[Q] LG Google Nexus 4 vs HTC Droid DNA - HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity

which one should I get.? i was planning on a nexus 4 but im planning on switching carriers and the droid dna looks pretty sickk.

Well if you are planning on switching carriers then why get a Nexus? Nexus with its pure Android offerings, or a Spec Titan with an OEM skin (sense).
Personally I prefer pure Android after dealing with Touch Wiz and carrier keeping Android OS updates away from the consumer. I'm Team Nexus all the way.
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Another vote for nexus, buuuuuut.... It'll be a while till you can get one! I tried on launch day and failed and now people who did get orders in are getting 3 week back order emails from Google. So I'm guessing it's going to be at least that long before they're available for purchase.
With all that, another question arises... Do you continue to wait for an unknown amount of time for the N4 or go with the DNA sooner?
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gotzaDroid said:
Another vote for nexus, buuuuuut.... It'll be a while till you can get one! I tried on launch day and failed and now people who did get orders in are getting 3 week back order emails from Google. So I'm guessing it's going to be at least that long before they're available for purchase.
With all that, another question arises... Do you continue to wait for an unknown amount of time for the N4 or go with the DNA sooner?
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idk man.. ive always loved the Verizon Droid family.. they just have that badass-ness about them. and pure android is nice but im leaning toward the DNA. sadly, verizon had 2-yr updates so i will go with t-mobile and the nexus. thanks though

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As the story mentions June 30th is still "early" 2012. When you factor in standard att delays early 2012 can be early 2013 very quickly. They promised Gingerbread (Nexus S started shipping in December 2010) for the Captivate ... So when android 4.1 is shipping on phones start looking for 4.0 on the phones that shipped with 2.3.
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I really hope att changes their reputation with Android updates this year. I get sick of all my VZW friends pointing it out so often. Att put too many eggs in their iBasket, hopefully now they see the power of Android.
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We will get it sometime next year. I really highly doubt it will be early 2012, ATT just sucks with updates, if it was sprint, I would be more hopeful.
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...........I really hope att changes their reputation with Android updates this year. I get sick of all my VZW friends pointing it out so often. Att put too many eggs in their iBasket, hopefully now they see the power of Android....
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I second that!
I wouldn't count on AT&T to keep your phone current. Poor LG Thrill is still chugging on Froyo. Thank god for xda!
Actually the thrill is getting its update shortly
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Actually the thrill is getting its update shortly
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Yea the Thrill is getting the update to GB soon but look at How LONG it took LG to get it rolled out and than how long AT&T held it back so they could throw their garbage Bloatware onto the phone. Considering ICS is now released it was kind of a ridiculous move on both parties to even bother with GB.
But when will it recieve an unlocked boot loader?
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But when will it recieve an unlocked boot loader?
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When HTC allows it on HTC dev, or someone cracks it.
I doubt AT&T will be bad on updates for the Vivid, Android is currently their only way to spread LTE
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Htc is not LG.....just an FYI.
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Any work on jelly bean 4.0

