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Should I upgrade?

So I finally have a chance to upgrade my Samsung Moment, and I am wondering if I should wait for newer phones to come out(ie the Galaxy Nexus) or buy the Epic 4g Touch? I don't know how much longer I can use this janky phone for...

oneandonlysid said:
So I finally have a chance to upgrade my Samsung Moment, and I am wondering if I should wait for newer phones to come out(ie the Galaxy Nexus) or buy the Epic 4g Touch? I don't know how much longer I can use this janky phone for...
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Epic touch 4G best phone hands down. as to my opinion, the epic touch is a really nice phone, fast, big, beautiful screen. etc. but the galaxy nexus is also very nice. depends on what u want. if u want android 4.0 galaxy nexus is the choice for u. but if u want a phone thats nice and will soon be upgraded to android 4.0 ( might even be better than galaxy nexus), The epic touch 4G. Also the user interfaces. Epic has TW4 and Galaxy nexus has the new ICS UI.

If your in a rush ... he the epic touch you won't be let down... also don't see sprint releasing anything good anytime soon
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Yeah don't expect any major device to be released on Sprint until LTE nears implementation. E4GT is a nice choice if you want to stick with Sprint.
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The two best phones now are the HTC EVO 3D and the Samsung Galaxy s2. I just recently sold my EVO 3D that I had since launch date and bought the this SG2 and I am really impressed with the Sammy! In fact I think its a better phone all together IMHO.

We just upgraded my wifes from the epic 4g to the gs2 touch on sprint...wow. I have a few friends w the galaxy nexus and I own a nexus s. The gs2 is a beast. I have ran ics roms and they are nice, I'm still waiting for my 4g ota but as far as her gs2, its the fastest phone I have used. It runs great. Battery is great. Camera is great. Lots of features I didn't expect. Built-in screenshot. Tilt zoom. Mhl adapted HDMI.
On ek02 its producing 85+ mflops and 4200+ quadrant stock...if anyone cared lol.
My vote...get the gs2. 0 disappointment

I upgraded from the moment when this phone came out and it is like a new world! I honestly don't see any reason not to. For the first month or so I just watched as the devs worked on this and the options available for this phone now are mind blowing! I would say go for it-I have yet to see a better option on any network.
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The epic touch is better in a hardware sense, but the evo 3d has been confirmed by sprint to be receiving ics, so it really is a matter of what is important to you. Evo is basically the sprint equivalent of Verizon's DROID branding. At this point I would wait for an official ics phone to be released.
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Epic touch is a really good phone. Consider the phone on the galaxy nexus. Reviews have said it's nothing to write home about with it's lower 5mp camera and studdering camcorder. I love my nexus s 4g but I can tolerate the epic touch. Et has better camera and camcorder, option to add sd card, and I think the galaxy nexus doesn't have sd card support. When or if sprint gets the gn, it will be a great phone, but by then the bar will be raised higher with other competing phones. It will be a repeat performance of the ns4g. Nothing revolutionary about the hardware and other phones will out spec it. It will be fast but old news by then. I highly suggest to not get the iPhone 4s. I had it for two months and traded it in towards my epic touch. I kinda miss the phone but I don't miss the app store and apple's tight fitted grip on the os and mods or themes. There still isn't a jailbreak for it and nothing promising is on the horizon for being able to untethered jailbreak.

I would definitely go with the Epic 4g Touch. It's honestly an amazing phone. It's ridiculously light weight. Every iPhone user I know has phone envy when I whip this thing out. I don't doubt they will have it moreso when we've got ICS, CM9, CM7 and MIUI all working.
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Info..SGII vs Nexus S

Hello all, I am heavily think about paying my ETF from AT&T and moving to Sprint. I can get 4 smart phones for the same price plan as I have at AT&T with just 2 smart phones and 2 regular phones.
On that note, I am looking at either the SGII or the Nexus S. What are you opinions? Only downfall I see about the SGII is touchwiz and Samsung has a BIG!! history of not updating their OS.
Please let a future Sprint customer know your opinion.
Thanks

I have both phones and I love them both. It really depends if you want to get the NS4G for free (at least I think its free) or spend $200 for the ET4G. It also depends if you have to have ICS now or if you can wait. The ET4G comes with the vanilla GB launcher as well as Touchwiz so you can grab Home Switcher app and never see the standard TW home screen interface. If you want tons of development and timely updates, go for the Nexus. If you want battery life and over the top performance go for the ET4G. of you want any specific things compared, just let me know
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Had both, SGS2 is a WAY better device all around.
Super fast, great battery life, no lag.
Oh and did I mention, NO lag.

