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Hey guys, i'm looking to buy a phone in the near future, and have 3 options in my price range (a trade in for my Touch HD with a broken memory card slot..). I'm looking at the Nokia N900, HTC Desire or iPhone 3G (not 3GS).
I'm heavily swayed towards the desire - the screen looks amazing, the build quality looks good..and it runs Android which I've wanted for a while..
Now I don't actually have an internet bolt-on with my contract (I am an O2 UK Customer), so browsing isn't the most important feature, though I do regularly use available Wi-Fi connections. I'm guessing in that respect, the N900 is the one to go for?
Moving on...operating systems. Anyone had experience with Maemo? (N900 operating system). What is it like? Does it hang or crash much..i'm coming from Windows Mobile 6.1 so I know how annoying it can be having to constantly restart your mobile phone.
One of, if not THE most important things to me is the music player. My iPod got stolen, so i've been using my Touch HD for a while now, and while the quality is okay, the music player drains the battery something crazy..whats the HTC Desire like with say 3-4 hours music playing on average a day, and moderate telephony (mostly SMS, with a few phone calls)? Anyone had experience with the N900? From reviews i've read that the iPhone 3G does well here..but alot of people I know who own one, don't agree..but they've had their iPhones a long long time, and use alot of applications..their batteries could well just need replacing.
Anything else anyone wants to comment to help my decision? In looking at reviews HTC Desire seems to come up top..but how does it relate to the average user? I do occasionaly engage in some geeky activities with my mobile phone...but it's more important to me as just that - a Mobile Phone.
Any views are welcome, I look forward to hearing your replies!
Many thanks in advance!
Amar
P.s. If you're heavily biased to any of the handsets (I know..i'm posting in the HTC Desire section) please try to give as objective an opinion as you can!
Non biased you won't get a lot of love here for iPhone!
I've been using my desire very heavily since I got it a month ago (usually bored of things before 30 days but this thing is just amazing) and the battery is pretty good. I charge it every night anyway but thats mainly because I have it running white noise to help me sleep (really works). I would say if I used it the same as I used to use my touch hd then it would probably last me 2 to 3 days. Also dont forget that you can carry a spare battery with the desire and you can't with the iPhone. Spare batteries are pretty cheap, usually less than 20gbp.
I play a lot of music on it and think that the whole music experience is very good. Some people say that the volume is not loud enough but I find that with decent headphones its perfect for me on about 80 to 90%. Played through my car stereo it sounds fantastic. Not had a lot of experience with the iPhone music interface but the desire one does everything I want it to and if I need more there are plenty of aps that can replace the default player.
If you really are a geek then Android really is the only option. There are so many ways to waste your time on the desire its frightening. In the last month I have barely touched my desktop and that very rare for me.
As far as WiFi access goes the desire is permanently connected to my router. I do have mobile net too but only use that when out and about.
If your choice was between desire and iPhone 3gs I would still choose the desire. You are choosing between desire, iPhone 3gs (can't comment on the other one I have no experience with it) then I can't see any competition really.
Android gets better and better and is still very young.
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I would say if I used it the same as I used to use my touch hd then it would probably last me 2 to 3 days.
I play a lot of music on it and think that the whole music experience is very good. Some people say that the volume is not loud enough but I find that with decent headphones its perfect for me on about 80 to 90%. Played through my car stereo it sounds fantastic. Not had a lot of experience with the iPhone music interface but the desire one does everything I want it to and if I need more there are plenty of aps that can replace the default player.
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2-3 days?! My Touch HD only goes for about a day...then again...i've abused the battery by leaving it on charge overnight...can't do the battery any good I suppose!
Volume isn't an issue, I own a portable amplifier (PA2V2..search it on eBay). On a side note, it's highly recommended to buy a portable amplifier.. I've not seen my music the same way since!
Thank you zzleezz..I think i'm pretty much decided already now! Apps and geeky goodness is what I look for in a phone haha..
I think now it's just between N900 and the Desire, though I already know I'm going to choose the Desire haha... I'm just one of those people who like to know for definite before they invest!
