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Did anyone here come from the Photon?
I am hesitant to switch because I am wondering if the speaker is as good, and if the call quality is as good. Also it seems like the epic touch is a lot bigger than the Photon.
Any thoughts from previous MoPhos?
ronnienyc said:
Did anyone here come from the Photon?
I am hesitant to switch because I am wondering if the speaker is as good, and if the call quality is as good. Also it seems like the epic touch is a lot bigger than the Photon.
Any thoughts from previous MoPhos?
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So far the call quality has been good. The speaker might not be quite as loud but its good. It is bigger but much lighter than the Photon. The Photon had a good camera but this camera is amazing. I'm glad I switched. Its so fast...no lag.
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I did. The speaker on this epic is not a high quality if the Photon your sure. Now it isn't terrible but its a notable difference.
Call quality is more closer. I can hear great. But won't beat the Photon with the three mics active noise canceling. Reception is the same, but stronger 3g data on this epic for me.
Go ahead and switch. All the pluses of having this phone you won't look back.
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Is the speaker blocked or muffled if the phone is sitting on a table?
Also do you notice a warm tint like the nexus had?
Had the Photon for 30 days, and got the Epic 4G Touch yesterday. Call quality is very nearly as good. Signal strength is equal. Overall the Epic is a way better device IMO, the screen is about way way better than the Photon and the Camera is also substantially better. I have absolutely no regrets about switching from the Photon to the Epic Touch
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Is the speaker blocked or muffled if the phone is sitting on a table?
Also do you notice a warm tint like the nexus had?
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The tint is adjustable of warm, cool, or normal.
The speaker is not as good as the Photon. My Photon's speaker never felt strain but sometimes the Epic Touch does.
My Photon's radio reception is much better than the Epic Touch. I was at my sister's home and making perfect calls with my Photon but the Epic Touch was roaming.
If I don't watch so much videos on my phone I would have kept my Photon.
After having a MoPho for about a month and a half, I love the MoPho. That said, I really, really like the Sammy too. The screen is SO much better than the MoPho and it is hands down much faster. The bootup on the Sammy is literally less than half the time of the MoPho and all comparisons whether by quandrant, linpack, surfing, playing games etc... the Sammy is noticeably faster.
The things I miss most are the kickstand, the speaker and the shape. The Sammy is thin and big. A bit bulky and hard to get used to coming from the MoPho. The Sammy is solid though, like the MoPho. I think getting a case of some sort will definitely be needed to prevent from dropping and maybe even one with a kickstand.
The speaker quality is good. Like above, I have heard the speaker strain here and there where I never heard it on the MoPho. Overall quality is good though. Even sounds good laying on table, or in hand.
Overall I think it is a good choice for now. I started with a 3vo3d, then moved to MoPho, had that for a while and am now trying out the Sammy. All have had they're pros and cons with my favorite thus far being the MoPho, only becuase thats what I had the longest. That said, the MoPho has a couple little bugs. Apps causing random reboots and two of my faves I know of wouldn't even work. The silent call issue was a problem but that got fixed.
In conclusion I am extremely happy with the Sammy for now. The screen is fantastic, the phone is a speed demon, audio is good, wifi is good, 4g seems to be pretty good, havent really had any issues with it yet but, I've only had it for a day. I do miss the MoPho, but it seems to be easing up as this thing just amazes me more and more. Will see how it goes. My last experience with Sammy was with the Moment and I'm sure there are a few of you out there that know exactly what I mean by that.
Hope this helps any on the fence.
Lots of useful information here, thanks.
Just swapped a couple of minutes ago from the Photon...My first impression is that the screen is gorgeous compared to the Photon. I do miss the qhd resolution however. The Photon was fast but the Eptouch is faster. Typing is easier. Touchgiz 4.0 like the new Motorola User Interface ha ha is less obtrusive than previous versions . Haven't benchmarked yet but you can look at everyone else's videos for that. Another thing that brought me over was the camera and video recording ..The Photons cam was ok, but Sammys cameras are the best imo other than Nokias . Let's face it, when was the last time you saw a cdma Nokias?
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I just handled an Epic Touch for about 20 minutes - my first reaction is that it might be too big for me, and the photon felt more responsive when I was doing the same tasks side by side. Also on 4 g the photon consistently load pages faster. I'll have to try another Epic Touch when I have time and test it again.
I just exchanged my evo 3d for s2. absolutely love it. The screen is just amazing and I am getting better out of the box results than my rooted&rom'ed evo 3d. The loud speaker is louder than evo 3d. and the battery last longer.
Yeah the 3d does not compare to either of these phones in my opinion. ( Had one and sold it)
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The tint is adjustable of warm, cool, or normal.
