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[General Questions and Answers] zakkyzombie:
After reading specs for both, the specs for the G3 blow the m8 out of the water. I even gave the GS5 a shot but after seeing the 'flash counter' it killed it. The G3's processor is better, camera, screen, ram, expandable memory? All of it. Its better on paper. I've just heard LGs overlay is horrid, and I've had sence before its not bad. And the build quality is beast. The boomsound and the metal body speaks to me.
[General Questions and Answers] Stuart Little:
It's all about sense ( for me ) .

You have to choose whether you feel more connected too.

Don't buy a phone because of it's specs only you have to feel connected with the phone like i do with HTC.
[General Questions and Answers] KidCarter93:
The G3 is pretty damn nice, at least in terms of performance and power. I only used one for a couple of days while I sorting my mates out but it was pretty nice to be honest.

Even if you don't like the look of the LG UI, you could always change that with either a ROM or launcher anyway.

While I've not used the M8 (I personally don't like the exterior look of the phone and much prefer the M7), Sense 6 looks and feels great on the M7 so I'm sure it's just as good, if not better, on the M8.

Either way, whichever you choose will be a great phone anyway :)
[General Questions and Answers] Stuart Little:
I was also looking to buy the M7 but the screen is just a bit to small.

So i'll buy the M8
[General Questions and Answers] KidCarter93:
That's why I got the Note 3 as well. I get a bigger screen that way, albeit on a different device :D
[General Questions and Answers] Stuart Little:
Note 3 is one of the smartest choices that i could make to buy but i only want HTC products at the moment
[General Questions and Answers] zakkyzombie:
My old lady is getting the m8. I'll get the G3. I can talk her into a swap if I don't like it. Heck, Verizon my even let me swap. I just feel like I'll like it a lot more.

Thanks for all the input guys!
[General Questions and Answers] Stuart Little:
Congrats mate
[General Questions and Answers] spatchy:
Best smartphone for under £350 ($580)

Hey guys, I am due for an upgrade and well lets just say the options that my carrier are providing me are not great and after some researching, I came to the conclusion that changing networks and getting a sim only contract and buying a phone separately would be the cheapest option. I have found the perfect tariff but even after weeks of research, I am still stumped on which phone to buy, so, I have turned to the XDA community to ask What is the best android smartphone that I can buy for around £350 (I think that's about $580) or under?

There are a few conditions that I want the phone to meet: it must be 4G LTE capable and have a decent camera and a good battery life.

that's it! Thanks in advance to all who post! =)

Spatchy signing out! - Sent from my K00C using XDA Premium HD app dolphin browser
[General Questions and Answers] Stuart Little:
Go for the HTC One M7 it's here in the netherlands around €360 .

It has a triple 4MP camera that is doing a better job than a single 13MP.

Battery life is fantastic!

November/December will my HTC One M8 arrive !
[General Questions and Answers] cchauhanad1:
Nexus 5 best choice
[General Questions and Answers] mhoss48:
Dafaq did u say ? Triple 4mp camera?

What is this?

Its a normal 4mp sensor with larger tha usual pixels

Average photos in day light

Better ones in low light

Nothing special

Bettery life is good.

Things to praise body,speakers,sense
[General Questions and Answers] Stuart Little:
Read here buddy, http://www.htc.com/us/ultrapixel/

November/December will my HTC One M8 arrive !
[General Questions and Answers] patriotaki:
The G3 has overheating problems while the M8 doesnt.. I dont wanna be in a situation that my phone will pop up a message "phone overheated let it cool down" so yea..I would pick M8
[General Questions and Answers] spatchy:
Thanks for your advice... Is the M7 4G LTE compatible? Or is it only 3G? Also, is it durable enough to be dropped a few times with no harm coming to it?

(To anyone giving me advice about devices, UI doesn't really matter as I can root and rom anyway)
[General Questions and Answers] mhoss48:
I read them when it came out.

Just like i said

Its a normal 4mps with larger than normal pixels.
[General Questions and Answers] Stuart Little:
M7 is with LTE here ;)

November/December will my HTC One M8 arrive !
[General Questions and Answers] mhoss48:
All snapdragon CPU support 4g
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
Triple what? Nothing in that link says triple anything.

300% more light? That's actual quadruple, not triple.

The Ultrapixel camera does has its virtues, especially with low light. But in the end, it's still only 4mp. A co-worker has an M7, and I've seen his pictures on Facebook, and they look fine, and if all you're using it for is Facebook or other basic internet stuff, then that's fine. But if you're doing nature shots, or close-ups, or need to crop in to show detail, that's where having only 4mp shows its shortcomings.