Also..as a newbie to Android, are there a lot of free apps? I am but a lowly student! The on-line Android App store won't let you check..you have to browse it from an Android Phone to see it properly..
I recently just got a HTC Desire and my girlfriend has a Nokia N900.
I have never seen my girlfriend's N900 crashing but there was a bit of slowdown when a few GBs of songs are transferred into the phone. It was alright after a reboot. For multimedia, I think I would say N900 is the best. It has got good speakers and camera.
The hardware keyboard is pretty nice as well.
However, I don't like the resistive touch screen. I find it really hard to use compared to capacitive touch screen.
Battery life on N900 is pretty good. Perhaps better than the Desire.
For operating system,
I see Maemo as something in between Symbian and Android. There are some similarity between them.
FOr the HTC Desire,
I've only had it for 1 day+ but I'm loving it.
Battery on Desire is definitely better than my previous HTC HD2.
Everything is smooth and fluid. Installing/uninstalling apps never take more than 5secs each, which you don't see in N900 or Windows mobile.
I never use my phone as a mp3 player as I have an Ipod classic. So I can't comment on that.
Never had an Iphone before. Can't comment on that as well.
In all,
unless you really really like a hardware keyboard, better speakers, slightly longer battery life, I would suggest you skip the N900.
unless you are really an Iphone fan, I suggest you skip iphone as well.
Do some research on HTC Desire's bugs, shortcomings, disadvantages.
If you can live with that, I would suggest you get the Desire.
Since it has got better specs than the other 2 phones as well.
What about the motorola milestone if you want a hardware keyboard and android?
what is this stuff with white noise to sleep?
Thats a constant noise which may remind you of Rain, its helpful ti block other noises if you want to take a nap...even if it's loud, YouTube wont find it disturbing, you'll rather find it peaceful and calming
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If you want a multimedia phone and you are not willing to geek around it you should go for the iPhone. As an ex iphone user i would say that it's a perfect user-friendly, foolproof phone, which would hardly leave you on the road without multimedia (of course if you don't thinker it much, it's software is quite fragile). But that's just it - iPhone is only for multimedia (at least for me). Most of the apps are just plain copy of another app on the appstore and they sux. I've found just 1-2 which i liked much (one RISK clone and a Google analytics app).
But if you want a phone, with a bit more power, to be able to do stuff you are used on your pc (if you use pc), then go for the Desire. I had it for a week now and I could say that it blows away the iPhone for me. Wouldn't go back apple's way again ... (well if they don't release a free blowjob accessory for iPhone,pod,pad... ))
Also if you go with iphone, forget easy management of songs, but you already know that from your ipod (as the big difference here is that for managing songs on iPhone, you NEED itunes, it's not detectable as flash-drive).
Search for white noise on the market, there is a paid one and a free one. Free one does fine for me, rain sound on low and I sleep like a baby
unrealnet,
I even disagree that the iPhone is good as a multimedia phone.
I think there's nothing easier than just copying music onto the device, the Desire will put it into your library within seconds (or less). That's soooo much easier than having to go through iTunes (which, IMO, is a virus and you can't avoid it if you use an iPhone).
There are great media players for Android that are much better than the iPod app on the iPhone (the stock one is okay also, but there are really good ones on the Market, like MixZing). Alternative players are forbidden on the iPhone anyway, whereas you have a choice of great players on Android.
And that brings me to my next point: On the iPhone, unless you jailbreak it (which brings new annoyances), you can't have alternative players, you can't play any other formats than Apple's (whereas on Android, you can play pretty much anything with the built in players or an app from the Market).
I think there's not much more to say. You've used Windows Mobile, that means you know about all the possibilities an open system gets you. It's the same with Android, you can do pretty much anything you like.
What's not the same is that unlike Windows Mobile, Android just works. It's smooth, it's stable, it doesn't annoy you like WinMo does.
That said, I think there can only be one answer: Get the Desire.
I also just recently switched over from WinMo and I'm amazed by this phone. I also had an iPhone some time ago, and it really can not compare to the Desire in any way.
Everything that the iPhone does, the Desire does as well - and better - and most importantly, it does sooo much more... I wouldn't say it does more than Windows Mobile, but at least it does not annoy you.