The speaker is not as good as the Photon. My Photon's speaker never felt strain but sometimes the Epic Touch does.
My Photon's radio reception is much better than the Epic Touch. I was at my sister's home and making perfect calls with my Photon but the Epic Touch was roaming.
If I don't watch so much videos on my phone I would have kept my Photon.
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Interesting, there is a setting in the menus for the tint ( color temperature) ?
Had a 3d and a photon... Love this phone... At times it feels almost like a tablet hybrid! I love it more than the oeiginal sgs I had ( vibrant) go test one out.... Its mind blowing how different all three are and the epic touch imo is a beast
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Im thinking bout getting one but was wondering hows the reception, ear piece and speaker quality compare to the photons.
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The Photon trumps it on all 3.
The earpiece sounds okay but the speakerphone is no match for the Photon. It is loud but sound muffled and distorts at high volume. I hear it crackling when I call Best Buys and get their greeting message.
Reception the Photon win hands down. My Photon gets clear calls even in the fringes. The Epic Touch was choppy.
Still I might just keep the Epic Touch as I use my phone more as a multimedia device than a phone. If the Photon ever solve their problem of the black crush and overly reddish skin tones I will switch back to it.
If you do any decent of calling ( using the phone as a phone) keep the Photon.
Cool thanks probably will stick with the photon then......how's the battery compare?
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Cool thanks probably will stick with the photon then......how's the battery compare?
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Seemingly better battery life on the E.T. for me. Avg about 2-3 hours more IMO.
I have better battery life with the Photon.
One more note is that my Epic Touch is much more prone to overheating under heavy internet/streaming usage than my Photon. I think that is the trade off of a thin phone. If you look at the Galaxy S2 forum you will see the same complaints of overheating. The reason I mention this is when the battery overheats, the battery life turns to crap.
I had and returned a photon, cheesy qhd display, thick body, it doesnt compare to the et4g. Speed or style or other hardware. Its a ferrari vs a corvette.
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All i have to say is pentile is trash, i liked my evo's display better
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Well its a third more powerful stock and a third thinner, a trade off i'm willing to take
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This phone blows the photon out of the water.... PERIOD
The screen of the photon don't bother me its just the lack of devs we got some really good ones like yay, shabby and Sean but it looks like calkulin and some others have switched here. I look at my gfs vibrant screen and it looks horrible compared to the photon. My main concern was audio quality, reception ( my work is in a dip so even with my photon it eats battery due to poor signal) and battery. When im not at work photon is great so that was my reason for asking.....it seems photon has better reception than the epic can a few more photon users chime in with their opinion thanks.
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I guess that's the other reason im on the fence the vibrant is garbage.....
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I have both phones. As much as the fanboys can sit here and talk about how great the ET4G is, they are mostly enamored with the speed and multimedia features of the phone. Shoot, I am enamored with them.
But, in my experience, the Photon gets reception in fringe areas where the ET4G just flat out craps out. The speaker is considerably clearer as are the calls, even on the earpiece and over BT.
I am going to keep both for now, but if I were looking for just an email/phone, the Photon would be my choice. Since my phone also doubles up as a camera and movie player... the ET4G may have to stay.
I think it all depends on what your priorities really are (as for everything else in life).
To answer the OG's questions first:
Reception - not as good out of the box as the Photons, BUT there is a fix available (I've posted it in another thread) that makes the reception almost identical. With the fix, I now get 4g in my apt even though the 4g map shows 4g stops a couple blocks away (however, with the Photon, I got 4g reception in my apt without having to change around any settings).
Earpiece - I STRONGLY prefer the E4GT here. The Photon was OK, but nothing to write home (or on a forum) about. The E4GT has been as close to a landline as I've come since originally using cellphones...
Speaker - about equal. Both sound pretty good on speaker and I haven't gotten any complaints from friends when I put them on speaker. That's the standard I usually apply for judging speakers. However, if we're talking about music speakers, I think the Photon edges out the E4GT here, if only because of the size of the speakers. The E4GT's speaker is small and it's easy to cover up accidentally with your finger.
Display - this isn't even a contest. Anyone telling you the Photon's qHD display is amazing is either stoned, blind, or lying (or possibly just wrong). It is easy to see the pixels when scrolling on that phone, and the colors aren't anywhere near as perfect as those on the E4GT.
Battery - really too soon for me to tell. I had issues the first couple of days with both phones' battery. My issues were resolved with the Photon when I exchanged the battery (which was a pleasant surprise) although they didn't stay away permenantly with the new battery. The E4GT I've had some overheating-while-charging problems, as well as some ridiculously fast drain, but as of yesterday (NO FIX APPLIED whatsoever, mind you) the thing is holding up very well. Been off the charger for 1.5 hrs today and I'm at 99% with two texts sent only. Noteworthy is that the phone's screen is sometimes imprecise if you are charging it via wall outlet. I never had this problem with the Photon. Still, the problem hasn't happened since yesterday, so I'm not sure if my battery and charging problems were just magically resolved on their own and moving forward all will be good. Can report back later...
whatsitsnamenow said:
The Photon trumps it on all 3.
