Just watched a video on YouTube and Aaron from Phonedog chose our E4GT over the new Nexus with ics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U0OZndLabg&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Glad you posted it. Made me released a lot of things i was overlooking. It is sometimes hard to accept we have the best.
The only thing it had over our phone is ICS.
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I refuse to go to phonedog after they sued their former writer for his personal twitter account (they wanted to spam his followers).
Leo Laporte, who actually owns both phones, recommended the epic touch over the nexus on his Before You Buy Show.
It is really what is more important to you, hardware (epic touch) or software (nexus).
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not to mention hardware is static vs software hey give it a few months
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I refuse to go to phonedog after they sued their former writer for his personal twitter account (they wanted to spam his followers).
Leo Laporte, who actually owns both phones, recommended the epic touch over the nexus on his Before You Buy Show.
It is really what is more important to you, hardware (epic touch) or software (nexus).
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I just read about this, very lame. I like Aaron, and think he does a great job. Heck, I dig Sydney and her Dog Pound show. But after this, I am going to have to re-evaluate my entire life.....lol.
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I just read about this, very lame. I like Aaron, and think he does a great job. Heck, I dig Sydney and her Dog Pound show. But after this, I am going to have to re-evaluate my entire life.....lol.
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I don't think you can blame the employees on what the company does, doubt either of these two had the management input in whether suing the previous employee.
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I don't think you can blame the employees on what the company does, doubt either of these two had the management input in whether suing the previous employee.
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I know, hence the "lol" at the end. I do believe it's a bad move though, but I can kind of see that those 17k followers were potential traffic to the site, which means more advertiser money. Honestly though, I hope they drop it, or Noah just changes his twitter name.
Cool video. on the network speeds. I'd rather not see so clearly how slow sprint speeds are so I can live in my happy phone land.
The only disagreement I'd have is that there is one other thing the Nexus has on our phone:
That is one beautiful screen...
oldpreowner said:
Just watched a video on YouTube and Aaron from Phonedog chose our E4GT over the new Nexus with ics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U0OZndLabg&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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thanks for the vid, like the other posters I as well overlooked a couple of things. Our phone has amazing specs and it holds its own against other high end android phones and the fruit phone. But i'm not going to lie that lte is pretty sick!
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Cool video. on the network speeds. I'd rather not see so clearly how slow sprint speeds are so I can live in my happy phone land.
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the area where phonedog is located just seems to have terrible sprint coverage where as if you look at wirefly reviews, sprint 4g gets over 10mbps. that's why I think reviews should be done with wifi instead of carrier signal (phonedog uses 3g for their reviews).
My thoughts on the two phones:
GNexus
Pros:
Great Screen/Resolution
Ice Cream Sandwich
Verizon Network (BLAZING 4G speed compared to Sprint/T-Mobile out here)
Cons:
No expandable memory (but 32GB for LTE model is solid)
Usable screen space - When the menu buttons are visible, it has less physical screen real estate than the E4GT from my hands-on comparison (ignoring resolution advantage).
Awkward shape and "taller" than the E4GT
"Feel" is lacking
Lackluster hardware
E4GT
Pros:
Expandable memory
Shape and Feel
Faster GPU
Cons:
Touchwiz, Touchwiz, and Touchwiz (Which is OK for 2.3, but not ICS IMO)
No Official Ice Cream Sandwich Yet - And when we do get it it will be Touchwiz-burdened
Sprint Network
The only real advantage for me when comparing the two phones was Ice Cream Sandwich. I did not care for the feel of the LTE GNexus and was not happy with Verizon (did not like the price, limited data, or the sales people), so I gave Sprint my business instead and ended up with the E4GT. I LOVE this phone, I just wish that the Sprint network was a bit more robust out here in Colorado.
My two cents anyway.
I think the screen on the ET is much better than the screen on the nexus. the nexus has more pixels but thats it.
as for the other cons I don't get it. First thing I did was ditch touchwiz. that is a "user option" not a con. install whatever launcher you want.
Sprint may be slower but its cheaper and its truly unlimited.
what is the point of 20MB/s if you use up all your available bandwidth in a few days? or even HOURS ?
I am confident sprint will "fix up" the bandwidth issues.
as for verizon they are irrelevant. moot. I can't afford the monthly bill so its a non issue.