It's like the combination of Windows Mobile and the iPhone: It just works fast, smooth and stable like an iPhone, but it does much much more like Windows Mobile.
shaundalglish,
I've noted the problems on the software and syncing.
iPhone can play aac, mp3, wav which ... in my opinion are ... let's say most used formats. I can hardly see myself playing flac on the phone
As for the iPhone as media device - may be you have missed the part to feel the phone as a whole without jerking around with external players. I can say that iPhone's ipod is one of the best multimedia players (in means of organizing) music. As for the Desire it's right next to it. If I can represent it in numbers iPhone's iPod is 100% and desire's (stock) is 99.8%.
So once again - if you are an user who wants just to use the stuff, and not worry about some hidden "features" here and there, you should go for the iPhone, but you would loose all the customization that Android gives you.
If you want to have control to make your phone, really YOUR phone, then definitely go for Desire! It's THE phone I can barely leave it out of sight, just because i love to look at it soo much. *inlove* ^^
I've now had my Desire for at couple of weeks, and I think it is a fantastic smartphone
One of the great things about Android is, that it just works out of the box, while giving you a rich user experience as well as a very high level of customization. As a longtime WinMo user myself I was a bit sceptical in switching to Android, but have not regreted it once since. One of the things that really maid my day was the efficiency and easyness of the Facebook and Google Account synchronization I have never been able to achieve on WinMo. Android has a beautifully designed GUI, all the way throughout the system, which was one of the main selling aspects of the iPhone, and in my opinion was entirely missing on WinMo (different interface in all apps, the quick transition between modern cool graphics layer to Win 95 like sms interface and so on). One real advantage of Desire (and any almost any phone in my opinion ) over the iPhone is of course the freedom you get by not being limited to do everything through iTunes and having free access to the phone's memory.
As for the phone itself I can say that the battery life is satisfactory, you can't really expect more from such a feature packed phone, I have personally developed a pattern where I charge my phone every night, so it has never been a problem for me. There are however some things you can do if you want to get a longer battery life. These are things such as turning the background data off, installing an automated taskkiller which periodically kills the unnecessary apps running in the background, turning off the location service (the phones manages the GPS power state), turning off WiFi etc... Android runs fluently, on the 1 GHz Snaprdagon CPU, actually noticably faster if you compare it with the HTC Legend.
I have tried to use the phone as a media player for a day (I usually use my Sony Walkman) and I can say that the battery life is reasonable, while the built in music player is fast and intuitively simple (I still haven't found how to add a song a playlist in Windows Media Player ), however one thing the player lacks is an equalizer. The phone is great for watching youtube or other online video (Flash works smoothly), the sound from the built in speaker is however not of the best quality. iPhone's or any Sony Ericsson's W series speakers are better.
So my general verdict here is: go get the Desire, you will not regret it
It's like the combination of Windows Mobile and the iPhone: It just works fast, smooth and stable like an iPhone, but it does much much more like Windows Mobile.
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a_sandhu said:
2-3 days?! My Touch HD only goes for about a day...then again...i've abused the battery by leaving it on charge overnight...can't do the battery any good I suppose!
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Nonsense... The phone knows when to stop charging, in fact most modern phones charge to 100% then completely stop charging until it drops down to 95% then charges back to 100%, etc.
Ok here's my simple explanation:
If you don't want/can't spend that extra day to learn how your phone works and how powerful it is and you don't care about getting into a closed ecosystem and pay 20-30% more for the same (actually maybe less) features, do get an iphone.
also if you care mostly about stylish appearance do get an iphone.
Otherwise get any other smartphone.
The desire is at the moment one of thee best value/price handset, I think
I think you'd be foolish to get anything other than an iPhone. It just works. The sound quality on the desire is pretty bad in my opinion. Appears that listening to music is pretty high up on your agenda? Your speakers may make it louder but the quality just ain't there. Plus you wanna use it as a phone. Another reason for getting an iPhone. You don't want missed calls that go straight to answerphone right? The aerial stack on the desire is pretty poor in my opinion. Furthermore many people have trouble with the desire switching from 3g to H to E pretty much constantly even when the phone is not moving. And many people it appears have to reboot there phones to get Internet connected. These latter issues don't effect everyone but they do effect many. I love my desire for many reasons. But I don't think it will suit your needs by the sound of it.
