Would you get a gnex or s3 if lte was here - Samsung Epic 4G Touch

I think I might be off to the gnex I can't take the bad battery on cm9 anymore and JB and pretty much once LTE is available I'm only buying nexus devices from here on out. Tired of samsung and htc crap skins and waiting for everything. Much thanks to all the devs I just feel bad they have to work so hard to make these phones how they should of been in the first place.
Anyway the loss of 4g is the only issue, I really don't use it much but once in a while I'm somewhere and 4g really makes tether my laptop or table better. Not that I get really good 4g but 1-2mbps beats sprints 200k speeds. And to make it worse my gf nexus s always gets better 4g and 3g alot higher speeds. I think the epic never had a good radio, the only modem it worked well with was EL29.

Get a house phone. Use the Internet on your computer. Problem solved.
(my next phone is prob a nexus because of all the support)
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Nexus for sure i learned my lesson

Personally I would go S3. I love that phone. But I also like tw so that makes a difference.
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Doesn't the nexus have bad battery life?
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of course every phone forum I read has the usual battery life sucks rant http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28344714
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I am torn as well. I want to switch to straight talk in the next month or two and can't decide which phone I want more. Is Google going to release another nexus phone this year or is the nexus tablet it?
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Waiting for the new Nexus. I'm hoping for a October release. Since every Nexus phone has been released 11 months apart.
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Honestly. By the time my upgrade comes around d the new Nexus whatever will be out and Samsung will be onto the new galaxy s variant. Most likely I will get the Nexus as long as it is a Samsung phone. I am a big Samsung nut. If it isn't a Samsung then I will go with the galaxy s variant.
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you do realize that samsung maybe not be able to sell nexus devices in the US anymore right?

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you do realize that samsung maybe not be able to sell nexus devices in the US anymore right?
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When and if that happens it will be dealt with. I'm about sick of these android and **** is ending post. Yes there is a patent war going on. Its not just apple........sorry just puked..that's participating in it. I would hope that Samsung...who makes a majority of the chips and screens for apple....damn it got sick again...would figure out a way to retaliate at apple in a way that would make them reconsider their actions if it came to that. I know if it was my company. I wouldn't be selling them a damn thing since they make more from the sgs3 sales alone then they do from all of apples purchases
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When and if that happens it will be dealt with. I'm about sick of these android and **** is ending post. Yes there is a patent war going on. Its not just apple........sorry just puked..that's participating in it. I would hope that Samsung...who makes a majority of the chips and screens for apple....damn it got sick again...would figure out a way to retaliate at apple in a way that would make them reconsider their actions if it came to that. I know if it was my company. I wouldn't be selling them a damn thing since they make more from the sgs3 sales alone then they do from all of apples purchases
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Samsung does and is retaliating. Samsung is suing apple in multiple foreign countries. Also you ever wonder why iPhones aren't 4g capable? Because Samsung is the patent holder of about 90% of the technology. Going to be kind of hard to stay in the cell business that is evolving to 4g and you can't get any of it.
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take ti from me, I had the GNEX and development isn't worth the bad battery life and under powered hardware... I just traded my GNEX for an LTEVO (development on it sucks but battery and hardware are better).The screen on GNEX while it is 720p has a purple tint to it and can look grainy. If I were you I would go with the GS3 they already have cm10 preview buids and apear to be team douche phone of choice right now... it's a win win

Fataldesain said:
I think I might be off to the gnex I can't take the bad battery on cm9 anymore and JB and pretty much once LTE is available I'm only buying nexus devices from here on out. Tired of samsung and htc crap skins and waiting for everything. Much thanks to all the devs I just feel bad they have to work so hard to make these phones how they should of been in the first place.
Anyway the loss of 4g is the only issue, I really don't use it much but once in a while I'm somewhere and 4g really makes tether my laptop or table better. Not that I get really good 4g but 1-2mbps beats sprints 200k speeds. And to make it worse my gf nexus s always gets better 4g and 3g alot higher speeds. I think the epic never had a good radio, the only modem it worked well with was EL29.
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I've had both, and while I loved the pure google experience of the GNex, I chose to keep and use the S3.
Just a personal preference, it helps if you can try out both.

Anyone gonna hold out until the next note arrives?
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Samsung does and is retaliating. Samsung is suing apple in multiple foreign countries. Also you ever wonder why iPhones aren't 4g capable? Because Samsung is the patent holder of about 90% of the technology. Going to be kind of hard to stay in the cell business that is evolving to 4g and you can't get any of it.
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I had the Sprint Galaxy Nexus and it was easily the best Sprint phone I have used. I had it on Stock rom with auto brightness off and would get 15-19 hours of use with 3 hours of screen on time so I wouldn't say the battery is bad at all. I sold it because someone made me a good offer I couldn't refuse. I ended up buying a Evo 4g LTE after and multitasking sucked, phone needed daily reboot so I sold it and am back on a Galaxy S2 until I can get a S3. The Evo 4g LTE had the best battery life that I have experienced with a smartphone 20 hours of use with about 5 hours of screen on time.
I love how powerful the Galaxy S3 is so I am very interested in getting it and then will only know how it compares to the Nexus.

