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Id the gnex still with its money? I'm going to Verizon. And I want to get the best/most bang for my buck.
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It is still worth it to me but YMMV. I absolutely love this phone and I have exactly zero issues with it. No screen banding. No 3G/4G issues. No wifi issues. No scratches, cracks or dents.
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Why isn't it? What do you see in the Gnex that you can compare with the other phones that interest you? Do you need a bloatware free rom? These are questions you should be asking yourself.
My opinion is that it's worth the money for me (coming from t-mobile), because i get 4G speeds, increase amount of support for development of new roms, and of course ICS.
I dont know i was thinking maybe new/better phones came out. im comming from a pretty crappy phone (samsung transform) so im looking forward to being able to use my android phone for more then just texting and calling.
IMO, if you're interested in installing different kernels and ROMs or even just being first to get the latest versions of Android straight from Google, this is definitely the phone to have, and no better phone will come out until the next Nexus phone.
If you're interested in the highest possible hardware spec, you surely know that even though this is a very high-end phone right now, in six months there will be better ones. But that's always the case, so you shouldn't let that stop you.
If you like slick UI additions like TouchWiz, I'd advise the Galaxy SII. My partner has one and is always showing off all the fancy tricks that it can do, but I'm more interested in being among the first to try out the latest version of Android and having a phone that is free of bloatware. I might start tinkering in a few months, but for right now I'm enjoying "pure Android".
definitely worth it
IF you can get one that doesnt have banding issues........then it is SOO worth it. love the phone. you may have to go through a few to get a good one tho sadly
GNex is definitely worth that money! I just got it, bought it from big electronics shop in Poland (GSM version), paid loads for it and I don't regret it. Jaw-dropping screen, awesome performance, absolutely no issues and great audio quality. Only the camera could be a little better; it's not the best possible, but it's fine. You definitely should get the Galaxy Nexus!
I personally think the RAZR MAXX looks like the phone to beat from a hardware standpoint. I am big on small extended batteries and this phone cannot be touched in that respect.
If you're into fiddling and tweaking, stick with the GNEX.
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IF you can get one that doesnt have banding issues........then it is SOO worth it. love the phone. you may have to go through a few to get a good one tho sadly
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Oh and to let you know, I DID end up getting a nexus with a decent screen.....so yeah. very much worth it ;]
Should I get the M? I have an upgrade in December, and I really love the form factor. My main concern is, I want a phone that will be supported for at least a full year. I like my 4, but I feel like its an afterthought to Motorola as far as design and in software support. I feel like you need to have a highly successful phone (as opposed to the niche market phone the D4 is) to receive support for a respectable amount of time.
The honest truth is I will most likely want a new phone by the end of 2013 as well (I have a real hard time sticking with a phone for a full contract), but is the M a good phone that will get continuous love for 2013? Does the phone seem like it will be able to handle anything 2013 might throw at it (as far as software)?
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Development promises from Motorola can be questionable at times, like the ATRIX 4G. All rumors so far hint that this will be supported till the end if 2013. I like the phone, love the performance. Your question is so broad, it really comes down to what you like. If you really like the M, you'll get it. If you played with it, and you're asking for an opinion on whether YOU should be locked into a two year contract, maybe you should continue weighing your options. There is no physical keyboard by the way. ;p
I left the RAZR for the M, and love it. No regrets.
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Development promises from Motorola can be questionable at times, like the ATRIX 4G. All rumors so far hint that this will be supported till the end if 2013. I like the phone, love the performance. Your question is so broad, it really comes down to what you like. If you really like the M, you'll get it. If you played with it, and you're asking for an opinion on whether YOU should be locked into a two year contract, maybe you should continue weighing your options. There is no physical keyboard by the way. ;p
I left the RAZR for the M, and love it. No regrets.
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Now that Google bought Moto, they have committed publicly to trying to keep the phones more up to date.
I'd say there's a good chance it will get Android 4.2, but seeing how independent Google is letting M be, Motorola may cut support like they did for their Atrix 4G, Photon, Electrify.
