Wondering if anyone regrets not buying the EVO 4g Lte...
Oh my lawd not again :banghead:
I'll answer this time though. I had the Evo LTE and I don't regret leaving it behind. It was a solid device (even though it was prone to bending) but the overall experience is better on the S3. Samsung is a lot more dev friendly compared to HTC which takes its sweet time releasing source and making sure exploits to gain s-off are harder to achieve.
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No.
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I went back and forth between which to get and I'm convinced the GS3 was the right choice.
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My son and my wife have it...... GS3 is definitely better.
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Nope.... Sense still causes performance problems like before and makes the phone sluggish. You would hope by now that htc would improve upon sense from a performance and feature perspective but unfortunately no, or so it appears that way. Out of the box most people say that you have to root the phone and load a custom rom to make the phone what it should be. That right there is what made me get the sg3 instead as I usually just run stock with root and don't load custom roms (usually) so to have to do that initially kinda sucks for me.
No phone is perfect and all have their little annoyances you just choose what you can live with.
I had both. The SGS3 is better. Sprint is the problem.
Man stop it with the evolte/gs3 threads!!!!! Aaaaaaahhhhh!!!!
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30Glock said:
Wondering if anyone regrets not buying the EVO 4g Lte...
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I actually had the LTEVO last week and have no regrets about making the switch... the phone just was not on par with this beast despite having almost identical specs. multi tasking seemed difficult for the LTEVO and Radio on it was horrible.
To me the evo lte isnt even the s3 most competition. Id give the galaxy nexus that luxury.
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had the evo and no regrets here either. as long as sammy puts out phones like these i don't see myself ever going back to HTC. i've been married for a long time now but ever since i got my GS3 sometimes i wonder how life would be like if i was married to this beauty instead. :laugh:
My only regret is buying the EVO first and actually holding on to it pass Best Buy's 30 day return. The evo was sluggish as hell and god forbid you make a thread over at the EVO LTE forum stating that. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1821083
I got a warning and told to never come back by the childish forum moderator.
yeah I'm about to return this pos phone! Damn MTP bull**** I can't syncrhonize folders anymore to backup sd card! What bull****.. not only that so far wireless and mobile has been slower than my EVO 3D. I can't believe people can say this phone is better it has all sorts of issues that make it worse.
No USB Mass Storage
Data speeds seem horrible compared to EVO's
SG3 UMS I can't get to work either
I use Link2SD and every damn time I boot this phone up it goes through optimizing my 255 applications! What the heck? The more I use this phone the worse it seems not better!
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yeah I'm about to return this pos phone! Damn MTP bull**** I can't syncrhonize folders anymore to backup sd card! What bull****.. not only that so far wireless and mobile has been slower than my EVO 3D. I can't believe people can say this phone is better it has all sorts of issues that make it worse.
No USB Mass Storage
Data speeds seem horrible compared to EVO's
SG3 UMS I can't get to work either
I use Link2SD and every damn time I boot this phone up it goes through optimizing my 255 applications! What the heck? The more I use this phone the worse it seems not better!
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Cool sto....................................................Ah never mind.
yup
MadFlava said:
I had both. The SGS3 is better. Sprint is the problem.
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Agree 100%. Wish I would of waited a month. At least I could've returned it within the 30 day mark and jumped on tmo. Those new plans w/ actual ultd data are lookin real good to someone who just lockd into sprint for 2 years.
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Cool sto....................................................Ah never mind.
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No regrets here, but I'm a die-hard Galaxy S user and have had each one. This one is the best. I don't even miss 4g for the moment.
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My only regret is buying the EVO first and actually holding on to it pass Best Buy's 30 day return. The evo was sluggish as hell and god forbid you make a thread over at the EVO LTE forum stating that. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1821083
I got a warning and told to never come back by the childish forum moderator.
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That's a hilarious thread. All those HTC fanboys over there.
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molitar said:
yeah I'm about to return this pos phone! Damn MTP bull**** I can't syncrhonize folders anymore to backup sd card! What bull****.. not only that so far wireless and mobile has been slower than my EVO 3D. I can't believe people can say this phone is better it has all sorts of issues that make it worse.
No USB Mass Storage
Data speeds seem horrible compared to EVO's
SG3 UMS I can't get to work either
I use Link2SD and every damn time I boot this phone up it goes through optimizing my 255 applications! What the heck? The more I use this phone the worse it seems not better!
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Troll.
>No USB Mass Storage
MTP is 60x better.
>Data speeds seem horrible compared to EVO's
Really? My old Evo 3D got like 2 bars of signal at my house and pulled 300kbps if I was lucky. The Galaxy S3 has much better radios where it can get 5 bars of signal at my house and pulls 1000-2000kbps. The speeds are only going to get better with Network Vision.
>SG3 UMS I can't get to work either
UMS sucks but if you insist on having it, use one of the 60000+ guides out there.
>I use Link2SD and every damn time I boot this phone up it goes through optimizing my 255 applications! What the heck? The more I use this phone the worse it seems not better.
Stop using Link2SD.
I've had the Evo 3D and it's such a POS. The only way you can be saying it's better than even the SGS2 is if you're trolling.