This right here keeps me from going to any LTE phone since it won't be in my area anytime soon
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I bought the E4GT because it was the best all around phone out at the time on Sprint and it still is due to the lack of LTE. My next phone will almost certainly be on a different network. Its not the phone its the carrier. I still have about a year on Sprint though and I cant imagine 'upgrading" to a phone that runs on vaporware and Sprint 3g during that time. At least wimax is fast when I can get a good signal. Home and work are both good but there are a few random spots around the city that are terrible.

I would prob consider the SGS3 but at this rate I'm waiting for the next devices with the 800Mhz support for LTE. I wonder who will make the next Nexus phone model? I didn't like the latest Nexus. It seemed to get very hot near the camera for no reason.

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Selling my E4GT and a bunch of accessories

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Talk about accessories
What device you moving on to?
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Talk about accessories
What device you moving on to?
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I really, really, REALLY don't want to say.
the iPhone 4s on AT&T
/hangs head in shame
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I really, really, REALLY don't want to say.
the iPhone 4s on AT&T
/hangs head in shame
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I really, really, REALLY don't want to say.
the iPhone 4s on AT&T
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Normally I would be trolling this but I respect you for answering my question.
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God, they're such a horrible company as carriers go, IMO.
Why the iPhone? No option for SGSII? The Galaxy S Note is coming soon too... So sad to see you go man.
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I really, really, REALLY don't want to say.
the iPhone 4s on AT&T
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Oh No MetalHead! What Happened???
He must support SOPA, frivolous patent lawsuits, be against big corporations, afraid of change, andjust enough freedom to change your wallpaper. And I agree with Oscar about att, they have the worst customer service I have ever dealt with EVER!
Anyways usually people who have used android and got stuck with an iPhone are desperate to come back within a few weeks.
I could never imagine going from 4.52 screen to 3.5 screen .
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based on my past, you think id be here to bash you for switching to iphone. im not going to. youre an adult, you understand your choice.
question is, Sprint sells the iPhone and wont cap your data. why leave for theirs? no upgrade availability?
I won't comment IPhone part but AT&T as carrier is horrible. After 7 years of service I paid termination fees for 3 lines (only 4 months after accepting last 2 year term) because of their horrible customer services (t-mobile cs is not far away from them). Not to mention your 2GB data limit on AT&T, and increased termination fees....
If AT&T somehow manage to become only wireless carrier I will move to PAYPHONE, but won't go there... but that just me. Good luck! Sorry if my post wasn't on place...
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....hey have the worst customer service I have ever dealt with EVER!
Anyways usually people who have used android and got stuck with an iPhone are desperate to come back within a few weeks.
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Zoidpilot said:
Why the iPhone? No option for SGSII? The Galaxy S Note is coming soon too... So sad to see you go man.
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I went with AT&T because Sprint's data speeds have gotten worse and worse. There's no point in having unlimited data if you can't even use it. I could leave my E4GT downloading something at full speed for a month and not even hit the 5GB cap that I have with AT&T now. I have been averaging 100-150 kb/s which is absolutely ridiculous. AT&T's HSPA+ gets me anywhere from 5-6 mb/s on average and that's faster than I was getting with Sprint's 4G, when I was able to actually lock on to a signal. There was seriously no point in having such a bad ass phone if I couldn't even use data on it. I also tried Verizon and the Galaxy Nexus a month or so ago and was not happy with their service, and couldn't justify leaving the E4GT for a device that was for all intents and purposes, inferior. So that left me with T-Mobile and AT&T, and T-Mobile's phone selection sucks.
