another phone journal

by LukaV • 31 Jul 2011, 11:21 • Journals
So here is the question:
Which phone to buy? LG Optimus 2x(319€) , Samsung Nexus S(309€) or Samsung Galaxy S I(309€)? All of them has CM & MIUI support...

thx, bye!

edit: prices are for new phones!
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Carlos 31 Jul 2011, 12:23
do NOT buy an LG. Never used the Nexus so dont know, the Galaxy S is probably the best pick.
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LukaV 31 Jul 2011, 12:27
sorry to bother you but why exactly not? If you look specifications of all phones LG is the best...
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chelmianin 31 Jul 2011, 12:43
yeah but it's LG... for the same reason I will not buy SE ever again
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LukaV 31 Jul 2011, 12:45
is the problem software, quality, support?
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chelmianin 31 Jul 2011, 12:51
Quality, all these SEs were/are (still have two) crappy + I've never heard any fully positive opinion about LG smartphones. I'd go for Galaxy S, but you can check if Motorola has something good in this price range too (two best quality/price companies atm).
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LukaV 31 Jul 2011, 12:53
Defy is quite nice but specs are not so good.
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chelmianin 31 Jul 2011, 12:54
yeah I know, bought Defy in february, go for Galaxy S then, it's really good phone
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Carlos 31 Jul 2011, 13:07
what chel said, the quality is terrible.
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LukaV 31 Jul 2011, 13:13
i will go to store and check LG and Galaxy quality & how does they feel in hand...
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Carlos 31 Jul 2011, 14:03
Dont be fooled tho, I went to the store to see the LG I bought and it felt good...til I got back home and started using it. Turned out to be rubbish, bad quality sound, the touchscreen didnt respond properly to my commands, the processors used by LG are slow :[

LG should stick to just making TV's.
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LukaV 31 Jul 2011, 14:19
did you bought optimus 2x or other LG phone? i will not try new optimus... i will try "exhibits" one, where 10k+ people held it before me
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Carlos 31 Jul 2011, 14:36
Had the regular Optimus and the GC900, both were shite :P
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Kenzi 31 Jul 2011, 12:28
Galaxy S II tho
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ng 31 Jul 2011, 12:38
+1 nice phone!
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LukaV 31 Jul 2011, 12:38
sure, but is 480€... i wont give 480€ for a phone...
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Kenzi 31 Jul 2011, 13:12
€180 more or less..
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Nub 31 Jul 2011, 12:41
stop picking phonebrands which are known to produce TV's
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LukaV 31 Jul 2011, 12:47
i want to have android OS. hTc is overrated...
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chelmianin 31 Jul 2011, 12:59
maybe not overrated, but surely overpriced
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ENSJQM 31 Jul 2011, 12:42
just got ZTE Blade 2 and have been satisfied with it so far
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LukaV 31 Jul 2011, 12:44
i sold my ZTE Blade 1 for 130€. What is the difference between Blade 1 and 2?
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ag0n 31 Jul 2011, 14:52
2?

I have a Zte Blade too, bought at Spain Spain for 79€ ;D
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kOOza 31 Jul 2011, 12:52
everyday is something new
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LukaV 31 Jul 2011, 12:54
that is true but then i will die first!
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infect 31 Jul 2011, 13:23
Why waste 300 € on a phone, when you REALLY only need to make calls and text people :D?
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strN 31 Jul 2011, 13:33
he can watch porn everywhere
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spiROZE 31 Jul 2011, 13:45
The advantages of a smartphone are quite nice tbh. I have a very cheap phone but I also have an Ipod Touch and it's really nice to be able to work with app's etc :)
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infect 31 Jul 2011, 14:29
Most apps are just to entertain you and to play with. You dont need your phone to do that
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LukaV 31 Jul 2011, 14:48
yes & i want them @ my phone.
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FiLuS 31 Jul 2011, 13:36
recently I did some research about smartphones myself. I was mostly focusing on video output quality and dont rly care for price, but from all what I read about different smartphones, I would take LG Optimus X2 in your place (well, I am gonna buy Samsung Galaxy S2, but that one is a bit pricier than ur budget seem to be). Actually that LG has same processor accompanied with better chipset than Galaxy S2, from what I read it should be one of the most powerfull smartphones released to date. But keep in mind, that eventhought LG comes with Android 2.2 by default, its fully upgradable to 2.3, so I wouldnt worry that much about that. LG comes with 512 RAM and 8GB of internal storage space while Galaxy S2 is sold with 16/32GB and 1GB of ram. Also S2 has 0.3'' bigger SUPERAMOLED screen while X2 has only TFT display. But if you really dont wanna spent 150e more, Galaxy S is basically same in spec (4.0'' screen, 512MB ram, 8/16GB of storage) while LG still got better chipset, much better camera and slightly worse screen (afaik Galaxy S comes with 2.21 android which can also be upgradable to 2.3).
So for me Samsung Galaxy S2 > LG Optimus X2 > Samsung Galaxy S (my research didnt rly go into every phone, I need excellent video camera so i dont know much about Nexus phone...)
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Gifted 31 Jul 2011, 14:01
what about bb or iphone?
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FiLuS 31 Jul 2011, 16:02
dunno about bb but I would never buy iPhone (or any apple product in that matter). They are heavily overpriced and they dont offer the best for my needs (well, they dont offer the best in general, not just specifically for my needs).
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LukaV 31 Jul 2011, 14:10
thx you for your time to write this! i'm gonna install custom rom so i dont care about official support. About the money: I rly dont want to spent almost half of my payment for a phone, ofc s2 is better. Also want to buy a phone not just for a few months (that's why i'm so interested o2x)... did you hold o2x in your hands? what about the quality?
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FiLuS 31 Jul 2011, 16:07
unfortunatelly, I didnt have chance to hold any of those in my hands (its not that easy to find them in our city to try them). But I guess they feel basically the same (iPhone style), the difference will be only in side button placement.
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HIZAKO 31 Jul 2011, 13:49
please tell me you didn't pick Netsky as ur ingame name.
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RazZaH 31 Jul 2011, 14:31
ARE U ZEH REALY NETSKY
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ag0n 31 Jul 2011, 14:50
from that list: LG Optimus 2x
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sunblast 31 Jul 2011, 16:35
Samsung Galaxy
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twiQz 31 Jul 2011, 16:49
SAMSUNG GALAXY
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MAYDAY 31 Jul 2011, 19:22
Gakaxy S all the way
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Nkd 31 Jul 2011, 20:40
LG is shit, never tried this one, but it's shit
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