So I had bought an HTC Sensation this past Thursday. Yesterday I noticed dust behind the screen. Googled it and found it was a big problem for some and they exchanged it. Being within my 14 days I went today to exchange my sensation which T-Mobile did right away. Get back to work and start setting up the phone and notice an even bigger piece of dust under the screen! I went back after work to get a third one. The guy there then let me see the amaze. I liked it but do like the looks of the sensation better. Amaze was faster and smoother.
So basically I am the kind of person where yes dust under the screen annoys the crap out of me and I expect more from paying that much for a phone. So what would you do? Get a third sensation and hope for no dust or get the amaze and deal with the looks? (I love the back of the amaze but hate the metal ring, but it is starting to grow on me)
you answered your own question seriously bro
I'm thinking along the same lines as the OP here...got seriously burnt (and annoyed) with the Sensation, had 2 units both with exactly the same problem and have now received a full refund the piece of crap! So...I do like the looks of the HTC units and my wife is in the market for a new phone (upgrade from the Desire) and the Amaze fits the bill...and so far from googling, I've not foun any "serious" recurrent problems...
On a slightly different topic, but still sort of related (!) can anyone tell me if the Amaze 4g unit will work in Australia (I know there is no 4g here yet, but its coming next year apparently)?
I still say sensation because if development but amaze is picking up so for the more ram but mostly camera sensor maybe amaze.
Sorry. Guess I didn't help at all lol
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All day everyday.
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You got that right!
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claud_face said:
I still say sensation because if development but amaze is picking up so for the more ram but mostly camera sensor maybe amaze.
Sorry. Guess I didn't help at all lol
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I came from a Sensation and sometimes I rather miss it., because of the dev community. It is a solid phone that looks good and has the right size weight and thickness. (only if you get the ones without the dust in the glass).
I upgraded to an amaze because of the camera, dedicated video and camera buttons, NFC, larger memory, built in 16gb and also better front facing camera. At this point I like it a lot. The phone works well and the pictures are an improcement, (more details in low light).
IMO the screen seems to be more vivid and brighter than the sensation, even tho they say it is the same screen.
I am just waiting for the Amaze dev community to grow and this will be even better than the sensation. (bad timing for the Amaze community cuz of waiting on ICS, dev doesn't want to put too much time into and older build when ICS is coming in a moth or so.
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Lol I just bought an amaze outta no where ten minutes ago.
I was just reading one if your threads thinking poor guys need development and now here I am. Lol.
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I came from a Sensation and sometimes I rather miss it., because of the dev community. It is a solid phone that looks good and has the right size weight and thickness. (only if you get the ones without the dust in the glass).
I upgraded to an amaze because of the camera, dedicated video and camera buttons, NFC, larger memory, built in 16gb and also better front facing camera. At this point I like it a lot. The phone works well and the pictures are an improcement, (more details in low light).
IMO the screen seems to be more vivid and brighter than the sensation, even tho they say it is the same screen.
I am just waiting for the Amaze dev community to grow and this will be even better than the sensation. (bad timing for the Amaze community cuz of waiting on ICS, dev doesn't want to put too much time into and older build when ICS is coming in a moth or so.
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I had both as well as the Inspire 4G and the G2 and I would say the Amaze is the best phone I've ever used hands down. Just like all phones, development takes time but it is progressing at the same pace as anything else I think. I was happy with my Sensation but the Amaze is just so much better.
As a totally happy and satisfied user of a rooted glacier, would I notice any substantial improvement in just the overall experience of using the phone?
The only major plus I see is the larger screen in terms of real tangible differences that I would notice immediately.
Are there any "must have" features that the amaze would deliver that the average user would notice and benefit from?
Wow cool to know this because I went to tmo amd I WAS going to buy the sensation but I decided to get the amaze. I bought it full price,
500$ for sensation, 529$ for amaze, and here I am )
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Wow cool to know this because I went to tmo amd I WAS going to buy the sensation but I decided to get the amaze. I bought it full price,
500$ for sensation, 529$ for amaze, and here I am )
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Welcome fellow Ruby user. For the extra $29, you have at least future proofed your phone for an extra 3-6 months with the extra stuff that the Sensation doesn't have.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a former Sensation user and love it. But the Amaze has more RAM, better camera (backlit illuminated), better front cam 2mp, dedicated camera button and video button, louder speaker, NFC, faster CPU out of the box (even tho the Sensation is underclocked with the same chip), larger battery (but doesn't last as long), and IMO a brighter and clearer screen (even tho it's supposedly the same screen; maybe I got a better batch this time).
Enjoy it.
