I'm debating on trading my vibrant for a galaxy s 4g. worth the trade or no?
I'm questioning why the other person is even trading for a predecessor to the Galaxy S 4g. Are you sure his phone is 100% fine?
yeah. i've already looked at it. i'm not even sure i want to though. as of now, i think there's so much more support for the vibrant. i just wanna see what other ppl would do
Unless you need the 4G and FFC, and maybe that silver backplate, then no. The Galaxy S 4G developer list is extremely small, with Krylon being the only well known one I believe. Hell, it doesn't even has CWM yet.
But then again, some idiots on craigslist price the Galaxy S 4G $200 higher than the Vibrant just because it is newer,
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I can now upgrade from T mobile.
Vibrant is free at T mobile.
You think it's worth to get it? its free !!!
or wait for a month for 4G?
or even more (maybe 3~4 more months) for Galaxy S2?
Looks like every other month, we will get a new model anyway
What do you think?
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I can now upgrade from T mobile.
Vibrant is free at T mobile.
You think it's worth to get it? its free !!!
or wait for a month for 4G?
or even more (maybe 3~4 more months) for Galaxy S2?
Looks like every other month, we will get a new model anyway
What do you think?
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I think u should wait for an htc phone or the lg dual core phone comong out the vibrant is a beautiful phone i love it but lack of support from samsung blows , i am personally going to get the mytouch 4g but staying with my vibant as well i cant let this.bayb go
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I can now upgrade from T mobile.
Vibrant is free at T mobile.
You think it's worth to get it? its free !!!
or wait for a month for 4G?
or even more (maybe 3~4 more months) for Galaxy S2?
Looks like every other month, we will get a new model anyway
What do you think?
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What do you need a phone for? By that I mean do you want it to be a gamer?
Run cool apps. a dependable gps? a great music player? What does your phone need to do or what do you need to do with it? Remember every few months a new and maybe better phone will come out.
important question is what do you have now
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I can now upgrade from T mobile.
Vibrant is free at T mobile.
You think it's worth to get it? its free !!!
or wait for a month for 4G?
or even more (maybe 3~4 more months) for Galaxy S2?
Looks like every other month, we will get a new model anyway
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I suggest to wait until the 4G otherwise you'll be stuck on a two year agreement. And two years from now there will be much better devices out there that will make the Galaxy S2 look like the G1! So do you really want to be stuck with 3G for another two years?
I'm kicking myself in the @$$ because I got all eager to get something better than the G1 when I hit my 1 year mark so I got the MyTouch 1.2 so guess what... I'm on contract until December 2011. No free phone until then. So do you think that I'll just stick with a MyTouch when everyone else walks around with a AMOLED 1ghz device? Hell no! I checked out craigslist and paid $250 for my Vibrant. It's much better than my G1 and MyTouch and I didn't have to commit to another contract so come December... I can get the Galaxy S3 or whatever is new on the market for little if nothing at all.
Just my $0.02
I'd absolutely wait for the galaxy S2, the Samsung vibrant is a dinosaur at this point and belongs only in a museum.
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I suggest to wait until the 4G otherwise you'll be stuck on a two year agreement. And two years from now there will be much better devices out there that will make the Galaxy S2 look like the G1! So do you really want to be stuck with 3G for another two years?
I'm kicking myself in the @$$ because I got all eager to get something better than the G1 when I hit my 1 year mark so I got the MyTouch 1.2 so guess what... I'm on contract until December 2011. No free phone until then. So do you think that I'll just stick with a MyTouch when everyone else walks around with a AMOLED 1ghz device? Hell no! I checked out craigslist and paid $250 for my Vibrant. It's much better than my G1 and MyTouch and I didn't have to commit to another contract so come December... I can get the Galaxy S3 or whatever is new on the market for little if nothing at all.
Just my $0.02
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I was also under contract until October 2011 with a MyTouch and I just got the Vibrant for free (with a contract extension). I am willing to bet that there will be similar deals a year from now before my contract ends.
It also depends how much money you want to spend. You can get the current Vibrant for free, the Vibrant 4 for $199 or wait for the S2 which will probably be at least $199.
For me the only option would be the current Vibrant or the S2. I get the same speeds as everyone I know that has the MyTouch 4's and G2's. 4G is highly overrated right now. So unless there are other features that haven't been released I would be paying $199 for a FFC and sometime down the road faster network speed.