I will be rooting the device I get, so Touchwiz wont be problem I guess since I will flash a custom rom. Even tho the Nexus S is Samsung its Google so you get the updates. With the SGSII the thing that is holding me back is the updates.. Samsung Captivate put a bad taste in my mouth with Samsung Touchwiz phones... They never updated from Froyo, you had to root and flash to get updates.
Thanks for the info so far.

Fyi, amazon.com is selling the epic 4g touch for $79.99 for new contracts. And they have a promotion going on for hot spot enabled devices. Buy a hot spot enabled device with hot spot activated at time of purchase and you will receive $100 amazon gift card. Offer ends December 31st
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I posted some of these in another thread. Here's a taste of the Epic Touch. No overclock, no undervolt ..stock repacked kernel with CWM...
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I have the epic and my gf has the nexus both are amazing. The nexus is running like a champ with ics but no where near as fast as the epic. Get the epic for hard core users and nexus for average.
Also order on amazon wireless for even more of a discount
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Damn that sucks, I have to go thru the Sprint store because my family wants to keep their numbers. Plus they all want a ICrap 4, I will be the only one getting a Android phone. The store said they would hook me up, with $50 any Android phone when I buy the 3 ICrap 4 phones, and then they would waive the activation fees on all phones and knock off the taxes.

At the current time, I would not buy a samsung phone unless it was a nexus. With samsung announcing that the Galaxy S phones released just a year ago will not be updated, even though a couple versions of it are still on froyo, they have demonstrated that they will not support their phones after the sale and do not care about their customers.
The nexus s was released a year ago so I suspect google will end support in one year, which is reasonable. So just keep in mind you won't get official support for the life of the contract. Plus the hardware is becoming dated.
At this point I would recommend the iPhone or the evo 3d. They will both receive updates for some time.
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I wouod reccomend the GSII. It has gingerbread, samsung said they will be release ICS 1st quarter of 2012 ( worst case scenario you wait for the second quarter for sprint to sprinkle Touch Wiz on it). The hardware is future proof for thr next 2 years, im sure of there wont be anything it wont be able to run smoothly before your 2yr contract is up. Best screen on the market or 2nd best but i say #1 because its got the best GPU. Every one was throwing a fit (and rightfully so) when samsung didnt release a fix quickly for the Loss Of Service problem it had. How ever with EK02 and EL13 its vitually gone and as for the GPS its spot on. Havent heard of the "System OS" bug in the latest updates. So what im saying is there are no URGENT updates. Its 100% working and ICS is a for sure. So get the E4GT my man

kingsway8605 said:
At the current time, I would not buy a samsung phone unless it was a nexus. With samsung announcing that the Galaxy S phones released just a year ago will not be updated, even though a couple versions of it are still on froyo, they have demonstrated that they will not support their phones after the sale and do not care about their customers.
The nexus s was released a year ago so I suspect google will end support in one year, which is reasonable. So just keep in mind you won't get official support for the life of the contract. Plus the hardware is becoming dated.
At this point I would recommend the iPhone or the evo 3d. They will both receive updates for some time.
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Disregard kings post. He already has stated his love for the friuty phone. For some reason he is stuck on the assumption Sammy is not going to give sgs1 phones ICS. But if ya do alil reading you will see Sammy is now working on getting 4.0 on sgs1 and the gtab.
Oh yeah one more thing evo 3d is a piece of crap. All HTC phones suk ass compared to Samsung. Ok King your turn to write your usual 3 paragraph rant on how much you hate your current phone and your life.LMFAO..

milleirish said:
Hello all, I am heavily think about paying my ETF from AT&T and moving to Sprint. I can get 4 smart phones for the same price plan as I have at AT&T with just 2 smart phones and 2 regular phones.
On that note, I am looking at either the SGII or the Nexus S. What are you opinions? Only downfall I see about the SGII is touchwiz and Samsung has a BIG!! history of not updating their OS.
Please let a future Sprint customer know your opinion.
Thanks
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you should know that Sprint has been having data speed issues in many areas for the past 6 months. you might not get data speeds anywhere close to what you were getting on ATT. For example, in downtown chicago, sprint 3g speeds range from 50kbps to 250kbps during the day. 4g is much better though, 3-5mbps. I would suggest testing out the data speeds in your location before moving to sprint.

ppcpirate said:
you should know that Sprint has been having data speed issues in many areas for the past 6 months. you might not get data speeds anywhere close to what you were getting on ATT. For example, in downtown chicago, sprint 3g speeds range from 50kbps to 250kbps during the day. 4g is much better though, 3-5mbps. I would suggest testing out the data speeds in your location before moving to sprint.
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Wimax/LTE. Enough said on 4g. But with 4 lines Im sure you go over your limit W//att. Yes sprint is slower but it is unlimited data. Unlike Tmobile/att/Verizon.

