When you unlock the rezound the screen just goes blue for some reason? my friend who i sold a rezound to is telling me she's had this happen to her 4 times already, and i can't see it until saturday, so i wanted to see if any of you have had this before. i'm gonna be pissed if i sold her a faulty phone, damnit!
i searched online and can't find this issue anywhere.
I've had it go to the white HTC screen while Sense booted up a few times, but never blue screen. I would think that something is wrong with the phone.
ugh. this blows. i talked her out of the iphone too, which is what i do for everyone, and now she's gonna be like WAH CRAPPY ANDROID SUCKS WAH. sigh.
Sounds like you talked her into a phone she didn't need anyway. Why would someone talk someone else out of getting what they want? I mean there's room for iPhones in this world too, same as there's room for people that work at McDonalds. I don't know if that came off as a slight to iPhone users or McDonalds employees...either way seems to fit lol
do you work for a verizon store? do you realize the amount of money lost by franchises because apple likes to play their bull**** little supply and demand game? by not producing enough crap iphones, my store gets shafted (we got 3 iphone 4s. 3.) and we lose money. rather than continue to lose money on the iphone (it even takes over a week to get an iphone 4 in stock) i'm going to sell what's on hand and make money. it's a business. money NEEDS to be made. she played wtih my phone, she enjoyed my phone, and i sold her my phone. how is that giving her something she doesn't want? she only wanted an iphone because it's got an Apple logo on it and it's got an "i" in front of it. she came from blackberry and knew NO reasons as to why she should get an iphone; she only wanted one because it was white and people told her to. that's the kind of ignorance i deal with on a daily basis, and that's why i sell people android.
I don't work for any carrier/phone manufacturer. Do you know how many people actually LIKE the products that fruit themed company sells? I don't but that doesn't preclude someone else from making that choice. Stop being a fan-boy and try to accept that Android isn't for everyone same as iDevices aren't...and WP well that's just funny ;-)
did you read that? clearly you didn't. i'll paraphrase for you since you obviously didn't read my post:
she had no idea why she wanted an iphone. she's never used one in her life, she doesn't own any apple products whatsoever. she "wanted" one because people said OMFG GET AN IPHONE THEY'RE THE BEST! therefore, she decided, without even knowing what android was, that she'd get an iphone. that was her justification. i informed her of android, and of apple, and she chose android. fanboyism? more like being a competent salesman who does his job damn well.
hopefully you've read this one!
So she bought the phone from a Verizon store? She should be able to return it, correct? And it's totally not an Android issue, obviously. This is still what I would call a new phone and HTC is getting all of the bugs out. Just have her return it for a new one. She'll be happy with it once she gets one that is actually working. I, too, have pulled someone away from iOvercharge. She had a Mac, now has a badass PC. Had an iPoop and now is loving my old DX2. You just need to make sure you let her realize how new this phone is. A different one would probably solve all the problems.
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LOL new favorite word
yeah, she's just confused in general about smartphones...she hardly knew how to work her 3+ year old blackberry hahaha
but yeah, i'm having her come in saturday so i can look at it...gotta talk to my boss about how we handle exchanges because i've never dealt with that before. i've never had someone return a phone that i sold them before lol.. thing is, if it's a faulty unit, now we're stuck with the faulty unit, so as the store, i don't really know what to do ya know? gotta work out the kinks! but yeah i'm interested to see what actually happens
Damn, that would suck. You could be a jerk and just dump it off on someone else. Ha! I thought you guys could send them back to HTC. That really sucks that you guys have to deal with it. Well, since it's such a new phone to her, and since she would have to start over with a new one anyway, you could always factory reset to see if that helps and gets rid of the issue.
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yeah, she's just confused in general about smartphones...she hardly knew how to work her 3+ year old blackberry hahaha
but yeah, i'm having her come in saturday so i can look at it...gotta talk to my boss about how we handle exchanges because i've never dealt with that before. i've never had someone return a phone that i sold them before lol.. thing is, if it's a faulty unit, now we're stuck with the faulty unit, so as the store, i don't really know what to do ya know? gotta work out the kinks! but yeah i'm interested to see what actually happens
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Wouldn't you have the ability to return it to Verizon like a 1:1 swap?
honestly guys, i've got no idea. since there's widespread rezound problems, i don't know how we deal with it..i've never returned a phone before. i'm gonna have to talk to my boss, who in turn, will have to talk to our HEAD store in north jersey about sending it back...we don't deal directly with verizon; our main store orders phones, then sends to us, and we pay the main store. it's RETARDED and that's why we don't get **** on release day. the main store f'ed us out of the rezound, razr and nexus launch. my boss drove 2 hours north today just to pick up the ddamn nexus because he said he's sick of their **** lol
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SOOO over the last few weeks I had a few issues with my TBolt, called verizon and got it RMA'd. New phone was working fine until I realized the headphone jack wasnt working. Called them up today and in a NICE tone said,
"I have been having a lot of issues with this phone - and its not so much swapping the phone thats an inconvenience, but migrating all my data, etc. Is their any way I can get a different phone?" She said, "that sounds reasonable - let me check." (hold music)
"Yes sir, we can offer you the Bionic free of charge"
I said "Thats really nice of you - but I am very partial to the HTC phones and their interface, I had an incredible, now a tbolt and would like another HTC phone."