The earpiece sounds okay but the speakerphone is no match for the Photon. It is loud but sound muffled and distorts at high volume. I hear it crackling when I call Best Buys and get their greeting message.
Reception the Photon win hands down. My Photon gets clear calls even in the fringes. The Epic Touch was choppy.
Still I might just keep the Epic Touch as I use my phone more as a multimedia device than a phone. If the Photon ever solve their problem of the black crush and overly reddish skin tones I will switch back to it.
If you do any decent of calling ( using the phone as a phone) keep the Photon.
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I have better battery life with the Photon.
One more note is that my Epic Touch is much more prone to overheating under heavy internet/streaming usage than my Photon. I think that is the trade off of a thin phone. If you look at the Galaxy S2 forum you will see the same complaints of overheating. The reason I mention this is when the battery overheats, the battery life turns to crap.
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Give me a break.
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Give me a break.
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I bought the Epic 4g and it is a kick ass phone and I passed the Photon to my wife but after using the Epic i took my Photon back. The Epic fanboys are going to tell you that the phone came straight from the gods. The Epic does not have the call quality nor the reception nor the volume that the speaker or speakerphone that my photon has. As far as I'm concerned my Photon has a better build quality than the Epic. Don't get me wrong the Epic is a beautiful phone its just sad how people rag on the Photon when it is a great phone itself.
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The screen of the photon don't bother me its just the lack of devs we got some really good ones like yay, shabby and Sean but it looks like calkulin and some others have switched here. I look at my gfs vibrant screen and it looks horrible compared to the photon. My main concern was audio quality, reception ( my work is in a dip so even with my photon it eats battery due to poor signal) and battery. When im not at work photon is great so that was my reason for asking.....it seems photon has better reception than the epic can a few more photon users chime in with their opinion thanks.
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Calkulin is switching to E4GT? Where did you see that??
At the end of the day these are both top phones... I would say it depends on user preference and needs.
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I bought the Epic 4g and it is a kick ass phone and I passed the Photon to my wife but after using the Epic i took my Photon back. The Epic fanboys are going to tell you that the phone came straight from the gods. The Epic does not have the call quality nor the reception nor the volume that the speaker or speakerphone that my photon has. As far as I'm concerned my Photon has a better build quality than the Epic. Don't get me wrong the Epic is a beautiful phone its just sad how people rag on the Photon when it is a great phone itself.
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+1. This describes my situation precisely. I've been using the E4GT side by side with the Photon (and a normal Epic 4G) since Friday. I was out of town over the weekend in an area with very weak Sprint service. The Photon was a clear winner on signal strength (call quality and data.)
I'm keeping all of the phones as they are all excellent choices, but I will be personally carrying the Photon.
Here are my initial impressions of how the ET4G compares with the Photon
* Reception - Photon is better (able to get consistent signal in fringe areas, though I have no real complaints about the Epic's reception)
* Battery life - Photon is marginally better (consistently able to get 18-24 hours on a single charge with moderate use on Photon: so far the ET4G, looking like 12-18 hours)
* Sound quality - Earpiece is a tie (no huge difference between the 2), but the Photon has a marginally better speakerphone (sounds better at loud volumes)
*Screen - ET4G wins hands down, no contest
* Camera - ET4G blows away every other camera I have ever used on a phone (except for the Nokia N8). If you plan on using your camera as a point and shoot camera, the ET4G is the only option. The ET4G's camera is fast enough to capture moving objects whereas the Photon had no shot whatsoever
* Everything else including performance/bugginess/etc: The ET4G wins pretty much every other category. The performance is absolutely amazing and unlike the Photon, it has no major bugs that I consider dealbreakers
Conclusion: If reception and battery life are the most important factors for you (as well as being able to do GSM internationally), the Photon might be the right choice. However, the E4GT wins in pretty much every other way, and I have to say that I'm quite happy I made the switch.
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As far as I'm concerned my Photon has a better build quality than the Epic.
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In your hands it might feel like that because the photon is bigger, but samsung uses different type of plastic then most manufacturers which is a lot more shock resistant and doesn't bend/break.
I'd like to see you do that with the photon or even with an evo
So I added another line to my account yesterday. Decided (with the 14 day trial period in mind) to try out samsung’s “epic 4G touch” or the galaxy s II as people call it.
