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    Upgrade: S3 or nexus 4?

    • 31-01-2013 09:53PM
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      bricky06
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      So I'm looking to upgrade my Desire HD and I am having trouble deciding between the two phones in title or waiting since there are a lot of 5"ish phones coming down the line since CES and MWC in a few weeks time. It will be a fair while before these are available in Ireland though right?

      So my situation is;


      haggled meteor girl down to €25p/m contract for s3 @ €250
      nexus 4 8Gb in price range for €280
      concerned about storage on nexus but cant quite afford 16Gb
      also there's more screen to play with on s3
      trying to sell my DHD to hopefully bring down price of upgrade


      Any advice out there would be much appreciated.

      Should I wait or should I go for one of these phones, which?
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    • #2
      pickarooney
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      What, if anything is swaying you towards the Nexus? You've two pros to zero for the S3 there.


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      Ballyman
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      Don't forget the HTC One also. Great phone. I found the Samsungs to be a little plasticky compared to the HTC's


    • #4
      strandroad
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      Nexus is a beauty. But apparently S3's camera has an edge over Nexus's.


    • #5
      bricky06
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      yeah I should have fleshed that out a bit...

      nexus pros:
      stock android
      updates
      already on 4.2
      it's beautiful!


    • #6
      TBi
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      I dislike android but I'd definitely get a nexus. Pure android is much better than any of the 'skinned' versions. Plus you know you'll get an upgrade, unlike Samsung.


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    • #7
      bricky06
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      Ballyman wrote: »
      Don't forget the HTC One also. Great phone. I found the Samsungs to be a little plasticky compared to the HTC's

      i do like the One X - but meteor don't seem to be offering it any more and I can't afford it sim free unfortunately.


    • #8
      Dubwat
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      You can walk into any mobile phone shop and buy an S3 v. an 83 page thread on how to order a Nexus 4 in Ireland! It sounds like if you want one of these phones soon-ish, the S3 is your answer?


    • #9
      cgarrad
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      ARM Cortex-A15 phones coming soon which will render current gen near obsolete ;-)


    • #10
      bricky06
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      It's really not that complicated when you figure out what's going on, could order it right now if i decided to and there's a 1-2 week delivery time


    • #11
      bricky06
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      haha maybe I'll wait like 5 years to upgrade so I can get android 14.2


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    • #12
      cgarrad
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      bricky06 wrote: »
      It's really not that complicated when you figure out what's going on, could order it right now if i decided to and there's a 1-2 week delivery time

      Can you give a one sentence way of getting a Nexus 4 ;)


    • #13
      bricky06
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      I would get my sister in the UK to buy it with a shipping address of my parcel motel a/c and pay her back.

      Simples!


    • #14
      Gran Hermano
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      cgarrad wrote: »
      Can you give a one sentence way of getting a Nexus 4 ;)

      http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=82077167&postcount=554 :rolleyes:


    • #15
      bricky06
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      Gran Hermano wrote: »
      http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=82077167&postcount=554 :rolleyes:

      yeah I was reading things like that in the forum but it was all very messy and I don't quite trust VPNs and credit cards so the process of my sister ordering it would be easier and it would work since it would be a UK card and UK address.


    • #16
      cgarrad
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      bricky06 wrote: »
      I would get my sister in the UK to buy it with a shipping address of my parcel motel a/c and pay her back.

      Simples!

      You cant argue with that ;-)


    • #17
      Syferus
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      Was in much the same spot for ages after Christmas, a long contract S3 or bite the bullet and get an Nexus 4 up-front and save as much (if not more) on a better billpay plan. The Nexus coming back into stock (sorta) this week, the better build quality of it (Samsung don't make crap but let's be honest, the iPhone and N4 are a step ahead in terms of build quality and actual aesthetics) and the freedom of changing plans or opting for a new phone whenever I wanted really swung it heavily in the Nexus' favour for me.

      The only thing that should give pause for thought is storage - if you want huge amounts of music or videos on your phone the upgradeable storage of the S3 could swing it. In my case the phone is for someone who isn't going to be lathering it in audio so 16GB was more than enough.


