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What's your next phone?

either BB Q10 or wait for the new Passport...

my S3 works fine, just want to check out BB10 for a bit :smokingsomb:
 
Bramsy said:
either BB Q10 or wait for the new Passport...

my S3 works fine, just want to check out BB10 for a bit :smokingsomb:
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Wow this is great, I'm glad the one person in the world who wants a Blackberry has stepped forward to identify himself :)
 
sherlock5545 said:
Upgraded to a Nexus 5 three weeks ago. Huge improvement over an S3. Finally able to really appreciate project butter on one of the best devices around. The S3, even on AOSP, isn't smooth due the hardware composer not working.

On a side note, tried the S5 for a couple of days. Horrible experience to be honest.
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What was the problem with the S5?
 
Hogan773 said:
What was the problem with the S5?
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TouchWiz. As if TW wasn't already unbearable on the S3/S4, it's even more overwhelming on the S5. Samsung still need to optimise it. The are microlags here and there. On the other hand, I'm loving the smooth transitions on my Nexus 5.
 
sherlock5545 said:
TouchWiz. As if TW wasn't already unbearable on the S3/S4, it's even more overwhelming on the S5. Samsung still need to optimise it. The are microlags here and there. On the other hand, I'm loving the smooth transitions on my Nexus 5.
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Ok thanks. I'm one of the people that doesn't really get agitated with TW (probably because it's all I've ever used, from my original Captivate to my GS3) so I've never really used a free-range Android system. Hard to see how TW could bog down the GS5 MORE than it bogs down weaker phones though, but maybe you're just saying it isn't optimized for that particular phone.
 
The problem with TW is its roots deep in the system. I never experienced a microlag free Samsung phone. On the S4, using a GPE edition ROM would completely change the experience to better. You'd really feel project butter at its finest at that point. With TW, you really can't feel anything.
 
Looks like I will be retiring my S3 soon. I just ordered a Moto X VZN developers edition. With the off contract sale price, I figure it's a good stop gap phone as my S3 is progressively degrading in performance, and none of the current flagship phones are wowing me into dropping $600+ at the moment.
 
After 9 months I sold my S3 for close to my purchase price and bought an LG Volt (with Virgin Mobile USA). The poor battery life of the S3 was getting to me - not much point in having a cell phone if it's either plugged in or dead half the time. The Volt gives me comparable features, plus Sprint Spark speeds and much better battery life.

The Volt is my third LG phone (after the Optimus V and Elite), and I think I'll probably stick with either LG or HTC phones in the future. Just my personal preference after having used phones from all three manufacturers. I'll still be sticking my nose in this forum, though,since there's still an S3 in my house and I'm the family tech support :)
 
yeah. that's funny, I just bought a vm gs3, and the battery life is just as bad as it was on my vzw gs3 after the last update.

I don't think the gs3 can handle 4.4
 
dennygreen said:
yeah. that's funny, I just bought a vm gs3, and the battery life is just as bad as it was on my vzw gs3 after the last update.

I don't think the gs3 can handle 4.4
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I think there is a bug in the power savings code. My battery life dropped big time after Kitkat too. On a whim, I disabled the auto-brightness feature and battery life got a lot better. I almost think that it is always checking ambient light instead of only when the screen is on...
 
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