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As many if you have read, some pretty amazing new phones are coming out early next year including the dual core Snapdragon and Tegra 2 models. With dedicated GPU's, higher clock speeds and reduced die sizes (better battery life), these are sure to make our EVO's look like PS2's by comparison. The tech temptation will be extreme.
So, the question is, will you stick with your EVO:
1) Until it dies of old age.
2) Until your contract runs out and you can get a new discounted phone on contract.
3) Go for early upgrade (I think you can do it after a year if you are a Sprint Premier Customer).
4) Bite the bullet and pay full price just to have the latest and greatest.
Personally, I'll probably do the annual upgrade. I can never resist new tech, but I still can't see paying $600 for a new phone off contract ;-)
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I probably will keep it for a good while, I mean I'll get another phone, but keep my Evo... it's just so reliable
Before the evo I always used phones with physical keyboards. It took me a while to get used to typing on the evo. However, now I don't know if I could go back to a physical keyboard since typing on this is so fast.
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Well...I paid out of pocket for my Evo as well as my wife's(both bought second hand about 2 months after release), I did this since we had the extra cash and we realised that dual core models were around the corner(and most likely carrying a hefty price) so why not save our upgrades for that! Yes we both love our Evo's and will keep them for sure as back ups for a long time, BUT you better believe when the 2nd Gen dual core devices(early adopters always seem to get screwed) hit Sprint shelves we will upgrade!
I have to have the latest device from HTC with Sprint...so as soon as something new comes out better than the Evo I will have it. I will still have an Evo on my account as well though. (4 lines open)
I will wait until my contract runs out (or as soon as I can get a discounted price) and get a new one. Not because I don't love the EVO, I just need the latest and greatest as I'm sure a lot of people on this site do.
I'm married to my Evo, but I might keep a younger, faster sancha on the side...
has anyone really stayed dedicated to their phone when the new bright shiny faster model comes out? the evo is probably htc's best phone to date "been rocking htc since the 6700" and when they come out with something better, ill put this bad boy on metro and make my money back like the past 4 htc's ive owned
Love it but not married to it lolz
I usually "upgrade" phones whenever the Full discount from my Service Provider is up.
I will probably upgrade as soon as I can get the newer "better" phone on the cheap. I WILL NOT pay $600 for a phone
depends on if a phone comes out that just blows me away before my upgrade discount is available in june.
$200 was a great price point for the EVO. If they do the same for a dual core, I'll be using my Sprint Premiere after a year.
Depends on several things. I paid full price for the evo and im contract free now.
So chances are I would change. I like the evo but I also like new "toys"
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I love my evo but i have to say that i would wait for my contract to be up before i get a new phone unless i absolutley positivley have to have it!
I bought my Evo 2 weeks after launch. Had it during that up until the G2 was released. Sold the Evo and bought the G2. My main reason was the physical keyboard. I was tired of the hassle of touch typing so I gave in and went with this phone. While I sometimes miss the larger screen, I am extremely happy with my decision.
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I bought my Evo 2 weeks after launch. Had it during that up until the G2 was released. Sold the Evo and bought the G2. My main reason was the physical keyboard. I was tired of the hassle of touch typing so I gave in and went with this phone. While I sometimes miss the larger screen, I am extremely happy with my decision.
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I read the G2 can be overclocked to 1.9 MHz. I personally find that hard to believe as my snapdragon will only go to 1.19.
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I read the G2 can be overclocked to 1.9 MHz. I personally find that hard to believe as my snapdragon will only go to 1.19.
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not stablely. it can make it to 1.57 stable with the right rom otherwise its 1.489 the evo can be clocked to 1.257 stable again with the right rom but the snapdragon in the g2 is a new updated version of our snapdragon that has been severlly underclocked.
New phones are usually first shown at the trade shows early in the year like CES. They usually don't become available until Spring like the Incredible which was April or May, and the EVO on June 4th. If that holds true next year, we probably won't have anything new available for about another 5-6 months. The biggest thing for me is screen size. I've used my buddies Incredible, and a couple friends have the Epic and I really don't want anything with a screen any smaller than the EVO. I am a premier customer so I get upgrades every year. I love new toys but it would have to be pretty great to pull me away from my EVO.
