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Thinking about jumping from my X...

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txeris

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Ok. I've had an X 1.5 years. Rooted and so forth.. I'm ready for an upgrade.

It's between the Maxx, Nexus, and Iphone 5.

My priorities
1. 4g
2. Responsive camera
3. Rooting/ICS
4. Battery Life

I'm pissed the Maxx still has the locked bootloader and the GB camera probably is as slow as my X. Who knows when it gets ICS.

I think the June Iphone will have a great camera but I don't want to wait. I love the camera on my Ipod Touch.

So the Nexus looks great, but my GF had a Samsung Windows phone and it sucked. My question - prior Moto users, how do you like the Nexus and how responsive is the camera? Does it blur w/ any motion?
 
The GNEx is the way to go. I loved my Droid X and I never thought that upgrading was going to be worth it. But, the GNex is a pretty sweet phone. Battery is weak, but I'm really happy with the overall performance of the phone.

If you're into rooting, then the GNex is the best option, hands down.
 
txeris said:
So the Nexus looks great, but my GF had a Samsung Windows phone and it sucked. My question - prior Moto users, how do you like the Nexus and how responsive is the camera? Does it blur w/ any motion?
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The camera is far more responsive than the DX camera. You do have to hold it pretty still to get avoid blur.

The GNex is a great phone but at this time, in my experience, being rooted but stock, the battery life is miserable compared to the DX and the signal is worse. That may change if we ever get an update.

I could go a day in a half with moderate use on my DX, no problem but I've never come close to that with my GNex (extended batteries in both). I also found I got better, more consistent data connections with my DX than the GNex (even when disabling LTE).

Some people have had no problems with either of my gripes. I wish I had that luck.
 
RichSz said:
I could go a day in a half with moderate use on my DX, no problem but I've never come close to that with my GNex (extended batteries in both). I also found I got better, more consistent data connections with my DX than the GNex (even when disabling LTE).
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I'm hoping that b/c I live in North Dallas I'll have good coverage.

Battery life isn't a huge concern, I have a charger at work, home, and in my car.
 
Forget the iPhone!

1. 4G LTE: The Galaxy Nexus has this, that is on Verizon!
2. Responsive camera: Yep, that too!
3. Rooting/ICS: Yep, and the 3rd party development scene is the best I've ever seen for Android. Over five different ROMs and four different kernels. What more do you want!
4. Battery Life: A bit weak as other people have said, but as you said that doesn't really bother you.
 
Ok.. went down to local verizon store and compared the maxx to the nexus. Just looking at the motoblur convinced me the nexus is the way to go. Rep said ICS probably won't come till summer. Nexus has a faster camera as well. They want $299 for the upgrade. Amazon will do it for $229 and I can keep my unlimited data.

Ordering nexus tonight.
 
Yeah... I've looked at Motoblur, it stinks. I'd take Samsung's TouchWiz over Motoblur any day of the week! But, obviously if you could have a phone with neither of them it would be much better.

I just wish that these manufacturers would leave Android alone and stop trying to add their own crap on top of it. But, that's never going to happen.
 
txeris said:
Ok.. went down to local verizon store and compared the maxx to the nexus. Just looking at the motoblur convinced me the nexus is the way to go. Rep said ICS probably won't come till summer. Nexus has a faster camera as well. They want $299 for the upgrade. Amazon will do it for $229 and I can keep my unlimited data.

Ordering nexus tonight.
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You know... I'm in the exact boat as you. But I'm still very hesitant on getting the phone. Good luck with your purchase though.

For me, I'm waiting for the next generation of 4g phones. This current crop of phones doesn't give me that "oh my god i must have this" type of feeling. I'm sure the Nexus will last you a long time. But thankfully, the DX community still has a pretty strong showing.

I'm running Gummy 0.9. It's been awesome. ICS with a working camera (tho no BT). I'm pretty sure ,this will hold me thru till the Fall.
 
I'll try Gummy tonight. I'm not ordering from amazon b/c I'd lose my mobile to mobile 450 plan - so that puts the phone back at $269 which is a lot of $$. If Gummy can hold me over until the price drops some more that'd be great.
 
txeris said:
I'll try Gummy tonight. I'm not ordering from amazon b/c I'd lose my mobile to mobile 450 plan - so that puts the phone back at $269 which is a lot of $$. If Gummy can hold me over until the price drops some more that'd be great.
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I'd wait for the Iphone 5

The fact that you've listed it as an option means that you will most likely be disappointed if you get the Nexus, and the Iphone 5 comes out with a heroic battery, 4.3" retina screen and amazing camera.


The Nexus is great, and i won't be disappointed because i won't even consider an Iphone because of my hatred for iOS... but the areas that can be improved on with the nexus, almost certainly will be by the new Iphone.


The other option is to wait for the Samsung Galaxy S3 announcement... because if that isn't the best android released this year (or even the best phone released this year) i will eat my own hair.
 
txeris said:
I'll try Gummy tonight. I'm not ordering from amazon b/c I'd lose my mobile to mobile 450 plan - so that puts the phone back at $269 which is a lot of $$. If Gummy can hold me over until the price drops some more that'd be great.
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I'm glad you decided not to. Just to warn you, BT doesn't work on Gummy. So its actually a deal breaker for most.
 
