Hey guys, I've just moved over from an S3 and have some questions. Any help is appreciated.
1. With a higher PPI, I assumed the screen would be more clearer. The colors are washed and the picture quality is not as good as the S3. What is better is text. It seems sharper, but pictures looked washed and not as good as the S3. I've noticed a thread with changing the RGB values, and have tried to the app to change the values, but I it is still not as good as the S3. Can anything be done to resolve this?
2. Wireless Charging - i want to be able to do this, but I have seen the Nokia chargers are a little hit and miss. Which ones work 100%?
3. High battery drain. Which is the best kernel to use with AOKP?
Many thanks for your help guys
1. Use faux kernel with faux app
2. qi chargers other than nokia
3. faux kernel and his app + his values
4. use q and a thread
Once you've used nexus for a while, the s3 screen will look cartoon and awful seriously. Put a really good HD colourful background pic on homescren and use phone for a few weeks and you'll never ever go back to amoled screens unless you really really love cartoons lol.
As for battery drain, this will improve but faux kernels are excellent
biffsmash said:
Once you've used nexus for a while, the s3 screen will look cartoon and awful seriously. Put a really good HD colourful background pic on homescren and use phone for a few weeks and you'll never ever go back to amoled screens unless you really really love cartoons lol.
As for battery drain, this will improve but faux kernels are excellent
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I've installed the faux kernel so will see how it goes
Just took a picture of the same image with an S3 and the N4 and the S3 looks so much better.
winwiz said:
I've installed the faux kernel so will see how it goes
Just took a picture of the same image with an S3 and the N4 and the S3 looks so much better.
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To be honest, I m in the same situation as you.
The screen, I think we ll get used to it, my wife still got her S3, and it is not natural in another way . But agreed that the screen is "pale".
The worst is the battery, as soon as the screen is used, the drain is just so huge....
BUT
The SGS3 is no new phone, remember, so I m sure the N4 will get better in the battery front.
The possibilities of developpement fun will make up for it, because after all, that s why we are here on XDA, right?
kipue said:
To be honest, I m in the same situation as you.
The screen, I think we ll get used to it, my wife still got her S3, and it is not natural in another way . But agreed that the screen is "pale".
The worst is the battery, as soon as the screen is used, the drain is just so huge....
BUT
The SGS3 is no new phone, remember, so I m sure the N4 will get better in the battery front.
The possibilities of developpement fun will make up for it, because after all, that s why we are here on XDA, right?
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I was happier when I had my S3, as there was plenty of development
but since I upgraded to the S3 LTE, the development was limited and I got frustrated. Also my S3 LTE kept dropping reception and it was getting really annoying so I got rid of it
The AMOLED screen on the S3 is seriously a joke. Colors are over saturated and as someone else already said, it looks cartoonish.
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I can see the appeal in the AMOLED screens Samsung uses. They do produce some vibrant colors. Comparing my old Captivate (SGS1) to my Nexus 4 is even a pretty stark difference. Honestly, though, I have come to prefer the less saturated look on the N4.
I came from the S3, the only things I really miss are the camera and the battery.
The camera is amazing on the S3, the pictures were always much sharper than the pictures taken with the N4, the N4 does take VERY nice pictures with ample light.
The battery on the S3 seemed to be a lot better, and drain much slower...I'm REALLY hoping that this gets fixed with 4.2.2....
After using the N4 since its initial release looking at the S3 screen is...bad (IMO), I LOVED the S3, but the screen on the N4 is a lot brighter, clearer and seems to have more natural colors.
For kernel, I recommend the latest faux beta kernel, has amazing battery life for me and has also been relatively stable. It has one issue for me, sometimes the phone just doesn't wake up after I turned off the screen, but that's only in rare cases and really no big deal.
You should also use the faux app from the Play Store, it's a bit expensive imo but it's worth it since you can do all kinds of stuff with it from undervolting to setting the screen calibration.
Speaking of screen calibration: The stock one is really not that goot, especially the whites and overall colours on lower brightness looked a bit weird to me sometimes. But I changed the calibration a bit and it looks awesome and just "true" (again, to me personally). I'll post my calibration here, maybe you can try it. I took it from a spreadsheet where it said it would be calibrated just like a MacBook Pro screen which is supposed to be perfectly calibrated:
Red 255, Green 255, Blue 255. Gamma Amp0: Red 19, Green 21, Blue 24. Gamma Amp1: Red 1, Green 2, Blue 3.
I hope it helps.
Like some previous comments stated, the amoled screens are OVER saturated to the max.
As far as the battery life, I would look into juicedefender. Works great for me.
My Note 2's screen looks much more similar to my Nexus 4's screen when screen mode is set to "Natural." Does the S3 have a similar setting to make the AMOLED vibrancy less jarring?
cartoons
Hey just in case you do like cartoons, see how these look;
http://www.animewapers.com/hd-anime-wallpapers-directory/
As for battery, wait 'til the honeymoon is over. It lasts plenty. Unless you have NOW enabled.
I'm considering buying a Nexus 4 now that it's back in stock and I can afford it. I've no need for the phone at all but just really like everything about it. Currently using an S3 also... anyone who owned both care to share opinions?
I've been a GS3 user from release date. I was on AOKP for the longest that I wanted to try the real deal. I just got my Nexus 4 two days ago and I love everything about it except the camera. GS3 camera wins hand down. The screen on the Nexus 4 is amazing and you won't want to look at your Samsung anymore.
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I'm considering buying a Nexus 4 now that it's back in stock and I can afford it. I've no need for the phone at all but just really like everything about it. Currently using an S3 also... anyone who owned both care to share opinions?
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The phones are equally good in my opinion. If you like touch wiz, stay with the s3. If you like stock android, want more Dev support, and don't want to put up with Samsung's slow updates then go with the nexus. I personally prefer my nexus because I want the updates from Google and not the OEM's, and I'm a flashaholic.
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I'm considering buying a Nexus 4 now that it's back in stock and I can afford it. I've no need for the phone at all but just really like everything about it. Currently using an S3 also... anyone who owned both care to share opinions?
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Well the Nexus 4 is a lot faster and the screen doesn't look so weird like the S3. The N4 feels a little different in the hand - much better build quality on the N4 but the tapered edges of the S3 are a little nicer on the hand. You will definitely like the N4, it feels like quality kit in your hand and performance is excellent.