She said - "What phone would you like"
I said "how about the Rezound?"
She hesitated and told me it was too new, and I said - well I would like an HTC phone thats AS good if not better. (more hold music)
She said, "Ok we can do the rezound"
She overnighted me the phone, and i should have it tomorrow.
w0000000t!
why does everyone else get lucky but me
Haha that's awesome. Sprint would neeeeevvveeerrr do that LOL. Welcome man. It's definately a badass phone. Yur gonna luv it
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SOOO over the last few weeks I had a few issues with my TBolt, called verizon and got it RMA'd. New phone was working fine until I realized the headphone jack wasnt working. Called them up today and in a NICE tone said,
"I have been having a lot of issues with this phone - and its not so much swapping the phone thats an inconvenience, but migrating all my data, etc. Is their any way I can get a different phone?" She said, "that sounds reasonable - let me check." (hold music)
"Yes sir, we can offer you the Bionic free of charge"
I said "Thats really nice of you - but I am very partial to the HTC phones and their interface, I had an incredible, now a tbolt and would like another HTC phone."
She said - "What phone would you like"
I said "how about the Rezound?"
She hesitated and told me it was too new, and I said - well I would like an HTC phone thats AS good if not better. (more hold music)
She said, "Ok we can do the rezound"
She overnighted me the phone, and i should have it tomorrow.
w0000000t!
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And that is why verizon is the most expensive carrier in the USA
con247 said:
And that is why verizon is the most expensive carrier in the USA
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I spend almost 600 a month with verizon (phones for my business, FiOS, etc). I am confident that this is NOT why verizon is the most expensive carrier in the US. Verizon has MASSSIVE infrastructure to support (4G, Fiber, etc) that is why its expensive.
Not to mention Union workers -_-
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I spend almost 600 a month with verizon (phones for my business, FiOS, etc). I am confident that this is NOT why verizon is the most expensive carrier in the US. Verizon has MASSSIVE infrastructure to support (4G, Fiber, etc) that is why its expensive.
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For that much a month I'd hope they would hook you up. VZW has been kind to me this year for sure as well.
HA ha ha!
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SOOO over the last few weeks I had a few issues with my TBolt, called verizon and got it RMA'd. New phone was working fine until I realized the headphone jack wasnt working. Called them up today and in a NICE tone said,
"I have been having a lot of issues with this phone - and its not so much swapping the phone thats an inconvenience, but migrating all my data, etc. Is their any way I can get a different phone?" She said, "that sounds reasonable - let me check." (hold music)
"Yes sir, we can offer you the Bionic free of charge"
I said "Thats really nice of you - but I am very partial to the HTC phones and their interface, I had an incredible, now a tbolt and would like another HTC phone."
She said - "What phone would you like"
I said "how about the Rezound?"
She hesitated and told me it was too new, and I said - well I would like an HTC phone thats AS good if not better. (more hold music)
She said, "Ok we can do the rezound"
She overnighted me the phone, and i should have it tomorrow.
w0000000t!
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Damn and I felt good when I got it for $149 when I broke one of my out of warranty Incredibles the day before Rezound launch. And that was in a store.
They wouldn't even swap my Bionic with a Razr or Rezound. That's a shame. My thunderbolt has been a champ compared to the piece of crap bionic.
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Haha that's awesome. Sprint would neeeeevvveeerrr do that LOL. Welcome man. It's definately a badass phone. Yur gonna luv it
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Wrong. Called one day back then to tell them how my Epic 4g was just acting up.
Gave me offers of free 3d, nexus s, evo shift. I chose nexus at the time. Though i prob would gotten the 3d and never came to verizon. Dont regret the switch.
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They wouldn't even swap my Bionic with a Razr or Rezound. That's a shame. My thunderbolt has been a champ compared to the piece of crap bionic.
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All I can say is try try again. Its all in the person you talk to. And the most important part is - take your time and be nice. Ask them how their day is, and wait for an answer. It sounds stupid, but do what every other customer dosnt do, and realize your talking to a person on the other end of the line.. While your waiting for them to look up your account info, ask them if they are having a busy day.. That sorta sh!t goes far.
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All I can say is try try again. Its all in the person you talk to. And the most important part is - take your time and be nice. Ask them how their day is, and wait for an answer. It sounds stupid, but do what every other customer dosnt do, and realize your talking to a person on the other end of the line.. While your waiting for them to look up your account info, ask them if they are having a busy day.. That sorta sh!t goes far.
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I cannot agree with this enough. Small Talk is the best way to build a relationship with the operator, and they will be willing to work with you the best they can
I'm living on a yellow submarine
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All I can say is try try again. Its all in the person you talk to. And the most important part is - take your time and be nice. Ask them how their day is, and wait for an answer. It sounds stupid, but do what every other customer dosnt do, and realize your talking to a person on the other end of the line.. While your waiting for them to look up your account info, ask them if they are having a busy day.. That sorta sh!t goes far.
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I absolutely always do this. Every time I speak to someone. Good advice though.
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I absolutely always do this. Every time I speak to someone. Good advice though.
