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I know I posted about phone help on here already, I got a couple of responses but I have not heard back, life is busy for all of us, so let me try it again for another round...  I am strictly an android guy... I am willing to try a cheaper phone then what I am used to, I usually got the flagship phones or close to it when I can...  I am having major issues with my EVO, its almost to the point I want to trow it! The screen starting freaking out even when simply try to press anything, then the touch screen is totally useless, so I have to do the "hold power button down" to force it to restart.  (this happens almost every time I try to use it and no that i am NOT exaggerating at all).  I have mentioned before I really liked the LG Optimus G which hardly anyone sells anymore and its newer then (for example Samsung II or my old phone the EVO 3D).  I hear mixed reviews about the Sprint Vital, the Victory LTE for being mid-range models....  I am not due for an upgrade until late summer. 

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I know I posted about phone help on here already, I got a couple of responses but I have not heard back, life is busy for all of us, so let me try it again for another round...  I am strictly an android guy... I am willing to try a cheaper phone then what I am used to, I usually got the flagship phones or close to it when I can...  I am having major issues with my EVO, its almost to the point I want to trow it! The screen starting freaking out even when simply try to press anything, then the touch screen is totally useless, so I have to do the "hold power button down" to force it to restart.  (this happens almost every time I try to use it and no that i am NOT exaggerating at all).  I have mentioned before I really liked the LG Optimus G which hardly anyone sells anymore and its newer then (for example Samsung II or my old phone the EVO 3D).  I hear mixed reviews about the Sprint Vital, the Victory LTE for being mid-range models....  I am not due for an upgrade until late summer. 

 

If you aren't due for an upgrade, and don't want a flagship, then wait for the LG Volt to come out. Since LG got it's Class 2 permissive changes approved at the FCC OET yesterday, I'm assuming release is imminent. See my article here about it.

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Honestly, you can pick up a brand-new Sprint LG G2 for about $300 on Swappa and/or eBay. It's a Sprint TriBand phone and is excellent in the RF dept. I am going to probably pick one up to go along with my iPhone 5, until the 6 comes out (which should be TriBand).

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If you aren't due for an upgrade, and don't want a flagship, then wait for the LG Volt to come out. Since LG got it's Class 2 permissive changes approved at the FCC OET yesterday, I'm assuming release is imminent. See my article here about it.

Nice article, I talked to AJ the other day and I have not heard back from him he had something, I dont want to mention it here.  I like flagship devices but I was saying for now I could deal with anything better then the frustrating phone that I have.. lol....  I have seriously pondered using my 3D, but if I use WiMax it kills the battery even though I get full bars inside (the tower is less then a half mile from me) I prefer LTE though.  

 

Honestly, you can pick up a brand-new Sprint LG G2 for about $300 on Swappa and/or eBay. It's a Sprint TriBand phone and is excellent in the RF dept. I am going to probably pick one up to go along with my iPhone 5, until the 6 comes out (which should be TriBand).

I will have to look at Swappa, eBay, I have gotten some of my ham radio equipment off there before, I have been skeptical of cell phones (I dont know why) 

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Frankly, I'd rather wait for the GS5. I hear it'll be a decent phone, and next month is not far away if it truly will be released like was mentioned by Sprint not long ago.

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hmm I might have to think about that I never liked Samsung before but maybe they are better then they used to be.... I guess I am just so used to HTC and LG, LOL!!!!

 

I think the g2 will definitely give you the best bang for your buck as of right now.

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hmm I might have to think about that I never liked Samsung before but maybe they are better then they used to be.... I guess I am just so used to HTC and LG, LOL!!!! 

 

It's something to think about. I dislike LG for some phones (e.g LG Viper 4G LTE), but love the Nexus 5. I had an HTC EVO Shift 4G and it was a decent phone for being a piece of crap. But it wasn't as bad as the EVO 4G LTE was in terms of performance in the long term.

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I just dont know how you guys could hold on to some of these old phones lol. I had a evo 4g phone and man that thing was a brick lmao from there i went to a galaxy 4g epic touch until the note 2 came out which was a good phone till it got cripple by sprint network well in my area that is and now im on the lg g flex so yea i change phones almost every year i get bored holding on to a phone for to long.

 

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I just bought a brand new, never used LG G2 for a family relative on craigslist for $250.

 

Like themuffinman said it's the best bang for your buck.

 

I'm considering selling my Nexus 5 on ebay for $350 and pick up a G2. But the Galaxy S5 is coming out next month and my upgrade was this month.

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I just bought a brand new, never used LG G2 for a family relative on craigslist for $250.

 

Like themuffinman said it's the best bang for your buck.

 

I'm considering selling my Nexus 5 on ebay for $350 and pick up a G2. But the Galaxy S5 is coming out next month and my upgrade was this month.

i like the S5 because of the softwares and features and the camara and such but meh the phone itself is realy ugly imo.

 

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i like the S5 because of the softwares and features and the camara and such but meh the phone itself is realy ugly imo.

 

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The design is not ugly. It's not as nice like the 5s or HTC One in design but it's still good.

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The design is not ugly. It's not as nice like the 5s or HTC One in design but it's still good.

maybe to you it ain't that's why i said in my opinion it is just like theres a bunch of comments on YouTube pages mentioning its ugliness lol im sorry to be more clear that back is horrible the front is ok but that back is just horrible.

 

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