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I think you'd be foolish to get anything other than an iPhone. It just works. The sound quality on the desire is pretty bad in my opinion. Appears that listening to music is pretty high up on your agenda? Your speakers may make it louder but the quality just ain't there. Plus you wanna use it as a phone. Another reason for getting an iPhone. You don't want missed calls that go straight to answerphone right? The aerial stack on the desire is pretty poor in my opinion. Furthermore many people have trouble with the desire switching from 3g to H to E pretty much constantly even when the phone is not moving. And many people it appears have to reboot there phones to get Internet connected. These latter issues don't effect everyone but they do effect many. I love my desire for many reasons. But I don't think it will suit your needs by the sound of it.
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Enggg???? I don't agree with these comments at all; i don't know about the loudspeaker 'cause i don't use it but sound quality through my own earphones is just as good as my i-pod so sound quality is NOT an issue. I often listen to music and the player apps are really good, just as good as i phones and the ability to just dump music onto sd card (even straight from internet or bluetooth or wirlessly from pc) is very comfortable and handy!!
No probs at all with internet here, not one single one and anyway, from what i heard you're sticking to wifi so 3g is no issue for you anyway!
I've had an iphone, it was amazing when it came out but the desire has caught up and overtaken.
And the N900, mmmm, never tried one but from the vids i've seen on internet, it looks quite cool!
blah blah blah
get a desire
I don't even think its fair to compare the iPhone with the Desire. The Desire is so much more versatile, powerful, and customizable.
I use the device to watch youtube clips and movies and listen to Mp3. I think the sound quality is excellent. As I understand it you cannot multi-task on an iPhone? So you cannot surf and listen to mp3s? Also no flash on Apple. I can watch flash on my Desire, and its also due flash 10.1 which will be even smoother. iPhone will never see flash.
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I think you'd be foolish to get anything other than an iPhone. It just works. The sound quality on the desire is pretty bad in my opinion. Appears that listening to music is pretty high up on your agenda? Your speakers may make it louder but the quality just ain't there. Plus you wanna use it as a phone. Another reason for getting an iPhone. You don't want missed calls that go straight to answerphone right? The aerial stack on the desire is pretty poor in my opinion. Furthermore many people have trouble with the desire switching from 3g to H to E pretty much constantly even when the phone is not moving. And many people it appears have to reboot there phones to get Internet connected. These latter issues don't effect everyone but they do effect many. I love my desire for many reasons. But I don't think it will suit your needs by the sound of it.
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Dunbad, seems the Apple brainwashing worked on you
I never have problems with switching between wifi/HSDPA/3g its seemless. Only time I have a problem with internet is in the middle of Thetford Forest where I also have problems making voice calls as there is no signal
Aerial stack on my Desire is better than my old touch HD and also better than my wifes Legend.
Music quality is great, had a friends ipod touch next to my desire the other night and we played the same track through the same set of headphones for a perfect comparrison. The ipod was a lot louder, going into the range of being able to damage your hearing, the desire could get to the stage where it was just on the loud stage but nowhere near as loud as the ipod. Not a problem imo, and historically HTC have limited output on the headphones of their phones. On my old touch HD I was able to adjust the limit in the registry, im sure it will be only a matter of time before some bright spark shows us how to change the setting in android
I wonder what network the "many" people quoted above are on, might be worth finding out. I am on vodamoan (perfect signal, great coverage, bad 500m FUP on data).
The sound quality on the Desire is just fine. I have no issues with it. Android is an amazing moble OS. I have messed around with iPhones a bit... and I really don't get why people like the iPhone OS so much. In my opinion pretty much anything running Android is better then an iPhone. As for the n900... it was a very nice idea, but Maemo never went anywhere. Maemo is pretty much a dead OS. There is a new OS being made by Nokia/Intel called Meago I think it is. It's rumored that the n900 will get this if it comes out. By the time it does though, the hardware on Tue n900 which is already aged will be so far behind it would be pointless to get one. Android has a lot of useful apps so far, and its improving rapidly. It already has things that no other mobile OS does. Android is the way to go right now... and the Desire is one of the top Android phones. Nothing else is really too superior to it currently.