Indeed some awesome phones coming out and I'm definitely a sucker for new toys but I will wait until something really catches my interest in every aspect of the device. The Shift talk has got me thinking about physical keys again even though I was convinced I was over them. Basically just looking for a new true step up. The Evo will still get use in some manner though. I love this phone so I won't just jump at the next big thing unless it really is necessary. Then again, I have a problem with passing up cool stuff.
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I usually buy a new phone once a year when my upgrade date comes along. It's my "major purchase" of the year. I will sometimes wait an extra six months or so if I hear a new phone is coming out that I think I'll really like.
I just upgraded to the Evo last month. I gave my Hero to my girlfriend so she could get rid of her Palm Pre. We're both happier now. When the time comes I will upgrade and give her my Evo. She likes new phones, but she doesn't need to be as far along the curve as I feel the need to be.
As the Incredible comes up on its birthday, I've started thinking about other phones to move to. The Thunderbolt is an obvious consideration, as well as the Incredible S. I'm assuming that both will be supported by ROM developers fairly - maybe not to the extent that the Inc is supported, but I think there will be a few choices.
I used another upgrade on my family plan to get the Incredible, so I have an upgrade waiting for whenever I find a phone that's compelling enough to upgrade to (or I break the Incredible...). The Thunderbolt is looking a little more appealing than the Incredible S now, especially because its only a little bit bigger and has 4g for the same data price as the Inc S (at least as i understand it... $30/mo for unlimited LTE, which I assume includes 3g as well?)
Just wondering what you guys had in mind in terms of upgrading. Thoughts?
I'm not planning on changing anytime soon, if they seriously work out a lot of the issues in the TB *maybe* but I doubt it.
The only reason I'd want to upgrade is for 4G, and it's going to be a year or 2 before it gets to my area. To be honest, 3G speeds are perfectly fine for me. Can stream youtube flawless as well as hulu. More speed the better, but no push for me to upgrade.
I think ill get the iPhone 6... JK, I'm on a 2yr contract with my Incredible started 4/29/2010 (got on launch day). So whatever is out in 2012 I guess. Hopefully my dinc will last another year. Surprised I haven't broken it yet.
But how do you go about upgrading to another phone out of contract? Like the thunderbolt, would I just pay the retail price in full (rumored @ $750) and keep the current contract?
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But how do you go about upgrading to another phone out of contract? Like the thunderbolt, would I just pay the retail price in full (rumored @ $750) and keep the current contract?
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Pretty much. I bought the Droid 2 when I came over to Verizon and after a few months bought an Incredible full price (the Droid 2 almost covered it via eBay). You just change your device on the website and it doesn't affect your contract.
Thunderbolt For Me!!!
It looks like a lot of devs are going towards the TB. That will probably be the biggest factor in my decision making.
I'll probably use this last annual upgrade to get the TB on a one year contract. With any luck, those getting the TB now will be grandfathered with the $29.99 unlimited LTE for future equipment upgrades.
I will likely upgrade on 1yr contract with TB also. I am not up for upgrade until August, but an account rep approved an early upgrade. The way things are shaping up, it really could be 3rd quarter before anything significantly better drops on VZW. At that point, I could sell the TB and buy the next great phone at retail.
Id just love to have gingerbread with sense, dont need a new phone as my dinc has been great since release date!
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I just couldn't imagine giving up my Dinc
Probably go with the TB when available... but I'll want to see teh DEV support before jumping ship...
The support on the Incredible has been... well.... Incredible
Thunderbolt. I'm not switching providers for a decent android phone.
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I just couldn't imagine giving up my Dinc
Probably go with the TB when available... but I'll want to see teh DEV support before jumping ship...
The support on the Incredible has been... well.... Incredible
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I have a DX and a DINC,
I honestly do not see much of a reason to upgrade just yet. with the exception of 4G and front facing cameras, these new phones are not exactly blowing the doors off of the previous models. I love my DINC, and I plan on waiting at least for a while until this winter/next spring..I'm hoping that by then the new phones will be a bit more of an upgrade.
Besides, I at least need to wait to see which devices will or will not have locked bootloaders.
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I have a DX and a DINC,
I honestly do not see much of a reason to upgrade just yet. with the exception of 4G and front facing cameras, these new phones are not exactly blowing the doors off of the previous models. I love my DINC, and I plan on waiting at least for a while until this winter/next spring..I'm hoping that by then the new phones will be a bit more of an upgrade.
