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I'm considering buying the Nexus now that it is 400 dollars but I'm not sure if I should wait for the next best phone. Suggestions?
Edit: I'm concerned that I will get a phone that has banding issues/purple tint. I've read a ton of threads about this issue and it is concerning.
Hattricked said:
I'm considering buying the Nexus now that it is 400 dollars but I'm not sure if I should wait for the next best phone. Suggestions?
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A lot of us here will tell you that the next best phone won't happen until the next nexus and none of us know when that'll be as there hasn't been any formal announcement.
I've got my galaxy nexus a little less than a month ago and I have no regrets.
You could pretty safely buy this for $399 and hold onto it for the next Nexus. The resale price won't be much lower. Or just hold onto the GNex why not.
Got my nexus 4 days ago, and I'm really glad i chose this phone. Haven't experienced any lag yet, and I have been running the most heavy 3D games available for android.. so you should definitely not be concerned about performance.
It's also easy to root, there's lots of development going on, it has a big super amoled hd display etc.. this phone will also be getting android jellybean when it's released.
Yes, there is several phones getting higher scores than the nexus in benchmarks, but performance-wise, there's actually not many areas where this phone could be improved. I don't really see the need of quad-core cpu's yet.
So, yea... I totally recommend you this phone!
edit: If camera is one of the most important things you're looking for in a smartphone, this phone's probably not for you... personally I take like 2-10 pictures a week .. so I really don't care about the cam..
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It really depends on what you use the phone for. Do you watch movies more than you take pictures? Do you use the speaker to listen to music? That's just two of many factors you have to look at. Do you root and flash roms? Overall this phone is a good device should you over for some time. I for one get tired of phones and have to change every 5-6 months. I love the gnex but I think the camera and speaker volume could be better.
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It really depends on what you use the phone for. Do you watch movies more than you take pictures? Do you use the speaker to listen to music? That's just two of many factors you have to look at. Do you root and flash roms? Overall this phone is a good device should you over for some time. I for one get tired of phones and have to change every 5-6 months. I love the gnex but I think the camera and speaker volume could be better.
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The speaker problem can be fixed with apps like Volume+, after installed it my speaker is quite loud. But the camera is really a concern.
I recommend this phone for almost everyone, the only exception is if you really need a good camera on the phone. This camera is average at best.
That said, I would buy this phone again today. The One X is really a temptation, but I know that being an Android geek that loves updated software I would regret to buy a not Nexus device. Did this 2 times and it was a pain in the ass, now I just buy phones from the Nexus line.
I am kind of in the same boat, lol. I just got the HTC One S, tho. I would like to switch to verizon for coverage reasons, but there seem to be issues with the 4G/3G connections. I played with one at the verizon store by my apartment, and it had a lot of issues. And I have read about the problems with data dropping, which it seemed to be doing at the store. I also love the loudness and clarity of the speaker on my one s. The one s camera has some fun things to it, tho. However I generally turn the pixel size down to under 5M anyway. Good luck with your decision. Maybe I will get the HSPA+ one and sell whichever one I don't like later.
I think I would miss having the MicroSD slot (even though I don't really use it). I don't have LTE in my area so that isn't really an issue for me. I'm slightly nervous about the display. I've read a lot about the banding issue that a lot of people have as well as the purple tint that others have. The prospect of fast updates sounds good (still waiting for ICS for my skyrocket...) but I'm not sure how much I really want the nexus.
The next best android phone comes out way too frequently. I personally wouldn't use this as a deciding factor. Do you like the gnex or not? Does it have features that will satisfy you? Does it have the community support that you want or need?
Day 2 with the Nexus. Only issue I have found is the signal. Love it besides that!
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indyred99 said:
Day 2 with the Nexus. Only issue I have found is the signal. Love it besides that!
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Just curious, are you using AT&T or T-Mobile?
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Just curious, are you using AT&T or T-Mobile?
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Verizon.
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Just got my Sprint Nexus on Sunday and so far I'm psyched about it. I wanted a sexy looking device along with performance and the SG3/EVO LTE didn't have the look factor I wanted. I can sacrifice .2 ghz of a processor and don't find the camera all that bad on the Nexus. Plus Sprint was giving me 70 bucks for my Evo and 50 bucks through Google Wallet. So technically, after all is said and done, I'd pay $70 for the Nexus.
