[Q] should I buy Sony Xperia Play? - Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hello,
im new to this forum. All i need to ask is that is this phone worth buying now? i would buy better phone but my price range is 200$ to 220$. and xperia play is 205$(20500 rs in my countty). It also very hard to find one. there is no phone in this range that has more than 512mb ram. but my friend says that it will be great mistake to buy this phone. Gta and modern combact are the game that make me think about this phone. i have used sony xperia s from my brother for sometime and touch screens are very bad for gamming specially for games like gta. please tell me should i buy?
Sorry for bad english or for wrong forum. i have registered fist time on forum.
Thanks

If you like gaming and you do not care about high end hardware go for the Xperia Play.
512mb ram is not a lot, but enough for the emulators I play.
I used the Xperia Z along with the Moga controller for a while now and I dislike the Moga sticks.
Dropped the Z and back to the Xperia Play now.
Sure the hardware was nice, but I prefer a proper Dpad and everything in 1 device instead of 2.
Offtopic: Xperia Play is made by Sony Ericsson, not by Sony.
Kind regards, Stefan.

Thaevil0ne said:
I used the Xperia Z along with the Moga controller for a while now and I dislike the Moga sticks.
Dropped the Z and back to the Xperia Play now.
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The Xperia Z, the beautiful 5 inch 1080p factory Jelly Bean phone with the quad core Snapdragon chip set. You're trying to say that you had one of those phones but prefer using the Xperia Play.. :screwy:
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thanks for quick reply. but in this price what do u recommend? Is it worth it or there is another device in this price that i should but. and i hate the custon controler on android. you have to carry your phone and controller with you and seems wired to other people because it is bigger thats why i though of sony xperia play. what phones do u guys recommend over xperia play on this price. sorry for bad english

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The Xperia Z, the beautiful 5 inch 1080p factory Jelly Bean phone with the quad core Snapdragon chip set. You're trying to say that you had one of those phones but prefer using the Xperia Play.. :screwy:
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Yes, this is what Iam trying to say.
You do not want to know for how many years I have used and enjoyed N-gage.
Swapped back and forth with that phone aswell, always to find out:
Iam a gamer I need physical buttons and like everything in 1 device.
As for the price, Iam not sure.
Think speaking in euro's 150 \ 175 would be reasonable for an brand new Xperia Play.
Kind regards, Stefan.

If you like emulating old games, then this phone is perfect!

I wouldn't advise you to buy this phone, due to the fact that it isn't strong enough to play new games with.. I bought mine 6 months ago, and am experiencing many difficulties with actually just making a phonecall.
Overall, I really love the idea of the Xperia Play but unfortunately the hardware is just not that good.

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Yes, this is what Iam trying to say.
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Pfffffft.
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I had xperia play, moved to a Asus padfone then to a galaxy note 2. I ended up buying another xperia play just for games. It's so much better then using a bkuetooth controller. Like others have said, if you like old emulators then this phone is perfect.
Sent from galaxy note 2, tablet in my pocket! ^_^

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Pfffffft.
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hahaha epic reply..sorry to be off topic just an epic reply! ahahaha.. now back to topic for that price range yes 512 yes but no other phone in the market has the goodness of the built in sony gamepad. we are talking about countless hours of GBA,PS1,NES all the classic games that we love on those consoles fitting unto a single android device.. better graphics does not usually produce great games.

thanks. i have made my decision to buy xperia play.. as all the phone in this range have 512mb ram so all perforamce will be almost same. Thats why im going to buy xperia play tomarow. if i find one in market

hassancent said:
thanks. i have made my decision to buy xperia play.. as all the phone in this range have 512mb ram so all perforamce will be almost same. Thats why im going to buy xperia play tomarow. if i find one in market
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Put the nxt rom on. The best for most ram and best gaming imo.
Sent from galaxy note 2, tablet in my pocket! ^_^

Agree best rom for gaming got all the gameloft games dat are compatible and no lag

Hello, I'm using xperia play almost for year and if u like gaming u should buy it i know it's not high end device but it's pretty much optimized, stock rom without oc and other things has got bigger antutu score than htc evo 3D
Htc evo has 2xcore 1,4 i think and 1gb ram(i think)
Xperia play has one core with 1GHz, 512MB RAM and has bigger score and that says something

