Comments on: Droid Life Q&A Sessions: Volume 7 Answers

By: catatoniccube

catatoniccube — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:47:00 +0000

the lose of unlimited is overrated and the reaction is mostly unfounded. Unless you stream video constantly tiered data isn’t an issue. If you want unlimited maybe you should invest in a home isp and some wi-fi

By: Gary Graf

Gary Graf — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 19:18:00 +0000

I don’t see how Verizon can make you switch plans once you’re on a 4G phone. I upgraded from a Galaxy Nexus to a Galaxy S3 because I was sick of the camera and lack of storage space. All I had to do swap the SIM card like how GSM carriers work.

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 12:48:00 +0000

Some blogs are saying the Moto nexus may be out by next april-july, now that Moto is finished with all the old phones that were in motion already when Google bought them, and the HD was the last on the list. The average time is six months from conception to market. Any rumors in the rumor-mill?

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 12:44:00 +0000

What’s your source?

By: Jim McClain

Jim McClain — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:01:00 +0000

well they paid shipping for all, I had 2 brand new and 6 refurbished, they tell you that all refurbished go through an 80 point inspection , but most were just junk, I love the look and feel of it, they tried to give me a razr ,didn’t want it, I would have at one time taken a GS3, but they wouldn’t give it to me. everyone here kept giving me hell, telling me to root it, but I wanted what I paid for, a good phone, but I gave in and now its perfect , its just sad that I paid 300 bucks for a phone that I had to make work, running paradigm now, with the Verizon leaked radios, my wife likes my camera pics better than her GS3, this phone is now perfect

By: zepfloyd

zepfloyd — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 13:10:00 +0000

Look not only is the battery life less than average, the camera is sub par, the cellular radios are awful, the GPU was already old a year ago when it was released, and there are a myriad of issues people have with the screen. Look at it this way. if it was the same phone but called Galaxy S II Plus for Verizon, we both know it would have been long forgotten by February. At some point the fact that, well it’s a Nexus, excuses the device for what it is on its own has to stop. Google will give it KLP in the summer but after that it will go on the archive shelf, and who knows if Verizon will even update it that far.

By: Parks Dekle

Parks Dekle — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 08:30:00 +0000

I bought my Galaxy Nexus on Verizon for just that. It was a Nexus phone. Sure Verizon had failed on the update front but that is why android reigns supreme. I have android 4.2 on my phone and VZW hasn’t even begun to care about that update.

By: Diablo81588

Diablo81588 — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 07:41:00 +0000

Lol me too! Weird huh?

By: angermeans

angermeans — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 06:05:00 +0000

The Razr MAXX HD does not have even slightly a “good” display. It is awful, has poor color reproduction, looks very washed out, and even ghosts at times. I guess thats expected though as it is a Motorola display after all. I’ve spent some time with the DNA and MAXX HD and there is no comparison. Hell, the One X and the MAXX HD is no comparison. It really is bad as I prefer my Galaxy Nexus SUPER AMOLED pentile over the MAXX HD and the Galaxy Nexus has an awful HD display (at least in my opinion)

By: angermeans

angermeans — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 05:58:00 +0000

It sounds like you are plagued by the same things I am and that is using a DSLR for a long period of time. Now when I think of taking a picture on a mobile phone (outside of my iPhone 5) I kind of panic as I know it just wont be of the quality I am always looking for. This is the same reason I can’t stand owning a poor display on a phone (after owning the Galaxy Nexus, GS3, HTC Incredible, GS1, and Nexus One I’m done with the Super AMOLED displays as they are just way too oversaturated and feel off). I’m just OCD about high pixel density especially on my tech and pictures I take, but hey the future looks bright with the DNA and all and thanks to Verizon having an employee appreciation limited edition DNA (with a free charging pad) for just $99 I’ll be almost forced to pick one up hell, I’ll probably grab me an HTC 8x as it is the same deal.

By: S_T_R

S_T_R — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 04:34:00 +0000

Yeah, I get that. My point is that phone cameras are so godawful, that saying you need a good one is like asking for the best kind of cancer….or wanting to marry the world’s tallest dwarf, or something self-contradicting like that. Saying you’re looking for a good cellphone cam is asking for an oxymoron.

I guess my point is that life is too short to document it with crappy photos. A standalone is still necessary, at least until they get serious and start adding Galaxy Camera-class sensors (which are really low-mid-end P&S sensors) without bumping the pixel count up into ILC or DSLR territory (given two equally sized sensors, the one with more pixels crammed in will have worse low-light performance and dullest color range).

By: FAL_Fan

FAL_Fan — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 04:07:00 +0000

I would personally recommend the Note 2. It really feels good in hand and I can easily use it one handed, if you have trouble you can turn on the “one handed operation” mode and the keyboard becomes the size of the S3. The screen of the Note 2 is brilliant and, like Kellen said, is better than that of the S3. I played with it in store for literally 45 mins and I can say that I cannot wait to leave my Droid lineage of phone (I have had the OG, D2G, D3G, and now the D4), it is the only phone I feel comfortable leaving my physical keyboards for.

By: FAL_Fan

FAL_Fan — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 03:51:00 +0000

I personally know plenty of professional photographers that do not carry a camera everywhere they go, but regardless your point of more people constantly having a phone with them is made.

By: xyz1111

xyz1111 — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 03:39:00 +0000

I agree with much of what you say. As of 4.2, stock Android will incorporate so many of the things about custom roms we like, such as quick settings or lockscreen gadgets.

While
I’m currently running CM10, the only real functionality it provides
that I care about is the battery % mod. I no longer consider the
drop-down notification menu toggles as a feature worth highlighting,
since it’s in 4.2. It’s very likely that for 4.2, I’ll just get a nearly
stock AOSP rom, like Pete’s Bugless Beast and maybe just flash a custom
kernel for hopefully improved battery life.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 03:35:00 +0000

The main purpose behind a custom ROM is changing but I don’t see them diminishing much. Stock android is leaps and bounds ahead of what it used to be but I still see uses for ROM’s like Cyanogenmod. For example in 4.2 there will more than likely be a way to turn on or off lockscreen widgets and profiles as well as options for customizing or disabling quick settings, among other things. It’s those options that draw me to ROM’s like CM and AOKP. At the same time it should never be necessary to flash a ROM or kernel on a device to make it perform properly. That said I’m still happy with my G-Nex despite the shortcomings it has even with a custom ROM and kernel.