- Feb 3, 2013
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Hi All,
I've been jumping around on platforms since I started using smartphones. Call me crazy, but I actually love each individual operating system despite their weaknesses - yes, each one has them. And now, after having used the Lumia 920 for almost a full year and then having moved to Lumia 1520 back in June, 2014... I made the decision to sell my Lumia 1520 and switch to Android kind of suddenly.
It all happened after my wife's really outdated phone died out. Since I was a little strung out for cash at the moment, I decided to sell off my Lumia 1520 and get both of us new phones that could essentially be purchased without adding more dough to the mix.
The Lumia 1520 was easily sold off for PKR 38,000/- (Approx. $380), which was a really good price for it. (It was under warranty thus why it was sold off with ease). I purchased a slightly used Lumia 925 along with a new Lumia 530 from the same shop. Once I returned home, I was somewhat disappointed by the 530. It's size, and the limitation of 512 mb ram did stand out quite a bit. And as fate would have it, the back cover of the Lumia 925 started squeaking... (i.e. apparently the phone was refurbished and I was led to believe otherwise)
I returned back to the shop, returned both phones and after much deliberation, ended up getting a Nexus 4 for myself and an HTC Desire 500 for my wife. She loved her phone, and I'm totally in love with my Nexus!!! (Both were slightly used, thus i was able to get them by adding only a little more money)
I can't believe how much i'm enjoying Nexus 4 right now. I don't play that many games, but the ones that I do have installed and have tried, don't lag. The overall system performs flawlessly - my days with the Galaxy S3 when it was first released are a bit of sore point when it comes to Android with multiple performance issues.
I understand why people rave about stock android! Plus, KitKat has really smoothed things out a lot.
Anyways... I'm expecting my salary within the next day or two. I'm considering handing my Nexus 4 to my wife and switching the Desire 500 with a (used) Nexus 5 device after paying the difference. I'm extremely satisfied with the Nexus 4, but the Nexus 5 does appeal to me.
For those here that moved from Nexus 4 to Nexus 5... how are you finding the newer model? Based off of specs, the biggest improvement is screen resolution. Is there anything else potentially worthy to consider? (Performance on Nexus 4 on KitKat is exceptional as is, and rumors are that Android L will hit Nexus 4 too)
What would you recommend? I also have the same option of getting an HTC One for the same price as a Nexus 5. I'm a little hesitant about that, but you have to admit, it's kinda gorgeous!
Regards.
Salman Khalid.
I've been jumping around on platforms since I started using smartphones. Call me crazy, but I actually love each individual operating system despite their weaknesses - yes, each one has them. And now, after having used the Lumia 920 for almost a full year and then having moved to Lumia 1520 back in June, 2014... I made the decision to sell my Lumia 1520 and switch to Android kind of suddenly.
It all happened after my wife's really outdated phone died out. Since I was a little strung out for cash at the moment, I decided to sell off my Lumia 1520 and get both of us new phones that could essentially be purchased without adding more dough to the mix.
The Lumia 1520 was easily sold off for PKR 38,000/- (Approx. $380), which was a really good price for it. (It was under warranty thus why it was sold off with ease). I purchased a slightly used Lumia 925 along with a new Lumia 530 from the same shop. Once I returned home, I was somewhat disappointed by the 530. It's size, and the limitation of 512 mb ram did stand out quite a bit. And as fate would have it, the back cover of the Lumia 925 started squeaking... (i.e. apparently the phone was refurbished and I was led to believe otherwise)
I returned back to the shop, returned both phones and after much deliberation, ended up getting a Nexus 4 for myself and an HTC Desire 500 for my wife. She loved her phone, and I'm totally in love with my Nexus!!! (Both were slightly used, thus i was able to get them by adding only a little more money)
I can't believe how much i'm enjoying Nexus 4 right now. I don't play that many games, but the ones that I do have installed and have tried, don't lag. The overall system performs flawlessly - my days with the Galaxy S3 when it was first released are a bit of sore point when it comes to Android with multiple performance issues.
I understand why people rave about stock android! Plus, KitKat has really smoothed things out a lot.
Anyways... I'm expecting my salary within the next day or two. I'm considering handing my Nexus 4 to my wife and switching the Desire 500 with a (used) Nexus 5 device after paying the difference. I'm extremely satisfied with the Nexus 4, but the Nexus 5 does appeal to me.
For those here that moved from Nexus 4 to Nexus 5... how are you finding the newer model? Based off of specs, the biggest improvement is screen resolution. Is there anything else potentially worthy to consider? (Performance on Nexus 4 on KitKat is exceptional as is, and rumors are that Android L will hit Nexus 4 too)
What would you recommend? I also have the same option of getting an HTC One for the same price as a Nexus 5. I'm a little hesitant about that, but you have to admit, it's kinda gorgeous!
Regards.
Salman Khalid.
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