Upgrade from fascinate - HTC Rezound

Hey everyone!
My upgrade us at the end of May, would you suggest this phone for the upgrade? What are your likes or dislikes of this phone?
Are the beats ear buds worth it?
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DarthCivicus said:
Hey everyone!
My upgrade us at the end of May, would you suggest this phone for the upgrade? What are your likes or dislikes of this phone?
Are the beats ear buds worth it?
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Hi, i also upgraded from a fascinate and a continuum. This phone is pretty sweet. I would definitely suggest this phone.
The things i loved most about this is the 8mp camera and the big bright screen because i love watching movies on the go.
The beats headphones are awesome, definitely better than the ones i had for my ipod

I upgraded from fascinate, to charge, then this. IMO this is a fantastic phone. I love the camera, and its pretty slim design, similar to the fassy.
Coming from 2 samsungs, with ODIN and all, it was a learning curve to root and flash roms, but if you read everything carefully, you will be ok
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IMO the only downside is the screen isn't as bright, and the Colors arnt as vibrant. BUT is does have a better resolution.

Would it be better to go to the galaxy nexus, I don't think it's as powerful and I'm not sure I want to stay in the Samsung family.
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DarthCivicus said:
Would it be better to go to the galaxy nexus, I don't think it's as powerful and I'm not sure I want to stay in the Samsung family.
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Personally whenever I'm looking at a new phone (if your gonna be stuck with it for a while) I consider that software can be fixed/changed/updated (thanks to the devs), the hardware not so much.. That being said.. I REALLY miss my fassy and had to upgrade b4 i wanted.. got lazy with not flashing the gb bootloaders >.<
It doesn't feel like a huge leap forward from the fassy, but they are at two different stages in their life cycle. If upgrade you must.. I'd go with the better chipset.. just my 2cnts

Decisions..decisions...
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Would it be better to go to the galaxy nexus, I don't think it's as powerful and I'm not sure I want to stay in the Samsung family.
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I'm sorry but the comparison of the Gnex and Rezound have been beatin to death...that being said the best thing you can do is stop by the local Verzion store and check out the devices to see which one works for YOU. I have them both and there are some things I really like about the Gnex but it really comes down to personal preference. Currently, AOSP is a work in progress and if you happen to be a person not fond of Sense, the answer is obvious unless you'll be okay with Senseless roms for the time being.
That being said, a lot of the aura has worn off of the Gnex becauase many other devices (including the Rezound) are running ICS. We have some great Developers who work their tails off and a great community.
P.S. The Rezound has dropped to $49.99 and the Nexus is still the same price of $299 IIRC which may also factor into your decision.
Good luck on your decision.

Gnex has terrible radios and an even worse camera. Else wise I loved it. I love my rezound and chose this over the gnex in the end. Even with sense it doesn't feel slower than the gnex. So once we do get cm9 it will make the gnex feel like a joke.
And hey by may who knows what will be available.
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Thank you all! If the resound it's still fifty, I'll definitely be going with it, plus the hardware seems way better!
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[Q]edit! anyone think the sensation is actually worth more than atrix?

I have been looking for one for weeks and it has been a no-go. i've looked through XDA market, and CL. i dont understand why, ive heard so many people trading back to a atrix from a sensation asap when they tried it. when i ask if they'd trade its usually "no thanks, the sensation is worth more". i honestly dont care about price tag. that doesnt put out how much the device is worth, just what manufactures tag it. especially when atrix has more ram and features. and before i get flamed for even posting this. i want to trade because i care about display and camera over webtop. i take tons of pics and watch netflix alot on the go. i actually liked this display until i watched a couple movies.. i hate the outer glow on the screen and how grainy it can look/washed out. or maybe i should go after another phone?
Reason im posting it here is because i want to hear people who have the atrix or even both opinions. thanks
edit: haha to think i was about to trade.... http://www.htcphones.net/htc-announced-sensation-xe-with-beats-audio/ look at this ****!
I have an ATRIX and I love it ..I actually thought about trading it for a sensation but after watching a review it changed my mind. Its so much faster than the sensation and never lags,..I think it was bad with MOTOBLUR but with a custom rom or the official gingerbread update its simply amazing, only phone I would trade it for is the galaxy s2
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I own a sensation and yes its slower now but cm7 is almost complete and its so fast!!! (I'm on a early build right now)
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I have an ATRIX and I love it ..I actually thought about trading it for a sensation but after watching a review it changed my mind. Its so much faster than the sensation and never lags,..I think it was bad with MOTOBLUR but with a custom rom or the official gingerbread update its simply amazing, only phone I would trade it for is the galaxy s2
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ive heard about all the laggyness and glitchyness the sensation has "had". its mostly all gone now, they released a update and one of my friends that has the sensation says all the screen issues are gone and its way less laggy. so that made my interested in it again. ive always been on HTCs boat, this is my first Moto device. i wouldnt mind getting one again though.
edit: dont get me wrong, i LOVE my atrix, best device i have had. i just like to switch things up.. i dont really care for the "big features" of this devices. they sounded cool at first. but not for me
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I own a sensation and yes its slower now but cm7 is almost complete and its so fast!!! (I'm on a early build right now)
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Do you like it though?? about benchmarks or anything of that matter. just everyday use and games/movies, also i love to skype and such. its sad atrix isnt supported. thanks. ive never been big on CM cause its all "stock" it just bores me id rather have eye candy and neat looking things and a camera/gallery with great settings then just.. stock. hopefully ICS has neat things
thats why i love sense. it all great in one package. i havent had my hands on sense 3.0 yet, last android HTC devices i had was the mytouch 4g.
