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.
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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?
baekstl said:
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
baekstl said:
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
baekstl said:
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 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.
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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
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,
Why is the less powerful Motorola Droid Bionic $299 (with 2 yr contract) only available for Verizon where the faster, more powerful Samsung Galaxy S2 is available at AT&T for $199 (with 2 yr contract)? In fact, the only thing that I've seen that the Bionic offers that the S2 doesn't is that the 4g LTE. and is that really worth the extra $100 that I'm paying for the Bionic? or is Motorola coming out with something in the near future that will actually compare to the Galaxy S2? Any advice on this matter would be nice (I'm currently a Verizon user, thus the conflict)
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DROID RAZR is a thinner Bionic with some system bumps. does that fall into your category of "competing?"
That phone looks exactly like what I was looking for but I still have a few issues with it. I've noticed the higher processor speed, and the talk time is definitely worth talking about (where I believe the galaxy s2 only gets like 8.5 hours of talk time) so the razr definitely seems like a worth while buy. My biggest question is, does this phone have the voice compatibility that the galaxy s2 boasts? And also, Verizon is still sticking to the $299 price tag, do you know why or have any ideas as to why they sell their phones so high, even with a 2 year contract?
IIRC, the Razr is going to be a global phone.
and they price it that way for pure profit. because they can.
I currently have an HTC Vision/G2 (CM 7.2) from Canada that I bought off contract and am using on ATT. I have a special plan from ATT that I don't want to give up - an old 'smartphone' unlimited data plan that is discounted a further 15%. So I am essentially paying $12 a month for unlimited internet. I've used well over 80gigs some months. ATT doesn't seem to be able to recognize my phone type.
Anyway, my current phone is getting a little long in the tooth, so I want to get an S3, but I don't want to get it from ATT on contract and don't want to screw up my data plan. I'm also unsure if I really want the ATT version or the International version, since the international version has a quadcore but lacks LTE. I am also concerned I will miss the physical keyboard.
So my three questions are:
1. If I go with the US version, where can I buy it from other than ATT and not have ATT change my plan?
2. Do I lose a lot with the dual core rather than quad core?
3. Is there a better Android phone I should be looking out for - and maybe one with a keyboard?
Gracias.
As far as buying the device, you can probably buy outright from att even, or look to eBay, Craigslist etc etc.
And to be honest you are not losing much missing out on quad core the second generation s4 inside the siii can go toe to toe really well against the exynos quad ,and you get much better battery life plus lte. And on top of that you get a whopping 2gb ram on the s4 version vs international. IMO all these gains make even the dual core siii a good buy against the international .
As far as your last question, not really, the siii is literally the cream of the crop right now, the best nothing even comes close (maybe the HTC one x) but after having owned both I like the siii much better . The siii is likely to remain the best for a while till at least November when we see the new nexus .
Hope I helped, good luck!
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So I have until about the middle of next month to decide if I'm keeping this or getting something better. I started a new Sprint contract (welcome me to the club?) and the Photon 4G was free with new activation. I've always been a big fan of Tegra 2 devices, I used to own a Transformer but I had to sell it to buy college books.
Now, I have the extra money to either buy a Nexus 7 tablet in that time (or whatever competitive tablet to the Nexus 7 is out at that point) or the S3 and maybe a cheap Allwinner tablet or something. Now if the phone is really THAT good, I could pony up for the S3 and still get a Nexus 7 but I'm trying to get the best 'bang for buck' performance.
My question is, is the S3 worth it? Would an over-clocked Tegra 2 hold its weight? Is the S3 even better for gaming? I was under the belief that the Snapdragon S3 processes faster than the Exynos quad core, the GPU on the Exynos is actually better. I do play games.
The one thing I don't like is that it seems like all the cool roms, like CM 10 hashes and heavily modded roms, tend to kill 4G. I actually am in a spotty 4G area but it's here and there so I like to have it when I can. I also feel like the dev support isn't as high as HTC/Samsung devices but root/unlock is there so it's not that big of a deal to just mod minimally and let apps take care of the rest.