Can't agree about mtp being 60x better. Mtp sucks. Isn't compatible with **** and if you have stock it might as well be mass storage cuz u still can't use the phone during transfer. Think it should be optional or something. (Please devs get something going for mass storage mode). As far as signal idk about the evo but from reading posts on the site it seems htc's in general get better reception than samsungs piss poor radios. Plus the ****tier my signal is the hotter the phone is which is why i dont doubt it. I must agree with u on links2sd, wtf is the purpose for using it for anyway?
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Okay so don't nobody want to talk about what they don't like... Well here's mines comparing it to the epic 4g
The phone (4G touch) is the coldest out, just want to put that out there.
The graphics or camera don't meet the expectations as a part2 of this phone.
that's the only thing I can say thats wrong with this phone...
I'm not trolling, just giving my opinion.
Just got the phone today so don't cuss me out because I said this.
But still again I'm still playing with it.
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Graphics or camera?!?
I think you nedx to play nova 2 hd and take a few 1080p videos and then check back in....
The camera is the best I seen on a phone (in person)
And graphics are amazing... Better than any dual core phone imo
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trow-uhllllll
Aside from the fact that when I read OP I was all like "what is this I don't even", if we are to assume that he intends to take exception with the "graphics or camera" I must profess, with as stiff an upper lip as I can muster, that I would prefer he were to GTFO with his trolling.
If by some peculiar stretch of the internet's good will OP has truly spoken with veracity of his mind and thoughts, well, I think it goes without saying that the sooner his opinion be disregarded the better.
I've never seen a better cellphone camera, hands down, ever. I'm pretty blown away. So far as "graphics" are concerned--as vacuous as such a statement is--we'll assume he means anything to do with 3D graphic rendering and/or reproduction. Also the finest performance I've ever seen on a cell phone. Sure, it isn't qHD, but if that is a surprise to you it would suit you well to stop purchasing bleeding edge smartphones without knowing what the hell you are talking about.
The bad:
Supplies charging cable too short.
I guess no phone can be perfect
My dislike is the screen wake lagg, and which will just doubtedly be fixed in a rom or kernel and it won't make me any food??? I'm waiting though..
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I just wish this phone was able to make me a sammich and get me a beer.
The camera is pretty sweet, though the Epic was good too. (My N8 smashes it, but then again that's that phone's main selling point.)
I haven't used it long enough to check out the radios, but it seems like Samsung pulled it together.
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I agree - the bad being the shortest charging cable I've ever seen! Barely reaches the top of the nightstand...
Fortunately easily solved on Amazon - actual Samsung branded car charger cord for $4, home charger with longer cord for $6, $1.50 for a longer Samsung USB cable...
I was also disappointed that it didn't come with a micro SD card. My buddy's DroidX I think has 16gb onboard, and came with a 16gb card too. To me, 16gb onboard is more than I need, but for a "superphone" dolled up with all these extras and details, figured they wouldn't go cheap on the power cord and no SD card.
I'm only partly disappointed that the screen resolution isn't 960x540 like the Bionic and a few others. It's not really any disadvantage, and I'd easily pick the rich colors and ridiculously black blacks over a higher res anyday - so much easier on the eyes. But mostly on principal - I'm still shaking my head that the iPhone 4 has been out so long, and it should have been 3 weeks (I'm exaggerating) before other phones came out with screens of either similar pixel density or resolution. It's not rocket science, and Apple does all their manufacturing through contract manufacturers for this stuff... a true OEM like Samsung should be able to nail that one pretty easily, right?
Also saw some GPS numbers on another thread that showed only ho-hum GPS reception... the comparison phone walked all over it. But (to stay positive), if there was a radio/antenna to skimp out on, I'm glad it was this one.
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The bad:
Supplies charging cable too short.
I guess no phone can be perfect
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haha seriously. I unraveled it and looked in the box for the rest of it.
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haha seriously. I unraveled it and looked in the box for the rest of it.
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Lmfao me too!!!
I much prefer this phone over my 3D for many reasons. I can't think of an existing phone I'd rather have but I will say
The EVO 3D got better data speeds for me - that is based on regular test in the same location.
I prefer sense but that is a matter of opinion.
This thing seems to take longer to charge than any phone I've had using the AD charger.
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trow-uhllllll
Aside from the fact that when I read OP I was all like "what is this I don't even", if we are to assume that he intends to take exception with the "graphics or camera" I must profess, with as stiff an upper lip as I can muster, that I would prefer he were to GTFO with his trolling.
If by some peculiar stretch of the internet's good will OP has truly spoken with veracity of his mind and thoughts, well, I think it goes without saying that the sooner his opinion be disregarded the better.
I've never seen a better cellphone camera, hands down, ever. I'm pretty blown away. So far as "graphics" are concerned--as vacuous as such a statement is--we'll assume he means anything to do with 3D graphic rendering and/or reproduction. Also the finest performance I've ever seen on a cell phone. Sure, it isn't qHD, but if that is a surprise to you it would suit you well to stop purchasing bleeding edge smartphones without knowing what the hell you are talking about.
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I ****ing HOWLED as I read this. So funny because it's so true.
I picture the guy typing this as Brad Neely's BabyCakes.
Lmao.
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Okay so don't nobody want to talk about what they don't like... Well here's mines comparing it to the epic 4g
The phone (4G touch) is the coldest out, just want to put that out there.
