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So I'm using my new Google nexus phone to write this post.

After finally taking the plunge, I have a new phone! I got it on $29 cap with vodafone, for 2 years unfortunately. I'm not thrilled to be locked into such a disreputable company but there it is. So far, 3 has tried to overcharge my last bill and I'm expecting something to go wrong with my first bill. Telephone providers. What can you do?

But the phone itself is great. It's one of the newer phones and comes stock with the latest software to boot. Over the past week, I can say I am enjoying the phone immensely. No real faults with it so far and I am fast becoming comfortable with the style of integration of multiple services. The phone is very smooth despite being only one core lol, and android is very nice, once you get used to it. I have yet to root it (another form of jailbreak) but not sure I want to yet. I can't be bothered.

I think the feature I love the most is communication centralization. It allows me to have constant access to my multiple email accounts, which I am finding in these modern times, a crucial communication tool, especially at the moment with grad apps and project announcements at uni. It works great and easy to set up. I haven't noticed a huge drain in my data usage yet. Apps like WhatsApp, facebook, vodafone usage and dropbox all help keeping all the important things I constantly check on the one device. I think I've definitely noticed a drop in computer use, cause I no longer need to turn it on just to check things and then get distracted with other things!

If there was one thing I would share from this new phone experience, is this advice to new phone shoppers: don't over-research. You can constantly read reviews, get people opinions, test a phone for a few minutes and repeat over and over, but nothing will compare to actually getting the phone. There are features you're not going to like that you won't find out about until you actually use it, and vice versa. As long as the phone roughly fits your basic needs, just get the phone after a week or two of research.

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