The screen size isn't huge but it's big enough and while the resolution isn't 720p, it's a phone so that's not TOO big of a deal.
The thing is, I'll be locked to whatever device I get for at least 20 months and that's a long time, especially if LTE drops in San Diego.
The one thing holding me back is that while the device is great NOW, what about 8 months from now? Even the S3 will be skipping a few beats in 8 months.
What do you guys think? Pony up and potentially skip the Nexus 7, keep the Photon 4G, mod the crap out of it and pick up some cheap Allwinner tablet for my book reading or man up and buy both?
Essenar said:
So I have until about the middle of next month to decide if I'm keeping this or getting something better. I started a new Sprint contract (welcome me to the club?) and the Photon 4G was free with new activation. I've always been a big fan of Tegra 2 devices, I used to own a Transformer but I had to sell it to buy college books.
Now, I have the extra money to either buy a Nexus 7 tablet in that time (or whatever competitive tablet to the Nexus 7 is out at that point) or the S3 and maybe a cheap Allwinner tablet or something. Now if the phone is really THAT good, I could pony up for the S3 and still get a Nexus 7 but I'm trying to get the best 'bang for buck' performance.
My question is, is the S3 worth it? Would an over-clocked Tegra 2 hold its weight? Is the S3 even better for gaming? I was under the belief that the Snapdragon S3 processes faster than the Exynos quad core, the GPU on the Exynos is actually better. I do play games.
The one thing I don't like is that it seems like all the cool roms, like CM 10 hashes and heavily modded roms, tend to kill 4G. I actually am in a spotty 4G area but it's here and there so I like to have it when I can. I also feel like the dev support isn't as high as HTC/Samsung devices but root/unlock is there so it's not that big of a deal to just mod minimally and let apps take care of the rest.
The screen size isn't huge but it's big enough and while the resolution isn't 720p, it's a phone so that's not TOO big of a deal.
The thing is, I'll be locked to whatever device I get for at least 20 months and that's a long time, especially if LTE drops in San Diego.
The one thing holding me back is that while the device is great NOW, what about 8 months from now? Even the S3 will be skipping a few beats in 8 months.
What do you guys think? Pony up and potentially skip the Nexus 7, keep the Photon 4G, mod the crap out of it and pick up some cheap Allwinner tablet for my book reading or man up and buy both?
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While getting photons ICS drivers complete our JB and ICS builds is seemingly inevitable, we don't have that same promise for an unlocked boot loader. So if by all means you 'need' 4g but still want to mod the hell out of your phone, go on and get the S3. In many ways, the Photon is a much better phone in my (perhaps biased) opinion. An extra two cores in your processor is well and good and all, but will those cores make a huge difference in the every day use of the phone? Would you be able to tell the difference past being able to crank up the settings in the games you play? Probably not enough to justify dropping 200 bucks and getting a totally different phone. The photon is already a beast at stock and blazingly fast after some modifications. And if Moto drops those drivers next month, **** is about to get really exciting up in here soon. Besides, its September, the new Nexus will be getting announced in like a month and a half. If you're considering a new phone, that would probably be the device to wait patiently for. As for me, I'm jump on board with whatever Nokia wp8 device drops in sprints lap (if it ever does).
Get the S3. It will last you much longer and you won't regret it after you get it. If you have to spend the money, spend it. You will get a greater return on your investment over the next 2 years.
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Acvice said:
While getting photons ICS drivers complete our JB and ICS builds is seemingly inevitable, we don't have that same promise for an unlocked boot loader. So if by all means you 'need' 4g but still want to mod the hell out of your phone, go on and get the S3. In many ways, the Photon is a much better phone in my (perhaps biased) opinion. An extra two cores in your processor is well and good and all, but will those cores make a huge difference in the every day use of the phone? Would you be able to tell the difference past being able to crank up the settings in the games you play? Probably not enough to justify dropping 200 bucks and getting a totally different phone. The photon is already a beast at stock and blazingly fast after some modifications. And if Moto drops those drivers next month, **** is about to get really exciting up in here soon. Besides, its September, the new Nexus will be getting announced in like a month and a half. If you're considering a new phone, that would probably be the device to wait patiently for. As for me, I'm jump on board with whatever Nokia wp8 device drops in sprints lap (if it ever does).