After seeing the MyTouch 4G I feel that my Vibrant was a steal for $0. It had a custom ROM from day one so I have no idea what the stock system is like. I couldn't be happier with my current setup.
No question wait for sgs2, dual core, 4.3 inch samoled plus screen. Its gonna be awsome.
Fear the beard...
Well, Im using BB Curve. Its good for texting and emailing.
but internet and others are very limited.
Do you think Galaxy S2 will be at T mobile?
How about Optimus 2X? Is this coming to T mobile as well?
Thanks
After debating which phone to go for, I decided on the SGSII. I went to the ATT store yesterday to check out the Vivid and Skyrocket.
The Vivid looks really nice but it feels way too clunky. Big and heavy as I'm already used to Samsung's lightweight and thin phones from my Captivate. That and I don't think I'm too much of a Sense fan. But the phone does look great. $99 is an amazing price too.
The Skyrocket looks quite nice but is also big. My main reason for steering away from this (even though NYC should be receiving LTE 'soon') is the dev community. I know how Samsung and ATT handle updates. As such, the i777 can easily get updates much quicker by grabbing the source for the international SGSII much like the Captivate and Galaxy S. It looks like the Skyrocket has no such luck due to differing hardware.
I am a little bummed that I can't have LTE, the higher resolution in the Vivid and the Dev community that is a associated with the SGSII but I guess the SGSII is still a great decision.
Getting it for $99 (and hopefully a $100 gift card as a reward) doesn't hurt either
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After debating which phone to go for, I decided on the SGSII. I went to the ATT store yesterday to check out the Vivid and Skyrocket.
The Vivid looks really nice but it feels way too clunky. Big and heavy as I'm already used to Samsung's lightweight and thin phones from my Captivate. That and I don't think I'm too much of a Sense fan. But the phone does look great. $99 is an amazing price too.
The Skyrocket looks quite nice but is also big. My main reason for steering away from this (even though NYC should be receiving LTE 'soon') is the dev community. I know how Samsung and ATT handle updates. As such, the i777 can easily get updates much quicker by grabbing the source for the international SGSII much like the Captivate and Galaxy S. It looks like the Skyrocket has no such luck due to differing hardware.
I am a little bummed that I can't have LTE, the higher resolution in the Vivid and the Dev community that is a associated with the SGSII but I guess the SGSII is still a great decision.
Getting it for $99 (and hopefully a $100 gift card as a reward) doesn't hurt either
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Both phones are awesome. Vivid definitely is an ounce heavier, but I'd say that it's totally worth it friend. I got it for 200 from best buy, don't know how everyone is getting for 100 .
If you can post the link to 100 bucks for vivid then I can make best buy do a price match...
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Both phones are awesome. Vivid definitely is an ounce heavier, but I'd say that it's totally worth it friend. I got it for 200 from best buy, don't know how everyone is getting for 100 .
If you can post the link to 100 bucks for vivid then I can make best buy do a price match...
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The AT&T store by me has it for $99. If you search on ATT for zip code 11375, it should come up with that price.
I think it depends on markets. Some LTE or soon to be LTE markets have the Skyrocket for $149 and Vivid for $99.
By the way, what are the download speeds like for SGSII and the Vivid?
I'm in Boston LtE marker and the price still shown 250 for the Skyrocket. Hmmm
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I'm in Boston LtE marker and the price still shown 250 for the Skyrocket. Hmmm
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Yeah, ATT is offering a $100 discount on both phones, from what I've read. Maybe the discount isn't available in your area?
I wonder if there's anyway to check where the discount is valid? I've seen it varying for many different market areas.
I currently have an ATT Captivate. I am now eligible for a new upgrade on my ATT account. I'm wondering what you guys' opinion of the SGS2 is. Is it worth spending $200 and burning my 2 yr upgrade to go from the Captivate to the SGS2?
I know both phones have S-Amoled 800x480 displays, one's 4 inch and one's 4.3. Is the dual core in the SGS2 that much better than the one in the Cappy?
I'm pretty pleased overall with the Captivate, but its been 1.5 yrs with it, itching for something new to play with. Should I go for the SGS2 or maybe hold out hoping for ATT to get the Galaxy Nexus?
Also, I live in S.C. so I'm not counting on ATT having LTE anywhere near me at least for another year, so LTE phones really arent even worth considering.
