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is this phone worth $200?

i bought one from ebay is it worth it?could i have gotten a better one?
condition is mint no scratches or anything

hey,
i bought the phone a few month ago for about $300...
and of course you could have gooten a better one...
But here's the BIG BUT:
-when you want to have a hardfware keyboard then theres only one other phone...the desire z (about $600)
-if you dont need the keyboard then u could get the HD2 if u want it to hgave windows mobile
-or you could get the desire wich in my eyes is a high end device without any limits for now...
--->but thats all a matter of what you want to spend for a new phone...
but i can only tell you that it is a great phone i use it every day and its just great to have the keyboard...
and for that price $200 you couldnt get a better phone then this one!
just flash a cusom rom and the phone is just awesome!
nick

Not a bad price; was it a 'bid' or 'buy it now' option?
I was lucky to snag one with a bunch of accessories (including 2 batteries, 3 cables, 2 AC chargers, a spare battery cover, extra stylises, & an Otterbox) in mint condition for about $150 shipped. It was a buy-it-now sale, so I assume that I got that deal because the seller really didn't know what it was worth. The seller was changing carriers and just wanted to get rid of the phone.
Since the phone has been discontinued and the new Windows 7 phones are out, the prices are coming down quickly. I'm not ready to jump into a W7 device, so I'm happy with my purchase.
Keep reading the forums and, if you're brave about customizing it, I'm sure you'll be happy with this device, too. Enjoy!
Debbie

the-nj said:
hey,
i bought the phone a few month ago for about $300...
and of course you could have gooten a better one...
But here's the BIG BUT:
-when you want to have a hardfware keyboard then theres only one other phone...the desire z (about $600)
-if you dont need the keyboard then u could get the HD2 if u want it to hgave windows mobile
-or you could get the desire wich in my eyes is a high end device without any limits for now...
--->but thats all a matter of what you want to spend for a new phone...
but i can only tell you that it is a great phone i use it every day and its just great to have the keyboard...
and for that price $200 you couldnt get a better phone then this one!
just flash a cusom rom and the phone is just awesome!
nick
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what phone could i have gotten for $200 better than this?i thought this was the max
DebbieNY13 said:
Not a bad price; was it a 'bid' or 'buy it now' option?
I was lucky to snag one with a bunch of accessories (including 2 batteries, 3 cables, 2 AC chargers, a spare battery cover, extra stylises, & an Otterbox) in mint condition for about $150 shipped. It was a buy-it-now sale, so I assume that I got that deal because the seller really didn't know what it was worth. The seller was changing carriers and just wanted to get rid of the phone.
Since the phone has been discontinued and the new Windows 7 phones are out, the prices are coming down quickly. I'm not ready to jump into a W7 device, so I'm happy with my purchase.
Keep reading the forums and, if you're brave about customizing it, I'm sure you'll be happy with this device, too. Enjoy!
Debbie
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it was at buy it now price
And thank you for replying

Well, after reading this thread, I decided to buy one off ebay too. Then to see how the xdandroid stuff is working...

bought my tp2 before they hit the U.S for $600,been pleased ever since.You got one for $200,you got lucky,great buy

Was it an unlocked device? It wasn't a BAD price, really but I don't know if I would consider it a great one either. The phone is a bit on the slow side these days, but not excessively so. They are still selling new Android phones with even slower CPUs. But it's no Snapdragon either. The hardware keyboard is nice. I thought about moving to a Focus with WP7 but I really don't like the soft keyboards and I am not impressed with the Quantum.
So, yeah, not a real helpful post, but the TP2 remains one of if not the overall best WM 6 device out there. AT&T is still selling it for $199 and you would be locked into a 2 year contract for it so if you got it for $199 I suppose you did okay. Especially if, as previously mentioned, you aren't adverse to a bit of out of warranty modding and custom ROMs.

