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Should I wait for the iPhone 5 or buy an Android Phone now?

I have a 16 GB iphone 4 that I have had for about 1 years. I recently dropped and now have a couple of lines of dead pixels at the top of the screen. I really want a phone with a bigger screen .Will iPhone 5 have a bigger screen?I once found an android phone.not the Samsung Galaxy.but it have a so big screen.and i like it
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Should I wait for the iPhone 5 or buy this big screen Android Phone now?

I was wondering the same thing. I was hoping sprint would drop the iphone 5 by now but i went ahead and got the photon.
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Well if the screen size is all you are concerned with, go Android. But if you prefer better hardware, more functional software, better support, easier mods, and cheaper apps you need to definitely go with....wait.... Android there too.
Damn.
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TJBunch1228 said:
Well if the screen size is all you are concerned with, go Android. But if you prefer better hardware, more functional software, better support, easier mods, and cheaper apps you need to definitely go with....wait.... Android there too.
Damn.
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Yea plus you can take advantage of the hardware and software! Once ice cream sandwhich drops then iphones will be crushed!?!?

Android forever!

If you want something functional take an android, and yes there are loads of screen sizes to choose from, while devices by the fruit dont have much variation

Please buy an iPhone5. There's enough stupid questions in the Android forums as it is

johncmolyneux said:
Please buy an iPhone5. There's enough stupid questions in the Android forums as it is
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Sarcasmness .
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EmoBoiix3 said:
Sarcasmness .
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Not a real word...
-How cruel is the golden rule, when the lives we live are all golden plated-

If u want to be dominated by Big Brother, then get the iphonie...

i will make this simple for you... if you dont know much about computers or electronics, and dont care to. get an iphone. if are a huge techy guy, and plan on being a power user of your phone (somebody who treats it more like a computer and not a phone) then do yourself a favor and get a high end android phone - top of the line, cutting edge.
iphones are bland, for soccer moms, and people who love having AMAZING hardware, with no in depth user functionality.
IF YOU LIKE PLAYING ANGRY BIRDS... AND TEXTING... AND CHECKING EMAILS...AND THAT'S IT........ get an iphone.
if you are a boring, sad individual, who loves a socialist society and socialist phones and socialist phone carriers who force their socialism by saying "use this, it looks like this, just like everybody else" then get an iphone.
if you like iphones, maybe you can have xibit pimp your ride...
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With all the joking in this thread I think I should step in and be the serious one. I would not buy either phone for the next two weeks. The iPhone 5 announcement and also a Samnsung event with google are both scheduled for the next two weeks and if at all possible I would wait for these events. The Nexus Prime and the iPhone 5 will be cutting edge when they are released.

muerteman said:
With all the joking in this thread I think I should step in and be the serious one. I would not buy either phone for the next two weeks. The iPhone 5 announcement and also a Samnsung event with google are both scheduled for the next two weeks and if at all possible I would wait for these events. The Nexus Prime and the iPhone 5 will be cutting edge when they are released.
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They can kinda "fight it out" , yeah ?
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Not a real word...
-How cruel is the golden rule, when the lives we live are all golden plated-
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Exactly .
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EmoBoiix3 said:
Exactly .
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How bout sarcasmyness

carden12 said:
I have a 16 GB iphone 4 that I have had for about 1 years. I recently dropped and now have a couple of lines of dead pixels at the top of the screen. I really want a phone with a bigger screen .Will iPhone 5 have a bigger screen?I once found an android phone.not the Samsung Galaxy.but it have a so big screen.and i like it
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I would wait and get the iPhone 5. It'll be the best of the best.

You should sellout and buy a WP7 device.

I'm waiting for the iPhone 5. If it looks something like this mockup (check the video), i'm sold.

buy galaxy s2, it has a big screen

No.
Here's the video of the iPhone 5 mockup prototype. It looks sooo good IMO.