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I got my N4 2 days ago. Before that I owned an S3. When I first looked at the N4's screen, it was very strange, it seemed pale to me, and I missed the accurate blacks from Amoled. But after one day I got used to it, and began to like it more and more. It's very sharp, and clean. The build quality is much better, and more solid than the S3.Imo it is beautiful with its minimal design.
The peformance is better, not a single app redraw or anything... Battery... For me it lasts from morning 7 till I arrive at home at 7 pm, and still has some energy in it (approx. 20%). On the way to work I listen to music and read forums for 1 hour, and I repeat this on the way home too. During the work, I send a few emails, some facebook, and every service is on. I don't think it would be so bad... Day by day I like my N4 more and more.
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Maybe this thread will be lock soon but i just want to share my own review opinion of Galaxy S3 and comparison with the One X which I owned before.
I Had HTC one x also and now im using my S3 for 3 days now..I confirm thats S3 is snappier and more fluid.The software of S3 is great improvement,it is simply beautiful than the cartoon like of touchwiz 4, samsung has made it like 50% STOCK ANDROID and customized it with 50% touch wiz nature UI. The widgets are simple and they added new looks in calendars(now S-planner),S-memo,Dialer,music player,gallery and video player. I think touchwiz nature UI is better thans sense 4 because its much simple to use and has simple look.
Another advantage of S3 is it did not stick with the offering of android OS, it added great features which are really useful. that pop up video is really cool, and smart stay is very useful.
The Camera is impressive too,its better than on HTC one X, S3 wins camera department hands down. Speaker quality i think is louder on S3 and samsung has mixed it with some bass .HTC one x has cleaner speaker sound but it may sound like tiny.In terms of display they are both good but i think S3 has some edge here the colors are vivid not over saturated as on touchwiz 4,in both htc one x you cannot see pixels. the advantage of One x is here is that it has better whites, but S3 is impressive. They both perform well on sunlight/outdoor, S3 is slightly better.
In terms of physical design, I think both are beautifully simple. But for S3 you wont be impress with the design until you see it personally and own it. I may say that its design is clean and minimalistic,the material used are plastic but it does not look cheap as the previous samsung galaxy phones. The look will sink in to you each time you used it and the back cover/ design is not that really bad its just the same as One X they are both clean. the advantage of S3 on looks is that the its livelier because of its glossy finished,while the Ons X is dry because of mat finish.
Battery is better on S3 i posted my stats below after my first full charge of the device.I had almost 17 hr before it went to zero,the display time was 4hr 28min.
Another thing i noticed on the display of S3 is it slightly curved on its side flashing to the silver lining..the phone built quality is great too no cranky sound like I had on my One X display and no gaps which collect dust and causes backlight leaks like on htc onex.And you will not wipe the display each time after using it because its not finger print magnet..
I think you will not really be satisfied with The S3 until you have it in your hand personally. I was one of those disappointed when i saw the design on its announcement, but when I had it 3 days ago all negative things became POSITIVE..
Here is a sample photo in low light.
Congrats on your new phone. Wanted to ask if the Marble White phone surface has "ridges" similar to that of the Pebble Blue or does it appear as solid white ? Also would you happen to notice if the phone has S Memo ( asking because I've heard of a C-pen accessory compatible with the S III ) ?
Was that image taken using s3, the ball looks blurry. does S3 has any settings in the camera app to adjust the shutter speed?
Thank you so much for your impressions emorej. I'm fairly sure this will be placed in the General thread but it's quite nice to read stand alone. The 4 hrs 28 mins display time is very impressive. I'm assuming you used it from morning to night before bed and the 17h hours last didn't include sleep time?
I'm really looking forward to the phone and will draw my own conclusions on the battery life when I get my hands on it but your preliminary stats do bring my hopes up considerably. Mainly because if stock 2100 mAh can give 4+ hours screen on time, I would love to see what extended batteries can do! 2600-2800 mAh please
metalbender said:
Congrats on your new phone. Wanted to ask if the Marble White phone surface has "ridges" similar to that of the Pebble Blue or does it appear as solid white ? Also would you happen to notice if the phone has S Memo ( asking because I've heard of a C-pen accessory compatible with the S III ) ?
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Its plaine white kabayan, both back and front are very simillar in finish.yea it has S-memo simillar to that of galaxy note. Unfortunately no c-pen.
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Was that image taken using s3, the ball looks blurry. does S3 has any settings in the camera app to adjust the shutter speed?
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yes from my S3 its taken using default settings only..
Wow you got it so fast!
I'm waiting for my one. Hope I can get it on the 1st of June
How about the copy & paste? Did they just use the way ics does or a bit of customization like on the HTC One X?
I had owned the HTC one x two weeks ago and then just sold it for the galaxy s 3
You from? And where did you get the S3
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Thank you so much for your impressions emorej. I'm fairly sure this will be placed in the General thread but it's quite nice to read stand alone. The 4 hrs 28 mins display time is very impressive. I'm assuming you used it from morning to night before bed and the 17h hours last didn't include sleep time?
I'm really looking forward to the phone and will draw my own conclusions on the battery life when I get my hands on it but your preliminary stats do bring my hopes up considerably. Mainly because if stock 2100 mAh can give 4+ hours screen on time, I would love to see what extended batteries can do! 2600-2800 mAh please
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17hr includes the stand by time.i drained it before i sleep. Im on wifi connection the whole day, everything synched mails,weather,news,etc,played games videos and music,used web and facebook , tweeter..i hope it performs good also in 3g, havent tried yet.
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You from? And where did you get the S3
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Doha and i got it in samsung store here..its available since thursday only white no blue.
aviatorarun said:
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Depends what effect you're after, but in this case that's what actually make it a good shot. The high shutter speed "everything frozen" look isn't always the best
If I wanted to be really picky, there is a small amount of noise visible in the darker areas but for a phone camera the quality looks really excellent.
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Call quality
Hi thank you for your review, how do both compare in call quality and signal strenght? I'm in a low signal area and that will make me decide to go for the One X or the SIII.
jorkobe23 said:
Wow you got it so fast!
I'm waiting for my one. Hope I can get it on the 1st of June
How about the copy & paste? Did they just use the way ics does or a bit of customization like on the HTC One X?