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Yea, it just makes sense. If some guy is giving you static and making your day harder than it needs to be, how far would you go for that person - but flip the coin, nice customer thats in a jam, treats me with respect and dosnt take his stress out on me.....
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Not to mention Union workers -_-
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We are not union. Verizon is union, but not Verizon Wireless.
I had a Charge, got them to give me a Bionic as a replacement (Total Garbage), but my buddie loves the **** out of motoblur so sold it to him cheap and bought my rezound. Glad.
I was upgraded from a droid eris to a rezound itll be here Wednesday
Im always nice to them, and all but one rep said they felt bad for me and actually wanted to help me out, thats how I got a rezound after the mic on the eris broke, and thats not even the phone that came with my contract(citrus then sam. Cont)
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SOOO over the last few weeks I had a few issues with my TBolt, called verizon and got it RMA'd. New phone was working fine until I realized the headphone jack wasnt working. Called them up today and in a NICE tone said,
"I have been having a lot of issues with this phone - and its not so much swapping the phone thats an inconvenience, but migrating all my data, etc. Is their any way I can get a different phone?" She said, "that sounds reasonable - let me check." (hold music)
"Yes sir, we can offer you the Bionic free of charge"
I said "Thats really nice of you - but I am very partial to the HTC phones and their interface, I had an incredible, now a tbolt and would like another HTC phone."
She said - "What phone would you like"
I said "how about the Rezound?"
She hesitated and told me it was too new, and I said - well I would like an HTC phone thats AS good if not better. (more hold music)
She said, "Ok we can do the rezound"
She overnighted me the phone, and i should have it tomorrow.
w0000000t!
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this is actually a quiet fact. Ive had them do this 3 times. They key is to continue to have problems with whatever phone you have and have all those problems happen fairly close together (within 3-4 months) and then do exactly as he did.. be nice. Why be mean? people dont respond to meanness.. be nice BUT stern "yes.. thats nice.. BUT i like HTC phones.. BUT ... etc". You might have to go through 2 or 3 transfers but youll get it.
the last time I did it, the rep was being.. difficult. I sat there with him, brainstorming ways i could get a new phone. and i had an 'ahha' moment.
If I was a new customer, I could get the Dinc for 99 right?
yes
and my early termination fee is only 135?
yes
so I could cancel my plan and and the 99 + 135 is still less than if I had to by a new phone outright
hmm.. yes.
okay ill do that!
"can you hold?"..........I can get you that Dinc for the 99 upgrade price, and there is a 99$ main in rebate on that making the phone 0 once you main in that rebate"
2 days later, new phone
they will do this every time all the time. .day in and day out. you just need to know how to pillow talk them.
I know they have notes on our accounts and could look and see that you have done this like 4 times in the last 2 years.. but they wont and in the 12 years ive had verizon, i have NEVER had a rep know anything about what I did even as little as a few days before. Its always as If ive never called.
good luck!
and GRATS on your rezound!!!!!! Im so happy, this phone is awesome possum
just to put in my input...this just happened to me as well. free rezound coming up!
my thunderbolt was acting up again and it was my third time RMA'ing in the span of 5 months. they said the only equal phones were the charge, revolution, and even the bionic. so i said hm....how bout the rezound?
he said "let me check.....(hold music)....ok sure!"
my response: "free of charge?"
his: "free of charge"
*violent fist pumping and hip thrusting*
Yep, she is finally jumping ship from MetroPCS to Verzion! But, guess what phone she is getting? The Nexus, lol. Just ordered it this morning, should be here next week sometime. We still get the extended return period, which now it is practically a regular period since the 15th is only 2 1/2 weeks away. But, I got it discounted, early upgrade for my Xoom. I literally called and said "I would like to see about doing an early upgrade since I no longer had my Xoom. The rep didn't even hesitate, didn't have to transfer, didn't have to talk to anyone else, just did it. So, we will see if she likes it, otherwise I will pay the $35 and she is getting the Rezound also. She isn't a nerd like us, so anything above her 4 year old Metro PCS POS is going to impress her.
Nice. My GF loves her Nexus but always asks to take pictures with my phone instead haha
not being a nerd like us is why i worry that the nexus was the worse choice of the two....idk, it feels like it's a lot more to get accustomed to, whereas sense is very straightforward, ya know? either way, she'll dig it!
I think if she knew 1 UI or another it might be confusing, but to her it is going to be like getting a brand new car upgraded from a pinto, lol.
Are you seeing my wife? I thought she was the only one left driving a Pinto for a phone. LG something or another flip phone.
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I think if she knew 1 UI or another it might be confusing, but to her it is going to be like getting a brand new car upgraded from a pinto, lol.
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haha very true, hope she digs it! psh, she could've gotten a pink-buttoned rezound, though lol
Verizon has been really great about people upgrading early. One reason is that their locking us in for another two and 2. They dont want us to jump ship Lol.
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haha very true, hope she digs it! psh, she could've gotten a pink-buttoned rezound, though lol
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Well, I took her to the store to play with all of the phones several times. Most things she liked were not spec things, but rather some miscellaneous features. Plus, she knows we can take it back.
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Are you seeing my wife? I thought she was the only one left driving a Pinto for a phone. LG something or another flip phone.
