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nexus or bionic?

queenrocks77

queenrocks77

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I love the nexus. It looks like an amazing phone but seems to be a bit light. I have a droid x and have been pretty rough on it. The bezel is pretty gouged from drops and sliding across the concrete so I need a tough phone in my line of work. What do you guys recommend?

Do both these phones have gorrilla glass?
Or can you recommend a different phone.
 
The DroidX was built like a tank. I'm not sure that either the Bionic or the G Nex is similar. I would go G Nex with a case if it were me.
 
If you're that hard on phones I would use an Otterbox Defender. I had one for my DX and and my OG Droid. They made the DX damn near indestructible. lol
 
trophynuts said:
The DroidX was built like a tank. I'm not sure that either the Bionic or the G Nex is similar. I would go G Nex with a case if it were me.
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This and a screen protector. I am using the Diztronic TPU case and the SGP Oleophobic screen protector. You might want a heavier-duty case like an otterbox if you drop or knock the phone around a lot. I tried a couple of screen protectors but ended up with the Oleophobic because it feels like the bare glass and other than the line around the edge, I forget it is on there (the protector doesn't go to the edge of the glass- about 2mm from it on all sides because of the curved nature of the screen).

I would go with the Galaxy Nexus. Guaranteed updates as timely as possible and the build quality is actually fine- but no Gorilla Glass. Motorola has been better about updates this past year, but the Bionic kept getting delayed and is already 6 months behind the pack hardware spec-wise.
 
I had the bionic. It has better signal strength, better battery, and that's about its only ups side IMO. I would get the nexus. You can get an extra battery, and it'll last all day. Get an otter box and you'll be good. ICS is a huge step up over the bionic. I was also plagued with data drops on the bionic, but there is a leaked update that's fixed that.
 
I'd take a GNex over a Bionic all day every day and twice on Sunday.

I must agree on the DX comments as well; I had it for about 14 months and it was a beast. I had a seidio surface case on it the whole time and after a few too many drops the clips that hold the case together started to break (at the end only 1 clip remained) but the phone itself was still in perfect shape.
 
I came from a Bionic I had 4 replaced do to data drops and other issues. When I got the nexus the first thing I noticed was that it didn't feel as durable as the bionic and I've been super careful not to drop it. That being said an otter box I feel would protect it without any issues. If you don't care about rooting and plan on staying stock I recommended the Razr. I work for a construction company and a few of the bosses have switched to a Razr and they love the durability.
 
Unlike many around here, I think the Bionic is a great phone. However, it's hard to recommend a great phone when you can get the best phone available, the Galaxy Nexus. I use the XO Skins full screen protector and the Cruzer Lite Androidified case and could not be happier.
 
i owned the bionic (3 actually), and ended up complaining to the FCC to get verizon to let buy another phone at discount. absolutely nothing but a laundry list of major problems with all three bugonics. i would avoid this phone like the black death based on my experience.

the bionic is basically the pinto of the LTE phone world.


the GN, without question, is worth an extra 100 bucks.
 
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