http://www.bgr.com/2012/02/13/samsungs-galaxy-note-is-the-most-useless-phone-ive-seen/
Im kind of at a loss for words on this one.
Yes, it is a large phone
Yes, it is not inteded for the general population
but there is no need to hammer it for its size. The size is what makes it unique and functional! Cant wait to get my carbon blue on friday and prove them wrong!!
Frank
I like how everyone in the comments railed on him . . . lol
That is THE strangest hands-on I have ever read.
The phone is too big. You will look stupid talking on it, people will laugh at you, and you’ll be unhappy if you buy it. I really can’t get around this, unfortunately, because Samsung pushed things way too far this time.
Not even sure what to say.
jpeg42 said:
That is THE strangest hands-on I have ever read.
The phone is too big. You will look stupid talking on it, people will laugh at you, and you’ll be unhappy if you buy it. I really can’t get around this, unfortunately, because Samsung pushed things way too far this time.
Not even sure what to say.
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Its very embarassing to publish something like that. Sounds like a little kid tyrade!!
The Galaxy Note essentially has everything you’d want in a smartphone: a great dual-core processor, a solid camera, a beautiful display and good build quality, and it runs on AT&T’s new 4G LTE network that delivers incredibly fast downloads speeds. Plus the battery seems actually decent so far, which is a triumph for modern smartphones.
Throw all of that right out the window.
The phone is too big.
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Essentially: Nothing but praise, but it's too big!
If you look at the first picture you can see that the "reviewer" has pretty small hands. It's fair to write an article saying that the phone doesn't work for you, but to say that anyone who uses the phone looks ridiculous and that people will laugh at you is just poor journalism.
I think size 6 shoes are too small, but I don't go around criticizing people that wear them...
it's not something I hide...I can't stand that site.. they rarely back anything up
but this kind of thing happens often with android phones in general....
they get used to simply point out how much better some other device is.
Did you expect anything less from this apple fanboi? He just had not been told by apple yet that a 5.3 inch screen is better than a 3.5 inch screen.
No sense in waiting to get the phone to prove him "wrong". The phone is / will be amazing and the biggest reason I personally bought it was for its size. The guy who wrote the article doesn't like things that are big.......just the same way some people would prefer to drive a Civic over a lifted F350 Diesel. Big deal? The guy is entitled to his opinion as much as you are entitled to your right to buy and enjoy the best smartphone currently out.
I will give him 2 thumbs up on the comment about Android Phones having 7 different flagships in the same year......that part needed to be said. Each time I walk into an AT&T or Verizon store, they have a different lineup of Android phones....but the iPhone is sitting there...in the same place it has for months.....and still outselling all the rest.
Be secure with your purchase - and use it because YOU want to use it, not to use it to prove someone else wrong. That's just......silly.
I guess jockey-sized hipsters shouldn't be reviewing Samsung devices ...
His article kind of reminds me of the Burger King commercial about the guy that doesn't want to go and get a BK Double Cheeseburger because it will make his hands look small.
This is an example of an apple fanboy in fear that android has made a device that totally demolishes the iPhone. Get over it and suck on your apple.
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Im kind of at a loss for words on this one.
Yes, it is a large phone
Yes, it is not inteded for the general population
but there is no need to hammer it for its size. The size is what makes it unique and functional!
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BGR --- "but, But, BUT... It's not the size of an iPhone!!! Waaaaaaaaaaaaah"
If I was as bad at my job as that guy is at his, I'd be fired.
Im 6'5 and have big hands. I own a HTC Desire HD and every time i went to type on a new rom i either had to install a new keyboard theme with bigger keys or turn to landscape to type. This phone is exactly what i need. Having a stylus is great too because some people can write faster than typing...i do see gimmicks here but what phone doesnt have them? its how they sell. some people use them, some dont.
BGR Stinks
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BGR Stinks
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Exactly why I get my news reviews from un/less-biased sources like:
-The Verge
-Slashgear
-Ars Technica
-Anandtech
I would suggest going to those instead for tech news. BGR is complete trash (and this is coming from an iPhone user)
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I think size 6 shoes are too small, but I don't go around criticizing people that wear them...