Avatar28 said:
Was it an unlocked device? It wasn't a BAD price, really but I don't know if I would consider it a great one either. The phone is a bit on the slow side these days, but not excessively so. They are still selling new Android phones with even slower CPUs. But it's no Snapdragon either. The hardware keyboard is nice. I thought about moving to a Focus with WP7 but I really don't like the soft keyboards and I am not impressed with the Quantum.
So, yeah, not a real helpful post, but the TP2 remains one of if not the overall best WM 6 device out there. AT&T is still selling it for $199 and you would be locked into a 2 year contract for it so if you got it for $199 I suppose you did okay. Especially if, as previously mentioned, you aren't adverse to a bit of out of warranty modding and custom ROMs.
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it was unlocked

Wait for Lumia 710 or buy another Trophy?

Ok, my HTC Trophy is about to die on me and I need another phone. I'm on Verizon. Should I just get a replacement Trophy or should I hold out until April when the Lumia 710 is rumored to be released on Verizon? My phone still works as a phone still its just glitchy as ****. I shouldn't have tried to fix it and should have just bought another one lol

LexusFman said:
Ok, my HTC Trophy is about to die on me and I need another phone. I'm on Verizon. Should I just get a replacement Trophy or should I hold out until April when the Lumia 710 is rumored to be released on Verizon? My phone still works as a phone still its just glitchy as ****. I shouldn't have tried to fix it and should have just bought another one lol
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Well, that all depend on how long you are willing to put up with the Trophy. What's wrong with it anyway?

wait till after ces then decide

day2die said:
Well, that all depend on how long you are willing to put up with the Trophy. What's wrong with it anyway?
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Dead Spots on touchscreen and sometimes the touchscreen and capacitive buttons stop working all together. Its useable though, just have to lock and unlock the phone to revive the touchscreen. The dead spots are permanent though. Also, the digitizer is being held on by tape. Finally, there are 2 cracks on my phone's digitizer. I attempted to repair my phone's LCD and Digitizer once but ever since it has been giving me hell. I'm ready for something new.

My Trophy has been good to me, It runns all my hacks and mods. The Lumina looks good too but if you are thinking about unlocking it and such, make sure you are able to do so before you buy it if you decice to go with it.

If you get a replacement Trophy, I'd probably try and find one used and fairly cheap off contract, so you're not kicking yourself if Verizon actually releases an Apollo device this fall.

Buy another another LCD and Digitizer. My LCD were broken and also the digitizer. I've repaird it for 59€ (i've bought the replacements on eBay), but the LCD is not original.

sinister1 said:
My Trophy has been good to me, It runns all my hacks and mods. The Lumina looks good too but if you are thinking about unlocking it and such, make sure you are able to do so before you buy it if you decice to go with it.
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I think that since Nokia is big around the world many a person will try to hack the thing. Didn't some of the WindowBreak project guys get free Lumia 800s?
cmacmd said:
Buy another another LCD and Digitizer. My LCD were broken and also the digitizer. I've repaird it for 59€ (i've bought the replacements on eBay), but the LCD is not original.
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I tried that before. It was a great learning experience, however I think im just going to let the phone die a peaceful death now. The LCD is good to go but the digitizer needs replacing.
Anyway, I got an OG Droid but i now learned how much better Windows Phone 7 is to Android. That **** sucks (excuse the language). Everything is so complicated compared to WP7. Getting the Droid made me love WP7 even more *cries*. At least it will hold me for awhile. And I get to play Gran Turismo and Gran Turismo 2. Someone needs to get to work on a PSX Emulator for Windows Phone 7.

Help me decide if I want to keep my A100 or not :)

I never had a tablet or much desire to get one before. But after looking around for something for my senior citizen mom I found an A100 Open Box deal at Best Buy and wound up getting it for about $90.
For the most part I like it but I really hate that the power supply isn't some form of USB. But other more recent and much more expensive tabs that I've seen that are USB-charger based have crappy cameras or no camera flash (seriously? in this decade there are devices with like 1.2mp cams?!?!?).
So I have been trying to figure out which is more important to me and my mom - either a better camera with a flash in a heavy old-model tablet and a power supply that works with nothing else? Or a newer tab which would cost more money and have a crappy rear camera with no flash, but I wouldn't have to worry about forgetting the power supply at home?
For the price I paid, I think I got a good deal and would not find anything else in the same price range with comparable features. Unless you professional tablet users here have any ideas or thoughts about this
Thanks! Now let the "you're a stupid newbie" type of trashing begin lol

For me I like that's it's not power with USB, it's 12v so it's should be faster than USB and when I use it while it's plugged in the plug can spin around and I can move it out of the way, USB tends to stick out and get in the way. And a camera is important to me, never know when you'll need it.
Sent from my LG-LS840

You can probably get a HP Touchpad or Nook HD+ around the same price; $100; but the screens would be larger compared to the 7" a100. I do not know what kind of charger they use, sorry.
My parents who are 60 use a Le Pan S tablet but it has its own type of USB connector for the table end.

