I haven't looked deeply into the LG G2, but it looks like it's nothing special. Accorrding to this article, even though the phone's specs are great, there seems to be no unique feature that this phone holds (besides the placement of the power button), which is important in marketing a device. I think it's going to fade tbh.
I wish Apple would copy the live tiles from wp and let people resize icons
Windows Phone OS + Apple iPhone 5S design + Apple App Store = Perfect Phone
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No one really cares for nexus tbh. Android = Galaxy. Sadly, cause HTC makes better phones.
I honestly think that the Nexus line deserves more attention and recognition from the general public. Stock Android is so beautiful, but most people aren't even willing to look at an Android unless it's a Galaxy.
Here's the thing with me. I was stuck between the iPhone 5 and the Nexus 4. If I were to get the iPhone 5 I would pay it in payments but an iPhone to me really isn't worth $600. I went with the Nexus 4 because it has better specs than the iPhone. $400 is cheap for a high end phone. I gladly paid the $400 in full.
You obviously have not felt the HTC One. It easily is the best built smartphone on the market right now.
My problem with HTC is their lack of updates. They have one year old phones that still have great specs that they just abandon. Samsung updated their S2 to Jelly Bean. I could care less if I have a nice quality built phone. If the updates aren't coming then I won't be buying your phones.
I had to make the choice over a Lumia 925 and an iPhone 5 last week and I chose to go the iPhone route. Anyone who knows me on here knows I'm a Windows devotee, but when it comes to phones, I was just fed up with being screwed over.
I was with Windows Mobile 6.5. Then they cut me off. So I jumped to WP7. Then came the long wait for the Mango update. Then they cut me off again when they switched WP8...they wouldn't even allow the phone I had to receive the Windows Phone 7.5 update. Maybe I'll reconsider sometime in the future, but rn I have a bad taste for WPhones despite Nokia's superb build quality and apps. I'll let the OS mature first.
And its design is blatantly copied from a Chinese smartphone, Jiayu G3.
The best-built smartphones are Sony's and Nokia's.
Aesthetically speaking, the HTC One is the best built phone on the market right now.
And the design is not blatantly copied. The Jiayu G3 is two toned, with aluminum (?) on the panels on either side of the screen and the phone itself looks black. However, the entire body of the HTC One is aluminum, and the panels on either side of the phone are speaker grills, unlike this phone. Additionally, this Jiayu looks flat, while the One is curved.
I had to make the choice over a Lumia 925 and an iPhone 5 last week and I chose to go the iPhone route. Anyone who knows me on here knows I'm a Windows devotee, but when it comes to phones, I was just fed up with being screwed over.
I was with Windows Mobile 6.5. Then they cut me off. So I jumped to WP7. Then came the long wait for the Mango update. Then they cut me off again when they switched WP8...they wouldn't even allow the phone I had to receive the Windows Phone 7.5 update. Maybe I'll reconsider sometime in the future, but rn I have a bad taste for WPhones despite Nokia's superb build quality and apps. I'll let the OS mature first.
I know exactly how you feel. I currently have the Samsung Focus Flash and I never received WP7.8, even though all Samsung WP7 devices were supposed to get it.
If the OS does mature in the next few years and gains support from major app developers, then I'll probably return to Windows Phone.