Besides, I at least need to wait to see which devices will or will not have locked bootloaders.
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Which phone do you prefer Incredible or X?
I just bought my Incredible a week ago, I love the dev support and how smooth the phone is, hate the battery life.
I really like the huge DX screen.... Not sure if it would be a good idea to trade.
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Which phone do you prefer Incredible or X?
I just bought my Incredible a week ago, I love the dev support and how smooth the phone is, hate the battery life.
I really like the huge DX screen.... Not sure if it would be a good idea to trade.
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The screen was nice and the size wasn't bad...but it can't touch the inc.
Stock it was loaded with so much bloat that it lagged horribly. There were some great roms for it though.
Overall my experience is that I had to rom my X to make it as fast as a stock inc.
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I'm waiting for an HTC Dual-Core phone. The TB isn't enough of an upgrade for me to leave the comfort of my beloved DINC. My dream would be for an HTC Tegra 2 phone but I know it will never happen due to HTC's relationship with Qualcomm. So something Pyramid-esq I'm guessing that'll be coming out this summer.
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The screen was nice and the size wasn't bad...but it can't touch the inc.
Stock it was loaded with so much bloat that it lagged horribly. There were some great roms for it though.
Overall my experience is that I had to rom my X to make it as fast as a stock inc.
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Thanks for the reply. I guess I will stick with the Incredible then.
my next phone is the thunderbolt. i'm really excited to wait in line at 8:30 am for it tomorrow.
i'm upgrading to 4g for the same reason i upgraded to 802.11n. the population density in the city is just too high. all the cells are just overloaded. verizon's not bad, but AT&T is just horrendous. i actually got AT&T to waive the ETF on my iPhone plan so i could move to VZW and get an OG Droid. anyway, back when i had an 802.11g router my signal strength was fine, but the speeds were just terrible. a 20 second kismac scan just now reveals 45 different wireless networks coursing through my apartment. after moving to wireless n the difference was huge and i'm hoping the same effect will be seen after moving to LTE. i'm also hoping that my signal strength will be better on the 700 mHz band. my office in the Financial District has a not-very-good signal and i hear 700 mHz penetrates further into the built environment.
finally, i'm really stoked to go to a 4.3" screen. i bought an HD2 and took it abroad so i could have a phone with a local sim while traveling. although mobile data speeds in india and bangladesh were pretty awful, i really enjoyed using android on that giant HD2 display. a higher resolution screen would be nice, but i'm ready to move on from my DInc so that's not a requirement for me.
see you in the thunderbolt forums.
I really want the galaxy s 2, hopefully it will come out on Verizon by June 18th
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For all of you that want the Thunderbolt:
Save $70 and use it for the extended battery; Amazon will be selling them at midnight for $179 with a 2 year contract
http://wireless.amazon.com/dp/B004M5HB6U
http://www.androidcentral.com/amazon-will-sell-you-htc-thunderbolt-180-goes-sale-midnight
Coming from droid 1 i think it maybe upgrade but not by that much should i buy droid incredible? I want a phone with all it capablity and sense ui but i miss stock android ui.
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Coming from droid 1 i think it maybe upgrade but not by that much should i buy droid incredible? I want a phone with all it capablity and sense ui but i miss stock android ui.
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Well you can always root the phone, and then install CM7 for the stock Android feel, or there are a ton of Sense based ROMs out there too. So you can always flash another ROM to try things out.
Well i had HTC Hero and tried rom on droid 1 with sense ui . I like it but i dont know but i like droid incredible, because of the specs.
I just moved from the Droid 1 to the Inc a few days ago. The difference is amazing. This phone is so much more responsive. It just feels snappy. I'm using CM7 and incredikernel fwiw.
Same.. from d1 to incredible and... Well... It's incredible. So much better and pretty much just as hackable
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I came from a og Droid and I could never go back. The dinc is so smooth and snappy, even compared to an overclocked Droid. There really isn't a reason to not do it unless you absolutely despise the virtual keyboard
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Yeah the droid incredible has alot of rom options and the dev community is very helpful, coming from the OG Droid id definetly say go for it. Even if you didnt root or anything its still a great phone, and it *should* Be getting gingerbread soon, so thats a plus.
the only thing ths phone lacks, is 4G. other than that, i have no complaints. and when my 2 years is up, if there isn't something out there that just completely wow's me, i'll keep using it. i like it THAT much. i'd buy another..they are getting cheaper, and so are the accessories. i bought a white battery cover on amazon for 6 bucks shipped. bought another battery for 6 bucks shipped. i mean, you can't go wrong. rooting it is a cinch, and the development is as progressive as ever...
