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sII white or wait for s3

so should i get a white tmobile galaxy s II or wait for something like the HD or S3?im just tired of my g2x

Honestly its gone be a whole year till T-Mobile gets another galaxy s series phone. Since its opened in over seas... it takes a while for it to come to the US. Get the white sii
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thanks i will!!!!!!

MaSeR318 said:
thanks i will!!!!!!
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I was in your shoes as well.. I wanted to return my sgs2 before the 14days. But after a long thought I decided to keep it..am loving it. Its great.. I read up on the sgs3 but there has been debates going on over multi cores vs battery life/efficiency. Am starting to think the so called quad core is probably a mini core that equals 2(dual).. Also if you get the white on. Try and get a case. Because if your phone is stained and it sticks you might not like it.. That's why I still like any daily use item in black..
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Dual/quad cores are just marketing gimmicks. You don’t need that kind of power to run 99% of your daily tasks.

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Dual/quad cores are just marketing gimmicks. You don’t need that kind of power to run 99% of your daily tasks.
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Agreed..it's all supply and demands.. The people wants it. Manufacturer supply. Imagine the first week this phone came out. It sold over 3million just the first week..the ads bombardment of dual core and it capability just enticed people and so they now decided to make quad core..anyway like you said its all gimmick. Dual core is good enough.
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how long are you willing to wait? How much are you willing to spend?
You can get a sIII in a few months but you'll spend like $700~. Chances are a variant will be out for t-mobile but that will probally be like 9 months from now. If you can wait then wait but by that time ther will be better phones on the horizon. This phone hasn't been out long and already there are sIII rumors swirling

Honestly, you should be okay with the G2X for a while yet... while the SGS2 is a great phone, it's not a massive improvement over what you currently have. Just be patient in this case, I'd say.

killer_roach said:
Honestly, you should be okay with the G2X for a while yet... while the SGS2 is a great phone, it's not a massive improvement over what you currently have. Just be patient in this case, I'd say.
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That's a joke right? The GSII is a huge improvement over the g2x.. That phone was EOL almost instantly because of all it's problems.
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Towle said:
That's a joke right? The GSII is a huge improvement over the g2x.. That phone was EOL almost instantly because of all it's problems.
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Powered by the SGSII....

killer_roach said:
Honestly, you should be okay with the G2X for a while yet... while the SGS2 is a great phone, it's not a massive improvement over what you currently have. Just be patient in this case, I'd say.
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Somewhat right. Just that the sg2 is already clocked at 1.5 which you can do to g2x. And plus, all phones run the same apps from the market. If you buy a new phone, youre gonna put the same ol apps on it and just a piece of mind knowing you have a faster phone. I did have g2x, it did have problems for me with 3 returns, but if youre a lucky one that doesnt. Good.
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if your g2x isnt acting up i dont think so...g2x is WAAAAAYYYYYYY faster. My friend has a g2x and he wants an S2 just because it looks cool but his phone is way faster then mine.
and if you think 9 months EOL is instant then you might wanna go look back at the G2, HD7, Exhibits and the Torch those were instant.

noodles2224 said:
Somewhat right. Just that the sg2 is already clocked at 1.5 which you can do to g2x. And plus, all phones run the same apps from the market. If you buy a new phone, youre gonna put the same ol apps on it and just a piece of mind knowing you have a faster phone. I did have g2x, it did have problems for me with 3 returns, but if youre a lucky one that doesnt. Good.
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Basically. My brother has a G2X, and he likes it quite a bit, and hasn't given him any issues - then again, he upgraded from a G1, so he might be a bit less picky than most of us.