First of all, I will say that I went into this with an unbiased motive. I love my evo 3D, but I am always open minded and the fact that my last Samsung phone was terrible (Samsung moment) will have nothing to do with this review. There are pros and cons to any mobile device. There are pros and cons to my 3D. That being said… here is my analysis.
Display – first of all, I will say that the galaxy s II absolutely trumps the evo 3D in the color department on the display. Simply beautiful vibrant colors no matter what you have on the screen. I was immediately impressed by this. Pictures, HD wallpapers, side by side I could see a huge difference in the evo and the sgs2. The touch screen responsiveness, however, was a different story. I was almost annoyed by the sgs2’s inferior responsiveness compared to the 3D. The evo would respond to the slightest tap or flick on the screen whereas the sgs2 required considerably more effort to get the point across to the UI. This was especially obnoxious when texting and trying to quickly back out of the messaging app after hitting send. The evo responds to every touch, and does so immediately, without delay.
UI – a lot of people knock the sense UI. One thing I realized when comparing the two was the evo’s UI is very simple and straight forward/easy to manipulate. I hated touchwiz and the stock launcher as soon as I began to interact with it. I immediately installed zeam launcher to get rid of the obnoxious “iphone look and feel” of the Stock Sammy launcher. I do, however, ABSOLUTELY LOVE the way Samsung implemented the messaging application with the lock screen – simple, straight forward, and very logical. One thing that really annoys me with the sense UI is when you receive a message from anybody and navigate from the lock screen to your messages, it just takes you to your inbox, rather than the actual message. The sgs2 is very efficient for heavy texters such as myself – unlock the phone, bam you are right there reading the entire message. I find the lock screen a little annoying sometimes, however, when simply wanting to unlock the device. I don’t understand why it is necessary to slide the entire lockscreen image off the screen. Sense is better at this. Several times I have had to flick a couple times to unlock the phone. Whereas the “lockring” style of sense is again more simple and straight forward. Also, there is some delay when putting the device (sgs2) to sleep and waking it up. I simply find that annoying and think this should be a simple on and off process. The evo, again, more responsive and simplified with this basic function. And I like having custom shortcuts on my lock screen… which the sgs2 UI does not offer. Overall I would say the two were about even for me… good pros to both, and significant cons to both (for my needs).
Camera and other hardware – the video quality on the sgs2 was better than the evo, not by much, but better. The 1080p video recording was very nice looking on the display and had better quality/color overall when I viewed them on the computer. Last night when I was talking to my fiancé on the phone she said she could hear some static noise. It was faint at first but got louder on her end, I couldn’t hear it, but I called her on my evo and it went away immediately. Seems the microphone isn’t up to par with the 3D’s.
The big one…. POWER CONSUMPTION – so here I am on 6 hours 33 minutes of moderately heavy use with the sgs2 (about 100 or so text messages, a couple phone calls, and a little bit of web browsing, plus the tinkering and fidgeting with the phone that we all do when we are bored, lol.) and I am looking at a battery depleted to 70% remaining… I also work in a location where signal strength isn’t very strong, and 4G is nowhere to be found, but I have to say that I was expecting less. The phone is very efficient when it comes to utilizing power. I am pretty confident that by the end of the night I will still have a little bit left over. To be perfectly honest, it would be hard to get an accurate comparison of the evo’s battery drain because since a few days after I bought it I had the seido “brick battery” in it lol. Maybe somebody else can chime in on how their 3D is doing on a stock battery under similar conditions (with no undervolting, or overclocking… as my phone is 100% stock right now).
Going back to the display, again, I think the evo’s screen size is optimal for me. The sgs2 seems a little too wide when holding it and trying to reach the keys to send a message. Also, the stock keyboard is terrible on the sgs2. But I have always used smartkeyboard pro anyways, so it didn’t effect me, just something I noticed. The buttons were annoyingly tiny and spaced too far… I felt like I was typing on an iphone (oh em gee ***t hits fan nowz)… i suppose that bit about the KB could have been included in the UI review, but oh well.
Software – I personally think sense 3.0 blows this thing out of the water in so many ways. I hate the slowness and bulkiness of the Samsung UI, there is no customization of the messaging app whatsoever, whereas sense you have a plethora of added features such as MMS size, secure box, message forwarding, integration with facebook, etc. The music player on the Samsung is way better, however, and the sound quality is mind boggling. I could not believe the difference between the two it was really night and day. Again, pros and cons to each. Overall, I find the sgs2 to be a lot slower than the evo when it comes to responsiveness and overall tasking. Also, I find that my 3G cuts out and the phone roams a little bit more when I am at work. My evo would rarely jump into roaming mode even in areas where signal was not as strong. Also, my 4G seems to be slower by about 250 kb/s on average, I have not seen the phone download any faster than 1 mb/s as of yet. My evo does this on a regular basis.
