[Q] Ready for upgrade - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777

Good evening all. My contract is up with AT&T & I am now pondering all the choices of new phones to upgrade to. I have found 3 possible phones. What do you all think? I don't want to wait 3 months either for the next new phone to come out.
MOTO X: Nice specs but lack of root & devs. Locked bootloader
SGS4: MF3 update cripples ROM support but there is at least root.
LG Optimus G: Unknown to me but there is root & ROMs here.
Notable 4th option: iPhone 5, a phone that just works, may cure my ROM flashing habits.
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mcala said:
Good evening all. My contract is up with AT&T & I am now pondering all the choices of new phones to upgrade to. I have found 3 possible phones. What do you all think? I don't want to wait 3 months either for the next new phone to come out.
MOTO X: Nice specs but lack of root & devs. Locked bootloader
SGS4: MF3 update cripples ROM support but there is at least root.
LG Optimus G: Unknown to me but there is root & ROMs here.
Notable 4th option: iPhone 5, a phone that just works, may cure my ROM flashing habits.
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Read reviews on each by pocketnow. That's how I decide.

azeem40 said:
Read reviews on each by pocketnow. That's how I decide.
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I just saw the Moto X vs. SGS4 video. Now I may wait for the Developer Edition Moto X!
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I would suggest reading reviews and getting hands on time if possible. Everyone's needs in a phone differ. Of the choices you have I'd probably go with the moto x if root and ROMs pick up. Personally, I'm going nexus from here on out.
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autry7 said:
I would suggest reading reviews and getting hands on time if possible. Everyone's needs in a phone differ. Of the choices you have I'd probably go with the moto x if root and ROMs pick up. Personally, I'm going nexus from here on out.
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The Nexus 4 has a great price of $199.00 unlocked but lack of 4G LTE kept me away!
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mcala said:
The Nexus 4 has a great price of $199.00 unlocked but lack of 4G LTE kept me away!
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IMO, HSPA is just fine. Where are you seeing the Nexus 4 for $199?

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IMO, HSPA is just fine. Where are you seeing the Nexus 4 for $199?
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Play Store. $199.00 US for 8GB model
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What do you suggest for upgrade

Upgrade is in two weeks, what is your suggestions? Anything now or is there anything in coming months to wait for? I want note II but I don't see it coming to Verizon.
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gobraves00 said:
Upgrade is in two weeks, what is your suggestions? Anything now or is there anything in coming months to wait for? I want note II but I don't see it coming to Verizon.
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Supposedly the Droid Incredible X is rumored to be the Galaxy Nexus 5 and will hit Verizon soon. It sounds really impressive. But as of on the market now, definitely a Galaxy S3.
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You'll look like a jackass holding the Note II up to your face.....
Wait for the Nexus hubbub, but if Verizon doesn't get a new Nexus, get the Galaxy Nexus, it's basically free with contract.
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Wow a jackass. I was thinking I would look like a dork. But if you say I'll be jackass I may need to reconsider.
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Well I'm pretty sure I may be getting HTC's first "phablet" with a leaked name of HTC DNA (others know it as a rumored name of the Droid Incredible X) when my upgrade comes in 3 weeks. That is around the time it may be released.
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Okay I didn't mean that offensively, that's just my opinion, if I saw you holding a Note on the side of your head, I'd think you're a well dork, jackass, all the same.
That's just me, I mean people feel similarly about belt clips for phones, for example. Just opinion, and an opinion over the internet at that. Everyone hates you on the internet....
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The only way I'd pick up another HTC device is if it were a Nexus. For the cheap way out I also vote for the GNex.
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Wow a jackass. I was thinking I would look like a dork. But if you say I'll be jackass I may need to reconsider.
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Both beat looking like a dipsh1t.
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RBarnett09 said:
Supposedly the Droid Incredible X is rumored to be the Galaxy Nexus 5 and will hit Verizon soon. It sounds really impressive. But as of on the market now, definitely a Galaxy S3.