I was reading about jelly bean and I like the stuff you can do for notification bar and overall performance so I was wondering if any devs have there sights on this
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HTC one is already ported with a few problems but very fast development for having different chipset then galaxy nexus this is the link I was on but an XDA member did it like everything
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/downloadinstall-android-4-1-jelly-bean-htc-one-x-sdk-port/
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If some of our devs would together we could problem get this up and running
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No point. Would still need source to make it fully functional.
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No point. Would still need source to make it fully functional.
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Will we be able to use the source from the Nexus when that update is released...or will we have to wait for AT&T (or whichever carrier) to release their version of it?
So you guys do think that we will at some point get a jellybean rom?
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So you guys do think that we will at some point get a jellybean rom?
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Considering the GSM Galaxy Nexus came out before our device, and the fact its being updated...I wouldn't see any reason our device can't get in on the JellyBean fun.
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Considering the GSM Galaxy Nexus came out before our device, and the fact its being updated...I wouldn't see any reason our device can't get in on the JellyBean fun.
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Yes it may have come out before the vivid but the current and new nexus phones always get the current and new Android OS cause its Googles phones. The NExus came out with ICS out of the box, our vivid did not. It came with gingerbread. So Im sure if we do get a Jelly Bean OTA there will be a JB port before hand. That has always been my experience phones that already received an OS update before a new OS came out. Like with Froyo to GB or GB to ICS.
There isn't any reason why we shouldn't, after all my Captivate shipped with 2.1, and was on 2.3.5 after 2 updates, but it was sold in different times. When I got my Captivate the market for android phones wasn't near as saturated, and the Captivate was AT&Ts Galaxy S varient, only like their 5th android phone, and the other 4 were outdated teeny bopper texting toys. The Captivate was a no brainer for anyone who wanted a serious android phone in 2010 and wanted to stay on at&ts network. The result was a ton of owners, top notch xda support, and 2 major software updates as AT&T knew our contract would end eventually and wanted to keep us as customers.
Now times are different. The Vivid was one of many really, in fact it didn't even get the first LTE phone on at&ts network distinction, instead it had to share that with the skyrocket. And now the one x is out and the Vivid is kind of following in its shadow, not to mention HTC is struggling for business and is falling behind on upgrading other phones ie the rezound that came out the same time. I could see us being one and done. I hope we at least get a patch to deal with bugs at some point but I'm not holding my breath for jb
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HTC released this statement.
"We are excited about Android Jelly Bean and are planning to support it across a variety of our devices. We are reviewing the software to determine our upgrade plans and schedule, so please stay tuned for more updates on specific device upgrade plans."
you can find the story at android central (i cant post links yet )
Maybe we will get an OTA before a port....
Yeah either way it'll take a while, it always does.
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I came from the Samsung Infuse and when samsung said they were going to release an OTA it meant that there was no way the end user was going to get it. Either AT&T blocks it or Samsung never sent it. Thats why I am happy with HTC. The last couple of HTC devices have been pretty good with OTAs
My vivid was the shortest wait ever but as a flyer owner they aren't always so great :'(
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You really think the Vivid will receive an OTA JB update? I highly doubt it. I'm just wondering if we will get a port.
To some extent yeah I could see it just because there are a lot of snapdragon s3 Htc phones out there so porting to our device isn't hard, and It's not very old. But I also could see us being one and done too as the one line is supposed to be a new beginning for HTC and that's their primary focus no doubt. But if we don't get it than I can't see any other phone HTC s3 based phone getting it either.
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You really think the Vivid will receive an OTA JB update? I highly doubt it. I'm just wondering if we will get a port.
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OTA- Huge possibility
Port- definitely
Only question is which shall come first?
You know what I bet we will get it. The Vivid was AT&TS flagship HTC phone until the one x and HTC will want us to upgrade to another HTC phone when our contract is up. But at the same time our ics Rom needs a stability and performance update, and if they gave us that instead I'd be happy
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I hope we get it ota that way I don't have to void my warranty to get it.
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You only void your warranty if they can prove you flashed a custom Rom
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AT&T Vs Jelly bean

