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[Q] one more confused soul..Xperia S or Ion

Hello friends,
I own a Xperia Arc S and would like to upgrade. But not shure whether to get ion or xperia s
Xperia S have good ROM support over here but kinda looks thick compared to Ion maybe coz of curved shape.(after owning arc s everything seems to look fat )
Xperia Ion has bad ROM support but looks are better than Xperia S ( according to me)
So i need your help guys in deciding.
I went through many threads but couldnt find my answers.
Any help is appreciated
Thank You

arpith.fbi said:
Hello friends,
I own a Xperia Arc S and would like to upgrade. But not shure whether to get ion or xperia s
Xperia S have good ROM support over here but kinda looks thick compared to Ion maybe coz of curved shape.(after owning arc s everything seems to look fat )
Xperia Ion has bad ROM support but looks are better than Xperia S ( according to me)
So i need your help guys in deciding.
I went through many threads but couldnt find my answers.
Any help is appreciated
Thank You
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Xperia S !!
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I went with ion yeah it has lack of rooms right now but you can still root and have fun with it just as u can with the S, but like they say you can't go off wat people want u to get u gotta get wat u want, different strokes for different folks
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arpith.fbi said:
Hello friends,
I own a Xperia Arc S and would like to upgrade. But not shure whether to get ion or xperia s
Xperia S have good ROM support over here but kinda looks thick compared to Ion maybe coz of curved shape.(after owning arc s everything seems to look fat )
Xperia Ion has bad ROM support but looks are better than Xperia S ( according to me)
So i need your help guys in deciding.
I went through many threads but couldnt find my answers.
Any help is appreciated
Thank You
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Go for Ion :good: and I'll happily welcome you to the family bro
and also,the ion is lacking of custom ROM and custom kernel because most of the Xperia ion user have the at&t version (Lt28at),some got Rogers version and international version (both are Lt28i) and some got Lt28h (without LTE,like me in my country lol xD )

thanks for replying guys...in what terms ion is better than xperia S?

arpith.fbi said:
thanks for replying guys...in what terms ion is better than xperia S?
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Larger screen, SD card.
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jeriku said:
Larger screen, SD card.
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+ Much longer battery life

UchihaDareNial said:
+ Much longer battery life
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Not with lte. Xperia s has better battery life anyways.
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Xperia S or Xperia Ion

I'm have been looking around for a new phone to replace my Samsung Galaxy Ace and came down to these two phones i.e. Xperia S amd Xperia Ion and I'm really torn. I can't make up my mind at all.
As you all are users already, I would like to get some insight into these two phones, the things I'm looking into are :
1)Developer community support (custom roms and stuff).
2) Battery life under moderately heavy usage(I won't mind charging once or twice daily)
3) Screen- contrasts, blacks, whites
4) I think the Camera is basically the same? Right?
5) All the reviews I've read have complained about the capacitive keys on both of them. How is it in reality? Is there a learning curve to it?
Any input would be highly appreciated. No trolls please.
Thanks.
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I think all ions are locked bootloader so therefore the development is limited
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jonathanpeter said:
I'm have been looking around for a new phone to replace my Samsung Galaxy Ace and came down to these two phones i.e. Xperia S amd Xperia Ion and I'm really torn. I can't make up my mind at all.
As you all are users already, I would like to get some insight into these two phones, the things I'm looking into are :
1)Developer community support (custom roms and stuff).
2) Battery life under moderately heavy usage(I won't mind charging once or twice daily)
3) Screen- contrasts, blacks, whites
4) I think the Camera is basically the same? Right?
5) All the reviews I've read have complained about the capacitive keys on both of them. How is it in reality? Is there a learning curve to it?
Any input would be highly appreciated. No trolls please.
Thanks.
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1)Development of XS is more than ion
2)ion's battery is bigger than XS , it must charging once a day if you use an android phone.
About screen and camera, i have not used ion, i dont know
the capacitive keys......i only want to say it's not hard to use

Ben36 said:
I think all ions are locked bootloader so therefore the development is limited
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You're wrong!
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Yes, I think ARNOB is right. It can be unlocked I think.
ARNOB, how's the Ion?
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At&t ions cant be bootloader unlocked, the rest can.
Ion has bigger screen and sd card support. Developer comunity is a lot bigger for xperia s. Capacitive buttons work fine on the ion(on mine i need only one press). Personally i was going to go for an S but choose the ion instead.
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jonathanpeter said:
Yes, I think ARNOB is right. It can be unlocked I think.
ARNOB, how's the Ion?
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Well, I've used a galaxy ace as well as both Xperia S and Xperia Ion. So here's my conclusive answer.
1. The community is very big for the Xperia S but in terms of mods and everything, ion is no way left behind.
2. Xperia Ion HSPA has a better battery imo compared to the LTE variant(due to 4G) and Xperia S.
3. Xperia S is said to have a larger dpi resulting a sharper display though I couldn't really feel the difference. While the Xperia Ion has deeper blacks, larger screen.
4. Camera is fully identical.
5. The capacitive buttons for both have no issues. But you might need a week to get used to it as its quite different from Samsung.
Hope it helps
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I don't know. Maybe I'll go for the Xperia S.
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jonathanpeter said:
I don't know. Maybe I'll go for the Xperia S.
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Welcome..
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How's the support?

