Discussion: other devices and upgrading

orlzzt

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I'm very interested to see what they do with the Nexus 6 and the Note 4. Speculated specs are one thing, but I was let down drastically by the GS5 so I'm trying not to get overly excited.

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roirraW "edor" ehT

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If I upgrade soon, I'm considering the S5, S5 Sport or the LG G3. I'm afraid that with the G3 that the overkill quad HD screen will make me hate the battery life though, so leaning towards one of the S5s for now.

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I've also considered the nexus 5. Only thing with the nexus 5 is battery life and no expandable storage. If you pick up used, it will probably already be worn down and it's only 2300mah to begin with. My S3 in comparison is running the official 3000mah extended battery and 64gb microsd card in addition to the 16gb of internal storage. Always some sacrifices to make I guess.

If I do decide to stick with sprint for another 2 long years, then I'll prob just get the S5 or G3. Nexus 6 is wayyyy too big.
 
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nimaim

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I took the prepaid route also. Sold my s3 and bought an amazing condition White 16GB Nexus 5 and am now on T-Mobile $30 plan and couldn't be anymore happier. Switching off of sprint was the best decision I've ever made
Wish that was the case for everyone. Sadly, I test drove T-Mobile for a month and I had no reception at work, tho ultrafast LTE at home. I also lost data on the way from home to work testing navigation. The prepaid plan also allows no roaming so if you are in a dead zone (which is in MANY areas on T-Mobile), you could be screwed. If coverage was there, I'd also switch to T-Mobile in a heartbeat, everything else about them is awesome. Still on unlimited everything Sprint SERO for the time being though I'm also very tempted to get out of it. I'm done with contracts.
 

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Wish that was the case for everyone. Sadly, I test drove T-Mobile for a month and I had no reception at work, tho ultrafast LTE at home. I also lost data on the way from home to work testing navigation. The prepaid plan also allows no roaming so if you are in a dead zone (which is in MANY areas on T-Mobile), you could be screwed. If coverage was there, I'd also switch to T-Mobile in a heartbeat, everything else about them is awesome. Still on unlimited everything Sprint SERO for the time being though I'm also very tempted to get out of it. I'm done with contracts.
I was mostly trying to avoid a contract reason I did the $30 plan. If I run into any issues I planned on trying Straight talk or Cricket next (the beauty of having all these bands on the N5). I'm currently on my 2nd month with t-mobile hopefully everything goes good like the first month
 
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I've got a question regarding the models. If i have a GS3 but have no use for the SPrint radios(no longer to be used as a phone), how much does it matter that i get a rom that is built for the Spring version specifically?