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I have an incredible and fascinate right here. Any questions?

I always see a lot of threads popping up, "incredible or fascinate?" so I thought I would create this thread to answer any questions. I can do whatever you guys want, compare camera quality, answer any questions. Shoot away.

Battery life?

when you done.
Sell me you Incredible...
My got stolen, then later retrieved not it's broke..
pwease...!!
v1ral

POQbum said:
Battery life?
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Fascinate slightly better.
Same usage, at 12PM the fascinate is at 50% and incredible is at 50-55%, but the incredible dies much faster when it goes below 50%.
I will be getting the HTC evo battery soon, so not sure how much it will improve the life.

v1ral said:
when you done.
Sell me you Incredible...
My got stolen, then later retrieved not it's broke..
pwease...!!
v1ral
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Sorry, I prefer the incredible.

stfugtfo85 said:
Sorry, I prefer the incredible.
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What makes it your preferred choice over the Fascinate?

Lexus One said:
What makes it your preferred choice over the Fascinate?
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It works, better screen because the whites are actually white and not blue, etc.
The fascinate has TERRIBLE reception...just terrible. Apparently the galaxy s phones have a very weak antenna. I got tired of it jumping from 1x to 3g all day long. My incredible holds 3-4 bars of 3g all day and I haven't even seen 1x on it yet.
Basically, the fascinate is a 3g phone without 3g speeds. With both phones sitting right next to each other, the incredible will get over 2mbps while the fascinate struggles to get 0.50mpbs

Yeah I messed with the Fascinate at my local carrier.. omfg.. the phone IMO feels like junk compared to the Dinc.
Well it was worth a shot.
v1ral

How's the fascinates gps now? I remember when it first came out it barely worked.
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N-Forced said:
How's the fascinates gps now? I remember when it first came out it barely worked.
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Still barely works.
I'm confident it will NEVER be completely fixed.

v1ral said:
Yeah I messed with the Fascinate at my local carrier.. omfg.. the phone IMO feels like junk compared to the Dinc.
Well it was worth a shot.
v1ral
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haha yeah I've noticed that with a lot of samsung phones so no surprise there
They all feel like they're cheaply made

I had the Samsung Omnia 2 with the AMOLED, and that seemed to work well. It had good signal strength as I recall, and it didn't feel cheap in your hands. But the OS (Windows 6.5) wasn't so great. By the way you describe the Fascinate, it sounds like Samsung has taken a step backwards in quality.

If they're both bluetooth paired to each other, which one connects first?
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Going with Incredible. Hands down better than Fascinate and more dev support with rom such as CyanongenMod
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THIS ....is it!

This is the device I've dreamed of the last 10 yrs....and I've run with most all the latest and greatest.
I dumped my only big gripe about the browsers mobile-only page viewing, but the fact is this phone surpasses even my extreme contentment with the Galaxy S2 I've been running on ATT and Sprints Wimax MiFi.
Whoda thunk a carrier could take the device with the highest kudo's in the industry and make it better. A Carrier?
Sure, I'm gonna dump the bloatware and get Villians Rom on here asap as well as overclock and undervolt.
But how does this top the SGS2?
*love the bigger screen (ever since I played with the infuse).
*GPS much more accurate
*browser speed is faster...not by much, but consistantly (slightly) faster.
*text reflows via pinch past the first doubletap.
*International version struuggled at times with MMS transmission. No more.
*Without a doubt camera is quicker, all pics are slightly brighter and dilineation is better.
*Overall auto-brightness is dimmed (was too bright before...has marked effect on battery already and its only on the first cycle!
*not that I care (wink) but twice already I've gotten: "wow, what phone is THAT?!"
So major kudo's to Sprint here for putting out the phone of the year! ...so far (yeah, Iphone5...Nexus Prime...I know).
Never been able to say this before....but this is perfect out of the box. Doesn't NEED root...but all root goodies will be purely gravy.
(Oh, cept for the browser gripe....I DID mention that in another post didnt I?...I'll have to check!