The graphics or camera don't meet the expectations as a part2 of this phone.
that's the only thing I can say ttys wrong with this phone...
I'm not trolling, just giving my opinion.
Just got the phone today so don't cuss me out becauseI said this.
But still again I'm still playing with it.
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I don't like that USB Host is disabled and wifi only does'nt do infrastructure.
The bad would be battery life for me anyway and closing of games while playing
WOW... You guy's are hard, I said I wasn't Trolling but whatever.
I took a picture with my old Epic and then my wife took the same pic with her Nexes 4G and I compared all pic's and the Epic 4G and Nexes 4g had better pic quality than my new Epic 4G touch.
But that's not a deal breaker I still love the phone.
And the charger cord is to short ( LOL ) But I have a lot of them around the house.
Well enough about this... TIME TO ROOT THIS BABY!
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The bad:
Supplies charging cable too short.
I guess no phone can be perfect
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I don't like that USB Host is disabled and wifi only does'nt do infrastructure.
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Agreed!
My only other complaint is the phone doesn't store my screen timeout settings through reboot nor my contact shortcuts using buddy now. After every boot I have to change this again. It is a bit frustrating. Anyone else having that issue? Other than these mentioned things the phone is amazing and I will have a hard time getting anything else for quite some time I think.
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WOW... You guy's are hard, I said I wasn't Trolling but whatever.
I took a picture with my old Epic and then my wife took the same pic with her Nexes 4G and I compared all pic's and the Epic 4G and Nexes 4g had better pic quality than my new Epic 4G touch.
But that's not a deal breaker I still love the phone.
And the charger cord is to short ( LOL ) But I have a lot of them around the house.
Well enough about this... TIME TO ROOT THIS BABY!
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People are going to assume trolling when they read your original post and go... English MFer! Do you speak it?!?!?!
No one seriously wants to decipher the gibberish you spewed. I, personally, am still confused about your point.
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I much prefer this phone over my 3D for many reasons. I can't think of an existing phone I'd rather have but I will say
The EVO 3D got better data speeds for me - that is based on regular test in the same location.
I prefer sense but that is a matter of opinion.
This thing seems to take longer to charge than any phone I've had using the AD charger.
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I agree I love this phone but the data speeds are a little low. I got with full bars of 4g on my evo 3d 2200 kbs and on my epic touch I am lucky to get 1100 kbs that is the main thing I see wrong or that I dont like about this phone. But that can be easily fixed with a radio update like they did on the 3d.
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I was a little disappointed that the E4GT will not walk my dog for me. I hear the new quad core phones coming out in Q1 2012 will and I can't wait for that. Other than that, this phone blows away anything else I have had....and I have had them all......
I've had HTC devices my whole phone life until I got this phone. When I had the Evo 3D there were bug fixes released before the phone was even released. On this phone, there are major bugs: LOS,wifi signal, cant use phone when charging because of screen being dumb, etc. This is getting really annoying that the phone has been out for a couple of weeks, it has bugs, and Samsung/Sprint aren't rushing to fix their current flag-ship phone.
What do you think is going to happen when ICS comes out? My mom's Epic 4G still has 2.2, that's just sad. Well have ICS when Jellybean is released.
This is probably my first and last Samsung phone.
Lol did u buy the phone for specs?
obviously you didnt research samsungs flaws... (htc has them too)
updates are something samsung/sprint(other carriers aswell) dont like to do in a timely manner
All ths blame cant be put on samsungs shoulders but due to there touchwiz it takes a little bit to tweak the updates (all devices are not the same)
And then sprint has to "approve" the updates/tweaks (in most cases)
I suggest buying a pure google (nexus) phone if you so worried about "OTA updates" or go back to htc phones if u think they get updates faster
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Well basically I had an Evo 3D till about 2 weeks ago because it kept having issues, so the manager of the store gave me an Epic 4G Touch because he was tired of seeing me in the store. I'm stuck under contract for 1 year with this phone now.
I had the nexus s 4g and until today with three updates still have the same problem with the signal. The updates are just going to hide the bad radios in samsung phones. Most of them, at least cdma radios. they suck. the nexus s with the first update used to have 40% without signal, with the last update I had 20% but 3g was very spotty and slow so I sold it and I went with the ET4G and bammm, 40% again and LOS that is worst so I took it back. My evo in the same area I have 0% and now with the mopho 0%.
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Well basically I had an Evo 3D till about 2 weeks ago because it kept having issues, so the manager of the store gave me an Epic 4G Touch because he was tired of seeing me in the store. I'm stuck under contract for 1 year with this phone now.
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"stuck" isnt a good word to describe your situation. Ive also had the evo 3d (launch day) and the photon.... Sell the phone and do research and test a device out before gou take the plunge.... Not to be a **** but you did it to your self cant blame the multi billion dollar cpmpany that sold you the phone or ths one that manufactures it... (even though they could fix it relatively easy and quickly with the help of sprint)
Test different roms out and look for temporary fixes almost all of your complaints have some sort of fix or work around.... Still to this day my evo has bugs.........its man mads its gonna have flaws
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I've had HTC devices my whole phone life until I got this phone. When I had the Evo 3D there were bug fixes released before the phone was even released. On this phone, there are major bugs: LOS,wifi signal, cant use phone when charging because of screen being dumb, etc. This is getting really annoying that the phone has been out for a couple of weeks, it has bugs, and Samsung/Sprint aren't rushing to fix their current flag-ship phone.
