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For some reason I hate the Epic name attached to it. I know its Sprints way of putting there label on it but it sucks IMO. Before it came out and I would go to the Shack or Bestbuy to ask if they would have it they would say either what?..or yes its right here and lead me to the Epic 4G. Excuse me if this has been posted before or your offended...I have been at a birthday party and I have Vodka in me...SGII!!!
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For some reason I hate the Epic name attached to it. I know its Sprints way of putting there label on it but it sucks IMO. Before it came out and I would go to the Shack or Bestbuy to ask if they would have it they would say either what?..or yes its right here and lead me to the Epic 4G. Excuse me if this has been posted before or your offended...I have been at a birthday party and I have Vodka in me...SGII!!!
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I was so excited about the hardware and how much Samsung has changed (especially the circumstances of the development of this hardware/software versus the original) that I didn't even think about it...
...but when someone asks me what my new phone is I just flip the back to them and tell them "Galaxy s2", not like saying "Sprint's Samsung Galaxy S-II Epic Touch 4G" would mean any more to them.
daneurysm said:
I was so excited about the hardware and how much Samsung has changed (especially the circumstances of the development of this hardware/software versus the original) that I didn't even think about it...
...but when someone asks me what my new phone is I just flip the back to them and tell them "Galaxy s2", not like saying "Sprint's Samsung Galaxy S-II Epic Touch 4G" would mean any more to them.
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This is true...Just for some reason hate the Epic part of it but when people ask me what phone i have I will do like you and flip it to the back and say "Galaxy S II"
alnova1 said:
This is true...Just for some reason hate the Epic part of it but when people ask me what phone i have I will do like you and flip it to the back and say "Galaxy S II"
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Agreed. Granted this phone is actually rather epic in nature. The last Epic didn't seem so, well epic... This one is epic out of the box and we've got an exciting development community already that I'm sure will be epic, for various reasons.
That said, I've got my dongle jig on the way, priority shipping....which costs nearly 4 times more than the jig, lol...
daneurysm said:
Agreed. Granted this phone is actually rather epic in nature. The last Epic didn't seem so, well epic... This one is epic out of the box and we've got an exciting development community already that I'm sure will be epic, for various reasons.
That said, I've got my dongle jig on the way, priority shipping....which costs nearly 4 times more than the jig, lol...
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I guess I may have to invest in this. The only Sprint Samsung phone I have had was the Nexus and I really liked the phone. Camera was good..fast and actually for SD quality video it was very good. Never had a problem with it.
I just call it george george is my hommie.
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True! The name is so unoriginal and lame. I wish Samsung would also get rid of the Galaxy prefix from ALL their devices. Kind of annoying.
akarol said:
True! The name is so unoriginal and lame. I wish Samsung would also get rid of the Galaxy prefix from ALL their devices. Kind of annoying.
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Its not Galaxy name that bothers me it the whole Epic 4g Touch..The original Epic was a touch..it was 4g..like I said earlier in my post, I don't like the name but when you been to a birthday party and been drinking vodka...seems thing are worse than they probably are...
Beats being called "within" which it almost did.
Nothing on the phone outside or inside mentions epic touch so its a galaxy s2 imo
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bbedward said:
Nothing on the phone outside or inside mentions epic touch so its a galaxy s2 imo
Sent from my sprint galaxy s2
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I agree except this forum...Epic 4G Touch General...Bastards!
I call my phone "Chuck Norris".
cds0699 said:
I call my phone "Chuck Norris".
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I never thought about that...i name mine "huge member"...
I hate the name as well.. not as much as hated within... so it was an improvement. This phone is nothing like the epic. Touch screen phone with sg1 specs was epic compared to the other carriers.
This new epic is lacking that. I think they will use the epic like Verizon uses droid.
alnova1 said:
I agree except this forum...Epic 4G Touch General...Bastards!
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Samsung looked at Sprint and said no... just no.. call it what you want but your not getting it if you put that anywhere on it.
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Silent25r said:
This new epic is lacking that. I think they will use the epic like Verizon uses droid.
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Well with Verizon they had to pay Lucas to use that name, so I'd milk it for every penny too if I were Verizon. Also I understand the concept of brand recognition by keeping "Epic", but still Epic 4g Touch is a horrible name.