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Hi there. My name is Jason C., but you all can call me Ntac.
My work is offering a fully capable TILT 2 or an Edge network only HD2.
I know the HD2 has better internals, but would you all stick with a TILT 2 since no 3G ect. with the HD2?
Thanks in advance.
Ntac
Well thats a no brainer! lol HD2 i would choose anyway faster CPU and more RAM!
go with Tilt2
if you use much in data services, or if you need the ability to have data connections active when you are also on the phone. If you are only using apps on the phone, then the faster processor on the HD2 is the way to go.
in other words, it's all about how you use the phone.
I am delighted in my Tilt2
cmilviper said:
Hi there. My name is Jason C., but you all can call me Ntac.
My work is offering a fully capable TILT 2 or an Edge network only HD2.
I know the HD2 has better internals, but would you all stick with a TILT 2 since no 3G ect. with the HD2?
Thanks in advance.
Ntac
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too bad you can get both
this is gonna be a toughy but with me:
Pros:
HD2: Fastest processor, huge 4.3in capacitive screen for movies and videos, on screen keyboard is good to type on, slim form factor, 3.5mm headphone jack, flash on camera and 5mp, also 16gbMicroSD that comes with it
TP2: Best keyboard phone in the market today, good battery life, 3G on AT&T, acceptable 3.6in screen, best speakerphone quality, onscreen keyboard is good as well
Cons:
HD2: No 3G on AT&T only EDGE, cant judge the battery management but i heard its not as great as Tilt 2s battery, no slideout keyboard for easy typing, glass screen, could crack if dropped
Tilt2: Bulky because of keyboard, slower than HD2 by half, the phone is also fragile to scratch cuz of the chrome bezel, doesnt come with 16gb microsd, no 3.5mm headphone jack, smaller screen than HD2
overall theres no winner imo its totally up to you of what you decide on, i recommend stopping by T-Mobile and mess with the HD2 and then go to AT&T and mess with the Tilt 2 and do more research by asking current owners in the Leo section and ask for their opinions
and coming from me as a Tilt 2 owner, im satisfied with mine, as it suits my needs as battery last me a whole day or 2 with light to heavy usage and also we have ROMs that run HTC Sense but not as great but still acceptable...
good luck on your decision
Thanks everybody....Yes tough, decision. Thanks for the information.
drbowden said:
if you use much in data services, or if you need the ability to have data connections active when you are also on the phone. If you are only using apps on the phone, then the faster processor on the HD2 is the way to go.
in other words, it's all about how you use the phone.
I am delighted in my Tilt2
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Absolutely agree with this. Evaluate your data and input usage, if you think you'll be data heavy (without regular access to wifi) or will be typing a lot of emails/texts go with the TP2. Otherwise HD2.
Let me tell you this..
I got a free Touch Pro 2 (T-Mobile version of Rhodium)
I am on ATT, yea its a nice phone.. but when not being able to use 3G.. IT IS DEAD F-ING SLOW!!!!
It was not worth even keeping the phone.. why would I? Just to show off?
I finally got the Tilt 2 (proper ATT version) and now have 3g, and now I am happy.
The initial glee if you go wiht the HD2 will only last for so long when you see how slow data is, and you got people with 5 year old phones going faster than you.
eugenile said:
Let me tell you this..
I got a free Touch Pro 2 (T-Mobile version of Rhodium)
I am on ATT, yea its a nice phone.. but when not being able to use 3G.. IT IS DEAD F-ING SLOW!!!!
It was not worth even keeping the phone.. why would I? Just to show off?
I finally got the Tilt 2 (proper ATT version) and now have 3g, and now I am happy.
The initial glee if you go wiht the HD2 will only last for so long when you see how slow data is, and you got people with 5 year old phones going faster than you.
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give me your tmo rhodium...
cmilviper said:
Hi there. My name is Jason C., but you all can call me Ntac.