Nook HD+ has a proprietary charger cable and there aren't any cheap knockoffs on eBay. I bought one a few weeks ago and really like the bigger screen and higher resolution. Screen comes close to an iPad retina, but its a little underpowered. No problems for surfing/videos/books, I haven't tried any games on it though. Drawbacks are (1) no camera, (2) proprietary charger cable, (3) proprietary hdmi out cable. Also no GPS.

Hey, get the A110!!!!! Upgraded a100, comes stock with 4.1 and a tetra 3. Or a nexus 7. It has a camera right? The mp doesn't matter nearly as much as the resolution. 12Gigapixles in a 12px x 12px square is pointless, see what I mean?
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda app-developers app

She is getting used to it and is liking having the camera with a flash so it looks like we are indeed leaning more towards keeping it. However I got email from Acer tonight telling me that they invalidated my warranty registration because they don't provide any warranty on open-box items. That kinda stinks considering that it is over two years old and Best Buy told me that it is covered by the one year manufacturer warranty. But if I can't get Acer to change their mind and I do keep it, I might as well upgrade it to Jelly Bean, right?
Thanks.

Does anyone have any ideas what the average lifetime of this device is?
Thanks.

struff said:
Does anyone have any ideas what the average lifetime of this device is?
Thanks.
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Depends on use. My last one was brand new and died in 2 months, but that's under heavy developer use, otherwise it seems to be 1-2 years.
Tapatalked from my HTC DNA - Carbon

struff said:
She is getting used to it and is liking having the camera with a flash so it looks like we are indeed leaning more towards keeping it. However I got email from Acer tonight telling me that they invalidated my warranty registration because they don't provide any warranty on open-box items. That kinda stinks considering that it is over two years old and Best Buy told me that it is covered by the one year manufacturer warranty. But if I can't get Acer to change their mind and I do keep it, I might as well upgrade it to Jelly Bean, right?
Thanks.
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That's not right about the warranty, Best Buy should be able to do something for you. If it were me I would take that email to Best Buy and tell them to either provide me with their own warranty coverage or let me return it. Best Buy customer service will sometimes pleasantly surprise you...

notjustafone said:
That's not right about the warranty, Best Buy should be able to do something for you. If it were me I would take that email to Best Buy and tell them to either provide me with their own warranty coverage or let me return it. Best Buy customer service will sometimes pleasantly surprise you...
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I went. They can't do anything. They can't even sell me one of their Geek Squad warranties because the device was built two years ago and it already had one owner. They tried but their system wouldn't accept it.
Would have cost about a hundred bucks which is more than I paid for the device to begin with

pio_masaki said:
Depends on use. My last one was brand new and died in 2 months, but that's under heavy developer use, otherwise it seems to be 1-2 years.
Tapatalked from my HTC DNA - Carbon
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Mine lasted 11 months and I almost missed the warranty returning it.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda app-developers app
Ironicly, I stuck to Linux society's stuff that had "fixs" built in, then I flashed the updated twrp and a different kernel and like 2 weeks later it died. So whether or not they had a real effect, that up to you to decide.

Henry rersobs
I just bought an Acer a100 this month. My first tablet. I was looking at the Nexus 7 and the Acer a110 as well.
I liked the fact that the A110 was more powerful but missing features present on the a100. I just couldn't get over the fact that the a110 didn't have a rear camera or gorilla glass.
But I did like the quad processor, the ddr3 ram and longer battery life. Maybe I'll get one of those in the future too but for now the a100 is pretty cool.