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Sorry to say this but wrong on three accounts. The galaxy part of the nexus name was Samsung's idea for their version of the phone. Google wanted to call the last one the nexus prime. LG was/did get the contract for the new nexus and this one is the 4th generation nexus which would make it the nexus 4. Sorry..... Rumors have it that the new nexus may not make it to Verizon because the LG version of the phone will be on the network. From what I have read the only difference is that the nexus variant will sport vanilla android. This may not be a problem though with the hardware being the same the roms should port right over. Personally, if I were you I would go nexus. They have by far the best update rate of all of the phone available.
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Shadow Death said:
Sorry to say this but wrong on three accounts. The galaxy part of the nexus name was Samsung's idea for their version of the phone. Google wanted to call the last one the nexus prime. LG was/did get the contract for the new nexus and this one is the 4th generation nexus which would make it the nexus 4. Sorry..... Rumors have it that the new nexus may not make it to Verizon because the LG version of the phone will be on the network. From what I have read the only difference is that the nexus variant will sport vanilla android. This may not be a problem though with the hardware being the same the roms should port right over. Personally, if I were you I would go nexus. They have by far the best update rate of all of the phone available.
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I suppose that goes to show you can't take anything you read on the internet seriously.
I hate these stupid websites telling us crap that they think we want to hear and not know what they are talking about. =l
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Yea that supposed phone from HTC being the next Nexus looks like its been given the name of HTC DNA according to a photo leaked from a VZW document. I had a feeling this phone was not going to be a Nexus anyway
http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/24/verizon-htc-dlx-may-be-called-droid-dna/?m=false
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.....I have sold my TB out
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ghao said:
.....I have sold my TB out
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How much you get. I plan on selling mine once I get new phone. Did you bring back to factory settings or did you sell as is
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Optimus G is going back

Hi, after 5 day's of using the Lg Optimus G its in the box and going back to At&t.
Its a fast beautiful phone, but I can't live without ROM's. Wish all of you good luck guy's.
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samomamo said:
Hi, after 5 day's of using the Lg Optimus G its in the box and going back to At&t.
Its a fast beautiful phone, but I can't live without ROM's. Wish all of you good luck guy's.
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I don't know if you are paying attention to the development forum but they have clockwork tethered n on the device and they are actively working on an unlock n r very close.
Development is not everything !
NEVER buy a phone for what it 'might' do in the future. Buy it for what it can do now.
If custom roms are important to you, don't get this phone right now. Get an S3 or One X.
If a really good oem experience is OK for you, and root is good enough, then look no further! I think this is an awesome phone.
But until proven otherwise, assume that the bootloader will never be unlocked. It might be, but if that is critical to you, then you should be buying a phone that can do that today.
Each to their own.
Jason
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JasonJoel said:
If custom roms are important to you, don't get this phone right now. Get an S3 or One X.
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Why buy those when the N4 is for sale as I type this note. You will not only get the custom ROM's but the quickest update to the latest releases of Andriod.
dbgeek said:
Why buy those when the N4 is for sale as I type this note. You will not only get the custom ROM's but the quickest update to the latest releases of Andriod.
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If only N4 had LTE, then I would jump right on that. In the meantime I'm looking forward to getting my OG, and keeping my fingers crossed for the devs to work their magic. Anyone else feel the same?
inseconds99 said:
they are actively working on an unlock n r very close.
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Where did you see this?
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dbgeek said:
Why buy those when the N4 is for sale as I type this note. You will not only get the custom ROM's but the quickest update to the latest releases of Andriod.
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Lte.
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JasonJoel said:
Lte.
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And expandable storage
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This phone is an animal. And even now, the test units for the N4 have been updated with the build that will be on the shipped units and in benchmarks and real world testing it doesn't hold a candle to this phone. That of course poses a couple of questions like why is vanilla android not as fast or faster than the build on the optimus g if the hardware is so similar? And why buy the n4 for faster access to updates if those updates don't bring it up to the same performance level as the Optimus G?
