[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mysterioustko:
I'll start by answering your question, yes I have used a Rezound. While no I've never used it as my daily driver, I am very familiar with it, as I have spent a fair amount of time with it (tech junkie lol). Now that, that is out of the way just saying the rezound has a higher ppi doesn't automatically make the screen better. At the ppi's we are at now, it really doesn't make a visible difference at all (at this point it's just purely bragging rights but the results are intangible). That being said, I stand by my previous statements. The contrast on the rezound is no comparison (and quite frankly I'm not impressed by the contrast at all). The screen does indeed look a little bit washed out, yes it's sharp, but it's still a little washed out. A sharp somewhat washed out screen does not impress me. Like I said, I feel like the Razr has a better looking screen than the Rezound. I just really am not all that impressed with the Rezound's screen. I've had a chance to take a look at the LG nitro (yeah lg....ugh) but it's screen also looks better than the Rezound. The rezound's screen looks good on paper, but in reality I think it still leaves something to be desired. As for the pictures I stand by that statement too. In good lighting, there isn't much difference between the two phones. The difference comes in when there's lower lighting, which the Rezound does take better pics. But being able to actually capture a pic of something that won't be there long is more important to me than clarity. More clarity does me no good if I can't photograph what I'm trying to. Also, I don't think you understand what 0 shutter lag is. Turning off review doesn't get rid of the shutter lag it just means there's no review after the picture is captured. FYI shutter lag is the time it takes to actually capture the picture after you press the shutter button. Disabling a review after the picture has absolutely no bearing on this. Test it out and you'll see the shutter speed on the rezound pales in comparison in low light. I'll take a noisier picture that actually captures what I'm trying to capture than a clearer one that can't capture what I'm trying to capture. Disclaimer: If you're photograph something still then of course the Rezound would be better to use, but something like my son who isn't going to hold still results in blurred pictures because the Rezound's shutter cannot keep up. Also to address what you said about wasted pics. You do realize you can always delete the ones you don't want? When I'm getting pics of my son while he's playing I can just take a rapid succession of pics and throw out the ones I don't want. Most of the time however, I get what I want the first shot (0 shuttler lag). Don't get me wrong I don't think the red baron is a bad phone, I just don't think it's on the level of the GNex nor the Razr. For me it's automatically disqualified because it doesn't have nfc, which for me is mandatory. I use nfc all the time and I refuse to compromise in this area. While the screen is high resolution, it still needs improvement IMO, as colors are a bit washed out. Sense is still heavy on that phone. While it does run much better than some sense devices in the past, the fact remains it still suffers the same classic slowdowns as a result of sense (annoying as heck). Also, the physical design of it is quite ugly IMO. I hate that bulge, and I hate those christmas light capacitive keys even more. I'm sorry, I don't need nor want my phone to look like a christmas ornament or christmas lighting. Verizon phone's lineup: 1) GNex 2) Razr 3) Rezound BTW sorry for the long post lol