I had owned the HTC one x two weeks ago and then just sold it for the galaxy s 3
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they made copy paste simple and normal,option will just pop-out when long pressing like when changing wallpapers and adding apps/widget on homescreens.
@emorej thanks for replying kabayan Perhaps we'll be able to purchase the C pen as an accessory in the future.
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Hi thank you for your review, how do both compare in call quality and signal strenght? I'm in a low signal area and that will make me decide to go for the One X or the SIII.
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you,ll be happy with the call quality, never used a phone with this call quality before, samsung really put equalizer on it,its like your hearing the normal voice of the one who your calling..bout the signal quality i thinks its slightly better than onex
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@emorej thanks for replying kabayan Perhaps we'll be able to purchase the C pen as an accessory in the future.
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yeah kabayan i think it will be available,thats good for the s-memo!
People are already selling the c-pens for the S3. Im glad they added that.
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SGS3 vs HOX discussion should be directed here
Reviews should be directed here
And general launch/etc chat should go here
Thank you.
Hello! I am seriously considering purchasing a Samsung Galaxy Note 2.
I'm coming from an Lg Optimus 4x Hd.
The question is:
This device has some kind of bug?
The camera is good?
The battery lasts about how long?
How is the performance of this device for gaming?
This unit heats up a lot?
The completion of this unit is painted or is it metal?
The function of the S-Pen is useful?
What do you think about this device?
Be honest, what you like and what you hate most on your Samsung Galaxy Note 2?
[EDIT]
Today got the Samsung Galaxy Note 2! I am very happy.
I hope that from now on everything runs as smoothly as possible with Samsung.
LG disappointed me a lot.
I had 3 devices (LG P500h), (LG P990) and (P880 LG).
All devices with critical defects, ranging in quality from the camera, touch screen and gaming performance.
I thank you all for the information provided, and support.
Team, we are now one more!
Thank you!
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Ha ha... Don't think to much. Just go buy it. You will not regret it. If 5.5 inch n 720p is ok for u, then this phone is unbeatable
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Hey OP that is the exact situation I was in, I had the crappy 4X HD and swapped it for a note 2. Honestly it was the best decision I have ever made re: mobile devices, it completely destroys the 4X and isn't locked down like the aforementioned LG atrocity. Do it.
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No big that I'm aware of. Except you cannot move apps to the sd card easily. Directory bind resolves this.
Personally for me the camera is very good. Maybe not the best on the market though?
I get all day of very heavy usage out of my battery and I've disowned my in car chargers now.
I play lots of games vice city, nfs, and they are all flawless.
It does not get hot at all.
The phone is plastic but I always use a case.
I don't really use the s pen but my kids love it.
I'm really glad I got this phone it is immense. The best phone I've ever owned. I couldn't go back to a smaller screen. The battery is a dream and it's so quick to use.
Buy it and let us know your thoughts
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Hello! I am seriously considering purchasing a Samsung Galaxy Note 2.
I'm coming from an Lg Optimus 4x Hd.
The question is:
This device has some kind of bug?
The camera is good?
The battery lasts about how long?
How is the performance of this device for gaming?
This unit heats up a lot?
The completion of this unit is painted or is it metal?
The function of the S-Pen is useful?
What do you think about this device?
Be honest, what you like and what you hate most on your Samsung Galaxy Note 2?
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Bugs? No bugs that i notice.
Camera is pretty good, better than most phone camera's.
More than 14 hours battery life for me.
Gaming is awesome, will run nova 3, asphalt 7, and others perfectly.
Mine hasnt heated up at all, nice and cool unless i go mad flashing roms, then it gets warm.
Plastic, and i am enjoying the plastic.
Spen depends on what you use it for, most of samsungs functions seem a little gimmicky to me, however 1024 levels of pressure sensitivity with sketchbook pro for tablets makes this an awesome tool for an artist.
This is a very nice phone, i love it.
The only thing that might be considered bad is the lack of updates from samsung; but that can also be a good thing. I have a nexus 7 tablet, 4.1 was good, 4.1.2 was good, 4.2.1 ran poorly, 4.2.2 was good. The nice thing about slow updates is we will likely never see 4.2.1 for this phone, the bad thing is if we get a bad update we get stuck on it for a while.
Tl;dr awesome phone, you will probably love it.
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The only bad thing is, you will have the feeling of wanting to throw away other smaller phone...
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Guess what, there is a guy who used note 2 which came last year, bought s4 and sold it again to get note 2 again. Just shows how cool is this phone.
After using s1-s3, I was very hesitant to get this phone but honestly this has been my best ever experience since last 8 months with note 2. Just close your eyes and buy it.
What I loved most:
0% lag, thanks to quad core ad 2 gig ram.
battery is toooooo good for a smartphone, you will just love it.
Perfect size.
What I disliked:
Poor wifi signal reception, actually signals dropout/fluctuate very frequently.
Poor low light camera performance, just like other galaxy series phone.
Ooh, toughie. Will try to be as objective as possible. Mine:
Pros:
Absolute beast - no lags, runs anything that would run on it without any issues or stutters etc.
Wolfston Sound chip, which gives you excellent results with your high quality headphones if you use one.
Battery life - hands down the best battery life I've ever had in a smartphone. Can't seem to kill the battery even with super heavy usage.
Expandable storage - nuff said.
Gorgeous screen - in my personal opinion, it has the best SAMOLED screen of all other phones. Love the 5.5'' RGB amoled, calibrate and you get gorgeous contrast ratio and color reproduction with the screen.
S Pen - underrated, helps me to take notes, and browsing is far better with the S Pen out.
Those are the things I LOVE, there are plenty more I like a lot, which I can't even begin to list here.
Cons:
Camera is top notch, but if you're into taking pictures of moving objects, it's bit of a letdown.
Awkward to use one handed - you can use it, but it's still awkward. That should be obvious though, given how large the phone is. Amazing for two handed though, you'll struggle to type in tiny phones once you get used to it.
Relatively poor daylight visibility - much better than S3, but not on par with S4 or other LCD phones. I can see stuff on bright really bright daylight too, but it isn't terrific. If you're always using your mobile in the sun, that might be something to take into consideration though.
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sohebq said:
Poor wifi signal reception, actually signals dropout/fluctuate very frequently.