Keep ur G2X. The only reason I chose SG2 is cuz it has NFC. The G2X is a great phone and probably has all the features you need.
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like what other said, yes, gs2 is a better phone, but is there a rush to upgrade? not really, its just a hype, and you see those commercials that makes you get one, since they're on all carriers or something lol.
You have to ask yourself, what are you going to do on your gs2 that your g2x can't do?
I know g2x are around 150-200 around my parts on CL and gs2 are 400-450 easily. Think about the difference and realize what you invest your money into. so a $200-300 difference.. thats a mini vacation, that's a skydiving trip, that's 2 years at 24 hour fitness, a round trip flight, that's about 1 lucky hand in vegas (HAR HAR). You can buy a new 32" tv with that, or almost an i3 laptop.
So if you have a quality g2x keep it. You're not gonna go flashing crazy on the gs2 if you're one of those people.
But if you're ballin and have means to spend, totally get the gs2.

thanks for everyone's opinions i really dont know what to do now that i read about the lg x3..i really was interested in the sII cause of the screen size because almost everything else is the same also because g2x is not getting ics.i have one more day to think about it cus my brother is getting it as a bday gift so ill see.

Just keep it, all ICS is just UI, it still functions the same as every other OS. Ginger to Ice Cream is like Eclair to Gingerbread.. Its all the same functionality..
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MaSeR318 said:
thanks for everyone's opinions i really dont know what to do now that i read about the lg x3..i really was interested in the sII cause of the screen size because almost everything else is the same also because g2x is not getting ics.i have one more day to think about it cus my brother is getting it as a bday gift so ill see.
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Don't worry about not getting ICS, because I imagine the G2X will be supported via CM9

If your always gonna be worried about the next best thing you might as well not even buy anything. Everytime a phone comes out everyone says "Should i wait for the next one?". There is ALWAYS going to be a next one!

our s2 is better than g2x in many many ways
1. faster processor
2. faster gpu
3. more storage
4. amoled+ screen, movies look amazing
5. ice cream sandwich to come(and its a lot better than ginger..trust me)
but you should keep the g2x
with many new phones on the way there is absolutely no point getting the s2 right now..

Will it be this... or the Galaxy Nexus?

This phone looks tempting... I look at it as a super sized Epic touch LTE! What do you guys think? Or are you aiming for the Galaxy Nexus on Sprint?
http://gizmodo.com/5885464/samsungs-super+sized-galaxy-note-changed-my-life

I go with the Nexus the galaxy note is just way to big of a phone
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mookiejr05 said:
I go with the Nexus the galaxy note is just way to big of a phone
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Depends on if they upgrade nexus like rumors say ....
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Epix4G said:
Depends on if they upgrade nexus like rumors say ....
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Word is no 32GB--that what you mean?
I can't live without an sd card slot

Radical-J said:
Word is no 32GB--that what you mean?
I can't live without an sd card slot
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No that's gsm has nothing to do with Verizon or sprint ... VZW already had 32GB one But international gsm will not have a 32GB version
Rumor is Sprint will have omap 4470 chip in it ....
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Radical-J said:
Word is no 32GB--that what you mean?
I can't live without an sd card slot
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No, he means 1.5Ghz as opposed tot he 1.2Ghz it originally shipped at, although that part's not rumor, it was in Sprint's own advertising. The part that's rumor is whether they're bumping it to a newer OMAP processor altogether. Considering the Quadrant results I got between my SGSII and the Galaxy Nexus, that bump would be needed.
Still, I'd agree the Galaxy Nexus is a better bet unless you need the special stylus functions. Overall just having stock Android is a big enough sell to me now.

I wont get the nexus if it has the 4460 in it just not enough of a jump over epic touch , but if they release soon with 4470 I will jump quickly..
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The only thing the galaxy nexus has that I really want is an HD screen. The thing is tho when you compare the HD vs PLUS display you notice the plus isn't outdone at all. Once the epic 4g touch gets 4.0 it will be the better phone.

JRECH said:
The only thing the galaxy nexus has that I really want is an HD screen. The thing is tho when you compare the HD vs PLUS display you notice the plus isn't outdone at all. Once the epic 4g touch gets 4.0 it will be the better phone.
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Yep, I had the GNex for a couple weeks, I actually preferred the E4GTs screen.