Wireless charging is the only feature I wish we had and hey, I can live without that. So IMO this phone is superior and will be even more so if/when the developers here work there magic and get passes the locked bootloader. So I would suggest sticking around.
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And expandable storage
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While I agree that LTE and expandable storage are important, if lack of sufficient progress towards boot loader unlock, in 5 days, would drive you to return the device, for one that will get customer ROMs, getting an S3 which from what I read is about to lose it's dev support due to Samsung policies (devs are tired of doing inefficient, cumbersome work arounds that shouldn't be necessary) isn't a good option, even if you got LTE everywhere you went and could expand storage to 2 TB. The One x has it's drawbacks too.
Even stock unrooted, this thing is a monster in terms of what I'm seeing it do. I may still trade it in for the One X+ at the end of this week, but if I don't I certainly can't find fault with it yet. If I can survive a Droid Bionic with utter lack of Dev support (for good reasons, obviously), the LG OG will be a snap!
WA_Bob said:
Even stock unrooted, this thing is a monster in terms of what I'm seeing it do. I may still trade it in for the One X+ at the end of this week, but if I don't I certainly can't find fault with it yet. If I can survive a Droid Bionic with utter lack of Dev support (for good reasons, obviously), the LG OG will be a snap!
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I'm thinking about return the OG also, and possibly getting the One X+ (if it's battery life is decent) or the Nexus 4 (and giving up LTE, not sure though).
cloudraker said:
This phone is an animal. And even now, the test units for the N4 have been updated with the build that will be on the shipped units and in benchmarks and real world testing it doesn't hold a candle to this phone. That of course poses a couple of questions like why is vanilla android not as fast or faster than the build on the optimus g if the hardware is so similar? And why buy the n4 for faster access to updates if those updates don't bring it up to the same performance level as the Optimus G?
Wireless charging is the only feature I wish we had and hey, I can live without that. So IMO this phone is superior and will be even more so if/when the developers here work there magic and get passes the locked bootloader. So I would suggest sticking around.
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Also even a stock upgrade to jellybean will give us a large performance boost... I am happy enough with root for now, there is no phone that compares to this one.
Imo with just 8/16 gb storage options , no matter what power it houses n4 is pretty useless ! A couple of hd games and few songs Will fill it up and then how am i supposed to take advantage of those a15 quads !
Yeah, 64gb sd cards win
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I really wish the HTC One X+ had 2GB of RAM, mainly because of the uncertainty of needing 2GB for the next version of Android OS.
Mine may be going back and I just got it today. Mine doesn't want to recognize the SIM
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I really wish the HTC One X+ had 2GB of RAM, mainly because of the uncertainty of needing 2GB for the next version of Android OS.
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The other thing you aren't understanding is the Tegra 3 only supports single channel memory, so that one gig is much slower than our 2gb of dual channel memory.
I think he should send it back. Some else would appreciate this wondrous phone.
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Anybody thinking of jumping to the HTC One when it hits VZW this week?

I'm tempted, but my guess is that I'll just end up disappointed that HTC capitulated to Big Red and locked up the boot loader. Other than the far superior design and build quality, neither of which matter to me as much as performance does, I'm thinking there's not much of an advantage to switching over
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Uhhhhh...no?
I could see jumping to Moto X for its features or G2 for its specs but HTC One? Serially?
IamPro said:
I could see jumping to Moto X for its features or G2 for its specs but HTC One? Serially?
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On-screen buttons? No thanks...I'd rather have the One
I'm just curious....How do you guys switch phones? Do you guys sell the S4 for close to retail price (600-700) and then buy a different phone at retail price? I am just curious as to how hard it is to switch phones without losing a bunch of money.
I will be staying on my S4 most likely...even just stock I think the phone works great, but I thought I would ask how you guys do it.
CC268 said:
I'm just curious....How do you guys switch phones? Do you guys sell the S4 for close to retail price (600-700) and then buy a different phone at retail price? I am just curious as to how hard it is to switch phones without losing a bunch of money.