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Mine actually has excellent signal reception You sure that it's not just an issue with your device?
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Device is fine, I updated rom and it did help but no as much as expected. I am not the only one with this issue I guess. The problem is that even in a room where I have router, it frequently fluctuate signals.
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i love everything of my note 2 but my note 2 got sds insane chip that drives me crazy all the time but you are good to go with a kernel+recovery patched for sds otherwise this is the best thing i have ever had
sohebq said:
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Device is fine, I updated rom and it did help but no as much as expected. I am not the only one with this issue I guess. The problem is that even in a room where I have router, it frequently fluctuate signals.
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Hmm, is it the router? I mean there must be some workaround surely, because mine has excellent wifi reception, better than my Nexus 7, actually.
I basically don't like the back cover, for me it's pretty slippery and I can feel myself losing grip on it when using it with one hand...and that's basically it
everything else I love about it!
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Hmm, is it the router? I mean there must be some workaround surely, because mine has excellent wifi reception, better than my Nexus 7, actually.
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I have 2 routers and issue is same. Do check 1 thing for me, stay in the room where the router is and monitor the signal strength from the wifi icon. Does it remain stable, I mean stuck at 4 full bars or fluctuates between 3 and 4 bars.
What I don't like is that you can't move apps to sd card and that's the only issue I have with this phone. I know there is work around but not feeling very confident about using it. What I like best is a row of numbers above keyboard. Using omega Rom and it's fantastic. This phone is blazing fast, very good battery life doesn't heat up like my old sgs2. And it actually feels quicker than my wife Xperia Z for some reason
sohebq said:
I have 2 routers and issue is same. Do check 1 thing for me, stay in the room where the router is and monitor the signal strength from the wifi icon. Does it remain stable, I mean stuck at 4 full bars or fluctuates between 3 and 4 bars.
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Checked for 1 minute, it seems stable, didn't seem to drop at all?
Anyways, regardless - if it was a noticeable issue, I would have experienced it surely?
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Checked for 1 minute, it seems stable, didn't seem to drop at all?
Anyways, regardless - if it was a noticeable issue, I would have experienced it surely?
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Consider yourself lucky then.
check these threads, wifi issue is addressed a lot of times.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1956155
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- Device has no bug. There was this emmc chip bug and sds issue, but it's 'believed' to be fixed by Samsung.
- S Pen useful? Hell yes! I've mainly considered Note for it, and I'm very impressed. I'm not going back to Galaxy S lineup.
- Device heats up? Honestly I've been using Samsung smartphones for 3 years now and I just don't know what this heating up problem is. And I live in a place where real feel temp is 48°C at noon. People saying my device heats up a lot, no offense, but have no idea what is heating up actually.
- Camera? A lot of people will disagree with me I know, but I found the camera to be average, if not below. However I'm a SLR user. Still, iPhone cameras are way better than N2.
- Battery? At first, on 4.1.1, the battery life was awesome, unmatched in comparison to any other phone and unbeatable. Now with 4.1.2, it's not awesome, but still good, and better than any devices released so far. I don't know about S4 though.
- Gaming performance? I don't play games on mobile phone
- What do I think about the device? If you don't wanna wait for N3, and don't like S lineup then buy it eyes closed.
- What I hate most? Only one thing, PLASTIC.
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This device has some kind of bug?
The only thing that irritates me is that the Samsung sms app converts > 320 character sms messages into mms ones. Not really a bug, just an irritating feature which can easily be bypassed by using a third party sms app.
The camera is good?
Amazing. Only the s4 can really top it so far as phone cameras go, imo.
The battery lasts about how long?
Easily lasts a day of heavy use or as much as 2-3 days of light-moderate use. One day I was bored as all hell, used it for eight hours (screen on time) while connected to wifi and it still had 30% left when I plugged it in.
How is the performance of this device for gaming?
I'm not a heavy gamer but I doubt there is a single game on the play store which can make this thing lag.
This unit heats up a lot?
Gets warm if you're gaming or something, I'm ordinarily use like emails, Web, etc it is cool to the touch. Never felt it get uncomfortably warm.
The completion of this unit is painted or is it metal?
It's coloured polycarbonate with a painted silver plastic trim.
The function of the S-Pen is useful?
I use it to take quick notes all the time, in the same way I used to use a small notebook. Tbh the pen is just icing on the cake. Even if it had no pen it would be a great phone. The pen just sets it head and shoulders above all other phones on the market right now, even the gs4.
What do you think about this device?
I love it. At first I thought it might be too big, after 30 minutes of using it my Nexus 4 and gs3 just looked pathetically tiny - like toys in fact - and I knew I could never go back to a small phone like those ones. People still laugh at my phone because of its size. When I see them squinting to read emails on their lesser phones I laugh at them.
Be honest, what you like and what you hate most on your Samsung Galaxy Note 2?
I love everything about it - it's fast, big high quality, high res screen, good camera, good sound quality and volume, huge removable battery (becoming rare these days), micro sd slot, and even though it's big it's thin so the size isn't that much of an issue.
What I hate most is that I can't put the phone down. My Nexus 4 and 7, gs3, even my note 10.1 haven't been touched on the 6 weeks or so I've had this phone. In fact I'm selling all of them because this phone fulfils all my needs.
Sent from the mighty Note II
Like:
- Screen size!!
- Performance
- Battery
- Camera
- Smart Stay/Rotation
- Multiview
- More special Samsung features and gestures
- S Pen (I don't use it alot, but its nice..)
- Micro SD slot
Hate:
- Samsung not releasing whatever CM team needs (didn't really understand what they need..)
- AMOLED screen, I just don't really like it. You might will. Its personal
- Plastic build
Like:
- Screen size!!
- Performance
- Battery
- Multiview
- More special Samsung features and gestures
- Micro SD slot
Hate:
- Plastic build
- and the price..
