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http://www.amazon.com/Parachute-Military-7-Strand-Camping-Survival/dp/B001B6LFLU that costs less than 1 month of insurance, and you can tie the phone to your belt loop. You could even make it just short enough to stop the fall before it hits the floor. I won't tell you what we call that in the military though... oh ok (dummy cord) lol

The S4 is a good chip and may very well be the best out there for a phone right now, but there are a slew of other chips on the horizon that could blow the S4 away. The Tegra 3 is, for the most part, a tablet inspired processor. It is bulky and overkill for what a smartphone needs. Android OS is not optimized for a quad core, and doesn't use the full potential of the Tegra 3. As of right now, the Tegra 3 is not good for much more than bragging rights when it is put into a phone. Depending on what Samsung reveals for the GSIII, we could very well see Motorola keep pace. If the GSIII will have a quad core processor, I would expect Motorola to think long and hard about how they will compete. The Motorola Photon successor would likely keep pace and have a quad core processor if they can find one that plays nice with LTE. We also should keep in mind that just because ICS is currently optimized for dual core chips, as it was built with the Galaxy Nexus, Jelly Bean could be optimized for Quad Core potentially increasing the benchmarks of the Tegra 3 and other quad cores. There has been no official word as to who will build the next Nexus or what processor it will have. This could be the year that the Nexus finally jumps out ahead of the competition instead of being the last to the party. Maybe we could see a A15 based quad core system on a chip in the Nexus... Something like this http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/776-arm-cortex-a15-is-here-to-crush-the-competition/

In a move not unlike the Nexus One, Google plans to sell the GSM Galaxy Nexus straight to customers from their Google Play store. The $399 pricetag should guarantee some sales, but might be seen as a slap in the face to Verizon buyers who paid $300 on contract for the LTE version of the device. http://www.fiercewir...-399/2012-04-24

I put a screen protector on my phone to protect my keys from the screen.

20 months between upgrades * $11 per month + $200 deductible = $420 Cost of a new phone off contract about $550... At that rate, you're almost better off paying yourself the $11 per month, especially if you have multiple lines.

I don't know that I would say that the S4 dual core is faster... The S4 is a slim, optimized processor that embarasses other dual core processors, but the Tegra 3 holds its own against the S4. You combine the power saving capabilities of the Tegra 3 with a RAZR MAXX battery and you have a long lasting quad core device.

I would like to address some holes in your arguement here. These are just my opinions and for the record, I have no idea how the market share landscape will look in the coming year. I'm not sure that Apple will hold its lead in Apps for long. Android could close the gap this year. And as far as a sheer number of apps, now that they have hit or approached half a million apps, I'm not sure that the number of apps is even relevant. However, it seems that iOS has more quality apps, but neither platform has obvious omissions like WP or Blackberry. There may be a lot of custom skinned Android models, but the Nexus line is controlled by Google and provides quicker updates. Also, even though iOS "updates" all their legacy devices, it doesn't mean that they have all the features on the most current operating system. Where is Siri on the iPhone 4? Or the iPad? How about the fact that the iPhone 4S that you quote at $199 has half the memory of the Galaxy Nexus? If you want a true comparison, you should take the 32GB iPhone 4S which is priced at $299 (P.S. the GNex just went down to $199 so now it has a $100 price advantage) As far as the camera goes, yes, the iPhone 4S has a better camera, but it isn't because of the megapixels. The HTC EVO 4G that came out years ago had an 8MP camera, does that make it better than the GNex? Of course not. See above. The GNex packs LTE in for the same price as the iPhone, but makes a minute tradeoff in the camera. I can attest to the GNex camera still being VERY good. It's humerous how everyone is so hung up on number of MP. I would rather have a lower megapixel with higher quality sensor than vice versa. Several studies have shown that fragmentation is as bad or worse on iOS than it is on Android. Android should be somewhat "out of the woods" as the OS is beginning to see less and less wholesale changes with each update and become more polished. There will always be fragmentation between OEMs since there are so many models, some as simple as screen resolution. Developers have done a great job adapting to this, and pushing out apps that can work on a great array of devices, but there is no substitute for 1 model per year simplicity. People like variety though. I for one, would hate to see every Android device come out as the same exact model. That is the beauty of android. You can have one device with a 5 inch screen, another with a physical keyboard, another that you can play playstation games on, etc. Even though I can't see them gaining too terrible much market share by the end of the year, I do see WP gaining a foothold and becoming a legit #3 OS. Windows Phone could theoretically take a bite out of Android's market share, but they will also take a bite out of iOS. WP is much more similar to iOS than Android. Many people stay Android because of the customization and ROMs etc that are available. WP and iOS don't offer that. I agree WP has a lot of promise, and iOS continues to grow and could very well start taking market share from Android. Only time will tell though. Who knows what Microsoft, Apple and Android have up their sleeve for their next OS upgrade...

Thanks for the tip. I am going to try it out in my new taurus. I found a CM9 "unofficial" ROM that supports MAP.

Agreed, we can have a civilized conversation about the strengths and weaknesses of operating systems, or we can lock the thread. Everyone is sick of fanboys who don't share our viewpoint, but this site is about the positive sharing of ideas not brutally beating down opposite viewpoints. The moderators will take care of any comments from "trolls."

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Sounds fishy. I don’t buy it. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

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Yeah, that is pretty sweet. You could always go with an Asus Transformer too.

Yes, a slider tablet would be sweet. Or something like the Lenovo Yoga.

Not a great idea, but money talks and if they are not selling keyboard phones... Then again, how many top tier keyboard phones has HTC released? They all seem a little underpowered in comparison to the slab phones.

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The signal was -110dBm which is why it is so slow. Verizon installed just enough LTE transmitters to cover the whole city but not enough to give good signal strength or speed everywhere.

I kinda like it on the side. I can unlock and operate the phone with one hand. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

4G. I defected to Verizon until network vision comes through my area.

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What is the emoticon for basking in nerdiness? Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

(I thought I would segregate this wildly off-topic, yet informative, debate from the discussion Current State of Sprint. Thanks to Odell for the inspiration of the thread title. - Duffman) Actually, to further clarify, bits are the basic unit of measurement for data. They are the 1s and 0s that build the data we see. A byte, on the other hand, refers to the amount of bits required to encode a single character of text. Currently, this is generally accepted as 8 bits, but it has varied in the past. This is why bytes are more suitable for referring to storage capacity, where bits are more suitable for referring to digital information transfer. Your internet connection will only deliver so many 1s and 0s, no matter how your computer uses them to put together the transmitted data. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

LOL, no problem. It's very easy to confuse MBps with Mbps. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

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