If I spent that much money on a GNex, and then took it home and ran a ~1600 quadrant score, I'd wanna just vomit all over myself.
(Yeah, I know the old mantra: "quadrants don't mean sh*t", but still: there's gotta be a lot of credit given to the exynos processor to crank out ~4500 scores right out of the box.)
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If I spent that much money on a GNex, and then took it home and ran a ~1600 quadrant score, I'd wanna just vomit all over myself.
(Yeah, I know the old mantra: "quadrants don't mean sh*t", but still: there's gotta be a lot of credit given to the exynos processor to crank out ~4500 scores right out of the box.)
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Especially since quadrant only registers 1 core
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It only registers one core cause at the time only one is needed. Overclock that badboy or set performance with 1.2/1.2 scaling and check the system info again, I'll wait..
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It only registers one core cause at the time only one is needed. Overclock that badboy or set performance with 1.2/1.2 scaling and check the system info again, I'll wait..
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Lol
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software wise I'll go with the nexus. But when you want a phone with zero lag you need to get the Epic touch .. Ics is coming
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If I spent that much money on a GNex, and then took it home and ran a ~1600 quadrant score, I'd wanna just vomit all over myself.
(Yeah, I know the old mantra: "quadrants don't mean sh*t", but still: there's gotta be a lot of credit given to the exynos processor to crank out ~4500 scores right out of the box.)
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It may have more to do with ics and the app not being designed for it than the CPU.
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Hmmm All I ever here is what great quality iOS apps are and Androids are junk. Another myth busted
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/study-ios-apps-crash-more-often-android-apps/2012-02-03
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In your face (like those boobies)apple fanboys! !!!
In before 1st person says Android paid off Crittercism or the author...
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I had Android for years. Recently I got a iPhone 4s. My opinion is that, in the apple store, its quantity over quality and most things are pay. I didn't like the way apple and the app devs locked you out of things that a stock unrooted Android would let you do. IMO, the Android world is more friendly towards its users. Apple, its our way or the highway.
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I had Android for years. Recently I got a iPhone 4s. My opinion is that, in the apple store, its quantity over quality and most things are pay. I didn't like the way apple and the app devs locked you out of things that a stock unrooted Android would let you do. IMO, the Android world is more friendly towards its users. Apple, its our way or the highway.
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Agreed. The only thing the Apple app store has is the same thing the the accessory makers have--homogeneity. There is only 1 standardized platform, at large--and 5 at most--to differentiate between. That allows them their greater breadth of specialized apps and hardware. Whether this will win the war for Apple is debatable. It's the one thing they have now that they didn't have for the (nearly identical except fort this fact...total-vertical-integration be damned) PC vs Mac race....which they lost spectacularly. In fact, it flips that paradigm inside out. Open standardization made the availability of accessories and software ubiquitous on the PC. Now a narrowly defined standard is doing the same for the iProducts...it might not be very difficult to design such products for every Android--it's just cost prohibitive to retool the manufacturing...and it's not impossible to code to the "bare metal" on Android....from what I understand it's rather easy....but that only targets that one phone/cpu/gpu/platform/etc, of which there are many.
It is an interesting battle.
there's no stability difference in apps blame the developer if you have issues.
The dalvik VM is awfully stable nowadays and there is a whole lot more Java programmers out there than objective c ones which could be one reason for stability differences.
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I always wondered why a simple app like Sudoku crashes so much on my ipod :/
Heh, I was just remembering the reaction I got every time I'd ask an iPhone person this question. Did you know angry birds is free on Android? The look was priceless.
It just because Apple sucks, proven fact.
I liked the phone hardware, but my old eyes need a bigger screen. I liked the camera and the audio quality with music. Everything else with the iPhone experience, I despised.
iPhone is still far superior to any Android handset out there. Even with the smaller screen and no 4G it still outsold all Androids combined on AT&T and Verizon. I've used numerous Android phones and most of them required a custom rom to function properly while my 4S "just works" out of the box. While flashing roms and customizing home screens can be fun for a short while at the end of the day I just need my phone to work reliably with good battery life and iPhone destroys Android in that regard. It also has many more great games compared to Android as well.