Sent From My Galaxy Note II
Hey guys, so I have this phone for 2 months or so, and I gotta to say I'm not loving it. This device is fast and smooth, can't complain too much about it (sometimes it lags though), but there's a few things that I hate:
- GPS is extremely slow to get a fix compared to my old arc s. In arc s it took about a minute or so indoor to get a fix and with my Nexus 4 it takes forever - literally it won't get a fix at all, it's slightly better outside
- the display is quite sad, colors are indeed washed out, I liked my arc s display better
- camera is terrible, yeah it's really bad colors are washed out, pictures come out "sad", again arc s was better
- I have a 16GB version and recently I run out of space, and I have all my pictures on dropbox
- People keep complaining that they can't hear me very well
- pinch to zoom delay - so annoying, almost can't live with that
- even after 4.3 update the screen is nowhere near as sensitive as my first android phone samsung i5700 which was a pretty bad phone
I'm thinking of getting a sgs4 or an iphone 5, what are your opinions? I know it may look like I'm hating LG or smth, but I'm really not, just disappointed.
If you care about GPS and think the GPS lock in the Nexus 4 is slow, for the love of hell don't get a Galaxy S4. The GPS and Wi-Fi strengths are horrible. It's a problem with every single Samsung phone I have ever used.
Sony are well-known to make excellent screens so it's no surprise that a Sony phone would have a better screen than the Nexus 4. Same goes for the camera.
Anyway it's not like anyone can tell you which phone you should get. Every phone have their weaknesses. It's up to you which weaknesses you are willing to accept.
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On top of above post:
Looking at online camera comparisons, nexus 4 is par with iphone 5, htc one, and s4. So you won't be satisfied with a phone's camera anyway.
My gps takes 5 seconds to lock on average. I don't navigate indoors. I just open the doors and find my way. So can't really comment on that.
You might try the Ubuntu phone if space is important.
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Hey guys, so I have this phone for 2 months or so, and I gotta to say I'm not loving it. This device is fast and smooth, can't complain too much about it (sometimes it lags though), but there's a few things that I hate:
- GPS is extremely slow to get a fix compared to my old arc s. In arc s it took about a minute or so indoor to get a fix and with my Nexus 4 it takes forever - literally it won't get a fix at all, it's slightly better outside
- the display is quite sad, colors are indeed washed out, I liked my arc s display better
- camera is terrible, yeah it's really bad colors are washed out, pictures come out "sad", again arc s was better
- I have a 16GB version and recently I run out of space, and I have all my pictures on dropbox
- People keep complaining that they can't hear me very well
- pinch to zoom delay - so annoying, almost can't live with that
- even after 4.3 update the screen is nowhere near as sensitive as my first android phone samsung i5700 which was a pretty bad phone
I'm thinking of getting a sgs4 or an iphone 5, what are your opinions? I know it may look like I'm hating LG or smth, but I'm really not, just disappointed.
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I 100% agree about the camera, but in LG's defense, NO manufacturer's cameras are as good as Sony's. My x10 (made in 2010) is still better than any non-Sony camera in an android I've used to this day.
progosu said:
Hey guys, so I have this phone for 2 months or so, and I gotta to say I'm not loving it. This device is fast and smooth, can't complain too much about it (sometimes it lags though), but there's a few things that I hate:
- GPS is extremely slow to get a fix compared to my old arc s. In arc s it took about a minute or so indoor to get a fix and with my Nexus 4 it takes forever - literally it won't get a fix at all, it's slightly better outside
- the display is quite sad, colors are indeed washed out, I liked my arc s display better
- camera is terrible, yeah it's really bad colors are washed out, pictures come out "sad", again arc s was better
- I have a 16GB version and recently I run out of space, and I have all my pictures on dropbox
- People keep complaining that they can't hear me very well
- pinch to zoom delay - so annoying, almost can't live with that
- even after 4.3 update the screen is nowhere near as sensitive as my first android phone samsung i5700 which was a pretty bad phone
I'm thinking of getting a sgs4 or an iphone 5, what are your opinions? I know it may look like I'm hating LG or smth, but I'm really not, just disappointed.
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Have you considered rooting your Nexus, installing a custom recovery, flashing franco's kernel, and using Trickstermod or Franco's app to reset the Nexus colors? The stock colors on the Nexus are infamous for looking washed out.
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If you care about GPS and think the GPS lock in the Nexus 4 is slow, for the love of hell don't get a Galaxy S4. The GPS and Wi-Fi strengths are horrible. It's a problem with every single Samsung phone I have ever used.
Sony are well-known to make excellent screens so it's no surprise that a Sony phone would have a better screen than the Nexus 4. Same goes for the camera.
Anyway it's not like anyone can tell you which phone you should get. Every phone have their weaknesses. It's up to you which weaknesses you are willing to accept.
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Damn, didn't know that Samsung is that bad when it comes to GPS an WIFI reception, which is quite important for me, wifi reception on Nexus 4 is pretty damn good, a lot better than on arc s.
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Have you considered rooting your Nexus, installing a custom recovery, flashing franco's kernel, and using Trickstermod or Franco's app to reset the Nexus colors? The stock colors on the Nexus are infamous for looking washed out.
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actually I unlocked the bootloader and rooted it on my first day, tbh I prefer the original colors much more than those from paranoid android rom, but I'm gonna try out this Trickstermod, thanks.
I find that the stock 4.3 colors are richer than stock 4.2.x were.
I haven't had issues with GPS, but find that sometimes google maps prefer to have "Wi-Fi & mobile network location" enabled for a faster fix on location.
I used to hate screen of nexus 4 untill I used recommended gamma values of franco kernel and screen is way far better.
And for camera again I think screen colour is to blame. Did you try to transfer to computer and checked? It will look lot better there.
As someone mention wifi range sucks on samsung phones confirmed.
Saw a friend struggling to look up an address the other day in his gs3
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Sony are well-known to make excellent screens so it's no surprise that a Sony phone would have a better screen than the Nexus 4. Same goes for the camera..
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Heh heh, you should take a look at the Xperia Z and ZL then. I have yet to come across worse screens
progosu said:
Hey guys, so I have this phone for 2 months or so, and I gotta to say I'm not loving it. This device is fast and smooth, can't complain too much about it (sometimes it lags though), but there's a few things that I hate:
- GPS is extremely slow to get a fix compared to my old arc s. In arc s it took about a minute or so indoor to get a fix and with my Nexus 4 it takes forever - literally it won't get a fix at all, it's slightly better outside
- the display is quite sad, colors are indeed washed out, I liked my arc s display better
- camera is terrible, yeah it's really bad colors are washed out, pictures come out "sad", again arc s was better
- I have a 16GB version and recently I run out of space, and I have all my pictures on dropbox
- People keep complaining that they can't hear me very well
- pinch to zoom delay - so annoying, almost can't live with that
- even after 4.3 update the screen is nowhere near as sensitive as my first android phone samsung i5700 which was a pretty bad phone
I'm thinking of getting a sgs4 or an iphone 5, what are your opinions? I know it may look like I'm hating LG or smth, but I'm really not, just disappointed.
