what do you think about the nexus?

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If you guys like to root and rom the Nexus would be fine. If not, the SGS3 or the Razr Maxx.
 
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thank you for your information looks like I'm going to go for the galaxy s3.
 

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Love mine and never had a problem with it. Rooted and ROMd of course
 

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thank you for your information looks like I'm going to go for the galaxy s3.

Good choice. She'll be a happy woman. I'm preordering one for my wife tomorrow.

Most likely scenario: my wife will eventually end up with my Nexus and I'll upgrade myself to her SIII. ;)
 

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The Nexus is nice. However, going to upgrade the wife to the Galaxy S3 because of shared data.
 

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Love my nexus. Worth the price for 400 buck. I think i won't go for galaxy SIII. Pricey and touchwiz. Stock ICS simply better
 

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honestly, its the worst phone i ever owned. i highly regret buying it. i've had 3 so far. first, no reception at all. even after hard resets, swapping of sim cards, etc. Received the second phone, again, no service, no matter where i went. i kept having to pull the battery. Not to mention, the battery drain. I had a standard and extended. I would take my phone off the charger and 3 minutes later, without me doing anything on it, the battery was down to 95%. So, i send it back. As of right now, i have no 4g service. I took it to a verizon store, it took a half hour to connect. It goes in and out all the time. Some may say its not the phone, just the service, but i have been with verizon for years, and never experienced anything like this. I cant even access tapatalk. My bars go from full to empty. 4g icon to no icon. I will be getting rid of this phone immediately.
 

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I would take my phone off the charger and 3 minutes later, without me doing anything on it, the battery was down to 95%.

FYI, this is normal. Charging is programmed this way so that constant charging doesn't destroy the battery.

When you have your phone plugged in and charge it to 100%, the phone will then stop charging. The phone will appear to be charging and show 100% even though it's not. Once the phone drops below 93-95% (whatever it is, I'm not sure) the phone will then recharge itself back to 100% and repeat the process. Every android phone does this in some form to prolong battery life. I rarely pull my phone off the charger and have it at 100%. Usual around 97%.
 

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ok, but if i take it off the charger, and it shows 100%. then i immediately turn the screen off, without doing anything at all. it will drop? then not to mention, i can check on it 15 minutes later, and its still dropping. mind you, i have not done anything on the phone. wifi and bluetooth are off. no animated wallpaper. no calls, no games or email. Its not the battery, because i have several and it happens with all of them.
 

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I'm a big fan of my nexus and don't regret buying it one bit. If she likes tech stuff she will love it.

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ok, but if i take it off the charger, and it shows 100%. then i immediately turn the screen off, without doing anything at all. it will drop? then not to mention, i can check on it 15 minutes later, and its still dropping. mind you, i have not done anything on the phone. wifi and bluetooth are off. no animated wallpaper. no calls, no games or email. Its not the battery, because i have several and it happens with all of them.

Hmm, that's strange. Sounds like bad luck to me. The Nexus isn't without its faults, but your issues are limited to a very small minority. Might be time to jump to a different device.
 

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Hmm, that's strange. Sounds like bad luck to me. The Nexus isn't without its faults, but your issues are limited to a very small minority. Might be time to jump to a different device.

thats what i plan to do. but don't want to pay full price for it.
 
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