So initial impression from sensation was that this amaze is definetly bigger. Couple hours later and I'm already used to it and love it.
Camera buttons are awesome.
Stock for stock it destroys the sensation.
I'm a very happy guy right now
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fastredponycar said:
As a totally happy and satisfied user of a rooted glacier, would I notice any substantial improvement in just the overall experience of using the phone?
The only major plus I see is the larger screen in terms of real tangible differences that I would notice immediately.
Are there any "must have" features that the amaze would deliver that the average user would notice and benefit from?
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TBH, you have [legally] 18 month software support. Even further, you get a PHENOMENAL camera and 4g support. The Amaze will have much coming to it over the next 18 months.
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Hey guys I'm looking for some help, I have the sensation 4g I love my phone its pretty awesome but I can get an amaze as trade for free the amaze is new btw. That being said should I make the switch I am user that likes sense I do like 3.5 better then 3.0 specs wise do you guys think this is good? Now I know most of you by now think its a no brainer but my concern is with roms the amaze section looks pretty empty roms wise its a pretty new phone do you think more devs will come to it, will ics be easy to port once its complete for the sensation because they are pretty close now to having a working ics rom anyways thanks for the help just trying to make a decision on two good sense devices
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I'm not a developer, so I can't say whether ICS will be easy to port. However, HTC has already said that they will be bring ICS to the Amaze. My guess is that one of the reasons that there aren't many ROM's out for the Amaze, is that the developers don't really want to cook a ROM now only to have to do it again for ICS in a couple of month.
Forgive me for my lack of faith in HTC but neither manufacturers have a good track record for updating quickly but I doubt they will on time, it looks like xboarder has a wip thread tho so that answers that he seems to be one of the few cooking up roms. Ima just have to start kicking the habit of flashing roms lol any thing that anyone feels makes the amaze a totally superior device or should i stick with the sensation n wait for another device?
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I just switched to amaze and I love it!! It's a lot better and I think its worth the drop in development because it is just a better experience in my opinion.
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I just switched to amaze and I love it!! It's a lot better and I think its worth the drop in development because it is just a better experience in my opinion.
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Cool thanks for the response I guess ill give the amaze a shot worst thing is I end up selling for another device
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im on the same boat as you...i have a sensation and not sure if i want to upgrade to amaze or galaxy s2 (white) when it comes out wed
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Hey guys I'm looking for some help, I have the sensation 4g I love my phone its pretty awesome but I can get an amaze as trade for free the amaze is new btw. That being said should I make the switch I am user that likes sense I do like 3.5 better then 3.0 specs wise do you guys think this is good? Now I know most of you by now think its a no brainer but my concern is with roms the amaze section looks pretty empty roms wise its a pretty new phone do you think more devs will come to it, will ics be easy to port once its complete for the sensation because they are pretty close now to having a working ics rom anyways thanks for the help just trying to make a decision on two good sense devices
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Read all the posts... Understand your concerns... BUT imho - its absolutely still a no brainer.
Its not the quantity of roms that any device has available. Its the quality.
Xboarder's are excellent and extremely stable.
Mike's revolution hd is a very solid stock-like rom
I haven't even tried NRG's because I'm so happy with the others but I've read good things about him/it.
And both Sense 3.5 and Bliss 3.5 are available by Xboarder - i haven't played around with them yet but again... I've read all positive comments.
I look at it this way - the Amaze out performs the Sensation in a lot of ways (not by much but still an improvement). The development has really been picking up over the past couple weeks and if I were in your shoes - i wouldn't hesitate to pull trigger and go for it
That's my 2cents
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dont forget the Amaze just came out, the sensation has been out since late summer so of course it will have a deeper Dev section, the Amaze will to in a month or so, especially after ICS is released.
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dont forget the Amaze just came out, the sensation has been out since late summer so of course it will have a deeper Dev section, the Amaze will to in a month or so, especially after ICS is released.
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Maybe, maybe not. Depends on if the amaze is viewed as a must have or just a hold over until the next best comes out. Look at the Samsung vibrant. Viewed as a must have so it got great dev support. Then look at the sgs4g. It has very limited dev support since it was not seen as a must have phone but more as a slightly upgraded vibrant. By the time ics gets released the galaxy nexus will be full force. That will definitely be seen as a must have. I agree that a few rock solid roms are a lot better than many half assed ones. Im not trying to be negative or bash on the phone as I believe that this phone will get great love. Im just saying that it is possible it gets overlooked if its viewed as just a sensation with a good camera. Either way I am definitely looking forward to getting this phone tomorrow.
