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Desire HD owner desiring a tablet

I know there are a lot of ppl out there like me who are thinking of getting a tablet especially now that we are gonna be bombarded with all sorts of tabs in different sizes, OS' and brands.
personally I wanted to get a Galaxy tab but it just seemed to give me nothing more than a bigger screen than my DHD. now I'm happy that I waited as there seems to be interesting tablets coming out such as HTC Flyer, Galaxy tab 10.1, Motorola xoom, Blackberry playbook, LG optimus pad, iPad 2 ....
I for one wanna know what other DHD owners think about tablets; their arguments in buying or not buying a tablet, price ranges, capabilities and so on.
so please share your ideas.

I will buy a tablet this year. I just dont know which.
I would love to get the HTC Flyer, I think Sense for Tablet looks spiffy, but I'm a bit dissapointed they are not using Honeycomb. Samsung seems to have a nice one... Lets see how much they go for before I decide on anything.

I would buy one if i could afford it but sadly i am a poor student so it won't be anytime soon.
But if i should buy one right now it would probably be the Xoom even though it should be madly expensive well that is if least if the rumors are true ($800!!)
The Flyer also looks nice but that's all i think would very much have liked it with Honeycomb and a dual core CPU, simply because if i have to pick up my tablet instead of my laptop, i at least want it to have a lot of tabs open in the browser + maybe a game or something else and i think a dual core would be better for that.
But buy the time i am buying a tablet the iPad 2 and Galaxy Tab 2 are probaly out so i think i would go for the Tab sin i have bought far to many apps to go on a new platform.

junta_mpb said:
I will buy a tablet this year. I just dont know which.
I would love to get the HTC Flyer, I think Sense for Tablet looks spiffy, but I'm a bit dissapointed they are not using Honeycomb. Samsung seems to have a nice one... Lets see how much they go for before I decide on anything.
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HTC confirmed that the flyer will be updated to Honeycomb.

A while back I bought a netbook, as it was easier than going upstairs into the spare bedroom to use the desktop - especially if I just wanted to browse a page or two or check my email. I then got a smartphone, as I could check email, and browse the odd page a lot easier. The next step does seem to be to get a tablet. However I dont think I need one. Then my nephew came to stay for the weekend, he brought his ipad with him (hes only 5 years old!!). He spent his time on my phone, and I spent some time on his ipad. I got to admit, being able to pick up a tablet and start surfing within a few seconds is really convenient. Also with the bigger screen it was easier, and more readable.
I dont need one, but will probably get one - it wont be an ipad/ipad2 - but probably an android tablet. The motorolla xoom, if it was cheaper. I am willing to spend £300, no more than that on a tablet. The htc flyer also looks good, if it could be linked tightly to a phone, i.e. sync apps, app data between tablet and phone...then that may sway me to go with a htc tablet.

iSkull said:
But buy the time i am buying a tablet the iPad 2 and Galaxy Tab 2 are probaly out so i think i would go for the Tab sin i have bought far to many apps to go on a new platform.
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thats an interesting point, to go with the same platform or not. it is nice to have the same platform as your phone which would give you some advantages such as using your apps and the fact that you are comfortable with it. but I for one wanna have something a bit different so it would just be bigger screen. maybe Honeycomb can serve the purpose since its not gonna be a smartphone OS.

junta_mpb said:
I will buy a tablet this year. I just dont know which.
I would love to get the HTC Flyer, I think Sense for Tablet looks spiffy, but I'm a bit dissapointed they are not using Honeycomb. Samsung seems to have a nice one... Lets see how much they go for before I decide on anything.
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It does look very nice. The addition of a stylus sounds good. The only down-side is that its "only" 7" screen.

xpuser said:
I dont need one, but will probably get one - it wont be an ipad/ipad2 - but probably an android tablet. The motorolla xoom, if it was cheaper. I am willing to spend £300, no more than that on a tablet. The htc flyer also looks good, if it could be linked tightly to a phone, i.e. sync apps, app data between tablet and phone...then that may sway me to go with a htc tablet.
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yes, having your phone linked with your (future) tablet seems to be an essential point. I liked how this was implemented in Blackberry's Playbook where you can sync (almost instantly) with your blackberry through bluetooth. so yeah I hope for android and HTC it goes beyond syncing contacts and calendar.

Iachimo said:
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HTC confirmed that the flyer will be updated to Honeycomb.
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In that case, Im getting it.

I use tomtom for navigation, a pda for personal stuff, a netbook for quickly surfing the web at night, and used to have a nokia x6 abviously for phone calls, games and navigation. When I bought my DHD, I dont use those mentioned gadgets anymore as the DHD does it all. What will a tablet do that my DHD cannot do? A bigger screen I suppose, I'll just use my netbook. So I dont think I need a tablet. My DHD is plenty enough.