DINC FTW. I went from an Eris to the Incredible. The screen on the DINC is just beautiful, whether AMOLED or SLCD. With prices dropping on both new and used DINCs (look on CraigsList), I'd definitely pick one up!
I agree, you cant go wrong with the incredible.
The droid incredible is pretty much at the end of its product cycle, I would be looking at something newer like the charge. I wish I could upgrade before verizon implements its new teared data plans. Problem is its $220 to get out of my contract and $200 to get a new plan and phone. Looks like I'm going to have to stay with my incredible as long as possible to stay with my unlimited plan.
you can keep your unlimited data after July 7th as long you already had a smartphone on that line. In fact, if you don't downgrade, as of now anyway, Verizon said you can stay on unlimited data as long as you keep gettin smartphones. If you don't have a smartphone right now, ask around if anyone has a BB or an Android phone you can activate prior to july 7th so that unlimited data is an option
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you can keep your unlimited data after July 7th as long you already had a smartphone on that line. In fact, if you don't downgrade, as of now anyway, Verizon said you can stay on unlimited data as long as you keep gettin smartphones. If you don't have a smartphone right now, ask around if anyone has a BB or an Android phone you can activate prior to july 7th so that unlimited data is an option
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Is this still true if you switch to an LTE phone?
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Is this still true if you switch to an LTE phone?
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I really want a 4.3" screen and LTE.
Should be fine as Verizon's pricing for 3 and 4g are the same.
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I think droid 1 is good phone I just need 1ghz phone without the overclocking.I'm not in love with 4g as read it drain to much battery on thunderbolt and charger. I dislike samsung I hack my galaxy it got bricked so I won't be going to them again unless it moto or htc.
The droid inc is still the phone to beat in my mind. I can load up 7-8 gbs of music, put it on party shuffle in the car, and I'm set for days. Also the phones indestructible. I work on cars for part of my living, and I drop it with greasy hands, get all kinds of harsh stuff all over the phone and the only wear it shows is from my old case. Lol
Youre looking at a crackflashing troll with ORD
But i love keyboard i might just go for the droid 3 this summer.
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But i love keyboard i might just go for the droid 3 this summer.
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Then I found swype
Youre looking at a crackflashing troll with ORD
Nevermind i bought droid incredible.
As the thread states my friend just got a Nexus on contract and is using it to pay off his O2 contract as he already has a sim free iPhone 4S.
I can sell my GS2 for around £200-230 so just need to pay the difference to get it up to £300
Played around with it a tiny bit and it looks ok but not really sold on it however I do love the pure google experience (previous nexus one owner)
Good deal or not?
Yeah! Honestly, I got this phone yesterday and you will NOT be disappointed. The screen, the smoothness of ICS, it's just a freaking monster man. And You're only going to be paying around £70-£100 for the phone so you can't go wrong!
Edit: Just read you already own a GS2. I would not be so sure then, it depends on how desperate you are to get ICS, because once that hits the GS2 the only thing that will be to the Nexus' advantage is the screen and dev support, which is more than enough for me to go for the Nexus lol.
Decisions decisions....
Get it! and sell it me small profit for yourself
It's really a beast! Some of my favorite things are the screen,led,and the software buttons they are geinus!
Honestly, if I were you, I would wait until next year Q2 2012 when it is rumoured that quad core phones that are coming out. I'm pretty sure there are already ICS roms for the Galaxy S2 and you're getting it next year anyway from Samsung. However, I haven't had any experience with the Nexus so I can only tell you from what I think, I haven't actually compared the fluidity and smoothness of both phones.
keep your gs2 and wait.for.ice.
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Good deal, go for it while you can still get that for your GS2.
I sold my GS2 for the Nexus and haven't looked back. It's just a better overall device and probably one of the coolest gadgets I've owned.
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keep your gs2 and wait.for.ice.
