I've had my HTC Sensation since around the time of launch. I really like it and am enjoying it. I however have the choice to upgrade to the S II for a very nice price. A mixture of renewing my contract and a discount due to a customer service issue. My Sensation is running an ICS ROM. So I'd plan on rooting/flashing it to unlock the full potential.
I'm just wanting feedback on the device and the ROM scene for it. I checked out the ROM section and see some pretty neat ROMs.
Thanks
SII is beast but no ics yet.
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No ics just yet but my s2 is way better than my sensation was.
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If it were me, especially with the S3 "sort of" around the corner, the SII is not a worthy upgrade. Especially considering your Sensation is still one of the best phones in the market (better than the Amaze 4g imo).
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If it were me, especially with the S3 "sort of" around the corner, the SII is not a worthy upgrade. Especially considering your Sensation is still one of the best phones in the market (better than the Amaze 4g imo).
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I don't know about you but if you wanted a new phone, 6+ months is a long time to wait. Especially if you wanted it right away. I wouldn't expect US carriers to carry the phone christmas time. Heck, initially I wanted the nexus because of the larger screen, but I got fed up with waiting. Don't think T-Mo will get the nexus until Q4 either so you're in for a hell of a wait for the S III.
I don't really see the T989 as a huge upgrade from the Sensation at all. Dev support from the Sensation is honestly miles above this phone, and the processor/GPU are more or less the same. You're getting AMOLED, at the cost of resolution. Better camera sure, but that's nit picking specs imo.
T989 is a great all around phone, but the Sensation isn't exactly behind. I'm honestly completely jealous of the dev support that they have.
When you upgrade, you extend your contract, pushing your NEXT upgrade further away. Would it be an upgrade? Yeah, it would. But I just don't see it being worth it.
Plus, if you were to spend money on phones, why not actually pick up the latest? I can almost guarantee the next S3 WILL be pentaband, so expect it to work on the T-mo network (unlike the International S2). Furthermore, I'm looking at the Huawei Ascend Quad XL in complete envy. 720p screen in a 4.5" frame, 2500 mah (!) battery, and a homebrew quad-A9 offering >30% performance over Tegra 3.
I came from a sensation and I really miss the dev support. There is a good selection of roms here but all touchwiz. The lack of aosp and miui really sucks. But the phone overall is amazing. I get way better battery life than I ever got on the sensation. Currently running Juggs 5.0 and get around 24 hours of battery per charge. My speeds are are faster about 14 mbs compared to about 8 mbs on the sensation. So unless you're a flashaholic I would say go ahead and get the gs2. If you're somebody that can pick a great rom and stick with it then it's an upgrade Imo. If aosp or miui are a necessity then stay with the sensation.
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Considering I have both, I wouldn't upgrade to S2. If your dying to upgrade just wait for the S3 international version. The S2 camera sucks compared to the sensation. The larger display is fine as long as you pull it down to 200 or 180. I do love the S2 a lot and I'm not a big fan of ICS so knowing the stuff I know about the new S3 and all its awesomeness I'm going to pass since I already have a S2 and just not enough there for me to cough up 600 bucks. I'm going to wait till Q4-Q-1 for Samsungs flex displays to come out. I would recommend you root your sensation and then go play and wait. You have to rem that your new phone is the same so the only diffence is screen size.
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Considering I have both, I wouldn't upgrade to S2. If your dying to upgrade just wait for the S3 international version. The S2 camera sucks compared to the sensation. The larger display is fine as long as you pull it down to 200 or 180. I do love the S2 a lot and I'm not a big fan of ICS so knowing the stuff I know about the new S3 and all its awesomeness I'm going to pass since I already have a S2 and just not enough there for me to cough up 600 bucks. I'm going to wait till Q4-Q-1 for Samsungs flex displays to come out. I would recommend you root your sensation and then go play and wait. You have to rem that your new phone is the same so the only diffence is screen size.
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It's nowhere near the same, different screen size, NFC, HDMI Out, USB Host, lighter, slimmer, native flac support, much better front facing camera, no dust under the screen, no grip of death..........the list could go on and on.