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hahaha, I don't even know what the name of her phone is. Metro has so many offbrand foreign, should have never cleared FCC phones, lol.
Ah well, can't have everything, I "convinced" my girlfirend to get a Rezound and she loves it, she's even letting me ROM it up until my replacement Rezound (mine was unlockable). I bet she trys to get you to trade
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Ah well, can't have everything, I "convinced" my girlfirend to get a Rezound and she loves it, she's even letting me ROM it up until my replacement Rezound (mine was unlockable). I bet she trys to get you to trade
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Not my phone, not my problem, that's what I say. ('Drinking out of Cups' reference)
Almost every instance on using this phone in public, people either stop and stare or they ask questions. It isn't like I'm trying to bring attention to myself but everyone is always asking if that is the new note. I leave it on my desk at work and whenever people come into my office, I'm asked about it and they want to doodle with the stylus. I hope this interest turns into more sales so that Samsung is prompted to come out with more phones in this line in the future. I simply refuse to go to any other phone now.
If you watched any basketball this weekend, the commercials were constant. They certainly seem to expect good sales:
http://www.androidcentral.com/samsu...llion-galaxy-notes-hopes-10-million-years-end
If you seek attention, I'm sure you will find it.
Seems as if you either walk around waving this phone in the air or you are doing something to draw attention to yourself.
Its only a phone dude!
I get a kick out of these type of threads. I used to read them on the iPhone forums and laugh, but it seems the same type of people are here as well.
Probably a bit of an underage issue a well.
I've been using the latest phones and tablets for awhile now and have never had anyone come up to me and ask me about any of them . Those that say they constantly have people coming up to them at obviously seeking attention.
Remember...a phone does not make you cool
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I've been using the latest phones and tablets for awhile now and have never had anyone come up to me and ask me about any of them . Those that say they constantly have people coming up to them at obviously seeking attention.
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I have both asked and been asked by strangers about phones I've owned. Perhaps people don't ask you because you give off a bad vibe, or smell bad, or something.
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I have both asked and been asked by strangers about phones I've owned. Perhaps people don't ask you because you give off a bad vibe, or smell bad, or something.
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I smell bad but still get asked about my Note.
I got the note cause I'm fat and needed a big keyboard. So far the only ones to ask me about it are my close friends. Never have I had someone cone up to me or stare at me because of this phone.
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Lol i got approached by a stranger the first day i got it at in & out burger. Whenever i play draw something with the s-pen, thats when people start to stare and i could hear em saying wow and omg thats a huge...(insert joke here). But put this phone next to your ear and you get strange looks.
-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke
I had my phone out at Nordstroms looking at Google shopper for shoes I wanted. The salesman there asked if it was and I've probably been asked over a dozen times if its the note or wow that's huge what is it.
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If you seek attention, I'm sure you will find it.
Seems as if you either walk around waving this phone in the air or you are doing something to draw attention to yourself.
Its only a phone dude!
I get a kick out of these type of threads. I used to read them on the iPhone forums and laugh, but it seems the same type of people are here as well.
Probably a bit of an underage issue a well.
I've been using the latest phones and tablets for awhile now and have never had anyone come up to me and ask me about any of them . Those that say they constantly have people coming up to them at obviously seeking attention.
Remember...a phone does not make you cool
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Your comment seems quite underage. Just because some people have strangers asking them about devices and you don't doesn't mean they are lying or looking for attention.
Really only a few devices in the recent past, such as the Droid RAZR, have received as much media attention and advertising as the Note, so all of your latest tablets and phones have likely not drawn the same attention from the general public. Therefore you cannot compare them to the Note.
I do not show off my phones, I use them. With my Captivate, I received no comments from strangers. With my Infuse, I had a couple, but only from people familiar with Android that were curious what brand and model it was. With the Note, same use and everything, I have received more comments and attention than the whole time I had both of my previous phone, in just two weeks. Dude in line at Chipotle, girl employee at Home Depot, several people I have never talked to in my classes here at college. This phone is turning heads whether you are looking for attention or not, so don't be a downer because nobody finds you approachable.
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You guys are so funny, thought this would never happen to me.
Went to get my drugs at the pharmacy, and the 3 people behind the counter all came over to look at it and touch it, they asked the same questions. Yes it fits in my shirt pocket, and I let them try it.
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Almost every instance on using this phone in public, people either stop and stare or they ask questions. It isn't like I'm trying to bring attention to myself but everyone is always asking if that is the new note. I leave it on my desk at work and whenever people come into my office, I'm asked about it and they want to doodle with the stylus. I hope this interest turns into more sales so that Samsung is prompted to come out with more phones in this line in the future. I simply refuse to go to any other phone now.
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i don't know about the Advertising
but after using it hands on for a few days I'm addicted, it's so hard to get back to my T989
I get a lot of looks, and some comments. mostly "is that a phone???", "is that the one with a pen?", or "Is that the Super Bowl phone?" (referring the commercials played at the Super Bowl).
I have a gold metallic case on it so most of the time it looks like I am carrying a huge gold bar. Funny the looks I get.
I get asked about it all the time. I'll just be sitting on the train or at the bar or something and I guarantee someone will ask about it.
