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Coming over from the Sensation 4G

Well, I'm switching over to Sprint from T-mobile because I get an awesome employee plan. I'm starting off with the Epic 4G Touch. Hopefully I'll like it more than my Sensation. I just don't like Touchwiz...

I came from tmobile and had the sensation and I got to tell you the epic is way better by miles
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dmora01 said:
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The only thing the Sensation has over the Epic Touch is of course the microphones...IMO

Not sure what their isn't to like about Touchwiz. It is a pretty decent launcher but if you do not like it, it's not like a big deal to use something else.....
Unlike Sense, Touchwiz at least doesn't bog down the whole device.

Slash8915 said:
Well, I'm switching over to Sprint from T-mobile because I get an awesome employee plan. I'm starting off with the Epic 4G Touch. Hopefully I'll like it more than my Sensation. I just don't like Touchwiz...
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Don't worry about touchwiz. It's only a launcher. It's not way up Androids ass like sense... Once rooted you can remove it completely in seconds.
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Well so far I really like it. I just wish there was a way to turn off the auto-dim when the phone thinks it's overheating.

I switched over from the sensation too. the phone is great but i cant even stream my google music anymore.... Man, its terrible. It takes forever!

leyvatron said:
I switched over from the sensation too. the phone is great but i cant even stream my google music anymore.... Man, its terrible. It takes forever!
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Give it time. The network upgrades are rolling out faster than I expected. At home I still get the same depressing speeds but at work it picked up a little and on other towers around town (especially the high congestion areas) I'm seeing awesome speeds.
At the gym the other day I downloaded a 70mb podcast...figured it would take 30 minutes...listened to one 4 minute long song and it was finished when I checked on it after that song. I remember downloading cyanogen updates at work over 3G and it taking like a half hour or more...(86-90mb ish).
I figured this wouldn't be happening so soon...but, I think it actually is (in select areas).
I can't wait for the next PRL update.

Familiar Joe said:
The only thing the Sensation has over the Epic Touch is of course the microphones...IMO
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And build quality..i also had the sensation...the metal design made it beautiful and it felt better and stronger in your hand..that's the only thing i wish this phone had..but..im satisfied

Galaxy Nexus

For those who have an Epic 4g Touch, are you going to get the Galaxy Nexus. I have received mine yesterday and liking it so far. The only things missing are custom roms and LTE. Here is a pic

Is battery life better or the same? On the nexus.
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Battery life is so-so. But a custom rom and kernal will solve it.

You don't have lte in your area?
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I think id get one if I could pull off some sort of trade since my upgrade isn't for a couple more months.
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I called Sprint and asked for a "Buy Out" on one of my lines which was due for an upgrade by the end of the year. It only cost $45 to "Buy Out" which essentially means pushing your upgrade to the current month.
Picking up a Galaxy Nexus tomorrow at the store =]

I don't see the point. It is inferior hardware-wise to the SII, and by the time LTE is in full swing here in KC, the SIII will be available. And since I already have ICS on my SII, it just seems silly to me.

Does this one actually have the NFC chip? I was a little bummed the SGS2 couldn't use google beam or wallet.

What about the speaker is it low? I'm thinking about picking one up tomorrow.
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Mastershake725 said:
Does this one actually have the NFC chip? I was a little bummed the SGS2 couldn't use google beam or wallet.
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Where can you use it?
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So jealous of you guys getting the g nexus. I think I am going to stay put for a while.
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Where can you use it?
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I know McDonald's uses it ha. The last few times I went there they used the pay pass on my MasterCard. Haven't been there in a few months, usually only stop there on long drives.
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I love the design of the Nexus and the specs are pretty good, almost equal to the E4GT, but what I dont like is the high price for "less" phone. The ice cream sandwhich that comes with the phone is great as well but could do with a little less flash and a little bit more efficiency in terms of smoothness and battery life. I still want one though because i dont like the physical buttons on my phone.
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Mastershake725 said:
Does this one actually have the NFC chip? I was a little bummed the SGS2 couldn't use google beam or wallet.
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The Gnex has NFC along with $10 in Google Wallet. No LTE here in Charlotte, NC till sometime by the end of year I believe. Verizon released the Thunderbolt before switching on LTE..

