My wife dropped her Moment yesterday and broke the screen and Sprint is telling me Asurion will have to replace it for the 100 deductible. She will be able to upgrade on Sept 1 so we will be getting her a new phone then instead. The great Devs here have made me LOVE my phone and I wonder if we should just get her an Epic but I am concerned the Dev community will disappear as new phones become available.
Thoughts?
Not yet only somE people will leave but their work is still here
And even sine of the people who levee erroll probably still work on the phone when official gb comes out
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Just get the photon by motorola mobility now apart og google overlord inc. Or the htc evo 3d as updates always go first t evo flagship.
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Yeah if the dev community is important to you, obviously there will be more going on with newer phones. But if she wants a keyboard and you love this phone, at least you've got a bunch of froyo roms already and will have some new gb roms in the near future.
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I'd say wait for SGSII line or the new Nexus. In the mean time, just pay the nominal fee to put your Sprint account in a hold pattern, then just get a cheap pre-paid phone until one of those phones above is released.
I agree^^^^ if you love your epic hold out for the GS2 that community should be fun to begin with and you'll learn a lot more since you'll have the phone since launch day
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I agree^^^^ if you love your epic hold out for the GS2 that community should be fun to begin with and you'll learn a lot more since you'll have the phone since launch day
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The htc community always has the most developers.
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The htc community always has the most developers.
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You mean the second McPhone to the iPhone. HTC is incredibly unoriginal from what I've discovered. Yay, we make the same phone over and over and convince you it's the best!
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The htc community always has the most developers.
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Things change, and the tide is starting to turn.
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Just saw this at the store thought I post it...
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It makes me want to buy one
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Makes me want to grab mine and make love to it.
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That's funny.. I went to my local store today and saw the same thing. I said "it's about time " to myself
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It makes me want to buy one
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Lol I love this phone....it's truly the best android I have owned!
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hard to believe I haven't seen a single commercial on tv about this phone..and its their flagship phone now...
I guess they are focusing all their time on figuring out ways of taking things away from their best customers, and can't be wasting time on things like BUILDING their customer base...
Who's in charge over there now??????
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hard to believe I haven't seen a single commercial on tv about this phone..and its their flagship phone now...
I guess they are focusing all their time on figuring out ways of taking things away from their best customers, and can't be wasting time on things like BUILDING their customer base...
Who's in charge over there now??????
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It seems like sprint isn't doing commercial for it. Samsung is the one thats pushing commercials out for all 3 variants for usa networks.
They started pushing commercials out a few weeks back, but you really have to focus on the commercial in order to actually see that sprint carries the phone cause they mix all 3 phones together as if they are exactly the same.
I see atleast one everyday...
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I see atleast one everyday...
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where do you live? Here in Chicago, there hasn't been a single one..
still seeing evo3d commercials though, and this phone just blows that one away..
i see the galaxy s 2 commercials everyday as well. im in NY
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hard to believe I haven't seen a single commercial on tv about this phone..and its their flagship phone now...
I guess they are focusing all their time on figuring out ways of taking things away from their best customers, and can't be wasting time on things like BUILDING their customer base...
Who's in charge over there now??????
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Saw one here in New Orleans twice in the past hour....the Unlimited Data plan commercial...and at the end the Epic 4G Touch is featured.
Hah one just came on as I was reading this
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hard to believe I haven't seen a single commercial on tv about this phone..and its their flagship phone now...
I guess they are focusing all their time on figuring out ways of taking things away from their best customers, and can't be wasting time on things like BUILDING their customer base...
Who's in charge over there now??????
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They are probably too busy preparing for the i-phone 5 fiasco, lol......"sigh"
I see the commercial saying that AT&T and Verizon have limits on data and T-Mobile will slow down your data if you go over 2gb but Sprint is the only one with unlimited data. Then it talks about the new galaxy SII.
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4.52" screen is large enough for me. Thanks but I'll pass on that phone. That screen is ridiculously large. smh
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HondaCop said:
4.52" screen is large enough for me. Thanks but I'll pass on that phone. That screen is ridiculously large. smh
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Lol! It's been a long time Honda! I was trying to root it til I realized it was cardboard...
