Vote for my upgrade (poll)
#1
Posted 09 December 2014 - 11:04 AM
LG G3 $50
Sony Xperia Z3V $100
Galaxy Note 4 $200
Please let me know if you have owned any of these phones and what you think of them! Thank you.
#2
Posted 10 December 2014 - 04:47 AM
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#3
Posted 10 December 2014 - 05:51 AM
Where's the poll? Haha.
Out of those choices, I would vote for the G3 also. The Note is just too big for me, and like Kaos said, TouchWizz blows. The new Motos aren't bad, but they're locked down. If you want just pure performance and don't care about modding, I would go with a new X or Turbo. Also, the M8 is a cheap upgrade right now, and development is huge for it. The only thing that sucks about the M8 right now is that you'll be stuck without root until 5.0 makes it to the M8. JCase is waiting to update his Sunshine app so the exploit can't be locked down when 5.0 comes out.
R. Long: Pixel 5
#4
Posted 10 December 2014 - 09:25 AM
I thought people voting would make this a poll lol. So the HTC M8 has a lot of support for Verizon? I want to unlock the bootloader and flash away if possible. At minimum I need root...Where's the poll? Haha.
Out of those choices, I would vote for the G3 also. The Note is just too big for me, and like Kaos said, TouchWizz blows. The new Motos aren't bad, but they're locked down. If you want just pure performance and don't care about modding, I would go with a new X or Turbo. Also, the M8 is a cheap upgrade right now, and development is huge for it. The only thing that sucks about the M8 right now is that you'll be stuck without root until 5.0 makes it to the M8. JCase is waiting to update his Sunshine app so the exploit can't be locked down when 5.0 comes out.
#5
Posted 10 December 2014 - 09:31 AM
The M8 has Sunshine support from JCase. It will run you $25.
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#6
Posted 10 December 2014 - 10:04 AM
I thought people voting would make this a poll lol. So the HTC M8 has a lot of support for Verizon? I want to unlock the bootloader and flash away if possible. At minimum I need root...
There is huge support for the M8, but if you get a phone on the 4.4.4 update, you won't be able to unlock until SunShine v3.0 comes out. If you don't want to wait, the G3 might be your best bet. Plus, there should be newer phone due out from HTC anytime. The M8 is about a year old.The M8 has Sunshine support from JCase. It will run you $25.
R. Long: Pixel 5
#7
Posted 11 December 2014 - 03:39 PM
G3 is a really nice phone. Nice screen, decent battery life and the option to root/unlock is a big plus. The Note 4 is a big samsung phone. If you like samsung you'll love it, if you're a hater you won't, lol. The Z3V is a rock solid phone. Nice build quality and an awesome battery, but, alas no root or unlock.
#8
Posted 12 December 2014 - 05:16 AM
#9
Posted 12 December 2014 - 06:01 AM
Don't forget the Z3V is water and dust proof as well. I would hesitate to judge smoothness on a store display. Everyone and their cousin plays with them, downloads apps etc so you never know what's been enabled and is running the background. I think the Camera is a push between the Sony and the G3. G3 has a better screen. Z3v has the build and battery. I guess it all comes down to what you rate as higher importance in a smart phone.
I just came back to VZW from AT&T. I was running an Xperia Z2 and hated to get rid of it, based on what I like in a smart phone it was the best phone I've ever owned. I now have the G3 but I would have gotten the Z3V if it had root.
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Posted 12 December 2014 - 04:02 PM
#11
Posted 15 December 2014 - 06:43 PM
Yeah true that. The water and dust proof and overall design trumps all phones IMO. The nice thing about the G3 is you can install TWRP and flash I read that those newer Sony phones will have issues if you unlock the bootloader Like I was saying the G3 camera seemed better which is crazy. What did you like about the z2 compared to the G3 ?
Battery life and build quality were what I loved about the Z2, plus the size was slightly smaller so it was easier to use one handed. The stock UI for the sony was better too. I have to use Nova launcher on my G3, which is OK because LG's stock launcher really has no redeeming qualities that I miss, lol
AFAIK there are only a couple of things that unlocking the bootloader breaks, and I've seen ROms that fixed those. I never unlocked mine; just installed revovery and ran stock rooted.
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#12
Posted 18 December 2014 - 06:18 PM
I see from XDA that you decided on the Z3V. How do you like it so far?
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#13
Posted 19 December 2014 - 02:03 PM
#14
Posted 20 December 2014 - 06:29 AM
#15
Posted 20 December 2014 - 09:46 AM
I can't say as I ever used bluetooth.
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