Indrid Cole said:
Disregard kings post. He already has stated his love for the friuty phone. For some reason he is stuck on the assumption Sammy is not going to give sgs1 phones ICS. But if ya do alil reading you will see Sammy is now working on getting 4.0 on sgs1 and the gtab.
Oh yeah one more thing evo 3d is a piece of crap. All HTC phones suk ass compared to Samsung. Ok King your turn to write your usual 3 paragraph rant on how much you hate your current phone and your life.LMFAO..
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Yes, I do like the iPhone, along with millions of other people around the world. It is truly a piece of art. I liked my epic touch as well until Samsung demonstrated they are not going to provide the support that Apple does. HTC seems to be a good middle ground, not as good as apple with updates, but close. If op cares about updates, Samsung is not the way to go right now. The nexus on sprint is older and the Epic touch will be abandoned before it should just like the behold was, the moment was, the original epic was, just like the galaxy s was, as well as countless other Samsung phones who never got updates the hardware could support. If op is fine with being stuck on the same version of Android forever, then the epic touch seems like a good choice.
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kingsway8605 said:
Yes, I do like the iPhone, along with millions of other people around the world. It is truly a piece of art. I liked my epic touch as well until Samsung demonstrated they are not going to provide the support that Apple does. HTC seems to be a good middle ground, not as good as apple with updates, but close. If op cares about updates, Samsung is not the way to go right now. The nexus on sprint is older and the Epic touch will be abandoned before it should just like the behold was, the moment was, the original epic was, just like the galaxy s was, as well as countless other Samsung phones who never got updates the hardware could support. If op is fine with being stuck on the same version of Android forever, then the epic touch seems like a good choice.
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What update do you want after ICS? Most of the flashaholics get a new phone every year anyway. I buy a phone based off of what it does out of the box not based off of if it will still get incremental updates 18 months from now. Also, Sammy has stated that all new phones will be supported for 18 months. We have gone from 2.3.4 to 2.3.6 already and only one phone has received the ICS OTA. update.
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What update do you want after ICS? Most of the flashaholics get a new phone every year anyway. I buy a phone based off of what it does out of the box not based off of if it will still get incremental updates 18 months from now. Also, Sammy has stated that all new phones will be supported for 18 months. We have gone from 2.3.4 to 2.3.6 already and only one phone has received the ICS OTA. update.
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I want the phones to be supported for two years after release (the length of the contract for someone who bought it at release). This is what Apple generally does and this is what google generally does with the nexus. Seems reasonable to me. Sammy still has high end phones release less than 18 months ago on froyo, true story.
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Using both phones on a daily basis I'll give you my Pros/Cons of each.
iPhone
Pro:
1) It's GSM
2) The hardware is solid
3) Metric ton of accessories
4) Good out of the box experience
5) Great battery life when not bugged
6) Typically updated for at least 2 years
Cons:
1) iOS is like riding a horse with 3 broken legs after using Android
2) It's on AT&T (by far the lowest ranked provider by consumer reports for a reason)
3) Small Screen
4) Not power user (or even remotely power user) friendly
5) I find it not as smooth as the E4GT
6) There is a bug in there somewhere that leads to serious battery drain and there is no way (that I've found) to figure out what. It's happened more than once to me and the only solution has been factory reset and not install many apps (especially not ones that might be location aware). This also does NOT seem to be a common experience.
7) Jailbrake is not as nice as rooting IF you can do it (4S cannot)
8) No sideloading
9) No 4G
10) No widgets
11) iTunes
12) Updated once a year
Epic 4G Touch
Pro:
1) Fast
2) Amazing Screen
3) Rootable
4) Much more flexible/customizable
5) Good Battery Life
6) Light (weighs less than the iPhone and my old Eris)
7) Has 4G capability
8) Widgets (This is huge actually)
9) Will likely be updated more often than iOS
Cons:
1) Android Apps do not (generally) seem as polished as iOS apps
2) CDMA
3) The phone is HUGE (Not a con for me but it is a half inch or more longer and wider than the iPhone)
4) Samsung Radio
5) Likely to be updated for less than 2 years
I do not like using my iPhone. It is literally a phone for sheep because there is only one phone, one way to use your phone, and if you don't want to use it the way Apple commands you're SOL. Compared to my 2 year old Eris it was nice. Compared to my E4GT it is garbage that Apple should be embarrassed to sell.
I'm sure there are more cons for the E4GT and more pros for the iPhone I just haven't found them yet.
Edit: Support for Android by the OEMs is largely irrelevant to me. I had gingerbread on my Eris before all but one phone on the market. I even have played with ICS on it. Even then 18 months of support is more than I would ask for.