I either call mine Galaxy S2 (since as others have pointed out its freaking emblazened on the back), or "Enterprise D" as its a huge Galaxy-class that looks surprising thin from the side.
What the hell is wrong with people, who cares. This is the only phone that has like twenty thousand names, you can literally call it so many things and pple know what you're talking about. You can use it's absolutely full name and called it, Sprint's Samsung Epic 4g Touch, call it the Galaxy S II, call it the ET4G, call it the hottest phone in the motherfuckin world right now abbriviated to hpmfwrn. I call it GS II or ET4G. What is important tho is the only case in the world where the Exynos processor meets a 4.52 inch screen. The only instance in the world where that happens. The ET4G is pure perfection. Call it pure perfection if you want.
I've read all these posts, and I must say that the obvious answer is calling it this:
The 3VO.
Nah, just kidding....
(how retarded does that sound, lol....)
I'll go with the SGS2.
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mazook98 said:
I've read all these posts, and I must say that the obvious answer is calling it this:
The 3VO.
Nah, just kidding....
(how retarded does that sound, lol....)
I'll go with the SGS2.
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ahahahahahahaahahahahahahaahahahah
ohhh, you got me man. I don't know if you were trolling for me specifically (because I was rather vocal about my complete hatred for people calling the HTC EVO 3D a "three-voh") but goddamn man that was hilarious.
+10
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ahahahahahahaahahahahahahaahahahah
ohhh, you got me man. I don't know if you were trolling for me specifically (because I was rather vocal about my complete hatred for people calling the HTC EVO 3D a "three-voh") but goddamn man that was hilarious.
+10
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Lol, no buddy, not you (btw, nice to see you) .... Just a quick jab at the retards in our threads that stuck with that ridiculous name.
That alone embarrassed me.
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I had a newly-hired co-worker say this to me a few days ago:
"Omygosh, is that a 3VO???"
It took every ounce of my being not to just pummel him right in the face.
Epic 4g touch?? What's that. I have the Galaxy S 2. That's all I know.
hey guys.. i had a nexus s.. and returned it because of loss of signal, etc... are you guys having the same issues?? do you think it is a samsung hardware issue? how many are returning their phone? im thinking of getting one.. i have a 3d now. but the htc hardware is pretty damn good.
I also had similar issues with the Samsung Moment. So yea its a Samsung thing.
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hey guys.. i had a nexus s.. and returned it because of loss of signal, etc... are you guys having the same issues?? do you think it is a samsung hardware issue? how many are returning their phone? im thinking of getting one.. i have a 3d now. but the htc hardware is pretty damn good.
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My friend uses Nexus S and it's normal and I had Samsung Galaxy S before and it was also ok. Don't think it's a known issue.
so is the galaxy epic 4g worth it?? or wait on something else.. i have heard that the screen resolution isnt the greatest..
Screen resolution is just fine for me. If you wait for the Next Big Thing you will never get a phone.
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so is the galaxy epic 4g worth it?? or wait on something else.. i have heard that the screen resolution isnt the greatest..
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Get it. Most people don't get Los unless they flash a custom kernel.
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musclehead84 said:
Get it. Most people don't get Los unless they flash a custom kernel.
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which.. is what i will do right off the bat.. lol
LouieGrandie said:
Screen resolution is just fine for me. If you wait for the Next Big Thing you will never get a phone.
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i understand that.. but.. the epic almost has what i want.. if the resolution was little better.....
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which.. is what i will do right off the bat.. lol
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You won't need to, you can over/under clock/volt the stock kernel all you want with tegrak
I had the moment, nexus s, I tried epic 4g and the ET 4g and all the have the same problem, never fixed for the moment and some fixing for the nexus s so I just wait for the fix first and if it works ......... I will never buy a samsung again. never.
Buy the Epic Touch. Just bought my fiancée a 3d. Its not a bad device. Rom choices and kernels are endless. The phone itself is just unimpressive. Put it side by an Epic touch and you will see what I'm talking about.
