Database Develop

LG Optimus 2x or Atrix 4g or Nexus S

Hi all,
I recently broke my dell streak, and looking for a new phone now...
I can't make my mind betwenn optimus 2x, atrix 4g and nexus s, thought will get your input on this.
I am ok with rooting and loading custom rom... may be not changing the screen of the mobile that's how I broke the streak
I am hoping all three phones I am looking at will have decent performance. I am looknig for a mobile with a decent video recording capablity and decent battery life. I read some of the threads here and looks like some of the members are unhappy about their camera.
What you think about LG optimus 2x camera? do u think its better than Atrix 4g ones? I guess Nexus is totally out of picture...
What would be your choice?
Thanks in advance for your help

O2X hands down.
CM7+latest kangs and you are flying!

I had the same deal, and i finally get the o2x and it rocks!!! Even in Stock is awesome!

I am with oleg1981, the 2X fly and have great developers.

Get de Atrix de o2x has inferior build quality and if it wasn't for developers constantly working hard at tweaking here and there it wudve been a really sad phone but whatever yu decide yu will enjoy it because of the great support from developers
Sent from my Optimus 2X using xda premium

Hi all,
Thanks so much your input. Just wondering if you have any comments regarding tht camera quality? I read some threads where they were complaing about the quality of the camera your thoughts on that will be really helpful.
Cheers

The camera is great
Sent from my LG-P990 using XDA App

The camera is great if you are running a ROM based on the stock LG software. It's not that great when running on CM7 due to loss of frames when recording video in low light.

Jive1983 said:
Hi all,
Thanks so much your input. Just wondering if you have any comments regarding tht camera quality? I read some threads where they were complaing about the quality of the camera your thoughts on that will be really helpful.
Cheers
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hello!
Camera is ok if you use it in good light conditions and in short distance with the flash. It isn't very good when used in dimmed/low light or twilight.
BTW: CM7 camera is ok now. As now almost everything is working well on Cyanogenmod 7 with custom kernel (even all sensors) - but only the FM radio - that is working much better with stock based custom roms.
I can't say much in comparison to the cameras of the Atrix or the Nexus S.
The camera of the Samsung Galaxy S2 is definitely much better though.
But there are test about that (concerning camera quality) available on the internet - as a German yoke says ask the nice Indian (internet with Saxon dialect tongue = "Inder nett" )
The Atrix by the way sounds very good on paper (more RAM, faster CPU) and should be a really decent phone too - but it is a little bigger - IMHO the LG O2x has the right size - didn't want a bigger phone with more than 4".

True the camera is better than it was before (brightness has improved). I still miss the full frame recording of the stock rom.
Sent from my Optimus 2X using XDA App

Hi all,
Thanks very much for your replies. Its been really helpful. I am going to pick one up this weekend...

You should choose between Atrix and 2x, Nexus S is single core...the past now.
My advice is 2x.

Samsung galaxy nexus or Samsung galaxy s2

I know this is the samsung galaxy s2 section. But if you were offered a samsung galaxy nexus for your samsung galaxy s2 would you make the switch?
If no please explain
If yes please explain
Thanks

You will get bigger display and better updates. Depends on how long you got your s2, if you feel bored its not bad switch. Personally i would switch it.
Have a nice day!

Lacoste_ said:
You will get bigger display and better updates. Depends on how long you got your s2, if you feel bored its not bad switch. Personally i would switch it.
Have a nice day!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for your input. But not having 8mega pixel, downgrade video quality, not having a expansion memory slot still tempting to switch?

I wouldn't switch... Like having an expansion card. Only positive of nexus over s2 is longer and faster updates of roms.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium

rayoubi said:
Thanks for your input. But not having 8mega pixel, downgrade video quality, not having a expansion memory slot still tempting to switch?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Personally, i like the design and i feel 32GB is enough memory. For the camera, you are right. Its just up to you, do you take pictures and videos often or no? You know the best for you here.