Sold my HTC inspire for $250 Bought my Nexus for 200 I made 50 bucks
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indyred99 said:
Day 2 with the Nexus. Only issue I have found is the signal. Love it besides that!
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Upgrade to the newest radios and see if that helps.
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I'm considering buying the Nexus now that it is 400 dollars but I'm not sure if I should wait for the next best phone. Suggestions?
Edit: I'm concerned that I will get a phone that has banding issues/purple tint. I've read a ton of threads about this issue and it is concerning.
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honastly you cannot go wrong with this phone, I love the freedom that it has provided to me with being a pentaband phone. You will always be waiting for the next best phone. Unless your looking forward to all the graphicly intense games in the pipline for tegra 3.
But if your a normal user IE social networking, email, music streaming, and casual gaming. This phone should not disappoint, look at it this way.
if your picking this up now, for cheap I can only imagine what next years nexus will be priced at around this time next year.
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Upgrade to the newest radios and see if that helps.
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Will try that soon. I have been reading up on how to root/unlock this phone. Came from the revolution and got this phone as a replacement after 4 revos.
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A nexus always has the latest OS and the Galaxy Nexus has few bugs... You really can't beat this device. The HTC One X is a bit better, but it will always be on par or behind on upgrades. So, if you upgrade every year, sure wait.... If you upgrade every 2, then go with Nexus, it'll take longer for it to feel like an old device due to quicker software updates.
I bought mine a week ago. No regrets. I spent a year on Windows Phone and couldn't have asked for a better way to cone back to Android.
I'd heard some complaints about they camera, but mine is very good. I do have the international version. No blurriness or off colors.
The phone is fast. Nothing else to say about it. No lagging or stuttering, fast app switching, beautiful screen. I noticed pixels on the Galaxy S Pentile display, but this one is beautiful.
Oh yea, I've left the phone stock. I'm sure I'll mod it in the future, but right now I haven't found a reason to. It runs exactly how I want it to.
I say buy the phone.
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If the price 400..take it!
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I currently own Nexus One and i was planning on upgrading because its a grandfather in android family My question is
1. Whether Galaxy Nexus is worth upgrading or should I look for some other phone?
2. What are the known issues with this phone? With nexus one, there were issues with the touch in lower part of the screen, initial 3g issues, touching capacitive buttons on the top half portion :crying:
3. Hows the build quality and battery life?
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I currently own Nexus One and i was planning on upgrading because its a grandfather in android family My question is
1. Whether Galaxy Nexus is worth upgrading or should I look for some other phone?
2. What are the known issues with this phone? With nexus one, there were issues with the touch in lower part of the screen, initial 3g issues, touching capacitive buttons on the top half portion :crying:
3. Hows the build quality and battery life?
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Wait for the new LG Nexus reveal and pricing at the end of the month before deciding. Who knows how it will turn out but it could be something like an 8GB LG Nexus for $400, 16GB LG Nexus for $450, and the Galaxy Nexus either stays at $350 or drops to $300, all available directly from the Play Store. Those would be excellent prices but might just be a little wishful thinking.
Nexus One, wow! What's the latest Android version that runs on that?
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OP, if you can wait a few weeks, see what's up with the next Nexus. Worst case scenario if you don't like the new Nexus device, the Galaxy Nexus will drop in price a little bit and you can pick one up.
If you're going GSM, its a generally solid device. Nothing blatantly wrong with it you should be worried about.
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Nexus One, wow! What's the latest Android version that runs on that?
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Android 2.3, with ROMs based on 4.0 available too.
Definitely wait for the new nexus to come out. Like others have said, the price of the gnex should drop to around 300, and the new nexus will be badass.
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I can definitely wait for a couple of weeks
How is the phone's CPU and GPU?? Anybody experience any lags????
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Wait for the new LG Nexus reveal and pricing at the end of the month before deciding. Who knows how it will turn out but it could be something like an 8GB LG Nexus for $400, 16GB LG Nexus for $450, and the Galaxy Nexus either stays at $350 or drops to $300, all available directly from the Play Store. Those would be excellent prices but might just be a little wishful thinking.
