I love my Kaiser and I love android, but the poor Kaiser just needs a little more ram to be really effective with Cyanogenmod 6. I have been trying my wife's old iPhone 3G lately, and the screen is nice, but I can't stand many things about it (no HW keyboard, still running out of RAM, etc). I can sell the iPhone to fund a phone, but I really can't afford much more than a 1:1 price difference, so HTC's latest and greatest that sells for ~$500 is out for me.
Really what I'm looking for is some direction here. I am not trying to skip out on my own research, but I would appreciate someone suggesting some models that I can research. So far I've looked at G1's since they can be had fairly cheaply and are an android native phone. I've also looked at AT&T Fuzes, as well (I happen to have AT&T). Can anyone recommend a personal favorite for android 2.2 / CM 6 that I can add to my research list?
Thanks all
Hi,
Been following various threads now for weeks on both the htc sensaton and the s2 and im having some serious troubles making mind up.
I checked both phones in my local store recently and love the amoled screen , when i was comparing photos on both phones i couldent help but notice how much better the s2 screen is there was so much more detail on the pre loaded photos the s2 was the clear winner.
Although i will miss sense i think i can do without it as the sensation screen doesent look like it belongs on a high end phone due to week viewing angles .... and to be honest seems to be littered with production issues. Anyhow i think im close to going with the s2 however recently i noticed a thread about colour banding in various applications mostly games and this has me worryed about my purchase do many people have this or find it a issue ? Also is it possible to use uot kitchen or is this for plain roms / sense ?
I really like this phone but obviously want to make sure im making right choice as ill have to keep it for 18 mnths any feedback apprecaited thanks
you might want to check Samsung Nexus Prime. Supposed to have better specs than SGS2. We hope to get more details about this phone. Rumors are that this will be out by October this year
Yeah its so unfortunate that SGS2 becoming obsolete within months :-(
Check out:
engadget.com/2011/04/28/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-review/
techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/best-android-phone-which-should-you-buy--717819?artc_pg=2
Think Techradar has a comparison against sensation.
I came from a HTC Magic > HTC Desire > HTC Sensa-...Samsung Galaxy S11 - And I;ve never looked back.
...Assuming whichever you get you'll root, in which case base comparison from the hardware not the software i.e. sense. As there will be a 'sensified' rom available for galaxy at some stage (if not already).
wibbsy said:
Check out:
engadget.com/2011/04/28/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-review/
techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/best-android-phone-which-should-you-buy--717819?artc_pg=2
Think Techradar has a comparison against sensation.
I came from a HTC Magic > HTC Desire > HTC Sensa-...Samsung Galaxy S11 - And I;ve never looked back.
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Yeh ive been reading loads about both phones but thanks for posting links , i think ultimitly ill end up getting this phone the screen is ace and a major + point for me as mentioned previously when i demoed both phones and compared the same pictures in gallery i was shocked about how much more detail the samsung had over the sensation .... no matter how much i zoomed in it still looked slightly blurred weird.
Only think im a bit gutted about is losing sense but tbh im not so keen on 3.5 as it seems to have taken a step backward in design apart from the lockring.
In relation to another reply , i will indeed be rooting my phone ... im coming from a htc desire which has been great thanks to the support of the devs on this forum. I take it we cant use the uot kitchen on samsung roms ?
Only thing im not keen on here is how android development is so split but other then that thumbs up
Yeah the camera and size of the Samsung is amazing.
Most reviews place the S2 as fractional leader over the Sensation.
P.s. I came from a desire and picked up a Zagg invisible screen, when I took it off the desire looked brand new with not a scratch on it. Best case ever! I have since picked one up for the S2 and I suggest anyone else does the same.
P.s. Cyanogen nightly is already available for S2 so stable can't be far off!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133846
Should be here soon...
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Although i will miss sense i think i can do without it as the sensation screen doesent look like it belongs on a high end phone due to week viewing angles .... and to be honest seems to be littered with production issues. Anyhow i think im close to going with the s2 however recently i noticed a thread about colour banding in various applications mostly games and this has me worryed about my purchase do many people have this or find it a issue ? Also is it possible to use uot kitchen or is this for plain roms / sense ?<snip>
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Yes UOT kitchen works, all options apart from the lockscreen work.