My Peculiar Journey with GPro

Hi So i shall begin with my Experience with My Gpro in my short journey of 5 months
Buying
So on a fine December afternoon while searching for a phone to replace my Still going strong Optimus 2x before my 23rd Birthday on 21st Dec i saw The prices of G Pro Dropping to 26k INR with the GOSF sale going on in India.Too good to ignore when it was retailing for 30-38k range ,I Ordered the white one but Soon after that i realized i wanted the black one Called the Cromaretail.in guys but those lazy asses told me sir its not possible and all the blah blah , So I vented out all my frustration on them over here at Xda, where one guy who ordered the Black one from the same website on the same day read it , and apparantly he wanted the White one and CromaGuys turned him down too after ordering. FOOLS
Anyways through XDA we both decided we will not open our phones until the weekend where he was to come to bangalore from Mysore , he came we exchanged(apparantly on my birthday) and now i had My Black Optimus G pro in my hands.
Now after 5 Days , I rooted my Phone , it went fine till a couple of Days but one Night it stopped Receiving 2g Signals , i switched to WCDMA(3g) Now that was working Fine, i tried Flashing Basebands , I tried installing Different Roms be it stock be it custom, tried basically everything but nothing worked. My experience with my 2x gave me confidence that i would never have to take my phone to a service center for a Software issue but alas my Confidence was shattered as nothing worked.
Now as usual Service center people who mostly have no Idea about Technical problems, and they used the most basic solution that when something isnt working and you dont know why just replace the whole thing , so they replaced the whole MotherBoard and Obviously 2g came back, So within first 10 days my Motherboard was replaced :crying:
After MotherBoard Replace
4 months went by and April was going on and suddenly one day again 2g Gone , 3 G working Again i had to take it to Service center, There was some other guy , He said this time they will Send the phone to Their Technical Team as if It was suppossed to mean something , After 2-3 Days i got a call that Sir Yours is the First issue in the Country in G Pro where 2g isnt working and 3G is, usually it's the other way around :laugh: as if its an achievement
and After some days of Testing once again their Solution was to replace the whole PCB i.e Motherboard. So 4 months In and I now had my 3rd Motherboard.
Shattered
Now during all those 4 months i had a Hard case on my phone, but the day i got my phone back from Service center It looked So sexy that I didnt want to put that Cover back atleast on that Day Planning to Go to a Late Night Bike Trip with Friend i was shopping for First Aid Kit when THUD , my darling went face first on the Supermarket Floor. My friend, She looked at me a little freightened , but i was calm for my old pal Optimus 2x with gorilla Glass 1 had seen 10 times more bigger and brutal falls/assault for 2 years and never had a scratch on it while my Gpro had GG2 so obviously it wouldve survived this fall with No worries :fingers-crossed:
I picked up the Phone rotated it to look at its front and There , ....Heart attack .... Screen Smashed Gorilla Glass 2 You are worse then GG1 , how does a company manage to make the next iteration worse than the previous one :crying:
now they are asking me for about 8K to get the screen replaced , 1/3rd of the cost of my phone :crying::crying::crying::crying:
So this was my not so fine Journey with our G pro , but i dont know why i still cant Say bad things about Lg or this phone , I know they are not timely with thier updates, they probably gave me a defective handset, they dont create as much hype around their phones as sammy does but the fact is this phone is blazing fast, they give the same Features as a samsung with 5-10k less price and they are as reputed a brand as sammy if not in mobiles than in consumer Durables plus my 2x was a lovely phone

One hell of a story! Good to know you still think highly of the phone.. Guessed this phone is a Master stroke that even LG missed to recognize
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yeah man for 30 K and with android 4.1.2 I havent seen a phone as blazingly fast as my Optimus G pro , I mean no Lag whatsoever and it's the colors on its display are so vivid , i just hoped that it's awareness and the subsequent developement was better , Coz for my older Optimus 2x there was and still is tremendous support from devs considering it's a Lg Phone

I also use a G pro Black E988. We have to understand that gorilla glass is not shock proof and that when glass gets bigger it gets heavier and will break easier.

yasfer21 said:
I also use a G pro Black E988. We have to understand that gorilla glass is not shock proof and that when glass gets bigger it gets heavier and will break easier.
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I do get that but the fall wasnt that brutal , must have been 3-4 feet only , and my Optimus 2x has withstood falls from above 6feet and brutal ones that too consistently , if GG2 cant withstand a 3 feet fall then i dont think GG should be as hyped as it is .