Overall, I would have to say that both are good, but key elements in the UI make the evo a better choice for me. I HATE lag and unresponsiveness. The sgs2 lags incessantly when using the home, back, and menu keys on the bottom of the phone. That lag is relayed to tasks you are wanting to execute such as backing out of your emails or messages quickly. I am not the type to take my time when exiting applications, so my phone should be able to keep up. The evo is instantly responding to commands executed via the soft keys on the phone. I am constantly hitting the back key more than necessary to close out of my messages. It is annoying.
Again, overall, the sgs2 has some nice hardware. The camera is absolutely astounding and the screen (although a little too big, even for me) has an amazingly colorful and brilliant display. Difference is night and day between the two. And I am actually impressed with the sgs2’s power consumption. As I said, despite the large colorful screen, inch for inch, I get the feeling it sucks a little less juice than the evo simply due to how much I have been using it and where the battery level is right now.
As of right now, I think I would take the evo and just live with the smaller, less colorful display.
There it is in a nutshell.
nice. I have wanted to trade my EVO 3D for a Galaxy S2 and some cash. when I opened a Sprint account the EVO 3D barely came out.
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So I added another line to my account yesterday. Decided (with the 14 day trial period in mind) to try out samsung’s “epic 4G touch” or the galaxy s II as people call it.
First of all, I will say that I went into this with an unbiased motive. I love my evo 3D, but I am always open minded and the fact that my last Samsung phone was terrible (Samsung moment) will have nothing to do with this review. There are pros and cons to any mobile device. There are pros and cons to my 3D. That being said… here is my analysis.
Display – first of all, I will say that the galaxy s II absolutely trumps the evo 3D in the color department on the display. Simply beautiful vibrant colors no matter what you have on the screen. I was immediately impressed by this. Pictures, HD wallpapers, side by side I could see a huge difference in the evo and the sgs2. The touch screen responsiveness, however, was a different story. I was almost annoyed by the sgs2’s inferior responsiveness compared to the 3D. The evo would respond to the slightest tap or flick on the screen whereas the sgs2 required considerably more effort to get the point across to the UI. This was especially obnoxious when texting and trying to quickly back out of the messaging app after hitting send. The evo responds to every touch, and does so immediately, without delay.
UI – a lot of people knock the sense UI. One thing I realized when comparing the two was the evo’s UI is very simple and straight forward/easy to manipulate. I hated touchwiz and the stock launcher as soon as I began to interact with it. I immediately installed zeam launcher to get rid of the obnoxious “iphone look and feel” of the Stock Sammy launcher. I do, however, ABSOLUTELY LOVE the way Samsung implemented the messaging application with the lock screen – simple, straight forward, and very logical. One thing that really annoys me with the sense UI is when you receive a message from anybody and navigate from the lock screen to your messages, it just takes you to your inbox, rather than the actual message. The sgs2 is very efficient for heavy texters such as myself – unlock the phone, bam you are right there reading the entire message. I find the lock screen a little annoying sometimes, however, when simply wanting to unlock the device. I don’t understand why it is necessary to slide the entire lockscreen image off the screen. Sense is better at this. Several times I have had to flick a couple times to unlock the phone. Whereas the “lockring” style of sense is again more simple and straight forward. Also, there is some delay when putting the device (sgs2) to sleep and waking it up. I simply find that annoying and think this should be a simple on and off process. The evo, again, more responsive and simplified with this basic function. And I like having custom shortcuts on my lock screen… which the sgs2 UI does not offer. Overall I would say the two were about even for me… good pros to both, and significant cons to both (for my needs).
Camera and other hardware – the video quality on the sgs2 was better than the evo, not by much, but better. The 1080p video recording was very nice looking on the display and had better quality/color overall when I viewed them on the computer. Last night when I was talking to my fiancé on the phone she said she could hear some static noise. It was faint at first but got louder on her end, I couldn’t hear it, but I called her on my evo and it went away immediately. Seems the microphone isn’t up to par with the 3D’s.
The big one…. POWER CONSUMPTION – so here I am on 6 hours 33 minutes of moderately heavy use with the sgs2 (about 100 or so text messages, a couple phone calls, and a little bit of web browsing, plus the tinkering and fidgeting with the phone that we all do when we are bored, lol.) and I am looking at a battery depleted to 70% remaining… I also work in a location where signal strength isn’t very strong, and 4G is nowhere to be found, but I have to say that I was expecting less. The phone is very efficient when it comes to utilizing power. I am pretty confident that by the end of the night I will still have a little bit left over. To be perfectly honest, it would be hard to get an accurate comparison of the evo’s battery drain because since a few days after I bought it I had the seido “brick battery” in it lol. Maybe somebody else can chime in on how their 3D is doing on a stock battery under similar conditions (with no undervolting, or overclocking… as my phone is 100% stock right now).
