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firstking

Swap Sony Xperia x10 for Nexus One

I made the mistake of buying this android phone made by Sony. Its stock ROM is (from att) is still at 1.6. I've loaded the global edition by Sony so i'm running 2.1 but I lost my visual voicemail. From what I've read Sony has no plans to update the phone to froyo. The XDA community worked hard to get out 2.2 an 2.3 but no matter what rom i load i have problems with my camera. Spec wise the two seem similiar with x10a with a little more internal memory. Support wise tho, the Nexus One seems lightyears ahead. I may not be an even swap money wise but not too expensive. Is it worth it?

Posted Mar 13, 2011, 9:25 AM UTC

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DeusdiesNote 4•

Yes.

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thrikHTC One M8 - CM12•

i'm not sure how this works with the Xperia, but when I had issues with my camera (after upgrading to froyo) it was because i needed to upgrade my radio. maybe that's the issue?

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dajmeisterNexus 4, Stock Jelly Bean 4.3•

I love my nexus one, got it last january. I havent had any real urge to upgrade even now.

The main downsides to it are a sketchy multitouch display (can do pinch and zoom but not rotate gestures) and an okay camera (not great).

The upsides are probably the best dev and rom community support of any phone, stock android, an unlocked bootloader, and (reasonably quick) official upgrades to the latest version of the OS.

Also for me the hardware has been really solid, some have had problems with the power button but HTC has been great about fixing even rooted n1's with faulty power buttons.

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xaueiousLG G2 (D800)•

If Canadian, next best to Nexus One is the Acer Liquid E.

Nexii are kind of overpriced unless you take advantage of dev fesatures or community firmware

No one is dumb enough to trade straight up for the 256mb X10

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classhero•

You can get a Nexus One in Canada. I have one that I bought from Google, and now that Google doesn't sell them, Mobilicity does.

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tekdemoNexus One, CM7•

Yesterday was my one year anniversary with my nexus. I will not go back to a stock only phone. I love the damn thing. Worth every penny I paid for a unlocked device.

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kbrosnan•

I've used both phones for software development. The nexus one is a significantly better phone than the x10.

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[deleted]•

Nexus One is great, but why not a Nexus S? They are so sexy and smooth...

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[deleted]•

Well, the Xperia just sounded like a horrible frankenstein idea from the get go. Irrespective of that, why don't you buy the Nexus S from Samsung? It's essentially a "Google phone" (gets OTA updates quickly; runs purely on the Android stock OS) and is an upgrade from the Nexus One, which is itself a year-plus-old.

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