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Buying a new phone - Samsung Galaxy SIII or Nexus 4?
Slysoft:
Unless you are a carrier loyal sheep and don't want to switch from verizon there is literally no reason to get the S3 over the nexus 4 except for storage (so depending on how much stuff you "can't live without" will decide your decision, although I think it hardly outweighs every other plus). On the downside nexus 4 is sold out everywhere so it's hard to get at least atm
kitamesume:
--- Quote from: Slysoft on November 13, 2012, 07:08:09 PM ---Unless you are a carrier loyal sheep and don't want to switch from verizon there is literally no reason to get the S3 over the nexus 4 except for storage (so depending on how much stuff you "can't live without" will decide your decision, although I think it hardly outweighs every other plus). On the downside nexus 4 is sold out everywhere so it's hard to get at least atm
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the only problem i see with nexus 4, even with the 16gb storage, is that you can't throw in a flac playlist and call it a day. or a mp3 playlist with a few bits of 720p animes... well lets just say the internal storage won't be enough.
they could've at least added an SD slot though, you could slap in a 64gb SD, bring a spare 64gb SD and call it a day :awesomeface:.
i mean, how much cost would've it'd added imho... its a fatal flaw from the eyes of many.
mrdkreka:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on November 13, 2012, 07:53:35 PM ---they could've at least added an SD slot though, you could slap in a 64gb SD, bring a spare 64gb SD and call it a day :awesomeface:.
i mean, how much cost would've it'd added imho... its a fatal flaw from the eyes of many.
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There are many reasons why they dropped SD slot, but price certainly wasn't one of them, it had everything to do with giving a good user experience.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/11/18/impromptu-qa-session-with-android-engineer-dan-morrill-brings-to-light-reasons-behind-galaxy-nexus-lack-of-usb-mass-storage/
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/10/30/here-is-another-reason-google-continues-to-shun-sd-cards-multiuser-support/
Nexus 4, unless you actually need the extra space, which you most likely don't. Here is a review of nexus 4, that explain and show why it is the best android phone you can buy.
On a slightly unrelated note, I'm quite interested to see if the s4 pro (the one in nexus 4) is powerful enough to decode 1080p 10 bit without shutter.
kitamesume:
--- Quote from: mrdkreka on November 13, 2012, 08:39:04 PM ---
--- Quote from: kitamesume on November 13, 2012, 07:53:35 PM ---they could've at least added an SD slot though, you could slap in a 64gb SD, bring a spare 64gb SD and call it a day :awesomeface:.
i mean, how much cost would've it'd added imho... its a fatal flaw from the eyes of many.
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There are many reasons why they dropped SD slot, but price certainly wasn't one of them, it had everything to do with giving a good user experience.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/11/18/impromptu-qa-session-with-android-engineer-dan-morrill-brings-to-light-reasons-behind-galaxy-nexus-lack-of-usb-mass-storage/
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/10/30/here-is-another-reason-google-continues-to-shun-sd-cards-multiuser-support/
Nexus 4, unless you actually need the extra space, which you most likely don't. Here is a review of nexus 4, that explain and show why it is the best android phone you can buy.
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but most of the reasons stated there were pretty much the OS's flaws =/ like, windows doesn't have that problem, nor does linux to a certain degree if not totally.
--- Quote ---On a slightly unrelated note, I'm quite interested to see if the s4 pro (the one in nexus 4) is powerful enough to decode 1080p 10 bit without shutter.
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that certainly is interesting.
mrdkreka:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on November 13, 2012, 09:11:27 PM ---but most of the reasons stated there were pretty much the OS's flaws =/ like, windows doesn't have that problem, nor does linux to a certain degree if not totally.
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The second one was mostly speculation, and it is most likely not a problem, since other OEM will still be using SD card for a while, because it is cheap solution for more space. However the first one comes with a lot of valid points, and it really did give a terrible user experience, with all the management and decisions it forced you to take.
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