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The amaze is just better. And I would never have trully known it if I didn't play with both right next to each other . And switch between the two for couple days.
Then you just know the amaze I the one you want.
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Man I'm so anxious to get more roms on the amaze!! I check xda every day. Buy the amaze you won't regret it!!
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Lol i actually am trying the amaze n after the first day with nrgz28s rom I was sold this phone is superior to the sensation in every way camera battery life and build quality mostly its a big shame that most devs with the sensation may not see this device for what it is alot of them moved on to the gs2 and for me I just wasn't impressed with the resolution on that device and would have perfered an untouched gs2 with the exynos processor and 4.3 inch screen 4.5 was too much with the low resolution that being said the amaze is a great phone I hope more devs will come really not to say x n the current devs aren't good but from looking at the roms x needs a hand real bad so we could see roms speed up I want a stable version of sense 3.5 as it is much faster n better then 3.0. Hope HTC holds there promise n brings ics to this phone because it will be amazing with hardware acceleration
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Had my Sensation for a total of a week. Now im getting an amaze through a tmobile trade straight across. The Sensation is a good phone but coming from a Mytouch 4G with a Sony built LCD, the ACER one that you almost always get on the Sensation now is just terrible. Drove me nuts.
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Had my Sensation for a total of a week. Now im getting an amaze through a tmobile trade straight across. The Sensation is a good phone but coming from a Mytouch 4G with a Sony built LCD, the ACER one that you almost always get on the Sensation now is just terrible. Drove me nuts.
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How do you figure out which screen you have on the Sensation?
my sensations screen was great I had many that I rooted for people different screens all worked great there was an app to even boost the screen more.
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i did the same thing. i love my amaze but i miss my sensation ans its because all the roms out there for it. i know this phone is new and will get a lot support
The only thing I miss from my sensation is the battery life. The longevity on the Amaze is terrible compared to the Sensation
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How do you figure out which screen you have on the Sensation?
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Download a terminal emulator from the market, go into it and input "dmesg" do a search for "panel" or "panel_type" and it should say something like PYD-AUO or PYD-SHARP. The AUO screen is built by ACER and personally I hate it. It does have better colors but the refresh rate is messed up or something and there is terrible ghosting when the screen image moves. Also, they all have a red tinge to the display if you tilt the screen at all.
I actually just saw a dmesg dump from Binary on a kernel thread and found his panel is an ACER one. This scares me.
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i did the same thing. i love my amaze but i miss my sensation ans its because all the roms out there for it. i know this phone is new and will get a lot support
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Hopefully most people I talk to don't think its a big enough phone to switch to they see there devices holding them over until ics devices come out. Once you own it you realize what a good device it is hopefully HTC keeps its word n gives us ics
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I actually just saw a dmesg dump from Binary on a kernel thread and found his panel is an ACER one. This scares me.
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Is it worth getting Amaze now since the nexus is releasing (for tmobile)/ has been released (international version)?
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Is it worth getting Amaze now since the nexus is releasing (for tmobile)/ has been released (international version)?
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Why you think nexus is better than the amaze?(once ics gets ported to the amaze)
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I have both amaze and GN gsm (both on tmo), and they're both a great phone. Still can't decide which one to use for my day to day.
The GN is very light and comfy to use, while amaze has a great screen and feels heavier (it's like the first gen iphone with retina display). I'd say the amaze feels a bit snapier than the GN on the software side of things, even though ics is a real contender. That being said, once the ics is ported to amaze, I might use the amaze solely only because I'm not a fan of the pentile bluish display on the GN.
I have both rooted and stayed stock, still trying to explore the possibilities on both devices. Going from the first gen iPhone through the iPhone 4, Android is truly a better experience for a gadget lover like me.
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oh man this is funny since for me the amaze screen looks bad coming from the sensation, on the amaze i can see every pixel on the sensation i couldnt see any just looked clear and nice..
Isn't the Galaxy Nexus some $800 to import here? If it were of similar price to my Nexus One I would have considered getting it, but I'm very happy with the Amaze now and like still having a search and menu button.
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oh man this is funny since for me the amaze screen looks bad coming from the sensation, on the amaze i can see every pixel on the sensation i couldnt see any just looked clear and nice..
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I own both... I have no idea what you are talking about LOL
To be honest I'm kinda leaning on waiting to see what the galaxy s3 lube is going to look like. The GN is nice but no SD slot kinda kills it..
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Hey, all!
Just picked up an Amaze for a good price, but i'm using the sensation as my dd. Should i sell the amaze for extra cash or sell the sensation?
Thank you!