kingsway8605 said:
I want the phones to be supported for two years after release (the length of the contract for someone who bought it at release). This is what Apple generally does and this is what google generally does with the nexus. Seems reasonable to me. Sammy still has high end phones release less than 18 months ago on froyo, true story.
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That's actually not an unreasonable request ..lol. its probably a sales and marketing ploy to get people itching to get the next big thing
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lifyre said:
Using both phones on a daily basis I'll give you my Pros/Cons of each.
iPhone
Pro:
1) It's GSM
2) The hardware is solid
3) Metric ton of accessories
4) Good out of the box experience
5) Great battery life when not bugged
6) Typically updated for at least 2 years
Cons:
1) iOS is like riding a horse with 3 broken legs after using Android
2) It's on AT&T (by far the lowest ranked provider by consumer reports for a reason)
3) Small Screen
4) Not power user (or even remotely power user) friendly
5) I find it not as smooth as the E4GT
6) There is a bug in there somewhere that leads to serious battery drain and there is no way (that I've found) to figure out what. It's happened more than once to me and the only solution has been factory reset and not install many apps (especially not ones that might be location aware). This also does NOT seem to be a common experience.
7) Jailbrake is not as nice as rooting IF you can do it (4S cannot)
8) No sideloading
9) No 4G
10) No widgets
11) iTunes
12) Updated once a year
Epic 4G Touch
Pro:
1) Fast
2) Amazing Screen
3) Rootable
4) Much more flexible/customizable
5) Good Battery Life
6) Light (weighs less than the iPhone and my old Eris)
7) Has 4G capability
8) Widgets (This is huge actually)
9) Will likely be updated more often than iOS
Cons:
1) Android Apps do not (generally) seem as polished as iOS apps
2) CDMA
3) The phone is HUGE (Not a con for me but it is a half inch or more longer and wider than the iPhone)
4) Samsung Radio
5) Likely to be updated for less than 2 years
I do not like using my iPhone. It is literally a phone for sheep because there is only one phone, one way to use your phone, and if you don't want to use it the way Apple commands you're SOL. Compared to my 2 year old Eris it was nice. Compared to my E4GT it is garbage that Apple should be embarrassed to sell.
I'm sure there are more cons for the E4GT and more pros for the iPhone I just haven't found them yet.
Edit: Support for Android by the OEMs is largely irrelevant to me. I had gingerbread on my Eris before all but one phone on the market. I even have played with ICS on it. Even then 18 months of support is more than I would ask for.
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That's a nice breakdown..if its unbiased. Lol. You really can't side load apps on the IPhone?
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JohnCorleone said:
That's a nice breakdown..if its unbiased. Lol. You really can't side load apps on the IPhone?
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I for one and I'm sure I speak for many. I do not like being told what I can and can't do with my property. I guess it's the Texan in me.

First lte sprint phone is galaxy nexus

www.engadget.com/2012/03/15/sprint-galaxy-nexus-fcc/
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so who's leaving the epic 4g touch for the galaxy nexus?

I was thinking about it. But the camera on the Epic 4G touch will keep me from jumping.

Me cause the Dallas is the first city to acquire lte.
I only been with sprint for six months so grandfathered lte speed connection for one and half year more.
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definitely switching
It's a Nexus.
Plus im sitting on 4 upgrades and my Epics screen has a few scratches on it :/

I could swear this has been posted before....maybe its deja vu
Edit: It has been posted before, by the same OP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430122&highlight=galaxy+nexus

Not me, since we probably won't see lte here before the next ice age it isn't a factor in my phone choice. I like the overall size of the E4GT, learned the hard way going from EVO 4G to EVO 3D that longer/narrower isn't better for the way the phone feels in your hand.

