Note 3 to Nexus 5???

[andymacnexus]

I'm using note3 and it is an awesome phone. But I'm still tempted by nexus 5 and have ordered one anyway. I'll then have to decide which I prefer and sell one , I should still get a fairly good price on the note 3 I'd have thought ?

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[Haalcyon]

I'm using note3 and it is an awesome phone. But I'm still tempted by nexus 5 and have ordered one anyway. I'll then have to decide which I prefer and sell one , I should still get a fairly good price on the note 3 I'd have thought ?

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I'm sure the Nexus 5 isn't a bad phone but I can't see what it'd offer that'd make one want it as opposed to the Note 3.

 

[gaol]

The one feature that I miss on my old Nexus 4, and now on the Nexus 5, that the Note 3 doesn't have is Google Now cards.

But then, I don't want to give up the bigger screen, mult-windows, S pen, etc. just for the cards.

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[fastcarve]

Isn't it just a matter of downloading the Google Search app to get the Google Now cards? I have them on my Note 3 and I had them on my S3.

It sounds like better integration is coming with 4.4, but I'm not sure if that is what you are talking about.

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[gaol]

Isn't it just a matter of downloading the Google Search app to get the Google Now cards? I have them on my Note 3 and I had them on my S3.

It sounds like better integration is coming with 4.4, but I'm not sure if that is what you are talking about.

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I have Google search installed and was able to replace S Voice with Google Voice, but I cannot figure out how to access the Now Cards, assuming it's available. I have not rooted my Note 3 by the way and have not replaced Touch wiz with another launcher.

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[fastcarve]

I have Google search installed and was able to replace S Voice with Google Voice, but I cannot figure out how to access the Now Cards, assuming it's available. I have not rooted my Note 3 by the way and have not replaced Touch wiz with another launcher.

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In the Google Search settings there is an option to turn on Google Now. After that, the Now cards should be available via your Notifications and via Google Search.

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[nelschroeder]

I probably would buy a Nexus 5, if Verizon weren't dip$hits.

I just prefer the vanilla android experience, and timely updates. Waiting for Verizon to release an update is like watching a snail travel the world.

Updates are available to you only when your carrier approves them over their system. Google releases it, then your carrier tests it to make certain it's compatible with their system...then you get it.

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[anon(819941)]

Not a chance, the note 3 is the bigger phone here, in more ways than the obvious. Pure Android is great in many ways, but when you find the neat features included by Samsung, then it more than compensates. Better screen, better camera, the S Pen and all the functionality that comes with it...

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[gaol]

In the Google Search settings there is an option to turn on Google Now. After that, the Now cards should be available via your Notifications and via Google Search.

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Hmm, I think I get why I cannot access it: the cards feature is not yet officially supported where I am (Philippines). It's just that with the Nexus.

At any rate, I'm sticking with the Note 3 and will just wait for the kitkat updates when Samsung rolls them out.

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[gaol]

In the Google Search settings there is an option to turn on Google Now. After that, the Now cards should be available via your Notifications and via Google Search.

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I think I get it: Now Cards are not yet officially available where I am (Philippines). The Nexus 4 I got from Google Play US had the cards though.

At any rate, to me the Note 3 has just a little bit more going for it, that it doesn't make sense to swap it with the Nexus 5.


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[cjsmoove]

^^^^^About sums it up!

 

[Inhocmark]

It wasn't really a big secret that at some point in October the Nexus 5 was coming out. Why would you invest in a Note 3 before finding out if the specs of the Nexus 5 appealed to you more?

Kind of seems a waste.

 

[AgentScribe]

I have the Google Now cards on my homescreen, which I enabled in Settings/Device/Multiple Widgets (set to On). Is that what you mean or are there different types of cards? You can also long press the Home key, then press on the "G" button between the Ram Manager and Task Manager buttons.

I have Google search installed and was able to replace S Voice with Google Voice, but I cannot figure out how to access the Now Cards, assuming it's available. I have not rooted my Note 3 by the way and have not replaced Touch wiz with another launcher.

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[AgentScribe]

To me, the Note and Nexus lines are totally different phones, each with their pros and cons. For me, the N3 (currently) covers my "must haves" of big-screen and integrated business solutions (I was very worried at first that the stylus was just a fun gimmick that was pointless as a work tool. So glad I was wrong.)

The Nexus 5 has the plus of being "pure" Android with much faster updates direct from Google. Those are huge plusses in my book but not critical. They're not deal breakers for me. The tiny screen is, though. And, while it might sound appetizing to have a singular super-phone (I haven't truly heard this term get tossed around for almost two years), I think such a phone would be bogged down by trying to "please everybody" while excelling at nothing and we'd be left with fewer overall choices, which would not be good.

So, I'm happy with the N3....and I don't think if the N3 makes sense for you that a Nexus 5 would also...of course, if you can afford BOTH, then why wouldn't you? ;-)

 

[Haalcyon]

I decided to go the route of the Note 3 and iPhone 5s so I could experience the best of both ecosystems. I definitely prefer my Note 3 for functionality and the iPhone when wanting to carry a discrete (in this case, puny) device.

 

[KingGinger55]

The note 3 was my second choice but I didn't think that I was going to be able to get the nexus on sprint. Now that I can I dunno what to do.

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[AldousSnow]

I seriously must be underpaid at work. I just bought the N3 for $350 on Oct. 4th .... and I should shell out another $350 for another phone (N5) on Nov. 1st? Maybe I'm the only one caught in this recession.

#thanksobama

 

[Haalcyon]

I seriously must be underpaid at work. I just bought the N3 for $350 on Oct. 4th .... and I should shell out another $350 for another phone (N5) on Nov. 1st? Maybe I'm the only one caught in this recession.

#thanksobama

I've been working , since college, professionally, for over 23 years. If I can't get a couple of phones something's wrong. Obama has nothing to do with it, IMO.

 

[AldousSnow]

It's political tongue-in-cheek (sarcasm... satire).

 

[Haalcyon]

Aaaaah, satire.

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