I love my hercules. Running paradox rom with drebeats theme. Very awesome.
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What's you honest opinion? Is it getting CM9? Should I get the Galaxy S2?
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had mine for about 2 weeks and it is a love hate. love the screen, hate the battery. love the possibility (development/ics), hate the current reality.
my wife got skyrocket and comparing the two, nitro screen wins hands down! clear crisp and realistic colors. sgs2sr is much smoother software wise and battery is what you qould expect, full day with lite use. nitro get 8 hours lite use.
after a few days i was ready to switch to skyrocket... but i am going to hang with it. the negatives are not great enough to give up this screen. plus skyrocket does not feel as good in the hand.
that probably doesnt help much... if you can go look at both.
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No one knows yet as it is still waiting for the CWM to be built, if you feel you can wait for the custom ROMs, CWM etc then get one if you wish, or if you need something right away then the SGSII is the other road to travel. There are several posts about your question, for example:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390399
I needed a new phone after my Atrix 4G bluetooth/wifi chip broke down. The real choices were really iPhone 4S, Skyrocket, HTC Vivid and LG Nitro. One look at iPhone screen and it was out. It almost seems like a kid toy. I had Skyrocket for a week and I returned for few reasons. I read a lot and the screen was washed out in comparison to the original S2 that my wife has. I have a little kid and I take a lot of pics. Skyrocket camera always produced pics that were a little out of focus. The third strike was that Skyrocket audio produced a lot of hissing through the headphones. Fourth, I was not so convinced that xda scene would embrace Skyrocket like they did with the European ver of S2. This phone was released in the US 6 months too late. Vivid was out just simply it felt like holding a soap box. Now Nitro HD. Screen for reading is simply amazing. After rooting, hard reset, GO Launcher I can get to the performance and look I need. I like how the phone is feels in my hand. The battery is a problem and I would not chose this phone if I was still travelling too much but with a combination of a spare battery and a car charger I focus more on enjoying the phone without busting a sweat. The baterry life still seems better than EVO 4G. If you need to stick with this phone for the next two years I would wait for something like 4.5 inch 720p quad core Tegra 3, 2 gb RAM, LTE, 2.2f dual flash 12mp marvel that will come out closer to the mid year. If you need a phone for 6-9 months this phone will hold you over just fine. Just dont expect a lot of mods. If this phone will get a support it will be closer to the level of Atrix.
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Lastly Skyrocket doesn't have Gorilla Glass. Nitro HD does.
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Cool. I've read horrible reviews about the battery. How has it been for you? The different between the 2 screens doesn't bother me.
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I have been getting about 12 hours with moderate use now. The battery has improved over the course of first 2 weeks of owner ship with repeated charges. I am talking about LTE, GPS, BT on all the time. When I say moderate probably 30 min calls, 20 sms, 1 hour of screen time browsing and stuff.
This is honestly the best phone I have used. Screen is a beauty. Everything just works. I used GPS on a recent west coast trip which involved at least 5 hours of GPS use. It was dead on. I can lock in the middle of a grocery store. Unfortunately the battery life isn't great. I rate it as mediocre. When I expect to be out for a long time, I switch to my Inspire 4G.
Also there is a stigma associated with LG brand.
The dev support is to be determined. Good thing is that this is a flagship model and there are different international versions available to broaden the hopes of more international dev support.
If you were to pick between the current AT&T LTE lineup, I would definitely recommend Nitro HD. I think if you wait another month or so, the Samsung Galaxy Note or the Sony's rumored 720p phone may get released. Again just speculations.
I agree this is probably the fastest GPS lock that I have ever seen.
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I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this device to anyone looking for a flagship smartphone. Maybe not ideal for the road warrior running around searching for an LTE signal with the screen on playing an HD game but that is more about the battery than the phone.
And unfortunately, any leading-edge phone like this is going to have battery issues simply because battery tech has not kept up with the blistering pace these devices are moving forward. Now if these devices ran on petrol, WOW!
it's going to be a few years before batteries catch up to these devices. So it will be much much worse with the new quad-core smartphones that are poised on the horizon.