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Don't listen to this idiot. He's the biggest troll on the Galaxy Nexus forums and only posts useless comments/complaints. You should definetely go for the Nexus - pure Google experience, HD screen, etc
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Gotta agree. There are a few users here that I see post the same useless drivel. Makes ya wonder.
Anyway, like I said before, go for it. You won't be disappointed.
Side note: The touch screen buttons have just made other Android devices look antiquated.
I am pretty sure I will if my friend doesn't decide to keep it.
£300 is not a great deal considering a brand new one sells for around £428.79. If you do not like it, you should be able to sell it for more than £300.
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Don't listen to this idiot. He's the biggest troll on the Galaxy Nexus forums and only posts useless comments/complaints. You should definetely go for the Nexus - pure Google experience, HD screen, etc
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nice signature. lol.
It kind of depends. Since you already have a GS2 it's not really an upgrade but a lateral move from one phone to the next. The GN2 will definitely outlive the GS2 as far as official updates and dev support is concerned, but the GS2 already has plenty dev support right now and will likely have it for as long as you own/use the phone. The screen on the GN is way better, the processor is just as good, the GPU and camera on the GS2 are the only real advantages so it pretty much evens out in my book. It really is going to come down to personal preference. The reason I jumped to the nexus line was because I was a Vibrant owner and never saw a froyo update on my phone while Samsung promised and promised. The dev community and custom gone were the only things keeping me happy with my phone. About a week after the Nexus S was released I walked into a Best Buy and put my phone running a custom froyo rom with an overclocked processor up against a bone stock display model and the display model Nexus won every battle. I bought the phone a few days later and haven't looked back since. Now there are a few caveats to the story, one being that I had a variant of the GS and that Samsung had indeed finished the froyo update about two months before the release of the Nexus S (just not for the American variants) but at the end of the day, the Nexus S is going to receive an official update of ICS and the GS isn't despite them having nearly all the same hardware components. The devs are still there and they will give the phone a proper update but it would be easier with an official kernel to play with. Just my thoughts. Personally I'd go with the GN unless you plan on playing multiple high end games that require you to have a better GPU.
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The stock google experience is swaying it for me right now and it looks like I will have to pay a minimum of £80 to £100 + selling my GS2.
Will see my mate on Thursday and take it from there and will let everyone know if I suddenly become a GN owner
My wife said no I cannot trade so I said it's an christmas present to myself so may have to sweeten her up a bit haha
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£300 is not a great deal considering a brand new one sells for around £428.79. If you do not like it, you should be able to sell it for more than £300.
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Actually its a very very good deal. Its 429 + vat which is more like £520. Also considering its from his friend and not some random stranger he can be pretty sure there's not some weird fault with it or something dodgy. Its pretty close to having a brand new phone with £220 off
Personally for around £100 I would probably upgrade. I agree with other posts its more of a lateral move, but the SGS2 is soooo common now, especially in the UK, and its coming up to a year old soon. The Galaxy Nexus will stay 'new' for a while. Also remember the GN resolution is the native resolution for ICS and what it was designed for. Although other phones with lower resolutions will also get ICS i'm sure there'll be some compromises somewhere.
Anyway its all opinion, but for me i'm slightly for the GN. BTW I upgraded from a N1 to a Galaxy Nexus, and my only experience of a SGS2 is 5 minutes with my friends one at the pub.
Interesting as o2 would let me pay off my remaining 2 months of my contract so i could get the galaxy nexus earlier.
They told me they do not allow this anymore and for that they have lost a customer, they never even tried to do me a deal.
I pay £41 a month for unlimited everything on my new contract which would mean i will pay £984 over the 24 month contract.
Hes going to be well out of pocket once he pays off his contract is o2 let him.
Text my mate to say I am going for the GN so now it's just down to when I go and get some cash for my phone and when I get to see him next.
Good timing as well as he was considering selling it tomorrow!
I bought a galaxy nexus and returned to my s2...
Only the screen is better on this phone and the new os, everything else isnt worth spendig money on it...
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Interesting as o2 would let me pay off my remaining 2 months of my contract so i could get the galaxy nexus earlier.
They told me they do not allow this anymore and for that they have lost a customer, they never even tried to do me a deal.
I pay £41 a month for unlimited everything on my new contract which would mean i will pay £984 over the 24 month contract.
Hes going to be well out of pocket once he pays off his contract is o2 let him.