That sucks. I'm surprised to hear you had any hardware issues but, then again, maybe radio(s) ate more reliable on some frequency bands then others. Regarding the gorilla glass, they really should call it something else because gorillas can take a beating, while gorilla glass is designed to survive your car keys.
I've been there though. I've had phones survive catastrophic falls, yet crack the screen from a short fall of my lap when getting out of the car. It's all in the angles, I guess.
Sent from my LG E980 via Tapatalk Pro (and stupid-fast LTE)

A friend who is a technician told me to not buy an LG phone, they sucks, that i better buy the Xperia Z, but wow this optimus g pro looks amazing! that hardware for the price it cost its just amazing! i bought mine for 250 on ebay, like new! an amazing Quad core! 2 gb ram! that screen 441ppi! 1080p! just made me jizz the time i saw it! i have a bad luck with phones and wish this will be the exception. now im waiting a week to get the phone in my hand! but as i see this is a great phone with low price and great hardware, i dont really mind about the support because as a XDA user i dont rlly give a damn about oficial rom.
I am a big photos fan, had a S3 and it took nice pics, hope this one take better photos, can you say something about how great the pictures are with the g pro?

Pictures are good. This device is a great device spec wise for the buck......I like mine. I have the black e980 with a carbon fiber skinomi and glass screen protector....my setup looks sleek a sexy....I like naked devices....I climb billboards for a living and still keep my device in great shape! Its how responsible you are with it.
2SHAYNEZ

Too bad brother. If its just the screen which has cracked u can try to replace only the digitizer.. that will considerably reduce the cost as g pro's screen n glass are not fused.
Also the screen cracking is totally dependent in the point of impact.. even if it falls from a low height but falls flat with screen facing down then even GG3 glass shatters.
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I would say in my opionion, dont buy it. My g2x was a piece of crap, and i regret giving LG another chance with the e980. My battery has gone bad (making the phone useless) and all LG support told me is to send it in for repair (how do you repair a battery?!?!?) and to include a receipt (somthing i dont have) but the phone should obviously be in warrenty as the date of manufacture is less then a year ago! This shipping would also would cost almost as much as buying a new battery and take twice as long. Horrible customer support(their phone lines were down as was their live chat and the customer support was completely unhelpful besides making sure that i knew that i couldnt get any resoulution without a receipt) , this phone will likely NEVER receive any android version updates(like the G2X never received ICS) and almost no developement seals this phones fate.

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I would say in my opionion, dont buy it. My g2x was a piece of crap, and i regret giving LG another chance with the e980. My battery has gone bad (making the phone useless) and all LG support told me is to send it in for repair (how do you repair a battery?!?!?) and to include a receipt (somthing i dont have) but the phone should obviously be in warrenty as the date of manufacture is less then a year ago! This shipping would also would cost almost as much as buying a new battery and take twice as long. Horrible customer support(their phone lines were down as was their live chat and the customer support was completely unhelpful besides making sure that i knew that i couldnt get any resoulution without a receipt) , this phone will likely NEVER receive any android version updates(like the G2X never received ICS) and almost no developement seals this phones fate.
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Hi , too bad to know that you are facing these problems , as far as battery is concerned any service center be it samsung, htc will ask you to send for repair ,If you dont want to send for repair Just try Factory reset and if battery still sucks then you are sure its not a suftware problem but a problem with battery so buy a new One. Simple!! :good:
And as for G2x , My optimus 2x got ICS and your G2x was American version of O2x, So i think it also got it and if not then problem is with the Carrier as Lg Updated O2x from 2.2 to 2.3 and then to 4.0 ICS. :angel:

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Hi , too bad to know that you are facing these problems , as far as battery is concerned any service center be it samsung, htc will ask you to send for repair ,If you dont want to send for repair Just try Factory reset and if battery still sucks then you are sure its not a suftware problem but a problem with battery so buy a new One. Simple!! :good:
And as for G2x , My optimus 2x got ICS and your G2x was American version of O2x, So i think it also got it and if not then problem is with the Carrier as Lg Updated O2x from 2.2 to 2.3 and then to 4.0 ICS. :angel:
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Yup, i see your point about the updates, i guess the American carriers dont want to update devices. And im 100% sure the battery is at fault,i already bought a new one, ill probably make a video or something when i get my new one.