Going back to the display, again, I think the evo’s screen size is optimal for me. The sgs2 seems a little too wide when holding it and trying to reach the keys to send a message. Also, the stock keyboard is terrible on the sgs2. But I have always used smartkeyboard pro anyways, so it didn’t effect me, just something I noticed. The buttons were annoyingly tiny and spaced too far… I felt like I was typing on an iphone (oh em gee ***t hits fan nowz)… i suppose that bit about the KB could have been included in the UI review, but oh well.
Software – I personally think sense 3.0 blows this thing out of the water in so many ways. I hate the slowness and bulkiness of the Samsung UI, there is no customization of the messaging app whatsoever, whereas sense you have a plethora of added features such as MMS size, secure box, message forwarding, integration with facebook, etc. The music player on the Samsung is way better, however, and the sound quality is mind boggling. I could not believe the difference between the two it was really night and day. Again, pros and cons to each. Overall, I find the sgs2 to be a lot slower than the evo when it comes to responsiveness and overall tasking. Also, I find that my 3G cuts out and the phone roams a little bit more when I am at work. My evo would rarely jump into roaming mode even in areas where signal was not as strong. Also, my 4G seems to be slower by about 250 kb/s on average, I have not seen the phone download any faster than 1 mb/s as of yet. My evo does this on a regular basis.
Overall, I would have to say that both are good, but key elements in the UI make the evo a better choice for me. I HATE lag and unresponsiveness. The sgs2 lags incessantly when using the home, back, and menu keys on the bottom of the phone. That lag is relayed to tasks you are wanting to execute such as backing out of your emails or messages quickly. I am not the type to take my time when exiting applications, so my phone should be able to keep up. The evo is instantly responding to commands executed via the soft keys on the phone. I am constantly hitting the back key more than necessary to close out of my messages. It is annoying.
Again, overall, the sgs2 has some nice hardware. The camera is absolutely astounding and the screen (although a little too big, even for me) has an amazingly colorful and brilliant display. Difference is night and day between the two. And I am actually impressed with the sgs2’s power consumption. As I said, despite the large colorful screen, inch for inch, I get the feeling it sucks a little less juice than the evo simply due to how much I have been using it and where the battery level is right now.
As of right now, I think I would take the evo and just live with the smaller, less colorful display.
There it is in a nutshell.
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Does SGS2 lag at all?
Except the design lag to enable double tap feature of Vlingo, I don't think there is a UI lag...
Just read you picked the sprint version, possible with the Qualcomm QoC.
Does the sprint version use the tegra chip set? And the issue is never the processors....
yumadtho?
Also... approaching the 10 hour mark... still pretty moderate to heavy use and at 51% ... I am impressed by the power consumption. Not too many droid phones get you to that 15 hour mark with this kind of use. This one has done exceptionally well for a full day
yumadtho?
Well I've never experienced lag on my sgs 2. Frankly I hate sense because it is too slow for me. That's the reason why I opted for the sgs 2 instead of the sensation. Moreover your opinion of it being slower than a evo 3d or sensation is not found in any reviews, and in fact the opposite is stated. But I guess your experience was different so oh well.
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How does it say the sense UI is slower? My overall opinion is that the sgs2 isn't up to par as far as UI. and this thread is not about the sensation... I clearly stated that the sgs2 feels as boring and dull and slow as an iphone... with the same terrible "cartoon like" look.
yumadtho?
Yeah, I think he just misunderstood you. No reason to get mad, they are both great phones.
yumadtho???
Thanks for the comparison
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Liked ur first impression. For me. It's def evo 3d<photon<epic touch 4g.
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Lag? I dont get it you may have to spend a little more time with the phone. TW4 is pretty good,smooth and fast as far as Im concerned. Ive been using Samsungs for along time so maybe Im just use to them but there is no lagging on mine
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Does the sprint version use the tegra chip set? And the issue is never the processors....
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Nope, the Epic Touch has the same exynos that's in the international version. I too never experienced any lag, I think you might've gotten a lemon. I do agree that sense's lockscreen is awesome and sense 3.0 has more usable widgets than touchwiz. I put go launcher and agile lock on mine so it'll be a lot more customizable. You should try it too if you dislike touchwiz.
U have to be kidding right? My phone has never lagged at all. I have the evo 3d, photon, and iPhone 4. Each phone is great but I found the e4gt to be the fastest out of my Android devices.
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xisaacbx said:
U have to be kidding right? My phone has never lagged at all. I have the evo 3d, photon, and iPhone 4. Each phone is great but I found the e4gt to be the fastest out of my Android devices.
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Agree...