lickarock said:
I don't see the point. It is inferior hardware-wise to the SII, and by the time LTE is in full swing here in KC, the SIII will be available. And since I already have ICS on my SII, it just seems silly to me.
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I got the Galaxy Nexus because I like buying phones.. I started with the Hero, Palm Pre, Evo 4g, Epic 4g, Nexus S 4g, Photon 4g, Epic 4g Touch, 32gb iPhone 4s and now the Galaxy Nexus. I probably forgot some other high end Sprint phones but I had those too. The GNex will be chic of the Month till the S3 is released. Then this phone will serve as an excellent back up..

Eddiepapi said:
What about the speaker is it low? I'm thinking about picking one up tomorrow.
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Speaker is not low but kinda wish it came with two like the 4s. Comes with 4.0.4 update out the box. Screen is crazy nice. The one thing that irks me is that I'm having problems with Exchange. Doesn't sync with my work email. Gonna have to do some research on that issue. Also come with $10 in Google Wallet. Won't get the other 40-50 Google money from Sprint for a couple of weeks. Probably at the after end of 14 day period..

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Where can you use it?
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Google beam can be used with any other android phone with an NFC chip. You can sent contacts, files, directions to a location quicker and more efficiently than bump or over bluetooth. Google wallet is still in beta so it can't be found at a lot of places, but on a few business trips to California I have seen some stores that will accept it. It sounds awesome though completely itemizes all your receipts and sync's them to you g-mail account. I was just upset when my girl friends nexus s had the technology when my brand new SGS2 didn't (sprint removed them all other variations on other carriers had this technology). I guess we found out why they removed the NFC chip, to entice people to upgrade to the Nexus

Anyone moving to the gnex ? Should i?

I would like to know if is worth to upgrade to thr gnex. Thanks
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No. Already has inferior hardware. Go with the Evo Lte if you have to upgrade now.
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Not an HTC fan. Plus is an ugly phone ..lol. I'll wait for the gs3 then
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Well I played with the one x at att and must say it's better looking. The screen is amazing though. Our GS3 will probably have the s4 also though.
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If the sprint version had the same design as the one x j would consider it
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It's got some nice additions, ie sdcard slot, kickstand, and larger battery, but it's definitely not as sexy.
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No real point in upgrading to a sprint lte phone right now as there is no lte towers. You will be stuck with sprints slow 3g. Best to stick with the e4gt until the galaxy siii comes out.
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You are right. However in my house I have no 4G except upstairs window. When home just keep wifi on and use my own internet. Even 3G and calls iffy in house. Without my Airwave my phone would be a brick most of time. Hope so called Network Vision improves coverage. I have no idea when lte is turned on if that will be any better than my current wimax 4g.

jcaicedo82 said:
I would like to know if is worth to upgrade to thr gnex. Thanks
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Have you played with both phones at the same time. Also are you bored with your phone? These are reasons to upgrade and of course do YOU think its worth it to you to upgrade. I have seen I love Gnex threads and I returned my Gnex threads, at the end of the day its really your preference. Go to Best Buy and check them all out... Jus' My Opinion

or you could just search one of the other 40 threads about the exact same thing!

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or you could just search one of the other 40 threads about the exact same thing!
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Search? Does not compute
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I made a thread about this the other day too because I have an upgrade so I went down to the sprint store and played with the Gnex and I dont know if there was something wrong with that one or what but it ran like ****! Force closes everywhere, could not get facial unlock to work. I just installed ICS Hydra rom on my E4GT and it runs SOOO much better than the Gnex. I also talked to a sprint employee and they said the E4GT is far superior. I wouldn't do it!

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or you could just search one of the other 40 threads about the exact same thing!
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Now that would of been way too easy..... .Hmmm use search and find out about the phone I want to upgrade too or post a thread and let others tell me what to do.... decisions decisions....

coldblooded79 said:
It's got some nice additions, ie sdcard slot, kickstand, and larger battery, but it's definitely not as sexy.
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And camera button

5mp camera and the screen is higher resolution but poor quality display, wait for better phone.
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Your input SGS3 to buy or not?