If the M8 had a better camera, I'd have that phone. I wouldn't have waited longer for the Xperia Z2 (which I never bought - it took too long) or the OnePlus One (which I never bought - it's still taking too long, and sucks), and wouldn't have flittered away my savings on booze and hookers.
[General Questions and Answers] cchaudhand1:
Iphone 5

Dear I Recomend you Iphone 5
[General Questions and Answers] Stuart Little:
Who are you recommending too?

November/December will my HTC One M8 arrive !
[General Questions and Answers] mhoss48:
Thank u for proving my point
[General Questions and Answers] arkangel72:
Yup you are right.... Actually... But still Samsung is RUINING android by introducing their sad interface aka touch wiz
[General Questions and Answers] innomi:
I do know people who prefer touchwiz and can't use another fone without touchwiz lol.....

It's Samsungs look on Android. Just like sense. Etc..

Lucky it's 2014. You can just buy a phone for its hardware. Don't have to look at software. Since we can flash everything we want!

Verstuurd vanaf mijn OnePlus One 64GB
[General Questions and Answers] Kwbmm:
Hey guys!

I'm looking for a tablet to buy. Right now I'm between Nexus 7 and Galaxy Tab S 8.4.

I like the nexus 7 because it has a lot of rom development and I may want to change to an AOSP based rom ( CarbonROM mainly ), but I'm afraid the nexus 7 is a too old and I don't want to risky buying something that in a couple of months won't see any further development.

I like the tab s 8.4 because it has multitasking feature ( split window ), expandable memory through microSD. But as it is quite new, there's not that much rom development and also I don't like TW ( at least on my phone, but I didn't try it on a tablet ).

Can you guys point me in the right direction? Also, are there other good alternatives?
[General Questions and Answers] Stuart Little:
If there is CM11 available for the Tab S than I should go for the Tab S because ot has far better specs than the N7.

Screen is beautiful mate on Tab S series :)

November/December will my HTC One M8 arrive !
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
Look at the LG G Pad 8.3. You can find it as cheap as the Nexus 7 2013, if not cheaper, has microSD slot, and has some development for custom ROMs.

That said, I wouldn't worry about the Nexus 7 being "too old" and not receiving development. Being a Nexus device, it'll get dev love for a long, long time, and even when it becomes discontinued and "obsolete", that just means it'll become cheaper to acquire and even more people will be interested in development.
[General Questions and Answers] xdduser:
Guys, peculiar requirement here. I travel 4 hours in a jerky public road transport. I need to utilize the time by watching movies, reading magazines, articles, PDFs, and browsing internet. I need a tablet for this purpose. Questions:

1 Since its a jerky transport, I think retina display (resolution over Full HD) will not be exploited fully. So I will not be able to distinguish between IPad mini with Retina & IPad mini without retina. True?

2 8" screen is required. I am 6 foot person and 7" is too small to read/watch movies. 10" is too big to carry. Also, most 8" tablets are too narrow in width which spoils the reading experience (mags require decent width). For example - Dell venue 8, Nexus, etc are not wide enough to read books, whereas MIPAD, IPad are wide enough.

What choices do I have?
[General Questions and Answers] Shawn R:
ATTENTION!!

Is there an Android L ROM for Samsung Galaxy S3 phones?
[General Questions and Answers] mhoss48:
No only n5
[General Questions and Answers] Stuart Little:
And many more devices like M8 and N4 and many more ( developer preview ) .

November/December will my HTC One M8 arrive !
[General Questions and Answers] Kwbmm:
There is a port of CM11 but as stated in the main post little is working. :crying:

Also it is for the SM-T700 16gb which I think it's the 8.4 wifi only, am I right?

I'm gonna take a look at the LG G Pad 8.3, anyway, If you had to choose between these 3 ( LG, Samsung and Google ), which one would you buy?
[General Questions and Answers] Stuart Little:
LG for phones and Samsung for tablets and Google now only for the new HTC Nexus
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
I own the LG G Pad 8.3, and I love it. It's only slightly larger in size than the Nexus 7, but with a significantly larger screen, and with better hardware. The only thing that's better with the Nexus 7 is the development. For the price you can find the LG at these days, I'd make the same purchase that I made months ago.