I been on the Evo 3D and the Photon. In order from Good to Worst I say GS2 > Photon > Evo3D
Between the Epic Touch and Evo 3D I say the Epic Touch wins at Display + Camera + Back Speaker + CPU + Screen Size
Evo 3D wins at Radios *Wifi/3G/4G/Voice* and at UI *Sense*
So in the end, im on EpicTouch till the next best thing comes out.
PS. My phone has no lag either. Also forgot to mention the Hardware Acceleration on the stock browser also kills the stock browser on the 3D
Isn't touchwiz the only launcher that's hardware accelerated? I've never seen any ui lag...
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Thanks for this review im coming from evo 3d and i got bored of mine so i wanna get the epic touch 4g and gonna get tmobile version to at the same time just wish tmobile had true unlimited becuase there fast here even more stable then wimax for sure
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Liked ur first impression. For me. It's def evo 3d<photon<epic touch 4g.
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You got to be kidding. They say anyone can have an opinion and it is just that, but I need to tell you this....Your opinion is totally wrong, lol
Can someone please convince me that this phone Is better quality than the Amaze. I frigging want to buy this damn thing because you have development going on over here a LOT more than on the Amaze side. I run MIUI when at all possible, and you appear to be on the verge of that. I would just like someone to convince me that processor wise, and technically this Is the way to go. I REALy want to be a Samsung guy, I'm just genuinely trying to overcome my HTC brainwashing.
I came from a long line of HTC products since the g1. Something Samsung does just makes it different than HTC phones. It is way faster and the screen is brilliant. But to really experience the speed of everything about this phone, you have to use it. Specifically on a custom ROM. The entire experience is just flawless.
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There'a a reason why there is way more development for the SGS2 than the Amaze. Because the SGS2 is better! The only thing the Amaze has going for it is the camera.
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OLED is better than LCD in terms of color saturation and battery life. Should be your answer right there. Take into account the bigger screen, sleeker design and you have a winner. The Amaze is a fine piece of hardware, but not enough of an improvement from the Sensation to choose to pay more money for the Amaze. If you must go HTC, by a used Sensation and save your upgrade for the next actual HTC beast to be released on T-Mobile, whenever that may be. I personally came from the sensation and would never go back.
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When I went to the store..I really had my heart set on a amaze because I heard soo much raves about it...and knew about the SGS2... so I had a chance to hold both side by side...compared speed and os side by side... build...screen... etc.
I never looked back. Now my friends who have the amaze keep trying to convince me to trade. NO WAY.
I love this phone.
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Had the amaze, switched to s2. Amaze is great phone, fast, responsive, etc. Quality wise zero problems. Beautiful screen on amaze, liked the high resolution and whites look white (whites have a slight bluish tint on s2). gps on amaze is extremely accurate, best description for s2 gps is sloppy. No matter how I calibrate the s2 gps, it is just not that accurate. Amaze gps would start immediately and show my position within a couple of feet. The s2 gps lags on startup and is usually 15 - 30 feet wide of my location.
Why I switched. Amaze goes through battery way too fast. i was lucky to get five hours before needing a charge. My s2 goes two days. If the amaze was a car it got the equivalent of 8 miles per gallon where the s2 gets 30. Everybody on amaze forum suggesting turning everything of to get better battery life. With s2 I leave gps, 4g, wifi, etc. Always on on get great battery life. Why get a high end phone and not be able to use it. Sort of like buying a ferrari and driving it at 30 mph with lights, radio and heater/ac off so you get better mileage.
Scrolling, screen transistions are smoother on s2. Not a lot but when held side by side with amaze you can pick up difference.
I also did not like that the amaze had its antenna on the back cover. I figured one too many times removing the back cover woukd eventually mess up antena connections. Also, amaze battery was same shape as sensation but different voltage (3.8 vs 3.7). A lot of vendors show the sensation battery as replacement for amaze. However, these phones are a little bit sensitive to even that little bit of voltage diference.
I can sway you over to the sgs2 side by selling you 1
HEY YOU, YEAH YOU!
BUY THE SGS2!!
Why? CUZ IT'S A PLUCKIN AWESOME PHONE!!
There, does that help?
#Havingablast w/ my SGS2
Epic GS2 is epic.
Buy it.
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I had an Evo 3D and honestly didn't really like it. So I "downgraded" to the Nexus S 4G. I like it a lot more and am excited about getting ICS soon but truthfully the thing I really really miss is the bigger screen. I also missed the other core, as scrolling and pinch to zooming is pretty bad on Nexus S 4g. I am a bit of a display snob though, I dont like the WVGA resolution on the Nexus I prefer sharp text and sharper browser pictures like the Evo 3D had (but like the colors of Super Amoled). Anyway, is the Epic Touch 4G the way to go? The phone looks sexy and 4.52 inches of screen is awesome, I'm just concerned that the WVGA stretched out even more will look worse.