I cant disagree with anything you said. I could root and be happy..but that wont happen. I will still have to try every ROM at least once
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yep, one hell of a phone! the only problem i have its sprints network being so bad. it's better on rural areas tha in the cities here. columbia and charleston are very crappy while newberry gets 1Mb. this is all in south carolina btw. its the only reason why i also have a verizon phone. data is far more reliable.

JohnCorleone said:
I cant disagree with anything you said. I could root and be happy..but that wont happen. I will still have to try every ROM at least once
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Me too lol... Atleast till miui and cm7 come out cant wait!!!!
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deano0714 said:
Me too lol... Atleast till miui and cm7 come out cant wait!!!!
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I just hope that cm will get 1080p video and 4g!
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Beejis said:
I just hope that cm will get 1080p video and 4g!
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*crickets chirping*
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I already said this in another post but I think a big reason why the network is slow is because of Virgin/Boost/Walmart's straight talk(sprints network)_. I switched from TMO from Sprint about 8 months ago and it was definitely better in my location... Eugene, Oregon. I think it may just get worse since those $35-50 unlimited plans are pretty hard to pass up especially when the android phones their getting are slowly getting better every season. We do have the 4g.. but I find it's fine if your in one place.. using while traveling it's inconsistent .. for example I can stream netflix low quality fine on 3g.. but 4g streams it great but if I'm driving it will disconnect occasionally when it switched to 3g when it has to.
..... But yeah other than the overtaxed network this phone is fantastic.

Beejis said:
I just hope that cm will get 1080p video and 4g!
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CM 7 already has wimax support
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odub303 said:
CM 7 already has wimax support
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That's right, I forgot!
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I know this is above and beyond,but my work has me out and about all day, and I need the internet and need a good signal.
I got the MiFI...about 4 months ago ($35mo) and in addition to connecting multiple devices it greatly amplifies the 4G (and 3G actually) whenever the signal gets weak.
I struggled with a 4G signal deep in a building, I switched to the wireless MiFi and I had strong 4G immediately.
I know for most its not a consideration but works well if needed.
QUOTE=tri0xinn;17616147]I already said this in another post but I think a big reason why the network is slow is because of Virgin/Boost/Walmart's straight talk(sprints network)_. I switched from TMO from Sprint about 8 months ago and it was definitely better in my location... Eugene, Oregon. I think it may just get worse since those $35-50 unlimited plans are pretty hard to pass up especially when the android phones their getting are slowly getting better every season. We do have the 4g.. but I find it's fine if your in one place.. using while traveling it's inconsistent .. for example I can stream netflix low quality fine on 3g.. but 4g streams it great but if I'm driving it will disconnect occasionally when it switched to 3g when it has to.
..... But yeah other than the overtaxed network this phone is fantastic.[/QUOTE]

People are always talking crap about "sprints network" even though it pushed the industry into 4G technology. I was pushing over 4 MB/s download speeds while my apple fanboy friends where still trying to impress me with their 1200 kb/s 3g speeds on their locked down iphones with battery's going bad and patented special apple screws lol. Sprint pushed this industry into higher speed data traffic, sprint put HTC and Android on the map in partnership for the HTC Evo 4g. Sprint is always getting the best phones to it's customers the fastest it can before other carriers. Sprint has made smartphone history and have excellent service and I commend them for it as a proud android user. ATT or Cingular are monopolistic thugs, Verizon is no better, both are rip offs. Sprint = Freedom. Unlimited baby, that's how we roll. See you when you're at the beach with a rooted android device on the sprint network and wireless tether without a worry in the world how much data you're eating up. Then you'll know what true wireless service means.
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With that said, I have the epic 4g touch and it's a monster. The only phone Galaxy S2 in the world that will have the original xyenos processor with a 4.52 inch screen, the first released in the USA and the only one with notification lighting. All compliments of Sprint. Job well done, the phone is unmatched and won't be for a long time. Sprint sets the bar once again.

3G crap connection, but this is odd.....

Not only do I get the Loss of Signal and not know about it, but the 3G is horrible when compared to other Sprint devices in my area. I could be standing next to a person with an EVO 3D and they will have way faster downloads....but that is not why I am posting here today. So, I noticed that if I turn on the display and try to get online it takes forever!!! To the point where I have been thinking "why did I switch to Sprint"...BUT once I hit one site and go to another and another the data speed appears to be picking up and pages are loading quick like they should. Is this normal? Has anyone else experienced this with this phone?
Thanks for taking the time to read this.

you mean like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq0eWrsUbvE&feature=youtu.be
Evo 3D on the left, MY phone....ET4GT on the right.