I would go with the GNex over the Note any day. The Epic is big. The Nexus is bigger, and the Note, well, that's in a league of its own.
I have sort of longed for the HD screen of the Nexus, but since the Epic has more sub-pixels than the Nexus, the two phones technically have the same number of total pixels. I have used LCD resolution, and changed my value to 160 (stock is 240). I have the look of an HD screen, with almost no down sides. Some icons look a little fuzzy, and I had to change out my launcher, as the Touchwiz launcher doesn't play well with anything other than stock resolution. But it makes the phone look so much better. And once I have HD resolution set up with the ICS update, it will be that much sweeter

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Yep, I had the GNex for a couple weeks, I actually preferred the E4GTs screen.
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So you left Verizon to come back to Sprint?
Also does anyone know if the camera on the Nexus is better or in par with our Epics?

Jess813 said:
So you left Verizon to come back to Sprint?
Also does anyone know if the camera on the Nexus is better or in par with our Epics?
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Well I still had Sprint, was testing out Verizon before I cancelled my Sprint account. Didn't like the GNex and didn't like Verizon so I returned the phone.

_MetalHead_ said:
Well I still had Sprint, was testing out Verizon before I cancelled my Sprint account. Didn't like the GNex and didn't like Verizon so I returned the phone.
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WOW... so in other words once it comes to Sprint, this is a phone you will pass on?
What was it about it that made you say "nah"?

Jess813 said:
WOW... so in other words once it comes to Sprint, this is a phone you will pass on?
What was it about it that made you say "nah"?
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Well I have since left Sprint for AT&T (just hanging around here cuz I like you guys so much) but even if I was still with Sprint I would for sure pass on it. ICS is the ONLY reason to get the Gnex, but I would much rather have a more powerful device with an older OS version, ie. the E4GT. ICS is cool, but it doesn't make up for the GNex's sub par hardware. ICS really isn't even the end-all be-all that everyone is making it out to be.

Jess813 said:
So you left Verizon to come back to Sprint?
Also does anyone know if the camera on the Nexus is better or in par with our Epics?
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from what I seen (and used in the Verizon store) the gnexus has a subpar camera... But who knows they may pack a new sensor in it for sprints variant
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_MetalHead_ said:
Well I have since left Sprint for AT&T (just hanging around here cuz I like you guys so much) but even if I was still with Sprint I would for sure pass on it. ICS is the ONLY reason to get the Gnex, but I would much rather have a more powerful device with an older OS version, ie. the E4GT. ICS is cool, but it doesn't make up for the GNex's sub par hardware. ICS really isn't even the end-all be-all that everyone is making it out to be.
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I was afraid of that, I am hoping that ICS is what its suppose to be. From the looks of it I dont like it, it seems like they are going for a more user friendly look and feel ( iOS) but the icons are bigger and I dont know if I am a fan of it. Now as for the functuality of it, that I am interested in! But I am looking into the GNex for my next phone, simply due to the updates and it'll probably be easier to root than the galaxy s 3 or whatever.

I am sensing some sarcasm in the article.
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I've got to say, the Nexus just looks & feels better than the skyrocket...but having said that, from what I understand... the skyrocket is a better phone..... the BIG plus is being able to add an external SD card!
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Answer is easy Epic!Nexus=S Amoled
Epic=S Amoled Plus
If you dont care about the screen i would go with Nexus
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No, he means 1.5Ghz as opposed tot he 1.2Ghz it originally shipped at, although that part's not rumor, it was in Sprint's own advertising. The part that's rumor is whether they're bumping it to a newer OMAP processor altogether. Considering the Quadrant results I got between my SGSII and the Galaxy Nexus, that bump would be needed.
Still, I'd agree the Galaxy Nexus is a better bet unless you need the special stylus functions. Overall just having stock Android is a big enough sell to me now.
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Im sure alot of people upgraded from original Epic for S Amoled Plus-Nexus aint got that.
With them Nexuses they always fck up somewhere,all they had to is put led,samoled+ and sdcard and i would have got one.
But lately all Nexuses fall short in some category.