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Game with best graphics

A friend of mine came over to my store with his iPhone 4 and was showing me a game that i have to admit the graphics where amazing. I just read an anandtech review that the gpu of our phone is much stronger than the iPhone 4 one.
Is there a game out there for our phone that can take 100% advantage of it's gpu power? I would like to see something this nice on my phone. I can't remember the name of the game. I will try to get it from my friend.
Riptide is one of the best looking.
Earth And Legend is a very good one to but riptide is the best.
But keep in mind that you need the nvidia plugin for chainfire3d or it will not run.
But the game keeps closing for me and take me back to the home screen.
slekkas said:
A friend of mine came over to my store with his iPhone 4 and was showing me a game that i have to admit the graphics where amazing. I just read an anandtech review that the gpu of our phone is much stronger than the iPhone 4 one.
Is there a game out there for our phone that can take 100% advantage of it's gpu power? I would like to see something this nice on my phone. I can't remember the name of the game. I will try to get it from my friend.
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all the gameloft games
there are 3 that are on sale right now for $0.99 cents
The game I was talking about is infinity blade from epic. I don't think there's something to top that. Plus isn't it annoying that we have to do all kinds of alchemies just to enjoy Riptide???
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slekkas said:
The game I was talking about is infinity blade from epic. I don't think there's something to top that. Plus isn't it annoying that we have to do all kinds of alchemies just to enjoy Riptide???
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Yes it is. But we can run a game meant for tablets on our phones. I don't think iphones can do that. Infinity blade? We'll have to wait for a similar game to come out. Apparently it is in the works. Uses the same unreal engine for graphics. I can't really remember the name, but it is out there.
You could try dungeon defenders. It uses unreal as well.
dead space is amazing looking
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dead space is amazing looking
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Yeap. Ditto. I just love how adreno, powervr, nvidia games seems to just work on our mali-400mp gpu
Thanks guys, very interesting answers.
I know that the gameloft games look good but admittedly you can't compare with infinity blade. let's hope there will be some games soon that will take full advantage of our phone.
If you guys find something new feel free to share.
davelinders said:
Earth And Legend
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Just watched the youtube video for this from the market all all I have to say is: WOW! *nopun* It looks awesome, is it really fun and playable?
To the OP:
Samurai II: Vengeance is VERY fun and looks great and plays very smoothly on this phone. The colours are extremely vivid and attractive. Kinda reminds me of "Afro Samurai", which I have for xbox. Check it out.
Also, when I got my iPad2 (gift) the first paid app I downloaded from the app store was Infinity Blade. It was used in iPad1 vs iPad2 videos I was watching during the times I was waiting for said device to arrive. TBH, other than looking pretty good, the game kinda sucks. It's not the worst game I bought for it, but I kinda wish it was a bit more fun.... I mean it's simplistic to the point of tedium.
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I know that the gameloft games look good but admittedly you can't compare with infinity blade. let's hope there will be some games soon that will take full advantage of our phone.
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tbh there isn't any game on android that comes close to infinity blade's graphics, even though our phone would run it ultra smooth.
on my iphone I used to brag with Epic Citadel demo, it looked like the presentation of dx11
on s2 I usually brag with quake3 and playstation emu
I don't undestand why development is slacking so much lately, we have dual core phones since spring and nothing launched yet to take advantage of it..
engwee said:
tbh there isn't any game on android that comes close to infinity blade's graphics, even though our phone would run it ultra smooth.
on my iphone I used to brag with Epic Citadel demo, it looked like the presentation of dx11
on s2 I usually brag with quake3 and playstation emu
I don't undestand why development is slacking so much lately, we have dual core phones since spring and nothing launched yet to take advantage of it..
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That's exactly my point and i find it weird that no one else is annoyed about this. The sony xperia keeps getting new games that are only made for it and we get nothing good.
Dead Space is also a great one but you need qualcom plugin in chainfire3d.
No wonder nothing on android comes close to infinity blade and rage on ios, when games are being dumped down to run smoothly on the old adreno 205 GPUs.
Hell , I think my own test looks better than most if not all android games, and it runs at 60 frames per second on my S2:
darkchazz said:
rage on ios
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forgot about this one, it's light years ahead of any shooter on touch screen
grr, miss ipoon so much sometimes.
not to mention with the coming of i5 they will get many more games.
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i have installed this but it's laggy and nothing near those two iphone games. No one is making games for our device specifically. we have the most powerful gpu from all phones. what a shame and waste of power.
slekkas said:
i have installed this but it's laggy and nothing near those two iphone games. No one is making games for our device specifically. we have the most powerful gpu from all phones. what a shame and waste of power.
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Probably because the phone is new as well. When the galaxy s phone came out, it took a while for the games to be out for the powervr gpu. In any case, there are some impressive games like Dungeon Defenders etc.