Obviously nexus have style, bigger display and higher pixel density, it's the google way.
But if you take in to consideration that:
- the usable screen it's almost the same becouse of the navigation bar in nexus case
- SGS2 has the better screen even at such lower res becouse Nexus use PenTile Matrix technology which it's a major downgrade (some colors have to be approximated by using adjacent pixels, and can cause colors that don’t read as true)
- you get 5MP insted of 8MP and you also pay more
- in SGS2 case you will get more fps in games and in User Interface becouse nexus gpu will have to process more information (720 x 1280 vs 480 x 800 in same amount of time; bouth gpu are similar at the same resolution), you must conclude that nexus looks nice and I9100 performe better.
For me performance, user experiece and image quality it's everything so I would take i9100.

medar said:
Obviously nexus have style, bigger display and higher pixel density, it's the google way.
But if you take in to consideration that:
- the usable screen it's almost the same becouse of the navigation bar in nexus case
- SGS2 has the better screen even at such lower res becouse Nexus use PenTile Matrix technology which it's a major downgrade (some colors have to be approximated by using adjacent pixels, and can cause colors that don’t read as true)
- you get 5MP insted of 8MP and you also pay more
- in SGS2 case you will get more fps in games and in User Interface becouse nexus gpu will have to process more information (720 x 1280 vs 480 x 800 in same amount of time; bouth gpu are similar at the same resolution), you must conclude that nexus looks nice and I9100 performe better.
For me performance, user experiece and image quality it's everything so I would take i9100.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Very good statement, i have to agree with alot of that. however, you forgot to mention Samsung nexus NFC chip, panoramic camera, face unlock and android beam. They are new features that makes me love my galaxy nexus, not to mention if your into a curve design, its pretty sleek.
for me it was really tough, i went with the nexus although, i wish had a better camera, but 5 mega pixel on nexus is surprisingly not that bad, of course the galaxy s2 camera is better.

rayoubi said:
Very good statement, i have to agree with alot of that. however, you forgot to mention Samsung nexus NFC chip, panoramic camera, face unlock and android beam. They are new features that makes me love my galaxy nexus, not to mention if your into a curve design, its pretty sleek.
for me it was really tough, i went with the nexus although, i wish had a better camera, but 5 mega pixel on nexus is surprisingly not that bad, of course the galaxy s2 camera is better.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
panoramic camera, face unlock will be official available http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9100_galaxy_s_ii_will_get_ics_on_march_10-news-3956.php

medar said:
panoramic camera, face unlock will be official available http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9100_galaxy_s_ii_will_get_ics_on_march_10-news-3956.php
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Oh thats really nice for you galaxy s2 owners! but still no NFC or android beam. Hows the GPS on galaxy s2?

rayoubi said:
Oh thats really nice for you galaxy s2 owners! but still no NFC or android beam. Hows the GPS on galaxy s2?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's also mention in that articol something about having android beam (althougth i do not know what that meens)
I don't have an s2 to compare GPS signal
I have to agree with you, if you are a person who love stylish things Nexus it's a good looking beast, in daily use you would not notice a big diffrence in performance (I didn't know that you had already bought nexus)
Sorry for my bad english

medar said:
It's also mention in that articol something about having android beam (althougth i do not know what that meens)
I don't have an s2 to compare GPS signal
I have to agree with you, if you are a person who love stylish things Nexus it's a good looking beast, in daily use you would not notice a big diffrence in performance (I didn't know that you had already bought nexus)
Sorry for my bad english
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
your English is pretty good :}

Well I would for the nexus, the design looks awesome <3

ItsmYarD said:
Well I would for the nexus, the design looks awesome <3
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not going to lie the nexus design looks amazing. but i feel its a bit lagish. idk sometimes i think about buying galaxy s2 and returning my nexus. ;/

rayoubi said:
I know this is the samsung galaxy s2 section.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I thought this was the S1 section ;-)

[Q] Galaxy Note Camera V/S ...?

Which Andriod phone has an equally good camera or a competitive one when compared to Galaxy NOTE?

Htc one x supposedly had a great camera with zero shutter lag - something I'm missing in the Note.
Sent from my superior GT-N7000 using Tapatalk

But comparison reviews do not say the same I am afraid. I have read One X camera isn't worth it.

Good to hear. That means there's no Android phone with a better camera so far. I guess Nokia Pure 808 is the only one that's beat us yet, but that is symbian with a lousy screen and CPU.
Sent from my superior GT-N7000 using Tapatalk

Well if we look outside Andriod, iphone 4s has the best cam. Have just not witnessed but read many reviews and seen comparisons. It has got slightly more detail I would say.

Sony Xperia Arc S and Xperia S have excellent cameras !!

honestly the iPhone 4S has the BEDT camera out there. seriously if you compare any Android phone to the iPhone you'll be disappointed you had an android. but I'm no photographer so the notes camera is fine.