What do you think is going to happen when ICS comes out? My mom's Epic 4G still has 2.2, that's just sad. Well have ICS when Jellybean is released.
This is probably my first and last Samsung phone.
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Your name must "speedy0339" because it describes your update expectations.
HTC all your phone life? Aww, he's just a widdle guy wid a wotta rage. Heh, htc is pretty new to the american phone market so you gotta be what, 15?
In seriousness though, I hear you. HTC has made some **** phones (see my sig for an example) but these samsung issues are not minor.
I actually don't think there will be a fix (period) for the wifi or cell signal issues. I just think the radios are plain BAD. As for LOS problem, I think it'll be fixed, but who knows when.
Apple on 10/4 posted customer satisfaction stats as follows:
Customers who answered "VERY SATISFIED WITH THEIR PHONE"
Apple: 70% (1st place... of course)
HTC: 49% (2nd place)
Samsung: 28% (4th or 5th place, can't remember)
Seeing that did make me think about htc versus samsung. But theres no real alternative. The nexus prime will also be a samsung phone probably with equally ****ty wifi/cell radios.
i had the evo 4g and had that running very close to perfection... had the evo 3d and had issues that couldn't fix and update didn't fix... i moved to the ET4G best move yet.. still has some issues but definitely an advancement in tek..i luv but couldn't go back to the evo 4g
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I've had HTC devices my whole phone life until I got this phone. When I had the Evo 3D there were bug fixes released before the phone was even released. On this phone, there are major bugs: LOS,wifi signal, cant use phone when charging because of screen being dumb, etc. This is getting really annoying that the phone has been out for a couple of weeks, it has bugs, and Samsung/Sprint aren't rushing to fix their current flag-ship phone.
What do you think is going to happen when ICS comes out? My mom's Epic 4G still has 2.2, that's just sad. Well have ICS when Jellybean is released.
This is probably my first and last Samsung phone.
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Really, everyone knows Samsung is always slow with updates, it could be months till we see it fixed, maybe never.
If you had experience with the epic 4g, then you should know what to expect from Samsung already.
I knew this before I got the phone, and yea HTC would have fixed this already.
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HTC all your phone life? Aww, he's just a widdle guy wid a wotta rage. Heh, htc is pretty new to the american phone market so you gotta be what, 15?
In seriousness though, I hear you. HTC has made some **** phones (see my sig for an example) but these samsung issues are not minor.
I actually don't think there will be a fix (period) for the wifi or cell signal issues. I just think the radios are plain BAD. As for LOS problem, I think it'll be fixed, but who knows when.
Apple on 10/4 posted customer satisfaction stats as follows:
Customers who answered "VERY SATISFIED WITH THEIR PHONE"
Apple: 70% (1st place... of course)
HTC: 49% (2nd place)
Samsung: 28% (4th or 5th place, can't remember)
Seeing that did make me think about htc versus samsung. But theres no real alternative. The nexus prime will also be a samsung phone probably with equally ****ty wifi/cell radios.
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Haha good guess im 16 but ive had a phone since i was 10 xD
My first smart phone was the htc touch, then the BB WE, then the evo, evo 3d, and now this.
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Really, everyone knows Samsung is always slow with updates, it could be months till we see it fixed, maybe never.
If you had experience with the epic 4g, then you should know what to expect from Samsung already.
I knew this before I got the phone, and yea HTC would have fixed this already.
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I figured Samsung would have stepped up their game and hired some more asians. (not being racist, its the truth)
And as for the other guy that said there are fixes for my problems, could you post some links because there are only like 2 roms that i can see.
Actually I turned the roaming setting to "sprint only" and I don't think I had a LOS since now that I think of it.
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Actually I turned the roaming setting to "sprint only" and I don't think I had a LOS since now that I think of it.
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Hmm, im going ot give this a try
I returned the galaxy over the android os draining the battery glitch
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1290020
apparently, Samsung hasn't addressed the issue since the release of the international version in the spring. They seem to have horrible support
I'm willing to wait it our for awhile to see what happens. Not sure how long I'll wait but for now I can find ways around some of the issues and that's fine with me. Kinda in the same boat till this (smartphone) I've always had HTC but I would not get rid of this phone for another HTC at least as of late. If Samsung or Sprint do not roll out updates or fixes I'll just root the phone like I've done with every other phone I've had and be happy with it like I am currently with it being stock.
But the beauty is there's other phones out there
Samsung Galaxy S Dos indeed
My wifi doesn't show full bars all the time but my data speeds are fast... even in parts of my house where I was not able to connect before.
Yeah research would be smart before buying a phone. I like samsung because the hardware is awesome and I don't depend on them for updates...thats what xda is for. I honestly don't get why people get android phones and then don't take advantage of the open source community. The awesome thing about samsung phones is that they are just as easy to take back to stock as they are to root in the first place.
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My wifi doesn't show full bars all the time but my data speeds are fast... even in parts of my house where I was not able to connect before.