Question about "enough RAM for the future?"

Hi people, im not new on XDA but on this subforum...
Well, im looking for a new phone and i been watching for an ARC S (middle performance and middle price) but, i wonder if the Arc S has enough RAM to work with ICS and some Future apps... im not a hardcore gamer (Ill just use for 2D games so 1,5ghz are enough and i dont use facebook apps or lots of widgets..) but.. 512mb are enough for the following 2 years? (Orange's permanence contract)
as im reading Xperia S will be expensive, and xperia P... nothing until april and not price... any other option?
(i have now a wildfire so i want a real phone.. this is worse than a stone xd)
thanks and sorry for my bad english
well, is this phone enough for the future?
It runs ICS, but 512MB aren't enough anymore, at least for me. I'm running lots of widgets and apps in thr background.
But with some mods the problem is solved very good, no launcher redraws anymore.
That's the only reason why I regret getting the Arc instead of SGS II or Sensation.
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Arc S RAM is not enough. Even the low end HTC Explorer/Pico has more RAM than Arc S! :O
Even Xperia S has only 600-700MB of RAM available for the user.
Xperia S should have enough
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those phones are too expensive XD
i think ics is the last that arc s can stand,future update might need more capability..
from the ARC
Yakandu said:
those phones are too expensive XD
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Well, then live with low RAM or save some money untill you can get a S.
The S is quite cheap, just 100-150€ more than an Arc (S). Would get one if it looked better
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xperia s was dual core or single??
from the ARC
rashid.fairus said:
xperia s was dual core or single??
from the ARC
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dual 1.5GHz
Im happy with my arc s, looks better than any other phone, is fast and have enough ram for what I need
Overdose1986 said:
dual 1.5GHz
Im happy with my arc s, looks better than any other phone, is fast and have enough ram for what I need
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yeah, has enough ram for now but if i buy one ill be on Orange with that phone for 2 years, dont know how will this phone run within one/two years
also, here in spain xperia S (in addition to be very ugly) it is 600€ and other phones are uglyer or expensiver
argh! Arc S would be perfect with 750mb Ram u.u
I use my arc s for bussines and developer work as well as gaming when bored in airports ect. You cant expect any phone to multitask like your pc.
But i use the wifi tether for ppl i travel with, check emails, browse banking and booking sites, make calls, send msgs, and use the calender and document/office apps all at the same time, copying&pasting stuff between apps with no issues other than my 9 hours of life lol... but that comes under extreme heavy use lol.
The arc s is a brilliant phone for the price. And given the options of whats around if i break it i would buy the same again. And i think that ics will be awesome for at least a few years. So i wouldnt worry too much about updates.
I use and co-dev the TEAM rom. So i have minimal tweaks. ( i have a brightness tweak and some dither options in build.prop and thats it ) stock kernel with my own modded ramdisk
This is my personal opinion so dont hold it against me.
Pvy
pvyParts said:
I use my arc s for bussines and developer work as well as gaming when bored in airports ect. You cant expect any phone to multitask like your pc.
But i use the wifi tether for ppl i travel with, check emails, browse banking and booking sites, make calls, send msgs, and use the calender and document/office apps all at the same time, copying&pasting stuff between apps with no issues other than my 9 hours of life lol... but that comes under extreme heavy use lol.
The arc s is a brilliant phone for the price. And given the options of whats around if i break it i would buy the same again. And i think that ics will be awesome for at least a few years. So i wouldnt worry too much about updates.
I use and co-dev the TEAM rom. So i have minimal tweaks. ( i have a brightness tweak and some dither options in build.prop and thats it ) stock kernel with my own modded ramdisk
This is my personal opinion so dont hold it against me.
Pvy
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xD no i dont expet my phone to do that, im just wondering if this phone can handle ICS + normal usage from here to 2 years... (im assuming the apps, like on any other OS will need more and more ram with time) and i dont want to be with orange 2 years and in the firs year my phone cant run ... for example, the new angry birds or cut the rope without crashing, or just incompatible with 4.0 (like some apps are incompatible with my Wildfire 2.2)
in spain this device is ~400€ so im waiting for Xperia P ~450 and S ~500€ full reviews.. if they come crappy (1400mAh? too low) ill take this for sure!
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xD no i dont expet my phone to do that, im just wondering if this phone can handle ICS + normal usage from here to 2 years... (im assuming the apps, like on any other OS will need more and more ram with time) and i dont want to be with orange 2 years and in the firs year my phone cant run ... for example, the new angry birds or cut the rope without crashing, or just incompatible with 4.0 (like some apps are incompatible with my Wildfire 2.2)
in spain this device is ~400€ so im waiting for Xperia P ~450 and S ~500€ full reviews.. if they come crappy (1400mAh? too low) ill take this for sure!
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I don't think you'll have issues like that. My x10 still plays everything I pay.
Pvy
Sent from my TEAM Powered Arc S
Luckily for use Arc users we have great devs like pvyParts and others making ROMs. They clean out the bloatware and loads of other stuff I can't even comprehend.
End result is a less power hungry phone that still glides along with some widgets and background apps running.
I've had no problems with mine
€400 in Spain?
I think you might consider letting a relative living elsewhere buy it, or go to e.g. France yourself. Sony Ericsson let's you use the warranty without going via the shop in my experience.
In The Netherlands it's €320 at the moment:
http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/zoeken?keyword=xperia+arc+s
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Htc One X After Arc S ?? Please Suggest & Give Opinions

