So I have a question; is this phone still viable? I'm looking to get a new phone (new to me that is). I realize that this is 2 year old technology. I'm also looking at, and leaning more towards, a Nexus 4.
So, this phone has a removable battery, does it also have the capability of using external SD cards? Or is it still limited to the 16 Gig of internal memory? I understand that it can still be kept up to date, mostly, with the current ROM's (I saw that playfulgod has put out an unofficial cm11 ROM).
My biggest reason for even thinking of this phone is that it's $20 to $30 cheaper than the N4, on average.
Honestly, this is a great phone with a whole hell of a lot of capability. We have so much support when it comes to Rooting/Roming, so if you're looking to get this device and tinker with it to get the most out of it, you will not be disappointed. Right now I am running a 4.4 Rom even though we lost OTA support from Google, and it's not like Verizon is going to ever release another update anyhow, they're still trying to test 4.3.
Anyhow, this device is awesome, lacks a little in camera but every smartphone isn't really a great camera yet, unless you get that windows phone that is basically a camera lol.
This phone is still buttery smooth and can still kick some butt when it comes to gaming.
Just be aware, the battery life isn't much if you keep stock, I have rooted and rom'd with a good battery life saving Kernel and got an extended battery to last me about 2 days on a single charge.
Well we might be in luck. Motorola is rumored to release a phablet next year. It's called the moto X-play......not sure if that will be the name though. I hope its true because I want this to be my next phone.
Well who knows by then I might have a new device and it will be too late for me to go back and trade in to get that one, will be interesting to see what the next motorola device related to the Moto-X is though
Generally when I hear people complaining about the camera, its like "Really?". Its a damn cell phone. Generally when I'm taking pictures with it, its for something where the quality just needs to be "okay" because its going to be compressed and uploaded to the internet. My DSLR (or hell, even my 5 year old point and shoot) will outsnap a cell phone ANY day.
Couldn't agree more, phones aren't meant to be cameras...yet...One day I believe the technology will catch up to make our smart phones into great cameras, and I know camera companies realize this is going to happen at some point, we just need to be patient and wait. Furthermore, it is known that the camera on the GNex stunk going into it, just a trade-off google went with.