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Posted: 8/7/2014 10:37:01 AM EDT
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Samsung S3's are cheap now, I would imagine S4s are too.
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Posted: 8/7/2014 10:57:06 AM EDT
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Nexus 5 baby!
I love mine, and it only costs around $200-250 used right now. I bought one off craigslist from a woman who got a free phone from her job. You get pure, unadulterated android with none of the additional interfaces from other companies like Samsung. The only thing it doesn't meet from your list of requirements is the removable battery. If that and an SD card slot are requirements, then I would go with a Galaxy S4. The Nexus 4 was made to compete the with Galaxy S4, and the Nexus 5 was made to compete with the S5. I like the Galaxy S5 a lot. It has a slightly bigger screen along with the fingerprint scanner, removable SD card, removable battery, and IR remote, but those are unnecessary features for me. I just wanted a simple phone with pure android for a decent price... but still with quality internals. The Nexus 5 is perfect for my needs. Also, it has a good graphics chip and 2gb of ram like the S5. Pure android runs like the cat's meow on it, too. |
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Posted: 8/7/2014 11:35:03 AM EDT
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Nexus 5 baby! I love mine, and it only costs around $200-250 used right now. I bought one off craigslist from a woman who got a free phone from her job. You get pure, unadulterated android with none of the additional interfaces from other companies like Samsung. The only thing it doesn't meet from your list of requirements is the removable battery. If that and an SD card slot are requirements, then I would go with a Galaxy S4. The Nexus 4 was made to compete the with Galaxy S4, and the Nexus 5 was made to compete with the S5. I like the Galaxy S5 a lot. It has a slightly bigger screen along with the fingerprint scanner, removable SD card, removable battery, and IR remote, but those are unnecessary features for me. I just wanted a simple phone with pure android for a decent price... but still with quality internals. The Nexus 5 is perfect for my needs. Also, it has a good graphics chip and 2gb of ram like the S5. Pure android runs like the cat's meow on it, too. It was a coworker's Nexus 5 that got me thinking about a new phone. But no SD card slot? Really? That seems odd. |
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Posted: 8/7/2014 1:00:40 PM EDT
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Nexus 5 baby! I love mine, and it only costs around $200-250 used right now. I bought one off craigslist from a woman who got a free phone from her job. You get pure, unadulterated android with none of the additional interfaces from other companies like Samsung. The only thing it doesn't meet from your list of requirements is the removable battery. If that and an SD card slot are requirements, then I would go with a Galaxy S4. The Nexus 4 was made to compete the with Galaxy S4, and the Nexus 5 was made to compete with the S5. I like the Galaxy S5 a lot. It has a slightly bigger screen along with the fingerprint scanner, removable SD card, removable battery, and IR remote, but those are unnecessary features for me. I just wanted a simple phone with pure android for a decent price... but still with quality internals. The Nexus 5 is perfect for my needs. Also, it has a good graphics chip and 2gb of ram like the S5. Pure android runs like the cat's meow on it, too. It was a coworker's Nexus 5 that got me thinking about a new phone. But no SD card slot? Really? That seems odd. I bought a 32GB nexus 5 (new) straight from google for $399. Working with any of the US carriers was a bonus in case I get sick of paying Sprint. I never really needed the SD card slot on my S3 or Evo before that. Of course I have a 120GB mp3 player so I don't store music (or drain the battery) using my phone to play music. |
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Posted: 8/7/2014 4:36:02 PM EDT
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HTC One (M7) - current is the M8
Samsung Galaxy S4 Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (5.7" screen though) Nexus 5 If you are lucky enough to know anybody with an invite, One+ One |
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Posted: 8/7/2014 7:18:34 PM EDT
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Moto G with LTE.
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Posted: 8/8/2014 4:57:50 AM EDT
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HTC One (M7) - current is the M8 Samsung Galaxy S4 Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (5.7" screen though) Nexus 5 If you are lucky enough to know anybody with an invite, One+ One The One+ looks perfect, except I was hoping to get my price point below $200. *Substantially* below. I don't mind going 2 generations back. |
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Posted: 8/8/2014 5:54:51 AM EDT
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Need an invite to buy a phone? That is fucking stupid.
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Posted: 8/8/2014 7:52:19 AM EDT
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The One+ looks perfect, except I was hoping to get my price point below $200. *Substantially* below. I don't mind going 2 generations back. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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HTC One (M7) - current is the M8 Samsung Galaxy S4 Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (5.7" screen though) Nexus 5 If you are lucky enough to know anybody with an invite, One+ One The One+ looks perfect, except I was hoping to get my price point below $200. *Substantially* below. I don't mind going 2 generations back. Going back 2 generations. Samsung Galaxy S3 Samsung Galaxy Note 2 |
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Posted: 8/8/2014 2:15:26 PM EDT
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I had bought a iPhone 3G at Walmart for $0.99 with a two year contract (I get 15% discount on an enterprise account).
