Anyone gone from a Nexus 5 to HTC One/Sony Z?

[dizmo]

I was wondering just what the title says; has anyone gone from using a Nexus 5 to using an HTC One (either one)?

Or even a Sony Z series?

 

I've had my Nexus for a while now, and while I love it, the speaker placement is absolutely abysmal. I have no idea why people would prefer bottom firing speakers to a rear mounted speaker.

At least with a rear mounted speaker, I can still hold the phone from the sides and cup it so that the sound fires towards me. With bottom mounted I have no options other than an awkward grip.

 

I see the new Moto X will likely have dual front facing speakers.

Add to that a better camera, much larger battery, and a customizable body (fingers crossed, though I do like the soft touch an awful lot) it seems like an interesting upgrade option.

 

For the record I have no interest in the Sony or HTC devices. They're a little too large for my liking, with the spec they have.

 

 

The only interest I have in changing is to change the speaker placement.

[Rigg3L]

Nothing Like a pure Android experience from a Nexus device. But If I had to go with another choice I'd probably take the HTC One M8 

[kuzimins]

I went from Nexus 5 to HTC One M8. The speakers are much better but i dont use them too much anyway.

[dizmo]

Why the heck would I get rid of a Nexus phone.. no crappy third party skins and bloatware etc.

Anyways, if I HAD TO, i'd go for a Sony, I had the original Xperia Z and I absolutely loved it. (but i'd still root it and flash CM11 on there because fuck Xperia UI)

 

Nothing Like a pure Android experience from a Nexus device. But If I had to go with another choice I'd probably take the HTC One M8 

The only reason I'd change, is to change where the speaker's located.

[Rigg3L]

The only reason I'd change, is to change where the speaker's located.

 

I agree, Huge selling point for the HTC One.

[Kayn]

I have the M8 and even though I don't really use the speakers much for media or other things besides for a really loud alarm, they are definitely the best speakers I have ever used on a phone.

[LarsReviews]

Why the heck would I get rid of a Nexus phone.. no crappy third party skins and bloatware etc.

Anyways, if I HAD TO, i'd go for a Sony, I had the original Xperia Z and I absolutely loved it. (but i'd still root it and flash CM11 on there because fuck Xperia UI)

 

You are the guy is was looking for. I have a Z2 and I can only agree. The Sony UI is a piece of $hit. When you installed CM11, could you still make 20MP and 4K shots? I want to root it so bad, because the Sony Stuff annoys me.

 

But the phone itself with the speakers, the camera and just everything is so perfect.

[LarsReviews]

Well the first thing to do is to go to the dialer and enter *#*#7378423#*#* and to to Service info>Configuration>Rooting status and if it says bootloader unlock allowed: yes, you can proceed, if not, too bad (you can still root your phone but you can't do a lot with it since your bootloader will be locked)

Then go to this thread to see how to root your device

Now the sucky thing is, there's no official CyanogenMod build for the Z2, there's one unofficial one but it contains bugs like being unable to take pictures..

Paranoid Android is probably the closest you'll get to stock because there's no AOSP build either.

It uses the CM11 kernel but does have some additional features, but some are actually very handy.

 

Thanks you so much for such a detailed description. What most bugs me is Social Life, Xperia Facebook and Whats new, especially next to Google now. So I was thinking either installing these Apps with root or to benefit from CM11.

 

So this isn't officail: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Sirius_Info

[razor767]

I've never owned a Nexus 5 but I have a HTC One M7 and I love the speakers. 

[Aniallation]

I went from a Nexus 5 to an M8 and I love it. Where have these speakers been all my life

[bbqsauce]

I seldom even use speakers, I do most of my listening with headphones/in ears.

I don't really get the you can't hold the phone while using speakers thing. I usually put my right hand's ring and pinky under the phone to support it when I use landscape. The speaker actually positions exactly at the gap between my hand and the phone.

[dizmo]

I seldom even use speakers, I do most of my listening with headphones/in ears.

I don't really get the you can't hold the phone while using speakers thing. I usually put my right hand's ring and pinky under the phone to support it when I use landscape. The speaker actually positions exactly at the gap between my hand and the phone.

I support it with both hands when playing games and watching Youtube. Which isn't often, but when I do it's super annoying.

A rear speaker would be cupped perfectly. These are completely blocked off. Each to their own, but this design just doesn't work for me.

*crossesfingersforMotoX+1*