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It's costing my friend around £200 to pay off O2 and he managed to get the GN for FREE on 12 months at vodafone so he will actually make around £100 from this and will also be on a 12 month agreement not 18-24 months.
On o2 he pays £37-38 a month and Vodafone will be £41 a month so makes sense really for him to sell it and for me to buy it lol
So the other day I looked on My Verizon too see how much sooner until I could upgrade...and to my surprise I am eligible! Woo! My Inc has done well, but sadly, it fell on a carpet from a total height of 4 inches and cracked pretty badly. Still functional though. I cannot decide though. I would like the durability of a Droid Razr, the Rezound is nice but I don't want another plasticy phone. The Nexus is good too...but again, its all plastic. Why can no one but Moto make decent built phones???
Any thoughts, ideas?
I went from an AMOLED DROID Incredible to an LG Spectrum. It's an excellent phone. I know you said you don't want a plasticky phone, but you could always put a case on it. That's what I've done and it works wonderfully.
I compared the Rezound, Galaxy Nexus, and the RAZR. I greatly preferred the Spectrum. Its shape and size are perfect for me, as is its true HD RGB stripe screen. But I didn't want to burn my upgrade, so I got it off ebay.
Glad I did.
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I got a Galaxy Nexus about a month ago, and it's been pretty great. The activation process was a little weird, but I think that's because there's no 4g in Vermont yet. The store tech said it's happened with a few different phones.
I love the screen, pure ICS is pretty great, the phone is so much faster than my Inc, and I don't really have any complaints about signal, battery or the screen. I also like the fact that if I decide to change it off of the stock rom, it's easier than the Inc. Unlocking and rooting it was painless.
That said, there are some promising phones that have been announced, but until they're in the stores, it's not a sure thing. Same thing with software updates - until it's officially pushed and received, it may as well not exist. If you want a new phone with ICS, get the Nexus. If you don't want the Nexus, but want ICS, I'd just keep waiting.
I'm not sure how long you can wait, but if you liked you original Incredible, the Incredible 4G will be out in just a little bit over 2 weeks. You can google to find out more about it, or heres a link to a post on a different forum where I gave some of the details... post 18 in this forum
I wouldn't mess with any LG android phones, personally.
And the Galaxy Nexus doesn't really have much going for it other than the huge screen (not really an exclusive feature) and stock ICS (also not exclusive if you root, which most of us here on XDA do).
As for plasticy feel... There aren't a lot of options out there that aren't made of plastic... and for me, design is always the lowest priority anyway. I think the Kevlar backing on the Razr is mostly a gimmick anyway. It's not as if the phone is made out of the stuff. It's just a covering on the back to, I guess, protect the back from scratches. It does nothing to protect the screen or the camera lens, which are pretty much the only parts of an Android phone that ever break. Plastic is pretty durable on it's own... that's why phones are made out of it (except the iPhone, which is made of glass, and that's why the thing shatters when it drops from greater than a foot... lol). If it's the feel you don't like, then just put a case/cover on it.
EDIT: I think the fact that your dinc screen cracked from a drop of 4 inches (on carpet) is mostly a fluke. I beat the hell out of my inc, and I've dropped it from about chest height in parking lots before and all it gets is scuffs around the sides and back. The screen has never cracked. Not to mention (although I already did mention it), the kevlar backing on the Razr that you like so much isn't going to protect your screen anyway.
I know it was just a fluke. See the other thing is I might just have to go with the Rezound...I'm in college...50 bucks on Amazon is a steal....
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I'm not sure how long you can wait, but if you liked you original Incredible, the Incredible 4G will be out in just a little bit over 2 weeks. You can google to find out more about it, or heres a link to a post on a different forum where I gave some of the details... post 18 in this forum
I wouldn't mess with any LG android phones, personally.
And the Galaxy Nexus doesn't really have much going for it other than the huge screen (not really an exclusive feature) and stock ICS (also not exclusive if you root, which most of us here on XDA do).
As for plasticy feel... There aren't a lot of options out there that aren't made of plastic... and for me, design is always the lowest priority anyway. I think the Kevlar backing on the Razr is mostly a gimmick anyway. It's not as if the phone is made out of the stuff. It's just a covering on the back to, I guess, protect the back from scratches. It does nothing to protect the screen or the camera lens, which are pretty much the only parts of an Android phone that ever break. Plastic is pretty durable on it's own... that's why phones are made out of it (except the iPhone, which is made of glass, and that's why the thing shatters when it drops from greater than a foot... lol). If it's the feel you don't like, then just put a case/cover on it.