No doubt e4gt is better phone but unlimited lte speed I am up for it.
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digweed4me said:
No doubt e4gt is better phone but unlimited lte speed I am up for it.
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Sprint's LTE is going to suck atleast at first IMO
Have you seen Verizons coverage ?
they have LTE everywhere !
>_<

Yes this may be sprints first LTE phone how many cities have sprint LTE. If you want 4g might be better holding off until late this year/early next for better LTE support and stick with WiMax for now.
Also as other have said the epic touch is a better phone. Better rear camera, faster processor, better gpu, battery lasts longer on WiMax vs. LTE. The only advantages of the galaxy nexus is slightly larger screen (at that size could be a con), LTE support, and better custom rom support.
So overall I would say the epic touch is a nicer phone.

Why would lte suck more than wimaxx? Lte running in lower frequency penetrates building much better than wiimax
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Personally Im waiting for a samsung quad core, most likely the S3. I have found out through my many attemps to switch OEM's that I am a samsung fan, no matter what. But seriously, your talking about "upgrading" to a phone that has been out for 4-5 months by the time sprint releases it, and around that same time phones will be lauching with twice the processor, twice the camera, etc. Why waste your upgrade, or money?

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Sprint's LTE is going to suck atleast at first IMO
Have you seen Verizons coverage ?
they have LTE everywhere !
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who gives a ****?
all I care about it the fact your signatures are back!!!

"Personally Im waiting for a samsung quad core, most likely the S3. I have found out through my many attemps to switch OEM's that I am a samsung fan, no matter what. But seriously, your talking about "upgrading" to a phone that has been out for 4-5 months by the time sprint releases it, and around that same time phones will be lauching with twice the processor, twice the camera, etc. Why waste your upgrade, or money?"
+1 to that. Besides that, when you upgrade to something that has little or no DEV support, it is better to just wait awhile.
And +1 to iSaints sig!!!

jpkelly05 said:
"Personally Im waiting for a samsung quad core, most likely the S3. I have found out through my many attemps to switch OEM's that I am a samsung fan, no matter what. But seriously, your talking about "upgrading" to a phone that has been out for 4-5 months by the time sprint releases it, and around that same time phones will be lauching with twice the processor, twice the camera, etc. Why waste your upgrade, or money?"
+1 to that. Besides that, when you upgrade to something that has little or no DEV support, it is better to just wait awhile.
And +1 to iSaints sig!!!
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Agreed with the iPhone 5 around the corner why would I waste money on this (Gnex)
ugh im so stressed

iSaint said:
Agreed with the iPhone 5 around the corner why would I waste money on this (Gnex)
ugh im so stressed
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thanks for harshing my buzz over your sigs with the mention of the IBone...

have an upgrade now, but defiantly going to wait for 4 cores. Hopefully the next "Nexus" inst too far away. Im sure well have all the roms proper soon enough: MIUI, CM9, AOKP. There almost all ready as is.
Though I cant possibly Imagine what that much power is for in a phone considering our e4gt underclocked to 500mhz still runs like a dream.

E4GT all the way

Having had the Nexus S 4G and living with it's absolutely terrible speaker quality and generally weak volume (missed calls due to low volume and weak vibrate, using the speakers for YouTube or online videos was a waste of time) and terrible radio to boot, it's a wonder that it's the same Samsung that makes the NS4G and the Epic Touch.
The Epic Touch is night and day compared to the NS4G specifically in the areas of audio, speaker quality and volume.
Having prefaced with all that, i'm skeptical about the Galaxy Nexus as well. First off, the camera is not good, some VZW users have said. I have read some posts talking about low speaker quality, basically the speakers are not loud at all (same issue i found with the NS4G). At least Sprint's version is 32GB storage (negates whining about expansion slot a bit).
I'll have to play with it in person first before deciding. Epic Touch is plenty fine and functioning very well for me right now.

brooksyx said:
Yes this may be sprints first LTE phone how many cities have sprint LTE. If you want 4g might be better holding off until late this year/early next for better LTE support and stick with WiMax for now.
Also as other have said the epic touch is a better phone. Better rear camera, faster processor, better gpu, battery lasts longer on WiMax vs. LTE. The only advantages of the galaxy nexus is slightly larger screen (at that size could be a con), LTE support, and better custom rom support.
So overall I would say the epic touch is a nicer phone.
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The HD screen on the nexus alone makes the jump worth it IMO. You are still right though. It's going to take a while for sprint lte to mature.
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Galaxy Nexus or Evo LTE?