Iachimo said:
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HTC confirmed that the flyer will be updated to Honeycomb.
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Can there be Sense for Honeycomb? I've heard rummors that Google had gone the Apple and WP7 way in terms of third party UIs. Or am I mistaken?
I personaly think 7" are a little too small - worse than 4.3" in terms of mobility (for me even the 5" Dell is too much) and worse than 10" in terms of the big screen experience the tablets are supposed to provide (something like comparing the tiny iPhone's screen to the DHD). On the other hand Sense and alluminum body... sounds like a DHD on steroids .

tkolev said:
Can there be Sense for Honeycomb? I've heard rummors that Google had gone the Apple and WP7 way in terms of third party UIs. Or am I mistaken?.
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Seems im the bringer of good news in this thread.
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The flyer will have a new sense based HTC skin. Ill get the pictures today and post a link here.
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I want the Adam Ink... if they get them in stock.

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If the HTC Flyer gets upgraded to a quad core or decent tegra chip, or something future friendly, then I'll probably go for it.
Edit: Ah, I didn't see your post Iachimo - we posted at a similar time - nice pic.

But i agree the specs are a tad weak when u compare it with the current competition. Allthough im pretty sure its a "feeler" product just so see how the market responds and what user difficulties the owners run into. Six months later they will try to launch the 10'' version (probably with dualcore and integrated gpu (wouldnt count on tegra))

Iachimo said:
Seems im the bringer of good news in this thread.
FYI:
The flyer will have a new sense based HTC skin. Ill get the pictures today and post a link here.
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Yes, but it's shipped with 2.4 (the new Gingerbread) not 3.0 (Honeycomb)
... Or not?

shipped with 2.4 and getting 3.0 in the future.

Iachimo said:
shipped with 2.4 and getting 3.0 in the future.
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My point was that it might have to loose Sense if you go for a 3.0 update (if it's true that there will be no custom UIs for HC).

Iachimo said:
But i agree the specs are a tad weak when u compare it with the current competition. Allthough im pretty sure its a "feeler" product just so see how the market responds and what user difficulties the owners run into. Six months later they will try to launch the 10'' version (probably with dualcore and integrated gpu (wouldnt count on tegra))
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True true, that seems to be what HTC has been doing, and I must admit its pretty annoying when they announce something and then 3 month later they release 10 better devices. I was looking at videos from the Barcelona congress and HTC has at least 4-5 more devices than all other manufacturers! I'm not sure I wanna go down the same road with tablet that I did with the phone (btw I had the desire befire DHD)

I wished my Incredible would blowup

I want the Incredible 2 I wish my Incredible blew up then I would buy the Incredible 2 in a heart beat. Right now there is no reason to grab an Incredible 2, but its damn sexy!. I wish it had a dual(or quad)core and 4G the main features I'm looking for in my next phone. I will have 4G coverage by the end of the year and I have been saving my upgrade since Feb 3rd. Anyone else with Incredible 2 blue balls? just me? I'm on the edge I went to order one(in the store and online) 4 times only to chicken out during the last minute.
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Okay I have a plan.
I'm going to wait a month for Motorola Droids to come out (3, X2, Bionic?) at witch time the Incredible will, hopefully, decrease in price similar to the Thunderbolt after Inc2 Release. Then I'm going to buy the Inc2 off contract maybe 400ish given that it was lowered and use that until the iPhone comes out. I will then whore my upgrade with 50$ discount sell the phone when it is in backorder. Profit!?! Wait until HTC Sensation ish phone comes out on Verizon buy it off contract (I love HTC too much). Hand down my Inc2 to my mom (I paying for her phone service) so during the time with my Inc2 she will have my Inc (I got my Incredible using her upgrade then using an smartphone upgrade to get her a PalmPre so I received two upgrades last year) The beginning of next year I will use my moms upgrade to get the Incredible 3 (4G quad hopefully) then hand down my phone once again.
Similar to the Incredible S (Europe gets the phone first) I believe Verizon will have their Sensation possibly with NFC. HTC said the their NFC device will release after their Sensation and given that Verizon does like to add extra features to their devices (Since you can't convert a GSM device to CDMA you might as well make a new one case in point Inc, Evo3D, Tbolt exception of Incredible 2 due to its global nature) I assume Verizon's Sensation will be that NFC version coming out Q3
Do you think I can profit with the new iPhone?​

As far as I can see, the only major differences are the screen size and the faster GPU.

If it gets rooted with S-off I will buy one off ebay or craigslist. If not I am content with my Incredible for now .. no 4G here until next year and I still havent decided to stay with Verizon once my contract is up.

Just wait until your contract is up, sell your Inc, and get the Incredible 4G with a quad core Tegra 3.

Inc2 doesn't impress me... Thunderbolt is too thick, there's no 4G here.
Got nowhere to go.

Mercutio5 said:
Inc2 doesn't impress me... Thunderbolt is too thick, there's no 4G here.
Got nowhere to go.
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I thought the same until it was in my hands...once it was it was a totally diff ballgame.
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Incredible 2 has been the best phone purchase I have ever made.