I can't do HTC phones anymore until they improve the battery, and make the signal strength stronger...
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I love my ATRIX, I get around 2200-2700 on benchmarks and in everyday use it never lags, opens applications easily, also the battery is a huge plus, I easily get through a day, I could get it through 2 but i'm used to charging my phone every night. I also think the tegrazone games are fantastic, even though im not a mobile gamer. If you're thinking about trading your phone for the sensation I would wait for any HTC devices coming out in the next few months that may running sense 3.5, or even beats audio, or maybe a Samsung galaxy s2 or nexus prime.
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I agree, my old MyTouch barely made it through like half a days usage..would have to charge it around 5 or 6pm, Motorola also always does a great job on radio too
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lol i know what you guys mean xD i am always home so that isnt an issue, and with radio i have more benefits with the sensation cause im on tmo. the biggest thing i will miss is the nvidia GPU, im huge on nvidia. not so big on AMD adreno... AMD always is lacking something it seems. id be giving up tegrazone for NEON support, that is hard. id probably go for neon support because i play emulators more than anything.. like ps1 games, etc. just getting someone to trade is the problem :[ id love to have a spare atrix though, this phone has been my favorite so far modding. HTC phones have never been that fun for me with modding lol, idk why. alot of people think the guys in the atrix forums are mean, lol. people are worse in the HTC forums.
motorola atrix internal hardware with HTC sensation external would be a dream phone haha.. im never getting a samsuck phone again, after what they did to the people who spent $500 on the behold 2 to f*ck them, seriously. dont mean to sound like a **** but i was one of them who bought it lol. im all for motorola, htc, and id think about getting a xperia if they made a freaking dual core phone and not just overclocked a arc up to 1.4ghz -_-
my brother has a incredible and holy crap that things battery life is horrible!
Im on T-Mobile also, edge isn't so bad though honestly, HTC should have had a gb of ram though..its a deal breaker for me, that and no Tegra , good eye candy though
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Im on T-Mobile also, edge isn't so bad though honestly, HTC should have had a gb of ram though..its a deal breaker for me, that and no Tegra , good eye candy though
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i dont even use my phone.. as a phone haha, i just text. i use wifi for everything else. so i dont care if its 4g or not. yeah, they definitely should have. they always are low on RAM it seems. i was surprised to see 1gb in the evo
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i dont even use my phone.. as a phone haha, i just text. i use wifi for everything else. so i dont care if its 4g or not. yeah, they definitely should have. they always are low on RAM it seems. i was surprised to see 1gb in the evo
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I hate att with a passion, and I've had it for 11 years. I like the atrix though, but don't know about being banished to edge.
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If at&t had the sensation, I would of done that, no exceptions.
If the ATRIX was unavailable on at&t, I would of went hd7s, mostly to consolidate my zune hd (dear me, I do like the zune system, lol).
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ccrows said:
I can't do HTC phones anymore until they improve the battery, and make the signal strength stronger...
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Totally agree..
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HTC - built from plastic, crappy signal, crappy battery.
deal breaker right there.
I don't see how you can go from Atrix to Sensation without feeling like you are downgrading.
Anyway, it's your choice. Ideally, use both phones for a while and keep whichever you like better. Cheers.
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HTC - built from plastic, crappy signal, crappy battery.
deal breaker right there.
I don't see how you can go from Atrix to Sensation without feeling like you are downgrading.
Anyway, it's your choice. Ideally, use both phones for a while and keep whichever you like better. Cheers.
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the sensation isnt plastic! lol, the atrix is plastic xD yeah that is what i plan on, id use the sensation for a while and see. if i find someone who'd trade.
xploited said:
HTC - built from plastic, crappy signal, crappy battery.
deal breaker right there.
I don't see how you can go from Atrix to Sensation without feeling like you are downgrading.
Anyway, it's your choice. Ideally, use both phones for a while and keep whichever you like better. Cheers.
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Sensation is aluminium and the screen is 1000x better so no downgrade just about the same as the atrix some strengths and some weaknesses
scores87 said:
Sensation is aluminium and the screen is 1000x better so no downgrade just about the same as the atrix some strengths and some weaknesses
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I'll give you the screen, but my Atrix is in a case so build quality to me doesn't matter as much.
I really think "HTC Sense" is the biggest draw that brings people in. I enjoyed my time with it too.
But whether I had HTC for Android or even Winmo, I never kept a call in any of my questionable dead zones.
If they fixed that and the battery (larger physical battery and in the software) I could see myself going back to HTC again down the road...
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I'll give you the screen, but my Atrix is in a case so build quality to me doesn't matter as much.