Which would u choose? I'm figthin the urge to go buy the galaxy nexus Sunday I love the photon and thinking it may be better to wait on a fully functional stable joker rom cuz I miss hbo go...I don't really believe Motorola is actually gonna update this phone to ICS in the future and I'm not worried about LTE just yet I'll jump on that train when it actually rolls out in my area
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Which would u choose? I'm figthin the urge to go buy the galaxy nexus Sunday I love the photon and thinking it may be better to wait on a fully functional stable joker rom cuz I miss hbo go...I don't really believe Motorola is actually gonna update this phone to ICS in the future and I'm not worried about LTE just yet I'll jump on that train when it actually rolls out in my area
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Absolutely positively zero question, the Galaxy nexus all the way.
My friend has one, I've spent extensive time using it. Simply the best phone I've ever used, it was phone of the year last year.
Also, being a Nexus phone - you will get the first updates for new OS'es . My sisters Nexus S got ICS already. Effen Motorola said what... November?
Jokers work is awesome, and I thank him profusely. I hope Motorola hires him!
For me, this phone is a red headed stepchild. Moto only cars about Verizon customers. I'm never buying a moto phone again.
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Absolutely positively zero question, the Galaxy nexus all the way.
My friend has one, I've spent extensive time using it. Simply the best phone I've every used, it was phone of the year last year.
Also, being a Nexus phone - you will get the first updates for new OS'es . My sisters Nexus S got ICS already. Effen Motorola said what... November?
Jokers work is awesome, and I thank him profusely. I hope Motorola hires him!
For me, this phone is a red headed stepchild. Moto only cars about Verizon customers. I'm never buying a moto phone again.
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The Nexus is already obsolete. I'd wait and see what the Galaxy SIII has to offer when Samsung makes the announcement on May 3. I'm not impressed by Sprint's verison of the HTC One X. HTC lost me after releasing that piece of crap Evo 3D (always losing signal and roaming). And according to the FCC test results, the radio in the EVO 4G LTE seems to be crappy as well.
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galaxy nexus is be OK,I think that..
five40 said:
The Nexus is already obsolete. I'd wait and see what the Galaxy SIII has to offer when Samsung makes the announcement on May 3. I'm not impressed by Sprint's verison of the HTC One X. HTC lost me after releasing that piece of crap Evo 3D (always losing signal and roaming). And according to the FCC test results, the radio in the EVO 4G LTE seems to be crappy as well.
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Have you not been paying attention to all the Epic 4G Touch issues? For months the phone would just randomly drop service without letting you know and you had to reboot to restore it. The radio in it is garbage on top of that. The Photon radio is a serious step up. Every single phone Samsung has released for Sprint has had major issues.
I really dont like my Photon and it will be the last Motorola phone I buy. My wife has a DroidX2 Global on Verizon and its a piece of crap too. She's probably going to go to an iPhone (Its her work phone and they have discontinued Android devides so its either iPhone or BB) and Im going to get a HTC One when it comes up for sale on Sprint. Maybe Ill give her my Photon for her Sprint line. She has an OG Epic she uses on Sprint but she probably hasnt made 10 calls on it in a year.
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The Nexus is already obsolete. I'd wait and see what the Galaxy SIII has to offer when Samsung makes the announcement on May 3. I'm not impressed by Sprint's verison of the HTC One X. HTC lost me after releasing that piece of crap Evo 3D (always losing signal and roaming). And according to the FCC test results, the radio in the EVO 4G LTE seems to be crappy as well.
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I'd hardly call it obsolete. Yes S3 series is going to get announced. HTC and Moto lost me, and a pure google with with no crappy skin is awesome.
Also, the Nexus community have dialed the roms in for that phone like race cars. The Roms and kernels are awesome.
Interesting about phones.. 5 months is considered obsolete. My intel i7-920 overclocked to 3.8Ghz is still an awesome computer. They chip was launched in 08.
My 2 cents!
MadFlava said:
Have you not been paying attention to all the Epic 4G Touch issues? For months the phone would just randomly drop service without letting you know and you had to reboot to restore it. The radio in it is garbage on top of that. The Photon radio is a serious step up. Every single phone Samsung has released for Sprint has had major issues.
I really dont like my Photon and it will be the last Motorola phone I buy. My wife has a DroidX2 Global on Verizon and its a piece of crap too. She's probably going to go to an iPhone (Its her work phone and they have discontinued Android devides so its either iPhone or BB) and Im going to get a HTC One when it comes up for sale on Sprint. Maybe Ill give her my Photon for her Sprint line. She has an OG Epic she uses on Sprint but she probably hasnt made 10 calls on it in a year.
