Advantage of unlocked Nexus from Google?

[zrxoa1]

I mean besides the obvious of choice of carrier, prepaid, etc.?



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[jpr]

Updates straight from Google instead of delayed and modified updates through carrier. No carrier bloatware. Cheaper retail price.

 

[e2ackbar]

Updates straight from Google instead of delayed and modified updates through carrier. No carrier bloatware. Cheaper retail price.

JB in itself is worth it. ICS is great, but the improvements are remarkable. Only the Nexus line will have this user experience.

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[chris mart]

New updates first comes to the unlocked devices, after that looked phone. Also unlocked phones give pure android experience.

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[fender7217]

The purest of pure Android experience. This is exactly how Google intended their OS to work.

 

[1088933]

No bloat ware, no carrier enhanced skins, etc. You get Vanilla Android, and you can do whatever you want with it.

 

[stonefeet]

best $350 i've ever spent.

the advantages are almost endless.

 

[project.in.process]

i'm counting down the days until i can buy mine (29 to go!)
Vzw has been a horrible experience for me, which contractually i must endure until March of 2013.

my reasons for the upcoming purchase are, as previously stated by others: faster OS updates without carrier bloatware & no contracts to sign--which give me the freedom to choose my carrier month to month if i feel like it or my financial situation dictates it to be so, and the easiest Unlockability for flashing ROMS/kernels/patches/radios.

now if Google wants to be superhappyfuntime-awesome and lower it to $299 that would just be fine with me.

 

[1088933]

$299 that would just be fine with me.

Same with me, since I paid a little over 700 for mine.

 

[hodan]

I mean besides the obvious of choice of carrier, prepaid, etc.?



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Uh....it makes you cooler.

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[legalninja]

What about the difference between HSPA+ and LTE? Will that play a role in the near future?

 

[eagle63]

I'm about to switch to tmobile (from sprint) and if I go through Costco I can get the galaxy s 3 for about the same price as the nexus. As much as I want the stock google experience it seems like a bad idea to pass up on brand new hardware when the price is virtually a wash?


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[font1975]

What about the difference between HSPA+ and LTE? Will that play a role in the near future?

No one really knows. LTE, even though it seems to be an evolution of GSM, is still very much carrier specific. At this point in time, there are no universal LTE phones that I know of. A verizon LTE phone only works on Verizon, etc.

Only time will tell if it will get to the same level of ubiquity that GSM phones have enjoyed for the last 15 years or so.

I'm not too worried, myself, as 3G/HSPA+ is plenty fast for me. And universal LTE coverage is probably still 2 years away, or longer.

 

[zrxoa1]

So are you saying that once the global abilities of the Rezound is unlocked, it will not function on say, att 4g LTE? Just 3g or hspa+ or what?



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[dr4stic]

I'm about to switch to tmobile (from sprint) and if I go through Costco I can get the galaxy s 3 for about the same price as the nexus. As much as I want the stock google experience it seems like a bad idea to pass up on brand new hardware when the price is virtually a wash?

Don't forget, the Gnex would be on prepaid. I'm on the $60 w/ taxes prepaid plan, the equivalent contract plan (unlimited everything, 2GB high speed) is $80 + taxes. That $20+ difference becomes more than $500 ($480 + your cell taxes) after your 2 years is up.

Costco shows me the T-Mobile S3 at $200 on contract, that places you at $700 all in, or twice as much as the GNex. And with the GNex you can end your service whenever you like, or switch to a cheaper plan, etc. Not so much so with the S3 on contract, you'll have to pay ETF's.

If this were the S3 w/ the quad core and 2GB RAM, then it might be worth it, but it isn't. A wash? I don't think so.

 

[giograves]

Most people with skinned phones, well particularly Samsung w/ touchwiz, barely notice the difference version to version of Android. And frankly most don't care.

But if your the type to watch the whole 2 hour Google IO intro speech and go "oooooooo and ahhhhhh" then at some point your going to want to experience stock android.

 

[anon(847090)]

I'm about to switch to tmobile (from sprint) and if I go through Costco I can get the galaxy s 3 for about the same price as the nexus. As much as I want the stock google experience it seems like a bad idea to pass up on brand new hardware when the price is virtually a wash?


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wait for the next Galaxy nexus!!! trust me you wont regret your purchase.

 

[covac8]

Don't forget, the Gnex would be on prepaid. I'm on the $60 w/ taxes prepaid plan, the equivalent contract plan (unlimited everything, 2GB high speed) is $80 + taxes. That $20+ difference becomes more than $500 ($480 + your cell taxes) after your 2 years is up.

Costco shows me the T-Mobile S3 at $200 on contract, that places you at $700 all in, or twice as much as the GNex. And with the GNex you can end your service whenever you like, or switch to a cheaper plan, etc. Not so much so with the S3 on contract, you'll have to pay ETF's.

If this were the S3 w/ the quad core and 2GB RAM, then it might be worth it, but it isn't. A wash? I don't think so.

what carrier is your $60 plan with?

 

[d2globalinc]

I'm about to switch to tmobile (from sprint) and if I go through Costco I can get the galaxy s 3 for about the same price as the nexus. As much as I want the stock google experience it seems like a bad idea to pass up on brand new hardware when the price is virtually a wash?

OR.. you can get a Galaxy nexus now, then when the new Nexus phones (rumored to be more than 1) come out towards the end of the year, you can ebay your UNLOCKED Galaxy Nexus for a decent amount and get a cheap upgrade to the latest nexus.. WITHOUT having to sign another two year contract, etc.

Nexus with JB to me seems like a better deal than S3 w/ ICS.. S3 is a good phone / has a great camera, etc.. but.. You KNOW you would want JB on it ASAP, and the time spent trying to hack it into that, w/o functional hardware, etc. - you mightas well just get a nexus and enjoy REAL and the latest Android

 

[highfrequency]

Better Battery Liffe

I had a VZW Nexus and a Play Store Nexus on T Mo for a week to compare the phones and performance

The thing i have noticed the most is the the Play store GSM version has better battery performance hands down better than VZW Nexus.

These two phones set side by side every where i was all the same apps installed and running. I would performed about the same amount of talk time on both.

Verizon Wireless Nexus LTE (OEM Extended Battery)

GSM Nexus on T Mobile (Standard Battery)