Father's Day is coming, so is the S3 and Evo LTE. My contract expired in April and I'm eligible for an upgrade. So my wife asked me, do you want me to gift you the S3...
I am perfectly happy with the S2 and beside the NFC of S3 I'm not too thrilled. The question is: (a) get the S3 or wait for something special might pop up around Christmas time?

I would get the s3. Even just to play around with on wifi if you want to use your e4gt still. I plan to do this, as I get (ok) wimaxx but am not anywhere near any of the first roll out areas for lte. Just my suggestion. This phone is great, but I want to play with that new too lol. If you are near lte tho then it is no question. S3 imo.
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there already a few threads open about this fellas..

It's the next "big thing" so I would get it unless you are considering the iPhone 5. You could always get it and sell it on Craigslist for like $600 and keep your S2.

I don't know, the ET4g and sprint in general have left a bad taste in my mouth with radio issues... I'm thinking my next phone will be a HTC or maybe a moto.

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I would get the s3. Even just to play around with on wifi if you want to use your e4gt still. I plan to do this, as I get (ok) wimaxx but am not anywhere near any of the first roll out areas for lte. Just my suggestion. This phone is great, but I want to play with that new too lol. If you are near lte tho then it is no question. S3 imo.
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I agree im im thinking of getting the s3 just to play with it until lte hits Miami my upgrade is up on July 7 but I really love the features of the s3 plus I think there's going to be killer developing going on on that phone but for now im sticking with Wimax im always on 4g getting between 10-16mbps
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jmejiaa said:
I don't know, the ET4g and sprint in general have left a bad taste in my mouth with radio issues... I'm thinking my next phone will be a HTC or maybe a moto.
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I think the new evo is a great phone, hardware and screen are great. Just the ui and HTC in general is not my style. The wife has HTC though, and loves it. So I'll get to play with both on July 1st when our upgrades are eligible.
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yellowman82 said:
I agree im im thinking of getting the s3 just to play with it until lte hits Miami my upgrade is up on July 7 but I really love the features of the s3 plus I think there's going to be killer developing going on on that phone but for now im sticking with Wimax im always on 4g getting between 10-16mbps
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Man I would LOVE those speeds. I'm at around 3.5-4.5mbps on a good day. 3g is horrid tho, under .1 sometimes, as high as .4 rarely. In the process of reading up on the PRL tweaks tho, that should help a lot on my 3g. But I'm that guy that reads everything about stuff before I try it, so I'm slow
Sorry! Off topic
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Couldn't this have gone in the gs3 thread? Not flaming anyone or nothing but that's why we have one.
IBTL.
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peanut1596 said:
Couldn't this have gone in the gs3 thread? Not flaming anyone or nothing but that's why we have one.
IBTL.
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peanut1596 said:
Couldn't this have gone in the gs3 thread? Not flaming anyone or nothing but that's why we have one.
IBTL.
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Your right, my bad. So would you hold off or buy lol

I am in the same boat. I dont get wimax at all tho D; HD screen ftw tho!

Buy it
Sprints not the type that would have a **** ton of variants
If we were on att I would say
If u want great community dev buy it now
If u want good hardware wait
Att had attain skyrocket note and the skyrocket HD almost
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Alex1x said:
Your right, my bad. So would you hold off or buy lol
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I would buy it if I had an upgrade.
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My strategy is, IF I get the s3 (kinda doubtful), the decision that would make the most sense, would be to WAIT until LTE is fully deployed and active in your area. If not, you will be stuck on 3g for quite a while until it happens, whenever that might be. Don't be in a rush. I know how hard that is to practice when you're a xda kind of person, but that makes the most sense to me on many areas. So many people are very frustrated with 3g performance lately, it wouldn't be logical to force yourself into that mode for god knows how long. For me, the deal breaker is the camera with the not such a big deal improvements done to it. Yes, faster camera is better but no substantial improvements with low light, better f stop, I will pass. When I had it, I loved the iPhone 4s camera, but the cons outweighed the pros IMO. Even if you have to wait up to another year for LTE, the s4 might be around then and I would hope that one would be a lot better than the 3. With my experiences with a couple of htcs, they are too temperature sensative and prone to hardware failure issues when compared to all the samsungs I've owned. I'm not a Samsung fan either, I've just had much less problems with them and they're much easier to do custom things to like rooting and roms.
Besides, you said it yourself, you're happy with what you have already. Also, pentile s3 screen, eww.