NO!!! The amaze is an amazing device!! Pun intended lol. Plus, cm9 and ota are just around the corner, even though developement is slow right now
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NO!!! The amaze is an amazing device!! Pun intended lol. Plus, cm9 and ota are just around the corner, even though developement is slow right now
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yeah, i've noticed you guys don't have many roms. is ics even out for you in any form or shape?
why a capital NO? lol is amaze really that much better?
RussianBear said:
yeah, i've noticed you guys don't have many roms. is ics even out for you in any form or shape?
why a capital NO? lol is amaze really that much better?
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its a great phone, we have cm coming and almost working 3.5 port. and a update coming not too far, what more can you ask for? lol
the only bad thing about the amaze is the forums, seem to get a lot of people throwing tantrums over not getting ics super fast
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its a great phone, we have cm coming and almost working 3.5 port. and a update coming not too far, what more can you ask for? lol
the only bad thing about the amaze is the forums, seem to get a lot of people throwing tantrums over not getting ics super fast
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lol sensation people are about the same.
any sensation users that made the jump?
Xboarder has a Ics ROM out, not sure hoe developed it is. There is a Ics themed app that is senseless.
If you end up selling your phone, I'm looking to buy.
I would keep it is I were you.
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Sell it to me for a good price
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pm me with offers.
here are some pics:
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lol sensation people are about the same.
any sensation users that made the jump?
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I had the sensation for a couple weeks before I jumped and it was well worth it. main reasons for ME is more RAM, better camera; enough said.
my sensation had a really bad issue with the screen, im sure you could find the thread somewhere in the sensation general forums
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pm me with offers.
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pm me with offers.
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is tha sensation has still the landscape death grip issue? That is why it keep me holding back to get the sensation and instead got the Aamaze...
I've had the Sensation for about 6 months now (upgraded from N1). I picked up an Amaze 1 week ago and I am also trying to decide if I like it enough to make the switch...
Some observations:
1) I can't figure out how people are holding the Amaze that the protruding screen is a problem. I agree it's not the best design, but overall a non-issue for me.
2) I've noticed a bit of light bleeding up from the bottom of the screen which washes out darker colors. I'm not sure if this is a defect on just my unit?
Edit: I guess this is the known problem: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1488861
3) The colors overall seem to be more saturated and warmer than on the Sensation's screen
4) The camera effects (like vignette and dots) are accessed through a very clunky menu where previews are not provided. Lame.
5) The 2nd camera is MUCH better and actually covered in the front glass, which means it is not CONSTANTLY covered in dust and dirt like the open one on the Sensation.
6) Scrolling around on webpages doesn't feel as smooth as on the Sensation. I keep trying them both side-by-side, but I can't really decide if this is actually true. Maybe the ICS update for the Amaze will help?
Also, when flicking the page up and down, it the Amaze doesn't scroll as fast - is this a setting somewhere perhaps?
7) The Amaze is SIGNIFICANTLY heavier feeling than the Sensation. I think you can feel the difference in thickness the most, despite the Amaze only being 1mm (?) thicker.
8) With the same moderate usage throughout the day, I feel like the Amaze has noticeably longer battery life.
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I had the sensation for a couple weeks before I jumped and it was well worth it. main reasons for ME is more RAM, better camera; enough said.
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yeah, i've noticed you guys don't have many roms. is ics even out for you in any form or shape?
why a capital NO? lol is amaze really that much better?
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I said no, to don't sell it lol.
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I replaced my sensation with the amazing Amaze about 3 months ago. And I don't have any regret what so ever..sensation is a great phone but nothing like the Amaze...to me the different is like night and day. Or in another word the Amaze is a sensation on steroids... Lol.. The camera,the speed, sound, especially the speaker phone, screen, the over all quality is higher that's beside the solid feel in your hand. The only thing it lacks is the development as every one else mentioned but this is temporary and it's going to be over soon and you will have ton's of roms and mods for this phone...shortly.
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i remember i bought the captivate when it first came out (it was soo cool back in the day) and development didnt even pick up till 1 year after. its bene like 2 years since launch and its the most developed phone in XDA i believe. wow. The amaze is simply better then the sensation. The sensation is older therefor has older hardware ,,, the 1GB ram will be noticably better in ICS and its just better to have .. i was going to switch for an S2X but i love the amaze's camera by far the best. i just hope we get sense 4.0 as this isnt that old of a device. Its relativley new (atleast here in canada)
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the only bad thing about the amaze is the forums, seem to get a lot of people throwing tantrums over not getting ics super fast
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Ain't That The Truth
Ordered my Amaze on DAY ONE 10/10/11 - NO FREAKIN" REGRETS
Just wait till some switch for some new phone with internal battery & memory, then they will ***** about that after two days "oh boo hoo, I made a mistake, why didn't you guys stop me"
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lol amaze's camera is a lot more responsive than sensation's
Ever since purchasing this phone, I wish I had ditched TMo and gone to Verizon for the GNex.