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This sums it up nicely.
If he'd given specific reasons like:
Screen is too big so battery life is horrible
Phone is too big and makes it heavy in the pocket
its not a review but a rant.
Did you see the size of the little hand on that guy? I think BGR should stand for Baby Girl Report.
thinguy said:
its not a review but a rant.
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Not really sure he's claiming anything different, and he does say a proper review is forthcoming. I don't follow bgr--and after reading this I definitely won't--but posting childish rants like this just strikes me as the sort of thing people should reserve for their livejournals and not for a site that would like to provide credible tech info and reviews.
Is the phone too big? As many (reasonable) posters have said in this forum, that's a matter of opinion. Obviously Mr. Geller feels that it is, but I can't imagine why anyone posting with that tone would expect to be taken seriously. The iPhone comparison is particularly ridiculous at this point; while it is more or less indisputable that Samsung's Galaxy line took a great deal of inspiration from the iPhone design (he should have found a pic of the international note with its physical home button to up the similarity!), the Note actually looks significantly less like the iPhone than some of the earlier incarnations. That sort of comparison would be better suited to some BS patent infringement case filing.
This type of article is exactly why I have been posting the details I can get like I did with my in and review thread. tons of details and a few opinions.
I am no journalist but I like to believe people get something useful from it.
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At work last week someone asked me that question and I just thought it was funny. I work in a technology company with Apple being the dominant brand of choice (of course). After explaining to him it was the new Asus Transformer Prime with the Tegra 3, etc etc he ended with saying; "oh, so it's like a baby iPad?"
*Sigh*
Pretty funny. Anyone else run into any situations like this?
Lol...just keep letting em think that. It's for the best. I just stopped talking tech with my ibuddies. I've been a mac (computers) guy since about 2001 and can't stand what they've done with iTunes iPod iPhone crap. I personally believe ios is for kids, women and grandparents. If you're any kind of a true "tech" guy you wouldn't be caught dead with an iPhone.
Just sayin....
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Really? A Baby iPAd? LMAO
I know a lot of my friends are huge Apple lovers. I just cant get behind that. Trust me I have tried.
With the Prime I have had some people say well that's cute but you know the iPad can do this and this and that.
I always look at them and say I know it can but do you remember the game "Lemmings"? Kind of what owning Apple products is like.
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Unfortunately for some of us, it's dictated by the company we work for. Where I am, they pay for the device and service, so I get what they give me. I would kill for a Nexus or SII, but they just won't go that direction.
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With the Prime I have had some people say well that's cute but you know the iPad can do this and this and that.
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I hate it when people do that, and 99% of the time it seems to be Apple users...
So what if the iPhone/iPad can do that.. How does that help me? I have an Android device.
It's not just the iPad users that say things like that... My Grandparents (who don't own any apple devices) call any kind of tablet an iPad. They call my TFP an iPad, and hell, they even call my Dell Streak an iPad/iPhone.
/sigh.. the ageing population
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Unfortunately for some of us, it's dictated by the company we work for. Where I am, they pay for the device and service, so I get what they give me. I would kill for a Nexus or SII, but they just won't go that direction.
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That's business tho. My company forces blackberries....
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mdizzle9 said:
At work last week someone asked me that question and I just thought it was funny. I work in a technology company with Apple being the dominant brand of choice (of course). After explaining to him it was the new Asus Transformer Prime with the Tegra 3, etc etc he ended with saying; "oh, so it's like a baby iPad?"
*Sigh*
Pretty funny. Anyone else run into any situations like this?
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LoL . Always happens to me,with "not so tech savy" friends,when they see my hd2, they always ask of it is the new iphone model....And when I answer that it isn't,they look so disapointed...and then ask if it is a cheap chinese copy of the iphone....
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Q: How do you know if someone has an Apple product?
A: Just wait. They'll tell you.
I just let them stay plugged in the "Matrix" and go about my business.
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I just let them stay plugged in the "Matrix" and go about my business.
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Lol.....had chuckle
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mrokeefe said:
I personally believe ios is for kids, women and grandparents. If you're any kind of a true "tech" guy you wouldn't be caught dead with an iPhone.
