I love HTC phones.
I adored my Thunderbolt until Verizon rolled out an Android update that rendered its hardware obsolete. Everything was working; post-update, most apps were taking a minute or more to open. I think this was somewhere in the Android 2.x era.
I replaced the Thunderbolt with Verizon's rendition of the One M8, the Droid DNA, and I loved that phone just as much as the Thunderbolt.
The DNA lasted long enough for me to get out of contract with Verizon, but the battery died shortly thereafter. Not wanting to go back on contract, I decided to just buy a new OEM battery and void the warranty on installation.
This is what I ended up with:
So yeah...didn't go so well. There's a lot of things on the inside of the phone you're not supposed to rip, and I pretty much ripped all of them. I'm pretty savvy with computer hardware, but phone hardware is too small and fragile. I could probably get it back together, but I think I permanently destroyed some motherboard connections, and I'm sure I ruined the speaker connection.
So I opted to get a new phone.
My three choices were the Motorola Nexus 6, HTC One M9, and the LG G4. I'm not an Apple fan, and Samsung's own Android rendition is a bit over-the-top for me, so no iPhone 6 or Galaxy/Note.
I was leaning toward the Nexus 6 - it's the hippest and has the leanest OS. It's also big just for the sake of being big, which is too big.
The M9 was the next choice. I really like HTC's Android rendition, HTC sense. The M9 was essentially my DNA's big brother, slightly better in every way.
But since I have some creative plans for my phone's camera, reports of the lackluster camera on M9 turned me away. No replaceable battery either. To be fair, the Verizon sales rep was in the storage room getting my M9 when I told a different rep to ask him to get the G4 instead. I was that close.
So, the G4. It's bigger than the HTC by a lot, but still not as big as the Nexus 6. 5.5 inches really seems to be the sweet spot in phone size. The screen's resolution is more than HD. The camera is great.
But most importantly, it has expandable memory and a replaceable battery.
Planning to keep it for a long time.
-JCT
I adored my Thunderbolt until Verizon rolled out an Android update that rendered its hardware obsolete. Everything was working; post-update, most apps were taking a minute or more to open. I think this was somewhere in the Android 2.x era.
I replaced the Thunderbolt with Verizon's rendition of the One M8, the Droid DNA, and I loved that phone just as much as the Thunderbolt.
The DNA lasted long enough for me to get out of contract with Verizon, but the battery died shortly thereafter. Not wanting to go back on contract, I decided to just buy a new OEM battery and void the warranty on installation.
This is what I ended up with:
So yeah...didn't go so well. There's a lot of things on the inside of the phone you're not supposed to rip, and I pretty much ripped all of them. I'm pretty savvy with computer hardware, but phone hardware is too small and fragile. I could probably get it back together, but I think I permanently destroyed some motherboard connections, and I'm sure I ruined the speaker connection.
So I opted to get a new phone.
My three choices were the Motorola Nexus 6, HTC One M9, and the LG G4. I'm not an Apple fan, and Samsung's own Android rendition is a bit over-the-top for me, so no iPhone 6 or Galaxy/Note.
I was leaning toward the Nexus 6 - it's the hippest and has the leanest OS. It's also big just for the sake of being big, which is too big.
The M9 was the next choice. I really like HTC's Android rendition, HTC sense. The M9 was essentially my DNA's big brother, slightly better in every way.
But since I have some creative plans for my phone's camera, reports of the lackluster camera on M9 turned me away. No replaceable battery either. To be fair, the Verizon sales rep was in the storage room getting my M9 when I told a different rep to ask him to get the G4 instead. I was that close.
So, the G4. It's bigger than the HTC by a lot, but still not as big as the Nexus 6. 5.5 inches really seems to be the sweet spot in phone size. The screen's resolution is more than HD. The camera is great.
But most importantly, it has expandable memory and a replaceable battery.
Planning to keep it for a long time.
-JCT
