do you all like your phone?

**gregs1213** · 11-27-2012, 04:30 PM

The Verizon GNex was kind of notorious for bad radios.. I really don't like the camera in the phone either.. It's fine for daylight photos in perfect lighting.. but many of the times, I want to take indoor photos and they don't come out NEARLY as nice as my friends with a GS3 or my girlfriends iphone (blows it out of the water).

**Murph5150** · 11-27-2012, 07:47 PM

Love everything except the battery life.

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**jephanie** · 11-29-2012, 04:39 PM

I have stock 4.1.1 installed.

The good:
Very stable OS.
The phone is pretty speedy and doesn't lag very often.
The screen looks great (especially if at full brightness, where it belongs...).
When on WiFi, I can get over 3 hours of screen time on a single charge (I *think* that is good).

The bad:
The radios suck.
When you are not on WiFi, the battery life sucks also as a result.
Did I mention the radios suck? I am in the heart of 4G territory but am lucky to get a 4G signal at home. At my office (in a major metropolitan area) I set 10 feet from the windows and am lucky to get a 3G signal.
Did I mention how bad the battery life sucks when not on WiFi? It really, really sucks when I am at my office. When this phone cannot get a super strong, super solid data signal, it burns through battery power faster than Obama burns through the federal deficit.

It depends:
The camera for me is actually pretty good and I get compliments on my photos all the time (including indoor photos). It far surpasses the iPhone 4 camera but I don't know about newer iPhone models or One X, S3, etc.

**viper31573** · 11-29-2012, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by jephanie

I have stock 4.1.1 installed.

The good:
Very stable OS.
The phone is pretty speedy and doesn't lag very often.
The screen looks great (especially if at full brightness, where it belongs...).
When on WiFi, I can get over 3 hours of screen time on a single charge (I *think* that is good).

The bad:
The radios suck.
When you are not on WiFi, the battery life sucks also as a result.
Did I mention the radios suck? I am in the heart of 4G territory but am lucky to get a 4G signal at home. At my office (in a major metropolitan area) I set 10 feet from the windows and am lucky to get a 3G signal.
Did I mention how bad the battery life sucks when not on WiFi? It really, really sucks when I am at my office. When this phone cannot get a super strong, super solid data signal, it burns through battery power faster than Obama burns through the federal deficit.

It depends:
The camera for me is actually pretty good and I get compliments on my photos all the time (including indoor photos). It far surpasses the iPhone 4 camera but I don't know about newer iPhone models or One X, S3, etc.

Yesterday at 13 hrs, my battery was at 50% on my thunderbolt. Right now I'm at 8 hrs and at 44% because I had to go to the airport today and was using 4g. Sounds like I made a good decision waiting. Based on battery life.

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**viper31573** · 11-29-2012, 04:49 PM

I guess every phone has its up and down sides. As I said my tbolt still hasn't received an ICS OTA

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**potatolover1102** · 11-29-2012, 05:20 PM

I have both the S3 and the nexus. I definitely think the nexus was/is a great device and is even better if you want to root/rom. I would not for any price lock in a contract with it today though. I would get it again on release a year ago but not now. IMO the S3 has better battery life, a better and larger screen, a better quality camera that is even better with jellybean in low light, much better radios and stability of signal, I like the additions Samsung made like smart stay and auto haptics in games, it also has a faster processor and more ram which are good for future proofing. I love the nexus and am not bashing it in any way but the S3 is definitely a better phone.

**mattmatt299** · 11-30-2012, 05:40 AM

I'm very happy with my GNexus overall. I actually do not like the oversized screen too much because its a pain to use one handed. The S3 is even worse. When I'm walking the dogs, or carrying anything its clumsy to use. I swap back and forth with an iPhone 4s and it has a better quality screen that either Samsung, better camera and is easier to use. The GNexus is great for customizing, widgets, nav, and ROMing. I wouldn't want the S3 because its locked down and overpriced. The GNexus is more than fast enough. I see no reason for a faster processor.

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