The guy above me ^^^^ oh boy...
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iPhone is still far superior to any Android handset out there. Even with the smaller screen and no 4G it still outsold all Androids combined on AT&T and Verizon. I've used numerous Android phones and most of them required a custom rom to function properly while my 4S "just works" out of the box. While flashing roms and customizing home screens can be fun for a short while at the end of the day I just need my phone to work reliably with good battery life and iPhone destroys Android in that regard. It also has many more great games compared to Android as well.
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Ninja please.
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iPhone is still far superior to any Android handset out there. Even with the smaller screen and no 4G it still outsold all Androids combined on AT&T and Verizon. I've used numerous Android phones and most of them required a custom rom to function properly while my 4S "just works" out of the box. While flashing roms and customizing home screens can be fun for a short while at the end of the day I just need my phone to work reliably with good battery life and iPhone destroys Android in that regard. It also has many more great games compared to Android as well.
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Why are you here? Bored with your iPhone? That's my guess I love my E4GT and Prime and don't feel the need to troll Apple forums.
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Why are you here? Bored with your iPhone? That's my guess I love my E4GT and Prime and don't feel the need to troll Apple forums.
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Not trolling just setting the record straight
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Not trolling just setting the record straight
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So video is better on a iPad2 than a Transformer Prime?
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Not trolling just setting the record straight
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So video is better on a iPad2 than a Transformer Prime?
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I haven't tried the Prime,and their forum is filled with complaints about defective units so I would definitely steer clear of it.
He is right... If I wasn't tech savy I would go with iphone for its simplicity,it just works.
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iPhone is still far superior to any Android handset out there. Even with the smaller screen and no 4G it still outsold all Androids combined on AT&T and Verizon. I've used numerous Android phones and most of them required a custom rom to function properly while my 4S "just works" out of the box. While flashing roms and customizing home screens can be fun for a short while at the end of the day I just need my phone to work reliably with good battery life and iPhone destroys Android in that regard. It also has many more great games compared to Android as well.
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I haven't tried the Prime,and their forum is filled with complaints about defective units so I would definitely steer clear of it.
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I have a perfectly operating TFP and it blows my wifes ipad2 away. When you put the two side by side the its not even close. Until you use them at the same time you wouldn't understand.Once again its not 2010 time to catch up troll your facts elsewhere.....maybe a Mac forum
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Tried two and that's when I knew I better get out now before my 15 days was over. I must say , the galaxy nexus was the coolest phone I've ever used. Ics is amazing as is the beautiful screen on the nexus.
The dropped calls, bad battery life, below average camera, missed calls, texts that never were, pitiful LTE reception, and defective screen are all a few of the problems I couldn't live with anymore.
Bummer. Good luck with your next phone.
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The poorly executed Verizon LTE model of this phone is really giving it a bad name.
Sorry to hear you have had such a bad experience. I just got mine today and am very impressed with ICS and the display of the phone. I turned off 4G right away as I would rather save on battery life.
Sounds like you got a bad batch of the GN.
Welcome to the HTC rezound and the best ics experience to date. We have incredible reception on LTE.. awesome batttery life, and the screen has a higher pixel density than the nexus could ever hope to achieve.
You will be in heaven, welcome
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Welcome to the HTC rezound and the best ics experience to date. We have incredible reception on LTE.. awesome batttery life, and the screen has a higher pixel density than the nexus could ever hope to achieve.
You will be in heaven, welcome
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Yea I just got rid of my nexus before my 15 day period. Loving my HTC Rezound.
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What is with threads like these.. So many repeated topics that it makes it hard to find things that matter...
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Serinety said:
Welcome to the HTC rezound and the best ics experience to date. We have incredible reception on LTE.. awesome batttery life, and the screen has a higher pixel density than the nexus could ever hope to achieve.
You will be in heaven, welcome
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May I ask respectfully how old are you?
thephoneguyusa said:
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What is with threads like these.. So many repeated topics that it makes it hard to find things that matter...
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100%. Oh what's that...you are not going to use the phone we all have? Thanks for sharing.....
As for everyone else...9 Android devices in a year...not because I am unhappy with them but because I LOVE phones and new technology. My only gripes are how annoying MTP is and the lack of an SD card slot. A kick stand could be cool, but overall.....10/10.