*** Kindly Please read all, its not much ***
Using arc s for six months i love it no doubt... Great speaker volume, flawless message typing, its good speed now after being of ics 4.0.4, its calling, and all features are great.!! Just playing heavy games( max payne, nova3, dead space,etc) or opening youtube videos on browser it crashes, though happened rarely. I can though ignore this issue as i m not into this much.....
Now still the big question i love the beast htc one x . Mostly all know what it has got, but its speaker volume is ok not that loud as arc s.... though other features i checked many videos on youtube and i liked it alot ..
Anyways just with all xda lovely devs and members i need to know should i go for it??
Please do not suggest me any other phone like s3( no hard feelings but i hate its plastic body, even speaker is loud bt sounds ordinary, bad business type ui ), or any other phones.
Best Regards!
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well if u can bear the cost the go for it...
its a beautiful phone..not sexy..sexy tag is only for arc
it has got everything...even htc one s is good...but the price is almost same as htc one x
i think htc one x can be great choice... i thinking about this phone myself great for games (tegra 3 on board!!) but thinking about galasy s3 too... but idon't know what phone to choice
arpith.fbi said:
well if u can bear the cost the go for it...
its a beautiful phone..not sexy..sexy tag is only for arc
it has got everything...even htc one s is good...but the price is almost same as htc one x
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yes i can, i just have to give my arc s and pay the remaining.. thanks for the reply!
more opinions anyone please?!
s3 is only good for its huge battery...one x is btr than s3..
dude go to S3 general section.u will find loads on topic on s3 vs one x
x3rion said:
i think htc one x can be great choice... i thinking about this phone myself great for games (tegra 3 on board!!) but thinking about galasy s3 too... but idon't know what phone to choice
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yes absolutely!! but i discussed few flaws of s3 in my first post, though watch videos of htc one x vs s3 on youtube and decide for yourself which one is better, i felt htc one x sure is!! better colours, better clarity, even written on gsmarena.com... s3 is good more in blacks on screen colours n i didn't like that, here on xda htc forums the htc one x users really say its better than s3 ... but please lets just stick to the topic hehe
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So here on xda htc forums the htc one x users really say its better than s3
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lol..if u go to s3 section u will find the opposite answer..its obv..this will never end..
performace is anyways good in both ..its not like u gonna host dozens of websites..
go for the looks and the feel..
arpith.fbi said:
lol..if u go to s3 section u will find the opposite answer..its obv..this will never end..
performace is anyways good in both ..its not like u gonna host dozens of websites..
go for the looks and the feel..
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yup true that's one of the reasons i am going to buy it tomorrow
Just wanted to be more confident for it ..... i still will have xperia u with me which ofcourse is better than arc s excluding few things ofcourse(like screen size, feel, looks,etc no doubt arc s is better in that!)
i am getting it for rs 34,300 aroud USD 616.85 . Did alot of surveys all places nearby and got this best price.... I Never will want to buy it online i know online price would be lesser but its would be marginaly lesser than this i guess, so its ok with me
32k in blore...search for wholesale dealers in Delhi
nah i understand Price little high in delhi though but i m kool with this price. Getting all warranty, getting white, with free screen guard(its not available in box).. getting good exchange price for my arc s 17 k ....
don`t buy that phone, stay with sexy Arc S
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don`t buy that phone, stay with sexy Arc S
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i'll take this into consideration and will see to it, i appreciate your reply thank you!