I really think "HTC Sense" is the biggest draw that brings people in. I enjoyed my time with it too.
But whether I had HTC for Android or even Winmo, I never kept a call in any of my questionable dead zones.
If they fixed that and the battery (larger physical battery and in the software) I could see myself going back to HTC again down the road...
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yeah mine is in a case too, but still. i have it in the case because its so slippery xD
that is one big thing, but not completely for me. i have just always had HTC and i most likely always will. i love the form factor, the cameras, the software, etc. only thing that sucks on HTC phones is the speaker, that is horrid haha.
well they did fix the laggyness in the software. the battery is poop but oh well thats one thing that has never bothered me for some reason, unless im camping or something lol.

Did everyone move to another phone?

The last few days have been very slow in this forum. I hope people are just satisfied with the phone and are not posting. I guess I'm just spoiled by the Evo 4g forum where you always had something new to read.
Starting to worry.
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Not even one thread has reached a 1000 posts yet. Its pretty sad. I know people keep saying good things will come, but I lost hope a while ago. Not trolling. I know everyone does this development stuff during their free time
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For me - I love the phone. Only thing I'd change would be placement of the USB port relative to the kickstand.
I've rooted it to remove bloatware, but don't know that there's anything that I want it do to that requires a custom ROM. Customizations, yes - but launchers, widgets and apps can do what I want.
I was in the same place with my EVO 3D. Stock was fine.
ROMs were necessary in the WinMo days (and perhaps the early Android days, though I missed those). I spent a LOT of time cooking kitchens for my WinMo phones.
There will always be people who like to cook ROMs as a hobby, but I knew that the Moto Photon would NOT be one of the target platform for them - will be mostly HTC phones, I imagine.
Well unlike my evo shift I'm happy with the phone the way it is. The evo shift was boring unless rooted and running a custom rom.
I love this phone and i'm satisfied with just root. Best phone I've ever owned. It just seems like there were a lot more people in this forum last month.
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mquinn24 said:
I love this phone and i'm satisfied with just root. Best phone I've ever owned. It just seems like there were a lot more people in this forum last month.
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It was brand new then
The inferior Samsung is the new shiny.
I also spent more time here and AC a month ago, but really don't have much more to say, or problems that need solved. I'm spending my time now customizing it and try out new apps.
Enjoy it!
Love this phone but its too complicated to unlock boot loader and such so people lost interest in the forums, not the phone in my opinion. I came from the Nexus S 4G and don't see a reason to lose 4g for a rom its great as it is running launcher pro. Just my 2 cents.
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willysp said:
The inferior Samsung is the new shiny
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Yea I don't think the epic touch is inferior at all. The exynos kills tegra. Everyone knows that
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Photon was a great phone, its great with root alone. I now got the sgs2 and gave the MoPho to my gf. She loves it coming from an HTC Aria. I was too nervous to unlock the bootloader, I tried but it looked too risky. I was pretty much satisfied with stock and my own build prop tweaks, there was no need to unlock. I do recommend to phone to people who aren't as tech savvy for just being a good dependable fast phone.
The sgs2 is no way inferior to the photon, every day use they run about the same, the photon does have better battery life and video recording, the sgs2 has a bigger screen and an unlocked bootloader.
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Yea I don't think the epic touch is inferior at all. The exynos kills tegra. Everyone knows that
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CPU is only one component in comparing phones, and IMHO not in the top 3 criteria. Screen, battery, radio signal, construction quality, vendor support all more important than minor (in the real world) CPU differences.
I won't get into any more bashing - will just say glad you like your phone; enjoy it!
I think my Photon is the best Android phone i've ever owned and I've had a few over the past couple of months, including the SGSII. The SGSII is a great phone but just too thin for me, so when on a flat surface my manley fingers couldn't quite grasp it right and i ended up dropping it. The Photon just feels perfect, build quality is great, just ticks all the boxes for me and I'm gonna stick with it for a while
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I know it may seem to be kinda hard, but unlocking the bootloader is actually fairly easy if you follow the steps on breifmobile. I have a link I think if someone is looking to unlock the bootloader.
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I know it may seem to be kinda hard, but unlocking the bootloader is actually fairly easy if you follow the steps on breifmobile. I have a link I think if someone is looking to unlock the bootloader.
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But you lose 4G
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Makes no difference to me. I don't live in a 4G area. :]
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Makes no difference to me. I don't live in a 4G area. :]
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Same
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Phone is great out of the box, not much to complain about on forums nor are people in a rush to slap a ROM on it like they would need to so their Samsung works correctly.
I came from the tmobile vibrant. At one point I had a choice of 65 custom roms and 11 kernels. I wanted unlimited data and more minutes and sprint was the only choice. I got the epic but took it back the day this phone dropped on the market. I like htc but 3d had some drawbacks. Mainly signal quality. I would like more roms, but mainly overclock kernels. I am learning to make my own themes and that will probably satisfy me. I hope development picks up, but if it doesn't I won't be upset. This is a wonderful phone and works right out of the box. I don't get 4g on my end of town and probably never will, and I could really care less.