I'm not a fanboy, I just feel like fro the first time in a long time I got exactly what I paid for. No issues here at all.
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The poorly executed Verizon LTE model of this phone is really giving it a bad name.
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I would love to see stats comparing failure rates, scratched screens and bugs between the GSM and LTE version. Going on Reddit, XDA and a few other sources the LTE device seems to be far more problematic.
I was going to write a longer reply to this thread, but I'm to busy posting in forums for phones I don't own.
I just don't understand the point (if there is any) of threads like this one. Everyone has the right to their own opinion but what do they expect out of these threads? Do they think people will notice or even care that they didn't stick with a phone or whatever it may be? No offense OP, I just can't understand these threads.
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Equinox102 said:
The poorly executed Verizon LTE model of this phone is really giving it a bad name.
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I see just as many if not more GSM complaints.
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I was going to write a longer reply to this thread, but I'm to busy posting in forums for phones I don't own.
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LMAO! nice one.
And thanks Serinety for my new signature:
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Welcome to the HTC rezound...You will be in heaven, welcome
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I would love to see stats comparing failure rates, scratched screens and bugs between the GSM and LTE version. Going on Reddit, XDA and a few other sources the LTE device seems to be far more problematic.
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That may be true, but theres clearly an overall higher count of LTE users on XDA here. The international crowd (and US importers) are the minority of the "general user" type conversing here.
My screen has "grain" and the mini popping speaker sound. Plus no warranty and this is still the best Android phone to date IMO
Source: I've owned a lot of Android phones.
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Serinety said:
Welcome to the HTC rezound and the best ics experience to date. We have incredible reception on LTE.. awesome batttery life, and the screen has a higher pixel density than the nexus could ever hope to achieve.
You will be in heaven, welcome
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Yea, I'm sure OP would appreciate the 5 minute battery life, the small lcd screen, and of course the amazing Scorpion chip that is based on 3 year old architecture
My screen had "grain" when I got it, and what looked to be burn in, but those have gone now, and have to say screen is almost perfect.
As for Rezound... I will personally, never use an LCD again unless they stop making LED screens.
Which one would you buy because the sgs2 and sgs3 really arent that much different and the Evo seems like it could possibly be the next big thing on sprint.... only problem is not being able to remove the battery.....
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Really..another one of these??? In before lock, weeeeee
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Really..another one of these??? In before lock, weeeeee
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Shuddup
Which ever is cheaper
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Shuddup
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LOL! ok ok. But i still beat you Anyways to the OP, there have been a couple threads on this topic already. Im pretty sure some of those have been closed. Just search and read those.
Bet you can't guess what Im getting.
*pees in this thread*
stop it with these dumb a** posts!! this has nothing to do with our device!!!
Why can't we just have a compare, contrast, and opinions. The reason this type of thread happens over and over is because of all the trolling and flaming back and forth which leads to lock. Be better if it was just one nice clean thread with good input and actual comparisons.
I went with the Evo because of the kickstand, screen, and camera button. I'd be able to get more feedback once I get the phone.
By the way, I had a thread like this Monday and it was shut down because people were bickering. Wish people could lose their "e"-go and just converse normally.
I'm leaning towards the Evo as well, for better camera w/button, kickstand, nicer design, and superior screen. I'm just afraid it'll have quality control issues down the road whereas I have no such fear with the SIII.
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I'm leaning towards the Evo as well, for better camera w/button, kickstand, nicer design, and superior screen. I'm just afraid it'll have quality control issues down the road whereas I have no such fear with the SIII.
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What quality control issues......I have never had a htc with dust under the screen or a crooked screen......none of my first 3 evo had any problems that's why I exchanged them...but when I did get a good one it was good
But yet all you hear from HTC fan boys is htc build quality is better and Samsung uses plastic etc .......
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What quality control issues......I have never had a htc with dust under the screen or a crooked screen......none of my first 3 evo had any problems that's why I exchanged them...but when I did get a good one it was good
But yet all you hear from HTC fan boys is htc build quality is better and Samsung uses plastic etc .......
