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BrutulTM
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That is lame. I thought part of the reason for the Nexus line was to try to get the ridiculous prices on smartphones down. I guess Google caved.
Smartphone prices really are bullshit though. A 10" Ipad Air costs $500 and an iPhone 5s with a 4" screen and the same processor/storage costs $650. Google sells a 32GB Nexus 7 for $269 but a 5.7" Galaxy Note 3 is $650. In what world does that make any sense?
Smartphone prices really are bullshit though. A 10" Ipad Air costs $500 and an iPhone 5s with a 4" screen and the same processor/storage costs $650. Google sells a 32GB Nexus 7 for $269 but a 5.7" Galaxy Note 3 is $650. In what world does that make any sense?
Vaclav
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Yea, was just talking to the Sprint guys last night about my planned upgrade and got a guy who sounded pretty savvy informing me of that exact rumor last night. Apparently S5, One 2, and another phone are to be announced at some conference in the EU late Feb which works out well with our upgrade date of Mar 1st (we'll do it like Mar 15 or so unless we detour while on our vacation/house buying trip though - will be in Florida for that stretch) - for us to ditch our old phones. [Ends up being that they started the Framily thing just in time to keep us - our contract was close enough to being up that it that the EFT thing with TMo was going to make sense, but the Framily pricing is identical to what we'd do at TMo before phones, and phone pricing is equal without contract and better on contract (plus the others in our family plan don't care to upgrade their phones, so no forcing them to upgrade since Sprint won't import to TMo) - and in the off chance we get another 3 members into our Framily we'd be seeing way better rates not that I expect to since we hate doing MLMish shit like that, and no one in our extended family is Sprint ATM to my knowledge]
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Paying full price for a phone is only worth it for going contract-less. If you're stuck using contracts, paying retail for a phone is just the worst of both worlds. It's a shame that Tmobile is pretty much the only carrier with a non-shitty no contract plan right now.
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Probably either Samsung Galaxy Note 3 or LG G2, for Android phones. Just depending on what size of screen you want.
I've had the Note 3 since October, and its phenomenal. It would honestly take 5-6 hours of hardcore game playing per day to run the battery down before you go to bed. Thing's a beast. I use it a pretty fair amount and its rarely under 50% at the end of the day.
I've had the Note 3 since October, and its phenomenal. It would honestly take 5-6 hours of hardcore game playing per day to run the battery down before you go to bed. Thing's a beast. I use it a pretty fair amount and its rarely under 50% at the end of the day.
I traded in my note 3 for a g2, and I have no complaints. The note 3 was just too big for me, and I hated the hardware home button, otherwise it was nearly as impressive as the g2.
The G2 has battery life similar to the note 3, which, as you have read above, is the best I've ever seen from a smartphone. Most days after work I have over 50% battery remaining, and that's in a lab with awful service that keeps cutting in and out. The other killer feature is double tapping the screen to turn it on, then double tapping the status bar to turn the screen off. I never want a new phone without this feature.
I haven't found anything that will slow this phone down yet, and the same goes for the note 3. But either of them and you will not be disappointed.
The G2 has battery life similar to the note 3, which, as you have read above, is the best I've ever seen from a smartphone. Most days after work I have over 50% battery remaining, and that's in a lab with awful service that keeps cutting in and out. The other killer feature is double tapping the screen to turn it on, then double tapping the status bar to turn the screen off. I never want a new phone without this feature.
I haven't found anything that will slow this phone down yet, and the same goes for the note 3. But either of them and you will not be disappointed.
I'm probably going to stay with an iPhone for some of the guitar apps I use, but I might wait to see what those phones look like. Really I just want something 4G, I have the 4s right now which is only 3G.
Vaclav
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Framily is no-contract unless you take a subsidized phone upgrade. And their phone upgrades include a no contract that's basically the same as TMo's. (Actually with how it works it's killing our contract early switching to it, oddly with how they work it - only had 5 months left, but it shifts over and wipes out the dates except subsidized upgrade eligibility)
But yea, probably going to buy the phones flat out or do their "payment plan" thing and pay it off in 2-3 months if we feel like spacing out the money a smidge just to stay completely non-contract. But we'll see - with the move coming in the next 6-7 months (maybe sooner, a relative is moving to Orlando next door in the Summer, so if we move at the same time to help each other out + maybe save a few bucks might be sooner) - its not impossible we'll cheap out and go with the contract option just to save some bucks.
Vaclav
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Announcement is almost guaranteed in Feb, wouldn't that mean March release? Thought there's usually only 2-3 weeks lead time before they're in the wild?
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I'm thinking the HTC One 2 (terrible name BTW) will be late March/early April and the Galaxy S5 will be late April/early May but that's just speculation I have heard people making on podcasts. I split the difference and said "April-ish".
Vaclav
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At least they didn't do something like XBox and go backwards with their numbering... but yea, it's pretty awful of a name - hopefully just a "filler name" that leak sites are giving it. And I guess we'll see - I'll be disappointed if your guesses are right, will probably have to sit on our phones an extra month or two if you are right and anxious to ditch them.
[But maybe they won't be far enough ahead of N5 that I'll just go N5 though]
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Probably belongs in the tablet thread but since we are discussing it here already...
Lenovo/Motorola Nexus 6 smartphone or Nexus tablet tipped for 2014 launch | BGR
Lenovo/Motorola Nexus 6 smartphone or Nexus tablet tipped for 2014 launch | BGR
Joeboo
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For the last couple years at least, Samsung has staggered their 2 primary phone lines 6 months apart. Galaxy S-whatever comes out in April, then the Note comes out in October
I've been wanting to replace my iphone 4 (not s) for a few months now, even with a mophie battery case it's pretty much completely dead at the end of each day, if not significantly earlier. I think I'll wait until either the galaxy s5 or iphone 6 release though. A slightly larger phone/display would be nice, but I want a phone and not a "phablet".
Vaclav
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Ah, interesting precedent - Sprint guy sounded savvy but he overlooked that I guess.
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So is there any major problems with the Note 3? Looking to replace my S2 in the next couple weeks.