friends you think AT & T officially actualize
jelly bean or believe that they will have to upgrade
by roms?
Most of the time AT&T is slow to release updates, they might release a device that uses Jelly Bean but only time will tell.
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No way HTC or ATT release Jelly Bean for our phone. The ONE X might get it if HTC doesn't release another phone in the next couple months.
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No way HTC or ATT release Jelly Bean for our phone. The ONE X might get it if HTC doesn't release another phone in the next couple months.
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and that is cold hard reality
Wow lol
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meh I'm not ready to give up yet. Maybe our phone wasn't the greatest seller, but it was the HTC flagship before the One X, it was released after the Nexus, and it sold no better than any other HTC snapdragon s3 based phone, meaning if they weren't going to bother giving us jelly bean, then I doubt any other HTC phone pre one-series gets it either. Also my Captivate I had before this got 2 updates, so I wouldn't hold my breath, but I wouldn't count them out either.
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meh I'm not ready to give up yet. Maybe our phone wasn't the greatest seller, but it was the HTC flagship before the One X, it was released after the Nexus, and it sold no better than any other HTC snapdragon s3 based phone, meaning if they weren't going to bother giving us jelly bean, then I doubt any other HTC phone pre one-series gets it either. Also my Captivate I had before this got 2 updates, so I wouldn't hold my breath, but I wouldn't count them out either.
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Totally agree with this, anyway ONE series are not having as success as HTC wanted to, so if they don't upgrade other phones to JB, and just give it all to one, think they won't be winning anything, instead they would be lose lots of clients... so far HTC is one of the most responsible about updating phones so, as Motorola lost lots of clients because of this and HTC is not going as well as they expected, I'm also a believer we're getting JB, just hope not to be wrong... anyway, time to time...
PS: Sorry about my english =/
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Totally agree with this, anyway ONE series are not having as success as HTC wanted to, so if they don't upgrade other phones to JB, and just give it all to one, think they won't be winning anything, instead they would be lose lots of clients... so far HTC is one of the most responsible about updating phones so, as Motorola lost lots of clients because of this and HTC is not going as well as they expected, I'm also a believer we're getting JB, just hope not to be wrong... anyway, time to time...
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HTC isn't the problem. AT&T is, and has always been, if you look historically at the way all Android manufacturers update devices.
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well if we get it look for 2nd quarter 2013 earliest. AT&T holds on to updates forever. The first beta leaks for the captivate gingerbread rom showed up in July, the leaked version we ended up getting leaked in November and we finally got it in January
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We got ics pretty quick if you remember.
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Yeah but lightning rarely strikes twice. We got ics because our phone was at&ts announcement device. Not to mention HTC is still trying to get ics updates out to all the rest of its phones including the Vivids Verizon cousin, the rezound
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I just saw the incredible s got 4.04 hopefully we will at least get that. 4.04 doesn't look any different but fixes alot of bugs.
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I just saw the incredible s got 4.04 hopefully we will at least get that. 4.04 doesn't look any different but fixes alot of bugs.
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Was the 3.44 Telstra release 4.0.4? If not, don't hold your breath.
I'll be very surprised if we get 4.1 even somewhere in the world. If anything, I'd hazard a guess that HK will get it as they are carrier-unbranded.
Yeah HTC is struggling and betting their future on the one series. The round of ics updates might be a fair well gift to all of us instead of continued support. It's all good I knew when I got my vivid that one update was probably all it would get. Times have changed since the captivate. The captivate was a flagship phone and if you wanted to stay on att and get an android it was that or a teenage texting toy. Now the market is flooded and manufacturers know that their competitors aren't any better about updates so they really have no incentive to update you.
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It's not like our phone is super old and outdated. Only what like 6 months?? I just came from an Atrix 4G which is getting ics 3rd quarter of this year. If that phone can receive two updates then so can ours.
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Anyway, branded or not, as 1 firmware is relased it'd be easier to build a ROM for everyone, isn't it?
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It's not like our phone is super old and outdated. Only what like 6 months?? I just came from an Atrix 4G which is getting ics 3rd quarter of this year. If that phone can receive two updates then so can ours.
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Most of us want to believe it, anyway HTC has not officially anounced anything by now...about hardware, that's not a problem, we're at the same point as ONE S is, so, it's quiet "possible" to get JB update... but not confirmed, and about Atrix 4G... haha, got bored waiting for that update, tha's why I sold it and got my Vivid, those 2 updates (GB and ICS had to be given, at least because of how they announced that phone and what it really was)
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It's not like our phone is super old and outdated. Only what like 6 months?? I just came from an Atrix 4G which is getting ics 3rd quarter of this year. If that phone can receive two updates then so can ours.
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I agree, my coworker has one of the new Razrs and he didn't get an OTA ICS update notification til about 4 days ago! (Verizon). There's no reason the development community should be so small or limited...
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When i think about it I could see us not getting it because project butter will make the one x seem pointless lol
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CelticsFan09 said:
It's not like our phone is super old and outdated. Only what like 6 months?? I just came from an Atrix 4G which is getting ics 3rd quarter of this year. If that phone can receive two updates then so can ours.
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Allegedly, Bell Canada just relegated the Raider 4G to EoL status.
Source: http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/07/10/bell-htc-raider-lte-has-now-reached-the-end-of-its-lifecycle/
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Yeah that sucks. The Vivid is such an underrated phone. Another failed product on htcs part due to marketing, just like my flyer. :'( oh well its not the end just time to root
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Hope we get this soon... Two New Features for Android 4.3 Leaked by HTC