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It's definitely not the advertising. It's the fact that it's a larger phone. I used a Dell Streak for 1.5 years and got the same type of comments about it.
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Your comment seems quite underage. Just because some people have strangers asking them about devices and you don't doesn't mean they are lying or looking for attention.
Really only a few devices in the recent past, such as the Droid RAZR, have received as much media attention and advertising as the Note, so all of your latest tablets and phones have likely not drawn the same attention from the general public. Therefore you cannot compare them to the Note.
I do not show off my phones, I use them. With my Captivate, I received no comments from strangers. With my Infuse, I had a couple, but only from people familiar with Android that were curious what brand and model it was. With the Note, same use and everything, I have received more comments and attention than the whole time I had both of my previous phone, in just two weeks. Dude in line at Chipotle, girl employee at Home Depot, several people I have never talked to in my classes here at college. This phone is turning heads whether you are looking for attention or not, so don't be a downer because nobody finds you approachable.
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Not worth the time to comment but I will anyway. I use my phone for business, not playing games. I don't "play" with it while waiting in a food line, nor do I walk around with it like it is a trophy. Many here do. That is obvious. As far as being "approachable", I am not looking for strangers to come up to me and ask about my phone, and I certainly don't want them "touching" it. The reason I even responded to this post was because the OP stated that the Note exuded a "coolness' factor. That certainly tells me how old he or she is.
We all grow up someday. Some of us a bit later I guess.
Give it time.
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Not worth the time to comment but I will anyway. I use my phone for business, not playing games. I don't "play" with it while waiting in a food line, nor do I walk around with it like it is a trophy. Many here do. That is obvious. As far as being "approachable", I am not looking for strangers to come up to me and ask about my phone, and I certainly don't want them "touching" it. The reason I even responded to this post was because the OP stated that the Note exuded a "coolness' factor. That certainly tells me how old he or she is.
We all grow up someday. Some of us a bit later I guess.
Give it time.
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I also use my phone for business, not playing games. The only time games get played on my Note is when I let one of my grandchildren use it to keep them occupied. Nor do I walk around with it like it is a trophy as you put it. That being said, I still think it has a 'coolness' factor and yes, I have been asked about it in public. I spend a great deal of time on the phone when out - isn't that kind of the point to have a cell? If I didn't want to talk on the phone outside the office, I wouldn't carry it. I really do not mind people asking about it.
phone is awesome and everyone knows it.
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Not worth the time to comment but I will anyway. I use my phone for business, not playing games. I don't "play" with it while waiting in a food line, nor do I walk around with it like it is a trophy. Many here do. That is obvious. As far as being "approachable", I am not looking for strangers to come up to me and ask about my phone, and I certainly don't want them "touching" it. The reason I even responded to this post was because the OP stated that the Note exuded a "coolness' factor. That certainly tells me how old he or she is.
We all grow up someday. Some of us a bit later I guess.
Give it time.
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You sure know how to wash down a party. I am a network admin for a defense contractor, so it is needed for work, and I do not just go waving it around looking for attention. If I want attention, I talk to my wife.
Glad your so boring.
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Not worth the time to comment but I will anyway. I use my phone for business, not playing games. I don't "play" with it while waiting in a food line, nor do I walk around with it like it is a trophy. Many here do. That is obvious. As far as being "approachable", I am not looking for strangers to come up to me and ask about my phone, and I certainly don't want them "touching" it. The reason I even responded to this post was because the OP stated that the Note exuded a "coolness' factor. That certainly tells me how old he or she is.
We all grow up someday. Some of us a bit later I guess.
Give it time.
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Wow u need to relax. I use mine for work and personal enjoyment. This phone is great u need to take the phone or stick out of u r @ss!
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The lame response by lindenhurst has inspired me to share.
Story#1 (2 weeks ago)
I attended my wife's induction into the honor society for her university yesterday afternoon. There were 16 inductees and we all socialized a bit before the ceremony began. I was to pin my wife so I quickly made nice with the couple that sat next to us and asked if they would mind tag teaming on getting pics of the pinning action. All was set. If you could have seen the look on the face of the guy (and others around us). When I pulled out my Note... He said "what is that!?!? ". Of course, I took the opportunity to demonstrate the wonders of the Note to him as his amazement grew. After he got a chance to handle it and snap a few pics of us during our part of the ceremony he was hooked. His wife looked at me and said "I guess he's found a new toy now.. I can see it in his eyes".. I just laughed and went about my business. He had an iPhone.
Story#2 (last week)
So I venture into my local Best Buy to return an item. As I am standing at the return counter waiting for the guy to process my return, I am typing away in facebook and fully engaged on my Note. The young girl behind the counter next to him said "Wow. Is that the Note? I want to get one so badly. My mom won't let me but I am going to figure out a way to get one. I love that phone." I then let her hold it because she was so starstruck with it.. Really... I laughed inside.
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s1mpd1ddy said:
phone is awesome and everyone knows it.
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This.