Now for the why I got the iPhone. My intentions originally were to grab the SGS2. I knew for a fact that I was going to love it, so I wanted to take advantage of the 30 day buyer's remorse period and try something different for a few weeks, return whatever I got and then pick up the SGS2. It was between the iPhone and the Titan. I opted for the iPhone because I have an iPad 2 and already have a ton of universal games that I can download right away to the iPhone. The screen is tiny on it, but the more I use it the more comfortable it is. I don't have to do any type of finger acrobatics to reach the farthest corners of the screen. So yeah it's tiny but there is a plus to that. And the retina display is lovely (black levels suck but it's a fair trade off). So after having the iPhone for a couple weeks I really started to fall in love with its simplicity. It really is a beautifully made device, and iOS does feel very elegant to me. I swear to god my intentions were to return it but I love it now, what can I say. What's crazy is that I really thought I was going to hate it (and I did for the first couple of days).
So now, I have decided that I would stick with the iPhone over the SGS2- I already had an SGS2 variant and I am digging the change. So my other option now is the Note and man that thing is slick. But it has a strike against it already- Snapdragon. Not a real Galaxy device in my eyes. Whatever though, the Adreno 220 is a sick GPU so I'll let it slide. So I go to Best Buy the other day and they have a dummy Note on display. It's f*cking MASSIVE. No way in hell would I be caught dead holding that thing against my face. It quite literally makes the E4GT look like an iPhone size wise. Seriously, hold an iPhone up to an E4GT and that is roughly the same size difference between the E4GT and the Note. It is way to big to be practical for me so it is ruled out.
So now I have decided to keep my iPhone. I have looked into jailbreaking and all the available mods and there are tons. I think I'm going to have a lot of fun modding this thing, and you would be surprised how many ways you can customize it. Dare I say it, but it does seem you (the average modder) can do more with a jailbroken iPhone than an Android phone, and I haven't even scratched the surface of it. I still love Android, of course, and I do miss a lot of things about it terribly, but I am enjoying my time with my new iPhone.
One of the perks of AT&T over Sprint is this whole sim card business. I already started searching craigslist for a good deal on an SGS2 so I can have both devices and switch 'em around depending on my mood for the day. I most definitely will get another Android phone, there is no question about it.
So that's my story. I haven't switched alliances, I am still an Android fan first, I am just having an affair with the iPhone
metalhead, as it so happens, i received my epic 4g touch today and i'm coming from at&t. the reason i'm leaving at&t is because i'm on unlimited data plan and they're sending us (customers with unlimited data) texts and emails saying that we're in the top 5% of data users and that if we continue, our speed will be throttled. (last month i used close to 2gb of data and they still sent me the text.) this throttle will only be for unlimited plan customers, not for tiered customers (so you wouldn't be affected by throttling). but if they treat me like that, who has been with them since 1999, i can only imagine how bad they'd treat new customers. i'm sure they'll find a way to screw you guys too...
p.s. i have a family plan with 5 phones total and that doesn't matter to them.
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I really, really, REALLY don't want to say.
the iPhone 4s on AT&T
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Dont be ashamed about moving to iphone,iphone got its pluses.I would get one if it had S Amoled and 4 inch screen.
Or its Symbian/WP7?
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I really, really, REALLY don't want to say.
the iPhone 4s on AT&T
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I want your trident!! =P
I know I know.. I can read. Haha
GLWS man.
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I have to agree with you on the sprint data. Not enough to make me go to an iphone but I'm finding it harder and harder to justify paying for a useless unlimited plan. I live in an area where the fastest 3g speeds I've seen are 100kbps so I have to use the prl hack to get a whopping 600kbps. On top of that, the only 4g service around me works for about a one mile radius around best buy so they can show off how fast the network is. Other than that the closest 4g is about two hours away. but I still get charged an extra $20 a month for two phones for "premium data".
Lol @ iPhone.
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Enjoy the iPhone OP, honestly if you're happy and it does the job for ya, then F the haters.
Spoken like a gentleman. I'll pass the word around to a few people about your sale. Wish you the best man I hope you'll lurk around here every once in awhile.
A valid reason to go to iPhone btw I appreciate your honesty. Stay kool Metalhead.
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Is this phone still worth buying?