G pro - 2g not working
prabhjitsinghwalia said:
Hi So i shall begin with my Experience with My Gpro in my short journey of 5 months
Buying
So on a fine December afternoon while searching for a phone to replace my Still going strong Optimus 2x before my 23rd Birthday on 21st Dec i saw The prices of G Pro Dropping to 26k INR with the GOSF sale going on in India.Too good to ignore when it was retailing for 30-38k range ,I Ordered the white one but Soon after that i realized i wanted the black one Called the Cromaretail.in guys but those lazy asses told me sir its not possible and all the blah blah , So I vented out all my frustration on them over here at Xda, where one guy who ordered the Black one from the same website on the same day read it , and apparantly he wanted the White one and CromaGuys turned him down too after ordering. FOOLS
Anyways through XDA we both decided we will not open our phones until the weekend where he was to come to bangalore from Mysore , he came we exchanged(apparantly on my birthday) and now i had My Black Optimus G pro in my hands.
Now after 5 Days , I rooted my Phone , it went fine till a couple of Days but one Night it stopped Receiving 2g Signals , i switched to WCDMA(3g) Now that was working Fine, i tried Flashing Basebands , I tried installing Different Roms be it stock be it custom, tried basically everything but nothing worked. My experience with my 2x gave me confidence that i would never have to take my phone to a service center for a Software issue but alas my Confidence was shattered as nothing worked.
Now as usual Service center people who mostly have no Idea about Technical problems, and they used the most basic solution that when something isnt working and you dont know why just replace the whole thing , so they replaced the whole MotherBoard and Obviously 2g came back, So within first 10 days my Motherboard was replaced :crying:
After MotherBoard Replace
4 months went by and April was going on and suddenly one day again 2g Gone , 3 G working Again i had to take it to Service center, There was some other guy , He said this time they will Send the phone to Their Technical Team as if It was suppossed to mean something , After 2-3 Days i got a call that Sir Yours is the First issue in the Country in G Pro where 2g isnt working and 3G is, usually it's the other way around :laugh: as if its an achievement
and After some days of Testing once again their Solution was to replace the whole PCB i.e Motherboard. So 4 months In and I now had my 3rd Motherboard.
Shattered
Now during all those 4 months i had a Hard case on my phone, but the day i got my phone back from Service center It looked So sexy that I didnt want to put that Cover back atleast on that Day Planning to Go to a Late Night Bike Trip with Friend i was shopping for First Aid Kit when THUD , my darling went face first on the Supermarket Floor. My friend, She looked at me a little freightened , but i was calm for my old pal Optimus 2x with gorilla Glass 1 had seen 10 times more bigger and brutal falls/assault for 2 years and never had a scratch on it while my Gpro had GG2 so obviously it wouldve survived this fall with No worries :fingers-crossed:
I picked up the Phone rotated it to look at its front and There , ....Heart attack .... Screen Smashed Gorilla Glass 2 You are worse then GG1 , how does a company manage to make the next iteration worse than the previous one :crying:
now they are asking me for about 8K to get the screen replaced , 1/3rd of the cost of my phone :crying::crying::crying::crying:
So this was my not so fine Journey with our G pro , but i dont know why i still cant Say bad things about Lg or this phone , I know they are not timely with thier updates, they probably gave me a defective handset, they dont create as much hype around their phones as sammy does but the fact is this phone is blazing fast, they give the same Features as a samsung with 5-10k less price and they are as reputed a brand as sammy if not in mobiles than in consumer Durables plus my 2x was a lovely phone
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Yours is not the only one in India to have this peculiar problem. One fine day couple of weeks back. My G PRO also stopped picking 2G signals. Takes up 3G in a jiffy but keeps searching for 2G. But If i keep it off for few days and then put a SIM it picks up 2G for a while and then again off. You rightly said that THESE TECHNICIANS of all Mobile companies dont really know repairing. They just know chaning MOTHER BOARD. Mine is out of warranty hence cannot afford MOTHER BOARD. dont know what to do whether to use it as a WIFI TABLET or a gaming device?

Still worth buying?

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.

Xaiux said:
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.

Xaiux said:
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.