Benefits of stock Android?

[gtg465x]

The unlockedness is great too. I can switch between AT&T and T-Mo as I please and use the phone internationally. Plus I get free tethering! And there's no BS hoops to jump through when I want to hack my phone or throw custom ROMs on it.

 

[vNaK]

Seems like you may be a casual user. If that's the case either will be fine. Honestly everyone brings up updates being a deciding factor but for me it isn't really that important. I previously have sgs1 with 2.3 and a HTC sensation with ICS. Even when the sensation got updated to ICS I didn't really noticed it upgraded to ICS. There were a couple things different but nothing big that wowed me. Updates seems a little overrated. Even though I down launchers and do stuff to my phone I still consider myself a casual user. Only cool thing I liked about the nexus 4 is the photosphere from 4.2. Otherwise I'm digging my note 2 that I also have.

 

[Hubertsng]

He is likely talking about expandable storage and removable battery....

Two things I happen to not care about. But I realize these are big deals for some people.

Oh. Yeah the expandable storage sucks but I'm only going to need 14 GB, about 6 for music and I can fill the rest with videos picture and apps
Removable battery is actually removable but it's more difficult than the GNex

 

[davey11]

Removable battery? Yes, if you have an insanely small torx driver and some pry tools. Plus it's glued down. Manufacturers glue things down because they don't want you removing them.

Sent from my mako p)

 

[Thomas Tongol]

Easy to modify get the first updates
I have a couple of nexus devices in the house and I love them
I have my nexus s nexus 4 and nexus 7

 

[ring o fire]

As everyone noted there isn't any overlay and there is no crapware as well. I also liked that it is unlocked.

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[CoMoNexus]

For me, it's not so much the immediacy of the updates but knowing that I'll get more than the one or two that Android vendors typically provide before abandoning a product. Eventually Android will advance to the point that the N4's hardware can't handle it without the user experience suffering, and when that happens, Google won't push any more to it. But I don't see that happening for at least two years, based on the headroom in the N4's processor and memory.

In fact, the older that the N4 gets, the more I'm going to wait before installing an update so I can see if other owners are reporting problems. I leaned that the hard way with the iPad 1, which I should have left at 4.x instead of upgrading to 5.x, whose features don't outweigh the performance hit. Just because Google, MSFT, Apple, et al say that a device can handle something doesn't mean it can handle it without the strain showing.

 

[return_0]

I did until Google started to mess up their own product by getting rid of 2 of their advantages over iphone

sent from the best smart phone (not phablet) on the worst network- the galaxy S III unfortunately on T-Mobile

Hah- Samsung's got rid of Android's advantages of onscreen buttons, a smooth experience, and a pretty interface.

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[return_0]

And to the OP, a launcher will only cover up the home screen, so it still won't be stock Android. You'll also get less bloat, a smoother experience, a faster processor, and faster updates.

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