It's good to see people are still here and they are satisfied with their phones. This is probably the best phone Sprint has to offer right now. It sucks that it was released sandwiched between the 3vo and sgsII.
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why does no one listen to me? i said weeks ago that what we had was the best this community was gunna get, with the release of the et4g i knew this place with die down a bit.. its unfortunate but thats the way it is. perhaps the next moto phone that sprint gets (tegra 3 plz ) will get some attention, instead of sprint getting another phone months later (they did it with the nexus s 4g, photon and if the rumors are true it will happen with the next nexus)
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Makes no difference to me. I don't live in a 4G area. :]
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Haha unfortunately I get full signal in my area :/
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Jump to the one s?

Just curious what people think about jumping from the amaze to the one s? Normally the no sd card is a huge deal breaker but the development piece is very attractive, just last week I checked n they had nothing just a couple sense roms checking today they have very functional cm9 already with radio working and miui with camera working too. The devs we have I see are working at those roms too, but I wonder what makes there development so much faster? From what I read they are also waiting for source. I love the amaze more because of the sd card support, hardware buttons, and NFC. I have a one s that is coming in today that was originally intended for my sister but thinking about making a jump or not...
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ebatr8 said:
Just curious what people think about jumping from the amaze to the one s? Normally the no sd card is a huge deal breaker but the development piece is very attractive, just last week I checked n they had nothing just a couple sense roms checking today they have very functional cm9 already with radio working and miui with camera working too. The devs we have I see are working at those roms too, but I wonder what makes there development so much faster? From what I read they are also waiting for source. I love the amaze more because of the sd card support, hardware buttons, and NFC. I have a one s that is coming in today that was originally intended for my sister but thinking about making a jump or not...
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HTC actually realeasing driver source code and we are bother cursed by revolution
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I wouldn't think it's a good idea to upgrade, but I guess if you already have one coming in you could go for it. The S4 processor is better than the S3, but you get a Pentile SAMOLED screen and smaller, non-changeable battery.
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hurrpancakes said:
I wouldn't think it's a good idea to upgrade, but I guess if you already have one coming in you could go for it. The S4 processor is better than the S3, but you get a Pentile SAMOLED screen and smaller, non-changeable battery.
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Well I tested one before battery life is better even tho smaller, I never understood what pentile has to do with anything it still looks good. I'm messing around with it now its definetly faster the s4 is really fast the way beats audio is integrated is real nice too its way louder. I wanted people's thoughts more then actually answering whether I should get it or not I guess but my bad if its the wrong section.
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HTC actually realeasing driver source code and we are bother cursed by revolution
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It seems they don't have source just yet for that phone period but I understand what you mean about the amaze not having source for drivers. It really sucks I'd much rather have the amaze I actually had the galaxy s2 and development for it is booming but enjoyed the better camera of the amaze much more.
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Saw that, this is more regarding development now that the device is out, is more development worth giving up technically better hardware with the exception of the s4 processor.
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I got a free upgrade to the One S, I prefer the Amaze MUCH MORE.....MUCH MUCH MORE that is. If you think the Amaze has bugs, try the One S and you will rip your hair out!
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I got a free upgrade to the One S, I prefer the Amaze MUCH MORE.....MUCH MUCH MORE that is. If you think the Amaze has bugs, try the One S and you will rip your hair out!
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Sell it and buy the Amaze! You make a profit too lol
motioneffects said:
I got a free upgrade to the One S, I prefer the Amaze MUCH MORE.....MUCH MUCH MORE that is. If you think the Amaze has bugs, try the One S and you will rip your hair out!
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Lol maybe its just me I find myself hardly complaining about bugs, but definetly it seems like people love to do it. Thinking ill just hold out with the amaze till something better comes along by the end of this year. I just wish htc would stop holding out on us this phone is great with development being easier for our devs I'm sure it could be relevant for a long time.
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I have both phones. One S is not much of an upgrade.
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Lol maybe its just me I find myself hardly complaining about bugs, but definetly it seems like people love to do it. Thinking ill just hold out with the amaze till something better comes along by the end of this year. I just wish htc would stop holding out on us this phone is great with development being easier for our devs I'm sure it could be relevant for a long time.
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Dude, regardless of what people say about One S, you keep repeating how great it is. Obviously, you like it better than Amaze, and its normal - every future phone has to be better than previous models (thou, this is not really the case here imo because besides S4, little extra camera features, and Beats everything else is a step backwards) - so just go get it and enjoy it. Its becoming irritating anyway to see every once in a while topics like "should i get One S or stay with Amaze?". Thats why there are numerous reviews on youtube, specs, and all kinds of info, so people can decide for themselves. True, development here is kind of slow compared to other phones, but thats how it is - I still love my Amaze, and when comes the time to upgrade, Id be looking for build quality and much better specs, not the number of custom ROMs, because here there are and always will be developers for every phone.