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While i want to believe htc has gotten better, i was one of the unfortunates that got an original EVO with the screen separation issue. The faceplate/screen was detaching from the phone and it took weeks for Sprint to accept it was an issue, it was separating right in front of one of their techs at a corporate store and they said repeatedly "sorry, dont see it listed as an issue", even though 2 seconds of google searching at that point showed it was widespread. After weeks of stress and a plethora of phone calls they finally accepted reality and said they would swap my phone....with no promise it would be a fixed "new batch/fixed" model. It was truly unbelievable the way it was handled, on HTC's and Sprint's part.
So while i loved the evo, once I FINALLY got a decent one, the heartache of the experience makes me say....Samsung all the way
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stop it with these dumb a** posts!! this has nothing to do with our device!!!
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People just want to hear from the Epic Touch XDA community...
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A good example post of reasons of why you choose one over another by "ExtraCrispy"
SGS3
1. TW over Sense - can someone tell me exactly what is so great about Sense? The chief virtue of Sense 4 everyone seems to be raving about is how much less obtrusive it is (removing the corousel, quick settings etc). It has zero new features, except for the coverflow style task list. The new TouchWiz has a ton of features, some of them may end being gimmicks, but may be useful. And Sense is a heavy skin - even in the E4GLTE, you can sometimes see the dreaded 'reloading Sense' when you press home.
2. Better buttons - I don't need a dedicated task list button when long press on home does the job. I do mind my screen space being taken by the menu bar for tons of legacy apps and any app which is marked compatible with GB. GS3 made the right decision with a menu button
3. Root - S-OFF on new HTC phones is very hard, gone are the days of simple rooting like with the Evo 4G. HTC's dev unlock is crap. Galaxy phones are much simpler to root. And cutom roms/kernels are a big part of Android for me.
4. Hardware differences are basically irrelevant. In the US both will have the S4, the screens are close enough and both have microSD support. There are endless debates about plastic vs aluminum, build quality, looks and so on which are all down to subjective opinion.
5. Audio/Video - The Evo will probably do better in low light due to the better aperture (f/2.0 vs 2.6) but the picture quality is probably same on both (GS3 has a newer sensor, Evo uses th eone from the GS2), they both have the same software features (Evp uses a separate ISP, but GS3 does the same stuff in software), and video recording is definitely better on the GS3 (full bitrate HD video). GS3 also has the better DAC, though most likely US versions won't have the Wolfson.
6. GS3 comes with 50GB vs 25GB Dropbox.
I say skip both and get galaxy nexus for now if not wait for galaxy note im getting galaxy nexus first for the lte and then galaxy note buying both retail price
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I'm getting the evo lte. Can't stand touchwiz. Ive always been a big fan of HTC and sense so its a no brainer for me. Hopes it makes up for how crappy the evo 3d was.
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This question is unanswerable until both phones have been out at least 2 months. That way you can be able to evaluate the developer scene, and see which phone really is the best.
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Really? Pentile vs. nonpentile.
nuff said
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I say skip both and get galaxy nexus for now if not wait for galaxy note im getting galaxy nexus first for the lte and then galaxy note buying both retail price
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Wow, I am kinda thinking the same. Having 2 lines (one with a Nexus series, one with a Galaxy series) is a lot of fun. Having the ET4G and S3 would be nice but I just don't know. If a phone comes along that is truly mind blowing I would buy it off contract. I still don't know what the hell I am going to do with my June 1 upgrade. I am going to be researching like crazy the next few weeks though
Im leaning more towards the EVO at the moment as well.
Just would like your thoughts and opinions... I'm on the fence between EVO 4G LTE or Galaxy S3.
Evo lte has better camera, sgs iii has 2gb ram.
Pretty much the only difference.
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Evo lte has better camera, sgs iii has 2gb ram.
Pretty much the only difference.
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I didnt find the camera on the evo better. The phone its self just dosent feel as smooth. The battery was horrible and its just ugly lol. The s3 is just a more complete phone imo. And im not alone. People on craigslist are trading there evo lte + $100 for an S3. This phone to me is the most complete phone ever. Idk where you go from here. Im eligible for 2 new ugrades in april. It will take alot for me to actually use them lol
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Return it and you will never look back, I did.