Just sayin....
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I'm a woman (last time I checked) and I have a TFP.
Android, not just for basement dwelling mama's boys.
Just sayin...
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Really? A Baby iPAd? LMAO
I know a lot of my friends are huge Apple lovers. I just cant get behind that. Trust me I have tried.
With the Prime I have had some people say well that's cute but you know the iPad can do this and this and that.
I always look at them and say I know it can but do you remember the game "Lemmings"? Kind of what owning Apple products is like.
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Thanks for the Lemmings -Apple fanboy comparison. I'm going to be using that.
Guess when you spend enough on advertising so a person can't go more than 15 minutes without seeing a commercial pays off, huh?
Luckily I run an Android User Group so not only is it unlikely to people for people to assume I am holding an Apple device, I get to totally make them regret their mistake.
As an example, this is what I have displayed in my cube:
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And yes, that is a VHS tape with a coffin-ized Apple logo. It was a gift and I found it quite appropriate.
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I'm a woman (last time I checked) and I have a TFP.
Android, not just for basement dwelling mama's boys.
Just sayin...
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So many things ran through my head reading this...but thanks for the laugh!
My Girlfriend called mine an Ipad for a while but I got pretty angry. Now she calls it a "Tabloid" lol, its better than Ipad I guess...
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A: Just wait. They'll tell you.
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haha I can't believe how true this is with the people around me...
My daughter's middle school uses iPad2's and the other night she needed to access a website with flash and was getting frustrated. She yells from the den "Dad can I please borrow your 'Giant Droid' this iPad won't work right!" LOL
arbrib86 said:
LoL . Always happens to me,with "not so tech savy" friends,when they see my hd2, they always ask of it is the new iphone model....And when I answer that it isn't,they look so disapointed...and then ask if it is a cheap chinese copy of the iphone....
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lol. If I'm not mistaken iphone is also made in china. I have so many friends with iphones and they praise it like its the best thing ever. When i tell them to go to this website (with flash) or I show them google nav turn by turn on my Evo 3d, then they're like "oh man mine doesnt do that" lol.
My other friend used to be an android fan but after getting an ipad2 he thinks apple is the ish and is bragging about ipad3 already even when it hasn't even come out yet lol. Unfortunately hes moved over to the dark side forever....
I am in college, so maybe I am in an environment of slightly, and I emphasize 'slightly' more tech savy people in general. Not many people here own iPads, but many of the people who see my TFP are overall impressed.
"Wow thats skinny", "wow that looks nice"
I do occasionally get "oh did you get an ipad" but then I quickly correct them.
I actually sat down at a table with someone who had an iPad 2 and another person with an iPad og. Being that they were stuck in their iLife, they were seemingly unaware of the existence of android tablets. They were generally impressed with the look and feel of my transformer.. and there was one person at the table who had used to own an android phone then switched to iPhone (not entirely by choice) so they knew the shortcomings of an iOS and were very impressed by what I could do with my tablet and they could not do with their ipads.
Ok we know it's coming soon, in fact I am already seeing hints of it. We know inevitably once the I3 is out, there will be people that suggest that everything Apple has made going back to the IMAC is better than the Prime.
So this thread is for people to start lowering their blood pressure ahead of time and once it starts. I will not consider anything in THIS thread flaming, sarcasm, trolling, or anything else that is usually reportable especially since it is a hypothetical post. That being said I cannot control it if a mod thinks something is too far gone and decides to take things into his own hands.
Personally I think this type of thread is better than hijacking someone else's, at least here we can have fun. So without further adieu, say what you wish.
GUYS, I just saw the specs on the new IPAD3. It is going to blow everything ANDROID out of the water especially everything ASUS has on the drawing board. You guys better sell your antique now so you can preorder the I3
EDIT: BTW the ones I am really gonna have fun with are those who don't read the OP and think the thread is serious
EDIT 03/19 Since the thread became serious I have changed to a serious name suggested by Wordly wise
Original name was
I REALLY THINK THE IPAD3 (and 2) ARE BETTER THAN THE PRIME
Unfortunately even the original iPad blows the Prime out of the water simply because its a reliable product unlike the nothing but problems since launch quality control issues Prime
Ipad 3 will be for my kids. You have a link for the specs? Because I didn't think
it wasn't announced until tomorrow (March 7th).