I was wanting to ditch Tmo and go to Verizon for the Gnex also but decided to get the Amaze instead. Not one regret. For me at least the service is great and I would be paying almost double with Verizon. I played with the Gnex... Pretty cool and all but when I pick up my Amaze again no regrets.
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sell both and get the One S
HTC why are you crippling the development of your recent devices? ive been a fan of htc. got the original G1, motorola cliq (FACCKKK WHAT A MISTAKE! hopefully moto made their devices better), nexus one, G2 and now.... the amaze
i got the amaze since day 1 of its release. hoping its development would blossom like the nexus one and G2. blehh guess it didnt! ive been looking through the threads here and it looks like HTC has issues releasing kernel sources and that severely cripples development. all we get are broken roms. its kinda irritating that HTC's dev community are practically bothering HTC about it yet they just give us generic answers lol im surprised dev's here got as far as they did without any support from htc
Im thinking about moving on to a new device... i was hoping to get another HTC phone (HTC ONE X+ anyone?) but who says that HTC might do what they did with the amaze again. Im thinking about transitioning to a new company all together? samsung? or maybe Motorola (their new QWERTY key boards are to die for). From reading reviews they look amazing but there is one issue its build quality... HTC makes the best phones when it comes to hardware. I wanted to get the galaxy nex but the specs isnt all that tantalizing. thats why im reluctant to move out. but im prlly borderline
The company thats prlly as good as HTC when it comes to build quality is SONY. Xperia S looks nice.. esp the transparent strip. But i want it to glow different colors like the xperia u. I just wish it would work on tmobile 4g. Other than that this is prlly on par to htc's build quality.
Hopefully HTC will make a new nexus device with killer specs this fall.
HTC Y U DO THIS?
I agree with u 110% I "moved on" to the galaxy nexus. And the older specs don't mean much, it obliterates the amaze in performance. But the build quality is real bad. Every time my phone vibrates it feels like its going to dismantle itself. I still have the amaze, and when I go back to play with it, its So slow and stuttery, but the phone feels so amazing in my hand I love the build quality. And the camera is MAGNIFICENT! Both phones have pros and cons! I give so much props to the Devs here they keep working at it even though htc is working against them :'(
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I agree with u 110% I "moved on" to the galaxy nexus. And the older specs don't mean much, it obliterates the amaze in performance. But the build quality is real bad. Every time my phone vibrates it feels like its going to dismantle itself. I still have the amaze, and when I go back to play with it, its So slow and stuttery, but the phone feels so amazing in my hand I love the build quality. And the camera is MAGNIFICENT! Both phones have pros and cons! I give so much props to the Devs here they keep working at it even though htc is working against them :'(
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yea! i was afraid of that... too light and too clunky. I mean the htc one S is light but it's build quality blows all of samsung's phones out when it came to that. but the development is amazing for gnex.... i want the paranoid rom ported to the amaze but thats aosp based lol and the amaze doesnt even have that yet!
htc must make the next nexus! ughhh no more samsung. i dont want to jump the band wagon yet.
considering google owns motorola now, by the time I'm ready to upgrade I wouldn't be surprised if I'll have a moto in my pocket. Aside from the build quality I can't stand for what HTC has done to its customers. I expect HTC to get worse too, so now that you know they're capable of doing what they've done, they won't get my business again
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yea! i was afraid of that... too light and too clunky. I mean the htc one S is light but it's build quality blows all of samsung's phones out when it came to that. but the development is amazing for gnex.... i want the paranoid rom ported to the amaze but thats aosp based lol and the amaze doesnt even have that yet!
htc must make the next nexus! ughhh no more samsung. i dont want to jump the band wagon yet.
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I have a case on my nexus. Still feels light and cheap. I didn't leave HTC for Samsung, I left ICS for jellybean lol
Jellybean is light years ahead of ICS and iOS lol
If htc makes the next nexus with one s/x build quality. I'm all over that like a virgin at the strip club!
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Unfortunately it's pretty unlikely that we'll be seeing any ground-breaking development for the Amaze... We've been itching for a fully working AOSP ROM for at least half a year and even though we've got S-Off, it obviously hasn't made as much of an impact on the progress of AOSP ROMs as we had hoped.