ALIHISGREAT said:
I'd wait for the Iphone 5

The fact that you've listed it as an option means that you will most likely be disappointed if you get the Nexus, and the Iphone 5 comes out with a heroic battery, 4.3" retina screen and amazing camera.

The Nexus is great, and i won't be disappointed because i won't even consider an Iphone because of my hatred for iOS... but the areas that can be improved on with the nexus, almost certainly will be by the new Iphone.

The other option is to wait for the Samsung Galaxy S3 announcement... because if that isn't the best android released this year (or even the best phone released this year) i will eat my own hair.
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I hated IOS5 too until I was given my Ipod Touch. I'd tolerate it for great audio/screen quality and a fantastic camera. I'd be giving up custom keyboards and google nav.. which would hurt.

I was truly impressed w/ the Gnex when I was messing with it today, but I think at $269 it's too much for a phone that doesn't blow me away.

kentl901 said:
I'm glad you decided not to. Just to warn you, BT doesn't work on Gummy. So its actually a deal breaker for most.
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Thanks for the heads up - I'm reading it's pretty buggy still so I'll try Liberty.. never gave that one much of a chance. SBF'ing now.
 
hmm...i guess too late for my input lol. Honestly on a level of happiness with the nexus from 1 to 10...i'm sitting at about a solid 4

...the poor signal reception is unacceptable. Not everyone has it , but i do.

So make sure you're happy with the G Nex overall before your 14 days are up.

also i'm moving this thread to the VZW Galaxy Nexus sub forum
reason: Thread is specific to the VZW Galaxy Nexus
Thanks for understanding :)
 
txeris said:
So the Nexus looks great, but my GF had a Samsung Windows phone and it sucked. My question - prior Moto users, how do you like the Nexus and how responsive is the camera? Does it blur w/ any motion?
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I was a prior and current Moto user when I tried out the G Nex for about 2 weeks. Long story short I didnt keep it. Liked ICS overall, didnt like some things about the G Nex overall. Had the Droid 1, Droid X, still have them.... current phone was the RAZR.

The camera on the G Nex is very fast, and good IMO. Like it was mentioned you need to hold it very still. I dont know if its better now but whatever ICS version I was on....what made it kinda hard to take good pics was if you moved, the focus would get reset and it wouldnt refocus automatically. If thats been addressed taking pics should be alot better.
 
I came to the Gnex from the allmighty OGX, and i'm very happy with my new toy.

1. Maybe i'm one of the lucky ones, but my 4g has been great.

2. Camera is better then my ipod touch and way faster then the X's slow as hell and easy to piss me off camera.

3. Personally I don't see a need to unlock/root but it looks extremely easy.

4. Bat life, I see all kinda horror stories but with moderate use I get through a day easy (OEM ext bat).

Not sure about the ip5, but my sister just got an ip4s and Gnex killin the poor thing.
 
I was a Droid X w/ Liberty user that jumped to GNex on release day back in November. I just got back from a 2 week adventure to SE Asia (Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand) and didn't want to take my GNex for fear of messing it up (water, dust, etc. - spent a lot of time in boats and 4 wheelers) so I reactivated my X for the trip. It was SO SLOW, SO SMALL, SO CLUNKY compared to my GNex that when I got home Saturday I couldn't wait to reactivate my ICS "baby". I think I forgot how much I love this phone.

I've been lucky - no signals issues (but I live in a big city), my camera is fantastic, no problems. I do wish I had better battery life, but I work in an office and a plug-in refresh mid-day gets me through until I go to bed no problem. My wife has a Droid 3 and whenever I use it the Motoblur drives me nuts. I love pure ICS. I'm not rooted.

Good luck with your decision!
 
I jumped from the Droid Charge to the Galaxy Nexus and I couldn't be happier (I had an iPhone before the Droid Charge, I HATED IT!).

The hardware is solid and I get decent signal. I just wish I got better signal in my basement where my computers are located. But then again, it could be because I'm surrounded by brick and a ton dirt.

Anyways, the step up to the Galaxy Nexus from the phone I had before (Droid Charge) was like stepping up from a Ford Pinto to a Lamborghini. The dual-core CPU (Droid Charge only had a single-core CPU) and the 1 GB of RAM (Droid Charge only had 512 MB) makes for a phone that I can multitask on like crazy!

The third-party development scene is what I think makes the Galaxy Nexus the top phone and will make it the top phone for at least two years. At least, among the geeks that is. Why? With other handsets you're at the mercy of Verizon and Samsung when it comes to getting updates to the phone. With the Galaxy Nexus, as long as source is available and downloadable from Google's Android repository, you are guaranteed to get the latest and greatest Android version from over five different teams working on ROMs. There are even four different kernel developers for the Galaxy Nexus as well.

Personally speaking, if you love to tweak, personalize, ROM, and otherwise hack your phone to make it sing... the Galaxy Nexus is the phone to buy. Also, it's damn near impossible to brick it. As long as you can get it into Bootloader mode you can flash something to it.