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I agree, the new one will smoke this one. Wait for sure.
Wait till the end of the year. That's the best option.
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I can definitely wait for a couple of weeks
How is the phone's CPU and GPU?? Anybody experience any lags????
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Its buttery smooth....
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faraz1992 said:
I can definitely wait for a couple of weeks
How is the phone's CPU and GPU?? Anybody experience any lags????
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Occasionally app opening and browser lag, once I'm into an application or webpage I'm good to go. Games and emulators are ultra smooth to, this is ask on jelly bean of course . But this phone can pretty much handle anything out there
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Well I advise you to grab as soon as you can. This is one of the best phone on this planet. New nexus specs aren't much promising. If it rumor
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Damn , i'm so confused by this new Nexus 4 . Choice was simple before this .
My friend is coming early November from US . The ban there just got lifted and it's never going to release in India , so i am going for it anyhow . However I will cry for sometime if the nexus 4 comes with 2000mAH battery with 16GB ~ $450/- and the nexus 3 price drops by $50 within a month . :crying:
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Damn , i'm so confused by this new Nexus 4 . Choice was simple before this .
My friend is coming early November from US . The ban there just got lifted and it's never going to release in India , so i am going for it anyhow . However I will cry for sometime if the nexus 4 comes with 2000mAH battery with 16GB ~ $450/- and the nexus 3 price drops by $50 within a month . :crying:
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Exactly the case with me :crying: but i'll wait till November first week...
Definitely wait. Awesome phone, but you can pick one up off contract for under 300 on craigslist or here and not have to waste an upgrade on one.
Tapatalkin' from my Eclipsed jelly bean GNEX
One more question I have about GNex is whether its difficult to carry around in jeans pocket, considering its huge display and size?
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One more question I have about GNex is whether its difficult to carry around in jeans pocket, considering its huge display and size?
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No, you won't have any problem carrying it in your pocket. You might find it weird to hold at first if you are used to the N1's size but you get used to it in about a week.
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I think the phone is pretty awesome, the hardware looks vicious... except no 4g!
who needs 4G? hell i don't even have a 3g plan on my nexus i do everything via wifi
I am switching. Personally, I haven't been amazed by the Galaxy Nexus. Here are some things that I didn't like about the Galaxy Nexus:
SAMOLED - Image retention (ghosts) after changing screens.
Bluetooth - Everyone tells me that I sound garbled when using it.
Call Clarity - I have a tough time understanding people. Also, terrible call echoes. I've tried different GSM carriers.
HSPA+42 - Not offered and enough said.
Extended battery - I found it incredibly strange that Samsung never sold this in the USA. Why only in South Korea on eBay? Anyways, it could have been bigger.
Camera - Enough said.
I have my reservations about LG from past experiences, but given the Galaxy Nexus experience, I'm ready to give LG another shot.
There are some issues with the galaxy nexus but it's good enough to make me wait for the next nexus. We'll still get 4.2 and likely get the next two or three versions of android from CM if not Google.
Nope, Galaxy Note 2 for me! Only had the Galaxy Nexus for a short about a year and can't wait to get rid of it!
I love the design of the Nexus 4 but I think I will be sticking with the Galaxy Nexus for now until the next Nexus comes out hopefully with Android 5.0!!
I'm strongly debating on leaving Verizon to get a Nexus 4. Only problem is I use a ton of data and most of the other options aren't very data friendly.
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I'm strongly debating on leaving Verizon to get a Nexus 4. Only problem is I use a ton of data and most of the other options aren't very data friendly.
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I'm in the same boat as you. I love having unlimited data, especially the 4g.
I have to say my only gripe with the gnex is the cheap plastic they used for the housing. I love the gorrila glass on the front and back of the lg
Read Wired.com's review and low and behold " Bad sound quality and low volume from rear speaker" . If there has ever truly been a TRADEMARK of every Nexus phone I've owned this is it.
Nexus 4 is nice but in one review they dropped it once on hardwood and back glass cracked. I dropped my Gnex number of times and its all good.
