Thanks for your input, yeah I had to tweak with Groove IP to get it working properly without an echo on WI-FI before. It worked pretty great on LTE, but on HSPA+ the ping is pretty bad. I always had some lag though even on LTE. I just recently found out that AT&T HSPA+ is pretty good. I get a good 6-8 megs everywhere I go, if it's not rush hour lol. Damn iPhones.
Oh, I see. My sarcasm meter was broken Yeah, I think they need to improve their customer support drastically. One of the cool things about Apple is being able to go to a store and getting support. With Android, you're pretty much relying on your greedy carrier
Well its the difference of Apple being a primarily a hardware company and google being a software company. There just is not enough physical google products to make a brick and mortar store.
I wish that wasn't the case. There is an official "Android" store that Google opened in Australia I believe. Not sure if it's still around. I honestly think Nexus devices can appeal to the masses if the software is bug free, and tested rigorously the way Apple does it.
Yeah, echo is a pain, and I've never been able to completely get rid of it (at least at high volume levels and/or speakerphone). Seems somewhat dependent on device (guess that makes sense). I got used to just using headphones during calls (too cheap to get a headset or anything), which sounded better anyway (plus I could raise mic levels so I could be heard clearly). Galaxy Nexus seemed to handle things much better than the G2X (and Exhibit II 4G), but I still just use headphones most of the time (at least with the Nexus though, I could go without them without worrying too much about echo). Seems like some of the issues are more with software (maybe not even Groove IP, but maybe Google's stuff), although stronger connections help. Never actually used the desktop app to make calls...wonder if it has similar issues from time to time.
I want the GS3 but I don't want to preorder because I'm curious about how it feels in your hands. The GSII is light and feels cheap, although it looks slick. I'm fine with the looks, its all about the "feel". HTC makes good "feeling" phones. The Nexus wasn't bad. Anyone have any insight on the "feel"?
feel is overrated. The iphone 4 feels expensive in your hands but its also an expensive oppsie when you drop it. Galaxy s2 is durable and the gs3 will be even more so because of the newer version of gorrila glass.
Don't care about durability sucker. I care about the feel. My Infuse... that felt like something substantial. GSII Skyrocket - meh. Cheap plastic feel.
I guess I just don't have a **** ton of money to be throwing around on replacement screens and backings.
I upgraded from the HTC hero. God, I love this new EVO. Whoever said the Nexus has the best screen ever apparently hasn't seen the One X or the EVO LTE. And to think I got one for me and one for the wife for a grand total of about 210 bucks. What a steal. I'm on wifi most of the time, so Sprint's network doesn't kill me. Even running Sprint's slow 3g, this thing is crazy fast compared to the Hero.
windows phone 8 here on the verge. sucks for existing wp users, though they will get some of the features.
I almost forgot about this thread. Thanks to Verizon's new plan, everything I said here went out the window. Next week is the deadline to get my last subsidized phone ever (I'm not giving up unlimited data) so I opted for the Galaxy S3. It's not like I'm in a bad position as the S3 has glowing reviews so far. Compared to the other options on Verizon it's a no brainer. But I've already mentioned my hesitations on why it's not my first choice overall. I got the S3 for $140 (company discount, plus tax). Phones aren't a high enough priority for me to pass up subsidizing and spending $600+ so I'm pretty happy in the end. I just wish Verizon would have gotten the One X though, I'm pretty sure I would have picked that over the S3. And of course, Verizon users will probably get the S3 last among providers.