With a very heavy use, screen on 100%, browsing, LTE about 4.5 hours.
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Got the skyrocket! Thanks!
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Sorry, but ouch....good luck with that.
Wait! The galaxy note is coming..... The phone of many dreams lol. Its 5.3in of pure samoled goodness ahhh. I would get this too but the note has everything.... Including a booming development. Wish this phone luck, its a great one. Use your one month trade in for that! It is way better then that skyrocket.
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Wait! The galaxy note is coming..... The phone of many dreams lol. Its 5.3in of pure samoled goodness ahhh. I would get this too but the note has everything.... Including a booming development. Wish this phone luck, its a great one. Use your one month trade in for that! It is way better then that skyrocket.
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We don't know when it's coming, could be March, could be April, maybe even later.
Edit: Just to add...Yeah, the Note is a beast of a device, but it's going to be released around the same time the new quad core device(s) are released. So that's something to think about as well.
Too big...
I'm sticking with my Nitro. Since bringing it back from the dead, I've grown quite attached
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Ditto. I'm doing just fine with the launcher and keyboard replacements. Too bad the Qualcomm processor eats the battery like a pig though.
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Ditto. I'm doing just fine with the launcher and keyboard replacements. Too bad the Qualcomm processor eats the battery like a pig though.
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Oink Oink!! speaking of eating...im hungry
There should be a road map for all the new device release dates next week in CES.
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Yes to clairify... I would highly recommend this device, especially over skyrocket. Put the two screens side by side and you will be 100% sold! After watching 720p movies/anime I am so in love with this screen. LTE is incredible too. Yesterday I was getting 14Mbps up AND down! I have hit 20s and 30s consistently.
A little laggy, yes. Battery hog, hell yes. My hope is both of those are addressed by ICS and/or the XDA Dev community !
And yes, the battery life does sucks! Worst I have ever seen since I ran Android from my SD card on my HD2. Charger at desk and charger in car is required - or one of those portable chargers... something cuz you will not make it thru the day.
Actually as oppose to original gs2, skyrocket is unable to play mkv smoothly. There is a lot of threads about that in the divx forum.
Nitro HD on the other hand handles them very well through the stock player.
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I got this Amaze 4g on Monday at the T-Mobile store since they had very limited phone stock and the salesreps highly recommended it since they had dropped its price to the same as the SGS2. This is my first smartphone but I'm now dissapointed to find out that the Galaxy S2 has much more dev support and is a bit better for gaming and power-using. I keep seeing youtube videos that hail the Amaze 4g as the winner in most if not all head to head reviews.
I'm now contemplating returning this for a Galaxy S2 since gaming is a big part of my spare time, but I'd have to pay a damn $50 restocking fee. Is the Galaxy S2 that much better to justify paying the $50? Am I really missing a lot?
I would love to hear more from gamers using the Amaze 4g or people who have played intensive games on both phones, so I know if there's much of a difference. Most reviews of heavy games on the Market like Modern Combat 3 and Dead Space have reviews of SGS2 users, and I could find no Amaze 4g users among the reviews. I'm not really much of a picture taker, so the camera on the Amaze isn't something I would miss too much. I'm not looking to start a flame war or anything of the sort. I just want to make sure that I have a capable phone to play these games before I buy them.
I've basically almost copied this thread from one I made at the Amaze 4g side since I really want to know both sides of the coin before deciding.
Hardware wise they are pretty much the same phone. As far as roms gs2 we get to use skyrocket roms and tmobile gs2 roms and if you went to att gs2 modem supports their frequency
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I made the trade from an amaze to the gs2 and am very glad I did.
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If you don't care about the issues with the GS2 screen, then exchange it.
Dev has been slowing down here because most are working on ICS but we do have some talented people working on CM7 now. Aesthetically the GS2 is the better choice in my opinion. I thought I read that HTC was going to unlock the boot loader on the Amaze and I figured the Dev would take off. The sad thing is the Galaxy Nexus came out and Devs for the newer devices wanted a taste of ice cream. Personally I would base my decision on stock performance and I would choose touchwiz over sense. Once both phones get an ics build Dev will take off.