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I've seen them here in New Orleans too but its definitely a Samsung commercial rather than a carrier commercial.. the first time I caught a glimpse I had to rewind it.. then again to show my roommate who probably has NO idea what I was even showing her
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where do you live? Here in Chicago, there hasn't been a single one..
still seeing evo3d commercials though, and this phone just blows that one away..
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I'm just north of Chicago and I saw a commercial the other day.
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really glad that i have this phone but i had the original epic and we all know how terrible updates were on that piece of crap. I swore i would never buy samsung again but saw this and was a sucker. XD
Anyway, i was just wondering when people think the first update will happen as i don't want to go through another original epic 4g fiasco! Really looking forward to Ice Cream Sandwich and hope it comes to our phones before the end of the year, or at least a ROM of ICS comes by the end of the year.
Some say the 19th, but nothing official yet.
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I say never.
Lol samsung and updates
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Samsung doesnt have the word updates in their vocabulary ...
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Samsung doesnt have the word updates in their vocabulary ...
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So true.
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The update will be out when HTC buys out Samsung.
I will call it like I did with the OG epic... February
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The update will be out when HTC buys out Samsung.
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HaHa! HTC is sooooo small in comparison.
Is there a need for an update? Are you having issues? I haven't even rooted yet and things are great since launch day.
And for ICS, I would not say yet, but one issue is we have physical buttons and ICS was partly to get rid of them. Maybe TW will be on ICS eliminating the on screen buttons and then we can get it. I don't yet see a need for it. I was so ready for Gingerbread on the Evo and it was such a let down. I think ICS will be less than we want or need.
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Didn't google just buy samsung?
We need an update bad. This LOS 7 times a day is killing me.
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staveflyer said:
Didn't google just buy samsung?
We need an update bad. This LOS 7 times a day is killing me.
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G purchased Moto.
When it comes to update only way Samsung will get on it is if owners step up make some noise.
Sprint Community forum has threads on issue that need more users post.
Email Samsung , call tech support and post on their facebook page
No one's buying Samsung. It was just a stupid joke. ;p
Never... We'll probably see an unofficial release WELL before the official release (if ever)
Whats everyone. Just moved here from an HTC amaze 4g. After 6 amazes, yeah I kept getting hardware problems mostly screen problems. I got sick of it. I decide to move away from HTC because always hardware problems. Dont get me wrong though it was a awesome phone. Anyways, see how my experience is.
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Lol btw it was 6 in 13 days lol
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Lol it only took 1 for me..
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I left it cause of the same stale sense crap. Use to love it but after a year and a half I had to say peace. HTC Dev unlock poop! Thought I'd throw thar out there
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Flipnfr3ak said:
Whats everyone. Just moved here from an HTC amaze 4g. After 6 amazes, yeah I kept getting hardware problems mostly screen problems. I got sick of it. I decide to move away from HTC because always hardware problems. Dont get me wrong though it was a awesome phone. Anyways, see how my experience is.
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Just wanted to ask you if any of your amazes were rooted? My wife's is acting up so I'm doing an exchange and wanted to know if they care.
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evohog said:
Just wanted to ask you if any of your amazes were rooted? My wife's is acting up so I'm doing an exchange and wanted to know if they care.
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I rooted one of them but I unrooted and locked the bootloader again. But when I went to sams club Tmobile the rep told me rooted or not if its a hardware problem like what I had they'll still do the exchange.
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The hardware had nothing to do with the software thats why.
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Lol it only took 1 for me..
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I was thinking after the first one to switch already but I really wanted the camera from the amaze. I'm a Photographer so it was hard but after taking a good hard look, the s2 didn't have that much of a difference. Plus when I finally did the switch, this phone was on sale for 88 bucks. I paid 188 for the amaze. So when I did switch I got money back because they had to honor the sale price. So I got a better phone for me and for 100 bucks back
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i vowed to never buy htc after gettin the sensation.. i shouldve stopped at the hd2 tho lol
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i vowed to never buy htc after gettin the sensation.. i shouldve stopped at the hd2 tho lol
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I agree htc isnt the brand it used to be...
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I agree htc isnt the brand it used to be...
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+1 on this
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The amaze 4g seems pretty nice. And Pretty tough my buddy has one
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The amaze 4g seems pretty nice. And Pretty tough my buddy has one
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The amaze is a nice phone, but i feel like htc rushed it and could have given it a better screen and battery life. I was a user for 2 months.