I mainly just like the world phone aspect of it, the faster GPU, and vertically centered screen. Other than that, I prefer the size, smaller 3.7" screen and design of the original Incredible. I'm not really seeing the point of a larger screen and additional bulk if it's not also a higher resolution. I really couldn't care less about the front camera.
It's actually rather disappointing to me that the trend seems to be shifting more towards bigger, bulkier phones. My options for a sleek, pocket-able device will become more limited as time marches on.

pianoplayer said:
Just wait until your contract is up, sell your Inc, and get the Incredible 4G with a quad core Tegra 3.
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That would be awesome but i don't think htc would ever use tegra's processor's because all of their phones have qualcomm's chip in there. I find tegra's proccesor to relatively slow actually my htc droid incredible smokes my friends atrix 4g when it comes to smoothness tegra feels kind of slow.

The Dinc2 looks nice but it doesn't seem to be much of a step up from the original Dinc. The Thunderbolt looks like a great phone but from what I've heard it's a battery devouring monster. So I'll stick with my Dinc until something much, much better comes along.

gdi2290 said:
I want the Incredible 2 I wish my Incredible blew up then I would buy the Incredible 2 in a heart beat. Right now there is no reason to grab an Incredible 2, but its damn sexy!. I wish it had a dual(or quad)core and 4G the main features I'm looking for in my next phone. I will have 4G coverage by the end of the year and I have been saving my upgrade since Feb 3rd. Anyone else with Incredible 2 blue balls? just me? I'm on the edge I went to order one(in the store and online) 4 times only to chicken out during the last minute.
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Ive been saving my upgrade too. I am not really impressed with the Inc2. I think I might just go for it since i don't think there's anything else coming out that's made by HTC that's better.
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Eh I'm not buying anything until I know it can be fully unlocked.
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For the first time ever, I'm not looking forward to the time when I can upgrade my phone. The Dinc is as good as it gets once you get it set up the way you want it, and it's the only phone out there that I've seen that has the trackball, which I've come to rely on hugely for navigating text fields for editing. Not having 4G isn't a concern to me, because I'm really not interested in jacking my phone bill up even more than it is now, and 3G is good enough for my needs anyways.
I'll be sticking with my Dinc until it's no longer mechanically sound enough for daily use.

My Dinc is the first phone I've owned that I wasn't ready to replace 8 months after I bought it. I can actually see it lasting through one more generation of phones. By then maybe I can get a quad core with a battery that last two days!

Okay I have a plan.
I'm going to wait a month for Motorola Droids to come out (3, X2, Bionic?) at witch time the Incredible will, hopefully, decrease in price similar to the Thunderbolt after Inc2 Release. Then I'm going to buy the Inc2 off contract maybe 400ish given that it was lowered and use that until the iPhone comes out. I will then whore my upgrade with 50$ discount sell the phone when it is in backorder. Profit!?! Wait until HTC Sensation ish phone comes out on Verizon buy it off contract (I love HTC too much). Hand down my Inc2 to my mom (I paying for her phone service) so during the time with my Inc2 she will have my Inc (I got my Incredible using her upgrade then using an smartphone upgrade to get her a PalmPre so I received two upgrades last year) The beginning of next year I will use my moms upgrade to get the Incredible 3 (4G quad hopefully) then hand down my phone once again.
Similar to the Incredible S (Europe gets the phone first) I believe Verizon will have their Sensation possibly with NFC. HTC said the their NFC device will release after their Sensation and given that Verizon does like to add extra features to their devices (Since you can't convert a GSM device to CDMA you might as well make a new one case in point Inc, Evo3D, Tbolt exception of Incredible 2 due to its global nature) I assume Verizon's Sensation will be that NFC version coming out Q3
Do you think I can profit with the new iPhone?

gdi2290 said:
Okay I have a plan.
I'm going to wait a month for Motorola Droids to come out (3, X2, Bionic?) at witch time the Incredible will, hopefully, decrease in price similar to the Thunderbolt after Inc2 Release. Then I'm going to buy the Inc2 off contract maybe 400ish given that it was lowered and use that until the iPhone comes out. I will then whore my upgrade with 50$ discount sell the phone when it is in backorder. Profit!?! Wait until HTC Sensation ish phone comes out on Verizon buy it off contract (I love HTC too much). Hand down my Inc2 to my mom (I paying for her phone service) so during the time with my Inc2 she will have my Inc (I got my Incredible using her upgrade then using an smartphone upgrade to get her a PalmPre so I received two upgrades last year) The beginning of next year I will use my moms upgrade to get the Incredible 3 (4G quad hopefully) then hand down my phone once again.
Similar to the Incredible S (Europe gets the phone first) I believe Verizon will have their Sensation possibly with NFC. HTC said the their NFC device will release after their Sensation and given that Verizon does like to add extra features to their devices (Since you can't convert a GSM device to CDMA you might as well make a new one case in point Inc, Evo3D, Tbolt exception of Incredible 2 due to its global nature) I assume Verizon's Sensation will be that NFC version coming out Q3
Do you think I can profit with the new iPhone?
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lol so you have the next year of your phones planned out? lol what a complicated plan. The iphone 5 is basically what the incredible 2 is to the incredible 1. I phone 5 basically has a bigger screen a little thinner and thats about it. (rumor)