Hey XDA folks,
So now that we know that the Evo LTE is coming... are you guys making the switch to HTC or staying with Sammy on the Galaxy Nexus or the next SGS3?
I myself find myself leaning more towards the Galaxy Nexus but it HAS to be LTE, if not I am going with the Evo.

The Galaxy Nexus is an LTE phone, if that is what is the only thing that is making you indecisive.

im0rtalz said:
The Galaxy Nexus is an LTE phone, if that is what is the only thing that is making you indecisive.[/QUItoe
Its not the only reason why, updates, better perfomance ( as reviewed by Phone Arena to the HTC One X)smoother software, expandable memory, no hardware buttons, development supoort, and its Google's baby.
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To be honest, I've had HTC phones, and while they do work, they always have rather bad battery life.
EVO's got it's huge development team behind it (you wont be without something to flash) and it's going to be better as far as LTE connection due to it's ability to connect to the 800(900?) mhz band of Sprint's LTE.
The Gnex is probably going to be better with battery performance, despite it's battery size being only 1850, as compared to it's 2000 mAh competitor (EVO LTE). But since it's AOSP, it's not going to have a battery drain skin such as sense running.
The other thing to consider is that the gNex has been out for awhile, and we're late getting it. In 6-7 months from now, the next Nexus will be announced and we'll be stuck with our phones for 2 years (unless you've some way to get new phones for affordable prices).
I prefer stability over performance and such. I think the gNex screen is much better because it's Amoled, so I'd choose the gNex.

hope these helps you decide...
http://easternmorningherald.com/htc-evo-4g-lte-vs-samsung-galaxy-nexus-competition-heats-up/123675/
http://easternmorningherald.com/htc-evo-4g-lte-vs-samsung-galaxy-nexus-competition-heats-up/123675/

Ascertion said:
To be honest, I've had HTC phones, and while they do work, they always have rather bad battery life.
EVO's got it's huge development team behind it (you wont be without something to flash) and it's going to be better as far as LTE connection due to it's ability to connect to the 800(900?) mhz band of Sprint's LTE.
The Gnex is probably going to be better with battery performance, despite it's battery size being only 1850, as compared to it's 2000 mAh competitor (EVO LTE). But since it's AOSP, it's not going to have a battery drain skin such as sense running.
The other thing to consider is that the gNex has been out for awhile, and we're late getting it. In 6-7 months from now, the next Nexus will be announced and we'll be stuck with our phones for 2 years (unless you've some way to get new phones for affordable prices).
I prefer stability over performance and such. I think the gNex screen is much better because it's Amoled, so I'd choose the gNex.
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Well said!
As for waiting another 6-7 months for the next gen Nexus... it'll be longer. Simply put Sprint has never received first dibs on the nexus device. I say it'll be At&t who gets the next one first although I would love for all 4 carriers to get it at the same time.
As for being stuck for 2 years with the same phone..nah I dont beleieve in that, I always find a way to get the newest without paying full price ( Craigslist) or I just sell my phone and use that money towards a used but like new phone on there as well. Thats not the issue with me LoL.
I also am leaning towards the Nexus now simply because you made a great point, the fact that sense is still running will use more battery.

I'm going to jump ship to the Evo LTE simply because I'm an Evo fanboy. Love HTC sense. Only reason I got this phone is because of the bigger screen but now that they finally gave the Evo a bigger screen I'm going back.
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mexiking713 said:
I'm going to jump ship to the Evo LTE simply because I'm an Evo fanboy. Love HTC sense. Only reason I got this phone is because of the bigger screen but now that they finally gave the Evo a bigger screen I'm going back.
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Me too buddy for the same reasons...

mexiking713 said:
I'm going to jump ship to the Evo LTE simply because I'm an Evo fanboy. Love HTC sense. Only reason I got this phone is because of the bigger screen but now that they finally gave the Evo a bigger screen I'm going back.
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See I'm not so sure I'm not a fan of the 16:9 screen ratio on phones. The evo 4g lte looks like the screen was stretched vertically and looks really narrow. Is 16:9 going to be the new standard? I love the width of my et4g and hope the gs3 is similar
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Galaxy nexus for updates alone.
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kingsway8605 said:
Galaxy nexus for updates alone.
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UPDATE I just came back from the Verizon store ... I went to just see the Galaxy Nexus in person... and I was not impressed. It feels too much like my ET4G, and not that thats a bad thing. I am just ready for a change! I though maybe I would love it in person but I left there feeling my ET4G was a BETTER phone.
Come May 26th Hello Evo LTE!!