I have the same data problems with my phone. Sprint 3G in the houston metro area is horrible.

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no your not crazy,the data speeds are truly terrible and cell reception is by far the worst on sprint.i dont get it and no fix or update for this in site,with all that this is still a great phone wish an update that can correct these issues comes out any time soon.then this will be the best phone ever........with a little more dev support 2 would be nice from roms.

I know for a fact that my slow connection is not the phone. At 5am I have no issues pulling down 1+Mbps. Through out the day it gets slower and by evening it can get to teens Kbps. My Evo 4G, Mogul running WM6, hacked Droid incredible and even a Virgin Optimus V all have about the same speeds at the same time of day. In my area it's just overloaded towers.
Sprint sat on their a$$ for a few years and now they are paying the price.

gedster314 said:
I know for a fact that my slow connection is not the phone. At 5am I have no issues pulling down 1+Mbps. Through out the day it gets slower and by evening it can get to teens Kbps. My Evo 4G, Mogul running WM6, hacked Droid incredible and even a Virgin Optimus V all have about the same speeds at the same time of day. In my area it's just overloaded towers.
Sprint sat on their a$$ for a few years and now they are paying the price.
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but mine is the phone, right? when a 3D can pull 5x faster when we're sitting side by side, it's the phone. that's what the OP is about...

allroy1975 said:
you mean like this?
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Evo 3D on the left, MY phone....ET4GT on the right.
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LOL, teenagers arguing.

bondosho said:
LOL, teenagers arguing.
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the funny part is I'm 36 and my my coworker there taking the vid is 26 or 27? that's pretty much how we act all the time. as far as I can tell, if you're a good IT guy and work at a cool place, this is how you act. unless management is around.

allroy1975 said:
the funny part is I'm 36 and my my coworker there taking the vid is 26 or 27? that's pretty much how we act all the time. as far as I can tell, if you're a good IT guy and work at a cool place, this is how you act. unless management is around.
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Yup, I'm the 26 year old filming. No teenagers involved, just good old immaturity.

allroy1975 said:
you mean like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq0eWrsUbvE&feature=youtu.be
Evo 3D on the left, MY phone....ET4GT on the right.
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Just like that. That video makes me sick. So, I emailed [email protected] today and a Sprint rep actually called me. The rep said they have no idea what it is, sure you don't, but that they would investigate what could be causing the problems.
After seeing this video I emailed the rep the link, lets see what they come back with.
I want to love Sprint but they are making it hard.
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So Sprint called me...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19056053#post19056053

Sprint: 'We're taking the iPhone 4S speed issue seriously'

Wow, media coverage, actual recognition of a serious fcking problem from an executive and a pledge to do something about it. As an E4GT owner this doesn't make me feel like a 2nd class customer at all, not one bit.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-20129291-94/sprint-were-taking-the-iphone-4s-speed-issue-seriously/
My brother is on Sprint and in need of a new phone. Tell me why I had difficulty recommending he get an E4GT over an iPhone 4S? If I told him he should get an E4GT and he ended up with the LOS bs, OS battery drain issues, game app crashes that I have (not to mention that our speeds are just as ****ty ans the iPhone 4s's), I'd feel like an [email protected]
I'm new to Android, never had an iPhone and I generally dislike "iPhone people" and their undeserved product elitism so I'm not going anywhere. Still (and quite sadly), I couldn't wholeheartedly recommend the E4GT.