I betrayed us

I went and did it
I bought the new ipad
The retina-ish display was too tempting
And I kinda wish it was an android tab but the display was cool
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i can speak for everyone on the site when i say.....we dont give a damn

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I plan on getting one at the end of the year. How you liking it so far?
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I honestly don't see the point of owning and android phone AND an android pad... same with having an iphone and ipad
if I had an iphone, I'd look at android pads
I was looking at the new ipad too... but I can't see myself using it for anything more than I use my phone or laptop for so I don't see the point

I was thinking about the newer ipad too, but I ended up buying a $1000 laptop instead. Lol

Wizard Knight said:
I honestly don't see the point of owning and android phone AND an android pad... same with having an iphone and ipad
if I had an iphone, I'd look at android pads
I was looking at the new ipad too... but I can't see myself using it for anything more than I use my phone or laptop for so I don't see the point
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It makes a lot of since to have have both apple or both android. You can use your purchased apps on both devices from the same company. But you can't use your ios apps on your android and your android apps on ios. You would have to buy them all over again.

That display is really something to behold. Never seen anything like it before. Would I buy one? Nope. Would I buy an Android tablet? Nope. I have 0 use for both of them at this point.

12MaNy said:
I was thinking about the newer ipad too, but I ended up buying a $1000 laptop instead. Lol
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Better choice, as long as it was a PC.

gtuansdiamm said:
I went and did it
I bought the new ipad
The retina-ish display was too tempting
And I kinda wish it was an android tab but the display was cool
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not sure if there is a jailbreak for the new ipad but i know you can make it look like an android tablet.

There's a nice little video about how "awesome" the new ipad is...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YWWQ_Hfk68
(ps, if you respond with pointing out how that video is "wrong for this and that and the other thing, and btw what about this"....
You've been trolled.)
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Just don't let it burn your skin..
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Nothing wrong with that, looks like a decent machine. I am waiting out for a decent and decently priced quad core Android tablet. Sticking with one library of apps rather than investing in two. But some of the serious apps I wish to have on android might be awhile.

kbizzle said:
Better choice, as long as it was a PC.
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We know it was a PC, no way in the world he bought a MAC for $1000

12MaNy said:
I was thinking about the newer ipad too, but I ended up buying a $1000 laptop instead. Lol
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good choice.lol. Woulda done the same.
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Have fun with the rest of the sheep.
And why is that high of screen resolution needed on a 10" screen?
Just like the rest of the iDrones, ooh look it is shiny, look at the pretty colors and lights, and I only have to sign my bank account, soul, and first born child over to crapple? Sign me up! Morons!
Give crapple 500+ dollars,
Get higher screen res than is actually needed,
Tablet overheats and shuts down,
Firmware fix will just slow down CPU reducing performance,
Pay crapple hundreds more dollars for apps that aren't actually worth it,
PRICELESS!
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cant bring my self to do it, now my wife and kids different story I believe apple is the devil lol but thats just me.
but i did watched the video on it seem like a kool toy
lol

I have five of these selling on Ebay right now. They are going for 700 each. I tried for one hour and I was done with it and android has so much more to do than ios 5.1.
I like super amoled better than retina display.
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I'm holding out for the new transformer prime/infinity 700 series. Hopefully it is released in the next month or so.
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I unfortunately can't justify buying a tab. I want one. I bought my girlfriend the Nook Tablet and her roommate uses it more than she does. I think I'm gonna take it and put CM7 on it.

So I sent my Nexus7 back....what about the....

So I sent my Nexus7 back....what happens to the £15 play store credit?
I purchased it from Dixons and not google directly. Does anyone know what happens to this credit?
(p.s. for those interested in why I sent it back, simply put its a pile cow dung. No competition to the iPad)

winwiz said:
So I sent my Nexus7 back....what happens to the £15 play store credit?
I purchased it from Dixons and not google directly. Does anyone know what happens to this credit?
(p.s. for those interested in why I sent it back, simply put its a pile cow dung. No competition to the iPad)
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Hopefully they take it back.