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Here is a whole thread dedicated to biasedly comparing the two phones.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300875
I'm thinking about picking one up at full retail price since I'm no where near qualifying for an upgrade. Do you guys think it's worth it? I wanted to be sure before I drop $570 (after taxes) for it.
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I'm thinking about picking one up at full retail price. Do you guys think it's worth it? I wanted to be sure before I drop $570 (after taxes) for it.
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No...not when the ice cream sandwich conference is next week.
No, not when they Exynos version has better performance
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No, not when they Exynos version has better performance
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and you are basing this on?
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and you are basing this on?
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I owned the Sprint Gs2 for 3 weeks. Great performance, no stuttering/lag ANYWHERE unlike on this phone. No lag on home screen even when there is an intensive live wallpaper going on.
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I owned the Sprint Gs2 for 3 weeks. Great performance, no stuttering/lag ANYWHERE unlike on this phone. No lag on home screen even when there is an intensive live wallpaper going on.
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Ditto.
There was a noticeable slowdown once there was a live-wallpaper in the background.
I know this because I've personally used the European version of the GS2 and I can definitely tell that despite the higher clockspeeds, there is a slowdown and the occasional stutter. This was not present on the EU GS2 despite having things like live wallpapers.
It could be the case that there is no proper HW Acceleration going on here.
So there's a little lag every now and then? Man, that's disappointing since I figured Samsung would got optimizations down by now. They used the same Qualcomm chip in their hometown Korean Galaxy S II LTE. I guess I better hold off for the Nexus Prime, I just hope it has UMTS 850/1700/1900 all in one like the Tmobile GSII.
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So there's a little lag every now and then? Man, that's disappointing since I figured Samsung would got optimizations down by now. They used the same Qualcomm chip in their hometown Korean Galaxy S II LTE. I guess I better hold off for the Nexus Prime, I just hope it has UMTS 850/1700/1900 all in one like the Tmobile GSII.
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The nexus prime is suppose to be using a ti omap processor which is worst than qualcomm and exynos.
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I thought the rumors were the Nexus Prime having a 1.5ghz Exynos, with Verizon getting the TI OMAP version for LTE.
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The nexus prime is suppose to be using a ti omap processor which is worst than qualcomm and exynos.
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OMAP 4 is Cortex A9. TI usually has higher performing processors than qualcomm..
I think it's worth it. With Verizon most likely getting an exclusive on the Nexus for some time, the SGS2 is the best thing on T-Mobile right now. I'm coming from the Nexus S and love this phone. Once we have root and custom ROMs this thing will be even better. That being said, I'll probably dump it and buy the Nexus if/when it comes to Tmo
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I paid full price to hold me over until Nexus Prime arrives, which I will get on 2 year contract discount. I figured that the Prime might cost more at full price than the Hercules when it comes to TMO. The Amaze is even higher than the Hercules now and that clinched it for me.
Also better to have Pure Google phone on contract so you get updates first. I am coming from the Vibrant which has not received a Gingerbread update yet.
It was worth it to upgrade from the Sensation 4G. Total was $279 after selling my old phone. $600 outright is hefty,
The two things that decided it for me was the dual cell HSPA. The Nexus Prime probably won't support this, just HSPA+ 21. Both have AT&T and T-Mobile 3G/4G support so, that also helped me upgrade from the Sensation 4G
I think.its worth every penny. I.just got mine 6 hours ago and I'm amazed (no pun intended) on how the screen looks. Its so bright and the blacks are really black. I love the phone its fast, smooth, downloaded apps in a blink of an eye literally. The only thing is I wish it had a higher resolution. But its nit a deal breaker everything. Is great. Its also super light and thin!
I was very hesitant in getting this cause I only qualified for an early upgrade which took off only about 100 bucks. Why pay over 400 to extend my contract. It was tough on the wallet.
Had it for a full day and I'm glad I did. Came from a MT4G and all I can say is wow. Don't know what all the complaining is about. Guess it all depends on what phone you're coming from.
It does all that I need it to do and more. Mainly use it for work, lots of nav and as a media player. Worth every penny.