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The Photon is the best piece of hardware Sprint has to offer right now.
The Galaxy Nexus is just a tweaked Galaxy SII. I was a big HTC fan until the EVO 3D and I know Samsung phones aren't known for stellar radio performance, neither does HTC.
I'm waiting on the Galaxy SIII, but back to the OP's question.
I would go with a Galaxy Nexus because the display is absolutely gorgeous.
I owned one for a few weeks. Took it back because I'm on the edge of 2 Verizon LTE towers and would lose signal quite often. I know it's not isolated to the Nexus because a friend of mine owns the Verizon equivalent of the Photon (can't remember the name right now) and has the same LTE issues problem.
i been kickin around the same idea, and this EVO LTE is looking even better with a 1.5 GHz processor!?!?!
BUT.... i look back on the pros and cons
If i switch to the Nexus or EVO LTE
Pros(even tho they end up sounding like cons
-Faster Processor (even tho we have 1.3 OC i still clock down to 1.0, so not too powerful of persuasion.
-LTE - BUT... sprint is adding this technology and it will be WIP.
Screen - no doubt its a better screen, BUT it will probably chew more power
-1080p camera (but the devs are working on this for the photon)
-Official ICS (BUT id end up wiping out and flashing CM9 so im back to where i am now)
-Lighter - this is one pro that i cant argue, the EVO LTE is a feather!
-Front camera - 1.3 v vga (not a biggy for me)
Cons
-Only CDMA, less radios, less cell signal probably
-$$$ it will take a few bills outta my pocket
-phone is bigger and will be bigger in the jeans pocket
-more attractive to be stolen at the gym
when i rethink everything through, i honesty am more tempted to go buy a second photon for backup. The photon is not at a huge hardware disadvantage. software wise... just think how fast joker has done what he has done with using code out of the air. Im sittin my fat ass down with the photon for a long time.
Once or IF sprint ever comes back out with a worldwide android phone that can beat the Photon in the ring, THEN ill switch over. but for now, the photon has too great of devs, and amazing radios that i cant ignore. a phone is for communications, and without great radios, well... your SOL.
my 2 cents
Just hope this great devs don't switch over to an lte phone lol
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alot of great points being brought up i swore to myself i would never buy another samsung phone because i had a terrible experience with the epic touch signal wise i just didn't get the same signal i got with my photon in the exact same spots no arguing that. i would love to get the evo lte too BUT intergrated battery is too iphone-ish for me and i feel like it will be a HUGE disadvantage to rooters and another way for sprint to **** with me and take more money out my pocket if my phone gets screwed up if motorola werent on verizons jock i would wait for them to come out with a lte phone...by the way do you guys think that googles purchase of motorola will eventually lead to a Motorola manufactured Nexus? how awsome would that be
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Easy choice. The Galaxy Nexus. As much as I love the Photon, people need to look beyond the software UI when choosing a phone. Galaxy Nexus has LTE capability, Photon has Wimax capability. Wimax is on its way out while LTE is on its way in. The LTE footprint by Sprint will be nationwide whereas the Wimax footprint is standing put.
Get the Galaxy Nexus because even joker's rom is stock ICS which is what the galaxy nexus is anyways except you will get LTE capability at some point in the future depending on which market you live in.
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alot of great points being brought up i swore to myself i would never buy another samsung phone because i had a terrible experience with the epic touch signal wise i just didn't get the same signal i got with my photon in the exact same spots no arguing that. i would love to get the evo lte too BUT intergrated battery is too iphone-ish for me and i feel like it will be a HUGE disadvantage to rooters and another way for sprint to **** with me and take more money out my pocket if my phone gets screwed up if motorola werent on verizons jock i would wait for them to come out with a lte phone...by the way do you guys think that googles purchase of motorola will eventually lead to a Motorola manufactured Nexus? how awsome would that be
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Im with you there. I might be willing to try the Note but at this point, who knows if its coming or not.
Jeff_in_LA said:
Jokers work is awesome, and I thank him profusely. I hope Motorola hires him!
For me, this phone is a red headed stepchild. Moto only cars about Verizon customers. I'm never buying a moto phone again.
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why would they hire him?
