Why did you choose the Galaxy Nexus over the EVO LTE ?

[dtreo]

So I'm now in possession of a shiny new Galaxy Nexus trying it out on wifi before activating it. I notice that it doesn't seem to pull my wifi router signal as strongly as my EVO 4G, also the Nexus shows a weaker 3G signal strength.

I travel a lot for work and have noticed that my EVO 4G did a great job of holding wifi and 3G signals all over the country. Am I going to have noticeable issues with weak signal on the Nexus? Loving the stock ICS, but wondering about taking this plunge instead of swapping it and holding for an EVO LTE in a couple weeks with better HTC radios??

Thoughts on anyone switching from EVO 4G to Galaxy Nexus?
Thanks.

 

[pistos]

My gripes with the Nexus are... Also, there is no visual voicemail, so I had to get a 3rd party app (YouMail) to cover that. There are a few other niggling issues, but nothing worth writing about as a major negative.

Do you know about Google Voice? It is part of the standard ICS install, and is the intended visual voice mail for Sprint Nexus phones. It integrates really well with ICS, and gives you many more options than standard voice mail solutions.

Once you get it set up right, it is a very nice solution.

 

[JStyles1]

So I'm now in possession of a shiny new Galaxy Nexus trying it out on wifi before activating it. I notice that it doesn't seem to pull my wifi router signal as strongly as my EVO 4G, also the Nexus shows a weaker 3G signal strength.

I travel a lot for work and have noticed that my EVO 4G did a great job of holding wifi and 3G signals all over the country. Am I going to have noticeable issues with weak signal on the Nexus? Loving the stock ICS, but wondering about taking this plunge instead of swapping it and holding for an EVO LTE in a couple weeks with better HTC radios??

Thoughts on anyone switching from EVO 4G to Galaxy Nexus?
Thanks.

Check the dBm values on each. The bars really mean nothing. I had an EVO shift before this and rarely got under -90. I can, and do get better readings than that with the Nexus. When the phone first came out on VZW, several people initially thought the same but the "bar readings" are just different from other brands.

My wi-fi signal shows less bars as well, but the performance is the same or better so I don't worry about it. May be the same case as with cell signal.

I hope this helps!

 

[dtreo]

Check the dBm values on each. The bars really mean nothing. I had an EVO shift before this and rarely got under -90. I can, and do get better readings than that with the Nexus. When the phone first came out on VZW, several people initially thought the same but the "bar readings" are just different from other brands.

My wi-fi signal shows less bars as well, but the performance is the same or better so I don't worry about it. May be the same case as with cell signal.

I hope this helps!

Thanks and I do recall reading the same thing when people got their early ones on VZW.

Umm...how do you go about checking the dBm values on each?
Thanks!

 

[JStyles1]

Thanks and I do recall reading the same thing when people got their early ones on VZW.

Umm...how do you go about checking the dBm values on each?
Thanks!

Settings > about phone > status

 

[Mobius360]

Well picked mine up today, out with the Epic 4G Slider and in with the Galaxy Nexus. In the end for me I decided that the ability to get updates a little faster (I understand the GSM Nexus variants get them faster) than what I experienced with my Epic was more important to me than a slightly better camera or processor and a sealed battery (HTC EVO LTE). I'm kinda hoping I can pretty much leave the phone alone compared to the crap I had to do to get my Epic functioning properly. I really like the basic ICS setup and I think for me I made the right choice. Now I just need Sprint to release the extended battery, almost just went with the 1850mah spare but if they make a 2100mah like Verizon I'd rather do that.

Having been running CM9 on my Epic for quite a while I was used to ICS, what I am not used to is really how many things CM9 has as part of the OS compared to stock ICS. CM9 is pretty damn awesome, hats off to those guys.

I have not played with the phone much but how do you take a screenshot for example? Easy as can be on CM9. Please tell me that is not something I have to root to accomplish, I kinda thought it was built into the Nexus.

I'm glad to see the built in Music Player is Google Music and not the generic music player, one less app to have for no reason.

My Epic had really started acting strange of late, getting text messages 5 hours later and crap, so my patience wore thin and I decided the Nexus would be good enough for my needs. Who knows if both phones had been available as the HTC One X seems pretty nice and I am sure the HTC EVO LTE will be too, I'm just glad Sprint has a couple top tier phones again. LTE will be live in all my surrounding areas in round 2 of the rollout, or at least it's suppose too.