shaggyskunk said:
I've got to say, the Nexus just looks & feels better than the skyrocket...but having said that, from what I understand... the skyrocket is a better phone..... the BIG plus is being able to add an external SD card!
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16GB is more than enough for me specially now that I have all my music uploaded to both Amazon Mp3 and Google Music, I would need memory for custom roms but i tend to run on no more than 2 so I am good with 16gbs! I havent touched a GNex but I will and I guess I would go from there.
From What I have read the Epic Touch has a BETTER cameran and no not because of the megapixels either.

Your predictions and thoughts for galaxy s3

1st im hoping it is a quad core processor which is almost certain at this point. im also hoping the camera is big upgrade from the s2 , not that i dont love the s2 cam i just think the s3 should have zero lag time , 12mp and taking still shots during video recording like the htc one x would be friggin sweat . also the icons !!! good lord the icons !!!!!! i really hope they change those dammmm icons !!! did i mention the icons ? This version needs a whole new makeover in my opinion. new icons , a new sexy dialer and messaging . even though these things are only cosmetic it helps to enjoy your phone when its visually pleasing . im hoping it has a removable battery for those pesky times where a battery pull is needed from a bad flash and 1.8ghz . And im also hoping this phone is available in white as well as black at its initial release like the iphone instead of waiting 6 months like the s2. ALSO WHAT DO YOU THINK SPRINT VERSION WILL BE CALLED ? EPIC TOUCH 4G LTE PERHAPS ????
IM CURIOUS WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE AND WHAT YOU ARE REALISTICALLY EXPECTING ?????????
BE SURE TO LEAVE A THUMBS UP IF YOU ENJOY THIS THREAD THANK YOU FOR READING AND ENJOY YOUR WEEK

I'm predicting this time next year xda users on the galaxy s3 forums will be begging for jellybean leaks. While the rest of us will be using the nexus device that gets launched with jellybean out of the box. Q4 i hope
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I hope that the battery life is better. I miss my LG Optimus battery life
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It needs to have something revolutionary in it, I hear the rumor is the iPhone 5 will have a liquid metal casing. I want Samsung to use there new flexible lcd screen, something unique and new to stick it to the iPhone fanboys.
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ipaq_101 said:
It needs to have something revolutionary in it, I hear the rumor is the iPhone 5 will have a liquid metal casing. I want Samsung to use there new flexible lcd screen, something unique and new to stick it to the iPhone fanboys.
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see im actually hoping that isnt the case as far as the flexible screen .. i cant picture having a bent up phone to try to work on .. i think i would spend too much time trying to flatten it out . but i do agree it does need to be revolutionary . but hey quadcore 1.8 ghz and 12mp cam is kinda the first of its kind no ? i read somewhere instead of the shell being all black or all white that they were going to make the phone white and dark navy blue mixed .. sounds cool too me

ipaq_101 said:
It needs to have something revolutionary in it, I hear the rumor is the iPhone 5 will have a liquid metal casing. I want Samsung to use there new flexible lcd screen, something unique and new to stick it to the iPhone fanboys.
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There would be a slew of new how you hold it jokes if that happens and for good reason too. It's a terrible material for a device with many radios.
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I really hope that the casing is something special and better radios. I am wishing for the a15 dual core with an upgraded gpu, not an overclocked mali400. Edge to edge screen and a great battery life. I wouldn't mind a little increase in thickness for better battery life.
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ky0nkyon said:
I really hope that the casing is something special and better radios. I am wishing for the a15 dual core with an upgraded gpu, not an overclocked mali400. Edge to edge screen and a great battery life. I wouldn't mind a little increase in thickness for better battery life.
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+1 ... i can hardly wait for may 3rd ... but i really hope they dont announce it may 3rd and then release in in like july or august .. thats just torture