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Just got mine a couple hours ago off craigslist. 300+ some crappy ps3 games lol.
No box or charger tho. The phone had never been turned on as the battery was still sealed. Pretty good deal imo as im not due for an upgrade til 2013 (thanks sensation) and the early upgrade they gave me would have cost $470 or so. I already registered it with samsung and everything is cherry.
I top out over 10mps here whereas the Sensation only got around 2-3 lol.
100% better phone, forget the qHD.
Worth It
I just paid full price for my device. I don't really mind because I will still have an upgrade in less than a year. Is anyone else getting sick of all the nexus prime chatter? You know people will complain about it once its released. No phone is ever good enough these days. Don't get me wrong, Im sure it will be a nice phone. Im looking forward to getting the SGS2 rooted and CM7 slapped on it. This phone will be solid for some time......
Same here. I paid full price for mines and im not disapointed. Love ever bit of it.
Bought mine at full price. First time I have ever done so. I was going to wait for the Nexus Prime/galaxy or whatever but I got tired of my girlfriend *****ing about how much she hates her Blackberry and that she wanted Android back so I bought the SGS2 and gave her my Mytouch4g with Virtuous Unity and she loves it. Secondary reason were I can actually say I like Touchwiz 4. Im sure there will be root and the next versio of Cyanogenmod at some point so I am happy with my purchase.
I paid full price and i'm not regretting it, seeing how I checked the screen for 15 minutes in a dark backroom before exchanging my Amaze for it.
Beautiful screen runs better than the amaze, just hope my battery life is going to be as good.
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Just curious what everyone things i should retire my Inc for?
So far i'm thinking the Inc 4g, Slightly slower CPU, but higher IPC and LTE on chip are big selling points. Unless there is a Rezound 2 coming out this winter.
What do you guys think?
I'd go for the Galaxy S III, myself. It has all the specs you'll need (Snapdragon S4, LTE, HD screen) and looks like it'll be awesome for rooting and ROM-ing. When my upgrade rolls around, I'm going with the S3. HTC makes great phones, but the S# looks to be the best on Verizon (at least when it drops).
If it wasn't for the amazing camera and HTC people app, i would jump off of HTC, however, i keep all my company contacts in gmail, and personal synced to my phone with HTC sync, And stock android's contact app doesn't let me turn off just one gmail (at lest as for 2.5) If i recall correctly it doesn't play well with Facebook contacts. So id have multiple.
I know, i'm picky
Dinc 4g or sgs3 should be everyone on the og Dinc's predicament at the moment...
Dinc 4g will have a lower res/smaller screen, underclocked s4, and maybe even a smaller dev community because all the delays in getting to the consumer.
Sgs3 will have a bigger screen, full 1.5 dual core s4, and 2gb of ram compared to dinc 4g's 1 gb.
But right now it seems that the most important thing to those with multiple smartphones on their plan is to upgrade before June 28th, which is when the shared plans are going to kick in.
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Honestly, I'm waiting for the next Nexus phone, but a Rezound 2 doesn't sound too bad....then again I'm upgrading in January 2013 got my Dinc at Walmart for $40 its still great and powerful I'm really not to interested in retiring it soon.
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At this point wait. Of course that's what I'm doing so of course I feel that way.
I WAS going to get a SGS3 (especially after the tear down showed the iPhone 4s camera in it)... but when I picked one up in my hand.. it felt huge. I like to swype with one hand.. and.. I have big hands and my thumb felt stretched.
When I did the math on how much extra buying outright costs ($370... a new phone has a $200 price PLUS the $30 upgrade fee.. while outright is $600... so only $370 more) Over the course of a 2 year contract... its better to just buy the phone outright and keep your unlimited data.
Seeing how they are rolling out Quad Core with LTE in Korea.. where we haven't seen that yet.. they already passed that hurdle.. I'd wait till we see it here... (and forgetting that it's apple and iphone... they are supposedly doing it as well: http://www.appleinsider.com/article...e_rumored_to_feature_quad_core_processor.html )
You already passed the point of renewing with unlimited... waiting a bit longer won't kill you.