The 8.4" Samsung Tab S and Tab Pro are really nice, but they're also significantly more expensive, and less development friendly.
[General Questions and Answers] kamuflasz:
Hello guys

It is my first post in here and my last chance to get any help, I was asking in other places and researching google but never found clear answer.

I would like to buy device 2 in 1... Something like Asus Transformer T100 but I have unusual desire to be able to install Linux Mint 17 or Android x86 on it... Did someone tried to do it?? Or maybe there is other device which I should buy and will be compatible with my desire.

Looking forward for any help

Regards
[General Questions and Answers] Stuart Little:
Here you are buddy, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid
[General Questions and Answers] Kwbmm:
The pricing is not that big issue.. My concerns are the rom development and the absence of the microSD. Also I want a screen that is of approx 8", which nexus can't offer.. But, nexus 7 is just 349€ with 32gb and lte, while for the same price I could buy a galaxy tab s 8.4 16gb WiFi only..

While, for what I could see, LG g pad 8.3 costs significantly less, it doesn't have 3g/4g module if I got It right..

The choice is really hard
[General Questions and Answers] Stuart Little:
Defenitly go for the Tab S
[General Questions and Answers] mahmoud dafer:
Hello,

I hav a nexus 5 and i want to buy somethin even more powerful....

What do u think i should buy?
[General Questions and Answers] Stuart Little:
Powerfull? Go for the HTC One M8

Beastly hardware with high quality.
[General Questions and Answers] The Samy:
Which Phone Should I Buy ??

I am not sure which mobile phone should i buy ....the optimus 4x hd from lg or galaxy s2 from samsung and the important thing is the support and browsing and gaming and of course good performance ??
[General Questions and Answers] Poecifer:
I'm currently an HOX user. I like the phone but hate that the American version won't play half of the games that I wanted to play. I'm currently looking into either the HOX2 or the Lumia 920. I know, two totally different OSes, the thing is that I never used much customization on any of my android devices and am truly probably not a power user by most people's standards. I just love phones. Of course the HOX2 is nice but my main issue with my HOX is that if I press the back even remotely hard then the touchscreen activates. It's also a bit light and feels somewhat cheap. I owned a Lumia 900 for awhile and loved the build quality but I went with the HOX when I found out the 900 wouldn't be updated. (I loved WP7 by the way) As it stands, what device do yo think would be better? I'm leaning more towards the 920 as it's something new and the color options are epic.
[General Questions and Answers] kwanbis:
My mother in law wants a simple android smartphone, and with the following requirements:

1) New phone.

2) Contract free.

3) AT&T compatible 3G bands

4) that can do tethering (of the 3G)

5) touch screen

6) (IDEALLY) keyboard

7) Android 2.2 at least.

8) $150 tops.

The first one I thought off was the HTC Dream, the Rogers version, but these are very difficult to get as most of them are the Tmobile version.

Without keyboard, I like the Nexus One also, but again, most of the ones I see are Tmobile and not the AT&T model.

Looking at fleabay, this are the candidates: Htc G2 (Desire Z), Htc Aria, Samsung Doubletime, Motorola Flipside, Motorola Backflip, Samsung Galaxy Appeal.

Considering she won't be playing demanding games, solitaire maybe?, any comments and/or recommendations?

Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] gagdude:
Maybe a Motorola Flipside? Had one, but it has VERY low internal memory. Depend on if she plans on downloading apps.

Also, I don't know your price range...so my reccomendation may be off (The Dream and Cliq and MT3G and Backflip are all soooo slow. Don't get get them)
[General Questions and Answers] kwanbis:
Thanks, the flipside looks nice. I do not anticipate her downloading many things, so I'm mostly interested on Android 2.2 at least, tethering. Was thinking 150 tops no much apps, maybe a little browsing, email, maybe whatsapp. For sure no games, or very simple ones.

What was your experience with the flipside?
[General Questions and Answers] vj_dustin:
Since you are not OS blind, and want a phone with great build quality and have a lot of money to spare, why not get an iPhone 4s or 5. They are snappy, have games (paid but still) also it definitely won't feel cheap.. :p

Sent.... just sent!!
[General Questions and Answers] Rasa11:
wtf.

"why not get an iphone"?

Good grief. :eek:
[General Questions and Answers] tachra:
Hey

I am going to migrate from ios t9 android to be clear i wanna remove ios devices from my life and all of this is because :

1 - apple has failed to show more innovations abd iphone5 is a mess

2 - apple is just trying to gain mor3 profit by announcing new models l8ke the ipad4 which got announced a short time after ipad3 release ....