I currently own a T-Mobile G2x and plan on picking this baby up in a few days from the playstore.
A friend of mine showed me his and I completely fell in love with the screen. I'm also hopeful about the updates being pushed by Google for another year or so.
With that said, is this phone still worth getting with other devices already out like the ONE series and Samsung's S3?
I was intially going to purchase a HTC One S, but can't bring myself to do such a big gamble because of all the hardware and software issues I've read about.
for all that is holy and right, god yes.
i could ramble on what rocks about this phone, but ill keep it small.
its a nexus, so direct updates from google. Large dev community. freaking beautiful screen and physical phone dimensions. oh did i mention kick ass software and dev community
i came from the sprint epic 4g and they were doin some crazy stuff with that phone. with the nexus, i hope to see some awesome stuff.
again so much to put into words. the nexus is worth every cent
I got mine yesterday. Short and sweet, yes!!
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tl;dr: yes
I'm a former G2x owner, and the Galaxy Nexus blows the G2x away in every aspect. Not only that, it's hell of a lot more stable.
Do it. It's totally worth it.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1719198
tl;dr: yes
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This one too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1673845
if i can pick again, no thanks.
Its two issues that keep this or any nexus phone on top
1- direct (fast & unbloated/restrected) updates
2- a huge development base (other phones may have big dev bases, but they cant even compare)
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Yes. Good phone.
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Of course it's still worth buying. This is still the best Android phone out there. Galaxy S3 and One X may both be faster, but if you're a casual developer or tech guy, then Galaxy Nexus is the best you can get in terms of software.
Quad-core is overrated on phones and I don't like Galaxy S3's hardware decisions (the hardware keys). Galaxy Nexus has on-screen keys, which are just amazing, I could not go back to a phone without them. I don't like the bells and whistles of Galaxy S3 and One X either (which won't be a problem if you root of course). Their usability features are an overkill and don't work at all times.
Since Galaxy Nexus does come with the best version of Android - native, non-bloated one - and has very good hardware to run anything you throw at it today, then yes, it's the phone to get and the one I've suggested to fellow developers. One of the young developers I know bought it just last week and is loving it.
As everyone else had already mentioned, yes, do it - you won't regret it. I've had mine only a month now and it's freaking amazing. Fast and unbloated, beautiful screen, effortless to root, great battery life.
Best of all we will be first to get jellybean, my friend with the sgs 3 will be on ics until sometime next year. Hehe.
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Due to battery and reception/4G issues
I would say no, if i were to start over this minute... I would get a Razor Maxx over this.
I think a new phone of this caliber and price range should ROCK right out the gate and that the modding community should only (need to) make it even better... in this case it takes the modding to make it close to right with still spotty reception and CRAPPY battery life.
Is the screen beautiful... is the phone fast and with rooting and a lot of extra software does it get the job done? Yes.
But so does the RMaxx without the radio issues and it has boat loads of battery.
I would much rather have a few less bells and whistles of a newer OS and have battery life & radio reliability. I feel the bells and whistles are a lot easier to add on later than the other way around.
I like the phone... don't flame me please... but it has shortcomings
I get excellent battery life... i have never had any issues with the radio either.
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I'm hopefully buying one tonight, coming from a HTC Sensation, can't wait!
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I would say no, if i were to start over this minute... I would get a Razor Maxx over this.
I think a new phone of this caliber and price range should ROCK right out the gate and that the modding community should only (need to) make it even better... in this case it takes the modding to make it close to right with still spotty reception and CRAPPY battery life.
Is the screen beautiful... is the phone fast and with rooting and a lot of extra software does it get the job done? Yes.
But so does the RMaxx without the radio issues and it has boat loads of battery.
I would much rather have a few less bells and whistles of a newer OS and have battery life & radio reliability. I feel the bells and whistles are a lot easier to add on later than the other way around.
I like the phone... don't flame me please... but it has shortcomings