JoelZ9614 said:
lol so you have the next year of your phones planned out? lol what a complicated plan. The iphone 5 is basically what the incredible 2 is to the incredible 1. I phone 5 basically has a bigger screen a little thinner and thats about it. (rumor)
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I originally had a plan with 4 lines leaving my mom with my sisters thunderbolt so she can get the Sensation ish one, but she loves her thunderbolt too much lol
the iPhone 5 will be a big hit because everyone has been waiting for it on Verizon. If Verizon is making slightly more phones than AT&Tmo with their old iPhone then I'm sure there are a lot of people waiting for the new iPhone on verizon. Thus creating long back orders. If the iPhone has a new screen size, thinner, with dualcore I may profit (okay lets be honest they can have a new logo and it will sell like hotcakes). I have another phone line upgrade next month (my sister's bf which has the first Droid lol yeah they're all on my plan) I could convince him to hold off for quadcores and profit with two iPhones lol
hopefully its a iPhone 5 and not an iPhone 4G, but that wouldn't affect my idea much
rumor CDMA Sensation (left) and GSM Evo3D(right))
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gdi2290 said:
I originally had a plan with 4 lines leaving my mom with my sisters thunderbolt so she can get the Sensation ish one, but she loves her thunderbolt too much lol
the iPhone 5 will be a big hit b/c its going to be on two carriers and if they do have a new screen size and thinner with dualcore I may profit during the back orders. II have another phone line upgrade next month (my sister's bf which has the first Droid lol yeah they're all on my plan) I could convince him to hold off for quads and profit with two iPhones lol
hopefully its a iPhone 5 and not an iPhone 4G
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lol oops forgot about dual core on iphone yup i guess you would profit.

Lets just buy the Xperia Play cause we all know Sony is going to support that device that was actually supposed to launch 2 months ago but Japan JUST had to have an earthquake. They couldn't wait a week eh? ......too tsunami???
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I feel your pain brother. I have felt this way for years about phones but this Dinc is different for me.
I really love everything about the phone now that it's all customized to my liking. The center button is one of the main reasons why I won't upgrade cause I use it for music track/album advance while riding my motorcycle and I just can't give that up. I guess I could make it so the volume buttons do it but I'm not willing to give them up either. I like it just the way it is.

Galaxy Nexus LTE pic, ew.

http://www.1review2day.com/samsung-galaxy-nexus-a-little-bigger-in-the-lte-version/
I thought about getting it but they ruined it!
Anybody have thoughts on this? Mat black rather than metal? Ugh... That signature curve is now a block rofl.
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When i first saw the images of the LTE version i was disgusted. The color choice and the added bulkiness definitely took away from the sleak design. I'm happy with the E4GT and i hope my next phone come 2012 has some quad core goodness
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It. Is. Hideous. The poor poor phone has been continually hobbled. First the went to OMAP, ****ty GPU, then they stayed with no SDcard and only 16gb, then 5mp camera, then they jammed in a giant LTE radio on top of the CDMA version usually being larger. Sure, it's probably got a bigger battery, but, that's to make up for the battery-thirsty LTE....and this phone should have been out like 2 or 3 months ago and Verizon still hasn't dropped a date. But nobody cares....and now it's fat and ugly?
Yeah, I changed my screen density to 160 and can totally live with that for now, lol. The only thing extra you are getting are the earliest updates from Google....oh yeah, and expensive tiered data. If Sprint keeps slowly improving it's data speeds (as I have experienced slowly over the past month) Verizon ceases to have any advantages....especially once we get our GNexus, which my Sprint rep said should be around May. (grain of salt, YMMV, etc etc etc).
God. It looks more like a DroidX than a Nexus.

Waits for nexus quattro or sgs 3
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Why in the **** do these companies keep changing the way the phone looks between carriers geez. Stop one thing i can say about appl they keep it uniform. Sam sung HTC and everyone needs to keep with one dam model. One high end model and one low end geez stop with the bull****
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paniro187 said:
Why in the **** do these companies keep changing the way the phone looks between carriers geez. Stop one thing i can say about appl they keep it uniform. Sam sung HTC and everyone needs to keep with one dam model. One high end model and one low end geez stop with the bull****
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Agreed. Have a high end "super phone" model, a low end "economy" model and a mid-range model that is the "super phone" from 6 months ago. Cycle downward so the low-end has variety too eventually.

Really? You all can tell from a poorly-lit, low-res shot of the side and back that this phone is "hideous?" Really?

Bummer for those expecting Galaxy Nexus form factor in CDMA & I agree with Dan it looks like a freaking DroidX.