As far as banding issues go, I suppose its personal, I see a bit on grays, but its ok for me.
In general the screen is really amazing, and I don't have any complaints about the phone.
I had a sensation prior to my s2 but had to return it due to a not very well talked about flaw.
When connected to wifi and then phone in landscape mode the wifi signal dies due to the location of the antennae.
Also there is alot more development for the samsung on here which helps.
S2 gets my vote
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Wait for a couple of months will be my advice.. SGS2 is awesome, but the low ppi of the screen is a deterent..The screen would have been a jawbreaker with more resolution(not that is is bad now)...
My advice would be to by the next new one in the galaxy series, or the nexus prime, provided they have atleast 250ppi..
HTC sense 3.5 is much better as far as what I hear.. But their screens have recently been below par.....
What is the best option if your streak has an early retirement? I am thinking the Samsung Galaxy Note or the up and coming IBM 5 Inch Tablet. Any ideas for this endangered species? We need to be thinking about this right now or we will have some serious withdrawals when all of our phones die.
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......there's only 1 device for every Streak users to upgrade to, and this is the Galaxy Note. There's nothing more to say or anything else in the market to consider beside the Note which is far more superior than our Streak! Problem is the price but it is more affordable now on ebay, 600-680usd.
I finally said goodbye to my beloved Streak 5 and sold it off to a happy new home. It served me well, providing just over one year of joy (not without some pains of course). It's a pity that the device reached 'EOL' so soon. I guess Dell decided that Android tablets were not their strength.
Thanks go to all the talented members on this forum for having helped to make the device such a joy to use despite the challenges.
Although I'm sentimental and was sad to let it go, I can't wait to lay my hands on the Galaxy Note asap! As Final5K stated, the Note is the only device for us ex-Streakers now
Unless something changes, probably going the Note route after the 1st of the year. Hopefully the price will drop just a bit after Christmas, and hopefully someone state side picks it up "officially", although I plan to by a carrier unlocked version.
Everyone? But do you think the Samsung Note is going to be as modible as the streak. I mean it seams like you hack the balls of your streak and then glue them back on. I just hope there is a lot of support and hackable/modible support for the Samsung Note!
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I'd also consider the new galaxy nexus. I know the screen is smaller but it's still a behemoth (hardware- and screensize- wise) with a 4.65'' 720p display.
Regarding the hackability you're better off checking the phones' threads here on xda to get yourself a quick idea of how things are going to evolve. My prediction? the galaxy nexus will be modded, haxxored & supported beyond imagination.
If you think about it, the streak modding community is unfortunately too small. As it has been said over and over many times, the point is not that dj steve, fards and all the other few great guys are not "good enough", but the strength of the hacking/ROM community is in the BIG numbers, and you can bet your house the galaxy nexus will deliver.
Not sure about the galaxy note though. As the streak, its size makes it a niche device, and although sammy is supporting his product way better than dell (at least with proper advertising, clear upgrade schedules etc) i guess the big numbers of the above will not come to the note.
therefore, for my next phone I'm willing to sacrifice a small amount of screen real estate in favor of an incredibly bigger community, with all the benefits/ major geekery that come with it. I'll surely keep an eye on the note though, since it will take a while before I change device. Who knows, I could be proved wrong..
Not so sure about the Note
before reading the comment on the galaxy note's thread, i would've agreed with you about it to be the "after streak" phone.
i was really interested in buying a Note, but now i'm not so sure, because i've read too much comments about screen, gps and bluetooth problems.
i don't know, it looks like a good device, but too many users wrote about the same problems, so i don't know what to do
asusgarb said:
i was really interested in buying a Note, but now i'm not so sure, because i've read too much comments about screen, gps and bluetooth problems.
i don't know, it looks like a good device, but too many users wrote about the same problems, so i don't know what to do
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If you look at the Streak forums here, you will also see many people whining about the Streak. So, unless you are ready to do some compromise, every phone has its flaws. Nearly every forums on the xda have people complaining about problems - there is no exception!