The only reason I would get a nexus4 would be if it had 4g but it doesn't which is just crazy and a giant leap backwards in my opinion, hardware doesn't mean much if its not optimized just look at the GSlll an then look at the gnex or iPhone 5 an you will see that they can do exactly the same with less hardware, everything is 4g now in my area an this phone would just suck even with its hardware improvement.
I'll wait on it, make sure the phone is as good as it sounds. If there are problems, I'll wait for the next nexus. It's not like we aren't going to be able to do things the nexus 4 can do anyways.
No Verizon and no 4G means no for me. If they offer an lte version on Verizon someday when I'm eligible for a new phone, then yes.
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Hardware looks decent but not existed about the glass back and lcd. Hopefully the next nexus will have lte come this time next year.
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I'm strongly debating on leaving Verizon to get a Nexus 4. Only problem is I use a ton of data and most of the other options aren't very data friendly.
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T mobile has unlimited data its what I use. I used 90 GB never had a issue.
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I'm considering it to save some money. Verizon is pretty expensive and I hate contracts. I was looking at the tmobile $30 month-month plan. It has unlmited data (5gb throttle) however, it only comes with 100 minutes and I'm a talker. Has anyone used something like sipdroid for VoIP successfully for a while? Looking for some insight.
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Zmydust said:
Read Wired.com's review and low and behold " Bad sound quality and low volume from rear speaker" . If there has ever truly been a TRADEMARK of every Nexus phone I've owned this is it.
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Read the Verges review. Its the complete opposite. I think some reviewers need to have hearing tests done before they are allowed to review a cell PHONE! Maybe they still have iPhone residue left in their ears from all the positive reviews they give that damn phone.
http://mobile.theverge.com/2012/11/2/3589280/google-nexus-4-review
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I think the reason why LG is the manufacturer of the new Nexus is because Samsung do not need Google seal of approval to sell devices. Galaxy SIII, Note 2.
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Soldier-2Point0 said:
I think the reason why LG is the manufacturer of the new Nexus is because Samsung do not need Google seal of approval to sell devices. Galaxy SIII, Note 2.
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It was never about a "seal of approval", Google made devices based on already successful devices (N1 and Desire/Incredible, S based on the Galaxy S, GNex somewhat based on the SII).
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I'm considering it to save some money. Verizon is pretty expensive and I hate contracts. I was looking at the tmobile $30 month-month plan. It has unlmited data (5gb throttle) however, it only comes with 100 minutes and I'm a talker. Has anyone used something like sipdroid for VoIP successfully for a while? Looking for some insight.
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What about Google voice for chatting?
Dear All,
TL&DR: How well has the Galaxy Nexus held up? Would you recommend one as a used purchase (now at $250 level) or should I look elsewhere?
I have been on Samsung Captivate since it came out. Now however, the phone is stating to have hardware issues and I am thinking of upgrading. The money is tight, and so I think I will need to pass on the Nexus4 (plus, I am hesitant about the glass back; I drop my phones).
So I have been looking around for a phone with a good enough following on XDA to have decent support and development. The Galaxy Nexus, of course being a Nexus should have great support from both XDA and Google.So as the GNex is inching down to $200 on the used market and at that price it is a very attractive option.
I guess I am not too worried about buying a year-old hardware, but I am worried about buying into new problems. So the major question is - how has the Galaxy Nexus held up? Would you buy one used? Should I look out for anything specific?
Next, how are the stock roms? Will I still be running to CM or other developments for more stable, better rounded ROMs? Part of the attractiveness of the Nexus line is that I could potentially no need to do that - but am I expecting too much from Google?
If not Gnex, what else in the 15 months old / last-year's mid-level generation would you recommend? ( i have considered the One S)
Thanks.
Put $100 with that $250 and get a Nexus4?
I would recommend it to anyone who likes rooting and flashing roms. It's plenty fast and great support.
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Dear All,
TL&DR: How well has the Galaxy Nexus held up? Would you recommend one as a used purchase (now at $250 level) or should I look elsewhere?
I have been on Samsung Captivate since it came out. Now however, the phone is stating to have hardware issues and I am thinking of upgrading. The money is tight, and so I think I will need to pass on the Nexus4 (plus, I am hesitant about the glass back; I drop my phones).