Not speaking about all reps. But most if not all I have encountered dont know
Sh0t. I call them about carrier billing. It is not working for me for some reason. They first want to check my imei/meid to see if my device and line support it. I am put on hold for 5 minutes and they come back stating they cant find a way for me to access these items. I tell them either on back under battery or in about phone under settings. They so OK, then ask me to read it. We proceed to featuers blocked on my line. They say the only thing blocked is the MBBN. I ask if that will block billing and he says I honestly dont know. I then ask him if I need to contact the FCC. He then asks "What is a FCC?" I say really... so then I have to explain to him what that is. Subject never gets resolved. Moral of this story, might not want to look to VZW for certain support info. Anyone else ever encounter a problem like this with VZW support.
Sent from my rooted Verizon Galaxy Note 2. FU Verizon and all tour BS you throw around.
ihavenewnike said:
Not speaking about all reps. But most if not all I have encountered dont know
Sh0t. I call them about carrier billing. It is not working for me for some reason. They first want to check my imei/meid to see if my device and line support it. I am put on hold for 5 minutes and they come back stating they cant find a way for me to access these items. I tell them either on back under battery or in about phone under settings. They so OK, then ask me to read it. We proceed to featuers blocked on my line. They say the only thing blocked is the MBBN. I ask if that will block billing and he says I honestly dont know. I then ask him if I need to contact the FCC. He then asks "What is a FCC?" I say really... so then I have to explain to him what that is. Subject never gets resolved. Moral of this story, might not want to look to VZW for certain support info. Anyone else ever encounter a problem like this with VZW support.
Sent from my rooted Verizon Galaxy Note 2. FU Verizon and all tour BS you throw around.
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All the time. In store I had a rep tell me that their verizon intuition had "way better" the specs then the note 2. I loled
I think I would have had a natural reflex and slapped them
Sent from my rooted Verizon Galaxy Note 2. FU Verizon and all tour BS you throw around.
A lot of techie stores are like this. The people working there know sqwak and then like to give people that do know stuff dirty looks. Whenever I'm in a Best Buy with my dad and a rep comes over we tell them we're fine and my dad always makes a joke like "I'm fine with him, he knows everything." The reps just glare me down. Most of them stand next to the info tag and read directly from it to the customer they're helping which is pretty sad.
They give jobs to 20 year olds that still say "axe" instead of "ask," use other slang/ghetto speak, and don't know the difference between two TVs besides one is LG and LCD the other is Sony and LED, but don't accept the 17 year old that goes to a prestigious high school in the area and who's resume shows tech experience.
SwiftLegend said:
A lot of techie stores are like this. The people working there know sqwak and then like to give people that do know stuff dirty looks. Whenever I'm in a Best Buy with my dad and a rep comes over we tell them we're fine and my dad always makes a joke like "I'm fine with him, he knows everything." The reps just glare me down. Most of them stand next to the info tag and read directly from it to the customer they're helping which is pretty sad.
They give jobs to 20 year olds that still say "axe" instead of "ask," use other slang/ghetto speak, and don't know the difference between two TVs besides one is LG and LCD the other is Sony and LED, but don't accept the 17 year old that goes to a prestigious high school in the area and who's resume shows tech experience.
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Any sales experience? Pretty sure 6 months is required. I applied with 1 year of sales and IT experience and said no after they wanted to make me a cashier.
Best Buy is terrible anyway. I ordered the Collector's Edition of Diablo 3 at a store that was closing (found out 3 weeks after I ordered) and got an email that I needed to call them to change the store or ship it to my house. I called them 5 times and opened 2 cases. They couldn't get it changed or shipped to my house because of a glitch it the system. 2 days before the game came out they said they would "send it to the correct department for viewing" and yeah... never got it.
Verizon is terrible about knowing about their phones (in or out of the store). When I bought my Thunderbolt, the first rep said I didn't have a discounted upgrade (literally saw it on her little tablet thing that I did) so I went to the next rep and he didn't know how much internal storage their was. Needless to say, I've ordered online since then.
SwiftLegend said:
A lot of techie stores are like this. The people working there know sqwak and then like to give people that do know stuff dirty looks. Whenever I'm in a Best Buy with my dad and a rep comes over we tell them we're fine and my dad always makes a joke like "I'm fine with him, he knows everything." The reps just glare me down. Most of them stand next to the info tag and read directly from it to the customer they're helping which is pretty sad.
They give jobs to 20 year olds that still say "axe" instead of "ask," use other slang/ghetto speak, and don't know the difference between two TVs besides one is LG and LCD the other is Sony and LED, but don't accept the 17 year old that goes to a prestigious high school in the area and who's resume shows tech experience.
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A friend of mine works at the Target Mobile kiosk; he literally knows crap-all about phones, owns an old smartphone he's never turned on, and whenever I'm there talking to him, I end up telling the customers more about the phones they look at than he does. Which is why I work in a car wash, and he tries to sell people tech he doesn't understand. It's practically a joke by now.
Did you really pull the FCC card because of an account snafu?
That makes you as ridiculous as the rep.
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Did you really pull the FCC card because of an account snafu?
That makes you as ridiculous as the rep.
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That's about what i was thinking.
A lot depends on the customers attitude.
A buddy of my Son's works at BestBuy. He and all his coworkers are great guys.
I stop in there all the time to shoot the breeze with those guys.
As long as you don't go in there with a "know it all" attitude, I find the BB guys are all helpful & a pleasure to talk to.