My 1 year old white best buy unlocked Streak is a totally perfect device for me. Yes as with any phone out there it used to have its flaws. And lately the microphone does perform too good.
I am a huge reader, reading absolutely everywhere and everytime. Actually I was reading when I realized I wanted to check xda a couple of minutes ago. And yes, it is my Dell Streak that I read on. For me it's almost flawless.
But I made up my mind to try something else. I used to have one of the very 1st iphones out there. And I believe I was one of the first users out there who threw up on it and sold it because of its...hm...I'd say incomplexity. I used to own all the best symbian devices as well including the monster e61, beautiful e71, gargantuan n97 and mysterious Maemo based n900 (the fastest texting ever!!!). I tried blackberry as well. Now it seems with my Streak bot being able to deliver the clear voice experience I'm going to try something new. Like good old Dell Venue Pro, windows phone. Surely it's going to be some kind of downgrade, but I'd still want to try some new experience, especially sweet for 179$ on outlet. We'll see. And if I don't like it, my choice is going to be either the colossal note or sgs 3 ehich might come up soon. Last week I had to use dad's iphone 4s for 1 day. I could not hold it in my hand. It was too small. It was too freaking small. And the screen was annoyingly small as well!!!!!!!! Truly cannot understand small screeners these days.
P.s. just wanted to add (right, tastes differ) that Dell Streak is one off the best looking devices for me. And not only for me. Several friends of mine told me it's an absolutelly stunning and clean design.
P.p.s. Go, Dell. You used to be the biggest guy in the hood. Now you have to be the smartest.
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It would be very interesting if Dell went ahead and released the Opus One after Christmas - bearing in mind the weird screen hue of the Samsung Galaxy Note, I'd like to see what Dell could do as a Streak 5 successor...
Cheers
Brian
Lenovo released it for them, they called it the LePad S2005, it's pretty much exactly what you'd expect the "opus one" to be.
Most of ex-streakers/early adopters of the Streak have sworn never to buy any phone from Dell due to the number of problems they've encountered and deceptions about support.
It is really surprising that people still want to buy/longing for Dell phones after they've let the streak down and not releasing a GB rom for so long!
I love my white Super Streak, but I'm definitely going to get the Samsung Note. It was announced today that AT&T will be getting the Samsung Note 4G version in 2012. One of the AT& T store reps told me that it will probably be sometime in the first quarter, after the CES conference. Check out the following articles:
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/12/att-to-get-4g-lte-samsung-galaxy-note/
http://an.droid-life.com/2011/12/16/att-samsung-galaxy-note-coming-with-lte-no-exynos-processor/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Android-Life+%28android+life%29
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+1. Dell couldn't care less about their customers.
Imo the Galaxy Nexus is definatly worth considering
With a 4.65" screen (0.35" smaller than the streaks) I doubt you would notice the difference (I didn't)
Having guarantee updates and developer base would be quite refreshing
The Galaxy Note is an impressive device, but for that price..
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Imo the Galaxy Nexus is definatly worth considering
With a 4.65" screen (0.35" smaller than the streaks) I doubt you would notice the difference (I didn't)
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Well the 4.65 is smaller than the 5" from the Streak. I've noticed a big difference when using these smaller screen devices. Thing is the first few hours will make you miss the large screen of the Streak, but past 1 day, you'll get adjusted to the smaller screen. Still, there is nothing comparable to the 5.3 inch of the Note --> saved money people and get the Note instead - it's definitely worth the investment.
Finally got my SG Note 2 days ago, and I can see now how badly Dell messed up with the Streak. I realise now in retrospect how many compromises I was forced to accept in comparison to the Note. Anyway, we did not have much of a choice due to screen size, so I have no regrets tho. Thank you Sammy for bringing us an alternative ....and what an alternative! indeed! Honestly, the Note rocks and my Streak experience is fast becoming a distant memory...