I traded it in two years later for $100 "credit" which I applied towards my current iPhone 4S. Carrier is AT&T 
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Posted: 8/8/2014 6:45:25 PM EDT
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I'm using a Nokia Lumia 521, which is a windows phone. It works for me, and it only cost $50 new.
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Posted: 8/8/2014 8:06:55 PM EDT
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I'm using a Nokia Lumia 521, which is a windows phone. It works for me, and it only cost $50 new. One of my co-workers recently got a Windows phone. He says it runs 8.1 and he loves it. |
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Posted: 8/9/2014 6:46:42 AM EDT
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One of my co-workers recently got a Windows phone. He says it runs 8.1 and he loves it. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'm using a Nokia Lumia 521, which is a windows phone. It works for me, and it only cost $50 new. One of my co-workers recently got a Windows phone. He says it runs 8.1 and he loves it. I like mine, it does what I need and not for a enormous amount of money. |
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Posted: 8/9/2014 9:58:54 AM EDT
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I had bought a iPhone 3G at Walmart for $0.99 with a two year contract (I get 15% discount on an enterprise account). I traded it in two years later for $100 "credit" which I applied towards my current iPhone 4S. Carrier is AT&T Oh, ATT has been bugging me to "upgrade" for a while at very attractive rates - until you realize that as soon as I change plans in any way I lose unlimited data. As for Windows phone, I hated Microsoft from the days when I couldn't figure out why MS-DOS used a backslash unlike EVERYONE else in the world who used a forward slash. |
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Posted: 8/10/2014 11:55:23 AM EDT
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Saw the Galaxy S4 for about free and the HTC M8 for $100 in today's BestBuy ad.
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Posted: 8/11/2014 4:37:29 AM EDT
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Oh, ATT has been bugging me to "upgrade" for a while at very attractive rates - until you realize that as soon as I change plans in any way I lose unlimited data. As for Windows phone, I hated Microsoft from the days when I couldn't figure out why MS-DOS used a backslash unlike EVERYONE else in the world who used a forward slash. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I had bought a iPhone 3G at Walmart for $0.99 with a two year contract (I get 15% discount on an enterprise account). I traded it in two years later for $100 "credit" which I applied towards my current iPhone 4S. Carrier is AT&T Oh, ATT has been bugging me to "upgrade" for a while at very attractive rates - until you realize that as soon as I change plans in any way I lose unlimited data. As for Windows phone, I hated Microsoft from the days when I couldn't figure out why MS-DOS used a backslash unlike EVERYONE else in the world who used a forward slash. Because when IBM wrote DOS they already used the forwardslash for their switches. So you can recall all the hate that you have for MS and direct it to IBM.  Plus something tells me your computer runs Windows 
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Posted: 8/11/2014 9:20:55 AM EDT
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I wouldn't hesitate to get an S3. Fairly cheap now, meets your requirements. If you're handy with a screwdriver, replacement parts are cheap and the phone is super easy to repair.
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Posted: 8/15/2014 9:50:01 AM EDT
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Because when IBM wrote DOS they already used the forwardslash for their switches. So you can recall all the hate that you have for MS and direct it to IBM. Plus something tells me your computer runs Windows Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I had bought a iPhone 3G at Walmart for $0.99 with a two year contract (I get 15% discount on an enterprise account). I traded it in two years later for $100 "credit" which I applied towards my current iPhone 4S. Carrier is AT&T Oh, ATT has been bugging me to "upgrade" for a while at very attractive rates - until you realize that as soon as I change plans in any way I lose unlimited data. As for Windows phone, I hated Microsoft from the days when I couldn't figure out why MS-DOS used a backslash unlike EVERYONE else in the world who used a forward slash. Because when IBM wrote DOS they already used the forwardslash for their switches. So you can recall all the hate that you have for MS and direct it to IBM. Plus something tells me your computer runs Windows IBM wrote MS-DOS? Sure about that? And sure, I use MS products - because I am effectively forced to. When work tells me that I must use an MS phone, I'll use one. Otherwise, fuckem. |
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Posted: 8/15/2014 9:11:48 PM EDT
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Information I have read indicated Tim Patterson wrote PC-DOS, and sold it to Bill Gates for 50k. Gates then licensed it to IBM.
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