What new phone after arc S?

Hey guys! Currently, I own an awesome arc S, but I would like to change my phone. Probably, I will buy myself the phone for Christmas or in November, so I have a lot of time. I was thinking of purchasing SGS3, One X or SG Note. Have I chosen well or you have some suggestions for me? Please, help! I would like my phone to be XFast, have big screen and have at least 2x CPU. The best would be 4x, but SG Note is tempting me...
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Personally I wouldn't want anything bigger than the arc... Which rules out all those.
My next phone is likely to be the xperia s, or its successor.
I'm not buying anything until I know it's getting jelly bean in a prompt time scale.
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For me there is no "too large" screen. While I was holding SGS3 or Note in my hands I was feeling like heaven! :thumbup:
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CrazyPeter said:
Personally I wouldn't want anything bigger than the arc... Which rules out all those.
My next phone is likely to be the xperia s, or its successor.
I'm not buying anything until I know it's getting jelly bean in a prompt time scale.
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I also want to change phone because of no dual core in arc S... Anyway, I claim it's awesome device.
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Sony Xperia GX SO-04D
http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_gx_so_04d-4774.php
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yep..wait for hayabusa if u want to stick with sony
Overdose1986 said:
Sony Xperia GX SO-04D
http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_gx_so_04d-4774.php
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yep..wait for hayabusa if u want to stick with sony
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Very tempting suggestion, but... Is it sure in 100% that this phone will get custom roms? No. Xperia arc S despite being Sony's flagship phone didn't get a lot of custom roms. This Sony GX is also dual core. I think the only phone with dual core CPU I can have is SG Note. Before buying the Android smartphone I'm also checking independent developers' support.
Note 2 or s3 or one x all are good and more powerfull but by design note may not fit in pocket but it is awsm phone go for s3 or note 2
and check this too
http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/phones/xperia-acro-s/specifications/
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Note 2 or s3 or one x all are good and more powerfull but by design note may not fit in pocket but it is awsm phone go for s3 or note 2
and check this too
http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/phones/xperia-acro-s/specifications/
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Acro S... Too small...
:laugh:
In my opinion, I think the Arc/Arcs has a very outstanding design among all the brands and not even the newer Sony model could rival the design. Just look at the curve of the phone.
The Japanese rework of Arc looks tempting, but it is quite pointless to buy a new phone with almost exact same look although with upgraded hardware, well at least in my opinion.
It is a tough choice to abandon such a good looking phone like arc but the S3 seems like a phone that will stay relevant for every tasks for a long time but I personally think S2 looks better than S3 though. Lol
The Galaxy Nexus is a cool choice too, seeing as Google phone will always get extra attention from Google and faster to get all the great upgrades. So the game should run fine on it until the next Google phone is out and it also has big 4.55 or. 65 inch screen and the design is pretty stylish.
My 2 cents.
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maxio1998 said:
Is it sure in 100% that this phone will get custom roms? No. Xperia arc S despite being Sony's flagship phone didn't get a lot of custom roms.
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That's the reason i'm leaving the Sony boat.
Great design phone's but not to many dev's .
Yeah I've been looking for my arc's replacement f or a few weeks now but the only one covering all the features would be HTC EVO 4G LTE(SD slot, big battery, 720p non-AMOLED screen, snappy S4) which unfortunately ain't available outside US :/
Hopefully Sony will release the GX pretty soon
Wait for the Sony Xperia GX - that phone are going to kick ass! Or buy an brand new silver coloured Xperia P
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[Q] New phone - best quad core model

