So what should i do about it?
What are the good options?
Buy a Galaxy S4 - Google Edition
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Buy a HTC One - Google Edition
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Buy a Nexus 4
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Wait to see what the Motorola X ends up looking like (supposedly sometime this summer?)
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Wait to see what the Nexus 5 ends up looking like (possibly in the fall?)
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Buy a cheap Nexus One as a stopgap until something better comes along
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I've got a better idea!
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This is my better idea!
What is the best option?
Buy a Galaxy S4 - Google Edition
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Buy a HTC One - Google Edition
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Buy a Nexus 4
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Wait to see what the Motorola X ends up looking like (supposedly sometime this summer?)
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I've got a better idea!
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So if you want to make a (very slightly) informed choice, here's what i think i know about the phones:
Pros and Cons of phones
I'm pretty happy with my current 3.7" phone. I could see going up to 4" pretty dubiously. I've tried out the Nexus 4, HTC One and Galaxy S4 in the local T-Mobile store, and they seem rather clunky to me. Of course it's hard to be 100% sure about that since they have the big clunky anti-theft devices attached.
I definitely want something that's fairly powerful, since i want something that will last me for awhile. And i'd like something with a decent amount of space in it. The 16 GB microSD card in my Nexus One is almost full. There's definitely stuff i don't need right at the moment that i could delete to free up space, but i did need that space for at least brief periods of time, so if i get a phone with just 16 GB of space i'm going to start out feeling crowded and it will only get worse as the years go by.
And of course i want either vanilla Android, or something i can easily wipe and replace with CyanogenMod or some other decent rom.
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Nexus One
Price: $120-$150
Pros: Exact same as what i've got now, except less broken
Cons: Exact same as what i've got now.
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Nexus 4
Price: $350
Pros:
Relatively cheap
Cons:
It's huge
Slower processor
Not full HD screen
16 GB limit
No microSD slot
Has issues with glass panel cracking
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HTC One
Price: $600
Pros:
Metal body
Front-facing speakers
Good audio (supposedly)
Good low-light camera (supposedly)
Slightly better DPI for the screen
Cons:
It's huge
32 GB limit
No microSD slot
Sides are kind of flat
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Galaxy S4
Price: $650
Pros:
Best processor
microSD slot (which is why i'm not listing the 16 GB limit as a con)
Cons:
It's _really_ huge
Plastic body
Sides are kind of flat
Google Edition only comes in white
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Motorola X
Price: Who knows?
Almost nothing is known about this phone. However the rumor is that it will have pure or almost pure Android, will have a fairly robust build, and will be smaller than the Galaxy S4 (not that that's hard.)
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Nexus 5:
Price: Who knows?
Your guess is as good as mine