ANTHONY81L said:
+1 ... i can hardly wait for may 3rd ... but i really hope they dont announce it may 3rd and then release in in like july or august .. thats just torture
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I kinda hooe they do release it later. I just got this phone October, Id like to have at least used oneyear of my two year contract up so I can get a cheaper price for it thats just me though

MultiLockOn said:
I kinda hooe they do release it later. I just got this phone October, Id like to have at least used oneyear of my two year contract up so I can get a cheaper price for it thats just me though
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lol i used someone elses upgrade to get the s2 so my upgrade is available right now ! i need to get rich asap bc i get sick of phones and cars way too fast

It will be released before we get OTA ICS
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I have absolute faith that whatever Samsung releases, it will be amazing. All I care about is that it has capacitive buttons and not the ICS on screen ones. If it doesn't, then I might have to defect back to HTC for the One X or the new EVO. FOR THE LOVE OF SATAN PLEASE LET IT HAVE CAPACITIVE BUTTONS.

Honest Opinion Guys

Sold my nexus s not too long ago.
After that i have owned a G2X, HTC Sensation, and an HTC amaze.
Once u go amoled, using LCD is painful.
So my question is, would you pick the tmobile galaxy s 2 over the one s?
i am leaning toward the s2(white, screen size, samsung, removable battery/sd), but what about the phone annoys you?, and what can you tell me about the phone that i wont know until i use the phone?
thanks

The one s uses amoled as well.... Except it's a qHD super amoled. I would still go with gs2 because of expandable memory and removable battery. Tmobile is getting the gnote soon as well.. Tough decisions my friend
The main issue in the phone is the screen issues I.e. dark blob spots and screen burns pretty easily you can really only notice the blobs when the screen blacks out and the backlight is on, other than that the phone is friggin bad ass. The only reason I would get the one s would strictly befor the camera. It's prolly thebest camera that's out for any smart phone. Amazing is one word I could describe it. Especially since it records 1080 p video with 60 Fps and ours does 30 Fps

blchff04 said:
The one s uses amoled as well.... Except it's a qHD super amoled. I would still go with gs2 because of expandable memory and removable battery. Tmobile is getting the gnote soon as well.. Tough decisions my friend
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lol real tough...the note is not an option though...its too freaking big!!! i already have a tablet.

Gs2. Definitely. I have used all those phones and this is my favorite by far.
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if you ask this question on a sgs2 forum you already know what answer your gonna tend to get.
But in all honesty get the sgs2 you can't go wrong with that. ; )
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dolcedavinci said:
Sold my nexus s not too long ago.
After that i have owned a G2X, HTC Sensation, and an HTC amaze.
Once u go amoled, using LCD is painful.
So my question is, would you pick the tmobile galaxy s 2 over the one s?
i am leaning toward the s2(white, screen size, samsung, removable battery/sd), but what about the phone annoys you?, and what can you tell me about the phone that i wont know until i use the phone?
thanks
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the problem with the g2x, sensation and amaze is that they started using cheap LCD screens that sucked when viewing from angles. The previous phones with LCD wasn't bad though.
Anyways if i was you, I would wait for the prices to drop just a bit more if you decide to go with the gs2. The one S,X should gain popularity soon and the s3 is nearing.

Teo032 said:
the problem with the g2x, sensation and amaze is that they started using cheap LCD screens that sucked when viewing from angles. The previous phones with LCD wasn't bad though.
Anyways if i was you, I would wait for the prices to drop just a bit more if you decide to go with the gs2. The one S,X should gain popularity soon and the s3 is nearing.
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At least if the one X comes out on tmobile it wont be a blocked boot loader like the at&t HtC one X. Which I think is ridiculous. If the one s had at least super amoled hd and sd card slot. I would of jump shipped.