I'm still using an Amaze, stock rooted and debloated, but I've pretty much given up hope on a viable AOSP ROM for this device. I've seen so many people post about saying how this beast of a device will finally be unleashed when blah blah blah blah but honestly, a GNexus with its inferior specs will hands down beat the Amaze into the ground in performance and smoothness.
This device was a total let down. The specs on paper looked awesome at the time and the build quality looked to be much better than other phones, and yet here we are with the capacitive button light bleed, camera flash leak, squeaking backplate, and god knows what else there may be.
All I can say is that I will probably never buy another HTC device in the future because of this experience.
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I have a case on my nexus. Still feels light and cheap. I didn't leave HTC for Samsung, I left ICS for jellybean lol
Jellybean is light years ahead of ICS and iOS lol
If htc makes the next nexus with one s/x build quality. I'm all over that like a virgin at the strip club!
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One x/s build quality? S maybe but not x, x has so many hardware issues >.<
Samsung's quality is not really in question. It's just how it feels... A lighter phone is smarter and the plastic is a lot less likely to crack. My vibrant never creaked or had any weird physical issues. And chances are with a lighter phone the screen is less likely to break or crack from a fall. A lot of people like it. I personally love the feeling of the amaze in my hand. The weight gives the impression of it being more durable I like my phone having a little weight to it.
And I know there's a lot of talk about the amaze being poor but honestly I'm just happy we even got ics. Seriously, I had a sensation and this at the same time and this stock gb, compared to my sensation on ics aosp, the amaze was much smoother. May not be everyone's experience but was the case for me. Also I had multiple sensations that got dust under the screen very easily. And know several others with the same issue. I know the sensation is also HTC but to say the amaze was a failure or similar things, I have to disagree. As far as htc, yeah its a little disappointing what they've done. And Samsung is seeming to change for the better but back with my vibrant, the HTC devices I saw were getting froyo updates months before we had any signs of getting an update. Was quite frustrating. Ha back then all the talk was #neveragainsamung now it's htc. Interesting
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Samsung's quality is not really in question. It's just how it feels... A lighter phone is smarter and the plastic is a lot less likely to crack. My vibrant never creaked or had any weird physical issues. And chances are with a lighter phone the screen is less likely to break or crack from a fall. A lot of people like it. I personally love the feeling of the amaze in my hand. The weight gives the impression of it being more durable I like my phone having a little weight to it.
And I know there's a lot of talk about the amaze being poor but honestly I'm just happy we even got ics. Seriously, I had a sensation and this at the same time and this stock gb, compared to my sensation on ics aosp, the amaze was much smoother. May not be everyone's experience but was the case for me. Also I had multiple sensations that got dust under the screen very easily. And know several others with the same issue. I know the sensation is also HTC but to say the amaze was a failure or similar things, I have to disagree. As far as htc, yeah its a little disappointing what they've done. And Samsung is seeming to change for the better but back with my vibrant, the HTC devices I saw were getting froyo updates months before we had any signs of getting an update. Was quite frustrating. Ha back then all the talk was #neveragainsamung now it's htc. Interesting
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Dang, you're like the 7th person I've read has gotten that dust issue, and to think I was going to buy the sensation, but decided to go with the amaze lol. I'm giving HTC one last chance, with the one x+ apparently, I'll see how it turns out, if it sucks I'll go with sammy and... Goodbye HTC
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Dang, you're like the 7th person I've read has gotten that dust issue, and to think I was going to buy the sensation, but decided to go with the amaze lol. I'm giving HTC one last chance, with the one x+ apparently, I'll see how it turns out, if it sucks I'll go with sammy and... Goodbye HTC
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Ha yeah that dust was an epidemic! And it could happen at any time /shudders freaking nightmare I tell ya! And yeah I mean every phone company has their peak and their fall. Sammy hasn't been the best with updating their devices and while we had everything else working when we finally got custom roms not based on touchwiz it took an eternity to get gps working without them releasing the drivers. And gps blew anyway. I think it took the sgs ii the same time as us to get ics. It's not that Sammy is doing great customer relation business its just that htc is plummeting, making them look good and htc isn't thinking of the customer... No memory expansion, no battery removal. That's irritating to me. The grass is always greener though! I thought I saw Sony devices are pretty decent and updated pretty quickly that's hearsay though.
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Yep no more HTC devices for me unless it is followed by Nexus. I feel like HTC really dropped the ball on this device.
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Unfortunately it's pretty unlikely that we'll be seeing any ground-breaking development for the Amaze... We've been itching for a fully working AOSP ROM for at least half a year and even though we've got S-Off, it obviously hasn't made as much of an impact on the progress of AOSP ROMs as we had hoped.