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OP, first off, it's great that you waited a couple of months before forming an opinion. Unlike some others, who after a couple of hours of usage, go 'emahgod! This phone sucks balls!' :good:
Screen sensitivity to a certain extent and colors to a large extent can be rectified. Look it up on the forums. I am using PSX 4.3 ROM now, and I don't find that much of a difference between the sensitivity of my N4, iPad 4 and iP5. An occasional stutter, sure, but the pros of the N4 FAR outweigh this.
I have absolutely no pinch to zoom delay. My GPS locks faster than military units (true story ) and no issues with call quality on either side. There might be some hardware issues. Try getting a RMA.
Camera I cannot comment on, because IMO all phone cameras are useless. Unless you consider something like the Lumia 1020 or 808. As for storage space, you knew what you were getting into before you got it. So, there's nothing to be done. I personally have a separate player for music, as the DAC on a phone doesn't make it worth listening to music on it anyway. YMMV.
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I 100% agree about the camera, but in LG's defense, NO manufacturer's cameras are as good as Sony's. My x10 (made in 2010) is still better than any non-Sony camera in an android I've used to this day.
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Funnily enough, the camera in the Nexus 4 is actually made by Sony.
I just went to my local tmobzsz and used the note 4, i have the g3 on zone rom with skydragon kernel so bare(bear? Idfk lol) with me.. I was really expecting a lot since it was a amoled 2k screen.
I turned it on and went straight to display settings and put the most vivid color settings it had and to my surprise my g3 colors were wayyy more to my liking (skydragon has a different color setting, colors really pop and my g3 has no tint, my girlfriends does tho) but yea my color settings are basically in the middle of the gallery icon in accessibility settings and i was really shocked to see how faded they were on the note and its not like my colors are crazy saturated to where everything looks weird but theyre amazing to me. Im really glad i went with the g3, the 805 makes no difference to me, i have greenify with no lag, and i used to game a lot on my phone but realised no matter what, if a game is high end, a small screen doesnt cut it.. our screen is sharper(ppi makes a difference) and the colors on skydragon are more vivid. Amoled always looked cartoonish to me aswell but thats my 2 cents. Think before buying or trading.
No phone has our high density, colors (on skydragon) or design. Yea the note 4 looks better than any NOTE OR GALAXY but our g3 is nexus like. And our brightness is blinding.
And for all those thinking of the n6.. That design killed it, dual speakers? Ok? Skydragon has fauxsound and with that app you can find around the webzs my speaker can be heard from 2 rooms away on full blast, 6 inches with wayy less pixels andd amoled ...after today. I have desided to stay.
Just waiting for mr faux to release a aosp kernel so those colors can be on cm
SORRY FOR THE CHILDISH LAYOUT LMAO[emoji16] [emoji44]
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I was never thinking about switching bit it's always nice to hear our phone is great. Thanks man. I played with an iPhone 6 that my boss has and of course it made me love my phone way more.
Definately trading my g3 for the note 4
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Definately trading my g3 for the note 4
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Just saying man... Were fully unlocked. Note 3 n s4 n 5 are still locked after years. And were the closest thing to stock android... With some bloat removed and aosp icon pack and my theme for tweaksbox. But your loss.
And about the iphone yea that screen is ****
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I find the G3 alot like the nexus in terms of looks too, i mean cover up the colour panel at the bottom they look nearly the same - all black looks mean as
I've never had any issues with the color reproduction on our device quite frankly. Of course, if you keep two devices side to side and compare then you'll find differences but if you judge the G3 standalone - I don't really think you can complain about the colors. Despite not being an AMOLED our G3's blacks are quite deep (and I've used AMOLED previously with the Note 2).
All in all, it's nice to see people still finding the G3 great. I find both the Note 4 & the Nexus 6 to be great devices. Maybe the Nexus 6 is too huge for some people's likings, but you never know until you've held one in your hands. Still, nothing that'll make me switch from my G3 so soon. ☺
I might be the only person that cancelled a note 4 preorder and bought a G3. I loved the form factor and size of the G3. Perfect for my hand.
I also primarily use a phone as a just that, a phone. Novelty wears off real quick with me and I know I will never use a pen interface on a phone.
Im right there with all of you guys. But i never really thought pixel density mattered till today idk if its the fact that its amoled or not but the sharpness difference are crazy. The n6 really shouldve chosen the g3 screen to be honest, with all those high specs, less than 500 ppi. Might let some dow , especially for the price
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and i was really shocked to see how faded they were on the note
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The Note 4 has the best phone display to date, as tested scientifically.
G3 or Note 4
Hi all,
I do look at this a bit differently. Although the screen of of the G3 is indeed beautiful I really don't think it weighs up to the amount of resources it takes. Same probably goes for the note 4. Maybe some users really see the difference but if I load the same wallpaper on both my "old" Note 3 and my new G3, I must try really hard to see any difference at all. This leads me to believe that the screen quality has reached it's limits as to what you can actually see with the human eye. What would like to see is a phone that actually uses its processor and battery just for better performance (as in speed and ROM and RAM capacity and battery life). Isn't it crazy that so much time and money is being spend on even greater displays which my eyes can't grasp anyway?
This raises a few questions:
1* How come we have a microSD card with 128 GB of ROM but most phones come with 16 or 32 GB?
2* If the Note 4 (or G3 for that matter) would have the same display as the previous model, but with the new battery and processor? How fast would it go and how long would a battery last?
Obviously I'm not a developer and maybe the above isn't quite as simple as I put it, but I do know this: My rooted Note 3 with Slim Rom on it, runs faster and smoother then my new G3!
Maybe someone with more knowledge can explain.
Willem:
Note 3 / Slim ROM
LG G3 / Stock ROM
Pfeffernuss said:
The Note 4 has the best phone display to date, as tested scientifically.