TurboFool said:
Really? You all can tell from a poorly-lit, low-res shot of the side and back that this phone is "hideous?" Really?
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That's what I thought lol, I thought it looked fine. Not as fancy as other phones, but not something to complain about.
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Haha...it barely looks different... oh you people...
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Haha...it barely looks different... oh you people...
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Barely different
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The Nexus curvature look is pretty much absent in CDMA version.

sling said:
Bummer for those expecting Galaxy Nexus form factor in CDMA & I agree with Dan it looks like a freaking DroidX.
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It looks almost twice as thick, though I'm sure it's not that bad. At least 50% thicker. No curve? And it looks slightly more squared and has a big lump. Square it up a bit more, make it a tad thicker and put the bump at the other side and we've got a DroidX.
I'm pretty spoiled by this ET4G I guess. 720p and NFC (and a number of nominal downgrades) just doesn't have the allure anymore, especially with that shape.
I really want to own a Nexus device though. N1 was legendary and will have ICS before we do (does have?), same for the NS/4G. The only phone faster and smoother in operation I have ever used is the ET4G, by a hair.
Once we get a good solid AOSP kernel we're in the game and that won't matter and I guess I'll hold out for the next Nexus device on Sprint. *sigh*

The curve is still there, but since the phone is thicker it's less obvious. That's all. Chill, people. LTE required it to be thicker. Period. Is this seriously that big of a deal? Would you rather them have skipped LTE to make it slightly thinner so it can be slightly prettier? How often, really, is ANYONE going to look at their phone from this angle? The first day, and maybe a few times when they're showing it off to friends while the phone is still exciting and new. And then never again.

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The curve is still there, but since the phone is thicker it's less obvious. That's all. Chill, people. LTE required it to be thicker. Period. Is this seriously that big of a deal? Would you rather them have skipped LTE to make it slightly thinner so it can be slightly prettier? How often, really, is ANYONE going to look at their phone from this angle? The first day, and maybe a few times when they're showing it off to friends while the phone is still exciting and new. And then never again.
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Honestly, no...this hasn't changed my mind. I'm still not going to get it, but, that's for a number of other reasons. First and foremost being that Sprint's service has been steadily picking up for the past month and promises to pick up a lot more over the next 6 months based on planned tower upgrades. But my second--a very close second--reason is unlimited data wins. Even if it's not as fast. 2gb of data (or 4gb if they still have that promotion going on whenever this phone comes out at some fictional date in the future) over LTE (that I have seen tested in my area at between 15-30mbps reliably) could suck down 2-4gb of data in...well....between 10 and 50 minutes of full-throttle downloading depending on the promo you get and the speed you get....
Yeah, I'm all set with that trap.

The phone is .5mm thicker and the curve and thickness look off due to the color. If the other one was black it'd look nearly identical. .5mm is very small.
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No one said it would be "huge" even though it does look noticeably bigger. Just stating the differences that i for one am not satisfied with.
Instead of metal bezel, it'll just be mat/black. I honestly think it's going to be built like the Epic touch. PLASTIC.
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Those differences are minimal at best. People are reaching hard with this one.

To be honest, the only feature I really wanted from the Galaxy Nexus was the 720p HD screen.
However, even though the Samsung Galaxy S II only has a WVGA diplay, the Super AMOLED Plus makes up for it (by a lot compared to other WVGA displays) and aI dont think I'm going to miss out on HD resolution that much until my next upgrade.

I think once we get ICS on our E4GT none of us should really care about the GN.
Would anyone on Sprint really care about the GN if it was being released with Gingerbread? Minus the screen, it would almost seem like a downgrade.
What we should be looking forward to is quad core phones. Now that will be a true upgrade...

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I think once we get ICS on our E4GT none of us should really care about the GN.
Would anyone on Sprint really care about the GN if it was being released with Gingerbread? Minus the screen, it would almost seem like a downgrade.
What we should be looking forward to is quad core phones. Now that will be a true upgrade...
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indeed!
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One X v One XL

Whats the difference? I just ordered the one X but discovered there is a one XL forum. Is that just a different variant of it like Samsung did with the first Galaxy S ranges or is it a different phone?

Cicinho said:
Whats the difference? I just ordered the one X but discovered there is a one XL forum. Is that just a different variant of it like Samsung did with the first Galaxy S ranges or is it a different phone?
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Google it man
The one xl is essentially the one s with the dual processor but bigger and has LTE a.k.a 4g Internet

twistedh said:
Google it man
The one xl is essentially the one s with the dual processor but bigger and has LTE a.k.a 4g Internet
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Thanks man. Last sentence was all I needed to know.

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Thanks man. Last sentence was all I needed to know.
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And you should have done the first sentence lol
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Not only a difference in processor but storage as well. One X comes with 32gb while One XL comes with 16gb
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Regarding what the benchmarks says about s4 being faster than tegra 3. dual cores are on the way out...
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jonas2295 said:
And you should have done the first sentence lol
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It took 2 seconds for twistedh to respond to me and tell me what he already knew. I did google it but it brought up a lot of crap and there was no x v xl reviews. I did not want to read through the individual specs of both phones and compare them myself as I did not have the time.
Not only will this thread serve helpful for other members who come here and have the same query. It saved me a bit of time hunting down both phones specs and twistedh had no problem taking 2 seconds out of his time to tell me what he already knew.
Why dont you just relax. I know the same topic appearing can be a pain in the ass but I did not see this topic anywhere else in the forum.