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My wife had the Moment for almost 2 years with no LOS issues. I had the first Epic for a year and my wife has it now with no LOS. I now own the Epic touch and have never had LOS. The ones getting LOS posting on this forum are a small small percentage of people that have bought this phone. I would think if it was a huge issue many would be flooding sprint about this. I am not meaning to say some don't have this problem, I am sure you do but to say it is a Samsung problem IMO is wrong. If that were the case it would seem to me everyone would be getting LOS.
i hear there is a pretty good bit getting LOS.. also i was looking at it on sprint.com and the first reviews were bad.. bad signal, bad battery, etc.
My battery has been very good so far and the wifi signal looks like it is weaker than on the original epic but my speeds are higher. Battery on this compared to the first epic are like night and day
If you live in a area with a excellent service probably the phone work fine but if is spotty area where the radio needs to search for a signal that is when samsung radios don't do a good job.
The epic 4g touch is plagued with good battery life and a screen that's just full of colors and junk and a lame dual core processor that's just so fast i get all sorts of anti lag. Plus i can't seem to take a blurry picture which just grinds my gears.
I wouldnt get it. Wish I would have seen the reviews on sprint.
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i hear there is a pretty good bit getting LOS.. also i was looking at it on sprint.com and the first reviews were bad.. bad signal, bad battery, etc.
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tinybfk said:
The epic 4g touch is plagued with good battery life and a screen that's just full of colors and junk and a lame dual core processor that's just so fast i get all sorts of anti lag. Plus i can't seem to take a blurry picture which just grinds my gears.
I wouldnt get it. Wish I would have seen the reviews on sprint.
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bwhahahahahahhahah
I haven't had the phone long enough to make a positive or negative recommendation yet (2 days) but right off the bat, the "Androis OS" battery draining bug is one thing i noticed rightaway. Left home at 5am with phone, no calls or any usage and by 11.30am i was at 48% battery life. I thought my eyes were deceiving me but they weren't. Came on here to research it and it's a big deal, and some recommended to Odin a stock deodexed rooted rom which i have done and i plan to see if that works or helps. I don't have any LOS (which apparently is exacerbated more with custom kernels), so sticking with stock kernel for now.
Coming from a NS4G which has a craptastic radio, the Epic Touch is much better in that regard. Places at work where the NS4G would not even pick up 3G data at all (or data just stalls), the Touch flows just right through. Volume sounds are so much better than the NS4G. I liked the NS4G but i couldn't stand the quiet speaker and soft vibrate.
I have high hopes for this phone. So slim and lightweight, yet powerful. And hot damm, the camera is fantastic.
i think im gonna run over and pick one up at lunch! hell i have 30days to return it.. soo... seems good. im in Memphis btw.. if anyone else is around here.. hows your service?
After I got the radio update on my Nexus I didn't have signal problems anymore. Prior to, I did. I complained and got a year early upgrade. So thank you, Samsung. Oh and for LOS, I did have the problem on my first Epic Touch after rooting. I have yet to root this one and have had no problems. I feel sorry for people who don't own one and know the joy that is the Epic Touch 4g.
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I saw these cases for the ATT Skyrocket, and I fell in love with them, my big question though is the dimensions on the Skyrocket are just a tiny bit different than our phone. Will these cases still work with our phone does anyone know?
cant post the link lol, please tell me if it works or not
Ok so, I've had (and love(d)) my Epic since It debuted, but I feel it's time for me to upgrade. I'm kind of torn as to weather or not go with the GNex right away to take advantage of that 50$ Gwallet credit promotion; or, wait it out for the Sprint GSIII variant, which I'd guess would probably arrive sometime durring fall/winter. I've noticed some of our devs hoped on board the gnex bandwagon which Is always a plus for familiarity. Im REALLY torn about this :/ ...or I could go with the ep touch...*sigh* Any thoughts from current sprint gnex owners?
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Ok so, I've had (and love(d)) my Epic since It debuted, but I feel it's time for me to upgrade. I'm kind of torn as to weather or not go with the GNex right away to take advantage of that 50$ Gwallet credit promotion; or, wait it out for the Sprint GSIII variant, which I'd guess would probably arrive sometime durring fall/winter. I've noticed some of our devs hoped on board the gnex bandwagon which Is always a plus for familiarity. Im REALLY torn about this :/ ...or I could go with the ep touch...*sigh* Any thoughts from current sprint gnex owners?
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I don't own one... but I know a few people who do and they absolutely love the gnex. Imo you really can't go wrong with the gnex, it'll get relatively fast updates and the hardware is pretty decent... overall very responsive from the few minutes I played with my uncles today....