Everything is rumor at this point....
So you wanna fight or what?
Why come into the Prime general forum with a line like that if youdidn't expect a flame fest. (I take back any earlier comment about trollism, as clearly tha is not your intent) . You must KNOW you won't get a serious debate in here, but rather a war of words, and incendiary comments. The Prime is the most Love it/Hate it device going right now. People are so polarised over it, it's crazy, with Major "It's the best and I won't STAND for anyone talking bad about it" guys like Damandarin, down to the opposite side such as this joker:
jdbaker82 said:
Unfortunately even the original iPad blows the Prime out of the water simply because its a reliable product unlike the nothing but problems since launch quality control issues Prime
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Black or white with Prime... Personally I love it, but have been frustrated as hell by the issues that will all be resolved on the next iteration (yeah... uhuh. and all aspirins are alike) But yeah, it CLOSE to greatness, but too many **** ups and it starts losing that shine... At the moment I need to see Asus STOP updating at breakneck pace breaking **** while they fix others... I had to roll back to .14, and I had no issues all along, besides you G know P what S
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Why come into the Prime general forum with a line like that if youdidn't expect a flame fest. (I take back any earlier comment about trollism, as clearly tha is not your intent) . You must KNOW you won't get a serious debate in here, but rather a war of words, and incendiary comments. The Prime is the most Love it/Hate it device going right now
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Of course I know, but better here than in the threads that are going to start tomorrow. Those threads will probably be posted in all seriousness, ooorrrr did you not read the entire OP xD.
I Love Deman but I bet he doesn't read the whole OP or this post and swoops in like the Green Lantern.
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Of course I know, but better here than in the threads that are going to start tomorrow. Those threads will probably be posted in all seriousness, ooorrrr did you not read the entire OP xD.
I Love Deman but I bet he doesn't read the whole OP or this post and swoops in like the Green Lantern.
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LOL... I almost PEED MYSELF!!!! You are so right! And Quad Core Beats what iPAD 3 has... uh... What DOES iPAd 3 have?
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Green Latern is cool.
And I love my prime.
Good point. Probably about 100 threads of IPAD 3 vs Prime in next few days. lol
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LOL... I almost PEED MYSELF!!!! You are so right! And Quad Core Beats what iPAD 3 has... uh... What DOES iPAd 3 have?
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My buddy works at Apple and he sent me a copy of the spec sheet. It's running a Tegra 6 24 cores at 2.5mhz. And it has 8 gigs of ram with 1TB of user app space, and all the apps are in the cloud so you don't use up room on the tablet, and it doesn't need WIFI to download them it uses a transporter
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Green Latern is cool.
And I love my prime.
Good point. Probably about 100 threads of IPAD 3 vs Prime in next few days. lol
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Really? How do you feel about the Green LaNtern. If you were posting from an IPAD it wouldn't let you make that mistake
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Ok we know it's coming soon, in fact I am already seeing hints of it. We know inevitably once the I3 is out, there will be people that suggest that everything Apple has made going back to the IMAC is better than the Prime.
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I'm saving up for the iPad XX (20). It's going to incite Rapture and save our souls. It's also going to sh*t money and run on a quantum processor, travel faster than light, and have enough geebees to hold every single memory that humanity has ever had. OMG I LUV APPLE AND ANDROID SUKS BECAUSE IT COPIES EVERYTING APPLE. TROLLS RULE!
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I'm saving up for the iPad XX (20). It's going to incite Rapture and save our souls. It's also going to sh*t money and run on a quantum processor, travel faster than light, and have enough geebees to hold every single memory that humanity has ever had. OMG I LUV APPLE AND ANDROID SUKS BECAUSE IT COPIES EVERYTING APPLE. TROLLS RULE!
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DEMAN Help!
You should add Samsung's next tablet. They have their own event on March 9th...
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You should add Samsung's next tablet. They have their own event on March 9th...