Hi, I'm currently using Lg g2x as my daily phone and I'm thinking of changing my phone to xperia ion or htc one s.
My g2x lacks driver support and it is near impossible for me to get an ICS/JB update...
I skimmed through threads and it seems like Wind mobile's Xperia Ion can't get custom roms?
can somebody confirm that for me please? thank you
and how are the support from sony and developers for this phone?
thank you

Odp: How's the support?
If you want custom roms you should buy Xperia S. There is a lot of roms and mods for this great phone.
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jnhsd0319 said:
Hi, I'm currently using Lg g2x as my daily phone and I'm thinking of changing my phone to xperia ion or htc one s.
My g2x lacks driver support and it is near impossible for me to get an ICS/JB update...
I skimmed through threads and it seems like Wind mobile's Xperia Ion can't get custom roms?
can somebody confirm that for me please? thank you
and how are the support from sony and developers for this phone?
thank you
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Xperia S is a good phone (performance) but just read around this phone's section for some bricking incidents. It has been happening without any particular cause to many users. Some manage to recover after looong time (maybe even a week) and some unfortunate guys like me are stuck with a dead brick. Sony claims that I had a hard brick (needs motherboard replacement) but I had done nothing except wiping data in CWM. I don't think that you should buy this phone at all. Just go for any other phone.

Well if you plan to buy Xperia ion,buy either LT28i or LT28h that have bootloader unlock allowed : Yes
And then install your fav custom Rom and kernel
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do you guys know which version is Canadian wind mobile ion??
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jnhsd0319 said:
do you guys know which version is Canadian wind mobile ion??
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I'm sorry?
As long as the phone isn't sim lock and matched with your country gsm or whatever it's call,yes you can...
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Interest survey for DooMKernel on this device...

DooMKernel for Xperia ZL is released at this thread
cheers!
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So guys I have got some requests to make a kernel for this device based on my Xperia Z kernel sources...
I just wanted to know how many users, if any at all, would be interested in having my DooMKernel on their Xperia ZL...
Custom kernel can be used only on devices which have unlockable bootloader and the bootloader is unlocked...
Please use the poll to show your interest
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Bring it on voted

Count me in!
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Gratis insanity check for those who click "not interested"
Bring it on DooMLoRD!!

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So much looking forward to that!
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Can't wait, any chance of voodoo sound? or am I being a total noob?

Interested.
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Psycownage said:
Can't wait, any chance of voodoo sound? or am I being a total noob?
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Check out my Xperia Z kernel thread
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The ability to do custom voltage and overclocking/underclocking beyond the stock value is plain awesome. I use your custom kernel before on CSL Mi410 so I know you are awesome DooMLoRD

only 25 ppl so far?
thats kinda disappointing...

DooMLoRD said:
only 25 ppl so far?
thats kinda disappointing...
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It still isn't officially released in places like the US. So I'm sure not a lot of people have it yet. I'm very interested.

Ya there's not much traction for the ZL just yet.
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+1 for any of your work doomlord
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DooMLoRD said:
only 25 ppl so far?
thats kinda disappointing...
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I know that 25 people is way too less for so much effort, but look at it like this, 100% people who own the ZL are interested and eagerly look forward to your work.
Come on dev!

I think many people didn't get their phone yet, in my country it's available since 4 days. Hope it will arrive tomorrow...
It would be very dissappointing not to get your kernel, but i can underdtand that it's too much work for so few people.

+1
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I am in
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yes to doomlord
I agree not a lot of people have this phone especially here in the U.S. but I have been a big fan of your work since my xperia arc days. I'm definitely interested since I now have a ZL! Hope more ZL owners come to support your work!
Thanks again.

voted !! :fingers-crossed:

Voted
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New Xperia S update coming in the form of 6.2.B.1.XX