I will be staying on my S4 most likely...even just stock I think the phone works great, but I thought I would ask how you guys do it.
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Just go to swappa.com. Buying, selling, and trading is very easy with that site.
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firsttimer44 said:
Just go to swappa.com. Buying, selling, and trading is very easy with that site.
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Interesting...well if a really good phone comes out (better than S4) and it will be able to keep an unlocked bootloader maybe I will consider that...as long as the S4 is still worth a good amount of cash...
firsttimer44 said:
Just go to swappa.com. Buying, selling, and trading is very easy with that site.
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Don't ship internationally though. Someone tried to scam me last time from that site lol....
HTC/Verizon are one of the world's worst about getting updates. I wouldn't switch
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HTC/Verizon are one of the world's worst about getting updates. I wouldn't switch
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+1 couldn't agree more!
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brock350 said:
HTC/Verizon are one of the world's worst about getting updates. I wouldn't switch
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Tell me about it, had a dinc2 2 years ago, was suppose to get ics "tomorrow" and it never did.
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Nope! My household is finally HTC free since switching out the 4th replacement Rezound for a Motorola Razr M for my wife. The lack of support for HTC phones is mind numbing.
Currently not being productive on my S3.
This belongs in the Off Topic Section/Other Devices section. But to answer the question... Nope!
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mtva24 said:
On-screen buttons? No thanks...I'd rather have the One
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On screen buttons are awesome. You can so all kinds of awesome things with them.
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nativi said:
On screen buttons are awesome. You can so all kinds of awesome things with them.
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I hate how it takes away from the screen real estate. Pretty much turn a 4.7 into a 4.3...
mtva24 said:
I hate how it takes away from the screen real estate. Pretty much turn a 4.7 into a 4.3...
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Or you could have a 4.7 inch screen that becomes a 5 inch screen when the buttons hide in certain apps.
Perspective man. And now that we are starting to slim down on those bottom bezels (moto x) on screen buttons will become more and more attractive.
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I'm not a fan of on screen buttons either. I see them as wasted space. I actually used GMD Gesture Control on my GNex and set custom gestures from the right and left sides of the screen. You could also root and flash a ROM with Pie Controls.
I'm not sure if AOKP still has it, but the nav bar widgets and customizations would probably be the only reason I'd have a nav bar.
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I'd like to have the HTC One for its FM Radio. But to take the place of the S4. Nope! The S4 battery is tiny (for LTE at least). The One has a 2300mAh battery. Not enough for a full day. Plus non removable.
The only phone I would (and am buying) with a non removable battery is the Motorola Droid Maxx (new one) 3500mAh for non removable is great. 2300 in the One is horrible. Plus don't get me started on the 4MP camera. Might be great for low light. But resolution and clarity. Nope.
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No removable battery, no micro sd so nope for me.
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[Q] Should I keep S4?

I have a stock rooted S4 I got as a replacement from asurion, for a S3, it's on ME7, I have not activated it. Just thoughts from the community, I am a long time aosp user, anti touch jizz since fascinate days. Should I keep the s4 and bear with it on rooted stock or send it back and get another S3?
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Put nova launcher lol.
It's much better device however I will patiently wait for few months then hopefully bootloader will be unlocked.
you can try to exchange it (or sell it and buy) for a mdk s4
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I wish I had got a replacement for my s3 with a s4, lucky you
reinaldistic said:
you can try to exchange it (or sell it and buy) for a mdk s4
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Any specific service you recommend?
zeyaan said:
I wish I had got a replacement for my s3 with a s4, lucky you
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I know I'm somewhat lucky, but unlucky at the same time lol
patt2k said:
Put nova launcher lol.
It's much better device however I will patiently wait for few months then hopefully bootloader will be unlocked.
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Haha its the very first thing I did @ nova launcher.