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Ahh you have the LTE version huh? Quite a few people seem not so happy with that one. However the GSM doesn't have as many issues as the LTE seems to..
I would say do it as well man. It's a much much better device than the G2x and you'll really enjoy it.
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Personally, I wouldn't get the Motorola. I'm a developer, and it's giving us a ridiculous amount of trouble when compared to the GS2 or the Nexus.
The nexus is a great terminal, and since they lowered the prices it's hard to beat in the quality/cost ratio.
zeke1988 said:
if i can pick again, no thanks.
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veloslave said:
I would say no, if i were to start over this minute... I would get a Razor Maxx over this.
I think a new phone of this caliber and price range should ROCK right out the gate and that the modding community should only (need to) make it even better... in this case it takes the modding to make it close to right with still spotty reception and CRAPPY battery life.
Is the screen beautiful... is the phone fast and with rooting and a lot of extra software does it get the job done? Yes.
But so does the RMaxx without the radio issues and it has boat loads of battery.
I would much rather have a few less bells and whistles of a newer OS and have battery life & radio reliability. I feel the bells and whistles are a lot easier to add on later than the other way around.
I like the phone... don't flame me please... but it has shortcomings
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As you'll see, a vast majority of the people saying "don't get it" are those with the Verizon LTE version.
To be blunt, the CDMA version of any nexus is going to be an afterthought.
Moreover, LTE is a battery-drain in comparison to UMTS/HSPA+.
If you get the Galaxy Nexus, get the HSPA+ one from the Google Play Store.
I currently have the LTE version of the Galaxy Nexus. Does my battery tend to get drained fast? Yea, although most of the time it's not an issue, I work in an office where I get to keep it plugged in most of the time. If I am planning on being out all day I always keep an extra battery, it's really not that difficult to carry one.
Does my signal tend to suck? Yea, sort of. I hardly ever make calls so I can't really notice there, although I do tend to get a lot of dropped calls but i never know which side they are coming from. My data is amazingly fast when it works right but too many times it says 4G but nothing is going on, so I have to turn the data off and back on to get it working again.
With all that said, I've had this phone since December and I still absolutely LOVE this phone! I still look at the screen and think "wow that's cool". I still show it off to people, I still love using it to pay with Google Wallet.
However, I have recently decided to get rid of it. I will be giving it to my friend, because I just ordered the GSM one from the Google Play store! I'm so sick and tired of Verizon so I want to try the whole prepaid services thing till I find something that works best for me with a service that doesn't treat me like I'm trying to steal from them because I have the unlimited data package THEY gladly offered me years ago. What ever happened to treating older customers better??
There are a few of us that jumped ship from the G2x here now, I don't think we made the wrong choice.
Plus we'll be getting Jelly Bean soon!
Just like you, I think the screen got me. That and stable ICS. I loved my G2x but after hanging around my friends with 4.3 or 4.5inch screens... I felt... inadequate...
Haha, just kidding, but I did want a bigger screen. I'm really happy with this phone now and I think I will be for a while.
kristovaher said:
Of course it's still worth buying. This is still the best Android phone out there. Galaxy S3 and One X may both be faster, but if you're a casual developer or tech guy, then Galaxy Nexus is the best you can get in terms of software.
Quad-core is overrated on phones and I don't like Galaxy S3's hardware decisions (the hardware keys). Galaxy Nexus has on-screen keys, which are just amazing, I could not go back to a phone without them. I don't like the bells and whistles of Galaxy S3 and One X either (which won't be a problem if you root of course). Their usability features are an overkill and don't work at all times.
Since Galaxy Nexus does come with the best version of Android - native, non-bloated one - and has very good hardware to run anything you throw at it today, then yes, it's the phone to get and the one I've suggested to fellow developers. One of the young developers I know bought it just last week and is loving it.
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Software keys to me are a waste of screen real estate. There is no advantage to having them. I remove them and use LMT because I want the extra screen space. Using LMT is not as quick as having the buttons there but worth the sacrifice.
The GNEX has the space at the bottom of the device to fit keys there and I wish they would have or added them as well and given the choice to use on which one we want to use.