Yeah research would be smart before buying a phone. I like samsung becausee hardware is awesome and I don't depend on them for updates...thats what xda is for. I honestly don't get why people get android phones and then don't take advantage of the open source community. The awesome thing about samsung phones is that they are just as easy to take back to stock as they are to root in the first place.
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This is flaw statement. Open source community cannot solve factory defects. Did the open source community solve the reception issue with the Nexus S? Nope. It took Samsung/Sprint to release a software upgrade to address it (and it only helps somewhat). Samsung Epic 4g gps? Same thing.
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But the beauty is there's other phones out there
Samsung Galaxy S Dos indeed
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Not if apple can help it.
threads like these just make me glad I waited... cuz id be pissed.
top of the line phone that can barely hold a signal...iphone4?
Check it out-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1488994
Talk about accessories
What device you moving on to?
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Talk about accessories
What device you moving on to?
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I really, really, REALLY don't want to say.
the iPhone 4s on AT&T
/hangs head in shame
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I really, really, REALLY don't want to say.
the iPhone 4s on AT&T
/hangs head in shame
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I really, really, REALLY don't want to say.
the iPhone 4s on AT&T
/hangs head in shame
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Normally I would be trolling this but I respect you for answering my question.
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God, they're such a horrible company as carriers go, IMO.
Why the iPhone? No option for SGSII? The Galaxy S Note is coming soon too... So sad to see you go man.
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the iPhone 4s on AT&T
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Oh No MetalHead! What Happened???
He must support SOPA, frivolous patent lawsuits, be against big corporations, afraid of change, andjust enough freedom to change your wallpaper. And I agree with Oscar about att, they have the worst customer service I have ever dealt with EVER!
Anyways usually people who have used android and got stuck with an iPhone are desperate to come back within a few weeks.
I could never imagine going from 4.52 screen to 3.5 screen .
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based on my past, you think id be here to bash you for switching to iphone. im not going to. youre an adult, you understand your choice.
question is, Sprint sells the iPhone and wont cap your data. why leave for theirs? no upgrade availability?
I won't comment IPhone part but AT&T as carrier is horrible. After 7 years of service I paid termination fees for 3 lines (only 4 months after accepting last 2 year term) because of their horrible customer services (t-mobile cs is not far away from them). Not to mention your 2GB data limit on AT&T, and increased termination fees....
If AT&T somehow manage to become only wireless carrier I will move to PAYPHONE, but won't go there... but that just me. Good luck! Sorry if my post wasn't on place...
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....hey have the worst customer service I have ever dealt with EVER!
Anyways usually people who have used android and got stuck with an iPhone are desperate to come back within a few weeks.
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Why the iPhone? No option for SGSII? The Galaxy S Note is coming soon too... So sad to see you go man.
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I went with AT&T because Sprint's data speeds have gotten worse and worse. There's no point in having unlimited data if you can't even use it. I could leave my E4GT downloading something at full speed for a month and not even hit the 5GB cap that I have with AT&T now. I have been averaging 100-150 kb/s which is absolutely ridiculous. AT&T's HSPA+ gets me anywhere from 5-6 mb/s on average and that's faster than I was getting with Sprint's 4G, when I was able to actually lock on to a signal. There was seriously no point in having such a bad ass phone if I couldn't even use data on it. I also tried Verizon and the Galaxy Nexus a month or so ago and was not happy with their service, and couldn't justify leaving the E4GT for a device that was for all intents and purposes, inferior. So that left me with T-Mobile and AT&T, and T-Mobile's phone selection sucks.
Now for the why I got the iPhone. My intentions originally were to grab the SGS2. I knew for a fact that I was going to love it, so I wanted to take advantage of the 30 day buyer's remorse period and try something different for a few weeks, return whatever I got and then pick up the SGS2. It was between the iPhone and the Titan. I opted for the iPhone because I have an iPad 2 and already have a ton of universal games that I can download right away to the iPhone. The screen is tiny on it, but the more I use it the more comfortable it is. I don't have to do any type of finger acrobatics to reach the farthest corners of the screen. So yeah it's tiny but there is a plus to that. And the retina display is lovely (black levels suck but it's a fair trade off). So after having the iPhone for a couple weeks I really started to fall in love with its simplicity. It really is a beautifully made device, and iOS does feel very elegant to me. I swear to god my intentions were to return it but I love it now, what can I say. What's crazy is that I really thought I was going to hate it (and I did for the first couple of days).
So now, I have decided that I would stick with the iPhone over the SGS2- I already had an SGS2 variant and I am digging the change. So my other option now is the Note and man that thing is slick. But it has a strike against it already- Snapdragon. Not a real Galaxy device in my eyes. Whatever though, the Adreno 220 is a sick GPU so I'll let it slide. So I go to Best Buy the other day and they have a dummy Note on display. It's f*cking MASSIVE. No way in hell would I be caught dead holding that thing against my face. It quite literally makes the E4GT look like an iPhone size wise. Seriously, hold an iPhone up to an E4GT and that is roughly the same size difference between the E4GT and the Note. It is way to big to be practical for me so it is ruled out.
So now I have decided to keep my iPhone. I have looked into jailbreaking and all the available mods and there are tons. I think I'm going to have a lot of fun modding this thing, and you would be surprised how many ways you can customize it. Dare I say it, but it does seem you (the average modder) can do more with a jailbroken iPhone than an Android phone, and I haven't even scratched the surface of it. I still love Android, of course, and I do miss a lot of things about it terribly, but I am enjoying my time with my new iPhone.