And if you look at the amount of sold units between Vz and Sprint you would see why Moto caters to Vz. Sprint is no longer considered an Class A service provider by any OM.
photon all the way. with miui its a fantastic phone. and wouldnt trade if for anything. and yes. more is to come with this phone. it can only get better
How is a less functional phone fantastic? No 4G, no MMS
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How is a less functional phone fantastic? No 4G, no MMS
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five40 said:
How is a less functional phone fantastic? No 4G, no MMS[/QUO
I think he was thinking in terms of a fully functional ics rom and as far as 4g goes more people don't have it anyway
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My post was in response to the MIUI comment
Sorry I thought I quoted the post.
ICS is pretty cool but it should not be the primary driver in making this decision. The Photon is already running CM9 and it will get official ICS support later this year. You need to compare specs between these two phones and match them to your lifestyle. Me, I live in a suburban area where the signal strength is only OK. I used to get a decent signal outside and in different spots within my house but now that I have a Photon that has all changed. I get signal almost everywhere. I don't have 4G in my area so I'm able to run CM9 as my daily driver with zero complaints. In my opinion the Photon is superior but if I lived in the middle of Manhattan I'd probably be rocking a Galaxy Nexus because the city's coverage is much better and Manhattan will get LTE.
The Galaxy Nexus and Photon are really apples and oranges. One is a Wimax phone while the other is an LTE phone. There are some areas with both types of 4G, but for the most part if you're not in the buildout you'd be stuck with 3G data. One is $150 on craigslist and the other is $200 on contract.
Its better to compare the Galaxy Nexus to the HTC EVO 4G LTE. In that respect, the only advantage to the Galaxy Nexus is being a Google-supported device. That really doesn't mean much to me, since Google has shown that they only care about one generation past, and ICS only just came to the Nexus S 4G last week, even the HTC Sensation and the international Galaxy S2 got ICS before that.
Even if you have a fully functional Photon with ICS though, which doesn't exist, the Galaxy Nexus is still better. And you better be prepared to pay $400+ more for the privilege.
My family and I are in the process of switching to AT&T, we are looking at buying the phones through cartoys.com where the gs2 is only a penny. Do you guys think that is a great deal or should I just cough up the money for the gs3. I know that is probably a dumb question, new specs and all or an old phone. But looking at everything I don't really know if it is truly a good upgrade for two hundred dollars more than a perfectly specd and very excellent phone with by looking at it, has a very strong development section. Are many of you upgraded to S3 or waiting for the next , true upgrade to this amazing phone?
i would get the s3 if i had the money.
There are a few really good devs that are on contract with the S2 for at least another year. So you can at least count on S2 tweaking until then.
Personally i'd wait awhile to upgrade to the S3 to give the devs time to work out all the kinks with bases and int'l ports.
Like stated, if you can get an S3 do it. But the S2 is very much worth a penny. You wont be disappointed.
Yes the s2 is worth it im an iphone convert and got an s2 on trade and im finding it hard to upgrade to the s3 other than the camera..
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S2 is the best phone I've ever had. So yes.
I would say, if you want to save money it's worth it to get the S2. But if you want the latest and the greatest and don't mind spending some $$$, then get the S3.
Either that buy the S2 for the penny (keep it as a backup, etc.. play phone) and also get the S3. (This would be my choice).
I personally don't think spending an extra $200 on a slight upgrade is worth it , we have great dev's here a lot of good roms. We don't have lte in my area but honestly I use WiFi most of the time as I think using up my 3 gigs would happen way to quickly with lte anyways. I think it comes down to justifying if $200 is worth slightly quicker processor and slightly larger screen ,lte
Svoice (but there is a usable one you can add to our phone)
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Thanks for the input on the s3, now what does everyone think of the skyrocket? I know this is the s2 forum so I can can't somewhat tell what my answer is going to be. cartoys.com is also selling the skyrocket for $50 so that could be a good deal. What I'm thinking the is the display would like better on the s2 since they both have the same resolution but it's smaller on s2 so it would look better, right? And I've heard the exynos processor is better than the Qualcomm one the skyrocket uses. I guess the big think is lte vs Hspa, I know AT&T has great lte but there Hspa isn't that bad either so I don't really think connection matters. Let me know your guys thoughts.
I777 is much better then the skyrocket but if you want lte get the s3.
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You're going to hear many opinions, no one but yourself can decide. You can always look online for reviews of different phones. This thread didn't really need to be made
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