Neither, by the time Sprint LTE is a real working network there will be better options. I will probably be due for my upgrade by then. Also the Nexus isn't really an upgrade from S2 just a variation.

I'm not sure about that phonearena writeup...
Both Phil Nickinson and Myriam Joire are head over heels for the One X. They claim that the screen is nicer (by a landslide), the camera blows the Nexus one away (Not much of a stretch, my Epic Touch camera blows the Nexus camera away), and that Sense is very light and very nice.
Of course, there's the battery... that's the only thing holding me back from a full on geekgasm at this point over the HTC.
I'm going to wait until I can look at both of them side by side and make my own decision.

someguyatx said:
Neither, by the time Sprint LTE is a real working network there will be better options. I will probably be due for my upgrade by then. Also the Nexus isn't really an upgrade from S2 just a variation.
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I think thats why I am going with th Evo

Android Central recently had an article about the HTC One X's battery life. While I know there are differences between both the One X and the EVO LTE, I believe it would be a good reference point. Although the One X doesn't have the LTE support yet in the states, those screen shots of the battery lasting 17+hours with as much as 22% left to go, has to get you a little bit excited. Especially because the One X has a smaller battery compared to the EVO LTE. Granted, whenever the LTE network is up and running in your area with you running it on the phone, the life will obviously go down. But still, I'm pretty excited about the possibilities.

kawaski47 said:
See I'm not so sure I'm not a fan of the 16:9 screen ratio on phones. The evo 4g lte looks like the screen was stretched vertically and looks really narrow. Is 16:9 going to be the new standard? I love the width of my et4g and hope the gs3 is similar
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Very good point. I loved the screen size on my evo 4g but the screen on the evo 3d was a downgrade ratio wise. The screen was sharper but I often made spelling errors because of the screen being more narrow. I'm hoping the bigger size makes up for that on the evo lte. I think it really comes down to what you like best. Stock ics and the latest os or sense and the great hardware. I go in to the evo lte knowing that I'm not going to get constant os updates but I'm OK with that because of the huge dev team behind the evo.
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mexiking713 said:
Very good point. I loved the screen size on my evo 4g but the screen on the evo 3d was a downgrade ratio wise. The screen was sharper but I often made spelling errors because of the screen being more narrow. I'm hoping the bigger size makes up for that on the evo lte. I think it really comes down to what you like best. Stock ics and the latest os or sense and the great hardware. I go in to the evo lte knowing that I'm not going to get constant os updates but I'm OK with that because of the huge dev team behind the evo.
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I hope so too! The first Evo got HUGE dev support compared to the Evo 3D, but then again this Evo One should outsell the 3D, not sure if it will beat the Original Evo.

I HATE Sense. But, Id still get the 4G LTE due to its MUCH better hardware. It'll just suck waiting on AOSP to hit the EVO, but it'll be worth it 2 years down the line.

The battery life arguement is invalid. You own a nexus. The updates are invalid. Google clearly hasn't cared about it like they used to.
I the nexus good...yes. absolutely. It will always be a fantastic phone. But the Evo lte will also be a great phone. The battery life can't get /be worse than a nexus...and if it releases w 4.0.3 or 4.0.4 of can't be worse on updates. Cdma nexus has had...1? Not hating. Just pointing out pure facts. The nexus is a great pure aosp phone. But there are also other great phones to consider if you are being locked into contracts

Jess813 said:
I left there feeling my ET4G was a BETTER phone.
Come May 26th Hello Evo LTE!!
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Thats because it is... Galaxy Nexus performance leaves something to be desired coming from this beastly exynos powered phone. I do love a lot of the features the Nexus has to offer though...

Bye-bye HTC

Thought I would get this started, but how many are coming from an HTC device?

ScottyBeGood said:
Thought I would get this started, but how many are coming from an HTC device?
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My last one was the TP2
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My last HTC was the Hero (I did love it, but it's slow as sh**.)