Ian B
The only reason I switch was because of the network I went with tmobile and got the galaxy s3, the evo felt like the right device ,camera is better on the evo IMO, and specs says it as well,the only thing I hated the much in the eco is the multitasking is useless and will closed apps really soon, if you like accessories and to root I would go with the the gs3,so far this phone has a great community ,even got cm10 already running and accessories will keep coming and coming since is one device in all networks, the evo had better battery life in my testing but it could be cause it closed a lot app in the background
This is why I like tmobile
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The best thing you could do is go to sprint and check them out out for yourself, you aren't going to get the answer you are looking for here, different folks like different things go check them out and see what you like.
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mxl180 said:
Just would like your thoughts and opinions... I'm on the fence between EVO 4G LTE or Galaxy S3.
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I have both devices. I see no reason at all using evo lte over sgs3.
I can't really think of a single good thing about evo lte which is better than sgs3. Maybe that it's slightly thinner...
I had the HTC EVO LTE for a week and returned it for the S3, I have not had a single regret since. My biggest complaint on the HTC was multitasking, I would stream music and open one app, this would usually go OK, on the second app the music would stop. ERRR.
It's incorrect to say it's due to the S3 2gb or ram either my previous phone, the hugely inferior VM Optimus could handle this, sure it started to lag but at least the music didn't just stop.
This was my main issue, but in almost all other aspects the s3 has been better in my opinion.
I just sold my Evo LTE today on eBay. It was a good device but the S3 is superior overall. The Evo is also easily prone to bending due to its design but it never happened to mine since I always took care of it. Both devices have great cameras. The screen on both is excellent but it's really just personal preference. HTC also takes a while releasing its source which makes it harder for developers to work their magic. Samsung is developer friendly
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I would say go try them both out and see which one you like more. You're posting this in a galaxy s3 forum, of course the majority will say gs3. If you go post it in the one x forum, then you'll probably get the majority saying one x.
It depends on what you need out of the phone and which feels nicer. The one x has a brighter screen and a little nicer camera. The gs3 has a nicer battery(in my experience, though it varies by phone) and it is removable, along with an SD card slot and 2 gb of ram. One has touchwiz and one has sense 4.
Good luck on your choice, they're both amazing phones, I'm sure you'll be happy with either of them.
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Multitasking on the evo is painful, worse than my old evo 4g. Gs3 is way smoother and has a better community.
I made the switch. The build quality is better on the Evo and I would argue screen is more natural but not as vibrant. Everything else is vastly superior on S3.
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thanks guys. I actually posed the question on both EVO and S3 forum. Looks like i'm leaning towards s3!
Came from an og evo and an evo 3d to the s3 I just wanted to try something else, however the evo lte screen looks unbelievable
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another dead horse!
Tried the EVO LTE for 3 days and went back to the ET4g, then to the GS3. Screen size was the "seller" for me. Definite difference. The HTC seemed out of proportion too long and narrow. Maybe I'm just picky... JMO.
I'd definitely actually handle a couple of live phones to see which you like better, good luck.
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Tried the EVO LTE for 3 days and went back to the ET4g, then to the GS3. Screen size was the "seller" for me. Definite difference. The HTC seemed out of proportion too long and narrow. Maybe I'm just picky... JMO.
I'd definitely actually handle a couple of live phones to see which you like better, good luck.
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+1 evo was definitely too narrow, main reason why I switched to the s3
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Ascertion said:
Evo lte has better camera, sgs iii has 2gb ram.
Pretty much the only difference.
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camera app is better yes, but the camera on the s3 is slightly better. I've done my own comparison with my brothers phone and i saw a side by side comparision online. Siii looked a bit better. Video was much better.
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camera app is better yes, but the camera on the s3 is slightly better. I've done my own comparison with my brothers phone and i saw a side by side comparision online. Siii looked a bit better. Video was much better.
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+1 I use the macro mode a lot and it was far better on the S3. Photos from the S3 cam always come out clear and with great detail.
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S3 all the way!!!! HTC support as in software updates and what not suck. I agree on the build on the lte evo is better (or it seems) but i love my S3. Had the lte evo for 3 days returned it and never looked back!
Ive noticed slight lag on wake up today which didn't sink in until QBking77 latest review of SGN2.