You do realize its meant to be a Kindle Fire killer right? Although personally, the iPad sucks compared to the Nexus 7.
Anyway, since its linked to your Google Account, you probably keep it.

winwiz said:
(p.s. for those interested in why I sent it back, simply put its a pile cow dung. No competition to the iPad)
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Most appropriate meme ever.
BTW, the N7 blows away the iPad. Maybe not hardware wise but definitely software wise.
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GUYZ! WHY DOES THIS TABLET I BOUGHT FOR $200 NOT SEEM AS GOOD AS THE ONE I BOUGHT FOR 400????!!!?! I DON'T GET IT??!!
Seriously? Regardless I think this tablet is much better than any iPad I've used. (Maybe not the IPad 3). But still the software crushes.
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Try to attach a file to an e-mail message on your iPad. LOL
I heard they are fixing this/catching up to the rest of the world in iOS 6, but FFS...you do two things in e-mail. Type message and send ****. Took Apple till 2012 to figure that out?
That's just one of about 500 issues as to why the iPad sucks worse than the G1 running Donut. Let's not even bring the Nexus 7 into the picture...that's just not fair for Apple.

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Try to attach a file to an e-mail message on your iPad. LOL
I heard they are fixing this/catching up to the rest of the world in iOS 6, but FFS...you do two things in e-mail. Type message and send ****. Took Apple till 2012 to figure that out?
That's just one of about 500 issues as to why the iPad sucks worse than the G1 running Donut. Let's not even bring the Nexus 7 into the picture...that's just not fair for Apple.
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Its all subjective my friend. I like the iPad a lot, but I also like the n7 a lot. Its a different type of like. They both have their own strengths and weaknesses. To me its Apples and Oranges.
Whoever called this an iPad killer, felt that a 7inch display is all they want and need in a tablet. Some people want that retina display and 10" screen for movies and photo editing. Some want the n7 for reading and browsing. Its all subjective and built for two different needs. For the money, I believe the n7 is great. A little problem here and there is common in almost all electronic devices.
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firstly, type out your english correctly, lol, so a big fail on your attempt at getting in some cheap laughs
secondly, this is being labelled regularly as an iPad killer which it is not

Grims said:
Hopefully they take it back.
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Doesnt really bother me if they do, just nice to know what will happen

Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie (Build KRS36B) Spotted Running On Nexus 4

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http://www.technobuffalo.com/2013/08/06/android-5-0-key-lime-pie-spotted-running-on-nexus-4-and-7/
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/08/0...roid-build-krs36b-first-sign-of-key-lime-pie/
TechnoBuffalo reads it as KRS368 on the Nexus 7 and KRS365 on the N4, but I see it as KRS36B, which makes more sense since recent builds of Jelly Bean have a letter at the end of the build number.
Pretty interesting stuff. It's exciting to see that they already have it running on the devices. :good:

Wasn't something similar spotted days before Google I/O?
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I din't want the build number, I want the build!

Cool...bring it on!

It's not called KeyLime Pie anyway, that is something the media invented.
Sources in Google tell me it was always Knickerbocker Glory.

Sweet hope it makes 4.3 slow
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I guess technobuffalo have a different understanding of "spotted" than I do....
From a Nexus 4 bathing in Jelly Beans

Logomotph said:
I guess technobuffalo have a different understanding of "spotted" than I do....
From a Nexus 4 bathing in Jelly Beans
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Lol ya think! I was hoping for an actual picture of the actual phone.
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At least it confirms klp might be next we just got 4.3 so don't expect leaked pictures or videos lol
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randomnoob83 said:
we just got 4.3 so don't expect leaked pictures or videos lol
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devs would get crazy

ccab said:
devs would get crazy
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Ya a whole lotta flashing would be happening guys wouldnt sleep:laugh:

4.3 with new crappy boring interface, who cares? Loads of actual decent launchers available anyway everywhere.
Oh maybe a couple of gimmicky app features too.
Chrome will still suck and have jerky scrolling, as will the play store.
Though I believe the spyware will be top notch, and will stop you from feeling terror even more.

meangreenie said:
4.3 with new crappy boring interface, who cares? Loads of actual decent launchers available anyway everywhere.
Oh maybe a couple of gimmicky app features too.
Chrome will still suck.
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IOS 7?
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meangreenie said:
4.3 with new crappy boring interface, who cares? Loads of actual decent launchers available anyway everywhere.
Oh maybe a couple of gimmicky app features too.
Chrome will still suck and have jerky scrolling, as will the play store.
Though I believe the spyware will be top notch, and will stop you from feeling terror even more.
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Whoa, for being on XDA's forum about Google's newest 'developer' phone, in a thread talking about the Android OS, you sound pretty pessimistic about the whole operation.

