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Hi

Am seriously thinking of moving from my Desire to a Nexus S.

Has anyone else on here made the move and if si, what are your thoughts and feelings about the phone?

16 GB is plenty enough storage for me to have on the phone, so not that worried about the lack of card on it either.

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Given a large wave of new phones should be along soon, its not really worth upgrading just yet.

Have a look at the new offerings and get the Nexus S if none of them seem any good to you, but I'm sure they will :p
 
It's essentially an 0.5 version upgrade of the Galaxy S, not worthwhile with new tech around the corner imo.
 
Yup, much better than the desire IMO:

- Superior screen
- Better battery life
- Feels a lot better to hold in the hand, lighter as well
- Official google mobile, therefore guaranteed to get all the android updates and you know that you will receive them straight away
- More powerful CPU
- NFC chip, although not much point to have it yet as it isn't popular enough in the UK yet, but who knows it could kick off soon or not at all for a while
- Stock android
- No bloatware

However I don't think it is a worthwhile upgrade since you already own a desire, if it was a hero, spica or something else then yeah it would be wiser.

Also no point getting any current mobiles now as LG are bringing out the first dual core android mobile with 1080P playback for £500 next month and the beast of all mobiles called the motorola atrix is coming out in july or june, so if I where you I would wait, well personally anyone looking at mobiles now should wait for the dual core mobiles to come out and then decide.
 
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Is anyone suffering with call volume issues? When I use my phone in the morning, the volume when making a call is unbelievably loud. The only way around it is to turn the volume higher and then back down :confused:
 
I would hold on you have a nice phone now as said the NS is basically a Galaxy S, wait and you can come on here when you got your new dual core phone which records and plays video in 1080p and say I am glad I waited.
 
rashlan said:
Is anyone suffering with call volume issues? When I use my phone in the morning, the volume when making a call is unbelievably loud. The only way around it is to turn the volume higher and then back down :confused:
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No issues here running CyanogenMod 7 #15 with Trinity 15b Kernel :)
 
I had moved from the nokia 5800 xpress music to the google nexus s. This was a major upgrade so I didn't wait any longer. However, as you have a Desire , you may not be as impressed with the nexus s. Its basically a stripped out version of the Galaxy S but with only the core Google android.
 
IMO the Desire HD running Cyanogen7 (stock Gingerbread) is better than the Nexus S.
 
In what way do you think it's better? I personally love the os being totally managed by google and not having to flash a rom for a fast no bloat experience.

So you recommend the OP buys the Desire HD and then puts on Gingerbread??
 
i two like the nexusS but cant see the point going from a desire. the next 3 months will see loads of duel core and higher spec's mobile and you would find yourself asking the same question!
 
Am thinking of waiting now and seeing what duallies come out in the next few months. Had a look at what Sammy where offering and that looks rather nice. Not sure on the Motorola one. Had a few of their phones in the past and really could not get on with them, but suppose as they will be running Android, is just a case of seeing which one offers the best hardware i suppose.

i do fancy the idea of no bloatware though. The Sense UI is ok, but have had a few issues with the Friendstream not updating itself for the last 3 months and also a few crashes and freezes too.
 
Personally I still love my Desire to bits and I've got no intention of swapping to any of the "slightly" newer models around.

I've got one of the original Desire's, so I've got the AMOLED screen.
It's plenty fast enough.
I'm on Vodafone and after all the hassle with branding, the software installed is "bloat" free.
It may not be running Android 2.3, but it is running 2.2

I'm looking for a major jump from my Desire, not something minor as we've got at the moment.
 
Nexus18 said:
Yup, much better than the desire IMO:

- Superior screen
- Better battery life
- Feels a lot better to hold in the hand, lighter as well
- Official google mobile, therefore guaranteed to get all the android updates and you know that you will receive them straight away
- More powerful CPU
- NFC chip, although not much point to have it yet as it isn't popular enough in the UK yet, but who knows it could kick off soon or not at all for a while
- Stock android
- No bloatware

However I don't think it is a worthwhile upgrade since you already own a desire, if it was a hero, spica or something else then yeah it would be wiser.

Also no point getting any current mobiles now as LG are bringing out the first dual core android mobile with 1080P playback for £500 next month and the beast of all mobiles called the motorola atrix is coming out in july or june, so if I where you I would wait, well personally anyone looking at mobiles now should wait for the dual core mobiles to come out and then decide.
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Sorry to pick up a few points:

It'll get updates until its forgotten about (i.e. replaced) - My Nexus One has no Official Gingerbread ROM yet :( CM7 works beautifully mind, and it still has tonnes of dev support :D

As for the lightness, I think that'd personal preference, personally I like a phone with a fair bit of weight behind it :)

Stock Android is shear win, as is the NFC (That's the main point on jealousy from my POV) McDonalds and VISA are partnering up to roll out NFC in their stores, but that's for VISA cards, not phones yet so far as I'm aware

I don't think it can be denied that the Nexus S is better than the Desire, but I view it like this: The Desire was one of the first 2nd gen android devices, the Nexus S being the latest and last, the 3rd gen is just arriving now, dual core processors, 1080p video recording and playback and the like. I'd wait for the Atrix personally

(I think I just managed an entire post without slagging off LG or Samsung, sweet :D :p )
 
I just had a lengthy go on one of these, it feels very plain. I dont like the curve in it, very odd.