It brought back bad memory's of ET4G days f,sure
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noticed the lag as well
me too...i can get almost 1 1/2 seconds....not happy with that..but still love the phone.
meccadon123 said:
me too...i can get almost 1 1/2 seconds....not happy with that..but still love the phone.
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Yeah its about the same for me.
You would think a 300 device wouldn't have such issue but sure enough sprint gets the dud.
ET4G has same thing going on , Maybe its Exynos processor / CDMA hardware bug of some sort...something not syncing right
Disable double tap to start s voice, in s voice settings. That may help a bit. That option seemed to have caused a bit of lag on the s3.
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This problem will easily be fixed sooner than later.
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its on the international version too
Whoooops
NVM.......
I spoke with Sprint tech support directed them to lag video and their investigating.
I recommend everyone else do the same.
You can also tweet @sprintcare and @SamsungMobileUS
Its a sweet device and deserves attention on getting wakeup lag fixed so don't slack!
Get the word out
not a "tweeter"..but i threw this video up on sprints FB page...thanks to QBking for the vid..i can live with the lag but no data while on a call...wait til apple gets wind of this..you can bet it'll be in their next commercial..how the hell is the "ultimate business device" while we're missing emails because we are on phone calls....unreal.....
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not a "tweeter"..but i threw this video up on sprints FB page...thanks to QBking for the vid..i can live with the lag but no data while on a call...wait til apple gets wind of this..you can bet it'll be in their next commercial..how the hell is the "ultimate business device" while we're missing emails because we are on phone calls....unreal.....
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Link to video? "oh it's in OG post"
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not a "tweeter"..but i threw this video up on sprints FB page...thanks to QBking for the vid..i can live with the lag but no data while on a call...wait til apple gets wind of this..you can bet it'll be in their next commercial..how the hell is the "ultimate business device" while we're missing emails because we are on phone calls....unreal.....
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That would make Apple look dumb. Not having data and voice at the same time is a sprint issue not a Samsung issue.
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That would make Apple look dumb. Not having data and voice at the same time is a sprint issue not a Samsung issue.
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I don't think so. I'm aware of CDMA restrictions but our phone is designed not to support simultaneous voice and data by Samsung.
GSIII can do it because it was designed that way.
I read somewhere here that it has to do with Exynos.
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I don't think so. I'm aware of CDMA restrictions but our phone is designed not to support simultaneous voice and data by Samsung.
GSIII can do it because it was designed that way.
I read somewhere here that it has to do with Exynos.
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It is a sprint issue like someone else mentioned, why in the world would Samsung limit it's top of the line phones?
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It is a sprint issue like someone else mentioned, why in the world would Samsung limit it's top of the line phones?
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I'm not sure how it could it be a sprint issue if they have other devices that can do it. I read somewhere that it has to do with the design of the phone as well. Don't have the link otherwise I'd post it. If I find it again I'll post
Edit: found it here ya go... http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/...note-2-big-enough-for-everything-except-svdo/
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We can do LTE + Voice, but to make the SoC compatible with all carriers instead of having different SoC for each technology (this is why we are finally getting a quad core phone) it looks like they had to combine voice + data for 3g.
hmm maybe something to work with hack wise.
Ive found wakeup lag doesn't occur when device is fully charged plugged into charger.
Give it a try be amazed how GN2 owners on other networks feel waking up device
This is just like the ET4G. While charging there apparently must be something that never fully goes to sleep, since battery life is irrelevant when hooked up to the wall. I was under the impression this is related to the mSD hardware.
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We can do LTE + Voice, but to make the SoC compatible with all carriers instead of having different SoC for each technology (this is why we are finally getting a quad core phone) it looks like they had to combine voice + data for 3g.
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This. And remember the SG III uses a qualcomm SOC.
I'm pretty sure this lag would be fixed with a future OTA. Dang, can't wait for my note to arrive..
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ffolkes said:
This is just like the ET4G. While charging there apparently must be something that never fully goes to sleep, since battery life is irrelevant when hooked up to the wall. I was under the impression this is related to the mSD hardware.
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Well in ET4G case you didn't have to be fully charged on charger for lag to disappear.
When GN2 hits full charge led turns green but turns off when you wake device then
device goes back into sleep LED comes back on unlike ET4G