If your looking for a community like the epic you won't find it at the gnex forums. But its a really good phone... there are a few people I recognize but not too many. Its a great phone... I don't see why people are saying its not good and is a bad idea and you should just wait until the sgs3. But I'll tell you what, I don't regret getting it. Its a very nice slim phone, its curve is perfect and is very appealing. If going for an upgrade and don't feel like waiting its better than than the Evo.
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So, my mom is getting her upgrade in 2 weeks and I was thinking of giving her my gs3 and getting an evo. I like the build quality, screen, and camera, and its something new. I just wanted to know if anyone that owns an evo has any input on whether I should do this. Also, it'd be cool if you guys knew anything that makes this phone significantly superior to the evo (other than dev support)
Why dont you just post in the lte forums then...?
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CNexus said:
Why dont you just post in the lte forums then...?
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Exactly.
Though I've seen and played with the LTE, and basically an evo 4g on 'roids. I've seen more people leave the LTE to come to the G S III. Also, seen people have signal issue due to the aluminum chassis and backing.
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Why dont you just post in the lte forums then...?
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Because I don't want people just saying that the evo is God's gift to mankind when they can't compare it to a gs3
Lolanerd said:
Because I don't want people just saying that the evo is God's gift to mankind when they can't compare it to a gs3
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Well they would be able to give you specifics more than anyone here haha
And I'm pretty sure that not everyone is satisfied with it, seeing all the phones that are coming soon
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i came from the evoLTE to the GS3 and if I were you I would stick with the GS3 or get the note2.. or.. get the note2 and let me buy it from you and ill give you my GS3 plus cash .. Anyways the reason I stayed with the GS3 is because my EvoLTE had the bend problem. Like so many others have had. Also the kickstand always wanted to come unscrewed. Plus the GS3 is just so much smoother, and the EvoLTE external speaker sucks compared to the GS3.
Of course I did like the phyical camera button on the EvoLTE. Plus the screen was beautiful. But like I said before.. The build quality might look better in person. But if you put the two against each other head to head the GS3 will come out on top because plastic is always more giving.
I actually just came from the lte, great phone but doesnt compare to the GSIII, which really surprised me. I loved HTC devices after the original evo served me well, I moved onto the Epic touch and it was a terrible experience for me, gps and location services were soooooo bad with that phone, it made me swear off ever owning another Samsung device. I ended up getting the evo lte in August, which I promptly rooted (biggest pain in the a$$) well the screen starting going whack few weeks ago, returned it to Best Buy and because they didnt have any evos they replaced it with a GSIII, I was and still am blown away by this device, Samsung has a beast on their hands with this thing!! imo the GSIII is a better device, and I was team HTC all the way until the day I got the GSIII
dont : i personally like evo lte more than s3 ( yeah i know : shoot me )
but evo lte always gave me great data speed and 0 signal loss .
but memory is low on that phone and htc is messing with users since jb update , making it freakin hard foe S-On folks.
my advise wait another month and see whats s4 is gonna be , or get a note 2 : ace phone
teh roxxorz said:
Exactly.
Though I've seen and played with the LTE, and basically an evo 4g on 'roids. I've seen more people leave the LTE to come to the G S III. Also, seen people have signal issue due to the aluminum chassis and backing.
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That's what I did. This phone has way better support and updates from Samsung. HTC is totally not caring about the development community. There kernel source for jelly bean isn't even out yet and the phone had had it for over a month
Anthraxed FreeGS3 @ 1.51 Ghz
Faster then your 2.1
Alright, I guess I have been convinced, thanks everyone.
Lolanerd said:
So, my mom is getting her upgrade in 2 weeks and I was thinking of giving her my gs3 and getting an evo. I like the build quality, screen, and camera, and its something new. I just wanted to know if anyone that owns an evo has any input on whether I should do this. Also, it'd be cool if you guys knew anything that makes this phone significantly superior to the evo (other than dev support)
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I can tell you the gs3 camera with ma6 kills the lte. Our screen is less sharp but colors are truer. Battery life on the Samsung's are better.
I've owned both and definitely prefer the lte
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I've owned both, I liked the lte camera more than the gs3's, but other than that I'm happy I switched to samsung.