Hey, guys! I am owner of Xperia arc S (and developer of Jelly Sandwich, btw) and want to buy another phone in November. Of course I will still have arc S for development and other stuff, don't worry. I am thinking of one from these models: HTC One X, Samsung Galaxy S III, LG Optimus 4x HD. Which one is the best? Please, recommend something! LG tempts with its low price, but I don't really like its interface - even stock based custom ROMs will have this look. From the other hand SGSIII has its awesome Amoled screen and great support via custom ROMs (One X also does). Do you have any suggestions? I will choose 100% from one od these three phones - even latest Sony phones won't have quad core CPU. And, please... Don't try to make me thing dual core has the same performance as quad core. I just want my future phone to have 4-core CPU.
BTW, I like SGS3's light interface so for example Android Revolution HD ROM would be suitable for me :3
Thanks in advance for suggestions!
Cheers,
Max
It'd have to be the s3, if only because of its popularity. I've been thinking of a new phone for about 6 months, I've tried the xperia s, one x, s3, galaxy nexus and the note 2. The xperiaS was ok, but not a huge improvement on my arc. One x seems faster at first compared to the s3, but after 3-4 days use it felt laggy whereas the s3 actually felt faster. They're both on the large side though. Nexus is good but display lets it down. Note2 is f***ing huge!
I'll probably get the s3 myself, mainly as Samsung have actually put a bit of thought into the ui.
sinkster said:
It'd have to be the s3, if only because of its popularity. I've been thinking of a new phone for about 6 months, I've tried the xperia s, one x, s3, galaxy nexus and the note 2. The xperiaS was ok, but not a huge improvement on my arc. One x seems faster at first compared to the s3, but after 3-4 days use it felt laggy whereas the s3 actually felt faster. They're both on the large side though. Nexus is good but display lets it down. Note2 is f***ing huge!
I'll probably get the s3 myself, mainly as Samsung have actually put a bit of thought into the ui.
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Yup, UI is good even for custom roms :3
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If i had the money i would go 100% for a htc one x, the build materials are much better than s3, only for that
Gnavarroc said:
If i had the money i would go 100% for a htc one x, the build materials are much better than s3, only for that
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Oh, I don't care about build materials at all because I care about all my things, smartphone especially. I am very pedantic
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I would choose...
HTC One X.
But why?
Because I like the HTC Sense UI. But thats not the only reason and I think that doesnt rly help you.
Pretty good performance,
customizeable
materials (doesnt cares you, i know)
Even the S3 has got better ways for customization (popular, more private developers..) i would choose one X anyways.
iksPeria said:
HTC One X.
But why?
Because I like the HTC Sense UI. But thats not the only reason and I think that doesnt rly help you.
Pretty good performance,
customizeable
materials (doesnt cares you, i know)
Even the S3 has got better ways for customization (popular, more private developers..) i would choose one X anyways.
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Oh, well... In every test S3 wins, so... I don't know. I think I like it more
maxio
If you still havn't chosen I recommend to read the article
http://komorkomania.pl/2012/09/05/s...one-x-czy-lg-swift-4x-hd-ktory-jest-najlepszy
I already chose and I'll start playing with SIII (already ordered) in next week
pozdr
rafi
Being quite alot into design, few words from that point of view:
1. You are seriously qualifying Samsung UI as "good one"?
2. How could one go for such uninspiring (not to say ugly) and washed out design, after having sexy beast like arc S?
Bottom line. I would not go for quad-core untill Sony, or anyone else, release an originally designed, true quad-core killer. Also, these first quad-core "experiments" you mentioned as options, will probably be ridiculous by the time Sony release their quad-cores, and generally second generation of quad-cores. One more thing. Quad-cores will be there for long time for sure, and in half year from now (or a bit more), there's a big chance that you will have the weakest quad core phone, of all quad-cores.
Anyway, good luck with shopping.
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S3 > One X > LG
Dude plzz don't stop arc s development because u rock man
3 ROMs so quick
Dude jelly sandwich is like heaven on a phone ...
And in my view s3 is the best in quad cores
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I think that maxio will not leave us as he wrote this also in topic.
BTW. maxio excellent job I love your ROM. I would like to thank you here as I still not able to write in dev section. Thanks mate :good:
Remember there is coming a one x plus
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XtremeSilencer said:
Dude plzz don't stop arc s development because u rock man
3 ROMs so quick
Dude jelly sandwich is like heaven on a phone ...
And in my view s3 is the best in quad cores
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Of course I will not stop arc development! Arc S rocks!
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That's the main reason I haven't gone for any new phone yet, the fact that the s3 and oneX are basically the first generation of quad cores. Plus as someone said previously, the s3 is pretty bland looking. I chose my arc over an s2 mainly due to its looks and actually think it's still the best looking smartphone, alongside the lumia 900.
many quad core phones are on its way..wait till Christmas if you can and you will have many options

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