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Dude, regardless of what people say about One S, you keep repeating how great it is. Obviously, you like it better than Amaze, and its normal - every future phone has to be better than previous models (thou, this is not really the case here imo because besides S4, little extra camera features, and Beats everything else is a step backwards) - so just go get it and enjoy it. Its becoming irritating anyway to see every once in a while topics like "should i get One S or stay with Amaze?". Thats why there are numerous reviews on youtube, specs, and all kinds of info, so people can decide for themselves. True, development here is kind of slow compared to other phones, but thats how it is - I still love my Amaze, and when comes the time to upgrade, Id be looking for build quality and much better specs, not the number of custom ROMs, because here there are and always will be developers for every phone.
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Relax bro, you got your panties in a bunch over nothing nobody asked you to read that's why there is a title option for a thread. You can choose to read or not if you pick your phones based on specs over development good for you.
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ebatr8 said:
Relax bro, you got your panties in a bunch over nothing nobody asked you to read that's why there is a title option for a thread. You can choose to read or not if you pick your phones based on specs over development good for you.
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Obviously you dont get it so I'll try again:
Next time you want to talk about one s, go to the previously opened threads or to One S's forum, this one here is for Amaze 4G, so the focus is on that device, not someone's turmoils whether to upgrade or not. Also, if you choose your device based on dev, you can go back to HTC Magic - there are so many ROMs for this one, you will be wowed
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I wouldn't think it's a good idea to upgrade, but I guess if you already have one coming in you could go for it. The S4 processor is better than the S3, but you get a Pentile SAMOLED screen and smaller, non-changeable battery.
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The screen is the exact same size. Not trying to correct you or troll, bit take your amaze to a t mobile store and see for yourself.
The burst mode on the one S is incredible and all hut
-SD card trade off is too much a dealbreaker for me.
-VGA front facing camera is also a significant compromise for me
-The S4 processor does out perform the S3 substantially, but the S3 still performs so well its not a huge deal to me.
-hardware keys on the amaze do own indeed
-I'm not a huge fan of Sense 4 at ALL. I do love the look of the translucent status bar... But I absolutely hate Sense 4s recent apps. Just looks like browser windows. Boring. Vanilla Android's recent apps that are on 3.6 are far better looking to me. Definitely stickin with 3.6.
-not to mention the lack of a dedicated search button. I hate that they're leaning towards software only for search functionality. I use my search key all the time =L
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I was already off contract with tmobile and could have gotten a one s as an upgrade but decided on finding a used amaze instead - the main reasons being all of what other users have posted before, plus that the hardware isn't supposed to be compatible with tmobiles upgraded network speeds that are supposed to happen later this year. If the upgrade is going to make me go back on a 2 year contract, I'd want the phone to keep up with the network.
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I just upgraded and chose the Amaze over the one s. It seams to me the areas where the amaze are better is a bigger deal than the areas where the one s is better.
amaze: changeable battery, sd card, better camera,
one s: beats audio, thinner and lighter, slightly better processor.
The sd card and battery are big deals. When i used the camera on the one s I could not get a good macro shot, where on the amaze i could make out the dust on the dust. If it comes down to a better camera vs beats audio, i used my camera a ton more than i listen to music on it. Also if your willing to root you can have beats on the amaze. As far as the processor, the amaze felt smoother to me changing screens and such, maybe the one s will be better after sense 4.0 gets some updates?
The only thing that had me thinking and almost got me to get the one s, was how thin and light it was. Im happy i chose the amaze, i just dont see the one s as a replacement, more of a step sideways and you choose which one fits you better.
I've made the jump! I favor the One S over the Amaze, personal preference. Once you use the One for a few days, you'll understand too...
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Should I get a new phone?

Development has pretty much come to a stop. There is no AOSP, sense 4.0 still isnt flawless and other phones are getting further and further ahead.
Jelly Bean and iOS6 are coming out and maybe i should get a new phone.
I have always been a huge android fan despite having a macbook and ipad and I dont think i should get an iphone, right?
Should I get a gnex? Galaxy SIII? What do you guys think?
Thanks!
Get a GNex. My GS3 and Rezound are going on Craigslist and I'm getting one too. Stupid f*cking locked bootloader on the GS3.
tekhna said:
Get a GNex. My GS3 and Rezound are going on Craigslist and I'm getting one too. Stupid f*cking locked bootloader on the GS3.
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Do you think google is gonna release a new nexus soon? Should I wait?
I'd like to think they will release one end of this year or early next year... I'll definitely be buying the next one even if it is isn't flagship material.
Is the rezound pretty much dead? I've tried everything possible and I just cant get a smooth, fast feeling. Any ROM suggestions?
I'm going to wait and see what this "Eris" I've heard so much about does with the Rezound before deciding whether to stay aboard or jump ship. If he does something great and the source happens to come out soon enough, I'm definitely staying. If something happens and the source doesn't come out or his progress hits a huge snag where he quits, I'm probably going to pack my bags and look into going back to Sprint.
Their service really does suck in my area, but at least their price was a lot better. If I do jump ship and get an Evo 4G LTE, I would be interested in it if only to run FreshROM again, just like on my OG Evo. Plus, I sort of miss the small things about the Evo family, like CWM, FreshROM, etc. I know Sprint is finally switching to LTE, and if I had to go back, I would be willing to tough it out with bad signal just a while longer, since it looks like Sprint is actually serious about LTE over WiMAX this time.