Yeah I'd probably jump ship to the one s but the no external memory is a deal breaker for me
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camalus said:
Gs2. Definitely. I have used all those phones and this is my favorite by far.
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All of the carrier phones suck and only work for thiet companies properly, don't expect to get smack from tmobile.
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All of the carrier phones suck and only work for thiet companies properly, don't expect to get smack from tmobile.
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No i would say htc phones have the most support on t-mobile. Look at the sensation, Htc G2 even mytouch 4g. Since hardware doesn't change much. Samsung phones on the other hand less support due to different hardware. So as long as you stick to an htc phone you will be fine on t-mobile.

OK, but does the support compensate for better experiences than Samsung roms developed by people?
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Killbynature said:
At least if the one X comes out on tmobile it wont be a blocked boot loader like the at&t HtC one X. Which I think is ridiculous. If the one s had at least super amoled hd and sd card slot. I would of jump shipped.
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Yeah I'd probably jump ship to the one s but the no external memory is a deal breaker for me
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agreed
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No i would say htc phones have the most support on t-mobile. Look at the sensation, Htc G2 even mytouch 4g. Since hardware doesn't change much. Samsung phones on the other hand less support due to different hardware. So as long as you stick to an htc phone you will be fine on t-mobile.
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OK, but does the support compensate for better experiences than Samsung roms developed by people?
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wait what? you do realize that htc devices usually gain a swarm of developers right

gs2 is my favorite phone so far after having t-mobile mda, touch pro 2, galaxy intercept, and htc hd7. one of my job responsibilities is hooking up phones to the exchange server so i get to play with lots of phones from different companies/manufacturers. the only thing i've seen that i'd currently take over my gs2 is the galaxy note but good luck with t-mobile getting that anytime soon.

If you care about removable storage and battery no contest S2, or wait for the S3 sometime in June if Samsung sticks to their word. If you want a better resolution screen and faster phone with a tiny bit smaller form factor go with the One S.
Only thing that annoyed me with the S2 hardware wise was the lower resolution screen and the blobs and streaks (edit: and that damn chrome around the phone, scratches before you even hold the phone) aside from that great phone and is now getting some great dev support. HTC One S just released so it may take a bit for support to come, but there is already a working AOKP ROM for it so I'm sure it won't be much longer til support kicks off for it. Either way you're getting a great device
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dolcedavinci said:
Sold my nexus s not too long ago.
After that i have owned a G2X, HTC Sensation, and an HTC amaze.
Once u go amoled, using LCD is painful.
So my question is, would you pick the tmobile galaxy s 2 over the one s?
i am leaning toward the s2(white, screen size, samsung, removable battery/sd), but what about the phone annoys you?, and what can you tell me about the phone that i wont know until i use the phone?
thanks
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I never really thought about it but this made me think...what about the S II do I not like? I couldn't think of one thing! Its just awesome! My wife has the G2X...its been warranty replaced 4 times in a year. Twice touch screen stopped working, the other 2 beacause of the overheating issues. With the last update they just released for it nothing's really gotten better. Her battery still only lasts at the most 4 hours with moderate use.
I guess this wasn't really your question I just had to vent. Galaxy S II in my opnion is the way to go.

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The main issue in the phone is the screen issues I.e. dark blob spots and screen burns pretty easily you can really only notice the blobs when the screen blacks out and the backlight is on, other than that the phone is friggin bad ass.
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Hi guys, I was thinking about to get this version of GS-II (t989), but i´ve heard so many bad things from the owners that I don´t know what to do anymore... So if anyone could help me on this, answearing these couple of questions, I´d very thankfull.
1) Is this screen issue that big deal?? does it happens only with T989 version or the others GSII were affected also?? Is there anything I could do test the screen before buying one (like putting a fully black, gray, white pics on display...)?
2) How is the audio quality on it? Are you guys satisfied?
3) About the camera, that is something I REALLY care on smartphone, I´ve heard it´s a bit different (some people would describe it a bit "worse") from the international GSII- 9100, due its Exynos chipset. However, judging by the samples i´ve seen, the only difference i could notice is that the colors tend to be yellowish on t989 -as the opposite, bluish from 9100. But how about the rest, focusing, details... are they exactly the same??
Thank you guys!!
PS: I´m coming from an Xperia Neo, and I don´t like its camera that much and the audio quality as well.