So I have been looking around for a phone with a good enough following on XDA to have decent support and development. The Galaxy Nexus, of course being a Nexus should have great support from both XDA and Google.So as the GNex is inching down to $200 on the used market and at that price it is a very attractive option.
I guess I am not too worried about buying a year-old hardware, but I am worried about buying into new problems. So the major question is - how has the Galaxy Nexus held up? Would you buy one used? Should I look out for anything specific?
Next, how are the stock roms? Will I still be running to CM or other developments for more stable, better rounded ROMs? Part of the attractiveness of the Nexus line is that I could potentially no need to do that - but am I expecting too much from Google?
If not Gnex, what else in the 15 months old / last-year's mid-level generation would you recommend? ( i have considered the One S)
Thanks.
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If you are really interested in buying the Gnex then I would highly recommend it if you're in the market for a great phone at $200, I bought mine in March of last month and so far it has held up fine, I've overclocked it like mad, used it until it got hot as a stove and its still running like a champ. As for anything specific, well make sure everything works like the buttons, volume rocker, speaker etc.
Since it's a Nexus, it will definitely get the next version of Android (Key Lime Pie) and POSSIBLY the one after that (unless Google just gives it two updates like they did with the Nexus S Gingerbread -> ICS -> Jelly Bean)...but even then you can probably count on CM and other ROM makers to port whatever OS comes out after Key Lime Pie so you should be good...in any case it's a much better buy than say some non-Nexus phone from HTC or Samsung where they gotta do a lot of hackery to make the latest ROMs run on there.
AW: Would you buy a used GNex now?
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Put $100 with that $250 and get a Nexus4?
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He you already said that he don't want to buy a nexus 4.
I would recommend you to buy a Galaxy s2. It has great development support and one of the biggest community.
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I would recommend it to anyone who likes rooting and flashing roms. It's plenty fast and great support.
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Thanks ... Strangely one of the things I am hoping I can do with a Nexus is _not_ having to flash custom roms, but just run stock. I know it is the opposite of the purpose of nexus, but the Nexus is the best manufacturer-supported Android. And sometimes, I do not want to scan through 30 pages of XDA to figure out whether to update. It is one of the reasons I have recently stuck with CM-stable releases ... I know they will work.
I guess that is one of my questions: are the stock roms still lacking? Will I likely be back to flashing something like CM just to get stability and basic functions to work right? (I _am_ coming from AT&T + Samsung clusterf**k - so my expectations of stock roms are colored by that experience).
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If you are really interested in buying the Gnex then I would highly recommend it if you're in the market for a great phone at $200, I bought mine in March of last month and so far it has held up fine, I've overclocked it like mad, used it until it got hot as a stove and its still running like a champ. As for anything specific, well make sure everything works like the buttons, volume rocker, speaker etc.
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Thanks!
Grarak said:
He you already said that he don't want to buy a nexus 4.
I would recommend you to buy a Galaxy s2. It has great development support and one of the biggest community.
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Thanks - Will look into SGSII - There seem to be so many version and the T-mobile version has a different CPU.. I eventually gave up trying to figure it all out. One of the bigger reasons I am thinking of retiring my Captivate is that it is a tri-band phone - it does not work well with half of T-Mobile's 3G spectrum, so I am on Edge a good deal of time - the pentaband GNex is certainly attractive.
I will give the SGSII a closer look, tho.
decisions - decisions.
Get the Galaxy Nexus. You won't be sorry.
You'll be fine with the latest stock ROM. I did.
The only reason i'm currently using customs is because my curiosity tells me to seek for more features like extra settings and UI enhancement.
You might wanna google about it's known problems such as:
- AMOLED's purple tint
- eMMC chip problem (August 2013 and up production) ~ causing slow write speed when memory low
And be sure to check this parts :
- Power button (as this parts is the most used button of all time)
- USB port (tend to be irresponsive over the time of usage)
Good luck!
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haidoz said:
Get the Galaxy Nexus. You won't be sorry.
You'll be fine with the latest stock ROM. I did.
The only reason i'm currently using customs is because my curiosity tells me to seek for more features like extra settings and UI enhancement.