3 - i can not live with this in my mind that apple may introduce new iphone in a month and then remove my iphone5 from their website like what they did to ipad3

4 - apple has no good future with current guiddline

So currently i have these devices :

Htc one x

Samsung galaxy note 2

Iphone 4s

Ipad 3 wifi

I wanted to know your opinions about selling ipad and iphone and get the androidi ones?

If you agree, which devices should i get for their replacement?

Please guide me through
[General Questions and Answers] noobdroid_90:
i was seriously considering the HTC desire X but now i see that it doesnt even support 720p playback. For a dual core phone, thats just absurd

Should i wait for the htc one vx? i wanted a decent dual core phone which has good dev support. I cant buy the galaxy nexus since i wont get warranty for it where i live. Should i get the galaxy s2?
[General Questions and Answers] vj_dustin:
And what's so wrong about that?

Good god, This site is xda developers not Android ONLY developers!

Similar to the root, once jailbreaked you have freedom in Apple as well.

Also his usage is basically simple, he isn't into a lot of customization & power usage.

So in that area an iPhone suits pretty well. And there is no doubt an iPhone looks & feels great in one's hand.

Also it falls in the range he can afford! :rolleyes:

Don't turn a blind eye to any product.

And i myself am an Android user & also plan to continue being one, in case you assume me to be an apple fanboy! :)

---------- Post added at 01:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:15 PM ----------

S Advance?

Motorola Droid Razr Xt910?

Also isn't One VX only for AT&T? :confused:
[General Questions and Answers] H4CK_H0PP3R:
Google Nexus 7 tablet in india ?

Anyone knows apporox date of launch of Google Nexus 7 tablet in india ?

I heard its november end !! but is it true ? if no whats the truth ?

I also want to know whether they going to launch 3G model or not for indians?coz in other countries its WIFI model which i dont want.. & What extra fetaures they gonna add for indians?

plz reply.
[General Questions and Answers] noobdroid_90:
are you sure? i thought only the US version will be exclusive to at&t

i didnt realize it was exclusively for US market
[General Questions and Answers] vj_dustin:
Google is hosting its Nexus event on 29th Oct.

Wait for that, a lot might get cleared, also something unexpected might show up :fingers-crossed:

AFAIK and have read around. For now its AT&T exclusive, might be launched in India but not for at least a month or two.
[General Questions and Answers] Cro Cop:
Should I buy Galaxy S3 if I already have Galaxy S2?
[General Questions and Answers] mfsr98:
well, dahhh obviously :rolleyes:
[General Questions and Answers] Allanitomwesh:
Note 2

Galaxy s2 for support.
[General Questions and Answers] nmgavinash:
go to 91mobiles and search for it
[General Questions and Answers] guthrien:
Own the S3, trying to get to the Note 2 in a not completely stupid way. I'm on Verizon, but I only use about 2gb of 4g a month. Wondering if it makes sense to either get a Note subsidized by T-Mobile with a cheaper plan, or buy one outright and use their less powerful prepaid plans. Thoughts?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidlover123:
Should i prefer upcoming nokia lumia 510????is it a good phone???

Or any oyher good phone in india below 10k rs......pls help.............
[General Questions and Answers] noobdroid_90:
hmmm thats ok, i can at least wait till its announced
[General Questions and Answers] innomi:
The OnePlus one.

That's the most powerful fone with the best specs and battery on the market atm!

Verstuurd vanaf mijn OnePlus One 64GB
[General Questions and Answers] Stuart Little:
Hmmm let me correct you, when we're talking about specs then we are not only mentioning the CPU, GPU and RAM memory but also the build quality and the better screen that the HTC One M8 has.

Additional screen information: M8 has 441ppi and the OPO has 401ppi .

And to add something that doesn't belongs to specifications but is really essential, is that the OPO support is really worse, also their official forums are messy.

Sources: http://m.gsmarena.com/oneplus_one-6327.php

And

http://m.gsmarena.com/htc_one_(m8)-6074.php
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
Honestly, unless you're really hankering for a change, your Nexus 5 is powerful enough. What you should do instead, if you haven't already, is familiarize yourself with development for this phone. Root it, install a custom recovery like TWRP, try some custom ROMs like Cyanogenmod, Paranoid Android, and AOKP, and try some custom kernels. Updating the Qualcomm binaries (essentially, new graphics card drivers like on your PC) alone will give you a noticeable boost in performance.