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why wouldn't we just call you "cmilviper"...
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just to make sure i wasn't missing a joke from a movie or something, i did a google search for
"My name is Jason C" and it came back with some very interesting results...
It's definitely a difficult decision. At the end of the day, i think I would walk away with the HD2. It's faster, nicer screen, and the cooked roms for it are smokin' hot.
Merge redundant thread / Rhodium all the time!
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Hi, I'm calling all SGS2 or iPhone 4S owners to help me identify whether my device is somehow broken, or it's "normal" for the GSM version of Galaxy Nexus:
In short, voice in-call quality is definitely worse than on SGS2 and iPhone 4S. I tried all those phones with exactly the same SIM card standing at the same place, calling exactly the same number (my voice mail), hearing the same message on all three, so it's not a matter of card/operator/signal.
I noticed, when using the ear speaker, that:
1. At maximum in-call volume, on Galaxy Nexus I hear some occasional creaking noise, like if the volume level was too high for the ear speaker to handle. I don't hear any noise like that on Samsung Galaxy S2 or iPhone 4S.
2. At maximum in-call volume, GNexus is still the quietest phone out of those three. iPhone 4S is the loudest (and without the creaky noise), Galaxy S2 is second (without creaky noise as well), and Galaxy Nexus is the quietest of them and yet develops some creaky noise at the same time.
3. Some high pitch sounds are unpleasant to hear on Galaxy Nexus, while they are fine (the same word from my voicemail) on both SGS2 and i4S. I'm not sure how to describe it, some words (I know only polish words that cause this at this moment) are really unpleasant to hear on GNexus..
4. I'm not sure if it's because of the creaky noise or not, but the voice from GNexus sounds the most 'robotic' out of those 3 devices. As I already wrote, I was hearing exactly the same messages on all three phones (my voice mail), and while they sounded pretty much identical on SGS2 and iPhone 4S, they sounded a little bit more 'robotic' on GNexus.
Ok, that's all. Don't get me wrong, my GNexus is capable of making/receiving calls. The problem is I'm a little bit hearing impaired and in order to understand people (especially when they don't speak in my native language) I need to turn the volume up a bit, otherwise I can't hear them. And unfortunately my GNexus is _definitely_ the worst phone in regard to call/voice quality out of those 3 phones. Anytime when I talk with someone for longer than "just a minute" when my SIM card is in GNexus, I wish it was in SGS2 or i4S just because I know I could hear someone better then. For short calls it doesn't matter.
So, the question is: does anyone who owns either SGS2 or i4S noticed this as well? I wonder whether there's something wrong with my specific device and I should replace it, or it works "as expected"..
Maybe it's caused by 2G network? I'm very often on 2G network, though with good coverage (4 signal bars)..
I appreciate any help, thanks..
I bought the GNEX because my wife constantly complained that my International SGSII was unbearable. Well there were other reasons also, but voice quality was her biggest gripe.
The GNEX is much better.
My wife has an iPhone 4S BTW (we are both on ATT).
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I bought the GNEX because my wife constantly complained that my International SGSII was unbearable. Well there were other reasons also, but voice quality was her biggest gripe.
The GNEX is much better.
My wife has an iPhone 4S BTW (we are both on ATT).
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Interesting. But that's from her side, suggesting that mic on GNex is better than SGS2. I have no idea whether it's true, people can understand me no matter what device I use.
What about your side - did you notice any differences (especially something related to what I described) when it comes to voice quality compared to SGS2?
I get crackling on occasional calls. But it's not consistent and not every call. Hasn't bothered me a ton. Volume is fine.
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I get crackling on occasional calls. But it's not consistent and not every call. Hasn't bothered me a ton. Volume is fine.
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Any chance crackling happens only on 2G networks?
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Any chance crackling happens only on 2G networks?
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Nope. Both 3G and HSPA+. But very infrequently.
I have no issues with the Nexus. People always complained that my voice was muffled with the International SGSII.
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I have no issues with the Nexus. People always complained that my voice was muffled with the International SGSII.