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masri1987 said:
I have a stock rooted S4 I got as a replacement from asurion, for a S3, it's on ME7, I have not activated it. Just thoughts from the community, I am a long time aosp user, anti touch jizz since fascinate days. Should I keep the s4 and bear with it on rooted stock or send it back and get another S3?
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You have to ask??
SCORE!
Root it and move on. A device that is almost a year newer, better screen, better battery, two more cores and a better GPU.....
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You have to ask??
SCORE!
Root it and move on. A device that is almost a year newer, better screen, better battery, two more cores and a better GPU.....
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Butttttt TOUCHWIZ! lol
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I would sell you my mdk but the htc one max isn't out yet :banghead: can't wait to get rid of this thing
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Bu he had the S3 already...
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I would sell you my mdk but the htc one max isn't out yet :banghead: can't wait to get rid of this thing
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I didn't know anyone was actually buying that lol.
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I didn't know anyone was actually buying that lol.
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Why wouldn't they? People buy the one. It's just an htc one with a note 3ish size screen and larger battery + sd card slot finally. I just want reliable and fast 4g again, something I can't have with my s4.
Edit: just read some reviews on the one max. Disappointing. Now I really don't know what I'm going to do for a phone. Maybe back to my rez.
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Evocm7 said:
Why wouldn't they? People buy the one. It's just an htc one with a note 3ish size screen and larger battery + sd card slot finally. I just want reliable and fast 4g again, something I can't have with my s4.
Edit: just read some reviews on the one max. Disappointing. Now I really don't know what I'm going to do for a phone. Maybe back to my rez.
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What condition is your S4 in?
Does anyone honestly believe a unlock method is being worked on?
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What condition is your S4 in?
Does anyone honestly believe a unlock method is being worked on?
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mint condition. Never dropped. No scratches. Kind of undecided what to do with it now. The only thing keeping me on the s4 is 5in screen and battery life. Was definitely getting rid of it before I read the one max review, now I'm not sure what to do
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mint condition. Never dropped. No scratches. Kind of undecided what to do with it now. The only thing keeping me on the s4 is 5in screen and battery life
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Yeah, first you gotta figure out if you selling or keeping.
I honestly don't see any reason for any other phone at the moment. If I can get it unlocked I'm straight for a year or more.
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Yeah, first you gotta figure out if you selling or keeping.
I honestly don't see any reason for any other phone at the moment. If I can get it unlocked I'm straight for a year or more.
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Yeah I know. Your best bet may be a dev edition. I really don't think an unlocked bootloader is coming unless samsung leaves a door open for someone to get into in a future update.
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Yeah I know. Your best bet may be a dev edition. I really don't think an unlocked bootloader is coming unless samsung leaves a door open for someone to get into in a future update.
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This whole ordeal reminds me of the RIL bs with the fascinate.
This blows extremely. Let me know if you decide to sell yours. Or if you wake up and decide touchwiz is your friend I'll trade with ya
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Will do
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Evocm7 said:
Why wouldn't they? People buy the one. It's just an htc one with a note 3ish size screen and larger battery + sd card slot finally. I just want reliable and fast 4g again, something I can't have with my s4.
Edit: just read some reviews on the one max. Disappointing. Now I really don't know what I'm going to do for a phone. Maybe back to my rez.
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Yeah I don't know that One design just doesn't scale well. I mean look at a One compared to a Moto X, it's a joke. They have the same screen size but the Moto X is almost the same size as an iPhone while the One is bigger than our phone. So the BoomSound speakers plus the 5.9" screen means it massive. It only has a Snapdragon 600 after all these devices are coming out with the 800. It loses OIS, which ruins the whole point of their "UltraPixels" with the larger light aperture, in favor of a fingerprint reader which so far hasn't been reviewed very well. Apple integrated the reader into the experience of the iPhone by putting it right on the home button, the One Max makes the same mistake as the Motorola Atrix. Furthermore, it doesn't even retain the best part of the One design, the unibody aluminum shell. It features a plastic ring around the phone like our S4 as well as an apparently spotty removable back that doesn't even feature a removable battery. Very disappointed in the One Max.