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Yeah I agree, the first generation IPAD is better than anything that Samsung has put out or will put out this year
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Really? How do you feel about the Green LaNtern. If you were posting from an IPAD it wouldn't let you make that mistake
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Yes.. true. However, using an IPAD would take away that "character" that makes you.. YOU.
IPAD ??
Whats one on them ?
Are they a new type of womens sanitry towels ? if so I will buy the wife a pack
It's just too damned hard to figger out the widgers and home bases and file whatchamacallits on my Prime. It's waaaaaaaaaaaaay to complicated. I just want to turn it on and push some buttons and watch my kitty videos on the YouTube. I mean, when I install an app, where does it GO?!? What are those little dots on the screen, you know, the ones on the right-hand corner at the top? You know, when I hold the Prime SIDEWAYS?
So I think I'll get one of those iPad 3 things from the Apple store, so I don't have to worry about figgering anything out. And I know it'll just werk, right? RIGHT?
AAAHHH I found them
Thing about apple is its BUILT to be idiot proof, you have a limited amount of things you can do with it and it works well at what it does.
Android, by nature, is more unstable however there is more freedom to put whatever os you like (android, linux, hell i've seen some androids running messed up windows ports with very limited functionality)
So ya the ipad may be "better" if you want something stable, however i want something i can customize to my liking and you just cant do that with apple.
Too Much Choice
DO I Buy
Ipad 1
OR IPAD 2
OR IPAD 3
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I just want to turn it on and push some buttons and watch my kitty videos on the YouTube. QUOTE]
If you did not mean kiddy videos I don't think the IPAD will let you watch these.
EDIT the above wouldn't have happened if I was using an IPAD
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Not sure if anyone is aware but Sprint no longer carries the Evo 3D. You can go to their site and look and the Evo 3D is no longer in their line-up. Some retailers still have some in stock, as of now RadioShack is offering the Evo 3D for $29.99 for new upgrade or add-a-line.
lmao! umm yeah. that's been the story for over 2-3 months now. lol. But oh well, you just now figured it out. Discontinued a long time ago. Sadly, the Evo 3D really is a great phone. But they can't just have 60 phones in their lineup. wish they could keep this one.
they need to grow a sack.
with ICS, the device should be a front runner, and HTC devs should have overclocked the GPU a tick to keep it up with other devices coming out. They could have kept selling the damn things, for the same price, it's all about how you market a product... and with hardware, as always, the performance is only as limited as the restricting software loaded to it.
truly disappointing. with ICS available, they could still be marketing these devices at 100 bucks a pop, even more, and people would still be buying them up.
xCLUx said:
they need to grow a sack.
with ICS, the device should be a front runner, and HTC devs should have overclocked the GPU a tick to keep it up with other devices coming out. They could have kept selling the damn things, for the same price, it's all about how you market a product... and with hardware, as always, the performance is only as limited as the restricting software loaded to it.
truly disappointing. with ICS available, they could still be marketing these devices at 100 bucks a pop, even more, and people would still be buying them up.
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None of this matters if the phone doesnt sell. It clearly didn't meet their expectations on the sales end which is why they elected NOT to put 3D on the next Evo. Doesn't matter what the hardware is, if people aren't buying it they aren't going to keep paying HTC to make them. Pretty simple business practice there.
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None of this matters if the phone doesnt sell. It clearly didn't meet their expectations on the sales end which is why they elected NOT to put 3D on the next Evo. Doesn't matter what the hardware is, if people aren't buying it they aren't going to keep paying HTC to make them. Pretty simple business practice there.
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The GS2 killed that phone. I had the 3d and figured it be just like my OG evo and i would keep it for a year. I got really bored with the phone. It was like they sold us a cool 3d phone and said have fun go find tour own 3d stuff lol. The phone didnt sell bc it wasnt that big of a difference from the original evo except the 3d and well there wasnt alot of 3d stuff available so what was the point in getting it. The GS2 how ever was thinner faster sexier and had a way better camera. The day the GS2 hit the shelves the 3d was done. I jumped ship asap
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xCLUx said:
they need to grow a sack.
with ICS, the device should be a front runner, and HTC devs should have overclocked the GPU a tick to keep it up with other devices coming out. They could have kept selling the damn things, for the same price, it's all about how you market a product... and with hardware, as always, the performance is only as limited as the restricting software loaded to it.
truly disappointing. with ICS available, they could still be marketing these devices at 100 bucks a pop, even more, and people would still be buying them up.
