Device dilemmas

[ciphergoth]

It's time I bought one or more new small glowing rectangles. All of mine are ancient; my contract expires in less than a fortnight and I just got a bonus at work.  I'm definitely going to stick with Android devices. But apart from that, I'm totally at sea on what to buy or how many! Your advice gratefully received.

I use them to:

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Comments

[kingginger]

IMHO, you answered your own question...
From the Android I know, it's whether you spring for a Samsung or HTC phone, but, the new Nexus 5 phone is due "soon" I guess along with their new OS.
And the for a tablet, a Nexus 7 as it's just been refreshed recently so that's always good :-)

[valkyriekaren]

Mostly commenting so I'll see updates, as I will probably want to update my mobile at some point in the next year and am also wanting to stick with Android and hopefully HTC.

[pir]

HTC are busy imploding and not making any money. Seems unlikely.

[autopope]

Galaxy Note 3 is region-locked, apparently, even when bought carrier-unlocked from Samsung. Which, if true, is just shitty.

On the other hand the Galaxy Note 2 is a very nice piece of kit and should be available for a song right now.

(Assuming you are not inclined to go iOS-wards.)

[ciphergoth]

If true, that would certainly strike it from the list of possibilities; a sticker says it, Samsung explicitly deny it, I may have to wait for someone to try it to know the answer for sure!

Update: looks like people have tried it and it's not looking good :( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/27/samsung_galaxy_regionlocking_saga_gets_murky/

[autopope]

The Note 2 is not region-locked, and Amazon are knocking them out for £355 inc. VAT unlocked right now.

[cairmen]

I currently have the Nexus 4, and it's excellent - no problems with it aside from some issues with camera quality, which may be a user error problem anyway.

If the Nexus 5 continues the trend, I'd say that'll be a great one to get. I don't read books on my phone, but I do everything else you list, and it's good for that. Surprisingly good for video too.

[pir]

Right now is a complicated time to be considering a new Android device, many things are going on. I'm keeping an eye on the Oppo N1 for example, because it will ship with Cyanogenmod as standard. Sadly not looking like the Moto X will come to Europe yet. HTC are on their way to imploding, via producing some nice phones like the HTC One

[andrewducker]

Oooh, the N1 looks interesting.

Once both that and the Nexus5 are out I'll have an interesting decisions to make...

[lovingboth]

As someone with a 2012 N7, can I say how annoying it is to be told that the 2013 one is so much better :)

[pir]

Yep, I was in that situation... and then bought a 2013 N7 :)

I liked my 2012 N7, great for flights, watching Qi on the tube, reading things, ssh, etc... but it's a little slow sometimes, doesn't have enough memory to context switch quickly, etc. The 2013 gets rid of all the little grumbles and improves the battery life, screen, etc.

I found Android 4.3 helped my 2012 N7 (and M still uses one and is quite happy with it), presumably from the added support for fstrim.