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Android has something similar, it's called Hangouts. On Android it'll handle text messages and send data-based messages to those with the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.talk
 
There's an iOS version if you can convince your friends to use it. https://itunes.apple.com/app/hangouts/id643496868?mt=8

10 reasons why you should have gotten the M8 instead of the M7
 
1- The M7 won't have be updated as long as the M8. Therefore it'll feel a lot older faster around this time next year
2- On that point, newer versions of Android that are coming might not run as smoothly on older hardware
3- The M7 is going to be updated to Sense 6 soon, so if you have a problem with it (which there's not much of a difference) then you'll have it worse on the M7
4- The battery life is significantly better on the M8, you can get two days of use out of it with light use.
5- The button placement is plain weird on the M7, while the M8 has a standard Android button setup
6- The MicroSD card on the M8 makes it a lot more flexible, where you can have a card full of music and videos
7- The M8 has a bigger screen which is great for video watching
8- $100 more is barely a drop in the bucket compared to the $2000+ you'll spend over a contract, you might as well get a phone that'll last
9- The knock to turn on is dead useful given the power button is so badly placed
10- The Duo Camera is fun to play around with

Given nobody on this forum has actually used a OnePlus One... how can you have a valid opinion. Specs are great and all but they aren't a measure of the actual quality of the experience or how well they work in real life.

Many credits cards have Purchase Protection that covers accidental damage, have you checked into that?
 
http://www.mastercard.com/sea/personal/en/education/learning_my/creditwise/purchase_protection_plan.html

Given nobody on this forum has actually used a OnePlus One... how can you have a valid opinion. Specs are great and all but they aren't a measure of the actual quality of the experience or how well they work in real life.

Given nobody on this forum has actually used a OnePlus One... how can you have a valid opinion. Specs are great and all but they aren't a measure of the actual quality of the experience or how well they work in real life.

Here's a Google Play edition rom you can install once rooted with a custom recovery. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2706441
 
Keep in mind you own't get over the air updates so you'll have to install a new rom when the next version of Android comes out.

That is no longer an issue in Android 4.3

You can buy it from Bell for $350 on a 2 year contract and get it with the $45 Voice & Data Lite Promo 45 plan.
 

Good luck, it's a really sweet phone :D

To actually answer the question, here's some new 10" tablets that are coming out soon
 
http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/03/asus-transformer-pad-infinity/
and 
http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/03/toshiba-excite-pure-excite-pro-excite-write/

You'll spend a lot less money if you just bought a spare battery or 2 for the S4... Honestly practically speaking the only place where modern flagship phones stumble with camera is the lack of optical zoom.

Seconded, also the Y510p is worth a look too.
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/y-series/y510p/

The Y510p definitely supports the ultrabay expansion, it's in one the models available in the US store.

Honestly it'd be better off to just wait until you can afford a better phone to see a bigger difference

It's not like they need to do much drivers, they just give the OS to the owners. It's pretty basic.
It would make google look like EA just saying f*ck you get new phones b*tches with 2-3 year old phones.

Either way, I'm waiting until official announcements before writing it off. Worst case scenario, I can flash ROMs built from source.
Nexus One's support lasted close to 2 years (updates ended officially with the announce of ICS).
 
Reason why API Level doesn't make much sense: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Nexus#Comparison_of_phones
Nexus one launched with Eclair, discontinued with Gingerbread. That means it got all Froyo updates as well as Gingerbread. 2 "Major" versions due to code name.
Nexus S launched with Gingerbread. Since then, it got ICS and was discontinued with Jelly Bean. Honeycomb was skipped due to Tablet version. Again, 2 Major code name releases.
 
If history repeated itself:
Galaxy Nexus launched with ICS. It has since only gotten Jelly Bean updates. Key Lime Pie could be expected for the second major codename release. It's also been 19 months of updates since its launch, which gives it 3-5 more months before it's officially discontinued in terms of updates. They've only discontinued production.
Nexus 4 launched with Jelly Bean, and Key Lime Pie is definite for the Nexus 4. It'll also probably get Lemon Meringue or whatever the codename will be for the letter L.
 
The rough 2-year lifetime for updates is also visible.

What reason besides being douchy would google have not to release KLP for the nexus?

I think the bigger issue with the TF700 is the slow NAND memory it uses that really hurts it's performance.

iOS 7 looks like a solid update that will give Apple faithful many features that other platforms have had for awhile though I wouldn't really call anything in it innovative.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nemex.nJoy&feature=search_result
 
Some along those lines looks right

It's another reason why skins are just plain a bad idea. It'll be interesting to see how stock android handles on the new Google branded S4 :P