Cicinho said:
It took 2 seconds for twistedh to respond to me and tell me what he already knew. I did google it but it brought up a lot of crap and there was no x v xl reviews. I did not want to read through the individual specs of both phones and compare them myself as I did not have the time.
Not only will this thread serve helpful for other members who come here and have the same query. It saved me a bit of time hunting down both phones specs and twistedh had no problem taking 2 seconds out of his time to tell me what he already knew.
Why dont you just relax. I know the same topic appearing can be a pain in the ass but I did not see this topic anywhere else in the forum.
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Was no offense at all.. Sry if it looks like it was one.
I am relaxed for sure.
But you know these guys preferring to ask everything little peace which they want to know instead doing a little google search... I hate those guys somehow.
If I really want to know something I am doing some research and then I ask here
Again it was no offense, if you picked it up as one I am sorry man.
For the reasons you have I understand you for sure.
Which one will you get now btw.. One x right?!
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jonas2295 said:
Was no offense at all.. Sry if it looks like it was one.
I am relaxed for sure.
But you know these guys preferring to ask everything little peace which they want to know instead doing a little google search... I hate those guys somehow.
If I really want to know something I am doing some research and then I ask here
Again it was no offense, if you picked it up as one I am sorry man.
For the reasons you have I understand you for sure.
Which one will you get now btw.. One x right?!
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No problems man. I think my post might have been an overreaction on my part. I apologise too if you think my post was an attack on yourself. I certainly didn't intend it that way and upon reading again I can see how you could have read it that way.
We are all here for the same reason. We all want to have sex with the HTX X One and it is better for the community if we all get along. We can also make new friends with common interests. I look forward to reading more of the experiences you have with this great piece of technology we are about to receive.
Oh and yes I will be getting the HTC X its pre ordered and coming on the 11th. Coming from a Galaxy S1 that I have had for last 2 years.

Cicinho said:
We all want to have sex with the HTX X One and it is better for the community if we all get along and make new friends with common interests.
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Haha that made me laugh!!

bobmarsh72 said:
Haha that made me laugh!!
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Haha you know I am right man, that white one is pure sex.

Cicinho said:
No problems man. I think my post might have been an overreaction on my part. I apologise too if you think my post was an attack on yourself. I certainly didn't intend it that way and upon reading again I can see how you could have read it that way.
We are all here for the same reason. We all want to have sex with the HTX X One and it is better for the community if we all get along. We can also make new friends with common interests. I look forward to reading more of the experiences you have with this great piece of technology we are about to receive.
Oh and yes I will be getting the HTC X its pre ordered and coming on the 11th. Coming from a Galaxy S1 that I have had for last 2 years.
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Great + which color.?
Upgrading from the HTC HD2 to one x is like a time jump..
Single core - quadcore
480*800 display -hd display
...
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The XL has less storage but is LTE capable and has a faster SOC. Nobody is too sure about battery life at this point.
I can't think of a single reason to get the X over the XL unless you can get a subsidized price on the X.
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I can. Try a Vivid, with almost the same CPU (yes, S3 and clocked at 1.2), same amount of storage, and someone who lives in a non LTE area. We won't be getting LTE til prolly winter at the earliest. Even then, I'm only on WiFi and can't justify buying the at&t version when I would feel that it is an incremental upgrade over the Vivid. Besides, I would be buying it off contract anyway, so why not get the One (pun intended) that I feel would be a TRUE upgrade over the Vivid. That is my reasoning behing getting the unlocked T3 X.
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ZeroRilix said:
I can. Try a Vivid, with almost the same CPU (yes, S3 and clocked at 1.2), same amount of storage, and someone who lives in a non LTE area. We won't be getting LTE til prolly winter at the earliest. Even then, I'm only on WiFi and can't justify buying the at&t version when I would feel that it is an incremental upgrade over the Vivid. Besides, I would be buying it off contract anyway, so why not get the One (pun intended) that I feel would be a TRUE upgrade over the Vivid. That is my reasoning behing getting the unlocked T3 X.
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Snapdragon S3 is not almost the same as the S4, lol. Wishful thinking.
But judging from your post, your one of the many that think 4 cores is the best because its 4 cores. S4 > Tegra 3, fact.

Spartoi said:
Snapdragon S3 is not almost the same as the S4, lol. Wishful thinking.
But judging from your post, your one of the many that think 4 cores is the best because its 4 cores. S4 > Tegra 3, fact.
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Snapdragon S3 is not almost the same as the S4, lol. Wishful thinking.
But judging from your post, your one of the many that think 4 cores is the best because its 4 cores. S4 > Tegra 3, fact.
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Both of you are wrong, dual s4 is not the s3, the CPU is leaps better, however the GPU is the same GPU at higher clocks with added functions
as for 2x s4 > 5+1, t3 wrong again, do some proper research
check the following posts
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24097326&postcount=5
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24218006&postcount=12
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24189921&postcount=15
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24182862&postcount=2344
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23951389&postcount=7
enough said!