Side by side with my Desire HD running near identical software, the DHD seems better all round in all honesty, even though the Nexus S is nice, it just seems a pointless phone.
 
griffo_001 said:
Sorry to pick up a few points:

It'll get updates until its forgotten about (i.e. replaced) - My Nexus One has no Official Gingerbread ROM yet :( CM7 works beautifully mind, and it still has tonnes of dev support :D

As for the lightness, I think that'd personal preference, personally I like a phone with a fair bit of weight behind it :)

Stock Android is shear win, as is the NFC (That's the main point on jealousy from my POV) McDonalds and VISA are partnering up to roll out NFC in their stores, but that's for VISA cards, not phones yet so far as I'm aware
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Lol, no problem :)

Tbh, I would be very surprised if google didn't update the nexus one as it really wouldn't do them/android any favours at all, also apparently the reason why the nexus one hasn't got the update yet is due to them fixing problems with gingerbread on the nexus s (although I haven't seen anyone reporting any problems yet) first (can't find the site for that, but I typed something like nexus 1 and gingerbread into google news) and once those problems are fixed, they will then update the nexus 1 apparently. Plus google have confirmed that the nexus one will get the 2.3 update, although the same **** was confirmed by Samsung for a number of their mobiles, and they didn't get any updates at all :mad:, so lets hope google aren't as bad as Samsung. Same goes to the galaxy S, samsung confirmed that it would get 2.1 officially, still no sign of it, and it should be the one of the first mobiles to get it tbh, but it won't cause Samsung handle the updates/software of it.

Yeah the weight of the mobile is personal preference, I do like the weight of the desire etc. but at the same time it's quite nice the light weight of the nexus s and GS. The weight wouldn't really be a main selling point for me :p, just as long as mobiles don't feel really heavy.

griffo_001 said:
I don't think it can be denied that the Nexus S is better than the Desire, but I view it like this: The Desire was one of the first 2nd gen android devices, the Nexus S being the latest and last, the 3rd gen is just arriving now, dual core processors, 1080p video recording and playback and the like. I'd wait for the Atrix personally
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+ 1

:)

The one that I am waiting for.

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(I think I just managed an entire post without slagging off LG or Samsung, sweet :D :p )
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Lol, same :p

If the nexus S software side and updating part was done by Samsung, I would not even consider the mobile and would **** it off completely. Hate Samsung as a mobile company, they don't give a **** about their customers, release so many new mobiles like every month and abandon the older ones due to the reasons "the mobile is too old or the hardware doesn't support it" even though the mobile is only like 1-3 months old and there are mobiles that have worst hardware running the new android OS (2.2), did exactly that for the Samsung spica, and we have a fully working 2.2 ROM by CM, and an AOSP one, hardware doesn't support it, load of BS! 2.2 was developed by scratch by leshak, criminal etc. at samdroid.net. We even have CM 7 and AOSP gingerbread although, not fully working yet. And also there drivers are the ****tiest ones ever, cripple the mobile phones big time, the picas 3D/2D drivers are awful, mobile on stock ROM didn't have multi-touch enabled etc. etc.

Rant over :p

Robboftw said:
I just had a lengthy go on one of these, it feels very plain. I dont like the curve in it, very odd.

Side by side with my Desire HD running near identical software, the DHD seems better all round in all honesty, even though the Nexus S is nice, it just seems a pointless phone.
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I love the curve part of it. At first I thought "glossy plastic again, looks so cheap and crap", but when you see all the videos of it and in person, it actually does look really quite nice IMO, but I prefer the looks/materials of the desire, nexus one and the DHD.

Well technically the DHD should be faster if you had the same software on it and not a better ROM running on your DHD as the DHD has more RAM, both processors are good (the best at the minute available), the difference in speeds shouldn't been any different really, not big enough to consider either one more than the other, although the nexus S is lightning quick, but that is due to it running gingerbread, so speeds should be the same on the desire, nexus one etc. etc. when they get a fully working gingerbread ROM.

But the one thing, which Samsung mobiles have better than any of the android mobiles at the minute, is there SAMOLED screens, IMO they are just superior to AMOLED, SLCD etc.

Personally I like the size of the DHD screen, but the quality just looks so **** IMO, the colours look washed out, wonder if that's due to the size as the desire Z screen looks much better in terms of the colours.

Also the battery life of the DHD is really poor.

I wouldn't say the nexus s is a pointless mobile, it's more the fact that it was a stupid move by google, bringing out the nexus S now when dual core, better batteries etc. mobiles are right around the corner and largely due to the fact that it isn't a big enough upgrade from the nexus one in terms of the hardware.

People would want to buy a mobile, which runs perfectly without having to do anything to it in terms of rooting and flashing custom ROMs in order to get the latest updates and better speed, battery life etc. with no bloatware, stock android, updates etc. etc.

If the DHD just had a better battery (something greater than 1500Mah) and a better quality screen it would be much better, and would be the best mobile to buy out of all the current mobiles to date for the sheer hardware/specs etc.

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Also I am not impressed with the DHD camera considering it is 8MP (I know MP isn't everything), but the desire, nexus 1 takes photos just as good as the DHD IMO, and the GS/NS takes better photos (5MP camera) than the DHD/desire/nexus one, and the worst thing about HTC mobiles in general is there video recording in certain light/dark areas, the exposure lighting meter autofocus thing is terrible when you go from low light to bright light or vice versa, the GS/NS doesn't have that problem, the quality looks a lot better and the motion seems to be a lot smoother plus the video recording looks a lot sharper than HTCs mobiles.

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Hoping that this new HTC mobile is a dual core mobile with 1080P playback, better resolution screen than the atrix and a better screen than SLCD with a good battery this time e.g. 1930 Mah :p :D

http://htcpedia.com/news/htcs-newes...ne-spotted-in-the-wild.html?l_page=1&p_page=1
 
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