The best android cameras would be GS2/Note since they're the same followed by the newer Sony phones. GNex for the zero shutter lag though.

whatsaqazza said:
The best android cameras would be GS2/Note since they're the same followed by the newer Sony phones. GNex for the zero shutter lag though.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Will galaxy note get zero lag shutter with ICS release? Anyone with ICS leak notice any difference on shutter lag?
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2

zen0s said:
Will galaxy note get zero lag shutter with ICS release? Anyone with ICS leak notice any difference on shutter lag?
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Good question. Would like to hear something on that.

It's great to see people here NOT bashing apple or iphone users, when someone is praising for what actually is to be praised.
Fellow XDA members.. RESPECT (for you all).

What you like about LG Optimus 2x?

Hello guys, this is me
As we've many threads about minus signs of 2x. I've created this about what are good things about LG Optimus 2X?
What features of Optimus 2x you guys like?
As per my views these are the things I like about 2x:
+Adorable IPS LCD display
+Very good quality LG Music player shipped with hw(libs) equalizer
+Powerful vivid HW accelarated LG video player
+8M pixel camera with high quality
+Powerfull GPU to play each and every HD games
+HDMI functionality
+Very good aligned LG keyboard iPhone like
+Perfect LCD Size not too big and not too small
+Impressive look although not being slim like S2
+Powerfull HW to handle more upcoming 2-3 OS without compromize
Now your turn.
Sent from my LG-P990 using Tapatalk

spica1234 said:
Hello guys, this is me
As we've many threads about minus signs of 2x. I've created this about what are good things about LG Optimus 2X?
What features of Optimus 2x you guys like?
As per my views these are the things I like about 2x:
+Adorable IPS LCD display
+Very good quality LG Music player shipped with
+Powerful vivid HW accelarated LG video player
+8M pixel camera with high quality
+Powerfull GPU to play each and every HD games
+HDMI functionality
+Very good aligned LG keyboard iPhone like
+Perfect LCD Size not too big and now too small
+Impressive look although not being slim like S2
+Powerfull HW to handle more upcoming 2-3 OS without compromize
Now your turn.
Sent from my LG-P990 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
+1
plus i also love the fact that this phone is almost impossible to brick

skylinegt77 said:
+1
plus i also love the fact that this phone is almost impossible to brick
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah we've seen not even a single incidence of TRUE brick case here. So we can call it best R & D device aswell
Sent from my LG-P990 using Tapatalk

plus the fact that it costed almost half of what the contenders costed even tho it offered the same and in some cases better performance

Affordable piece of great hardware ... I am really very happy with it, although big parts of this is based on the work of developers here on XDA.
As former Motorola user let's add one thing: NO LOCKED BOOTLOADER!!
Sent from my Optimus 2X using Tapatalk 2

also 2 speakers

No sorry, just mono. The second is microphone
Sent from my LG-P990 using Tapatalk 2

ohhh, really?

At the time I bought mine it cost about half the price of similar performing phones.
I like that.
Also, some excellent mod roms (Temasek, Django, Gueste) so the crappy LG software implementation doesn't matter (although the latest official roms might be OK (?) but they were NOT when I bought the phone, lol).
And some excellent kernels too.

I liked the hardware.
The solid feel of the phone, not to mention the IPS screen which I found much better than the SGS2's AMOLED display at the time of buying (about a year ago). Price was good too.
It's size is also a winner in my books, I wouldn't really want to go any bigger height wise.. so I'm not sure what my next upgrade is going to be considering the trend in modern android phones is BIGGER IS BETTER

pl3nty said:
I liked the hardware.
The solid feel of the phone, not to mention the IPS screen which I found much better than the SGS2's AMOLED display at the time of buying (about a year ago). Price was good too.
It's size is also a winner in my books, I wouldn't really want to go any bigger height wise.. so I'm not sure what my next upgrade is going to be considering the trend in modern android phones is BIGGER IS BETTER
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
well to some extent of that i agree, but i mean come on, whos gonna go around with a galaxy note in his pocket for example XD

skylinegt77 said:
well to some extent of that i agree, but i mean come on, whos gonna go around with a galaxy note in his pocket for example XD
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I know people who do that. Irritating, but not as irritating as people owning a smartphone and an EXTRA Galaxy Note. I wonder.
Sent from my Optimus 2X using Tapatalk 2

Sörnäinen said:
I know people who do that. Irritating, but not as irritating as people owning a smartphone and an EXTRA Galaxy Note. I wonder.
Sent from my Optimus 2X using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
looooooool. if i had a note i think id sell it right away and buy a 4x or a one-x XD

