I'm looking for some opinions here....
OK.... first let me preface this by saying that I love my Nexus 5... Fast, stable, functional, malleable, it gives me no aggravation and there's no reason to get rid of it.... That being said.... One of the reasons why I added T-Mobile's JUMP is that it allows me to pop over to a new device without getting whacked with a pay-off fee (that and it's only a $2 premium over their insurance). I've been eligible since the 16th.
Not long ago, I pretty much avoided temptation from any of the newer phones since I figured that there would be a replacement released sometime in the fall and I'd just trigger my JUMP upgrade then. But recently, the 'Shamu' leaks seem to point to Google NOT choosing to update their phone, instead gearing up to release a 6' phablet when they launch the next version of Android.... many people, including me, are of the opinion that this ISN'T the Nexus 5's replacement, but more a Nexus 7 replacement that taps into the hot super-sized phablet market... and that we should expect a smaller-screened Nexus device to replace the 5 maybe sometime early in 2015. I'm not really all that interested in a 6'... the G3's size is about my upper limit I guess.
So that leads me to my dilemma.... I could go in to T-Mobile today and walk out with a G3. Now, worst case scenario is that I don't like the phone and Google has kept a 5' Nexus 5 replacement quiet and they release all three in October/November and I have to wait until January to replace it. Best case is that I like the phone and keep it, happily, until after January when I can choose to replace it when the 'next' Nexus 5 comes out.
Yes.. I know, I'm on a Nexus 5 forum and it's '5 uber alles!' around here... and I'm an unabashed Nexus 5 fan.... but what's the point of joining JUMP unless I use it and see what's out there? Thoughts?
OK.... first let me preface this by saying that I love my Nexus 5... Fast, stable, functional, malleable, it gives me no aggravation and there's no reason to get rid of it.... That being said.... One of the reasons why I added T-Mobile's JUMP is that it allows me to pop over to a new device without getting whacked with a pay-off fee (that and it's only a $2 premium over their insurance). I've been eligible since the 16th.
Not long ago, I pretty much avoided temptation from any of the newer phones since I figured that there would be a replacement released sometime in the fall and I'd just trigger my JUMP upgrade then. But recently, the 'Shamu' leaks seem to point to Google NOT choosing to update their phone, instead gearing up to release a 6' phablet when they launch the next version of Android.... many people, including me, are of the opinion that this ISN'T the Nexus 5's replacement, but more a Nexus 7 replacement that taps into the hot super-sized phablet market... and that we should expect a smaller-screened Nexus device to replace the 5 maybe sometime early in 2015. I'm not really all that interested in a 6'... the G3's size is about my upper limit I guess.
So that leads me to my dilemma.... I could go in to T-Mobile today and walk out with a G3. Now, worst case scenario is that I don't like the phone and Google has kept a 5' Nexus 5 replacement quiet and they release all three in October/November and I have to wait until January to replace it. Best case is that I like the phone and keep it, happily, until after January when I can choose to replace it when the 'next' Nexus 5 comes out.
Yes.. I know, I'm on a Nexus 5 forum and it's '5 uber alles!' around here... and I'm an unabashed Nexus 5 fan.... but what's the point of joining JUMP unless I use it and see what's out there? Thoughts?
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