I know... quad-core phones are coming soon. Meh. That's what I think. There is no need for a quad-core CPU in a phone. Tablets? Yes. Phones? No.
 
Droid Samurai said:
Not sure about the ip5, but my sister just got an ip4s and Gnex killin the poor thing.
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Ain't hard to do that. Apple's hardware has always been all fluff, no substance.

Remember... they are a marketing company at its core that just so happens to make computers and mobile devices. They really do know how to market stuff to people.

The camera is great on the phone as well, especially with the latest 4.0.4 update that the third-party ROM developers just came out with. I took a picture of my washer for the sake of showing the quality of the image. The pic can be viewed here.

I've updated to the 4.0.4 baseband firmware version and the signal strength is definitely improved with that firmware.
 
I have been following battery life results on the HTC One X. I wouldnt discount quad core on phones so quick. The Tegra 3 at least so far. Seems like that 5th core is holding up as advertized for better battery life.
 
I'm not talking about battery life here, I'm talking about the simple need for quad-core. There's no app out there that needs a quad-core. There just isn't. And I don't think there will ever be a need for one on a phone platform, the screen is just too small for those kinds of needs.

Tablets? Yes, they need quad-core CPUs as the purposes for tablets become more and more part of everyone's lives. Picture a tablet with a quad-core CPU, 2 GBs of RAM, a decent Android-based Office Suite that can edit Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint documents, and you instantly have a mobile computing platform that can replace traditional notebooks for the majority of the population. You'd still need a desktop, but mobile computing could virtually be replaced with a tablet.
 
trparky said:
I'm not talking about battery life here, I'm talking about the simple need for quad-core. There's no app out there that needs a quad-core. There just isn't. And I don't think there will ever be a need for one on a phone platform, the screen is just too small for those kinds of needs.

Tablets? Yes, they need quad-core CPUs as the purposes for tablets become more and more part of everyone's lives. Picture a tablet with a quad-core CPU, 2 GBs of RAM, a decent Android-based Office Suite that can edit Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint documents, and you instantly have a mobile computing platform that can replace traditional notebooks for the majority of the population. You'd still need a desktop, but mobile computing could virtually be replaced with a tablet.
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With phones docking into laptops like a RAZR, Bionic, Atrix...quad core on phones might get more use than we think. Even connected to my TV in mirror mode. Some blue tooth mice and keyboards..

Then when phones start docking into tablets...same thing. If mirror mode or Webtop mode can have a full desktop experience.. Motorola might wanna rethink their Webtop update they are doing. It looks like a tablet now. They might wanna have it so it can still use full Firefox. If so thats the best of both worlds.

But cmon....you wouldnt want better battery life if you had the chance? Thats all the pluses of dual core plus more.
 
jroc said:
With phones docking into laptops like a RAZR, Bionic, Atrix...quad core on phones might get more use than we think. Even connected to my TV in mirror mode. Some blue tooth mice and keyboards..

Then when phones start docking into tablets...same thing.

But cmon....you wouldnt want better battery life if you had the chance? Thats all the pluses of dual core plus more.
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Didn't think of docking and whatnot.
 
I upgraded from a droid x with liberty rom to the nexus on day 1.

The screen is amazing...looks way sharper then the droid x. I get 4g reception at work where I only got one bar of 3g with the x.

I love ics... glad to be done with gingerbread. The battery life is bad but I'm always plugged in at work so it isn't a problem. The camera is OK, I love the no studder lag but the sensor could be better.

I gave my wife my droid x and I would never go back. The screen quality sucks, no 4g, and the phone is slow compared to the nexus. Upgrade if you can, its worth it.

In regards to the iPhone 5, anything you read is speculation at this point and signs are pointing to it releasing late fall again like the 4s did. No one knows if it will have a bigger screen or not.

You'll always be waiting for newer tech to come out, I'm glad I got my nexus and for the most part I love it.
 
FINAL RESULT

Thanks everyone for your input. I've decided to hold off on the nexus for $269 and...

buy a mint used Rezound for $300. I'll keep my upgrade for this fall when something amazing drops. I can sell the Rezound then and maybe have lost $100 in value, but it'll fix my need for 4g now and I keep my current plan and upgrade.

I can also sell my DX now to offset some of my losses when I sell my Rezound down the road.
 
trparky said:
The third-party development scene is what I think makes the Galaxy Nexus the top phone and will make it the top phone for at least two years. At least, among the geeks that is. Why? With other handsets you're at the mercy of Verizon and Samsung when it comes to getting updates to the phone. With the Galaxy Nexus, as long as source is available and downloadable from Google's Android repository, you are guaranteed to get the latest and greatest Android version from over five different teams working on ROMs. There are even four different kernel developers for the Galaxy Nexus as well.
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How many roms are there for the Nexus? You're description actually makes it sound less supported then I would have expected. This is coming from a tbolt owner, which has more roms and kernels than I care to count, but definitely more than you are describing.

Asking because I'm thinking about buying a Nexus on ebay but not sure it is as supported by devs as the tbolt was/is.

Edit: Nevermind. Appears there's plenty of roms.
 
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