EDIT: I think the fact that your dinc screen cracked from a drop of 4 inches (on carpet) is mostly a fluke. I beat the hell out of my inc, and I've dropped it from about chest height in parking lots before and all it gets is scuffs around the sides and back. The screen has never cracked. Not to mention (although I already did mention it), the kevlar backing on the Razr that you like so much isn't going to protect your screen anyway.
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When are u eligible for and upgrade sir?
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techobsessive said:
I know it was just a fluke. See the other thing is I might just have to go with the Rezound...I'm in college...50 bucks on Amazon is a steal....
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It's also $50 buck on Verizon. They dropped the price a week or so ago. They said "limited time" but I doubt that it will ever go back up.
I'm hoping (and optimistic) that the Incredible 4G will be released at the $199 mark (like the Evo 4G LTE). Not that I'm saying the Rezound is a bad phone, but over the life of a 2 year contract, that extra $150 isn't that much, especially considering what you're already paying in monthly payments.
Alton (Halo 2) said:
When are u eligible for and upgrade sir?
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He said he's eligible now.
demarcmj said:
It's also $50 buck on Verizon. They dropped the price a week or so ago. They said "limited time" but I doubt that it will ever go back up.
I'm hoping (and optimistic) that the Incredible 4G will be released at the $199 mark (like the Evo 4G LTE). Not that I'm saying the Rezound is a bad phone, but over the life of a 2 year contract, that extra $150 isn't that much, especially considering what you're already paying in monthly payments.
He said he's eligible now.
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No u
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Alton (Halo 2) said:
No u
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Oh, lol. May 1st, I believe. I got the original Incredible pretty much at launch.
demarcmj said:
Oh, lol. May 1st, I believe. I got the original Incredible pretty much at launch.
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I thought it was 20 months for an upgrade unless that changed to 2 yrs.
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tiny4579 said:
I thought it was 20 months for an upgrade unless that changed to 2 yrs.
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It might be 20 months for the primary line, but for everyone else on the plan, it's 2 years.
The thing that's stupid is, the early termination fee if you cancel with just 1 month left on your contract is $120 ($350 minus $10 for each full month of your contract term that you complete). That monthly $10 adjustment should be $14.58 (350/24).
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It might be 20 months for the primary line, but for everyone else on the plan, it's 2 years.
The thing that's stupid is, the early termination fee if you cancel with just 1 month left on your contract is $120 ($350 minus $10 for each full month of your contract term that you complete). That monthly $10 adjustment should be $14.58 (350/24).
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It's 20 month upgrades now, I'm due for an upgrade as of March 30 although I purchased my Inc in July of 2010. I'm on a family share plan as the second line and I'm not the primary account.
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It's 20 month upgrades now, I'm due for an upgrade as of March 30 although I purchased my Inc in July of 2010. I'm on a family share plan as the second line and I'm not the primary account.
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Weird. Must have been a change they made between when you started your contract and when I started mine... cause I'm definitely not eligible yet.
demarcmj said:
Weird. Must have been a change they made between when you started your contract and when I started mine... cause I'm definitely not eligible yet.
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I got mine in December and I'm eligible as of august
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Hot off the presses... New information on the new Incredible 4G...
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ils-of-the-verizon-htc-incredible-4g-surface/
Specs:
4-Inch display [unconfirmed - the tipster couldn't reliably measure the device, so this is an estimate]
qHD resolution
1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor (we suspect it's an S4, but haven't confirmed at this time)
1GB RAM
8GB built-in storage, microSD card slot
8MP rear shooter with zero shutter lag, VGA front camera
NFC
MHL
Beats support (no headphones included)
LTE
Android 4.0 with Sense 4
It doesn't say whether or not it's a removable battery, but it does say "an interchangeable back" so I'm assuming the battery is accessible. The lack of the sexy white back we saw in the leaks is a bummer, but maybe you can buy that separate.
Also note, 3 capacitive buttons, not 4 like the early images
Last comment... Why the hell did they swap the positions of the power button and headphone slot?
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