I'm still using an Amaze, stock rooted and debloated, but I've pretty much given up hope on a viable AOSP ROM for this device. I've seen so many people post about saying how this beast of a device will finally be unleashed when blah blah blah blah but honestly, a GNexus with its inferior specs will hands down beat the Amaze into the ground in performance and smoothness.
This device was a total let down. The specs on paper looked awesome at the time and the build quality looked to be much better than other phones, and yet here we are with the capacitive button light bleed, camera flash leak, squeaking backplate, and god knows what else there may be.
All I can say is that I will probably never buy another HTC device in the future because of this experience.
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i never had issues with my flash or creaking backplate... but the capacitive lights bleed is just lol come on HTC... what the **** were you thinking? you build numbers smartphones with capacitive buttons and they never bleed. WHY START NOW HTC?
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HTC why are you crippling the development of your recent devices? ive been a fan of htc. got the original G1, motorola cliq (FACCKKK WHAT A MISTAKE! hopefully moto made their devices better), nexus one, G2 and now.... the amaze
i got the amaze since day 1 of its release. hoping its development would blossom like the nexus one and G2. blehh guess it didnt! ive been looking through the threads here and it looks like HTC has issues releasing kernel sources and that severely cripples development. all we get are broken roms. its kinda irritating that HTC's dev community are practically bothering HTC about it yet they just give us generic answers lol im surprised dev's here got as far as they did without any support from htc
Im thinking about moving on to a new device... i was hoping to get another HTC phone (HTC ONE X+ anyone?) but who says that HTC might do what they did with the amaze again. Im thinking about transitioning to a new company all together? samsung? or maybe Motorola (their new QWERTY key boards are to die for). From reading reviews they look amazing but there is one issue its build quality... HTC makes the best phones when it comes to hardware. I wanted to get the galaxy nex but the specs isnt all that tantalizing. thats why im reluctant to move out. but im prlly borderline
The company thats prlly as good as HTC when it comes to build quality is SONY. Xperia S looks nice.. esp the transparent strip. But i want it to glow different colors like the xperia u. I just wish it would work on tmobile 4g. Other than that this is prlly on par to htc's build quality.
Hopefully HTC will make a new nexus device with killer specs this fall.
HTC Y U DO THIS?
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plus the one series.... their flagship phones should have like tons of development... but damn the one S and X doesnt have development as i thought they would be
what if jellybean is released for the one S and X... then we have another problem with the kernal and that would prlly stop their development pretty much like the amaze if HTC refuses to release kernels... AGAIN.
HTC start listening to your costumers... people who do dev work is what makes up the android community :/ and you are letting us down big time
HTC sucks might buy a S3 soon
Someone here called the amaze " slow and stuttery" are you freakin serious this phone is so speedy and doesnt freeze at all . Amaze is still a awesome phone and it is going to be for awhile
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HTC sucks might buy a S3 soon
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oh man really? you are like the amaze's last home for development so you're not gonna update your asop rom?
might just settle for a galaxy nexus
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Someone here called the amaze " slow and stuttery" are you freakin serious this phone is so speedy and doesnt freeze at all . Amaze is still a awesome phone and it is going to be for awhile
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I thought the same thing. Then I got the galaxy nexus, and its wp7/iOS smooth, stock not rooted or anything. And puts the amaze with a custom ROM and kernel to shame. Unfortunately. I'm not bashing, just stating facts. I still own the amaze just incase
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And htc wonders why they are closing up shop and loosing business?
Like i said i give htc a couple more years and thatll be the end.
Its a shame great products, ruined by stupid politics and horrible customer service, including a fu disposition towards customers.
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oh man really? you are like the amaze's last home for development so you're not gonna update your asop rom?
might just settle for a galaxy nexus
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Well of course imma update it
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I thought the same thing. Then I got the galaxy nexus, and its wp7/iOS smooth, stock not rooted or anything. And puts the amaze with a custom ROM and kernel to shame. Unfortunately. I'm not bashing, just stating facts. I still own the amaze just incase
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You also forget that the GNex is running AOSP if you tested out my cm9 rom you would know that it's speed it's simply amazing much faster then the GNex that my buddy owns
Before you go and bash me saying we do one of these threads like every week I'm just asking an honest question. is it worth it to trade an amaze for a sensation or go to the sensation from the amaze because if development and support
The down side is less RAM slightly worse camera and no internal storage
But besides that speed wise they should be similar since they run the same chip.
Software is a huge part of the phone, and I don't want the one s because it doesn't have a removable battery and storage.
What should I do? I think me and my amaze have been together long enough
Damn noob... There's a Q&A Section.