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yea and they should still have nextel phones, just gotta market that push to talk feature better! *chirp chirp*
on a more serious note... glad you aren't the one making the decissions for sprint though
Marketing ICS
The general public seems to be a little uninformed about android versions. I work at best buy mobile and often used android version as a selling point (Especially when the Galaxy Nexus came out with pure ICS). However I don't emphasize software version as much now since most consumers have no earthly idea what it means. even after explaining, most customers respond with a lack of enthusiasm: "oh... that's neat..."
For myself and probably many power users, It would have made sense to release ICS earlier on the E3D so it could have a better edge on the competition, (iphone, Gs2), but the general public... Android versions don't seem to motive them as much. the early move to ICS would have translated to insignificant increases in sales to justify the release.
Atleast on Iphone instead of saying "The new 5.0/5.1" you can just say, "it's loaded with icloud." Consumers respond a lot better to that. even though I like selling androids better. especially after apple screwed up my evo LTE pre-order (was supposed to get it day after my birthday)
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lmao! umm yeah. that's been the story for over 2-3 months now. lol. But oh well, you just now figured it out. Discontinued a long time ago. Sadly, the Evo 3D really is a great phone. But they can't just have 60 phones in their lineup. wish they could keep this one.
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You know I don't have my head up Sprint's butt or my face constantly glued to XDA. So when someone makes a post that may be a little behind or in the wrong forum, coming out and try to make fun and humiliate them only pushes people away from the site. Next time show some courtesy and some decency and correct them in a respectful manner. Some people such as myself didn't know this until I went to add-a-line and saw it was no longer offered, others may see this post and find the same info and see a good sale for a great phone.
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Another point is that HTC screwed up on this phone. About 70 percent of the people who've had this phone say its glitchy. I inherited this phone from my dad and when he had it, it would reboot or shut off by itself. Had it not been for it glitching out all the time my dad would'be kept it. And if a lot of people weren't hearing such things it wouldve been more popular.
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Seriously...?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304782404577491510025271678.html
Most OEM's offer licensing deals for patent infringement, whereas apple wants to shut them out of the market completely. Apple knows they are going to lose this war just as they lost the desktop war during the 90's, they just want to delay the inevitable.
Are you kidding me?
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh wrote that Apple had made a strong case that Samsung had violated its design patent, which describes the front, back and sides of a device that looks similar ...
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So.... now nothing can be made with a rectangle shape with curved sides? Give me a freakin break.
Having a bunch of fan boys/gals buy every piece of crap they make like drones isn't enough? Now they have to try and take away the competition because the "sides are curved"
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At least this time they have to pony up 2.6 million dollars to get it taken seriously. Hopefully they loose the case and the money.
Ohh I hate apple even though I don't buy Samsung. The way Apple runs their business just irks me... Never owned Apple never will
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gokart2 said:
At least this time they have to pony up 2.6 million dollars to get it taken seriously. Hopefully they loose the case and the money.
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2.6 million dollars to them is a mere blip of their overall worth.
I hate Apple with a passion. nothing to do with their product, everything to do with their corporate ego maniacs
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cobraboy85 said:
2.6 million dollars to them is a mere blip of their overall worth.
I hate Apple with a passion. nothing to do with their product, everything to do with their corporate ego maniacs
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Agreed!
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are you f***ing kidding me apple?!?
that is so dumb... how are so many people oblivious to the things apple are doing, and just buying every product they make, year after year?!?
Thats just so iLame
Whats even worse than Apple's "ethics" is the "ethics" of the judge in this case. Either she is a complete moron or Apple has slipped her some money under the table....
I guess the HUGE ****ing Apple logo on the back of their devices isn't enough to distinguish the two devices. They're literally digging themselves a grave...
Can't they claim patent for the 3.5" didee screen; they can have that one.
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Whats even worse than Apple's "ethics" is the "ethics" of the judge in this case. Either she is a complete moron or Apple has slipped her some money under the table....