One of the perks of AT&T over Sprint is this whole sim card business. I already started searching craigslist for a good deal on an SGS2 so I can have both devices and switch 'em around depending on my mood for the day. I most definitely will get another Android phone, there is no question about it.
So that's my story. I haven't switched alliances, I am still an Android fan first, I am just having an affair with the iPhone
metalhead, as it so happens, i received my epic 4g touch today and i'm coming from at&t. the reason i'm leaving at&t is because i'm on unlimited data plan and they're sending us (customers with unlimited data) texts and emails saying that we're in the top 5% of data users and that if we continue, our speed will be throttled. (last month i used close to 2gb of data and they still sent me the text.) this throttle will only be for unlimited plan customers, not for tiered customers (so you wouldn't be affected by throttling). but if they treat me like that, who has been with them since 1999, i can only imagine how bad they'd treat new customers. i'm sure they'll find a way to screw you guys too...
p.s. i have a family plan with 5 phones total and that doesn't matter to them.
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I really, really, REALLY don't want to say.
the iPhone 4s on AT&T
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Dont be ashamed about moving to iphone,iphone got its pluses.I would get one if it had S Amoled and 4 inch screen.
Or its Symbian/WP7?
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I really, really, REALLY don't want to say.
the iPhone 4s on AT&T
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I want your trident!! =P
I know I know.. I can read. Haha
GLWS man.
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I have to agree with you on the sprint data. Not enough to make me go to an iphone but I'm finding it harder and harder to justify paying for a useless unlimited plan. I live in an area where the fastest 3g speeds I've seen are 100kbps so I have to use the prl hack to get a whopping 600kbps. On top of that, the only 4g service around me works for about a one mile radius around best buy so they can show off how fast the network is. Other than that the closest 4g is about two hours away. but I still get charged an extra $20 a month for two phones for "premium data".
Lol @ iPhone.
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Enjoy the iPhone OP, honestly if you're happy and it does the job for ya, then F the haters.
Spoken like a gentleman. I'll pass the word around to a few people about your sale. Wish you the best man I hope you'll lurk around here every once in awhile.
A valid reason to go to iPhone btw I appreciate your honesty. Stay kool Metalhead.
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For those of you who often wonder about the implications of using the Verizon PRL and struggle with poor Sprint service, here is a little story.
I finally got my warning letter after using 0001 for about 4 or 5 months. What surprised me is that I also got a courteous call in which a Sprint rep reminded me of Sprint's roaming policies.
I kindly pointed out that I barely have any data or voice service at my home, which is essentially true. The rep verified my claim, and actually offered me a contract termination without fees as an OPTION. I took the offer, and I am now an ATT SGSII owner. I have full service at my home, and often see dl speeds of 4-8 mbps in my general area on their HSPA+ network.
And so in the end, if you are a Sprint customer struggling with poor service...I really have to recommend using 0001.
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For those of you who often wonder about the implications of using the Verizon PRL and struggle with poor Sprint service, here is a little story.
I finally got my warning letter after using 0001 for about 4 or 5 months. What surprised me is that I also got a courteous call in which a Sprint rep reminded me of Sprint's roaming policies.
I kindly pointed out that I barely have any data or voice service at my home, which is essentially true. The rep verified my claim, and actually offered me a contract termination without fees as an OPTION. I took the offer, and I am now an ATT SGSII owner. I have full service at my home, and often see dl speeds of 4-8 mbps in my general area on their HSPA+ network.
And so in the end, if you are a Sprint customer struggling with poor service...I really have to recommend using 0001.
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I get about 20-25 Mbps up and down with my wifi. And the ping is something like 30ms.
Can your ATT beat that?
I use 1115 so I'll roam when I need it. I don't think I'd last long on a tiered plan without getting dinged with $500 bill sometime. Especially since ATT likes to encourage you to consume data more than usual. Its not like im downloading ROMs or watching movies when I'm out and about.
They could have sent you a airave, problem solved.
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I get about 20-25 Mbps up and down with my wifi. And the ping is something like 30ms.
Can your ATT beat that?
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This wasn't a "ha-ha" sort of post. Just sharing a personal experience. Does your wifi reach outside of your house?
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I use 1115 so I'll roam when I need it. I don't think I'd last long on a tiered plan without getting dinged with $500 bill sometime. Especially since ATT likes to encourage you to consume data more than usual. Its not like im downloading ROMs or watching movies when I'm out and about.
They could have sent you a airave, problem solved.
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Im scared of brain tumors. Doesnt the airave give you those? hahaha
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I get about 20-25 Mbps up and down with my wifi. And the ping is something like 30ms.
Can your ATT beat that?
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this is a stupid response because 1) he obviously doesn't care about how fast his data speed is INSIDE his house where he is most likely using his computer connected to broadband internet anyways; 2) any idiot could've assumed he cares more about data speeds when he's out and about with friends; 3) even if he didn't have broadband internet at home and was tethering his phone data, then all the MORE reason to use ATT instead of Sprint.
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I get about 20-25 Mbps up and down with my wifi. And the ping is something like 30ms.
Can your ATT beat that?