Do you think AT&T will do the same as S2?

I am due for an upgrade but think I am going to wait to see if AT&T does the same thing with the S3 that they did with the S2. Do you think they will release an updated version like the skyrocket was but for the S3?
Just thought I would get some opinions.
I don't see why not, if you wait long enough you might as well wait for the S4. It will be at least 6-7 months before you see another version of this phone if not longer.
There is an enterprise version coming in July with no hardware changes.
http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-s3-safe-us-95699/
I don't think they would release another version, otherwise if you wait till october Iam sure the new Nexus will be out.
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I am due for an upgrade but think I am going to wait to see if AT&T does the same thing with the S3 that they did with the S2. Do you think they will release an updated version like the skyrocket was but for the S3?
Just thought I would get some opinions.
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New phones come out weekly seems like, so yes there will always something new coming ... but as fast as gs2 and skyrocket I doubt it ... Samsung seems to be pushing this phone alot harder than those others if u think about it, releasing all us models on basically the same day, not changing the look from international version, a red one coming to at&t .... I think next new thing will be another Google built phone with jelly bean on it within 3 months ...and new iPhone within same time frame .. but Samsung going to collect some serious money on this one before release new one
my opinion...
Of course new phones come out every few weeks and the new nexus should be out in the fourth quarter, will it come to AT&T would be the next question. But to stay on topic, I wanted to know if only a month would be between the release, but they have done a much better job releasing it this time, not the 6 month difference like the S2. So it seems that Samsung will keep this as the highest-end for awhile.
So at least it will be a little more than a month before the phone is outdated.
Highly doubt that att will carry the new nexus at its launch.
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The only reason the skyrocket was released was because of the new LTE network, they needed more phones to support it, so no, I doubt there is going to be a skyrocket S3.
The Note 2 may be the next big Samsung phone on AT&T.
I never considered a skyrocket a upgrade other than the fact it was lte. I liked my s2 more than my rocket. I'm in love wit my s3 tho
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There wont be an updated version of this phone.
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This is the first smartphone to do what crApple did with the iPhone...
Release the same version, same design, same name, on all carriers.
And...this is the first time it has happened on all 4 carriers at relatively the same time (thanks Verizon).
This is a historic moment for Android and Samsung - and the beginning of a new chapter for both companies.
[WayOffTopicRant]Dare I say another step towards the end of Apple (I hate that company!). I know that is a LONG way off, but I want so badly to see them go. Such a bad company in general, so anti-American, and a hipocritical message. I would swear that Steve Jobs made a deal with the devil if I believed in that sort of thing.[/WayOffTopicRant]
But does everyone think samsung will continue to make the flagship android phone now that google owns Motorola Mobility? Why acquire a fair sized mobile phone maker and not use it. Unless of course the move was just one more step in the no way beneficial to the end user patent war between google and apple.
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I am due for an upgrade but think I am going to wait to see if AT&T does the same thing with the S3 that they did with the S2. Do you think they will release an updated version like the skyrocket was but for the S3?
Just thought I would get some opinions.
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The Skyrocket wasn't really an updated version. It was just another version of it with LTE. It had a larger screen (not always a good thing) and a worse processor.
So in other words....no. This phone is running on AT&T's LTE network, and LTE was why they released the Skyrocket.
I think you hit the nail on the head in thinking that it was for patents. Especially since a judge just dismissed some of Apples claims over Motorola. Google will now have a platform to work on phone OS and HW now.
Personally, I feel Motorola always made the ugliest of the phones, but if the flagship for them someday becomes the Nexus manufacturer and everyone else does their own things like Galaxy S series and HTC One series it will be good.
We shall see, but from what it looks like to me is Android is here to stay, Samsung and others will continue to support it as long as we buy it, and Moto will be Google's chance to bring out stock only phones in the future.
Skyrocket was announced a week after I got my sgs2. I opted to stay with it. Skyrocket was one of the first lte phones. There is nothing that can be added to the sgs3 that it doesn't already have. Except maybe the 32gig version.
Note 2 will be out in October.
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[WayOffTopicRant]Dare I say another step towards the end of Apple (I hate that company!). I know that is a LONG way off, but I want so badly to see them go. Such a bad company in general, so anti-American, and a hipocritical message. I would swear that Steve Jobs made a deal with the devil if I believed in that sort of thing.[/WayOffTopicRant]
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There's a lot of apple haters out there and after ggetting this amazing s3, I have to say I know why. But at the end of the day apple's products are by no way bad, and they are an American company while Samsung is Korean and I want to root for my own country.
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There's a lot of apple haters out there and after ggetting this amazing s3, I have to say I know why. But at the end of the day apple's products are by no way bad, and they are an American company while Samsung is Korean and I want to root for my own country.
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IPhones are made in China.
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There's a lot of apple haters out there and after ggetting this amazing s3, I have to say I know why. But at the end of the day apple's products are by no way bad, and they are an American company while Samsung is Korean and I want to root for my own country.
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Apple makes products in China. Apple the company is rooted in America but it has given nothing back to the US. No charitable donations, no give back programs, no student help, etc.
Samsung Telecommunications of America is a US based company too. They have numerous charities they give to. Sponsor many US based programs and like Microsoft give back a huge portion to the US citizens in donations.
If you want to root for the US buy Samsung. I know it sounds funny but Samsung Electronics of America is a US company. STA is a US company. Only the parent company is Korean.
I will always support the US company that gives back when it can. I am all for making a profit, but what a company does with that profit is what truly matters. Apple swallows it, Samsung gives it back.
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Any regrets

