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kleinbl00  ·  3725 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The new Google Nexus family & Android Lollipop announced

It's kind of hard for me to separate the OPO from, you know, Android... as this is my first experience with it. I ran Windows from 2002-2008 and my Hitachi G1000 was larger (and weighed twice as much). That said, it's a pretty cool little beastie. Only complaints are it's fucking huge and the WiFi seems to clog every now and then but I think that's more to blame with the router here than anything. Spec-wise, it's within inches of the Nexus 6. 5.5" vs 6", HD vs 2540xwhatever, 3100mAH batt vs 3220, same chip, same memory, bigger selfie camera. Which, you know, really f'n matters.

I almost went with this:

If I could have gotten it to work on a 4G network I might have. The whole thing has gotten ridiculous. T-Mobile had the misfortune of trying to sell me an iPhone 6+ for $200 down, $32 a month with a 2 year contract the same day Nissan tried to lease me a Versa for $500 down, $59 a month with a 2 year contract. That caused a stack overflow. Broke the iOS gene forever. Phones and cars should not be in the same neighborhood, budget-wise. So $350 all in for an unlocked Android running cyanogenmod? Sure, I'll give it a try.

Thing is, I used to Otterbox my phones anyway. I mean, shit, when they're $500 with a subsidy you wanna protect that shit. The OPO is in a $7 case with a $12 screen protector and as a result, it feels about the same size in my pocket. And I know that if I nuke it I can have another for about the same as the insurance deductible and shipping on my first few Windoze phones.