The HTC EVO 4G LTE is almost EOL, what are you planning to get as your next phone?

The HTC EVO 4G LTE was released in May/June 2012 (after the whole import block fiasco). Add on the 20 months wait period for upgrades and the first adopters will begin to be eligible to upgrade in January/February 2014, which is less than a month away. Therefore, the EVO is reaching its End Of Life (EOL). So what phone are you guys planning on getting next?
I'm personally planning on getting the Nexus 5. I spent all of 2 months on a Sense-based ROM. After I switched to Cyanogenmod, I never went back. AOSP > Sense for me. I'm hoping that with the Nexus 5 they'll be fewer bugs with AOSP-based ROMs.
Waiting to see if anything exciting is shown at CES. If i had to choose today would go with the LG G2.
That's why I'm going N5. Hopefully smoother running AOSP with less bugs.
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I ended up going to the HTC one and love it.
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My contract ends in Feb, I want to see what the upcoming HTC M8 or Galaxy S5 will be. Hopefully HTC will have the SD card slot like the Max, or I might have to go with the galaxy And hopefully they don't make the phones any bigger. Phone have been getting gigantic! I got big hands but it's getting ridicules, maybe it's just me
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I've been eyeballing the HTC ONE for a long time. I would love one of those nice shiny Red HTC ones, and I have been very close to buying one on Ebay, but I have an upgrade coming in June, and I plan on waiting it out until then, I'm sure the Rumored "M8" successor to the One is going to be available then, and if it seems like a good phone, I will most likely go with that.
The renders, and specs I've seen of the m8 ROCK!! If true, this device will be a monster!!
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I'm thinking note 3 as of right now but that is strictly bc it's the only phone w. An snapdragon 800 3gb of ram and an sd slot... I'm a specs junkie unfortunately
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63sammo1 said:
The renders, and specs I've seen of the m8 ROCK!! If true, this device will be a monster!!
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Haha that device would be an outdated monster since phones next year are coming with the new snapdragon 805 and m8 will be released with an 800.
no triband. the g2 might be the better option for you, no sd slot, but base 32gb storage.
I will hold out to see what the Galaxy S5 holds, but as of right now I've got my eyes on the Nexus 5. CM10 and CM11 have made me realize that stock Android is really the way to go.
ADM818 said:
Haha that device would be an outdated monster since phones next year are coming with the new snapdragon 805 and m8 will be released with an 800.
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Does the "5" in 805 really make that big of a difference? Plus how do you know what the m8 will have when it hasn't even been announced? Your logic makes no sense
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+1 N5
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YoungCorruptionV2.0 said:
Does the "5" in 805 really make that big of a difference? Plus how do you know what the m8 will have when it hasn't even been announced? Your logic makes no sense
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The specs were leaked genius. Look up snapdragon 805.
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The specs were leaked genius. Look up snapdragon 805.
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Leaks don't mean sh!t without official word genius
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YoungCorruptionV2.0 said:
Leaks don't mean sh!t without official word genius
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That's what everyone say about leaks but then they end up being true.
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Leaks don't mean sh!t without official word genius
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Look here at one of my posts. A credible source already shot down the 805 chip and said it'll be the 800.. So maybe you can tone down on the fanboyism and snotty remarks..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2544221
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I'm due for an upgrade in March. Based on the rumors and leaks, my eyes are on either the Galaxy S5 or the M8. I'll just have to wait and see what the final production will look like.
My upgrade is February, and I'm going with the Nexus 5 which I'm buying from Play Store and going to hold onto my upgrade possibly the M8
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I'm surprised how many would buys Samsung device. I'm good with HTC, but I will definitely be considering a N5. Specs mean jack. If you've been around a bit, you know that. They mean about as much as a quadrant score,..i.e. nothing. I just got my daughter a Sammy galaxy tab3,and while it's a pretty decent device, I could not possibly prefer it over an HTC device. Still, nexus 5 is probably my gig in January.
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