I had an iPhone 4s it has real battery issues I had to charge twice a day sold it for 680 and bought a epic touch for 3+ bills . And it lasts all day, they are both good phones iPhone OS is very smooth but the screen was tiny, even my gf chose her nexus over it, I'm not a fanboy of either. IPhone has better apps and stability. Android requires a learning curve some just don't want or care for but everyone has a choice no need to be haters
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I had an iPhone 4s it has real battery issues I had to charge twice a day sold it for 680 and bought a epic touch for 3+ bills . And it lasts all day, they are both good phones iPhone OS is very smooth but the screen was tiny, even my gf chose her nexus over it, I'm not a fanboy of either. IPhone has better apps and stability. Android requires a learning curve some just don't want or care for but everyone has a choice no need to be haters
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The battery issue is from iOS5 iOS 5.0.1 is supposed to be fixing the problem but yeah I've heard the battery at times is way bad.

You know how I see this? I see this as the Network Vision project potentially being pushed to completion even quicker.

mattykinsx said:
You know how I see this? I see this as the Network Vision project potentially being pushed to completion even quicker.
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That would be great
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mattykinsx said:
You know how I see this? I see this as the Network Vision project potentially being pushed to completion even quicker.
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That would only make sense!
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I was at a Sprint store yesterday and went to a 4S on display to see how fast it was. It had perfect signal and took almost 2 minutes to load yahoo.com.
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I hope Sprint is just playing dumb and that they really know all there phones are getting crappy speeds on their network. It's the network not the phone.....
Seriously, every mobile website should post tests of Sprints 3G speeds throughout their whole line of phones and really put this info out there already. Maybe we needed the iPhone to get Sprint's ass moving but speeds have been terrible way before the iPhone hit so I hope people don't believe the iPhone ruined the network.

gqstatus0685 said:
I was at a Sprint store yesterday and went to a 4S on display to see how fast it was. It had perfect signal and took almost 2 minutes to load yahoo.com.
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lol.. your signal has nothing todo with 3g signal

Shoulon said:
lol.. your signal has nothing todo with 3g signal
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You joking? Cause it has EVERYTHING to do with signal. everything radio transmitted has it's throughout compromised by signal or 'strength'.
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You joking? Cause it has EVERYTHING to do with signal. everything radio transmitted has it's throughout compromised by signal or 'strength'.
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He may be referring to the fact that the signal meter has, historically, been a measure of 2G CDMA signal strength which would have nothing to do with your 3G signal strength.
I don't know if they still do it this way since 3G is used more often than 2G it seems these days...but I know my Evo4G's stock meter was 2G.
Not to mention a clogged up overburdened tower ain't gunna do **** for you, perfect signal or not.

LoveisPeace2012 said:
That would be great
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That would only make sense!
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All I'm trying to say is, who cares if it's the iPhone that pushes Sprint to fix the network quicker, as long as we get it fixed.

I understand getting butt hurt because it feels like yea were second class next to Iphone,, but the Iphone has more exposure and if its showing the slow data speed and gets it fixed I don't really care. and really neither should anyone else.

What bugs me the most is they are giving so much attention to the iphones SLOW data connection but none to the ept4g NO data connection
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What bugs me the most is they are giving so much attention to the iphones SLOW data connection but none to the ept4g NO data connection
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What bothers me is that they are giving the iPhone attention.
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boominz28 said:
I understand getting butt hurt because it feels like yea were second class next to Iphone,, but the Iphone has more exposure and if its showing the slow data speed and gets it fixed I don't really care. and really neither should anyone else.
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I think people are bothered that sprint cares so much about their iPhone users which will be around 1 million they say, but what about the other 19 million Sprint users who have had slow data speeds on non iPhone devices.
Non iPhone users still outnumber the amount of iPhone users on Sprint. Sure it's great that they will fix their network just for the iLosers but it still makes the rest of us feel like Sprint don't give a hoot. If all of Sprints Android users left, it would certainly out number the amount of iPhone users.
Maybe we all just need to buy an iPhone and keep it as backup so if we have any problems, we just hook the iPhone up on the line, then call Sprint so will actually care about our complaint.

Maybe we all just need to buy an iPhone and keep it as backup so if we have any problems, we just hook the iPhone up on the line, then call Sprint so will actually care about our complaint.
Lol just crazy enough to work
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boominz28 said:
I understand getting butt hurt because it feels like yea were second class next to Iphone,, but the Iphone has more exposure and if its showing the slow data speed and gets it fixed I don't really care. and really neither should anyone else.
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Totally missing the point here man.
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What bugs me the most is they are giving so much attention to the iphones SLOW data connection but none to the ept4g NO data connection
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Exactly. Fixing iPhones slow data probably isn't going to do a damn thing for our LOS, and definitely won't have anything to do with E4GT OS battery drain or any other issues we are mostly all plagued with.
At best we might get improved data speeds because of iPhone, while all of our other issues probably get even less attention because of it.