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Teo032 said:
The amaze is a nice phone, but i feel like htc rushed it and could have given it a better screen and battery life. I was a user for 2 months.
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It seems all they're doing is vomiting phones to us and rushing these damn incomplete devices. The sensation had an amazing community but nothing to save it's hardware and battery problems. These stupid companies need to slow down and make something great. I'm an HTC fan and just waiting for them to make something nice that I can replace my Galaxy with. Sorry guys.
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The only problem that HTC devices have imo is Sense. The G1 was great for the couple years I had it. Look at the G2!! Great phone because it's running vanilla Android.
Sense = Fail
Always syncing in the background, taking up resources, and bogging the phone down. ESPECIALLY on the Mytouch 3G slide (oh what a mess that phone is). Every time someone walks into my store with a MT3G slide i think, "oh boy here we go" lol
Even on the HD2 windows phone!! The solution we gave a lot of customers was to turn Sense off and it solved pretty much everyone's problems with that phone.
Lol couldn't agree more. Sense is definitely eye candy, but i end up removing most of the stuff with titanium backup. I enjoy some things from there but eh. Seems to me like the mt4g was the last quality phone by them. The one with the good display at least. I remember getting 4 hours display time with that bad boy and that was running sense. Glad we have tdj and rk from there lol
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The only problem that HTC devices have imo is Sense. The G1 was great for the couple years I had it. Look at the G2!! Great phone because it's running vanilla Android.
Sense = Fail
Always syncing in the background, taking up resources, and bogging the phone down. ESPECIALLY on the Mytouch 3G slide (oh what a mess that phone is). Every time someone walks into my store with a MT3G slide i think, "oh boy here we go" lol
Even on the HD2 windows phone!! The solution we gave a lot of customers was to turn Sense off and it solved pretty much everyone's problems with that phone.
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I hear ya haha. I used to hate WM6.5 sooo much and was super hyped when I found out android had been ported over. That phone was one of the best over ever had, si many customization option when it came to ROMs. They even have ICS already. I would have kept it had it not been for the catastrophic drop that ruined the display
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Disclaimer:this is coming from an employee at a smallish Sprint store, so please know that it's far from confirmed.
So yesterday I was at the Sprint store upgrading to the S3, and I was asking about the S3's JB update. After he told me that it's for sure coming soon(non help on when), and while he was porting my sister's number to my E4GT, he started to tell me that the E4GT would be getting JB, and that Samsung had told their store this information. The lady at the counter next to his had agreed with that he had just told me. I was given no time frame either, just that the device will be getting it.
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This is general uninformed employee hearsay that happens on absolutely every phone in absolutely every sprint store
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This is general uninformed employee hearsay that happens on absolutely every phone in absolutely every sprint store
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I was kinda thinking that. The same guy and lady both said that Sprint would not be getting the Note 2, when they've personally announced that they are and even had a hands-on with the Sprint device in new york. I would make a way better Sprint employee that that guy. But I'm only 16, so that's a no for two years for me.
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I hope it happens, but Sprint is probably telling them that to make sure the S2's keep selling
When JB arrive to Epic Touch, i think all of us will be in the galaxy 3 or note 2 forum postin LOL
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It's coming for the E4GT, all the rumors from reliable sources point to it.
Your backup source should be the fact that the phone just started rolling out for Virgin and Boost.
(Meaning they're not going to EOS it anytime soon.)
^ this guy knows his stuff... if he says its gonna happen. It means its gonna happen.
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Sprint will tell you any phone in there will get JB so they can make those sells.
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they say anything to sell phones
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Sprint will tell you any phone in there will get JB so they can make those sells.
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...And if you assume they are right you're also the fool. Hopefully lesson learned next time
Seriously, it's a point of competition against Apple. You'll probably see even longer support as they get closer to a standard build for most phones; one of the biggest reasons for delays on our device is the fact that more changes are needed.
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This thread lost all credibility in the first paragraph. S2 to s3 really? What's the point it's the same phone. Go return and wait for the new nexus or note 2. No reason to blow a 2 yr upgrade on a same generation phone.
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This thread lost all credibility in the first paragraph. S2 to s3 really? What's the point it's the same phone. Go return and wait for the new nexus or note 2. No reason to blow a 2 yr upgrade on a same generation phone.