Spartoi said:
Snapdragon S3 is not almost the same as the S4, lol. Wishful thinking.
But judging from your post, your one of the many that think 4 cores is the best because its 4 cores. S4 > Tegra 3, fact.
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No, read my post again. Excluding CPU, everything else in the Vivid would be an incremental upgrade. Major point is, I DON'T NEED LTE. I live outside of Memphis, TN. Memphis hasn't even got LTE yet, and won't til next year. I'm also on WiFi all the time and don't use any of my allotted 200MB. 2nd major point, I WILL BE PAYING FULL PRICE. I had a Snapdragon in my Inspire and now my Vivid. I want to try a different CPU while sticking with my favorite manufacturer, which is HTC. I don't care which is better, I have to pay full price for whichever I go with. So I will pay the additional amount of money over the AT&T version and buy the unlocked version. Not bein a butt here at all. I just don't wanna hear which is better til I can take my unlocked One X into AT&T and compare it to their version. I don't trust benchmarks for smartphones as they are easily manipulated unlike PC benchmarking software. I want to see real world performance and no lag.
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ZeroRilix said:
No, read my post again. Excluding CPU, everything else in the Vivid would be an incremental upgrade. Major point is, I DON'T NEED LTE. I live outside of Memphis, TN. Memphis hasn't even got LTE yet, and won't til next year. I'm also on WiFi all the time and don't use any of my allotted 200MB. 2nd major point, I WILL BE PAYING FULL PRICE. I had a Snapdragon in my Inspire and now my Vivid. I want to try a different CPU while sticking with my favorite manufacturer, which is HTC. I don't care which is better, I have to pay full price for whichever I go with. So I will pay the additional amount of money over the AT&T version and buy the unlocked version. Not bein a butt here at all. I just don't wanna hear which is better til I can take my unlocked One X into AT&T and compare it to their version. I don't trust benchmarks for smartphones as they are easily manipulated unlike PC benchmarking software. I want to see real world performance and no lag.
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You're not making sense, but w/e. Spend your money however you like.

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You're not making sense, but w/e. Spend your money however you like.
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????? I justfied my reason, which has nothing to do with benchmarks. We are both gonna get the X, we can at least agree on that. It really don't matter which is faster than the other. Regardless of what it has internally, we are both gonna get the X and enjoy the crap out of them. Enjoy yours, cause I know I will enjoy mine! And that is what is what's most important. Funny thing is I won't be able to get mine til AT&T releases it anyway. Lol
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Is this phone still worth buying?

I currently own a T-Mobile G2x and plan on picking this baby up in a few days from the playstore.
A friend of mine showed me his and I completely fell in love with the screen. I'm also hopeful about the updates being pushed by Google for another year or so.
With that said, is this phone still worth getting with other devices already out like the ONE series and Samsung's S3?
I was intially going to purchase a HTC One S, but can't bring myself to do such a big gamble because of all the hardware and software issues I've read about.

for all that is holy and right, god yes.
i could ramble on what rocks about this phone, but ill keep it small.
its a nexus, so direct updates from google. Large dev community. freaking beautiful screen and physical phone dimensions. oh did i mention kick ass software and dev community
i came from the sprint epic 4g and they were doin some crazy stuff with that phone. with the nexus, i hope to see some awesome stuff.
again so much to put into words. the nexus is worth every cent

I got mine yesterday. Short and sweet, yes!!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1719198
tl;dr: yes

I'm a former G2x owner, and the Galaxy Nexus blows the G2x away in every aspect. Not only that, it's hell of a lot more stable.
Do it. It's totally worth it.
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fredryk said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1719198
tl;dr: yes
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This one too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1673845

if i can pick again, no thanks.

Its two issues that keep this or any nexus phone on top
1- direct (fast & unbloated/restrected) updates
2- a huge development base (other phones may have big dev bases, but they cant even compare)
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Yes. Good phone.
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Of course it's still worth buying. This is still the best Android phone out there. Galaxy S3 and One X may both be faster, but if you're a casual developer or tech guy, then Galaxy Nexus is the best you can get in terms of software.
Quad-core is overrated on phones and I don't like Galaxy S3's hardware decisions (the hardware keys). Galaxy Nexus has on-screen keys, which are just amazing, I could not go back to a phone without them. I don't like the bells and whistles of Galaxy S3 and One X either (which won't be a problem if you root of course). Their usability features are an overkill and don't work at all times.
Since Galaxy Nexus does come with the best version of Android - native, non-bloated one - and has very good hardware to run anything you throw at it today, then yes, it's the phone to get and the one I've suggested to fellow developers. One of the young developers I know bought it just last week and is loving it.

As everyone else had already mentioned, yes, do it - you won't regret it. I've had mine only a month now and it's freaking amazing. Fast and unbloated, beautiful screen, effortless to root, great battery life.
Best of all we will be first to get jellybean, my friend with the sgs 3 will be on ics until sometime next year. Hehe.
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Due to battery and reception/4G issues
I would say no, if i were to start over this minute... I would get a Razor Maxx over this.
I think a new phone of this caliber and price range should ROCK right out the gate and that the modding community should only (need to) make it even better... in this case it takes the modding to make it close to right with still spotty reception and CRAPPY battery life.
Is the screen beautiful... is the phone fast and with rooting and a lot of extra software does it get the job done? Yes.
But so does the RMaxx without the radio issues and it has boat loads of battery.
I would much rather have a few less bells and whistles of a newer OS and have battery life & radio reliability. I feel the bells and whistles are a lot easier to add on later than the other way around.
I like the phone... don't flame me please... but it has shortcomings