Noooo it's a discussion thread
In my opinion Sensation is better than Amaze since it gets more software supports (official CM, yah), integrated SoC (seems to be more power efficient), and is slightly thinner.
Hey eclipze! I personally think that the trading to the sensation is a good decision unless your snagging some cash. But I personally have owned 3 sensations. And have had one at the same time as having an amaze. I compared my stock amaze side by side with my cm 9 sensation. And the speed, smoothness, and stability of my amaze was noticeably better than the sensation. So while having the support, I really don't think it out performs the amaze. I had a sensation when the amaze came out. I was honestly laughing at the amaze. It seemed like a terrible phone choice for tmobile to push because it was arguably the same specs as the amaze. I thought this for a long time. I then had an opportunity to get an amaze dirt cheap, I planned on just reselling (besides wanting to play with the camera). But once I played with it I immediately noticed a difference in performance. That aside... Out of probably 4 sensations that ever reached my hands, 3 had significant amounts of dust under the screen. This gradually increased overtime... So even if it didn't have dust to begin with, it happened eventually. Because I'm cheap... If I could find a sensation for around $150 and could sell this for over $250, I'd do it, and use the sensation until gsiii prices dropped. But unless you're getting money out of it I wouldn't find it worth it.
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EclipzeRemix said:
Before you go and bash me saying we do one of these threads like every week I'm just asking an honest question. is it worth it to trade an amaze for a sensation or go to the sensation from the amaze because if development and support
The down side is less RAM slightly worse camera and no internal storage
But besides that speed wise they should be similar since they run the same chip.
Software is a huge part of the phone, and I don't want the one s because it doesn't have a removable battery and storage.
What should I do? I think me and my amaze have been together long enough
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I think I'm having the same feelings as you. I have been thinking about switching to a different device that has more support and dev. Although, I haven't thought about the sensation. Personally, I wouldn't go to the sensation as an equal exchange. I would need cash on top since the amaze is an upgrade.
Although, I'm actually thinking about the sgs3 or the nexus. I found a s3 for 400 brand new, thinking about getting it right after this doctor's appointment.
EDIT: after some reading it seems that there are a lot of scams going on with people on CL and tmobile phones, specifically the sgs3. So maybe won't go down that route. :banghead:
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I can personally care less. I don't like the Sensation as much. 14.4MB compared to 42MB. big difference for data. I originally bought my phone so I can tether it to my laptop and Xbox. I still do that. I'm happy with how the software is. I'm not a flashaholic so I really don't mind. Sure, it is slow around here. At least I made some friends around here and people know me.
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I can personally care less. I don't like the Sensation as much. 14.4MB compared to 42MB. big difference for data. I originally bought my phone so I can tether it to my laptop and Xbox. I still do that. I'm happy with how the software is. I'm not a flashaholic so I really don't mind. Sure, it is slow around here. At least I made some friends around here and people know me.
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Yeah stock ics is not bad
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No thanks to a sensation, that's clearly a downgrade. If you've used one, side by side with an amaze, you'll know.
why not get an s3? arent you over there making roms for it anyways? if youre going to get rid of your amaze, at least dont go backwards
I think right now.... No amaze ftw
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mrmako777 said:
why not get an s3? arent you over there making roms for it anyways? if youre going to get rid of your amaze, at least dont go backwards
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Heh I don't have that much money lol
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I got an Amaze knowing its issues. The performance is ok and its size/weight is not as much an issue for me since it is tapered. The lack of wifi source this late is infuriating. The battery life is also mediocre at best. IMO the main problem with the amaze is the crappy HSPA+ modem that was first gen, a huge power hog, and made the phone bulky as well.
But I probably would not downgrade to the sensation despite better rom support and battery life. I'd rather just wait for the successor to the Amaze or the next google phone.
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I tried an sensa for a week and hated it STOCk amaze stock is good
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If you could, get an S3, way better than the Sensation & Amaze. Only thing I miss from HTC is Sense, but Samsung's new touchwiz isn't that bad.
Did you really just compare the s3 to an Amaze..... Do me a favor and run around with a pairbof scissors.
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Why downgrade to a sensation? get a newer device.
Nope
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If you could, get an S3, way better than the Sensation & Amaze. Only thing I miss from HTC is Sense, but Samsung's new touchwiz isn't that bad.
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Had an S3. Sold it after a week. Love my Amaze.
Sure it has great ROM development but I'm sure it wasn't always like that. The amaze work have great development one we figure out data. Plus it's a downgrade in specs from the amaze. If anything I would say go with a more current phone like the s3 or the one series phones.
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