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I'm going to wait and see what this "Eris" I've heard so much about does with the Rezound.
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This is the only thing keeping me from switching. I have faith in the BAMF team; they have a pretty good track record.
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davidetkin511 said:
Is the rezound pretty much dead? I've tried everything possible and I just cant get a smooth, fast feeling. Any ROM suggestions?
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Check out inef deus on the mikmik... Fast, smooth, and has tweaks as well as themes and mods
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I just called big red. I told them my rezound doesnt work and I wanted a gnex. They told me I could have it but i turned it down because in the end, I love my htc.
Tag798 said:
Check out inef deus on the mikmik... Fast, smooth, and has tweaks as well as themes and mods
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After being on sense 4.0 for a while, I dont think I can go back to 3.6. Thanks though!
What is wrong with everyone?!?!?!?! Development slows and you people put your tail between your legs and downgrade to a worse phone? What's the deal? Are you people rich?
Buy a used nexus and keep the rezound...totally worth it to be able to switch back and forth between two phones whenever you want!
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I went with the Dinc4g, so far so good. Clear screen, smooth sense 4, and smaller form factor. Had dinc2 and rezound before, and liked both.
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Get a GNex. My GS3 and Rezound are going on Craigslist and I'm getting one too. Stupid f*cking locked bootloader on the GS3.
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I was going to buy this release day, but might wait and see what happens concerning this locked bootloader bull*****t
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Seriously though, If you want to trade any phone for any other phone just sweet talk verizon and they'll give it to you!
jayochs said:
Buy a used nexus and keep the rezound...totally worth it to be able to switch back and forth between two phones whenever you want!
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Thats what I might do!
Nexus is the best value right now considering the GS3 is locked tight.
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Nexus is the best value right now considering the GS3 is locked tight.
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Do you think the nex is better than the rezound? Yeah its awesome that theyre getting jellybean really soon, but i really like sense and there hardware is pretty much the same
i think any high end android phone is better than the iphone, right?
I've really been considering moving to the nexus since I'm not eligible for my upgrade yet and I can get a used one pretty cheap but I'm still undecided.
The rezound was my first HTC phone and I really love how well built it is compared to Samsung phones but I've had so many problems with it. Plus, with Verizon taking so long to push out updates and practically killing development, it makes the nexus slightly more enticing.
What do you guys think? Should I stick it out with this phone a little bit longer and just hope that the development gets a little better again soon or is it best to just move on now?
Can we at least wait until the end of the month before everyone flips their stuff? We're supposed to get ICS officially this month, and shortly after that HTC should release the ICS kernel source on the HTCDev website. All we need is our fantastic developers to get the RIL working and we'll hopefully be swimming in CM#/AOKP by the end of the year.
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Do you think the nex is better than the rezound? Yeah its awesome that theyre getting jellybean really soon, but i really like sense and there hardware is pretty much the same
i think any high end android phone is better than the iphone, right?
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Honestly I will say the Nexus is overall better if you're asking my opinion.
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Let down

HTC why are you crippling the development of your recent devices? ive been a fan of htc. got the original G1, motorola cliq (FACCKKK WHAT A MISTAKE! hopefully moto made their devices better), nexus one, G2 and now.... the amaze
i got the amaze since day 1 of its release. hoping its development would blossom like the nexus one and G2. blehh guess it didnt! ive been looking through the threads here and it looks like HTC has issues releasing kernel sources and that severely cripples development. all we get are broken roms. its kinda irritating that HTC's dev community are practically bothering HTC about it yet they just give us generic answers lol im surprised dev's here got as far as they did without any support from htc
Im thinking about moving on to a new device... i was hoping to get another HTC phone (HTC ONE X+ anyone?) but who says that HTC might do what they did with the amaze again. Im thinking about transitioning to a new company all together? samsung? or maybe Motorola (their new QWERTY key boards are to die for). From reading reviews they look amazing but there is one issue its build quality... HTC makes the best phones when it comes to hardware. I wanted to get the galaxy nex but the specs isnt all that tantalizing. thats why im reluctant to move out. but im prlly borderline
The company thats prlly as good as HTC when it comes to build quality is SONY. Xperia S looks nice.. esp the transparent strip. But i want it to glow different colors like the xperia u. I just wish it would work on tmobile 4g. Other than that this is prlly on par to htc's build quality.
Hopefully HTC will make a new nexus device with killer specs this fall.
HTC Y U DO THIS?