I get excellent battery life... i have never had any issues with the radio either.
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I'm hopefully buying one tonight, coming from a HTC Sensation, can't wait!

veloslave said:
I would say no, if i were to start over this minute... I would get a Razor Maxx over this.
I think a new phone of this caliber and price range should ROCK right out the gate and that the modding community should only (need to) make it even better... in this case it takes the modding to make it close to right with still spotty reception and CRAPPY battery life.
Is the screen beautiful... is the phone fast and with rooting and a lot of extra software does it get the job done? Yes.
But so does the RMaxx without the radio issues and it has boat loads of battery.
I would much rather have a few less bells and whistles of a newer OS and have battery life & radio reliability. I feel the bells and whistles are a lot easier to add on later than the other way around.
I like the phone... don't flame me please... but it has shortcomings
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Ahh you have the LTE version huh? Quite a few people seem not so happy with that one. However the GSM doesn't have as many issues as the LTE seems to..
I would say do it as well man. It's a much much better device than the G2x and you'll really enjoy it.
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Personally, I wouldn't get the Motorola. I'm a developer, and it's giving us a ridiculous amount of trouble when compared to the GS2 or the Nexus.
The nexus is a great terminal, and since they lowered the prices it's hard to beat in the quality/cost ratio.

zeke1988 said:
if i can pick again, no thanks.
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veloslave said:
I would say no, if i were to start over this minute... I would get a Razor Maxx over this.
I think a new phone of this caliber and price range should ROCK right out the gate and that the modding community should only (need to) make it even better... in this case it takes the modding to make it close to right with still spotty reception and CRAPPY battery life.
Is the screen beautiful... is the phone fast and with rooting and a lot of extra software does it get the job done? Yes.
But so does the RMaxx without the radio issues and it has boat loads of battery.
I would much rather have a few less bells and whistles of a newer OS and have battery life & radio reliability. I feel the bells and whistles are a lot easier to add on later than the other way around.
I like the phone... don't flame me please... but it has shortcomings
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As you'll see, a vast majority of the people saying "don't get it" are those with the Verizon LTE version.
To be blunt, the CDMA version of any nexus is going to be an afterthought.
Moreover, LTE is a battery-drain in comparison to UMTS/HSPA+.
If you get the Galaxy Nexus, get the HSPA+ one from the Google Play Store.

I currently have the LTE version of the Galaxy Nexus. Does my battery tend to get drained fast? Yea, although most of the time it's not an issue, I work in an office where I get to keep it plugged in most of the time. If I am planning on being out all day I always keep an extra battery, it's really not that difficult to carry one.
Does my signal tend to suck? Yea, sort of. I hardly ever make calls so I can't really notice there, although I do tend to get a lot of dropped calls but i never know which side they are coming from. My data is amazingly fast when it works right but too many times it says 4G but nothing is going on, so I have to turn the data off and back on to get it working again.
With all that said, I've had this phone since December and I still absolutely LOVE this phone! I still look at the screen and think "wow that's cool". I still show it off to people, I still love using it to pay with Google Wallet.
However, I have recently decided to get rid of it. I will be giving it to my friend, because I just ordered the GSM one from the Google Play store! I'm so sick and tired of Verizon so I want to try the whole prepaid services thing till I find something that works best for me with a service that doesn't treat me like I'm trying to steal from them because I have the unlimited data package THEY gladly offered me years ago. What ever happened to treating older customers better??

There are a few of us that jumped ship from the G2x here now, I don't think we made the wrong choice.
Plus we'll be getting Jelly Bean soon!
Just like you, I think the screen got me. That and stable ICS. I loved my G2x but after hanging around my friends with 4.3 or 4.5inch screens... I felt... inadequate...
Haha, just kidding, but I did want a bigger screen. I'm really happy with this phone now and I think I will be for a while.

kristovaher said:
Of course it's still worth buying. This is still the best Android phone out there. Galaxy S3 and One X may both be faster, but if you're a casual developer or tech guy, then Galaxy Nexus is the best you can get in terms of software.
Quad-core is overrated on phones and I don't like Galaxy S3's hardware decisions (the hardware keys). Galaxy Nexus has on-screen keys, which are just amazing, I could not go back to a phone without them. I don't like the bells and whistles of Galaxy S3 and One X either (which won't be a problem if you root of course). Their usability features are an overkill and don't work at all times.
Since Galaxy Nexus does come with the best version of Android - native, non-bloated one - and has very good hardware to run anything you throw at it today, then yes, it's the phone to get and the one I've suggested to fellow developers. One of the young developers I know bought it just last week and is loving it.
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Software keys to me are a waste of screen real estate. There is no advantage to having them. I remove them and use LMT because I want the extra screen space. Using LMT is not as quick as having the buttons there but worth the sacrifice.
The GNEX has the space at the bottom of the device to fit keys there and I wish they would have or added them as well and given the choice to use on which one we want to use.