Well if you know you want that phone get it asap so your new contract starts being used asap.... Means new upgrade sooner down the road. I just got mine in October or whenever the iphone came out. Personally the s3 and the galaxy nexus are the only two phones that I would consider over the et4g. As you can tell I am alittle partial to Samsung as all my previous phones who weren't Samsung I've had problems with excluding the HTC sensation
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GS2 or EVO lte?

My wifes phone is broke(no insurance) and our contracts are up. She doesn't want to wait for the GS3 so...... EVO lte or GS2? I have the GS2 and love it but not to knowledgeable on the new EVO.
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That's a really tough one. i really like the EVO LTE but i love my E4GT alot more. i honestly dont care for the gs3 much, but i havent played with it like i have the evo. i would deff stick with the gs2 but its all in personal preference. There all really good choices so either way your getting a sweet phone.

two great phone to choose from a friend has the evo lte and its fast I like my e4gt but I think i would recommend the evo lte just because your going to be with it two yrs. on contract maybe Pittsburg gets lte in the mean time.

And don't forget the insurance this time.
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And don't forget the insurance this time.
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Already done.
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It is a close match but I don't regret not waiting for the EVO 4g LTE. I am very happy with the Epic 4g Touch

EVO 4G LTE. The only downside to that phone, IMO, is the locked bootloader. It's also almost future-proof with the LTE chip inside.

Does anyone know when Pittsburgh is up for lte?
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Ttrain721 said:
My wifes phone is broke(no insurance) and our contracts are up. She doesn't want to wait for the GS3 so...... EVO lte or GS2? I have the GS2 and love it but not to knowledgeable on the new EVO.
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The gs3 is one week away... I'd say wait. But that's just me.
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peanut1596 said:
The gs3 is one week away... I'd say wait. But that's just me.
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I would agree with this especially if you have any type of spare phone you can use in the meantime. If not I know how hard it is without a phone so if ya cant wait go for the evo. I was at the sprint store the other day playing with it, and it really is a nice phone plus it has beats audio and a very good build quality.

I couldnt see buying a 4g phone when there are 4g LTE phones available. I just "bought up" in my Sprint contract to purchase either the S3 or the Evo LTE. Current plan is to sell my S2 and wait for the S3 to come out so that I can take her for a spin before I sign another 2 year...
As somebody else mentioned, either way she is getting a nice device.

I love every aspect of the EPIC 4G touch, but if I lived where 4Glte would be, I would snag up the Evo. I'm happy with my 3G speeds and bad ass hardware.
Good luck.
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She got the evo lte because if she waits the world will implode if she doesn't have a phone. I know I'll be getting the S3 and she'll be *****ing how my phone is better, happens all the time. I just hope Pittsburgh gets lte in a reasonable time.
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Ttrain721 said:
She got the evo lte because if she waits the world will implode if she doesn't have a phone. I know I'll be getting the S3 and she'll be *****ing how my phone is better, happens all the time. I just hope Pittsburgh gets lte in a reasonable time.
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You have the 14 day exchange policy, so just swap them when the gs3 comes out...
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I remember looking at leaked LTE roll out waves and unfortunately Pittsburgh doesn't seem to have made the cut
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Ttrain721 said:
She got the evo lte because if she waits the world will implode if she doesn't have a phone. I know I'll be getting the S3 and she'll be *****ing how my phone is better, happens all the time. I just hope Pittsburgh gets lte in a reasonable time.
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I have the EvoLTE and my wife is getting the SG3.. of course it hasn't even came to the house yet and she already wants to switch with me because of the physical camera button at the top.. Either way IDC.. I'm a big Sammy guy anyways.. But according to the reviews here: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6022/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-review-att-and-tmobile-usa-variants/3 your wife might just have the better phone.. I know the scores were pushed mostly bc the UI. But maybe that extra gig of ram might be to much wiggle room for the s4 and is causing the scores to drop a few points in these benchmarks.. Of course the multitasking should be better..