If you want to upgrade to a phone with a better camera, or bigger battery, or nicer construction, then that's perfectly understandable. But you shouldn't feel like your Nexus 5 isn't powerful enough, because with the right tweaks and the knowledge on how to do them, it'll perform as well as, if not better than, the other flagships with newer/faster hardware.
[General Questions and Answers] innomi:
? Of course the ppi is higher on the M8 it's a smaller display. That doesn't make it better.

In spec wise the OnePlus one is better than the m8.also in battery wise.

And about built quality. What is built quality?

If it's manufactured good. And everything "fits" than its good build quality.

If you are speaking about plastic against metal? That's not build quality! That's material quality.

The build quality of the OnePlus one is equal on the m8 and the Samsung s5 for example.

In my previous post I was talking about raw specs. In the specs and battery and rom department the OnePlus one beats the M8 everytime.

In the personal preference in "build quality" (read: metal over plastic ) the m8 can be better for some people.

For me personally I hate the design m8. It's not nice in the hands.

Verstuurd vanaf mijn OnePlus One 64GB
[General Questions and Answers] xdduser:
Anyone please?
[General Questions and Answers] Nancy1liu:
About device to buy

This thread will be used for all such questions.
[General Questions and Answers] mahmoud dafer:
Thanks alot :)
[General Questions and Answers] ezwanmir:
im suggest sony z line... waterproof and beatiful design especially sony z3 compact
[General Questions and Answers] Stuart Little:
Hey [MENTION=4726175]xdduser[/MENTION], I read something that you would like an 8" tablet.

I'm using now atm a Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 and it's perfect, this tablet cost €275 with only Wifi but there is also a LTE version available.

November/December will my HTC One M8 arrive !
[General Questions and Answers] kamuflasz:
But the problem is that Transformer T100 run Windows 8... So your app doesn't help in this case but will be useful for my photon q:)

I decided to buy HP x360 as Intel Atom in Asus T100 scared me... We will see how I will go to install Linux Mint... For now when I will choose booting from USB and Linux Mint livecd my screen gets black until I restart laptop.
[General Questions and Answers] Kwbmm:
Is it true that the nexus 7 can't make phone calls?

I was going for the nexus 7 as it costs significantly less than the Tab S with 3G/LTE module, but as I found out that it can't make phone calls ( not that I need them, but who knows? ) I may not be able to accept it. As I'm going to change the rom anyway, is it possible in any way to make it able to phone call?

Now, considering that I want to use my tablet for writing university course notes down, is a tablet better than others at this?
[General Questions and Answers] Stuart Little:
I actually don't know anything about the N7 but I'm using my 8.4 pro for note taking with the awesome ( Narrate App ) .

You should really go for the Tab S or Pro series because you will receive premium feeling & experience.

November/December will my HTC One M8 arrive !
[General Questions and Answers] Azrael1793:
I'm planning to make a 3 years plan and I have to choose between Note 3 and lg G3 (I suppose the 2gigs version) and I'm really stuck.

Things I like from note 3: greater battery, 1 extra ram gb, the pen stuff is ok but not fundamental

from g3: ips 2k screen, general specs.

Which feature do you think in 3 years will be more important? 2gb will be enough? Or shoud I look for that screen?
[General Questions and Answers] Stuart Little:
Can you also condider the One M8 ?

If not then go for LG G3
[General Questions and Answers] Azrael1793:
No M8. Just Lg g3 2gb of ram and note 3 (also s5 but i don't like it)
[General Questions and Answers] Stuart Little:
LG G3 has beautiful design but the note's design is more ergonomic.

Specs are both fantastic, it's about you maybe you prefer LG Rom over TW Roms.

These phones are one of the best high tier phones available it's up to you which you prefer the most.

I would choose the G3 because of better rom.
[General Questions and Answers] Pierrot94200:
Hello,

I'm looking for a 10 inch tablet around 200$ for watching movies, skype, a little gaming...

I've heard of the Cube Talk 9X, Lenovo Yoga Multimode, Galaxy Tab 4...

Any suggestions ?
[General Questions and Answers] Stuart Little:
Go for Galaxy Tab 4 and flash CM onto it and you have a regular tablet.

The best tip I have for you is gathering some more money for the Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 .
[General Questions and Answers] shadow_hunter104:
Galaxy S4 or Note 3 ?
[General Questions and Answers] mahmoud dafer:
Note 3 is better :)