What I like:
The speed of the phone, all possibilities of kernels and roms meaning that we have first class devs working on it hard to share the best of them selves and of course the design are amazing compared to other devices
Now, what i don't like are the memory, even my defy MB525 has better ram memory and the fact LG are to slow releasing stock ics
All and all I love this phone, I also bought a new one after breaking the glass after a massive fall
Mostly thanks to Spica and Carburanos work in addition to hei125, owain, Flix, and all the rest i don't remember while while writing and driving my car
Sent from latest Django Manouche with latest Spica Kernel

What i like about my LG Optimus 2x is the built quality.Had at least 3 to 4 falls & slips from hand,still my O2x is functional and bear only a scratch on bottom.Loved the IPS display.Picture and vids look so true to eye.Was bit disappointed with it's single mono speaker as was in an illusion that O2x had stereo speakers.
Audio quality was so low but thanks to O2x Developers and xda this problem is thing of past.HDMI was another feature which attracted me as now i could share all my precious moments with friends and family.When bought LG Optimus 2x it was the only Dual Core smartphone in the market and later on other smart phones featured
the same but still far more expensive than O2x.LG support for O2x from FROYO 2.2 to Gingerbread 2.3.4 was sh***y but the developer community whether CyanogenMod or XDA community had made this device a success for us.
Would like to thank spica,carburano,SuperSkill,flix,temasek,Stefan Gündhör,Topogigi,paulobrien,erestor6,Hell_97 and all those developers who had made O2x not only suitable for daily use but revolutionized it much further.Cheers to all of them.This developers community also made me like my O2x verrrrrry much.So luck to have them all developing for our O2x which has been abandoned by LG.

HDMI
What I most like is the HDMI output. It´s REALLY usefull when you don't have a media player, on a friend's house or at your own place.
Almost everyday I watch movies via MXPlayer or Netflix.
Ps.: Now I'm waiting for a ICS Custom ROM with Video Decoding/Encoding working to get it even better.

previously i had HTC hd2...really rocking phone...with android....stilll now it rules in single core..coming to dual core for more performance.....LG 2x......really awesome with almost all feature.....made to work by XDA developers..............thanks all...!!!.............is thr any way to include WIFI direct in LG 2x.......i tink tats missing in our droid....

The xda community developing
Inviato dal mio LG-P990 con Tapatalk 2

It was a very cheap phone compare to the galaxy s2
and the build quality is amazing. We have also the best devs

BEST part is that it is cheaper(for the kinda hardware it has)

Is Gnote Camera Still Good After ICS update??

Hi All,
I have a Note N-7000. I got it just a few weeks before ICS roll out. The Camera behaves weird and now its not the same as it was in 2.3.
daylight photos are okay but low light photos are really thumbs down and a lot of Red-Eye.
I still have photos before and after update and I can see quality of photos degrading after that!!!
Is Every1 having similar opinions or do I need any other settings to better the quality of photos??
Need you opinion...

Camera on ICS AND JellyBean is Better than on GingerbREAD

I still feel that camera quality has degraded in ICS..is your note also a GT N-7000??

Everyones note there is a GT-N7000....would be really weird if the folks who use the american Note were hanging out here.....
But no, I've not noticed it and the camera in the JellyCore ROM (JellyBean rom) is better than the GB one

AnjniG said:
Hi All,
I have a Note N-7000. I got it just a few weeks before ICS roll out. The Camera behaves weird and now its not the same as it was in 2.3.
daylight photos are okay but low light photos are really thumbs down and a lot of Red-Eye.
I still have photos before and after update and I can see quality of photos degrading after that!!!
Is Every1 having similar opinions or do I need any other settings to better the quality of photos??
Need you opinion...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Personally i found the camera on cm9 based roms disappointing .. Sure its faster but quality is not as same as tw based roms.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using free xda app-developers app for poor people

warfareonly said:
Everyones note there is a GT-N7000....would be really weird if the folks who use the american Note were hanging out here.....
But no, I've not noticed it and the camera in the JellyCore ROM (JellyBean rom) is better than the GB one
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
We'll my brother has the I717 and comparing my N7000 to his, I'd say the cam resolution is much more cleaner and sharp as compared to mine.. Though I can't say if this is ROM related or so.... he has CM10 installed and I have the (self modified) LRQ one. Not that it matters though.

exactly the same thing I observed that the indian note camera's quality's degraded than thew others..I see a lot of red-eye too when i use flash..is there any setting for removing that or any update or something that would better the quality..??