HTC One or Samsung Galaxy S4? Anyone upgrading?

I got really disappointed when Samsung released the gs4 and it looked basically the same as the galaxy s3 just with a bigger screen and a few new bells and whistles. So I'm opting for the HTC one cause that thing is sexy all around. What about you guys?
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If you like having a device completely locked down go for HTC. Biggest reason I switched away from them
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Spastic909 said:
If you like having a device completely locked down go for HTC. Biggest reason I switched away from them
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What do you mean exactly? Cause my dad has a htc one s and it was pretty easy to root the phone and install a rom on it.
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Are you choosing a phone based on looks alone? Cause the HTC isn't even up to par with the current Euro SIII, let alone the S4 in terms of specs. I guess its about preference but personally I'm pretty intrigued by the S4 eight core processor in a frame slimmer then the SIII, not to mention the 13mp camera features, 5.0 SAmoled (yay no more pen tile) I just don't see a comparison IMO.
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boystuff said:
Are you choosing a phone based on looks alone? Cause the HTC isn't even up to par with the current Euro SIII, let alone the S4 in terms of specs. I guess its about preference but personally I'm pretty intrigued by the S4 eight core processor in a frame slimmer then the SIII, not to mention the 13mp camera features, 5.0 SAmoled (yay no more pen tile) I just don't see a comparison IMO.
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First of all, the HTC one has a qualcomm 600 processor which is that the same as the Samsung Galaxy S 4 has in USA, except that the s4 is .2ghz faster in terms of clock speed. Second of all, I'm currently on a contract with t mobile and I was talking about upgrading to the Galaxy s4 or the HTC one, so there's no way I can get the eight core s4. The galaxy s4 has a pentile display. Plus I don't really care about the megapixels or ultrapixels of the camera as long as my pics turn out good and not look like they were taken from a potato.
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adil17 said:
What do you mean exactly? Cause my dad has a htc one s and it was pretty easy to root the phone and install a rom on it.
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The source codes take sooo long to be released.
Look at the Amaze 4g and youll see what im talking about.
An awesome phone treated like crap lol.

When it comes to phones and tablets i will not use anything other than Samsung or a nexus. I just can't do it. HTC is a lot harder to root and it takes longer for development and i don't see anything else competing with Samsung.
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I'd hold out for the note 3 personally, that's what I'm doing. But then again it's a very long and very impatient wait because I don't think it'll be released until September. It's all on you though bud, there's a bunch of ill phones coming out this year.
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I had an HTC VIVID before this phone (cracked the screen), and it was a pain. Unlocking the bootloader, then flashing boot image and blah blah blah just to root and rom it. And then the development thread was WEAK (at the time ) so it was like for no point. I agree with the 2 above mentioned posts regarding source code & development. Its seriously ridiculous & sad!
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If I had to pick one of those 2 I would probably go with the HTC One, build quality is way ahead of the S4, I'm tired of plastic phones. My S2 has survived its fair share of drops without no significant damage though so I'm happy with that. Processors are nearly the same unless you're comparing the international S4 and HTC One. The One also has a nicer screen (more ppi). It seems like the biggest knock on the One is the fact that it doesn't have upgradable storage and battery but 64GB is more than enough for me and I never carry an extra battery for my S2 so that is pointless. When it comes to camera quality, the S3 with its 13MP will take better pictures when zoomed in since it has more pixels but the HTC One will blow the S4 out of the water when it comes to night pictures or anything with low light (someone correct me if I'm wrong). I was honestly disappointed with the S4, it seemed like all Samsung talked about at the news conference was all the bloatware they added onto the phone that I'm never going to use.

This is a laughable question. S4 stands head and toe over the crap HTC is throwing out nowadays.