If they cancel it, the first thing they'll do is delay it to 2014Q1. Then they'll cancel it, but give you a "trade in" option for $100.
I'm considering switching to the M from the Droid 3, I have an upgrade coming in March 2013. About the only thing that would change this would be if a Droid 5 came out that was designed like the M with a keyboard, but at this point I'm thinking I could live without a keyboard. I'm hoping under new management that Motorola will have quicker updates, they've already made Motoblur much better and are using on screen buttons giving a more stock appearance. With how quick the JB leak appeared, I imagine 4.2 won't take that long, considering its a such a small update to 4.1. Even if the M never sees 4.2 it wouldn't be that big of a deal since its such a small update.
The M is the only phone in a while that has decent specs and is physically small. I want something small and pocket sized, I have a tablet if I need a big screen. Development for this phone is already starting, Dhacker29 is making ROMs and recovery, while Hashcode is working on safestrap. I really want it now, but I have to wait until March to upgrade. Hopefully I can get it for free w/2yr at that point.
Me and my wife were slated for upgrade July of next year and they let us upgrade early because we kept calling and complaining about our d3s. She got the 4 and I got the m. I like the m way more, its not a perfect phone, but it is really great! I am way slower typing, and do miss the keyboard, but its a good trade off for how nice this phone is. I would trade a 3 for the m in a heartbeat, I would hold on to the 4 a little longer.
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I could see the M going for free on Black Friday. That could be a good time to upgrade if it pans out. It's been 50 on Amazon for a while.
Like it was pointed out earlier in the post, it should have support for a while.
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Me and my wife were slated for upgrade July of next year and they let us upgrade early because we kept calling and complaining about our d3s. She got the 4 and I got the m. I like the m way more, its not a perfect phone, but it is really great! I am way slower typing, and do miss the keyboard, but its a good trade off for how nice this phone is. I would trade a 3 for the m in a heartbeat, I would hold on to the 4 a little longer.
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Are you in a 4G coverage area. I know some people have been given early upgrades since Verizon wants to switch people over to 4G, but I live in a 3G only area so I don't see why Verizon would allow me an earlier upgrade. I guess its worth a try though. I haven't been using the keyboard much on my D3 because its stopped working well (I have to press hard to get keys to register and then sometimes I'll get double characters). I've been using Swype and have grown to like it. The worst part about the D3 is the fact that its always running low on RAM even with bloatware frozen which makes it lag even though it has a 1ghz dual core.
We are in 4G area, and we complained about the lag, the rebooting and the keyboard not working. What did it though I think was complaining about the indoor cell signal on the D3 (we were trying to get a network extender) and that's when they offered an early upgrade.
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Hey guys,
I saw this smartwatch on Indiegogo the other day and I think it's pretty sweet.
http://igg.me/at/kreyos/x/2722203
Looking at the specs sheet alone its definitely something.
What do you guys think? Get it or wait till more is out?
I'm holding out for the nexus watch
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do you really think Google will concentrate on a watch instead of their Google Glass? I think they just might skip the watch...
juinny said:
do you really think Google will concentrate on a watch instead of their Google Glass? I think they just might skip the watch...
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How many people do you think work there...... im sure they have tons of projects going on. Like the self driving cars. I thought i read some where the watch was a for sure thing.
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How many people do you think work there...... im sure they have tons of projects going on. Like the self driving cars. I thought i read some where the watch was a for sure thing.
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Well if that's the case, I doubt it'll be anytime soon. Seeing as there hasn't really been any leaks for a Google smartwatch so far.
Kreyos it is....for now.
I love the voice search thing. Hopefully it has full support for Google Now. A watch is useless without voice recognition.
However, I like to be able to stream music remotely to it and plug in my 3.5mm headphones. I know that's asking a bit much, but I think it's somewhat reasonable. Does anybody else think that should be a thing?
I'll wait for a Nexus watch. Google will have the most optimized watch for Android. Hopefully.
I backed this up the first day it was on indiepop. We'll see come november how it works with android phones. Even if an nexus watch does come out, I highly doubt it'll have a speaker, voice control AND be waterproof.
