Comments on: Wednesday Poll: When Buying a Phone or Tablet Do You Need to Feel and Test Them in Person First?

By: socalrailroader

socalrailroader — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 05:09:00 +0000

If he’s hoping for a Genie to appear, he’s rubbing the wrong thing

By: TylerChappell

TylerChappell — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:02:00 +0000

I prefer to get a solid look at the device in person, but I bought my Nexus 7 before ever touching one, and if there are good reviews that have an excellent array of photos for a device, I see no reason to NEED to see it in person. Going into a store and comparing devices of similar sizes generally gives you a good enough idea of what to expect.

By: Derek

Derek — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:26:00 +0000

really close vote here

By: flosserelli

flosserelli — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:37:00 +0000

That photo is strangely arousing.

By: Christopher Riner

Christopher Riner — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:20:00 +0000

Still dead even at around 2700 votes. Maybe Google should reconsider their strategy.

By: sagisarius

sagisarius — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:47:00 +0000

Thousands of votes later, still is.

By: sagisarius

sagisarius — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:46:00 +0000

Wow, that’s amazingly close to a 50/50 split 2,508 to 2,506 (when I voted)… anyway, I’ve seen too many portable electronics that sound awesome, then I see them in person. I’ve learned my lesson, see it in person.

By: New_Guy

New_Guy — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:43:00 +0000

You know, I have noticed they started doing that. Mine still has live units but only a few. Thankfully they had a live Note 2 and I’m pretty convinced after giving it a spin that I’ll be ordering this online .

By: Boss As Hell

Boss As Hell — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:27:00 +0000

I go by reviews. If I would have had touched my Galaxy Nexus prior to buying it, sadly, I probably would have skipped it due to all the plastic.

By: Chase Johnson

Chase Johnson — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:18:00 +0000

Same with me I went from Droid2 to Galaxy Nexus. I went back to get some information off my old phone and I could not believe how small it was. I can only imagine coming form a Note to something else smaller.

By: NexusMan

NexusMan — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:18:00 +0000

I voted Yes, but my answer is really a bit of yes and no. I will NOT buy a phone without using it in hand, however, I will and have bought NEXUS TABLETS without using them, provided I like what I see in the reviews and videos…ie, Nexus 7 & Nexus 10….but ONLY Nexus branded tablets.

By: BenBerstler

BenBerstler — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:55:00 +0000

just before I saw the draft which was of $5969, I didn’t believe that my friends brother was like they say trully bringing in money part-time on there computar.. there great aunt had bean doing this for only about nine months and at present repayed the depts on there condo and bought themselves a Lexus LS400. go tofdfdfg… http://www.youtube.com.qr.net/kaE2

By: Ryan Laursen

Ryan Laursen — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:49:00 +0000

I like to buy after trying it out in person. I’m surprised that the poll is evenly split 50/50.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:57:00 +0000

I usually buy without having to hold a device, but It bit me in the ass the other day. I purchased a Nexus 4. Amazingly fast phone, and is just really nice, but coming from a Galaxy Note, I just can’t get over the smaller size. The note has ruined me to smaller phones! I’m going to be sticking with phablet sizes from now on it looks like.

By: brando56894

brando56894 — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:46:00 +0000

I love how this is split (almost) exactly in half, I can’t remember the last time that this has happened. Myself, I prefer to “rub up” on a device before I buy it, but it isn’t absolutely necessary. When I got my OG Droid I didn’t play with it before I got it, I just read a bunch of reviews and saw the commercials for it. Before I got my Incredible I had played with my buddy’s Inc for a while so I knew that I liked it. Before I got the Rezound I read a lot about it and played with it in the VZW store then got it. When I got the GNex I played with it in the VZW store. But as for both tablets I’ve had (Asus TF101 and Nexus 7) I just went off of the reviews that I read.