SGIII now, 4G LTE if the price drops
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Just curious what everyone things i should retire my Inc for?
So far i'm thinking the Inc 4g, Slightly slower CPU, but higher IPC and LTE on chip are big selling points. Unless there is a Rezound 2 coming out this winter.
What do you guys think?
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I would have considered the 4G LTE except that (1) it came out too late to lock in 2 more years of unlimited data and (2) it is overpriced for what you get.
So I locked in my SGIII back in June.
It arrives Monday.
However, if you don't want to pay big bucks I would wait a month or two to see if the DInc 4G LTE goes on sale on Amazon, Wirefly, Radio Shack or even Big Red itself. My target price would be $99.
test
I'm gonna test out the dinc 4 and SG3 before I make a decision. My upgrades not ready til Aug so it'll give me plenty of time to figure out which one feels nicest and behaves better. But I'm leaning towards the SG3 due the record of Samsung vs HTC.
I do like the size of the new incredible.. but the chip is a slightly slower one.. but the biggie is that the screen on it is fairly low quality compared to all the new ones out there.
also the sgs3 has the same camera as the iPhone 4s... which is currently the best on the market for a cell phone camera.
galaxy s III looks like a good phone.The more articles I read on it the more I want to get it.My hands are huge so a bigger phone would be great compared to the incredible 4g
hellbringer616 said:
Just curious what everyone things i should retire my Inc for?
So far i'm thinking the Inc 4g, Slightly slower CPU, but higher IPC and LTE on chip are big selling points. Unless there is a Rezound 2 coming out this winter.
What do you guys think?
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I have the Rezound, coming from the Inc in December, and I love it but I just ran a ROM from the latest Inc and Sense 4 blends so much better with ICS then Sense 3.6 does (I'm on the latest ICS Leak). I would definitely get that Inc...There will ALWAYS be something bigger and better a few months off...
IPhone 4s
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I would wait... I was a hardcore droid for 3 years then I got a iPhone 4 and my opinion iOS 6 beta is more stable. iPhone 5 or galaxy S3 since by courts it's copied a lot of apples patents. Lol Samsung has to give apple 8%+ of the sales of this phone. Sucks with updating your phone that we lose unlimited data unless you buy at retail price without contract.
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IPhone 4s
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Hahahah that's was a good joke
I would hold off for now. There's supposed to be a quad core 1080p 5in HTC beast for Verizon later this year
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Hahahah that's was a good joke
I would hold off for now. There's supposed to be a quad core 1080p 5in HTC beast for Verizon later this year
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Yep its called galaxy nexus 2
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Yep its called galaxy nexus 2
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Wouldn't the Galaxy Nexus 2 be made by Samsung not HTC?
I feel like phones are in a transitional phase right now. Nothing coming out in the near future is going to be a game changer. I'm going to wait until the quad S4 with the A15 equivalent comes out. Although, right now I'm completely happy with my Dinc running Jellybean, so I'm in no hurry.
Razor m might be a good choice
Galaxy Note 2
The Galaxy Note 2 is rumored to be coming to all four US carriers, so that would be an option as well.
So US Cellular (along with most other networks are getting the S3) and I'm tempted to sign up for the preorder. However, my phone is running pretty stable with ICS, decent batter, ect...
I would love to have LTE, but the biggest turn off is the size of the S3 compared to the Desire. I honestly think the desire is a great size phone and I don't need more screen.
Oh yea and a new S3 would be $200.
Thoughts?
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So US Cellular (along with most other networks are getting the S3) and I'm tempted to sign up for the preorder. However, my phone is running pretty stable with ICS, decent batter, ect...
I would love to have LTE, but the biggest turn off is the size of the S3 compared to the Desire. I honestly think the desire is a great size phone and I don't need more screen.
Oh yea and a new S3 would be $200.
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To me, galaxy feels cheap and I have had bad experience with Samsung.
Desire is still a great smartphone, especially when running the miui xj rom! ;-)
I agree. The compared to the rock solid feel of the Desire the S3 does feel pretty cheap and light.