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I for one think it is a completely different phone. It has a whole different feel from the S2, it's faster and lighter, bigger screen, that physical home button. My sister had me use her upgrade on the first to buy a new phone anyways so she would get my S2. So I still have my own upgrade to use, which probably will go towards the Note 2. On AT&T. I'll be switching once my contract is up in December.
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Then you aren't using your upgrade.....
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Then you aren't using your upgrade.....
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This
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Always remember this. Unless that Sprint employee also follows the XDA forums, you probably know more about what's going to happen than he or she does.
That said, I do think this phone will see official JB.
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Ok so I have Epic 4G Touch. I can upgrade to the S4 right now or should I wait for something better maybe S5. My S2 is still rocking and rolling many many many thanks to all the Developers here.
Thanks Epitaph
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Ok so I have Epic 4G Touch. I can upgrade to the S4 right now or should I wait for something better maybe S5. My S2 is still rocking and rolling many many many thanks to all the Developers here.
Thanks Epitaph
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Wait. Everything points to s5 being something different. S4 kinda like s3 in design. Plus see what new phone google comes out with.
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I think I'll wait for the S4 Mini. The screen is just a bit too large for me.
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If your problem is only with large screen then go for it! Because when I bought my S3, my first thought in mind after unboxing was "seriously, why did I even buy this huge phone" (saw S3 first time). Now I don't regret having large screen and I love it now. I'm sure you will get used with it also and start loving the 5" 1920x1080p screen.
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If your problem is only with large screen then go for it! Because when I bought my S3, my first thought in mind after unboxing was "seriously, why did I even buy this huge phone" (saw S3 first time). Now I don't regret having large screen and I love it now. I'm sure you will get used with it also and start loving the 5" 1920x1080p screen.
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My co-worker has it, so I have had a chance to play with it already. It's not much bigger than the E4GT, but I want a phone where I can reach across with my thumb without having my palm activating stuffs on the edge of the screen.
The other reason is the E4GT just start working well enough after all these years, so I'll wait for more stable ROMs first
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My co-worker has it, so I have had a chance to play with it already. It's not much bigger than the E4GT, but I want a phone where I can reach across with my thumb without having my palm activating stuffs on the edge of the screen.
The other reason is the E4GT just start working well enough after all these years, so I'll wait for more stable ROMs first
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That's good that you used it already and as you wish.
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My co-worker has it, so I have had a chance to play with it already. It's not much bigger than the E4GT, but I want a phone where I can reach across with my thumb without having my palm activating stuffs on the edge of the screen.
The other reason is the E4GT just start working well enough after all these years, so I'll wait for more stable ROMs first
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More stable? I think the ROMs coming out now fire this device are the most stable ones I have ever used, but I'm coming from the EVO Shift.
Team Rejectz
I'm waiting for the SG4 variant called the Active. Milspec, waterproof, etc. Other than that, I want a Note 2 (yeah, the pixel density isn't as high as the SG4 but whatever).
I don't understand people by saying can I buy this or wait
For what I'm waiting special at this time. I wish my contract could upgrade now. S4 and HTC one both phones are best why not to enjoy with this phone on time . instead of waiting unknown phone and date release come on falks wake up
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I would just upgrade. I personally want the HTC One. But I can't upgrade for another year.
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asd87 said:
I would just upgrade. I personally want the HTC One. But I can't upgrade for another year.
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The non-removable battery scares me a bit. What is the solution for when it wears out?
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The non-removable battery scares me a bit. What is the solution for when it wears out?
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I would assume the manufacture warranty would cover it but I'm not sure. Also, it's just my personal preference. I miss HTC and there build quality. The S4 is nice, I would upgrade to it if I wanted another Samsung.
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I would assume the manufacture warranty would cover it but I'm not sure. Also, it's just my personal preference. I miss HTC and there build quality. The S4 is nice, I would upgrade to it if I wanted another Samsung.
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I don't think so. Standard warranties are one year. If it's out of that year, I don't think they'll cover it.
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I don't think so. Standard warranties are one year. If it's out of that year, I don't think they'll cover it.
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If it last you another year, your upgrade is ready and you get a new phone. But who knows. Go with what you feel comfortable with.
Unremovable battery is not big deal
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