I agree with u 110% I "moved on" to the galaxy nexus. And the older specs don't mean much, it obliterates the amaze in performance. But the build quality is real bad. Every time my phone vibrates it feels like its going to dismantle itself. I still have the amaze, and when I go back to play with it, its So slow and stuttery, but the phone feels so amazing in my hand I love the build quality. And the camera is MAGNIFICENT! Both phones have pros and cons! I give so much props to the Devs here they keep working at it even though htc is working against them :'(
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fuego77 said:
I agree with u 110% I "moved on" to the galaxy nexus. And the older specs don't mean much, it obliterates the amaze in performance. But the build quality is real bad. Every time my phone vibrates it feels like its going to dismantle itself. I still have the amaze, and when I go back to play with it, its So slow and stuttery, but the phone feels so amazing in my hand I love the build quality. And the camera is MAGNIFICENT! Both phones have pros and cons! I give so much props to the Devs here they keep working at it even though htc is working against them :'(
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yea! i was afraid of that... too light and too clunky. I mean the htc one S is light but it's build quality blows all of samsung's phones out when it came to that. but the development is amazing for gnex.... i want the paranoid rom ported to the amaze but thats aosp based lol and the amaze doesnt even have that yet!
htc must make the next nexus! ughhh no more samsung. i dont want to jump the band wagon yet.
considering google owns motorola now, by the time I'm ready to upgrade I wouldn't be surprised if I'll have a moto in my pocket. Aside from the build quality I can't stand for what HTC has done to its customers. I expect HTC to get worse too, so now that you know they're capable of doing what they've done, they won't get my business again
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yea! i was afraid of that... too light and too clunky. I mean the htc one S is light but it's build quality blows all of samsung's phones out when it came to that. but the development is amazing for gnex.... i want the paranoid rom ported to the amaze but thats aosp based lol and the amaze doesnt even have that yet!
htc must make the next nexus! ughhh no more samsung. i dont want to jump the band wagon yet.
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I have a case on my nexus. Still feels light and cheap. I didn't leave HTC for Samsung, I left ICS for jellybean lol
Jellybean is light years ahead of ICS and iOS lol
If htc makes the next nexus with one s/x build quality. I'm all over that like a virgin at the strip club!
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Unfortunately it's pretty unlikely that we'll be seeing any ground-breaking development for the Amaze... We've been itching for a fully working AOSP ROM for at least half a year and even though we've got S-Off, it obviously hasn't made as much of an impact on the progress of AOSP ROMs as we had hoped.
I'm still using an Amaze, stock rooted and debloated, but I've pretty much given up hope on a viable AOSP ROM for this device. I've seen so many people post about saying how this beast of a device will finally be unleashed when blah blah blah blah but honestly, a GNexus with its inferior specs will hands down beat the Amaze into the ground in performance and smoothness.
This device was a total let down. The specs on paper looked awesome at the time and the build quality looked to be much better than other phones, and yet here we are with the capacitive button light bleed, camera flash leak, squeaking backplate, and god knows what else there may be.
All I can say is that I will probably never buy another HTC device in the future because of this experience.
fuego77 said:
I have a case on my nexus. Still feels light and cheap. I didn't leave HTC for Samsung, I left ICS for jellybean lol
Jellybean is light years ahead of ICS and iOS lol
If htc makes the next nexus with one s/x build quality. I'm all over that like a virgin at the strip club!
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One x/s build quality? S maybe but not x, x has so many hardware issues >.<
Samsung's quality is not really in question. It's just how it feels... A lighter phone is smarter and the plastic is a lot less likely to crack. My vibrant never creaked or had any weird physical issues. And chances are with a lighter phone the screen is less likely to break or crack from a fall. A lot of people like it. I personally love the feeling of the amaze in my hand. The weight gives the impression of it being more durable I like my phone having a little weight to it.
And I know there's a lot of talk about the amaze being poor but honestly I'm just happy we even got ics. Seriously, I had a sensation and this at the same time and this stock gb, compared to my sensation on ics aosp, the amaze was much smoother. May not be everyone's experience but was the case for me. Also I had multiple sensations that got dust under the screen very easily. And know several others with the same issue. I know the sensation is also HTC but to say the amaze was a failure or similar things, I have to disagree. As far as htc, yeah its a little disappointing what they've done. And Samsung is seeming to change for the better but back with my vibrant, the HTC devices I saw were getting froyo updates months before we had any signs of getting an update. Was quite frustrating. Ha back then all the talk was #neveragainsamung now it's htc. Interesting
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Samsung's quality is not really in question. It's just how it feels... A lighter phone is smarter and the plastic is a lot less likely to crack. My vibrant never creaked or had any weird physical issues. And chances are with a lighter phone the screen is less likely to break or crack from a fall. A lot of people like it. I personally love the feeling of the amaze in my hand. The weight gives the impression of it being more durable I like my phone having a little weight to it.