You might wanna google about it's known problems such as:
- AMOLED's purple tint
- eMMC chip problem (August 2013 and up production) ~ causing slow write speed when memory low
And be sure to check this parts :
- Power button (as this parts is the most used button of all time)
- USB port (tend to be irresponsive over the time of usage)
Good luck!
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I can confirm the eMMC chip having a slow write speed when memory is low (and it's annoying frankly), as for the power button, well I recommend installing PGM from the play store, which lets you wake up your phone by swiping the screen or double-tapping it...I got it primarily to save the power button some major wear and year.
I would only pay $100 for this phone because I kind of hate it. This VZW version has bad reception compared to the Motorola devices I've used on this network. For the use cases you've mentioned, I would NOT buy a nexus device. They are always behind in power and build quality. The only thing they have going for them is that they are reference devices.
The first Android phone I got was the Motorola Droid. I was spoiled by its reliability and lack of bloatware. My next device was the R2DR D2 and I was happy to get the Galaxy Nexus almost a year later. I will not buy another Nexus but I doubt that Google will make another VZW Nexus anyway. The only good things about this phone are its lack of bloatware and its ease of rooting and ROMing.
I really love my coworker's Galaxy S II but AT&T's OTA makes it freeze. She had to root it and put a new kernel on it.
I am all for being able to root, but HAVING to root really sucks.
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I can confirm the eMMC chip having a slow write speed when memory is low (and it's annoying frankly), as for the power button, well I recommend installing PGM from the play store, which lets you wake up your phone by swiping the screen or double-tapping it...I got it primarily to save the power button some major wear and year.
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CMIIW, but i think they found the cure for that anyway. So wouldn't be worrying about it i guess (i don't have the disease on my Gnex though).
Yap, PGM is the most important app for me.
Wouldn't flash a custom kernel without the compatibility with it.
Even if the power button is super rugged, i would install it anyway as swiping / double tapping the screen to wake up is comfier than reaching for the power button.
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dozyaustin said:
Thanks ... Strangely one of the things I am hoping I can do with a Nexus is _not_ having to flash custom roms, but just run stock. I know it is the opposite of the purpose of nexus, but the Nexus is the best manufacturer-supported Android. And sometimes, I do not want to scan through 30 pages of XDA to figure out whether to update. It is one of the reasons I have recently stuck with CM-stable releases ... I know they will work.
I guess that is one of my questions: are the stock roms still lacking? Will I likely be back to flashing something like CM just to get stability and basic functions to work right? (I _am_ coming from AT&T + Samsung clusterf**k - so my expectations of stock roms are colored by that experience).
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Stock ROM is perfectly good on a Nexus, and it will be your best bet for stability, as it is updated by Google directly. Your experience with "stock" AOSP-based ROMs for non-Nexus devices is not the same at all, since Google doesn't support those. There have been reports of random rebooting and Bluetooth issues on 4.2, but it's not that common. 4.1 is rock solid.
I see them super cheap nowadays in my local classifieds. $150-$200
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I see them super cheap nowadays in my local classifieds. $150-$200
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I see the VZW and Sprint variants go for $150 - the GSM variant is still about $250- $350.
I sold a nexus 4 and kept my galaxy.. The non removable battery and glass back was a no go for me.. Also got really hot. And in every day use I didn't see much improvement.. I don't game on my phone really. So I'd say the galaxy is great.. I'll rock it until the next nexus is available.
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I'd still buy a galaxy nexus again. Mostly because I enjoy learning though. Definitely look for a lightly used one, as the power button and usb port use has been mentioned above. I would NOT even consider an sii, mostly because I've seen bad firmware OTA updates to them, as well as the chip vulnerability and lost imeis.
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I see the VZW and Sprint variants go for $150 - the GSM variant is still about $250- $350.
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I live in Canada, and theres only the GSM model. I dont even know why people sell it so cheap.
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This phone is great but I think used ones are too expensive. Get the nexus 4 if you can.
No because I own one now and if I broke my Gnex I would want the newest Nexus or the best consumer phone.
Don't get me wrong, this is a fine phone, but in the age of $300 Nexus phones, I would always buy the latest no matter what.