Interesting read...
Wish we could just the .12 update. Seen all the before and after pics and they look great. It will be nice to get 4.3 though.
Hope the Developers are all over this.
http://androidheadlines.com/2013/05/two-new-features-for-android-4-3-leaked-by-htc.html
We are on Sprint, so we'll be getting 4.3 about a week before 5.0 comes out.... With any luck.
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What 5.0?
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felacio said:
We are on Sprint, so we'll be getting 4.3 about a week before 5.0 comes out.... With any luck.
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Agreed. Two years ago I bought the Nexus S 4G from Sprint thinking I wouldn't have to rely on Sprint for OTA updates but I was wrong. OTA updates consistently came months after their GSM counterparts so I ended up rooting the device and installing CM and then Slim which in retrospect was the best decision I ever made while owning that phone. Hopefully as time goes by we will get more choice and variety in terms of custom roms for the ONE although with the Galaxy 4 shipping with 4.2.2 I have to imagine HTC will be sending out an update soon so it can better go head-to-head with its biggest competitor.
i dont think thats fair. When i had my S2 we always got the updates before any of the other carriers in the us.
I just got off the s2, updates sucked. Thankfully the guys here got rooted leaks for us. I think jellybean it's dropped a month ago. I'm really waiting on AOSP for this
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Well to be fair. Sprint has been ahead of the game lately with some of their updates being before other US carriers.. Example: The damn Evo LTE got jelly bean months before the flagship One X on At&t.
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Agreed. Two years ago I bought the Nexus S 4G from Sprint thinking I wouldn't have to rely on Sprint for OTA updates but I was wrong. OTA updates consistently came months after their GSM counterparts so I ended up rooting the device and installing CM and then Slim which in retrospect was the best decision I ever made while owning that phone. Hopefully as time goes by we will get more choice and variety in terms of custom roms for the ONE although with the Galaxy 4 shipping with 4.2.2 I have to imagine HTC will be sending out an update soon so it can better go head-to-head with its biggest competitor.
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OTAs on nexus devices shouldn't matter if you're on xda. The 4g got Roms just as fast as the gsm.
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Well to be fair. Sprint has been ahead of the game lately with some of their updates being before other US carriers.. Example: The damn Evo LTE got jelly bean months before the flagship One X on At&t.
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Not to mention, HTC already has Android 4.3 from Google, and they've been testing it. With as big of a Saving Grace this phone needs to be for HTC, I would assume they would get this out as quickly as possible. We'll see 4.2.2 soon, but I think we'll see 4.3 sooner than later.
Us there a place with leaked roms?
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Us there a place with leaked roms?
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Leaks end up all over here...
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Us there a place with leaked roms?
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No, certain members just happen to know someone who tests lets say Samsung's test builds for a certain device, so they have it sent to them by their source and then leak it. There's no leakedromsforsprintphoneblog.com or anything.
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We are on Sprint, so we'll be getting 4.3 about a week before 5.0 comes out.... With any luck.
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Hey its better than being on AT&T and getting it 4 months after 5.0 comes out.

Nexus 5 coming to Sprint [Confirmed!!]

Of the many details leaked about the next nexus, is a rumor that it's coming to Sprint. http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/nexus-5-leaked-in-new-image-revealing-side-panel-439334
What do you guys think? Assuming it's true, would you still stick with your HTC One?
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Of the many details leaked about the next nexus, is a rumor that it's coming to Sprint. http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/nexus-5-leaked-in-new-image-revealing-side-panel-439334
What do you guys think? Assuming it's true, would you still stick with your HTC One?
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I don't think I would take it on Sprint's network. I am getting it though, I plan on getting it unlocked and most likely on t mobiles network. I love my ONE. and have no issues with sprint :thumbup:, but I want to try the 'google ' experience again. Loved the galaxy nexus. Until it broke..
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Is it possible for Google to release it compatible with Sprint, but updates come directly from them?
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The Nexus 5 is definitely gonna be my next device. Hopefully on t-mobile. My mom and i's contracts are up in January so hopefully i'll make her jump to t-mobile
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Is it possible for Google to release it compatible with Sprint, but updates come directly from them?
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Most Nexus devices are updated with zero carrier intervention the day a new Android is released.
im getting it
I love the One. But I love Google's products more. I'm so selling this phone when the Nexus is available.
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Dido, I'll buy it regardless of carrier
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im getting it
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I forbid it
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I'll be getting one as well. If its on Sprint, even better...especially since it will be tri-band and compatible with Spark.
It already passed through the FCC supporting all of Sprint's cdma and lte bands among others, this was back in August before the info got pulled. So even though it hasn't been officially announced for sprint I don't see why it wouldn't come to sprint when it supports all of sprints frequencies.
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**** phone
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Will not receive updates like gsm look what happened with the galaxy nexus
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only thing im hesitant about is the weak IR blaster compared to the ONE and the lack of an awesome TV app!
if it has tri-band Sprint LTE, I'm dumping my One.
I'm almost certainly going to stick with my One, as the spec bump isn't big enough to justify switching, and I'm really enjoying this phone. However, what really excites me is that there is at least a chance now that going forward, nexus devices will be on sprint. I can wait and see how this one plays out, then at the end of next year when the nexus 5 squared or 6 or whatever it is is announced, I will have a cheaper, easier way to upgrade early. Also, should something catastrophic happen to my one, I would have the option to just get a nexus as well.
In the past all nexus devices for Sprint were released a year later then it's gsm counterpart. If this happens again then its a definite no from me.
Its already passed thru FCC with triband(Spark) so i getting it....
Eh it's a nice phone but I would get bored with it. There would be no reason to flash a Rom.
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it's official it's out today available for Sprint AT&T and T-Mobile
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Just bought the 32 gb one this will be my first non HTC since i jumped shipped from the Palm Pre
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