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I do not like apple any more than the rest of us but . . . When somebody wins you have to give them their due.
Really, I expect that the judge did the best that could be done given the evidence. Samsung maybe pushed the limit a little to closely and didn't pull it off. Samsung has the edge anyway - except maybe not the size niche it would like. I think they'll get a lot closer after yesterday . . .
About time. Go get them Apple.:thumbup:
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Are you kidding me?
So.... now nothing can be made with a rectangle shape with curved sides? Give me a freakin break.
Having a bunch of fan boys/gals buy every piece of crap they make like drones isn't enough? Now they have to try and take away the competition because the "sides are curved"
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That patent pretty much describes LCD TV's, GPS devices, computer monitors.....ect. So stupid. This is why I hate on Apple. Not because I dislike their devices, because of their business practices.
If you think about the size of the companies involved there has to be enough creative talent to come up with an idea that is so different than what apple has it can't possibly be called a copyright infringement. The sooner these companies wise up and do that the better off we all will be.
The Patent Office needs to take some blame here too. Don't get me wrong, I do not approve of Apple's business practices, however, they're just doing whatever they can get away with. They shouldn't be able to get away with it, and that is why the blame should clearly fall on the Patent Office. The PO obviously has a lack of understanding pertaining to the technological field, so how are they the ones determining which patents to grant? They need to step up to the plate and throw away all of the frivolous patents that they ignorantly granted Apple. Again, that's the real problem here, if Apple doesn't have these absurd patents, they don't have all this power that they shouldn't have.
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why does everyone hate samsung so much?
Everyone says there products are cheap, but they aren't that bad.
I was thinking of getting
new samsung windows phone 8(sprint for unlimited data) when it comes out
prob a windows surface tablet by samsung
and a series 7(8?) gamer laptop when windows 8 comes out?
anyone want to try to talk me out of it for asus, htc, msi or sager -i don't buy alienware
or android or linux of this?
cobraboy85 said:
2.6 million dollars to them is a mere blip of their overall worth.
I hate Apple with a passion. nothing to do with their product, everything to do with their corporate ego maniacs
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I actually really like Apple's products. I don't like the mice though, as they are awfully limiting in the UI. I don't like the complete closed house approach they use, but they are big enough to make it work well. I very much dislike their tactics though.
I can tell you that the vast majority of people out there just don't care about who is *****ing (sueing) at who etc. They just think Apple is the bee's knee's and that's all there is to it.
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2.6 million dollars to them is a mere blip of their overall worth.
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I just checked wiki for a comparision between the company I work for and Apple. My company's revenue and overall worth is much greater then Apple's. With that in mind....we had a prototype parts inventory audit last year and the initial numbers came back saying we were missing 1.2 million dollars (US) worth of parts. That became a huge deal. The parts crib went on a 2 week lockdown. R&D stopped. Big wigs from Germany came. 2.6 million dollars is a huge deal to them, trust me.
We can chill here.
Will you ditch your current device to get this? Have you owned the M7 and M8
Topics of discussion:
Off topic, this stik'n thread ain't got some off topic... it should all be off topic
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Ideas you've seen in other roms, of which you would like to see incorporated to this device.
Your favorite song.
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Basically anything dealing with the Sprint HTC M9 :good:
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Is anybody gonna jump ship and move to the M9?
Shamelessly, I need more $$. I gave in and did this for you all
TonyStark said:
Is anybody gonna jump ship and move to the M9?
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Nope...I don't feel there is enough improvements over the M8.
BD619 said:
Nope...I don't feel there is enough improvements over the M8.
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Probably a good thing you don't. Not sure you have enough room in your sig, to house another device worth of info
Was going to jump to sprint to get this. Finally leave Verizon. These reviews are pretty bad though. Hopefully with updates some of these issues can be fixed.
fernando sor said:
Was going to jump to sprint to get this. Finally leave Verizon. These reviews are pretty bad though. Hopefully with updates some of these issues can be fixed.
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The best YT vid I watched said something to the tune of:
if you need a new device, it's a great first or replacement. I would not sell my M8 to get the M9, as there are not enough improvements to the platform. Stick with the M8.