Some of them are tech geeks & others are not so knowledgeable but they don't pay sh!t so that's understandable.
I have had some great tech B.S. sessions concerning ROMs, locked bootloaders etc with these guys.
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adrynalyne said:
Did you really pull the FCC card because of an account snafu?
That makes you as ridiculous as the rep.
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No kidding.
jmorton10 said:
A lot depends on the customers attitude.
A buddy of my Son's works at BestBuy. He and all his coworkers are great guys.
I stop in there all the time to shoot the breeze with those guys.
As long as you don't go in there with a "know it all" attitude, I find the BB guys are all helpful & a pleasure to talk to.
Some of them are tech geeks & others are not so knowledgeable but they don't pay sh!t so that's understandable.
I have had some great tech B.S. sessions concerning ROMs, locked bootloaders etc with these guys.
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No kidding.
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You are right about attitude as well. When I exchanged my DNA for my Note II, I could have berated and slammed the rep working with me that was telling me that KLP source was online, but instead I just lightly conversed with him and ignored it.
As a result, I was in and out quickly without any troubles.
Be careful how you treat people who are in a position to screw you. He could have easily nixed my unlimited data because I was getting in through a loophole.
About 10 years ago I worked for MS doing tech support. If a customer was a douche to me (or acted like a know it all), the resolution immediately became format and reinstall the OS. If they hung up on me, I put it in the notes and as a senior tech, others listened to me. However, if you were acting decent and respectful, I would fix your OS without reinstalling it and potentially losing data.
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They give jobs to 20 year olds that still say "axe" instead of "ask," use other slang/ghetto speak, and don't know the difference between two TVs besides one is LG and LCD the other is Sony and LED, but don't accept the 17 year old that goes to a prestigious high school in the area and who's resume shows tech experience.
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Technically they are both LCDs, just with different backlighting.
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About 10 years ago I worked for MS doing tech support. If a customer was a douche to me (or acted like a know it all), the resolution immediately became format and reinstall the OS. If they hung up on me, I put it in the notes and as a senior tech, others listened to me. However, if you were acting decent and respectful, I would fix your OS without reinstalling it and potentially losing data.
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LOL, I can relate to that.
A number of years ago I did some tech support for HP Pavilion desktops.
Same thing, if the customer was a douche I would simply tell them the only fix was to run the recovery disc which was the same thing as a format and OS reinstall.
Some of the customers where great however and with them I occasionally spent hours on the phone with them, walking a novice through basic PC troubleshooting etc.
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Technically they are both LCDs, just with different backlighting.
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And they probably wouldn't know that
Lol. Was all part of it. He didnt know anything else. In all reality was a test. No lie did it on purpose
Sent from my rooted Verizon Galaxy Note 2. FU Verizon and all tour BS you throw around.
I work at a store and me and one other guy knows what we're talking about...so yeah you get about a 5 percent chance of the reps knowing anything, but as a guy said before me it's easier to be nice to the rep and probably get what you want than to be a Douche and end up getting nothing and possibly losing something.
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No offense to anyone, but if you know enough to be here at XDA there should be no reason to step foot inside a store or call tech support. I buy all my gear online and If I call tech its because I already know it's gonna be a warranty replacement. I do the little song and dance on the phone, and a couple days later the phone shows up.
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I wasnt mean.
Sent from my rooted Verizon Galaxy Note 2. FU Verizon and all tour BS you throw around.
Yep, I really don't get the folks trying to buy stuff in stores or calling tech support. It's literally just someone reading a screen, there is no such thing as tech info you can't find yourself online and quicker than tech support. Sad but true.
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The moral of this story is:
Be nice to the guys at the store or on the phone. They make less than you do, and they have to deal with a hundred people just like you every day. They don't owe you anything but if you're cool they'll help you out. Oddly enough this is a lesson which can be applied to human interactions everywhere in your life.
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No offense to anyone, but if you know enough to be here at XDA there should be no reason to step foot inside a store or call tech support. I buy all my gear online and If I call tech its because I already know it's gonna be a warranty replacement. I do the little song and dance on the phone, and a couple days later the phone shows up.
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All you have to know to be here at XDA is how to read and follow a simple sign up. Not that special.
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Yep, I really don't get the folks trying to buy stuff in stores or calling tech support. It's literally just someone reading a screen, there is no such thing as tech info you can't find yourself online and quicker than tech support. Sad but true.
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Most tech supports have a database of issues that have occurred in the past and how to fix them (not found on Google). There are also things that can happen that is beyond the user's control. I didn't get a delivery notice from Verizon for my Note 2 so I called them and found out there was a bug in the system and we had to resubmit it. If I had your way of thinking on the matter I would have never got my phone.
Just because many people here at XDA don't need tech support, doesn't mean the majority of people don't. You can see this in most mod/ROM threads. Lots of people ask questions because they have issues and the communuty helps them out (basically tech support). I work in IT and some people don't know anything about electronics eventhough they work with them everyday.
Not trying to attack you guys or anything, just trying to bring the real world to a tech forum since I help them every day.
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I'm friends are diehard Samsung fans... So they seen a htcone and started in on how much better the screen is on the S4 better compared to the htcone I simply pulled out this picture
And walked away and have not heard a word from them on the subject
I thought it was funny so thought I would make a post about it
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awesome
This is why we call "owned". Go HTC.
