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Help. Cant decide. Nexus 4 or Galaxy 3

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daterxies

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Could anyone help :)

They are both really close in size, spec wise nexus has better processor, though i fail to see why you would need a quad core on a phone.

I dont plan on doing anything special on them, im not big on apps (maybe weather, bank account and a few others) I want the phone to take decent pictures and video - My HTC Evo 3d, ironically while being a gimmicky camera phone takes horrible pictures if the person is not sitting as still as a statue.

I like the idea of the Nexus 4 being made my LG and Google. But i dont know anyone with one. While my cousin ha a GS3 and loves it and wouldnt see why i would want the Nexus 4.

any help here? Also i dont want to wait for teh GS4 because that is out of my price range.
 
They are both great devices. I think at this point you can decide do you want the TouchWiz interface from Samsung or would you prefer the Vanilla Android from Google?
 
both great phones.

If you're not as you say big on apps, then for the price you cant go wrong with the nexus4.

that being said, i own the nexus 4 and throw pretty much throw everything at it during the day and i experience no lag whatsoever or performance drop. it's a beast. so if you do one day decide to use it more than what you originally thought, it'll take whatever you got basically. It's no slouch of a phone. I know one person who was put off because of the price because he thought it must not be as good as other high end phones with their expensive price tags. Then he tried mine and was blown away
 
Overall, I say wait one month if you can. There are MOST LIKELY going to be announcements about the next version of Android and the next Nexus phone at google IO in mid-May.

daterxies said:
though i fail to see why you would need a quad core on a phone.
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To the point of the next version of Android probably being announced at IO. Having the Nexus phone means google will update you directly and you don't have to wait for the carrier to be in the mood. That said, a few RUMORS claim that the next version of Android will require quad core processor. No clue if that is true, but my Galaxy Nexus from last Summer would then be tapped out at 4.2.2. If you can wait a month, that quad-core thing will in all liklihood play out.

valorian said:
They are both great devices. I think at this point you can decide do you want the TouchWiz interface from Samsung or would you prefer the Vanilla Android from Google?
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To this point, slightly better hardware with more accesories (the S3) or the most recent version of Android when it is made available instead of waiting (the N4)? Which is most important to you personally?

Omar owns a Nexus 4 as he mentions above. He doesn't mention the glass being fragile. I have seen more than one blog posting about how the glass on the back seems prone to shattering from short, seemingly non-consequential drops. Perhaps Omar can comment on that more intelligently than me.
 
daterxies said:
Could anyone help :)

They are both really close in size, spec wise nexus has better processor, though i fail to see why you would need a quad core on a phone.

I dont plan on doing anything special on them, im not big on apps (maybe weather, bank account and a few others) I want the phone to take decent pictures and video - My HTC Evo 3d, ironically while being a gimmicky camera phone takes horrible pictures if the person is not sitting as still as a statue.

I like the idea of the Nexus 4 being made my LG and Google. But i dont know anyone with one. While my cousin ha a GS3 and loves it and wouldnt see why i would want the Nexus 4.

any help here? Also i dont want to wait for teh GS4 because that is out of my price range.
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If you don't need any applications then you probably won't be needing any replaceable battery, and if you don't need any SD card then it would be the perfect opportunity to save alot of money and get the Nexus, which looks alot better aesthetically in my opinion, but I'm happy with my choice of Samsung Galaxy S3 as my needs are slightly different t than yours.
 
I own a Nexus 4 and it's a great phone, the only downside I can see is the 16GB (or 13GB if you take in to consideration the OS and what you lose to the File System).

The screen is great, battery is superb and I've found call quality (and the sound in general) great.

The camera isn't fantastic, but it's not terrible either. I can't comment on the SGS3 camera as I've not seen many pics taken with it.

I'd go for the Nexus.

That being said, the fact the SGS3 does have the option for additional storage is a big plus, but if you're not really a heavy app user or don't use your phone as a media player, it might not be an issue.

I can't comment on how fragile it is as I don't really drop phones and mine is in a case anyway, but you'll hear mixed stories. One of our Phandroid editors isn't a fan: The Nexus 4 is possibly the most fragile smartphone ever built (and I wont bother replacing it)
 
Thanks all!, I ended up going with the S3, I got a white one and got my wife the blue one. She loves it and I am enjoying it so far.

Big step up imo from evo 4g
 
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