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PostPosted: Thu Dec 25, 2014 2:02 pm 
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Its time for the phone upgrade, got the $100 verizon gift card and have some verizon awards, plus time for the new phone anyways?

Already looked at Cnet, anyone have any input on what they have bought?

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 25, 2014 2:05 pm 
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lg g3

galaxy s5

htc one m8

lg g2

galaxy s4


in that order


if you want a phablet, i think the gpro 2 is better than the note 4, but thats debateable

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 25, 2014 2:11 pm 
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Why do you put the G3 at the top? I havent really looked at any of them until today, just looked at the verizon site for prices. Think the G3 is $599 retail.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 25, 2014 3:24 pm 
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specs and software. lg roms are very bug free and fast, despite having some features you will likely want to turn off. the screen is crazy good as is the camera. sound quality is exceptional too. love the g2 for all these traits as well. g3 if you can afford it, but g2 is still an awesome phone too.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 25, 2014 9:33 pm 
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2014 Moto X

Stays pretty true to pure Android with some nice built in functionality.


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PostPosted: Thu Dec 25, 2014 9:49 pm 
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Any word on when the Galaxy S6 will be released?

I switched from the original Galaxy to the iPhone 4 (hated, hated, hated the iPhone). Moved to the S4 and have been quite pleased.


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i've been a droid razr maxx guy since i got the first gen droid razr maxx circa june 2012, and im telling you biggie if not for a little 1 cent piece of metal on the microUSB/charging port going bad i'd still be using that phone today. now cellphonies (the cellphone equivalent of foodies) will tell you the original droid razr/maxx HD screens were dark and shit, but i never noticed anything wrong/bad/etc with my original droid razr maxx. technically i started out on the droid razr, whose 1700mAh battery was a nightmare for the ~3 months i had it. i was always carrying a charging cord with me whenever i went out for the day/night/etc. well the maxx/maxx-HD/droid-maxx has a 3300mAh battery that will give me 24-48rs easily with 3-4+ hours of screen-on time (sometimes i've had ~20hr runs with like 5hr 45mins of screentime and i'm left with like 16% battery) and yeah, shit, with 24GB internal storage and 16GB microSD i've got 40gb of space total on this beeeeyotch, and that's excellent. i can just throw whatever on it.... i can bootleg entire concerts in 1080p like *fingersnap* and yeah, basically i never worry about battery charge, data usage, or storage space... and that's perfect for a cellphone because you want ease of use over sweating the details, especially while you're on the go.

of course there's the generation 3 "droid maxx" (they dropped the razr from the old razr maxx thing to just call it the maxx) it's newer and better and more memory better screen and wireless charging and etc, but they got rid of the microSD port so you've only got the 32gb of storage space and that's it. no doubt they want you to get one of those MORE EVERYTHING!!!! plans where i'd pay the same amount of $$$ per month to get half of the data i'm getting right now so of course when i'm tucked in with a nice 1-2GB/month data plan and a phone with as little storage space as possible i'll end up putting everything on the cloud and using a bunch of data up only to store stuff that i'd easily be able to store on my phone if they still allowed me to drop in a 32 or 64gb microSD card (which have to exist nowadays if i got a 16gb card in 2012, right?) ahh well c'est la vie the cloud is the future cuz i'm sure our corporate benefactors already decided that a return to the days of tandy dummy terminals and everyone storing stuff on big servers is the way to go, especially when digital gasoline is gonna get up to the equialent of $4.25/gallon territory.