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Coming from the SII, I just bought the G Nex a month ago and I couldn't be more happy. The SII was great but I found I can do much more on this device and if you have LTE as I do then this is a great device to get fairly cheap. I paid 180 on eBay and it is mint with case and screen protector.
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Yeah ^ for $300 I would get the Nexus 4... May even leave Verizon since it has that rogue LTE chip (the N4) and T-Mo with its unlimited data is rolling out LTE.
Between the micro USB port breaking, the lousy battery life, lack of accessories actually available, no inductive charging, and *only* a 5MP shooter, I'd hop on the Nexus 4 wagon any day.
Though if the Nexus 4 didn't exist, I'd buy this phone again if only for all the development, Ubuntu, WebOS, always the latest Android available...
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I should be selling my iPhone tomorrow (coming back from the dark side) and I plan on buying a used Galaxy Nexus because it seems to have tons of support and decent specs for the money I'm willing to spend. And I went completely crazy without an Android device and grew to hate my iPhone after switching from an S2. I just miss flashing ROMs every half hour.
Anyway, I just wanna know how it's holding up for everyone else. Is it becoming outdated yet? Losing support? Does it wear out quickly (dead pixels, broken buttons, etc.)? Or do people still love it as their daily driver?
Just curious because it's pretty much this or the S2. So please, let me know.
sawyerbenjamin said:
I should be selling my iPhone tomorrow (coming back from the dark side) and I plan on buying a used Galaxy Nexus because it seems to have tons of support and decent specs for the money I'm willing to spend. And I went completely crazy without an Android device and grew to hate my iPhone after switching from an S2. I just miss flashing ROMs every half hour.
Anyway, I just wanna know how it's holding up for everyone else. Is it becoming outdated yet? Losing support? Does it wear out quickly (dead pixels, broken buttons, etc.)? Or do people still love it as their daily driver?
Just curious because it's pretty much this or the S2. So please, let me know.
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Mine is second hand too. Mine is now amazingly fast. It still has a lot of development altough some developers left for the Nexus 4 but theyre being replaced by new ones . Some people have issues with their phones but I didnt have any problems. I think it is a good disicion.
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mrgnex said:
Mine is second hand too. Mine is now amazingly fast. It still has a lot of development altough some developers left for the Nexus 4 but theyre being replaced by new ones . Some people have issues with their phones but I didnt have any problems. I think it is a good disicion.
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+1
Nexus over the S2 anyday
Just buy an extended battery coz stock battery is not that good
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Seraz007 said:
+1
Nexus over the S2 anyday
Just buy an extended battery coz stock battery is not that good
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. . . And already a cover and a screen protector . . . to keep in safe your new GNexus
Sorry for my english
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Coming back from the dark side, haha lol
The GNex certainly is good, but I wouldn't say its the best decision to buy it now, since quad core phones are becoming quite ubiquitous you might wanna wait for the next Nexus or go for the Nexus 4 just to be future proof and have more muscle.
EDIT : Nexus over the ugly S2 any day. Just for its beautiful looks and great development support.
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sherlock said:
Coming back from the dark side, haha lol
The GNex certainly is good, but I wouldn't say its the best decision to buy it now, since quad core phones are becoming quite ubiquitous you might wanna wait for the next Nexus or go for the Nexus 4 just to be future proof and have more muscle.
EDIT : Nexus over the ugly S2 any day. Just for its beautiful looks and great development support.
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Haha. Thanks. And I get your point. But you have to keep in mind that I'm a 16 year old with no contract. Lol. I just cant afford the latest and greatest, so while I keep up with smartphones (technology in general), I have to settle for ports instead the phones themselves.
Although I was considering the EVO 4G LTE (more muscle), but I figured I'd settle for the support and looks of the Nexus just because i think I'd be more satisfied.
But thanks to everyone! Looks like I'm getting the Nexus. Lol.
It's a good phone. Go for it
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I came from the Ace fraction , cause a car cable destroyed my Ace.
I switched To the Nexus, second Hand too, incredible phone. I always use 2G ... Phone 30mins and have WLAN on for 2,5days use tapatalk for xda and another forum where i am MOD.
Akku: 6days 2h 44mins :thumbup:
Photo soon. I am so happy with my Nexus