Finally, Great Speeds on T-Mobile

**PL1** · 05-15-2012, 09:10 AM

Just got the Galaxy Nexus direct from Google and I do love it. There are a few workarounds I've had to deal with, but overall, and excellent phone. Regarding the speeds I have been getting, at first I didn't think that they would improve much over my last phone, the Lumia 710 from TMO, but yesterday, I was cruising along at 6.5M DL/1.5M UL, which is the best I've ever seen (in the 3 weeks I've been with TMO). Before that, the most I ever saw was 1.5M/1.5M. I'm not totally suggesting it is the phone over the cell tower I was near, but either way, I'm very pleased.

**Mr.Mischief** · 06-04-2012, 11:34 PM

How is the battery life? I have an HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus coming this week. I'm trying to decide if I should keep it, my Sensation 4G, or my Blaze 4G?

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**PaisanNYC** · 06-05-2012, 06:04 PM

If you have or are getting the i9250 (GSM Galaxy Nexus), I suggest you buy the OEM Samsung 2000mah Extended Battery (with NFC chip) and battery door from the Korean sellers on eBay. its still slim and sexy, but I can get almost two full days on one charge with some calls, streaming audio, and many texts. Even with the extended battery on, the phone can still fit into many popular regular-sized cases like Otterbox and Seidio.

**PL1** · 06-05-2012, 07:56 PM

Originally Posted by Mr.Mischief

How is the battery life? I have an HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus coming this week. I'm trying to decide if I should keep it, my Sensation 4G, or my Blaze 4G?

I am not a heavy user of the phone, so I get a great battery life. Today, I was reading a newspaper on it (Amazon Kindle App), so it did drain the battery. I'm at 50% after 13 hours. Usually I'm still at 80% by this time. I have Bluetooth, WIFI, and 4G on 24/7. I keep Location services off. I have an app that shows any user services and I only allow Google Voice and Google Drive. Any other apps which use processor services (when I'm not using the app) have been deleted. I am on ICS 4.04, which the device came with, and which is the latest. Bottom line, the stock battery is working fine for me.

**Box215** · 06-14-2012, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by PaisanNYC

If you have or are getting the i9250 (GSM Galaxy Nexus), I suggest you buy the OEM Samsung 2000mah Extended Battery (with NFC chip) and battery door from the Korean sellers on eBay. its still slim and sexy, but I can get almost two full days on one charge with some calls, streaming audio, and many texts. Even with the extended battery on, the phone can still fit into many popular regular-sized cases like Otterbox and Seidio.

Thanks for the advice. My Galaxy Nexus arrives direct from Google tomorrow. Can't wait...my first Android phone (finally retiring my Nokia N900 - great, dependable phone. Just going on 3yrs old)