Good news
Back in June, we reported of a new Sony Xperia S (LT26i) firmware update that was rumoured to arrive in early July. Well obviously that did not come to pass, but apparently a new update is still on the agenda for Xperia S/SL owners. Sony pretty much confirmed as much on the official support forums, saying that it will have build version number 6.2.B.1.XX. There’s no ETA for the update, but we’ll keep our eyes peeled.
Source: http://www.xperiablog.net/2013/08/0...-1-xx/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook
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gravtec said:
Good news
Back in June, we reported of a new Sony Xperia S (LT26i) firmware update that was rumoured to arrive in early July. Well obviously that did not come to pass, but apparently a new update is still on the agenda for Xperia S/SL owners. Sony pretty much confirmed as much on the official support forums, saying that it will have build version number 6.2.B.1.XX. There’s no ETA for the update, but we’ll keep our eyes peeled.
Source: http://www.xperiablog.net/2013/08/0...-1-xx/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook
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So,over all of the S,SL,Acro S,and ion...only S will get a fixed update?Screw that,Sony didn't say it is only for Xperia S :s
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Don't thank me. It's because of amount of death threats I sent to their dev department and sophisticated insults to their support policy I posted on their facebook page.

good to read these news.. lets see if they will give us a good update

prohibeat said:
Don't thank me. It's because of amount of death threats I sent to their dev department and sophisticated insults to their support policy I posted on their facebook page.
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Ok, I won't

UchihaDareNial said:
So,over all of the S,SL,Acro S,and ion...only S will get a fixed update?Screw that,Sony didn't say it is only for Xperia S :s
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Well the pòst was on the XPS forum, what phone do you think they're talking about?
Main > Sony Xperia™ support forum > Xperia S/SL >
I hate those rants!

What about Acro S? D:
Isn't Sony going to release an update for Acro S and ION also?

Wow! Thats a good news! I guess the 1080p video rec and volume up bug will be fixed in this 6.2.b.1.xx update
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denslife16 said:
Wow! Thats a good news! I guess the 1080p video rec and volume up bug will be fixed in this 6.2.b.1.xx update
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Im almost willing to bet it will still be choppy a bit
And instead of volume up not working that will switch to volume down

mariovp said:
Isn't Sony going to release an update for Acro S and ION also?
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Sure they will...most of Xperia S users only think that Sony will only fix the problems in their phone (Xperia S) only because they (Sony) did reply and respond inside SXS forum...talk about typical Xperia S user that think of their own importance and forget about the others (Xperia SL,Acro S and ion)...
Sorry if my message is kind of a little rage message...I'm quite mad because some SXS user only think about only their phone's problem will be fixed
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We'll see

This update will well be the last update we are gonna be receiving.. Since Qualcomm have stopped work for S3 chipset devices.. We won't be getting official 4.2.2.. Same case like HTC One S.. Sad that Qualcomm too rejecting the good handsets.. Damn these companies..!!!!

UchihaDareNial said:
Sure they will...most of Xperia S users only think that Sony will only fix the problems in their phone (Xperia S) only because they (Sony) did reply and respond inside SXS forum...talk about typical Xperia S user that think of their own importance and forget about the others (Xperia SL,Acro S and ion)...
Sorry if my message is kind of a little rage message...I'm quite mad because some SXS user only think about only their phone's problem will be fixed
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You have to think about something. If Xperia S won't get updated, what are the chances to update Acro S, sl or ion? Zero.
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sudhindrakv said:
This update will well be the last update we are gonna be receiving.. Since Qualcomm have stopped work for S3 chipset devices.. We won't be getting official 4.2.2.. Same case like HTC One S.. Sad that Qualcomm too rejecting the good handsets.. Damn these companies..!!!!
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Nothing stop you to use custom Rom or aosp kernel with stock Rom, maybe XSp Rom( like ported HTC Rom)
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Forzaferrarileo said:
Nothing stop you to use custom Rom or aosp kernel with stock Rom, maybe XSp Rom( like ported HTC Rom)
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Could you please unlock my bootloader unlock disabled phone then? Just asking...
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donjamal said:
Could you please unlock my bootloader unlock disabled phone then? Just asking...
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That's impossible
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Thanks for understanding.
And yes, this is keeping me away from flashing PROPER Custom ROMs, which means that some people (incl. me) will have to stick to 4.1.2 forever...
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I actually prefer 4.1 ROMs on xs coz they're much more stable compared to 4.2. I have had battery issues with 4.2 ROMs on xs. Hope Sony release a faster, more stable and more efficient 4.1 rather than 4.2. Lets not forget xs runs on over 2 year old cpu.

[OT]My Wildfire S runs with CM10.1 nearly better than with Stock 2.3.5. But let's not forget it has a CPU that was already 2-3 years old when it was released (ARMv6 generation). [/OT]
Just saying...
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Forzaferrarileo said:
Nothing stop you to use custom Rom or aosp kernel with stock Rom, maybe XSp Rom( like ported HTC Rom)
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But bro, if they give an update to 4.2.2, custom roms will obviously come good.. Atleast if they release sources, that would help devs to build a stable one soon.. But they don't.. And obviously i would choose custom rom over stock anytime.. And what XSP ROM(ported HTC) are u talkin bout bro??