    • #18
      pickarooney
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      The Nexus 4 looks identical to every other phone out there in any photographs I've seen.
      Plus you can't remove the battery, so rooting might be a problem, among other things.


    • #19
      aperture_nuig
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      pickarooney wrote: »
      The Nexus 4 looks identical to every other phone out there in any photographs I've seen.
      Plus you can't remove the battery, so rooting might be a problem, among other things.

      What does one have to do with the other? Access to factory testing pins to put the phone in recovery mode or something like that?


    • #20
      G1032
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      aperture_nuig wrote: »
      What does one have to do with the other? Access to factory testing pins to put the phone in recovery mode or something like that?

      If something goes wrong during a custom ROM flash or whatever (Bootloops etc) you may well need to pull the battery. Can't do that on a Nexus


    • #21
      pickarooney
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      aperture_nuig wrote: »
      What does one have to do with the other? Access to factory testing pins to put the phone in recovery mode or something like that?

      I've only ever rooted a couple of phones but both needed the battery removed at points for Clockwork recovery to work.


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    • #22
      BeanFlicker
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      I'm in the same situation myself, contract up next week and unsure what to decide on

      Here's a comparison of both phones S3 VS N4 (PC Advisor)
      S3 VS N4 (PhoneArena)

      My personal Pro's & con's for each, and i'm still unsure what to go for

      S3
      Pro's:
      Can purchase straight away in a b&m
      Expandable memory
      Removable battery
      I have the Note 10.1 so would compliment well
      Quality phone overall

      Con's:
      Tied into an 18 month contract
      Can be slow for updates
      S4 meant to be out in April

      N4
      Pro's:
      Not tied into contract
      Guaranteed quick updates
      Something different than Samsung since I have the Note 10.1
      Nicer build/design
      Good reviews

      Cons:
      Made by LG (don't regard them for phones)
      Crap dispatch times (however can get my sister in the UK to buy it for me)
      Limited to 8/16 GB

      (That's all I can think of at the moment)

      Has anyone being using N4 for a while and what your opinions on it?


    • #23
      Syferus
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      The N4 is one of the most easily rooted devices, that's hardly an issue.

      It's the flagship Android OS phone so of all things you can expect modding community support.


    • #24
      listermint
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      G1032 wrote: »
      If something goes wrong during a custom ROM flash or whatever (Bootloops etc) you may well need to pull the battery. Can't do that on a Nexus

      Well technically speaking you can...If you really wanted to


    • #25
      Bluefoam
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      Go into a carphone warehouse and get a one x+. The galaxy is a nasty plastic thing. The nexus is good but the glass on the back is nearly guaranteed to break. HTC all the way


    • #26
      Gran Hermano
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      Bluefoam wrote: »
      Go into a carphone warehouse and get a one x+. The galaxy is a nasty plastic thing. The nexus is good but the glass on the back is nearly guaranteed to break. HTC all the way

      How is the glass on the back guaranteed to break? Does that mean that the glass on the front of all other phones is also guaranteed to break?

      HTC don't have a great record in releasing updates for hardware when they are more than 12 months old.


    • #27
      Bluefoam
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      There are a lot of reports of the glass on the back breaking. Have a Google or look on XDA.


    • #28
      Gran Hermano
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      Bluefoam wrote: »
      There are a lot of reports of the glass on the back breaking. Have a Google or look on XDA.

      I checked my own instead of reading the usual over exaggerations and after 5 weeks usage not a scratch.


    • #29
      evolutionqy7
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      Bluefoam wrote: »
      There are a lot of reports of the glass on the back breaking. Have a Google or look on XDA.

      There's no need to prove this. Look at every single iPhone 4/4S owner.

      Id pick the S3 anyway. Its a great phone.


    • #30
      bricky06
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      OK I think I've decided on the S3... the phones coming down the line are going to annoy me either way but maybe I can sell and move on earlier than I have managed with my DHD.


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    • #31
      bricky06
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      then a crafty Xperia Z came on the sceen and I'm back to square 1.


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