Wondering if anyone regrets not buying the EVO 4g Lte...
Oh my lawd not again :banghead:
I'll answer this time though. I had the Evo LTE and I don't regret leaving it behind. It was a solid device (even though it was prone to bending) but the overall experience is better on the S3. Samsung is a lot more dev friendly compared to HTC which takes its sweet time releasing source and making sure exploits to gain s-off are harder to achieve.
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No.
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I went back and forth between which to get and I'm convinced the GS3 was the right choice.
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My son and my wife have it...... GS3 is definitely better.
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Nope.... Sense still causes performance problems like before and makes the phone sluggish. You would hope by now that htc would improve upon sense from a performance and feature perspective but unfortunately no, or so it appears that way. Out of the box most people say that you have to root the phone and load a custom rom to make the phone what it should be. That right there is what made me get the sg3 instead as I usually just run stock with root and don't load custom roms (usually) so to have to do that initially kinda sucks for me.
No phone is perfect and all have their little annoyances you just choose what you can live with.
I had both. The SGS3 is better. Sprint is the problem.
Man stop it with the evolte/gs3 threads!!!!! Aaaaaaahhhhh!!!!
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Wondering if anyone regrets not buying the EVO 4g Lte...
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I actually had the LTEVO last week and have no regrets about making the switch... the phone just was not on par with this beast despite having almost identical specs. multi tasking seemed difficult for the LTEVO and Radio on it was horrible.
To me the evo lte isnt even the s3 most competition. Id give the galaxy nexus that luxury.
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had the evo and no regrets here either. as long as sammy puts out phones like these i don't see myself ever going back to HTC. i've been married for a long time now but ever since i got my GS3 sometimes i wonder how life would be like if i was married to this beauty instead. :laugh:
My only regret is buying the EVO first and actually holding on to it pass Best Buy's 30 day return. The evo was sluggish as hell and god forbid you make a thread over at the EVO LTE forum stating that. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1821083
I got a warning and told to never come back by the childish forum moderator.
yeah I'm about to return this pos phone! Damn MTP bull**** I can't syncrhonize folders anymore to backup sd card! What bull****.. not only that so far wireless and mobile has been slower than my EVO 3D. I can't believe people can say this phone is better it has all sorts of issues that make it worse.
No USB Mass Storage
Data speeds seem horrible compared to EVO's
SG3 UMS I can't get to work either
I use Link2SD and every damn time I boot this phone up it goes through optimizing my 255 applications! What the heck? The more I use this phone the worse it seems not better!
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yeah I'm about to return this pos phone! Damn MTP bull**** I can't syncrhonize folders anymore to backup sd card! What bull****.. not only that so far wireless and mobile has been slower than my EVO 3D. I can't believe people can say this phone is better it has all sorts of issues that make it worse.
No USB Mass Storage
Data speeds seem horrible compared to EVO's
SG3 UMS I can't get to work either
I use Link2SD and every damn time I boot this phone up it goes through optimizing my 255 applications! What the heck? The more I use this phone the worse it seems not better!
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Cool sto....................................................Ah never mind.
yup
MadFlava said:
I had both. The SGS3 is better. Sprint is the problem.
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Agree 100%. Wish I would of waited a month. At least I could've returned it within the 30 day mark and jumped on tmo. Those new plans w/ actual ultd data are lookin real good to someone who just lockd into sprint for 2 years.
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Cool sto....................................................Ah never mind.
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No regrets here, but I'm a die-hard Galaxy S user and have had each one. This one is the best. I don't even miss 4g for the moment.
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My only regret is buying the EVO first and actually holding on to it pass Best Buy's 30 day return. The evo was sluggish as hell and god forbid you make a thread over at the EVO LTE forum stating that. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1821083
I got a warning and told to never come back by the childish forum moderator.
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That's a hilarious thread. All those HTC fanboys over there.
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molitar said:
yeah I'm about to return this pos phone! Damn MTP bull**** I can't syncrhonize folders anymore to backup sd card! What bull****.. not only that so far wireless and mobile has been slower than my EVO 3D. I can't believe people can say this phone is better it has all sorts of issues that make it worse.
No USB Mass Storage
Data speeds seem horrible compared to EVO's
SG3 UMS I can't get to work either
I use Link2SD and every damn time I boot this phone up it goes through optimizing my 255 applications! What the heck? The more I use this phone the worse it seems not better!
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Troll.
>No USB Mass Storage
MTP is 60x better.
>Data speeds seem horrible compared to EVO's
Really? My old Evo 3D got like 2 bars of signal at my house and pulled 300kbps if I was lucky. The Galaxy S3 has much better radios where it can get 5 bars of signal at my house and pulls 1000-2000kbps. The speeds are only going to get better with Network Vision.
>SG3 UMS I can't get to work either
UMS sucks but if you insist on having it, use one of the 60000+ guides out there.
>I use Link2SD and every damn time I boot this phone up it goes through optimizing my 255 applications! What the heck? The more I use this phone the worse it seems not better.
Stop using Link2SD.
I've had the Evo 3D and it's such a POS. The only way you can be saying it's better than even the SGS2 is if you're trolling.
Can't agree about mtp being 60x better. Mtp sucks. Isn't compatible with **** and if you have stock it might as well be mass storage cuz u still can't use the phone during transfer. Think it should be optional or something. (Please devs get something going for mass storage mode). As far as signal idk about the evo but from reading posts on the site it seems htc's in general get better reception than samsungs piss poor radios. Plus the ****tier my signal is the hotter the phone is which is why i dont doubt it. I must agree with u on links2sd, wtf is the purpose for using it for anyway?

What current phone is an "upgrade" coming from a Gnex?