Ive been looking for a good smart watch for a while, have been waiting to see what comes about.
The nexus one i cant see coming out for a good 6 months + yet,
The new sony watch looks gorgeous but function is a bit boring, the greykos function looks good but i think
it looks ugly!
I thought so too at first, but I guess the design grew on me.
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I backed this up the first day it was on indiepop. We'll see come november how it works with android phones. Even if an nexus watch does come out, I highly doubt it'll have a speaker, voice control AND be waterproof.
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I wish I knew about it first day. I'd get it without any hesitation.
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A watch is useless without voice recognition.
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Take that Casio!
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Take that Casio!
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Haha. Smartwatch was implied, my good man. There is no way a watch can achieve its full potential if you can't enter text into it.
I've been using Casio watches for like the past 10 years. Great stuff, but I'm ready to make the switch to Smartwatches.
Just went ahead and the pledged for it.. Hopefully it's worth the 129$
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Been a fair while since the last post here, but just to let anyone seeing this know Kreyos STILL haven't sent out these damn watches.
The first 5000 have been sent via ship to the US but now have apparently been stopped by the US longshoreman contract negotiations, this being the fourth delay in shipping.
I've backed out and bought a Gear Live watch instead.
Android Wear shows far more promise than Kreyos' watches and I suggest anyone that wants their watch before Smartwatches are a thing of the past should just ask for a refund and get something that can actually ship before hell freezes over.
I couldn't resist this deal but reading the reviews now was it really a good buy?
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It was a hell of a deal, much better than most of us who have them got it for. You're asking us to tell you, after the fact, if it was wise? That's between you, your use cases, and your money. You should always know what you're buying, whather it costs $2 or $200...
With that said, if your use cases are anything close to what the tablet is good at, yeah, that's a hell of a steal.
Primarily movies and streaming media like tv shows and stuff.
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Quite good for that, though you might want to get a microSD card if you want to store movies locally. Those will use up the internal storage quickly.
Yeah, this is a good price. Probably a student or teaching staff that's flogging it though.
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Quite good for that, though you might want to get a microSD card if you want to store movies locally. Those will use up the internal storage quickly.
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Yeah but I never store movies seeing them once is enough lol. Plus you can find everything online these days so.
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Indeed a very good deal. at that price the surface is the best tablet For me, I bought it because I moved to another country and didn't had a PC at that time. So for that it's a very good deal as you have a tablet and a pc at the same time/ I wanted to be able to use my USB device but also be able to browse my network drives connect via ssh to my apple tv,...
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Yeah but I never store movies seeing them once is enough lol. Plus you can find everything online these days so.
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Plus you can get USB hard drives quite cheaply now, especially with the money you have saved on the surface in the first place. Stick movies on there for long term storage.
You will probably want the microSD anyway though, 32gb on a windows machine is very little. You can use 64gb microSD's in it I think, or just use 32 or less I guess.
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I couldn't resist this deal but reading the reviews now was it really a good buy?
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I too couldn't resist. Mine arrived yesterday. While it has "REFURBISHED" stickers, both the unit and keyboard look brand new. The only minor sign of prior use is with the power supply.
I've been running RT 8.1 on my Dell XPS 10, so I knew what I was in for as far as the OS is concerned. In other words, I am very happy it jumped.
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I couldn't resist this deal but reading the reviews now was it really a good buy?
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Buying what?
You might want to be more detailed for those of us reading on tapatalk...
I bought mine in the uk last weekend for £319 with touch cover, I knew exactly what I was buying, as I hate the ipad and have grown to detest android, even after having and hacking a dell streak, Motorola droid etc. I also used ios for years with jailbreak and in the week I have had the surface I have to say am very happy. if I had bought at $199 I would be singing from the roof tops as that's a steal. it is a tablet that divides opinion, because the world, cant see how not having to sync to the bloody terrible iTunes is a good thing. tonight I have rearranged the music on the usb stick, I use in my lexus, written a couple of lengthy emails with attachments, reviewed a couple hotels, and created half a power point presentation all from my tablet.