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The lines are even blurrier than that.
The US Galaxy S3 doesn't have a quad core so it's Tegra 2 vs. Snapdragon S4 Krait dual core. The S4 dual core is hands, feet, shoulders and head better than the Tegra 2 in terms of CPU performance. However, the S4 GPU is actually 'worse' than the Exynos and Tegra 3 GPU. So the question is where the Tegra 2 GPU stands against the S4 GPU. And the game settings are absolutely part of the reason I'll choose one over the other. I plan on playing the latest games, PSX roms, etc with the device over the two years I own it. That's also why I'm considering if even the Galaxy S3 is powerful enough.
The other issue is LTE network. I have NO idea when Sprint's LTE will drop in San Diego but I know it won't be two years. Once LTE drops, I'll be on the archaic, spotty inconsistent WiMax 4G connection. I miss LTE and I'm not sure if the Photon 4G will be LTE compatible.
I also wonder if it's worth it to just pick up a clean-ESN Photon 4G on Craigslist or Ebay and using that until the US quad-cores drop because the S3 maybe isn't 'enough' of an upgrade to justify the two year commitment when new phones might be on the horizon.
Essenar said:
The lines are even blurrier than that.
The US Galaxy S3 doesn't have a quad core so it's Tegra 2 vs. Snapdragon S4 Krait dual core. The S4 dual core is hands, feet, shoulders and head better than the Tegra 2 in terms of CPU performance. However, the S4 GPU is actually 'worse' than the Exynos and Tegra 3 GPU. So the question is where the Tegra 2 GPU stands against the S4 GPU. And the game settings are absolutely part of the reason I'll choose one over the other. I plan on playing the latest games, PSX roms, etc with the device over the two years I own it. That's also why I'm considering if even the Galaxy S3 is powerful enough.
The other issue is LTE network. I have NO idea when Sprint's LTE will drop in San Diego but I know it won't be two years. Once LTE drops, I'll be on the archaic, spotty inconsistent WiMax 4G connection. I miss LTE and I'm not sure if the Photon 4G will be LTE compatible.
I also wonder if it's worth it to just pick up a clean-ESN Photon 4G on Craigslist or Ebay and using that until the US quad-cores drop because the S3 maybe isn't 'enough' of an upgrade to justify the two year commitment when new phones might be on the horizon.
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Photon unfortunately doesn't support lte. And if it makes you feel better I check out all the latest games and run psx ROMs all the time without a hitch. Most are developed for tegra 3 and almost all seem to be tegra 2 compatible and the ones that arnt usually note that they will be. Iono man, I just seriously advise against using your two year upgrade on the s3. I can almost promise that within two months something will come out that you'll be like "damn I really want this phone, I should have waited". One thing I've figured out about technology over the years is that after doing your research, if the product doesn't absolutely speak to you, just sit tight for a product that does.
If you are still within a time frame that you can switch out your photon for an SG3, than you might be also within the timeframe to cancel your contract without ETF reprecussions.
Based on the available phone lineups and uncertainty (LTE in sandiego, etc), locking in on a 2yr contract would be a poor investment. I would recommend going with a prepaid cell provider and getting a phone for that network that has a pretty good resell value.
examples:
pentaband galaxy nexus from google play store - tmobile walmart plan ($30/month)
CDMA phone from craigslist/ebay - straightalk
Try to get a photon 4G off craiglist!! I got mine for 80$ u can later sell it for an upgrade photon is a GSM phone more options to sell than the s3 from sprint and later in couple of months perhaps u can upgrade. Am also waiting on a better gsm/lte option from sprint as the photon Q has the gsm sim card embedded
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