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That's interesting point and I admit I never asked anyone if they hear me better when I use GNEX. I'm a little bit selfish though and more interesting in how I hear other people, than how they hear me, especially since my hearing is quite bad
Perhaps GNEX has better noise detection mic than SGS2?
Anyone else getting this? On my first note 7 I noticed a lot of my calls were choppy. In and out pretty much the whole conversation. But i figured I'd see what a new note 7 would do. Now 2 days into my new note 7. Call quality isn't as bad but still unacceptable for such an expensive phone. But now not only this, a lot of things that use data ( internet, apps, etc) is TERRIBLE. I just counted how long it took a website to load. Over 60 secs and the website was still not loaded. My mms aren't sending as quickly as well. This to me again is unnaceptable. Im coming from a note 5 and didnt have any of these problems my entire time. Any ideas on a fix? This is kind of pushing me to iphone7
must be your carrier, mi note 930F has very very good signal in 3G, medium in 4G and bad in 2G, call quality is excelent, cristall clear, the best among all phones I have ever had, try all the modes to see which one works the best, luck
I do get some popping cracking sound from some calls.
Still haven't nail down whether it is the phone hardware or software or the network problem?
Anyone experienced this also?
It wasn't great in the 2XL. Any improvement here?
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It wasn't great in the 2XL. Any improvement here?
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thats gonna depend on your carrier and your area more than it will on your phone
my 3a xl works fine on verizon but i live in a major city so coverage is never an issue for me
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It wasn't great in the 2XL. Any improvement here?
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Coming from the Galaxy line of phones, with the note 9 being my last, I find no issues with reception or calls. No better or worse. I live on a fringe area and I lock on to LTE, although I get barely 1meg download at home. On a good signal area, download speeds of 25 to 50 megs is about what I get. I'm on an att mvno (red pocket), so no hd voice or wifi calling. But standard voice calls are ok.
On T-Mobile, I've actually seen nearly identical or even better download speeds vs my OnePlus 6T, which is surprising considering the power from the 6T.
I'm really stuck between both phones. I've always LOVED any OnePlus device I've owned. While I've used pixel devices before, this is the first one I've actively owned and used consistently, and I'm actually loving it. My OnePlus fanboy side is telling me not to give in... But I'm becoming a bigger pixel fan every second I'm using it
I just passed on my 6T today, I had held onto it in case remorse set in but that hasn't happened. I went from Tmo on the 6T to Fi on this phone and for whatever reason get faster speeds on this phone even though in theory I'm on the Tmo network. Go figure on that one, only thing I've got is that my 6T was the unlocked variant, could be a factor...
I was getting too many dropped calls.
Not just in my house, but all over.
Very disappointing.
I returned my 3a XL for this and a few other reasons.
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wpghtc said:
I was getting too many dropped calls.
Not just in my house, but all over.
Very disappointing.
I returned my 3a XL for this and a few other reasons.
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Maybe defective?
I have no problems at all with calls.
Bluetooth connectivity is another story...
poncespr said:
Maybe defective?
I have no problems at all with calls.
Bluetooth connectivity is another story...
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He probably got a iPhone since his post was sent from a iPad ?
Could be his provider, location, etc. One data point doesn't mean much unless of course your the data point with connectivity troubles. I don't have any problems with anything. Phone has been flawless in that respect. Just wish it was a little speedier...
krabman said:
Could be his provider, location, etc. One data point doesn't mean much unless of course your the data point with connectivity troubles. I don't have any problems with anything. Phone has been flawless in that respect. Just wish it was a little speedier...
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I think this phone is awesome for the price. I sold my note 9 for a better camera and timely updates, and don't regret it one bit. But I do have some issues with the bluetooth behavior. When I turn on any previously paired speaker, the phone automatically assumes I want it to connect to it. This is annoying because every time I turn on the TV, the Pixel redirects sound output to it's sound bar. Also, when I connect to bluetooth speakers, music starts playing and then cuts off, and I have to redirect sound to the phone, then back again to the bluetooth speaker for audio to work. The second issue seems to be fixed on Q, but not the first one. It's just a minor annoyance, and not enough to ditch this phone, but never had this issue with any other phone. Other than that, I love my Pixel.