That's rather telling, I would say.
TonyStark said:
The best YT vid I watched said something to the tune of:
if you need a new device, it's a great first or replacement. I would not sell my M8 to get the M9, as there are not enough improvements to the platform. Stick with the M8.
That's rather telling, I would say.
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Yeah this is pretty disappointing.
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really there is no improvement. seeing the m9 review. the camera is not good. that why is not worth it,
Well here's a little "pick me up":good:
When you're all ready for it:
[NOOB Friendly] Root and Install TWRP on HTC One M9
Latest version of M9 TWRP, direct DL page:
http://teamw.in/devices/htconem9.html
Probably.
This will be a long version of saying YES, so here goes...
I had the M7, loved it. Jumped right on the M8 and "liked" it. My biggest issue with the M8 is kind of a silly one and it's mostly a behavior thing for me. Essentially, I couldn't stand how slippery the lil' bastard was. In my first few days, I dropped it on the pavement just carrying it to my car. Most of the drops were at my desk, just trying to do one-handed input. The thing is large, even for my large hands, so one-handed input was tricky, especially with a slippery phone. Now, most of you probably wonder, "Why the hell don't you just get a case?" Simple. I don't like cases much. I like the feel of the slim device in my hand without extra bulk. Often times, I slip the phone into the back pocket of my Levis. That's where my problems began. Sitting on a 2nd story balcony at dinner one night, my back was to the railing. The phone was so slippery that it slipped out of my back pocket and dropped two stories to the sidewalk below (thank God nobody got hurt). Shattered screen, requested my insurance replacement and got it in two days. The problem was, every single replacement (3 in total) had a blown speaker. After Sprint sending me 3 different replacements, I was so pissed that I switched to the Galaxy S5.
The Galaxy S5 is my first Samsung and now I know why. It's a big ol' piece of sh!t. Slow, clunky, plastic, TouchWiz - need I say more?
Bottom line, I've heard that the M9 has a better grip and isn't as slippery as the M8, so I'm thinking I have to switch back. Just can't handle this Samsung junk. I'll be selling it on eBay with all the accessories (Mophie case, extra battery with a dual charging dock, carbon fiber slim case, and a shatter proof screen protector).
TonyStark said:
Is anybody gonna jump ship and move to the M9?
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I really want to but I'm so used to the note 3 features like spen that it's going to be tough. Not to mention the much larger screen. I love htc though and dislike touchwiz but have got used to it. I really want those dual speakers though. So badly wanted the prime or larger version.... And I get the reason to stick with the m8 if you have it.. I stayed with the note 3 over the note 4 for the same reasons and am happy I did.
I'm honestly hoping to hold on for the note 5 or if this m9 prime is ever released maybe they will have worked out the bugs of this one first.. So tough when your ready for a change. The wait is grueling but I want to be happy about buying a $600 pocket computer. ..
Totes ma goat sent from ma note
Anyone else already have theirs?
Going to get mine after I pay my Easy Pay stuff off next week, hopefully there's some form of CM ready when I get it. I'm sick and tired of the G3's development scene, all the GSM variants get the good ROMs while the Sprint variant had to rely on some ducktape & staple version of CM (Seriously, they increased the max volume and tried to fix NFC for the 1000th time and called it a "nightly") . I'll be really excited if CM11.1 gets ported because Holo is damn pretty on the M8 but I doubt it's gonna happen.
I am coming from the m7 looking forward to the m9
Got mine a few days ago at an event here in Los Angeles. Loving it
Sprint store or Bestbuy?
I revisit this decision every upgrade. Times have changed and are their any benefits to one or the other?
Bestbuy used to carry a better damage warranty/replacement deal long time ago. No frills no questions asked.
No more. They take the monthly charge and no matter what it is, they want another 150$. Plus they dont offer a loaner till you get a new one.
Used to have sprint plan similar to above, but have not since they use assurion.
Your experiences? Comments...
jj62mtp said:
Got mine a few days ago at an event here in Los Angeles. Loving it
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Is this all you have to say? We would like some more details please.
Haha, well it's fast, well built, takes great pictures and definitely doesnt overheat lol