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Yea until you see it in person and see it really isnt that great, tested familytifically
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brolic925t said:
tested familytifically
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Seriously ...... lol :laugh:
nerdo said:
Seriously ...... lol :laugh:
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Lmao. Had to. But seriously guys adjust your colors on skydragon and go test it out side by side. Sharpness g3 wins hands down, colors in my opinion are way better on g3 if you know how to set it up, coming from the n4 which had a **** screen till faux released his kernel with gamma settings, i became obsessed with screen colors.
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Willem1975 said:
Hi all,
I do look at this a bit differently. Although the screen of of the G3 is indeed beautiful I really don't think it weighs up to the amount of resources it takes. Same probably goes for the note 4. Maybe some users really see the difference but if I load the same wallpaper on both my "old" Note 3 and my new G3, I must try really hard to see any difference at all. This leads me to believe that the screen quality has reached it's limits as to what you can actually see with the human eye. What would like to see is a phone that actually uses its processor and battery just for better performance (as in speed and ROM and RAM capacity and battery life). Isn't it crazy that so much time and money is being spend on even greater displays which my eyes can't grasp anyway?
This raises a few questions:
1* How come we have a microSD card with 128 GB of ROM but most phones come with 16 or 32 GB?
2* If the Note 4 (or G3 for that matter) would have the same display as the previous model, but with the new battery and processor? How fast would it go and how long would a battery last?
Obviously I'm not a developer and maybe the above isn't quite as simple as I put it, but I do know this: My rooted Note 3 with Slim Rom on it, runs faster and smoother then my new G3!
Maybe someone with more knowledge can explain.
Willem:
Note 3 / Slim ROM
LG G3 / Stock ROM
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The thing is, its not really the hardware that makes the phones runs smoother anymore, depending on what skin is ON android.. I HAVE A REALLY OLD PHONE RUNNING cM11 (just realised caps in on sorry)the motorola defy and it runs smooth. And its gunna be able to support android l because we have a def that resized the partitions to let it be able to run, and i bet its gunna run really good. The thing is companys add so much **** to android it needs the high specs just to run the software, screens dont really make a difference from 720 to 2k, its the size of the screen that kills the battery. I honestly dont know why google release the n6 with all those specs because android l is really optimized now it doesnt need 3 gigs of ram nor does it need that cpu the battery is a nice touch since it isnt removeable. But yea I ran L on the n5 and its butter smooth, kitkat on my n7 is butter smooth and i just added greenify to it, its so fast it looks fake. I guarantee the n4 is still gunna be really smooth because even carbon rom with all those extra features are stilllll smooth.
Its gotten to the point where specs dont matter but they see how people are and take it as a selling point(take advantage)
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If during some strange dream, someone had to give me an iphone 6 or 6+ as a present.. I'm sure that peace of crap would go straight into the bin! It has no class compared to our G3 ( if any comparison at all ) .. i say STICK with the G3
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Yea until you see it in person and see it really isnt that great, tested familytifically
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Ignorance is bliss.
Good luck with the artificially sharpened display. However thought of that is a complete moron.
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brolic925t said:
The thing is, its not really the hardware that makes the phones runs smoother anymore, depending on what skin is ON android.. I HAVE A REALLY OLD PHONE RUNNING cM11 (just realised caps in on sorry)the motorola defy and it runs smooth. And its gunna be able to support android l because we have a def that resized the partitions to let it be able to run, and i bet its gunna run really good. The thing is companys add so much **** to android it needs the high specs just to run the software, screens dont really make a difference from 720 to 2k, its the size of the screen that kills the battery. I honestly dont know why google release the n6 with all those specs because android l is really optimized now it doesnt need 3 gigs of ram nor does it need that cpu the battery is a nice touch since it isnt removeable. But yea I ran L on the n5 and its butter smooth, kitkat on my n7 is butter smooth and i just added greenify to it, its so fast it looks fake. I guarantee the n4 is still gunna be really smooth because even carbon rom with all those extra features are stilllll smooth.
Its gotten to the point where specs dont matter but they see how people are and take it as a selling point(take advantage)
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But why isn't there a phone producer that cut the fancy ****, and just makes phone with massice storage, a battery that lasts for 3 day's and a reasonable to good screen? That thing would sell like hotcakes I recon.
Willem1975 said:
But why isn't there a phone producer that cut the fancy ****, and just makes phone with massice storage, a battery that lasts for 3 day's and a reasonable to good screen? That thing would sell like hotcakes I recon.
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well, the thing is if the n5 had our screen, with our batt and 32 gigs or 64, that wouldve been that phone. but i seriously doubt any company would do that because then when they want to top that, they wouldnt be able to. they know people always want better so they never make perfect, they want us to keep buyin new **** so they can make moneyy
Pfeffernuss said:
The Note 4 has the best phone display to date, as tested scientifically.
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No. It is tested marketingifically IYKWIMean. So please STFU
Pfeffernuss said:
Ignorance is bliss.
Good luck with the artificially sharpened display. However thought of that is a complete moron.
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And believing in the advertiser's "reviews" is being a ad's slave, too
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artificially sharpened display
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Yeah? How about Pen tile "ripoff"? "Diamond pattern", they say. How about getting 30% less full RGB pixels than advertized on the box? Yeah, yeah, babe, pay to them, cheaters
Billy Madison said:
No. It is tested marketingifically IYKWIMean. So please STFU And believing in the advertiser's "reviews" is being a ad's slave, too
Yeah? How about Pen tile "ripoff"? "Diamond pattern", they say. How about getting 30% less full RGB pixels than advertized on the box? Yeah, yeah, babe, pay to them, cheaters
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Schooled. This guys good^
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I keep reading negative posts about it, but I LOVE this phone. I came from a one plus and while the battery isn't as good I still get at least 4 hours of SOT with a superior screen. The build is great and camera seems just as good. Its not great but its more than capable for a mobile device. Quick charge is AWESOME. I can't be the only one.
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Nope, you're not alone. The Nexus 6 is the best fondleslab I've ever used.
Love it to death. Would buy again.
Nope, I am exactly the same. Came from a oneplus one to the nexus, gave the oneplus to the wife. I like everything better on the nexus except battery was a little better on the OPO. At least the xda threads and any other forums to do with the nexus are helpful and fairly Kind, unlike that oneplus forum that is just full of whiners and people who can't be arsed reading anything at all then ***** when they make a mistake.
Nexus is a very cool phone.