What is the difference between Super Amoled and Super Amoled+? The only Sprint store I have has the Epic Touch in the worst possible spot, right in front of a window and the glare makes it tough to compare.
-Phone is mainly for texting, listening to music/podcasts, web browsing, and youtube viewing.
Also, I plan on buying this off contract and I don't make a lot of money so this will be my phone until my upgrade is up in 2013.
Thanks for any input it is much much appreciated.
Personally I love the screen of my phone but I wish it was HD like the galaxy nexus or the iPhone.
Here is an article that may help u understand the differences between super amoled vs super amoled plus.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Supe...AMOLED-to-the-PenTile-matrix-and-back_id18700
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I am running an ICS ROM with a custom kernel that has voodoo sound and color support on my NS4G. It greatly improves the sound and the colors on the screen. I have both phones and while the Nexus is nice, the ET4G is simply amazing! The speed, smoothness, battery life, camera, etc are definitely a step up on the Epic Touch. Here's a screenie of the NS4G with custom voodoo color settings. The colors are much more vibrant than on a stock setup
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Yes I love the voodoo sound quite a bit, it made me invest in a nice pair of headphones and its worth every penny. I actually like the stock colors just fine, I absolutely love the colors of super amoled what I don't like is the resolution. I would keep my Nexus S 4G as an MP3 player if i get an Epic Touch just cuz the sound chip with voodoo is so beast.
Thanks for the article an Super AMoled vs. Super Amoled Plus. Im gonna get to reading that, from what I understand Super Amoled + is sharper and less pixelated, that is my biggest problem with regular Amoled so that would be awesome. Those HD displays on the other carriers are so tempting, but if Super AMoled Plus fixes the pentile issues, the Epic Touch would be rocking a 4.5 inch screen exynos monster and that's just tough to beat.
I moved from the Evo3D to the E4GT. I am not looking back. I love that it has a larger, more vibrant display and that it's lighter. I DO miss the solid feel of the Evo3D, and the grippy back. Sometimes the slippery back of the E4GT makes me feel like I'm going to drop it, so I just have to remember to hold it tighter than I normally would. I know I could get a case, but that takes away from the sexiness of the device IMHO. I guess I'm not too worried about damaging it since I can get new phones anytime I want. I'd say, it's a no brainer. Go with the E4GT, you won't be disappointed.
My girlfriend and I are on a shared plan. I had been waiting on the GS2 to hit sprint ever since the phone first debuted internationally. Just recently I got her to trade her evo 4g for a Nexus.
I would agree with you about the sound DAC on the Nexus s, it's beast if you have voodoo sound. But the GS2 isn't half bad either. I stream google music every day at work and with a decent set of headphones (for reference I use altec lansing backbeat titaniums, they are out of production but pretty much the best in ear buds you can get for under $50) the sound is quite good. It doesn't get as loud as the nexus due to a weaker headphone amp, but it gets the job done. (haha I can't say enough good things about voodoo, if you turn that headphone amp all the way up with good earbuds, you could pretty much blow your eardrums...)
Also, the whole 720p screen deal is really overrated. I checked out the Galaxy Nexus at a verizon store and honestly I still prefer my ET4G. And don't even bother comparing the Evo 3d's screen the the GS2, that would be a straight up insult. After owning an ET4G for a few months, all of the HTC screens just look like garbage. I would easily sacrifice resolution for quality, and any GS2, ours included, really delivers on quality.
If you were gonna buy off contract, it doesn't really matter when you buy I suppose, but the sooner the better I suppose. By the time this phone is truly obsolete (it's hard to say when, because phone tech is really becoming more advanced overnight) I would imagine that LTE will start rolling out on sprint and you could step up to a good LTE phone.
Also, the white version hits sprint early next month. Might be worth waiting a week or two to see if the white version is your cup of tea.
Yeah Evo 3D screen had washed out colors and horrific viewing angles. People praise super lcd for color accuracy but on the evo 3D certain colors weren't very accurate. The lime green on the ANdroid Market looked awful, using my laptop as a reference. I did love it for its sharp text and resolution for video playback.
My original plan was to get an iphone 4 due to resolution while also keeping my NExus S 4G and switching back and forth periodically. And then buy the SG S III since that's gonna probably have an HD screen with Super Amoled, not to mention spec'd like crazy. But if the 4" screen of my Nexus gets on my nerves, the 3.5" on the iphone and looking at an app drawer all day would drive me crazy.
Epic Touch it is, im curious about the white one. I imagine it will look super slick. The white skyrocket is beautiful, im just worried that getting in white would be a bit girly.