This sucks. I have an AWS streak on tmobile it took a long time to find one after I found out they were even made. Now its been a year and I want something fresh and new but I have no good options for tmobile. Switching carriers is not an option I have to nice/cheap of a grandfathered plan. The new nexus might be nice but I just got my wife a galaxy s2 and even 4.5" seems to small so 4.6 is not going to cut it. So what is there for me? I search at least once a week for the next 5"+ phone. I would buy the note but no 3g =no good. So anyone know of any other large phones coming soon for tmobile bands?
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I got gs2 as a replacement for the dell steak after I got fed up with the lagging and the buggy build by Dell for O2
And I can confirm the screen size is really matter, 4.5 is small Vs Dell steak
So diffenetly I am going for the Note. But its very expensive in the Uk
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Samsung
Again samsung, if you are wanting maybe a bit of a smaller screen but still big and want a really powerful device and yet stable custom roms and a bigger community (personaly again as the streak did I don't think the note will have a big audience) I have gone for the Samsung Galaxy S II as this is one of the most popular phones, I went to a friends party to day and three people had the same phone as me. (I found out as we videoed a friend taking of in a heli of our friends front lawn!)
I think that if you go down that route you will have much more of a wider range of roms and a bigger community to help when things go wrong
Plus the bigger the device the more prone to damage!
Hope this helps and would love replies
Hello fellow One X+ users! So I have a situation, or rather a 'first world problem' (I know, I know...) haha. I have the ATT version of the One X+ and feel I have been in a on-off love relationship with the phone with the whole Tegra ordeal and the hit or miss battery life. I really do like the phone, especially with the nice 64GB cushion, amazing screen, camera and LTE. But with that, versus the international version, I know it has been the black sheep (sadly). I have been looking into alternatives to trade for, such as the Nexus 4, Galaxy S3, heck, even the Lumia 920. But I want to hear what others have to say in regards to this topic. Have any of you had any experience with other devices as I listed (or others) and how do they compare. The only thing that is holding me back is the storage space which Nexus pales in comparison, of course.
I am sure I am not the only one with this question (hopefully have not overlooked similar posts here) So what are your thoughts guys? Let me know what you think. :cyclops:
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I'm finally moving on from my original Samsung Galaxy Note, and I'm debating what device to move to. This will be my one and only phone, so I'm looking for something well rounded.
After reading reviews of a lot of the best phones on the market, I'm leaning towards a LG G3. It looks and feels fantastic, has a really good camera in both day & night conditions, the screen is awesome, it *seems* to hold up underwater (in spite of no official IP rating), the battery life seems pretty good, etc.
That said, some of the overheating issues I've read about are worrisome - as well as a few other stability issues... I'm not sure how much stock to put in that.
So I'm also considering the Samsung Galaxy S5. It doesn't feel as great, the screen isn't as mindblowing - although it is more vibrant, the camera doesn't do as well in the dark, it seems like one of the most durable phones out there, etc.
Is the S5 significantly more stable than the G3? How do the development communities compare - are they on par in that regard? Can the stability / overheating issues of the G3 be successfully mitigated with tweaks? Is it going to be a nightmare to wrangle into shape?
Or is there another AT&T phone that you'd recommend? Other phones on my radar include the Flex, Note 4, M8 and OnePlus One...
I guess I'm looking for something that's going to hold up as a primary phone for a long time, both in terms of durability and specs, without becoming a nightmare to manage as my Galaxy Note has... and aside from that, my priorities include battery life, stability, video recording (especially in dark conditions), processing power, screen, look / feel, etc. in roughly that order.
Hi,
There are 3 threads already established that are devoted to discussions about devices, please read, and if necessary, repost your question in one of these threads: The what should I buy thread or the The Device Suggestion Thread or the The Device Comparison Thread.
There are also several other discussion threads that you probably should review to help you. They are What phone do you wish you had? or
The Worst Android Device That You've Ever Had & Why or even this place that talks about The best phone you ever owned.
I will close this so that you can take a look at those threads. You will find that they will be a great help to you when trying to make a decision.