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Originally I was on the Samsung bandwagon but never owned the device. The company seemed to make all the right decisions at the time.
Then I got my HOX and bought my sis her S3... Then I knew HTC was doing big things just not getting much credit. My One's screen is just amazing.
Great post to drive that point home! haha
just to add i let the same few buddies play with my HONE and now they hare considering buying a ONE lol they loves how fluid it is compared to crapwiz
OP where did that image comparison come from? I've wanted a good One/S4 screen comparison since these two phones were announced.
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OP where did that image comparison come from? I've wanted a good One/S4 screen comparison since these two phones were announced.
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Droid-Life did a full review of the GS4 and included a macro comparison.
http://www.redmondpie.com/iphone-5-...e-vs-lumia-920-vs-xperia-z-screen-comparison/
Here's another screen comparison. Doesn't have an icon comparo like the OP tho.
Fanboy circlejerk is literally hitler..
But seriously, stuff like this is why I stopped going to the Int'l One forum for a while. I was hoping it wouldn't happen here, too. IMHO it doesn't do anything except create hate between users of two different phones. One of my friends has an iPhone 5 and is happy to try to convince me that it is the **** every time I see him. I just nod politely and move along.
That my friend is what we call a walk off base hit. Good shyt
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I was standing on campus the other day and heard this from a girl standing with a guy:
"HTC's are so stupid. They're the stupidest phones. They can't do anything!"
That is what she said, verbatim. I almost wanted to punch myself in the face for just hearing something that incredibly ignorant. I don't have much shame, but verbally beating down this idiot amongst my peers is not something even I can do or is it worth the effort. THIS is who HTC has to market to. Freaking idiots.
Who cares what they say? Love your phone, tell them to get stuffed
LoL I did similar things almost exactly a year ago, that's the time of galaxy s3 and HOX,
Oh well hope HTC could win this time, even the golleria glass 3rd gen is much better than the one on HTC one which is 2nd gen
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I know everyone is saying "just ignore them" yadda yadda yadda. I disagree and here is why:
HTC isn't Apple or Samsung. Several reviewers have called the HTC One the "hail mary" before they bite the dust, and they may be right. If we want to see HTC keep building these amazing devices, we have to educate in order to make a sell in order to keep them in business. We are the nerds that friends and family go to when they have a question about their phones (and computers too, of course). They may say something like "well the Apple commercial said the iPhone can do THIS!" or "the Samsung commercial said the Galaxy can do THAT". We know what ALL phones are capable of doing because it's our passion. Everyone, at least in the HTC forums, know that our phone can trump nearly every feature on both the iPhone 5 and the GS4, thus, we need to show off our phones capabilities whenever we are hanging out with our friends or family.
TL;DR: If the HTC One doesn't sell well, it may be the last HTC phone ever. Show off your phone and keep them in business! :good:
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snappjay said:
I know everyone is saying "just ignore them" yadda yadda yadda. I disagree and here is why:
HTC isn't Apple or Samsung. Several reviewers have called the HTC One the "hail mary" before they bite the dust, and they may be right. If we want to see HTC keep building these amazing devices, we have to educate in order to make a sell in order to keep them in business. We are the nerds that friends and family go to when they have a question about their phones (and computers too, of course). They may say something like "well the Apple commercial said the iPhone can do THIS!" or "the Samsung commercial said the Galaxy can do THAT". We know what ALL phones are capable of doing because it's our passion. Everyone, at least in the HTC forums, know that our phone can trump nearly every feature on both the iPhone 5 and the GS4, thus, we need to show off our phones capabilities whenever we are hanging out with our friends or family.
TL;DR: If the HTC One doesn't sell well, it may be the last HTC phone ever. Show off your phone and keep them in business! :good:
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So, basically, your argument is that you should be allowed to bash other phones and cause random flame wars just because it might, somehow, convince someone to buy a HTC phone. That's never going to work.
1. You're going to be arguing/disputing/whatever with a fanboy. Not someone who doesn't know anything about mobile hardware and the difference between a "Galaxy" and a "HTC," but a full-blown fanboy. They're never going to buy whatever phone you're forcing them to consider.
2. Even if it was someone who wasn't a fanboy, you arguing and trying to make them see that your phone is the god of all phones isn't exactly going to make them buy it--if anything they're less likely, because since you were so militantly trying to justify why anybody would buy your phone it would seem that there is some buyer's remorse, at least in their eyes.
3. Like I said in my other post, flame wars do NOTHING. They don't affect overall phone sales and they don't prove anything. There are probably thousands if not millions of iSheep who believe iPhones are by far the best phones and will take that opinion to their grave. Doesn't change the fact that Apple's losing market share and that Apple's stock is in a downward spiral.
But if you really want to go ahead and be a fanboy, go ahead. I really don't care. Just don't let it get in the way of real discussion. Also, it'd be great if you didn't automatically assume everything Samsung makes is crap just because it's a Samsung. Not everyone shares your opinion. I personally hate Apple but I have to admit the iPhone 5 is a pretty good phone. It's just not something I would like. Just a suggestion.