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Totally missing the point here man.
Exactly. Fixing iPhones slow data probably isn't going to do a damn thing for our LOS, and definitely won't have anything to do with E4GT OS battery drain or any other issues we are mostly all plagued with.
At best we might get improved data speeds because of iPhone, while all of our other issues probably get even less attention because of it.
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actually no I'm not missing the point I understand it, but who's voice it the loudest, the Iphone is. not ours. but I don't care who they listen to as long as they listen

Epic signal maybe isn't that bad.

I work in various data centers in Miami and broward and so far all my Co workers with att and even Verizon cant make calls. I can about 90 percent of the time. I in Miami most times I am at two bars and 3g is about 500k down.
Every time I hate this phone it gives me reason to love it again. The other crazy thing is I stream audio over Bluetooth and I can walk sometimes 200 feet or more away and still clear on a cheap 3 dollar Bluetooth headset. And that with like 5000 servers and all kinds of stuff around. But there are no walls in the way so that also why.
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Im glad to see someone post something positive about the device..
I like mine a lot as well.

every time calk makes a new rom I fall in love again. And ice theme man and I feel like ics is around the corner
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The radios aren't bad. I get equivalent service or faster to an evo 4g, evo shift, and by far better tgan a palm pre (the 3 I had to test)
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Please, tell me where to buy these 3 dollars bluetooth headsets.
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I work in various data centers in Miami and broward and so far all my Co workers with att and even Verizon cant make calls. I can about 90 percent of the time. I in Miami most times I am at two bars and 3g is about 500k down.
Every time I hate this phone it gives me reason to love it again. The other crazy thing is I stream audio over Bluetooth and I can walk sometimes 200 feet or more away and still clear on a cheap 3 dollar Bluetooth headset. And that with like 5000 servers and all kinds of stuff around. But there are no walls in the way so that also why.
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karikian said:
Please, tell me where to buy these 3 dollars bluetooth headsets.
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On amazon they have a Bluetooth headset called nexxus Bluetooth and they are 3.99 and ship free ordered like 10. Now they are not the best or anything but they work and I get like five hours out of them. If you use an app like btmono you can just stream the audio to it. I use this at work all day and it is so great.
At 3.99 you really can't go wrong. I'm surprised amazon makes this so hard to find. This would be a top seller
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Fataldesain said:
I work in various data centers in Miami and broward and so far all my Co workers with att and even Verizon cant make calls. I can about 90 percent of the time. I in Miami most times I am at two bars and 3g is about 500k down.
Every time I hate this phone it gives me reason to love it again. The other crazy thing is I stream audio over Bluetooth and I can walk sometimes 200 feet or more away and still clear on a cheap 3 dollar Bluetooth headset. And that with like 5000 servers and all kinds of stuff around. But there are no walls in the way so that also why.
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Sorry but i call hyperbole on this particular part. 200 feet ?!!! Come on.. That's over 60 metres away.

LordLugard said:
Sorry but i call hyperbole on this particular part. 200 feet ?!!! Come on.. That's over 60 metres away.
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I didn't measure exactly but first remember there are no walls to interfere and its about the length of three houses put together.
Actually just tried it now I'm at a park playing basketball and I walked well over 200 feet still playing fine. I don't know if its the phone or this headset but it works too well for 4 dollar price
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I think it really was the earlier modems, and poor service. I work in a refrigerated environment so lots of metal walls. My og epic did pretty good actually. When I got my touch it did terrible. But has significantly improved sense ek02
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Went on amazon said that the nexxus Bluetooth is currently unavailable did you buy them all up
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ostrich69 said:
Went on amazon said that the nexxus Bluetooth is currently unavailable did you buy them all up
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Yeah I did buy like 10 I hope they get more it was a great stocking stuffer.
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So far its been better than the nexus s
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