all that said, yeah dude, if you want a nice slick well made non-plastic phone that has a lot of space battery and great 300-400k/sec+ 4GLTE coverage from verizon that would even work if you were encased in concrete and buried 15 feet below the intersection of state and lake, welp, the droid razr maxx (now the droid maxx) is the way to go IMO. simply put it gets the job done with little bullshit or fanfare.... and the annoyances i've had to deal with are relatively minor (mainly the fact that my charging/USB cord just doesnt wanna let the phone connect directly to my computer via USB because........????? idk. so i have to just transfer files directly from phone to comptuer or vice versa through my own home wifi network, but yeah other than that this phone is awesome and i bet barring some stupid little hardware failure it'll end up lasting me 3-5 years. and thats what i want in a phone, cuz man if you let the phone companies steer you around every 18 months (right before your 24 month contract ends) you'll be eligible for an "upgrade" to some new phone for $50-200 so you can then subsidize the other $300-500 worth of the phone's MSRP via the 2 year contract and rah rah rah blah blah blah. i'm pretty damn sure i just got my phone out of the contract and it's great to know that if i ever decide to go *fingersnap* i'm out i can. tho idk why i would cuz with verizon you get what you pay for, which is pretty much the best cellphone company in the USA.

so yeah good luck and god bless you for not getting an iphone. be sure to let us know what you get!

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 26, 2014 12:24 am 
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Just buy an iPhone. Its higher quality and it makes you look cooler pulling it out of your pocket than some lame android.

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I have a htc one m8 and like it quite a bit. I think my favorite thing is the charge holds forever -- at least for my usage of the phone -- I can usually go 4-5 days without charging it and I'm using it at least an hour a day.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 26, 2014 2:28 am 
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Crystal Lake Hoffy wrote:
Just buy an iPhone. Its higher quality and it makes you look cooler pulling it out of your pocket than some lame android.



I phones are for kids.

Go with the Samsung Galaxy S5.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 26, 2014 4:40 am 
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WL Bill wrote:
2014 Moto X

Stays pretty true to pure Android with some nice built in functionality.


this.

Moto X (2014 edition)

Samsung Galaxy Note 4

HTC One M8

Google Nexus 6 (more Motorola hardware)

http://www.androidauthority.com/best-an ... es-568001/

http://lifehacker.com/five-best-android ... 1661957477

http://www.androidcentral.com/best-android-phones


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PostPosted: Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:34 am 
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I got the G3 about 2 months ago, and it's the best phone I've had. Great screen and zippy!

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Scorehead wrote:
I phones are for kids.


The exact opposite is true. The iPhone is for old people. It's like one of those clocks with the gigantic numbers on it.

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Get the NEXUS 6 phone from Google. I have the Nexus 4 for over a year now and works perfect with stock Android OS without the stupid bloatware from other phone makers like Samsung and LG, etc.. The Google Nexus phones also get the latest Android OS updates before any other phones do because its from Google itself.

All the NExus phones 5 and 6 run Android 5.01 (which is the latest version of Android).

Nexus 6 vs. Nexus 5: CPU, RAM & Software

Here are the specs for the Nexus 6

5.96-inch 2560 x 1440 Quad-HD Display
2.7 GHz Quad-Core Snapdragon 805 processor with 3GB of RAM
32GB/64GB internal storage
Android 5.0 Lollipop (64-bit support)
13 Megapixel camera with OIS, 2 MP front camera (4k video capture)
Dual Ring Flash similar to Moto X
Dual Front-facing speakers
Aluminium frame around device like the new Moto X 2014
3,220 mAh battery

And here are the specs for the Nexus 5

4.95 inch 1080 x 1920 IPS+ display
2.3GHz Snapdragon 800 CPU
16/32GB storage
Android KitKat 4.4.4 (soon to be upgraded to Android Lollipop)
8MP with 1.3MP on the front
2300 mAh battery

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whats your budget big? and do you want a phone or phablet?

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 1:36 am 
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i love my nexus 5, htc one m8 is pretty damn good too... incredible speakers on that phone if you use speakerphone or music a lot. LG g3 spec-wise intrigues me but i haven't used it. S5 is obviously a solid phone if you dont mind samsungs

i'm not a fan of phablets, prefer 5" screen size


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Scorehead wrote:
Crystal Lake Hoffy wrote:
Just buy an iPhone. Its higher quality and it makes you look cooler pulling it out of your pocket than some lame android.



I phones are for kids.

Go with the Samsung Galaxy S5.




sure if you like crappy cameras.

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