I've come from a few HTC devices (Mogul, Touch Pro, Touch Pro 2) and am currently on my EVO 3D. Glad to finally try out Samsung and see what the differences are between manufacturers!
To be honest I was loving the new EVO LTE until I saw it had no removable battery. Pretty much a deal breaker for me since I like to have spares, but that's just my opinion
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Evolte I hate it

went from HTC touch diamond to HTC google nexus one, now samsung S3. I've had major problems with all those htc phones, can't wait to switch

Kutthoat5150 said:
went from HTC touch diamond to HTC google nexus one, now samsung S3. I've had major problems with all those htc phones, can't wait to switch
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Let me preface this by saying i love Samsung phones, never even tried HTC, but every phone will have its issues don't expect smooth sailingfrom Samsung either
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briefrelief said:
I've come from a few HTC devices (Mogul, Touch Pro, Touch Pro 2) and am currently on my EVO 3D. Glad to finally try out Samsung and see what the differences are between manufacturers!
To be honest I was loving the new EVO LTE until I saw it had no removable battery. Pretty much a deal breaker for me since I like to have spares, but that's just my opinion
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I'm in the same boat, im currently using an Evo 3D, and had the Evo LTE for 13 days before returning it to order the SGS3...
I have had the Evo 4G also, so ive had HTC products for a while and like them, loved the Evo LTE and even like sense... but the 2 gigs of ram and removable battery, not to mention all the other features of the SGS3 made me switch...
also since i had been using Sense for so long, getting the Evo LTE didn't feel like this crazy new phone, sure it was fast, beautiful screen, good battery... but sense is sense... now i know i could have gotten different launchers, but i really haven't messed with launchers, roms, kernels since my OG Evo... honestly just dont have the time to do all that...
so touchwiz will be new for me and make it feel like a real new phone

Yes. Coming from OG EVO
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As for Android... OG Droid, Incredible, OG Evo, Evo 3D, Sprint SGS2... Sometime in the future, a PB 32GB SGS3.
Epic Touch 4g / SGS2 is a great phone. But I like swapping often. Don't miss HTC Sense. Don't mind most of touchwiz though

All I have had has been HTC phones which include Mogul, Touch Pro, Touch Pro 2 and am currently on my EVO Shift. I always liked HTC and Sense but started to get upset with the 2.3 update bug that never got fixed and forced me to use the Go launcher which had a Sense 3.0 theme. Once I looked at the new evo lte it appeared boring and the same of what I have less a keyboard and a removable battery....couldn't get excited about it.
So I decided to jump into the S3 mix and see what happens. Concerns are the email client and exchange server integration aren't as good as HTC. I also understand the spell checking is not as good. I am a big corporate email user and need spell checking....this may be a deal breaker in me keeping the phone. mynwife also had a Samdung transform which was ****.
Anyone have experience with the sg3 email?

jbadboy2007 said:
Evolte I hate it
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worst then the 3d.....if someone didnt offer me $500 for it id a threw it through a wall
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OG Evo here... it's still a nice phone. I got a 32gb coming sometime, and EvoLTE coming friday so I'm pretty sure I'm gonna be blown away twice

I'm still trying to decide if I want to exchange my EVO for the s3. Things I'm just concerned about is GPS and radios. Review from engadget stilll said GPS locks faster than EVO but EVO was more accurate. As far as doing speed test on att version, HTC had faster downloads but they did say they will re do test when phone is broken into. I went to EVO from e4gt and I never used 3g on my epic because it was HORRIBLE. I now use my 3g on my EVO a lot more since its actually decent to surf the net or xda app. I have till the 28th to decide so hopefully I get to play one at my store soon. Non removable battery not a killer for me since I can get 7+ hrs screen on and 17+ hrs of battery. I got a zagg rechargeble battery pack that I can use if I need to.
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Sephirothvfc said:
Things I'm just concerned about is GPS and radios. Review from engadget stilll said GPS locks faster than EVO but EVO was more accurate.
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If you mean the comparison between the GSIII variants they said the opposite I believe.
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Both models lock onto GPS very quickly -- AT&T's is slightly faster at about three seconds, while Sprint's grabs your position within six to seven -- but we find Sprint's version offers up more precise coordinates.
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Just sold my Evo 3D on Craigslist 3 days ago and have been using my oldschool palm pre for 3 days (talk about frustrating!) until my GS3 arrives, which is tomorrow thank the good Lord above! I suffered through a year of a terrible camera and even worse speaker phone on the 3D and am interested to see what Samsung is all about!

I manage my wifes phone and she's coming over from the original evo. Its a good phone and still in good condition but she's ready for something new. It will make a good backup phone.
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yep, not at all impressed with the evo lte, will be exchanging it as soon as possible.

My last 5 phones was HTC(big grey pocket PC , mogul, tp1, tp2, evo). I got my hands on the GS2 n it was over... I'm Samsung for life now... still waiting for my 32gb s3...

OG Evo, but I decided to go big so I'm in 32GB limbo.
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