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Is there a reason you compared wifi speeds to AT&T network speeds besides to be an ass?
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This wasn't a "ha-ha" sort of post. Just sharing a personal experience.
Im scared of brain tumors. Doesnt the airave give you those? hahaha
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i have a airave that goes out all the time my internet at home is 30down 10up and sprint sucks in my house unless my airave works which it works at times. I want out
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Is there a reason you compared wifi speeds to AT&T network speeds besides to be an ass?
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because intelligence is overrated.
How do you like the AT&T SGS2 compared to the E4GT? I switched to AT&T because of their data speeds and am trying out the iPhone 4S right now, still have 2 weeks to decide which phone I want to go with. I might just keep this thing and buy a used SGS2 off craigslist and switch between the two depending on mood.
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How do you like the AT&T SGS2 compared to the E4GT? I switched to AT&T because of their data speeds and am trying out the iPhone 4S right now, still have 2 weeks to decide which phone I want to go with. I might just keep this thing and buy a used SGS2 off craigslist and switch between the two depending on mood.
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Its fine, a lateral move really. I miss the notification light though. The slightly smaller screen is a toss up. Word has it that ICS will be hitting the ATT SGSII Q1 2012. How do you like the Iphone right now? I almost thought of getting it, but the SGSII is such an awesome device.
Aside from a couple minor (and one MAJOR) complaints, I like it quite a bit. I really thought I was going to hate it, my original intention was to only keep it for a couple weeks and then swap it out for an SGS2 but it has really grown on me. My only real complaint is about Siri. It sucks. I used to use voice commands all the time on android and I feel like that ability is all but lost. Aside from that, I really like the simplicity of iOS, games on it are bad ass (save for the small screen), and the phone itself is beautifully designed and built.
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Aside from a couple minor (and one MAJOR) complaints, I like it quite a bit. I really thought I was going to hate it, my original intention was to only keep it for a couple weeks and then swap it out for an SGS2 but it has really grown on me. My only real complaint is about Siri. It sucks. I used to use voice commands all the time on android and I feel like that ability is all but lost. Aside from that, I really like the simplicity of iOS, games on it are bad ass (save for the small screen), and the phone itself is beautifully designed and built.
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Just don't drop it. EVER. I sell these things and I will toss my ET4G to demo the gorilla glass for customers all the time.
Good stuff boolboo.... cant wait for the e4gt
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Aside from a couple minor (and one MAJOR) complaints, I like it quite a bit. I really thought I was going to hate it, my original intention was to only keep it for a couple weeks and then swap it out for an SGS2 but it has really grown on me. My only real complaint is about Siri. It sucks. I used to use voice commands all the time on android and I feel like that ability is all but lost. Aside from that, I really like the simplicity of iOS, games on it are bad ass (save for the small screen), and the phone itself is beautifully designed and built.
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Do you miss the larger screen at all?
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Do you miss the larger screen at all?
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For some things. While the games on iOS are FAR superior to those on Android, playing them on such a tiny screen sucks, to be frank. I'll play MC3 on this thing and then play it on my E4GT and it does make me question what the hell I'm doing by switching phones. Internet browsing too just isn't the same. That said, it is nice to not have to do any type of finger acrobatics to reach every corner of the screen. And everything else is great. I thought texting was going to be a problem too but it isn't, the iOS keyboard I'm sorry to say is FAR better than any keyboard I've tried on Android. It's fast and accurate and the autocorrect isn't nearly as bad (or as funny) as all the screencaps floating around would lead us to believe.
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For some things. While the games on iOS are FAR superior to those on Android, playing them on such a tiny screen sucks, to be frank. I'll play MC3 on this thing and then play it on my E4GT and it does make me question what the hell I'm doing by switching phones. Internet browsing too just isn't the same. That said, it is nice to not have to do any type of finger acrobatics to reach every corner of the screen. And everything else is great. I thought texting was going to be a problem too but it isn't, the iOS keyboard I'm sorry to say is FAR better than any keyboard I've tried on Android. It's fast and accurate and the autocorrect isn't nearly as bad (or as funny) as all the screencaps floating around would lead us to believe.
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I have to agree on the iOS keyboard, best one I have ever used.
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I have to agree on the iOS keyboard, best one I have ever used.
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so true.
i came from iPhone to E4GT and one thing... i mean one and only thing i missed from iphone was the keyboard.
How snappy Is the AT&T version compared to ours?
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Its fine, a lateral move really. I miss the notification light though. The slightly smaller screen is a toss up. Word has it that ICS will be hitting the ATT SGSII Q1 2012. How do you like the Iphone right now? I almost thought of getting it, but the SGSII is such an awesome device.
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Why didnt you get the skyrocket?
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I think I might be off to the gnex I can't take the bad battery on cm9 anymore and JB and pretty much once LTE is available I'm only buying nexus devices from here on out. Tired of samsung and htc crap skins and waiting for everything. Much thanks to all the devs I just feel bad they have to work so hard to make these phones how they should of been in the first place.
Anyway the loss of 4g is the only issue, I really don't use it much but once in a while I'm somewhere and 4g really makes tether my laptop or table better. Not that I get really good 4g but 1-2mbps beats sprints 200k speeds. And to make it worse my gf nexus s always gets better 4g and 3g alot higher speeds. I think the epic never had a good radio, the only modem it worked well with was EL29.