The wife needs a new phone and since we have an upgrade available I was thinking of giving her my Gnex and getting myself a new phone.
Naturally I first though GS4 but Im starting to wonder. Is that an upgrade, downgrade or lateral move? I realize its newer hardware, but the Gnex seems to have a good development base behind it....not sure about the GS4 (havent really checked).
Or should I just try to find a decent used Gnex for the wife too? I love mine, the fact its so stable on just about any ROM is what makes me feel comfortable enough to give it to her. I know she wont ever have any issues with it (her current Stratosphere is a total POS!)
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S4 is a gigantic upgrade. Do not even think for a second a GNex is going to match it in performance.
S4 development is just fine. Just take a look at the section... There are (what appear to be) very stable builds of both CM & PA (among others).
Thanks! Thats what i was thinking.
Our current contract is completely done in January. The wife says she can deal with her phone until then if she has to, but all thats going to do is make it harder to figure out what new phone since there will (presumably) be a lot more options.
Someone suggested going to Tmobile but Im not exactly thrilled with their network around here. I hate my VZW bill being so high, but I feel like "there is no other" since the service is usually excellent and even when its not excellent its at least still working.
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Thanks! Thats what i was thinking.
Our current contract is completely done in January. The wife says she can deal with her phone until then if she has to, but all thats going to do is make it harder to figure out what new phone since there will (presumably) be a lot more options.
Someone suggested going to Tmobile but Im not exactly thrilled with their network around here. I hate my VZW bill being so high, but I feel like "there is no other" since the service is usually excellent and even when its not excellent its at least still working.
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A new nexus will probably come out within the next 5 months, the S4 is a HUGE up.date from the GNEX.
I'd suggest the S4 if you need a new phone now or something but also the Motorola X might be out by the end of the year.
The GNEX is "OK", especially being released 1.5 years ago. Most newer phones are upgrades anyways. Decisions decisions huh...
I'm trying to hold out for the Note 3, myself. But the S4 is mighty tempting...
I am really eyeballing the HTC One ever since I found out you can flash it and convert it into an official Google Edition phone.
Edit, I just saw several ads about the Motorola X phone. Might get that instead.
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Never been a fan of Motorola.
The HTC one seems nice..... Friend of mine just dumped vzw and got the One on t-mo. I hate the internal only battery and am partial to anything Samsung just because of the open ness of their phones.
Tough decision. Worried waiting will make it even tougher
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I keep asking myself this very same question. What phone should I get next?
I'm utterly unimpressed with the nexus 4.. The white version was tempting, but its gone now from the play store.
Guess I'll stick with the gnex till it self destructs.
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Out of all the phones I have had, I must day I was most satisfied with Sony, and as of late they have been the most developer friendly phone there is...
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I am on the same boat-keep asking myself what should be my next phone....I think I will be waiting for Nexus 5 at this point and see what it has to offer. If it is in the same price range as the nexus 4 I am definitely going for it
Get the S2 I'm still rocking it.... Lol
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For Verizon, the S4 is your best option, but if you go to T-Mobile the nexus 4 is a great option and by then the next nexus should have come out
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Galaxy S4 is a very good phone, so is the htc one. If you're looking to spend a little less, then the note 2 is also an excellent device
was thinking of going note 2 when i move on from my gNex...
a part of me wants to hold off for the nexus 5 but its become so hard
I got a good deal for a S4 so that's where I went.
Overall, the S4 is a MAJOR upgrade compared to the galaxy nexus. The speed, Camera, LTE, battery life and the screen are all benefits of the S4.
Now that I have a card slot on my phone again I forgot how much I missed out on this feature with the Galaxy Nexus.
Regarding development, considering the S4 is not a nexus device, development is actually really good and will only get better as more people buy the S4. Sure, a nexus will have more development but the S4 has more than enough to satisfy you.
Consistently hitting 5 hours of screen on time and not worrying about chargers through out the day is awesome as well.
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hehe, theres always one!
I had another suggestion to go to T-mo, so for the heck of it I broke down what I would be paying.
Id need 2 lines, so a family package. Unlimited everything on both lines is 120/month. Plus the 20/month for each phone Id need to buy, looking at 160 per month before fees. Thats actually more than I pay on VZW, granted only one of my VZW lines has unlimited data (not sure if that will go away when/if I upgrade the phone).
I realize the 20/month for each phone goes away after 2 years on Tmo, but essentially its a 2 year contract. Im also not positive of the speeds I can get from them in my area....Open Signal shows it as a decent network but the average download is 4MB compared to almost 7 for VZW, so Im guessing its not 4G/LTE (yet)
EDIT: reading about the current state of unlimited data on Verizon, the line I have unlimited on is "month to month", can I swap a phone (not one I paid retail for) onto that line without losing unlimited?
There speed are decent near me. The only way id get an iPhone is if Google music was available on iOS.
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That moto x phone should be nice too.
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The S4 would be fine as long as you don't grab the i9500 "octa core" variant. Though, I hate touchwiz a lot.
I actually listen to music in phone speakers quite a bit, I would go for the HTC One instead of the S4. Moto X looks good if you are in the US. Hope they bring the new moto X outside of the US too.
The S4 Active looks awesome, but until it comes to Verizon I'll probably get the S4 or the next unlocked phone that's available on VZW.
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