S4 doesn't look like it will get any love from too many dev's
cm-developers-passing-samsung-galaxy-s4-should-you
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adil17 said:
I got really disappointed when Samsung released the gs4 and it looked basically the same as the galaxy s3 just with a bigger screen and a few new bells and whistles. So I'm opting for the HTC one cause that thing is sexy all around. What about you guys?
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if you can get your hads in the developer edition, then go for the HTC One, but i you like big,big,big etc, go for the SG4

MacerHD said:
S4 doesn't look like it will get any love from too many dev's
cm-developers-passing-samsung-galaxy-s4-should-you
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I believe that will be the international s4 with the Exnyos processor that probably wont have much development from what i have read. the North American version
still uses Qualacom, so i am thinking the development will be just as good as the S3.
As for which one i will choose, I will need to see them side by side first before I make any decisions.

MacerHD said:
S4 doesn't look like it will get any love from too many dev's
cm-developers-passing-samsung-galaxy-s4-should-you
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If you are one of those people who root and flash away from Professionally built phone software in favor of barely working featureless lackluster crap produced by CM and it's near relatives there is no point worrying about having the newest phone anyway cuz you clearly are not going to use it for anything other than looking at your reflection. honestly you kids would be just as well off with a flip phone and a be-dazzeler.
I could understand the CM worship if this was a walmart prepaid phone with some lame flavor of aosp on it then CM might be a slight improvement but leaving Touchwiz for CM is a huge downgrade every time, all Tochwiz needs is some speedtweaks and a tweaked kernel.
Anyway +1 going to the S4 when It's here, might add a note 3 or even the note2 if I can get a good deal on it!

Wow makes me regret getting the Nexus 4 after what I saw in the GS4. Should have waited. But one this is having Google's latest and greatest code feels awesome. GS2 also has outstanding support and CM10.1
I really miss HTC's look and quality. But they have always been terrible battery life phones. Each one I've had except for the G2. My GS2 is still a champ and love that samsung releases the CODE that makes CM even possible.
And at the presentation I really have to reconsider no SD support and no removable battery. Just this week my old myTouch 4G I gave to my cousin, the battery can't hold charge. He got it replaced and its good as new. To me, having a removable battery just makes it easier to replace it when it does go bad.
I can kinda live with 16 gig and no SD Card, unless you are a heavy media user. But having a removable battery makes it possible to replace it. I don't mind the Samsung plastic. It is cheap and got a mini dent that I can't figure out how it happened on my GS2. I should have put a screen protector to prevent that. Still a mystery how it happened.
My LG G2X, I've never ever ever used at screen protector and its still flawless. Samsung **** is sensitive. They could at least use better plastics if they are sticking with that material.

Iconic24 said:
If I had to pick one of those 2 I would probably go with the HTC One, build quality is way ahead of the S4, I'm tired of plastic phones. My S2 has survived its fair share of drops without no significant damage though so I'm happy with that. Processors are nearly the same unless you're comparing the international S4 and HTC One. The One also has a nicer screen (more ppi). It seems like the biggest knock on the One is the fact that it doesn't have upgradable storage and battery but 64GB is more than enough for me and I never carry an extra battery for my S2 so that is pointless. When it comes to camera quality, the S3 with its 13MP will take better pictures when zoomed in since it has more pixels but the HTC One will blow the S4 out of the water when it comes to night pictures or anything with low light (someone correct me if I'm wrong). I was honestly disappointed with the S4, it seemed like all Samsung talked about at the news conference was all the bloatware they added onto the phone that I'm never going to use.
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Its mainly software on Samsung side but the HTC sense and their new features don't compare to the new temp and face tracking on the snapdragon S4 ImO get a lg optimus pro ..lg seems to be opening up to GPL
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If you even read the news... htc is yesterday's news...an exact quote "it's not in the kids club anymore" and that is why they pushed the date back for the htc one release...it's not even that it's hard to root, it's that it leaves traces for the carriers and htc to know you've rooted...
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I was waiting for the One but the battery life is poor. Going to hold off for the next Nexus. Have no interest in the S4
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This time i will go with HTC.