Get a house phone. Use the Internet on your computer. Problem solved.
(my next phone is prob a nexus because of all the support)
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Nexus for sure i learned my lesson
Personally I would go S3. I love that phone. But I also like tw so that makes a difference.
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Doesn't the nexus have bad battery life?
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of course every phone forum I read has the usual battery life sucks rant http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28344714
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I am torn as well. I want to switch to straight talk in the next month or two and can't decide which phone I want more. Is Google going to release another nexus phone this year or is the nexus tablet it?
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Waiting for the new Nexus. I'm hoping for a October release. Since every Nexus phone has been released 11 months apart.
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Honestly. By the time my upgrade comes around d the new Nexus whatever will be out and Samsung will be onto the new galaxy s variant. Most likely I will get the Nexus as long as it is a Samsung phone. I am a big Samsung nut. If it isn't a Samsung then I will go with the galaxy s variant.
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you do realize that samsung maybe not be able to sell nexus devices in the US anymore right?
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you do realize that samsung maybe not be able to sell nexus devices in the US anymore right?
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When and if that happens it will be dealt with. I'm about sick of these android and **** is ending post. Yes there is a patent war going on. Its not just apple........sorry just puked..that's participating in it. I would hope that Samsung...who makes a majority of the chips and screens for apple....damn it got sick again...would figure out a way to retaliate at apple in a way that would make them reconsider their actions if it came to that. I know if it was my company. I wouldn't be selling them a damn thing since they make more from the sgs3 sales alone then they do from all of apples purchases
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When and if that happens it will be dealt with. I'm about sick of these android and **** is ending post. Yes there is a patent war going on. Its not just apple........sorry just puked..that's participating in it. I would hope that Samsung...who makes a majority of the chips and screens for apple....damn it got sick again...would figure out a way to retaliate at apple in a way that would make them reconsider their actions if it came to that. I know if it was my company. I wouldn't be selling them a damn thing since they make more from the sgs3 sales alone then they do from all of apples purchases
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Samsung does and is retaliating. Samsung is suing apple in multiple foreign countries. Also you ever wonder why iPhones aren't 4g capable? Because Samsung is the patent holder of about 90% of the technology. Going to be kind of hard to stay in the cell business that is evolving to 4g and you can't get any of it.
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take ti from me, I had the GNEX and development isn't worth the bad battery life and under powered hardware... I just traded my GNEX for an LTEVO (development on it sucks but battery and hardware are better).The screen on GNEX while it is 720p has a purple tint to it and can look grainy. If I were you I would go with the GS3 they already have cm10 preview buids and apear to be team douche phone of choice right now... it's a win win
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I think I might be off to the gnex I can't take the bad battery on cm9 anymore and JB and pretty much once LTE is available I'm only buying nexus devices from here on out. Tired of samsung and htc crap skins and waiting for everything. Much thanks to all the devs I just feel bad they have to work so hard to make these phones how they should of been in the first place.
Anyway the loss of 4g is the only issue, I really don't use it much but once in a while I'm somewhere and 4g really makes tether my laptop or table better. Not that I get really good 4g but 1-2mbps beats sprints 200k speeds. And to make it worse my gf nexus s always gets better 4g and 3g alot higher speeds. I think the epic never had a good radio, the only modem it worked well with was EL29.
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I've had both, and while I loved the pure google experience of the GNex, I chose to keep and use the S3.
Just a personal preference, it helps if you can try out both.
Anyone gonna hold out until the next note arrives?
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Samsung does and is retaliating. Samsung is suing apple in multiple foreign countries. Also you ever wonder why iPhones aren't 4g capable? Because Samsung is the patent holder of about 90% of the technology. Going to be kind of hard to stay in the cell business that is evolving to 4g and you can't get any of it.
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Nice. I hadn't heard about this. Glad to hear it.
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I had the Sprint Galaxy Nexus and it was easily the best Sprint phone I have used. I had it on Stock rom with auto brightness off and would get 15-19 hours of use with 3 hours of screen on time so I wouldn't say the battery is bad at all. I sold it because someone made me a good offer I couldn't refuse. I ended up buying a Evo 4g LTE after and multitasking sucked, phone needed daily reboot so I sold it and am back on a Galaxy S2 until I can get a S3. The Evo 4g LTE had the best battery life that I have experienced with a smartphone 20 hours of use with about 5 hours of screen on time.
I love how powerful the Galaxy S3 is so I am very interested in getting it and then will only know how it compares to the Nexus.
This right here keeps me from going to any LTE phone since it won't be in my area anytime soon
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I bought the E4GT because it was the best all around phone out at the time on Sprint and it still is due to the lack of LTE. My next phone will almost certainly be on a different network. Its not the phone its the carrier. I still have about a year on Sprint though and I cant imagine 'upgrading" to a phone that runs on vaporware and Sprint 3g during that time. At least wimax is fast when I can get a good signal. Home and work are both good but there are a few random spots around the city that are terrible.
I would prob consider the SGS3 but at this rate I'm waiting for the next devices with the 800Mhz support for LTE. I wonder who will make the next Nexus phone model? I didn't like the latest Nexus. It seemed to get very hot near the camera for no reason.