Have you seen this?
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Well, I see that people have figured out why I'm quitting AOSP.
There's no point being the maintainer of an Operating System that can't boot to the home screen on its flagship device for lack of GPU support, especially when I'm getting the blame for something that I don't have authority to fix myself and that I had anticipated and escalated more than 6 months ahead.

ccab said:
devs would get crazy :d
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may this for n4?

Marcb said:
Have you seen this?
Jean-Baptiste Quéru
14:36
Well, I see that people have figured out why I'm quitting AOSP.
There's no point being the maintainer of an Operating System that can't boot to the home screen on its flagship device for lack of GPU support, especially when I'm getting the blame for something that I don't have authority to fix myself and that I had anticipated and escalated more than 6 months ahead.
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More info... http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...om-ever-being-published-jbq-strongly-implies/
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meangreenie said:
4.3 with new crappy boring interface, who cares? Loads of actual decent launchers available anyway everywhere.
Oh maybe a couple of gimmicky app features too.
Chrome will still suck and have jerky scrolling, as will the play store.
Though I believe the spyware will be top notch, and will stop you from feeling terror even more.
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I think you need a syringe full of apple, and go to town on that high and mighty fictional escapade you've done..and apple products are bricks and worthless every year with no resale value and only a ignorant hipster generation won't believe it
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Cream$ickleHJ said:
I think you need a syringe full of apple, and go to town on that high and mighty fictional escapade you've done..and apple products are bricks and worthless every year with no resale value and only a ignorant hipster generation won't believe it
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ewww, apple? nah I'm an android guy.
my comments were, fairly obviously??, tongue in cheek

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I din't want the build number, I want the build!
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Dear iPhone 6 users: Welcome to 2012!

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LOL

Hahahaha, so innovative

300$ vs 800$ when will those apple "fanboys" see the truth

Apple are like the kid that cheats in an exam and when they get caught blame they guy they cheated off for copying them!

Hahhaa dang

Scary what that koolaid can do to you. Pay a bunch more and get less.
Galaxy Nexus had NFC and Google Wallet in 2011.

There's only one thing I really love about the new iPhone. It's the presentation wallpaper anyone have it?
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I ****in hate fanboys... Of any kind

Funny and all, but I don't really see why this is in the Nexus 5 section. Lol.

Genius...unfortunately as I've said iFans will harp about how innovative Apple is and the Apple biased media will follow suit!
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Couldn't agree more with this thread, sure some people might love iOS which is ok, to each his own but I seriously don't get how they come up with this low powered (low specs) phones and people are still lining up even a week before it's even announced? also pay the same or more than you would a high end android phone.

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Genius...unfortunately as I've said iFans will harp about how innovative Apple is and the Apple biased media will follow suit!
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I don't think they're terribly innovative at all... but they do make a seriously great smartphone. I've owned every iPhone since the 4, and will continue to do so because of how awesome they are. I really feel bad for all the blind iHaters. They're missing out on some amazing tech.
I've been waiting ages for an iPhone with a decent sized screen. Can you imagine iOS gaming on a 5.5" screen? I pitch a tent just thinking about it.
That's one area where Android just pales in comparison to iOS. Gaming.

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I don't think they're terribly innovative at all... but they do make a seriously great smartphone. I've owned every iPhone since the 4, and will continue to do so because of how awesome they are. I really feel bad for all the blind iHaters. They're missing out on some amazing tech.
I've been waiting ages for an iPhone with a decent sized screen. Can you imagine iOS gaming on a 5.5" screen? I pitch a tent just thinking about it.
That's one area where Android just pales in comparison to iOS. Gaming.
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you've been able to do that for years on ipad.. and it's not that great imo

meangreenie said:
you've been able to do that for years on ipad.. and it's not that great imo
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Eh, even the mini can be too big and cumbersome for a lot of games. Both of these new iPhones are going to be gaming powerhouses. I'm still torn on which size to get. I really want the 5.5" but considering I had to sell my OnePlus One because it was too big, I might not be able to manage it... though I might make an exception for the iPhone and just deal with it.

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Dear OP,
We do not discuss the forbidden fruit here on XDA, no matter what apple claims to have invented (nfc)
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