such an ignorant and useless post for absolutely no reason. If you don't like a thread/post simply move on and don't be a jerk!
To the OP I gave my wife my S3 and took my old GNex back from her. She hated the battery life of the GNex and I hated not having the latest version of Android lol. All in all the GNex is a great phone I just wish I could get the battery to last a bit longer.

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cool story bro. lolololol

I am in the exact same place as the OP. I sold my white S3 to buy N4 but after 10 days w/o a decent phone bought a brand new GNex.
Actually I do not regret of selling the S3. I really love the pure android.
I tried CM in s3 and it was buggy as hell.
I will go for an N4 but gnex is a remarkable phone. Period
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Thanks guys you've certainly reassured me.
I think I've made a good decision for the meantime. I played with stock 4.2 on the gnex and I absolutely loved it. Android has come so far from eclair, which is what I started on.
And I don't care what anyone says about amoled, the pure black with saturated neon blue on the gnex is sexy as hell.
Only thing is gaming, but for anything serious I much prefer to use the N7. I'm sure the gnex will cut it for temple run etc!
I can see myself becoming a serial flasher again lol.
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insane08 said:
Also depends on how much you got the gnex for thou?
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I paid 200 for it, supposedly in mint condition, but we'll see when it gets here. I sold my s3 for 350 so I'm still quids in.
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And I don't care what anyone says about amoled, the pure black with saturated neon blue on the gnex is sexy as hell.
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I totally agree. I hear a lot of people *****ing about the displays on this phone, but I have to disagree, especially after a minor color tweak. Punchy colors (but not too punchy), super dark blacks, 320ppi (pentile be damned it still looks great)..I find myself just staring at my home screen sometimes which features a city scape at night recolored with a rainbow like effect, it just really shows all the strengths of this screen.
Certain shades of gray are the weakness, but I rarely encounter them, and the rest of the time it just looks great, so I really don't care.

speedyink said:
I totally agree. I hear a lot of people *****ing about the displays on this phone, but I have to disagree,
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Those are just nerds on xda. Normal people think the screen on our phone is awesome... and it is.
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Agree. Broke my one s and for this for 200 instead of waiting for the nexus 4. Probably one of the best phones if not the bes that I have ever owned.
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Ever since I had an iPhone 4 with retina display, pentile displays are garbage in comparison.
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adamdx said:
Ever since I had an iPhone 4 with retina display, pentile displays are garbage in comparison.
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Then by all means, don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

speedyink said:
I totally agree. I hear a lot of people *****ing about the displays on this phone, but I have to disagree,
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Those are just nerds on xda. Normal people think the screen on our phone is awesome... and it is.
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the only time i hate is when i have to use it in sunlight.. other than thats the screen is good
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adamdx said:
Ever since I had an iPhone 4 with retina display, pentile displays are garbage in comparison.
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sell gnex then buy iphone = 1 less fanboi on xda??

I sat a couple of days ago with a N4 in my cart, with a ship date of 1-2 weeks...but something just didn't seem right to me. It was $350 I didn't really have to blow, but I really needed to get something going because my company is kicking everyone off their Verizon corporate plan at the end of the month.
I've been a Galaxy S I (Fascinate) user for the past 2 years, and I wanted to stay with a Galaxy family. I have been researching using a GSM GNex for T-Mobile Prepaid. So, I bailed on the N4, with the hopes that I could find a good deal on a GNex (I knew I could get a "like new" one from Amazon for $300).
Then my Fascinate died. My Galaxy S1 that I've babied and taken such good care of it's whole life....now in a endless bootloop with no USB access whatsoever to flash anything new to it. Oh well, I was going to have to send it back to corporate next week anyway. Still, I haven't been without a mobile for more than a day in a long time.
Somehow luck was on my side. The very next day, a local man posted his "like new in box" GSM Gnex for $200, and I pounced. Met him during his 2nd shift workbreak and bought it immediately. Got it home and shoved my T-Mobile SIM in there, and completed the activation and number port online. Took them about 8 hours (overnight) to port my number from the corporate plan.
I'm thrilled with my decision. I love the look, feel and quality of the GNex..and the step up in speed and smoothness from my Fascinate (that was running CM10 nightlies) is immense! I'll probably end up using this for a year or two and pick up one of the next generation Nexus phones (maybe a Google/Motorola Nexus?), skipping the LG N4.

adamdx said:
Ever since I had an iPhone 4 with retina display, pentile displays are garbage in comparison.
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This must be one lonely iSheep, having to troll xda because iPhone development is non existant lol, Steve jobs dies an so did iPhone inovation , get over it, all those iPhone 4S an 5 users with no jailbreak hoping everyday someone will break the sh1tty device to get root access , dude you only just got a notification menu because android invented it but you have to wait for iOS 7 maybe yo get home screen widgets maybe one day.
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Android have beat apple with a wooden spoon for the last 2 years since jobs croaked it , iPhone hasn't sold since iPhone 4 because it hasn't done anything an they have a p00f Tim crooks running it.
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Apple only have iTunes to keep their followers an google needs to sort out their sh1t an make their play music global so we can all switch to Google completely.
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adamdx said:
Ever since I had an iPhone 4 with retina display, pentile displays are garbage in comparison.
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Really? You think I haven't used a retina iphone? I have, quite a bit. Yeah, it's good, but bleh color and bleh black level, and come on, minuscule in size. Way worth the tradeoff of pentile thanks, especially at these resolutions. I would agree with the old 480x800 pentiles, but 320 ppi is damn small, and the downsides to pentile are hard to see at best. So, in the real world the Nexus screen imo looks much better.
Especially while looking at pictures or watching movies. The GNex is amazing compared to iphone 4's 'it's sharp but meeh'.