I can honestly say that the only thing I am missing from ios and android is bad piggies and I am pretty sure that Google and apple fanboys would say that's cause there app stores are better, they maybe but they make up or stale hardware.
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I can honestly say that the only thing I am missing from ios and android is bad piggies and I am pretty sure that Google and apple fanboys would say that's cause there app stores are better, they maybe but they make up or stale hardware.
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At one point Rovio mentioned that Bad Piggies would release on windows 8, and the unity game engine does support both windows 8 and RT, no idea what happened to that.
I'm wanting to get a bigger Android tablet, and while the Nexus 9 exists, I just hear horror stories about it. That said, the Pixel C seems very hard to find and pretty expensive, so is it still worth getting, and if so, where in Canada can I find one (used is fine) for a decent price?
I really like my Pixel C. But is it worth it at current prices? I'd say no, not by a long shot. It's two years old. You can get a Galaxy Tab S2 or S3 for much less. You can get a giant Windows tablet and install Android.
In fact, if people are actually paying $500-600 for these things then maybe I should sell mine.
Yeah, the only Pixel C's I see on Kijiji around me are $500-600 CAD, Nexus 9's go for around half that
I have had mine for less than a month and I am already looking for a replacement. I dont like it.
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I have had mine for less than a month and I am already looking for a replacement. I dont like it.
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What's wrong with it? I just played with one today to see it before buying, and I really like it.
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I'm wanting to get a bigger Android tablet, and while the Nexus 9 exists, I just hear horror stories about it. That said, the Pixel C seems very hard to find and pretty expensive, so is it still worth getting, and if so, where in Canada can I find one (used is fine) for a decent price?
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Personally, I'd wait until the pixel/xl launch in case of any surprise announcements. If they say nothing, I'd be worried for the future of android tablets.
I'm kind of hoping for something to come of the chrome OS/Andromeda/fuchsia OS rumours in tablet form.
Well I ended up getting it, love it so far!
It was just so heavy vs my Samsung. If I drop this on my dog he will die ..lol
I was about to start a thread asking pretty much the same thing. I'm soooo done with other companies skins and such, and I want stock Android on all my devices. Soooo, I was looking at the pixel c, but it IS 2 years old, and the cheapest I can find it is the google store where it's $600... I would def get it if it were $300. But, like you all said, there are no tablets that are worth a crap! I really hesitate to buy another Samsung, because my note 10.1 2014 battery went to crap barely AFTER the warranty expired of course... So, I've had the $550 tab for 3 years with a battery that makes it so I can't hardly do anything on it. Games, even Chrome are out (I can literally watch the battery drain). The new pixel chromebook starts at $1000, so that's out too. Not sure what to do here! Does anyone know how long the pixel c will get Android updates for? I suppose that might sell me or turn me away.
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Well I ended up getting it, love it so far!
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I love it, too.
So, I contacted Google support to ask about OS/security updates. Looks like Oreo is the last OS update this tab will get. Security updates will continue for 18 months AFTER they finally remove the tablet from the Google store. Sooo, considering that, I just don't think I can bring myself to spend $600 on a two year old tablet that will not get anymore Android updates... Honestly, at two years old, this tablet is in no way worth $600! I would think the price should be more like $300 or so by now. Not sure why Google thinks they should charge that... Anyway, thanks anyway. I think I'm out on this one.
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I love it, too.
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I'm still a fan here too, got one (64GB) off Swappa for just under $400 I think that is fair. But IMHO I agree $600 is quite a bit much, $400-ish is fair.
It is still a very nice device, and has stock google android, try that on a Samsung or ASUS, not gonna happen. Good luck even getting to 7.12 on those.
You can buy it on eBay. There is a pixel c selling with keyboard and case fore $380 right now. Buy it
I'd say yes! I got mine for $360 on eBay in December. I got a really nice case for only $15. Especially now that we have a RR ROM for Oreo, it totally rocks!
I just picked a 64G one w/ keyboard up 2nd hand off of ebay for a little less than $500. Probably still too much to pay, but I didn't want to go Samsung, so what are you gonna do? Worlds better than my aging nexus 9. Worth it in my opinion.