Love mine with chroma ROM and hellscore kernel I got about 6 hours screen time with how I use my phone I only got half that on my s4 its big but I like it
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My biggest gripe
When google/motorola decided to release a almost 6inch nexus device, they should have added a phablet style os. I dont really know but something that made use of the screen. Some type of added features.
Great phone overall, little overpriced but would easily last years. I dont judge phones but SOT(never understood this, use it and it dies) but it gets me through a work day with 15% after 10hrs.
Yall should sticky Turn off adaptive brightness. Pink/Yellow screen was a turn off.
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My biggest gripe
When google/motorola decided to release a almost 6inch nexus device, they should have added a phablet style os. I dont really know but something that made use of the screen. Some type of added features.
Great phone overall, little overpriced but would easily last years. I dont judge phones but SOT(never understood this, use it and it dies) but it gets me through a work day with 15% after 10hrs.
Yall should sticky Turn off adaptive brightness. Pink/Yellow screen was a turn off.
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A phablet ui? No thanks. Nexus is all about pure android, not skinning. I usually don't judge by sot, but man my nexus 5 had the worst battery life I have ever experienced. On par with my original moto droid. Its nice to have a phone with a good quality screen that is able to get good sot.
I don't have pink/yellow screen with adaptive?
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A phablet ui? No thanks. Nexus is all about pure android, not skinning. I usually don't judge by sot, but man my nexus 5 had the worst battery life I have ever experienced. On par with my original moto droid. Its nice to have a phone with a good quality screen that is able to get good sot.
I don't have pink/yellow screen with adaptive?
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turn brightness down(pink) or max(yellow/warm)?
If not I and a million others have a different phone.
When I say phablet ui, Im thinking something similar to tablet ui(my note 10.1 2014 is on kitkat) Maybe google went away with that since lollipop. Ultimately slight tweaks to take advantage of the screen.
This is my first true nexus device. Its pure android i know just a bit boring. I know i know thats the point.
I see what you mean when I turn down the brightness it gets yellow. Feels good on the eyes when you're in a dark room though. I'm in a room right now with only the TV on, no lights And the screen doesn't look yellow at all. If I turn adaptive brightness off it feels like I'm looking at the sun.
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I see what you mean when I turn down the brightness it gets yellow. Feels good on the eyes when you're in a dark room though. I'm in a room right now with only the TV on, no lights And the screen doesn't look yellow at all. If I turn adaptive brightness off it feels like I'm looking at the sun.
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Yeah coming from a mx4 pro and note 4 made the screen appear dim. Adaptive brightness is great for moments like you mentioned.
Reason I mentioned it, most reviewers said negative things about the screen. 99% probably didn't turn off the filter. Screen is bright and vivid without it.
Had the z2 before with the ****ed up built quality. Creaking everywhere and was just a matter of time until the phone cracked. Sold it and bought nexus 6 and never looked back. Great solid phone with great built quality.
And no, the camera is just fine and more than decent.
I absolutely love my nexus 6, and my battery life's been awesome so far I can get a full day out of it without any problems. That's listening to music most days and occasional screen on time.
No.
I'm loving my n6 on T-Mobile. I came from a Verizon GS4 on T-Mobile. Love how easy it is to do anything and everything on it. WiFi calling is icing on the cake. Been jealous of the wife's iPhone WiFi calling ability.
I challenge anyone on XDA to find a better all around flagship device! I here so much that the price was so high but I'm fine with it. The last couple Nexus devices were enjoyable but let's be real for a second the were flagship like!!!! That's still not flagship. The Nexus brand is my favorite brand of phone but with every nexus I had I ended up going to another phone usually before half a year was up. Once or twice I did come back then GI away again lol its hard to remember when you've had so many flagship phones. With the Nexus 6 nothing has been able to pry it out of my hands. Honestly I like it so much that I find it hard to think about getting the next Nexus phone. Of. Course the next Nexus will be better but they may get rid of some very nice pieces from the Nexus 6. Front facing speakers may not make a return although I hope they do. The 5.2 inch is confirmed but that 5.7 inch is just rumors and that would be a huge hit to take in screen size. LG doesn't use amoled which I wouldn't like. Battery life probably would be as nice but I can't say for sure. I guess we will see soon enough. I almost forgot the software experience on Nexus devices which crushes everything else accept Motorola devices.
I personally would have preferred it a bit smaller, Moto Maxx (international Droid Turbo) would have been a better Nexus in that regard, but the extra size occasionally comes in handy for man hands, and the rest of the device is top notch. By far, my biggest concern going into the Nexus 6 was the amoled display, since my last phone was an amoled and seriously made my eyes bleed it was such crap, but turns out that even with the fake 2560x1440 RGBG (true R and B resolution of 2560x720, only G is the full res), that it is enough to overcome general amolededness.
I like mine a lot! I would not like anything smaller. Perfect size!
The only change I would ask for would be a bigger battery but it is not bad and charges REALLY FAST.
Always love nexus but do miss the little refinements of the moto software additions. Moto assist and display are the primary two. I have good alternatives but it's missing a few key features.
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I personally would have preferred it a bit smaller, Moto Maxx (international Droid Turbo) would have been a better Nexus in that regard, but the extra size occasionally comes in handy for man hands, and the rest of the device is top notch. By far, my biggest concern going into the Nexus 6 was the amoled display, since my last phone was an amoled and seriously made my eyes bleed it was such crap, but turns out that even with the fake 2560x1440 RGBG (true R and B resolution of 2560x720, only G is the full res), that it is enough to overcome general amolededness.
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Yeah...never notice any issues due to the subpixel layout. Thing about it....720 pixels in about 3 inches is 240 pixels per inch, and it only matters on near pure blue or red. I guess if you have a bunch of solid red vertical lines it would be noticeable.q
Best phone ever for me. I came from a note 2 as I upgrade every other year. I have other "toy" habits like musical instruments that I also spend discretionary funds on
The other thing I love is that I am a free agent for plans. So if I get dissatisfied I can change in a heartbeat.
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The greatest phone I've ever owned!!!! Unless someone makes another 6" phone with front facing speakers, I think I'll have the nexus for a long long time. If things keep getting updated and supported, I'm happy, and just the fact that I don't have to wait months or a year for an os update really makes me feel like I made a great investment instead of something that will be "behind" after one update
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