Decisions decisions
Desire is a great phone but a Galaxy S3 per $200 seems like a big deal. And probably you won't care about S3 size by the moment you see that screen on.
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So US Cellular (along with most other networks are getting the S3) and I'm tempted to sign up for the preorder. However, my phone is running pretty stable with ICS, decent batter, ect...
I would love to have LTE, but the biggest turn off is the size of the S3 compared to the Desire. I honestly think the desire is a great size phone and I don't need more screen.
Oh yea and a new S3 would be $200.
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In my country SIII is $600
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If the screen size is really a turn off for you than the S3 really isn't for you, especially with the $200 price tag.
well I'd keep the Desire and wait maybe for the next nexus.
I think that Desire is still great smartphone and it runns ICS quite well, so I don't feel that I need to upgrade. I think I will upgrade only when there is no way to get the latest android
My contract is up on my Desire next week, I've opted for a Galaxy S3 due on Tuesday . Looking forward to it.
Must say though that the Desire has been a great phone and the Galaxy has a lot to live up to
Dudes, when iPhone 5 hits the market, galaxies will be monster cheap. Stay frosty.
I had the Desire on US Cellular and I definitely think you should upgrade to the S3
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Plus I don't think US Cellular will ever get a Nexus device so the S3 will be their best phone for at least a year
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crisco886 said:
I would love to have LTE, but the biggest turn off is the size of the S3 compared to the Desire. I honestly think the desire is a great size phone and I don't need more screen.
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That was exactly my concern when I signed a new contract last week. I don't get anything out of those new "purse-phones" that are more like a tablet in size than a smartphone.I wanted something equally good built and in somewhat same size as my beloved desire. Let me tell you, the s3 may be a good phone overall, but it feels really cheap compared to the desire and (at least to me) is way to big.
Also the s3 has really bad sound quality when recording videos, which combined with the size was the reason for me to not get it.
crisco886 said:
I would love to have LTE, but the biggest turn off is the size of the S3 compared to the Desire. I honestly think the desire is a great size phone and I don't need more screen.
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That's true, we don't really need a bigger screen then our Desire. But, to surfing and watching video on GS3, it's more confortable then a Desire.
By the way, I don't know if it's a great deal for this time, before the release of the Iphone 5. GS3's price gonna fall !
Seriously, GS3 is a nice phone !
GALAXY S3 specification good
but too expensive now
I have both. Had the desire for 3 years had the S3 for 2 weeks. I really have a liking for sence, touchwiz is different but I'm starting to get used to it.
The biggest difference is the speed (s3 quad core) and the screen on the S3 in simply stunning.
I'm thinking of rooting the desire and installing ics to see how it performs.
I'll never get rid of the desire its still a great phone.
To unroot and return your galaxy S3 to stock for warranty watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8Tga_yKywc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Motogp1 said:
I have both. Had the desire for 3 years had the S3 for 2 weeks. I really have a liking for sence, touchwiz is different but I'm starting to get used to it.
The biggest difference is the speed (s3 quad core) and the screen on the S3 in simply stunning.
I'm thinking of rooting the desire and installing ics to see how it performs.
I'll never get rid of the desire its still a great phone.
To unroot and return your galaxy S3 to stock for warranty watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8Tga_yKywc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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S3 too big, single hand cant use...
I've seen and used the Samsung S3 and HTC One X. They are both huge in comparison to the Desire. One X feels more solid but lacks sd card slot. In the UK the One X is quite a bit cheaper.
If you don't mind having a pocket full of phone and can afford it - these next gen phones are amazing.
I think that S3 is an amazing phone,but in Italy it cost 600+€...too much! Anyway, I love my desire...it win!!!
HTC Desire on the roll!!!!
Wish I was eligible to upgrade to an S3- but I wasted my upgrade on a Hero S this spring. The Desire blew the Hero out of the water but now I can't upgrade until next October...
One thing that I don't like about most new phones is the lack of hardware buttons- I hate having to look at my phone all the time rather than having the tactile input of physical buttons (and you probably use the trackball way more than you even know!)
If I was you I would try a One-X, Samsung phones feel cheap compared to HTC.