And I know there's a lot of talk about the amaze being poor but honestly I'm just happy we even got ics. Seriously, I had a sensation and this at the same time and this stock gb, compared to my sensation on ics aosp, the amaze was much smoother. May not be everyone's experience but was the case for me. Also I had multiple sensations that got dust under the screen very easily. And know several others with the same issue. I know the sensation is also HTC but to say the amaze was a failure or similar things, I have to disagree. As far as htc, yeah its a little disappointing what they've done. And Samsung is seeming to change for the better but back with my vibrant, the HTC devices I saw were getting froyo updates months before we had any signs of getting an update. Was quite frustrating. Ha back then all the talk was #neveragainsamung now it's htc. Interesting
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Dang, you're like the 7th person I've read has gotten that dust issue, and to think I was going to buy the sensation, but decided to go with the amaze lol. I'm giving HTC one last chance, with the one x+ apparently, I'll see how it turns out, if it sucks I'll go with sammy and... Goodbye HTC
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Dang, you're like the 7th person I've read has gotten that dust issue, and to think I was going to buy the sensation, but decided to go with the amaze lol. I'm giving HTC one last chance, with the one x+ apparently, I'll see how it turns out, if it sucks I'll go with sammy and... Goodbye HTC
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Ha yeah that dust was an epidemic! And it could happen at any time /shudders freaking nightmare I tell ya! And yeah I mean every phone company has their peak and their fall. Sammy hasn't been the best with updating their devices and while we had everything else working when we finally got custom roms not based on touchwiz it took an eternity to get gps working without them releasing the drivers. And gps blew anyway. I think it took the sgs ii the same time as us to get ics. It's not that Sammy is doing great customer relation business its just that htc is plummeting, making them look good and htc isn't thinking of the customer... No memory expansion, no battery removal. That's irritating to me. The grass is always greener though! I thought I saw Sony devices are pretty decent and updated pretty quickly that's hearsay though.
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Yep no more HTC devices for me unless it is followed by Nexus. I feel like HTC really dropped the ball on this device.
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adslee said:
Unfortunately it's pretty unlikely that we'll be seeing any ground-breaking development for the Amaze... We've been itching for a fully working AOSP ROM for at least half a year and even though we've got S-Off, it obviously hasn't made as much of an impact on the progress of AOSP ROMs as we had hoped.
I'm still using an Amaze, stock rooted and debloated, but I've pretty much given up hope on a viable AOSP ROM for this device. I've seen so many people post about saying how this beast of a device will finally be unleashed when blah blah blah blah but honestly, a GNexus with its inferior specs will hands down beat the Amaze into the ground in performance and smoothness.
This device was a total let down. The specs on paper looked awesome at the time and the build quality looked to be much better than other phones, and yet here we are with the capacitive button light bleed, camera flash leak, squeaking backplate, and god knows what else there may be.
All I can say is that I will probably never buy another HTC device in the future because of this experience.
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i never had issues with my flash or creaking backplate... but the capacitive lights bleed is just lol come on HTC... what the **** were you thinking? you build numbers smartphones with capacitive buttons and they never bleed. WHY START NOW HTC?
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HTC why are you crippling the development of your recent devices? ive been a fan of htc. got the original G1, motorola cliq (FACCKKK WHAT A MISTAKE! hopefully moto made their devices better), nexus one, G2 and now.... the amaze
i got the amaze since day 1 of its release. hoping its development would blossom like the nexus one and G2. blehh guess it didnt! ive been looking through the threads here and it looks like HTC has issues releasing kernel sources and that severely cripples development. all we get are broken roms. its kinda irritating that HTC's dev community are practically bothering HTC about it yet they just give us generic answers lol im surprised dev's here got as far as they did without any support from htc
Im thinking about moving on to a new device... i was hoping to get another HTC phone (HTC ONE X+ anyone?) but who says that HTC might do what they did with the amaze again. Im thinking about transitioning to a new company all together? samsung? or maybe Motorola (their new QWERTY key boards are to die for). From reading reviews they look amazing but there is one issue its build quality... HTC makes the best phones when it comes to hardware. I wanted to get the galaxy nex but the specs isnt all that tantalizing. thats why im reluctant to move out. but im prlly borderline
The company thats prlly as good as HTC when it comes to build quality is SONY. Xperia S looks nice.. esp the transparent strip. But i want it to glow different colors like the xperia u. I just wish it would work on tmobile 4g. Other than that this is prlly on par to htc's build quality.
Hopefully HTC will make a new nexus device with killer specs this fall.
HTC Y U DO THIS?
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plus the one series.... their flagship phones should have like tons of development... but damn the one S and X doesnt have development as i thought they would be
what if jellybean is released for the one S and X... then we have another problem with the kernal and that would prlly stop their development pretty much like the amaze if HTC refuses to release kernels... AGAIN.
HTC start listening to your costumers... people who do dev work is what makes up the android community :/ and you are letting us down big time
HTC sucks might buy a S3 soon
Someone here called the amaze " slow and stuttery" are you freakin serious this phone is so speedy and doesnt freeze at all . Amaze is still a awesome phone and it is going to be for awhile
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EclipzeRemix said:
HTC sucks might buy a S3 soon
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oh man really? you are like the amaze's last home for development so you're not gonna update your asop rom?
might just settle for a galaxy nexus
zanywood said:
Someone here called the amaze " slow and stuttery" are you freakin serious this phone is so speedy and doesnt freeze at all . Amaze is still a awesome phone and it is going to be for awhile
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I thought the same thing. Then I got the galaxy nexus, and its wp7/iOS smooth, stock not rooted or anything. And puts the amaze with a custom ROM and kernel to shame. Unfortunately. I'm not bashing, just stating facts. I still own the amaze just incase
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And htc wonders why they are closing up shop and loosing business?
Like i said i give htc a couple more years and thatll be the end.
Its a shame great products, ruined by stupid politics and horrible customer service, including a fu disposition towards customers.
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itsmarkxd said:
oh man really? you are like the amaze's last home for development so you're not gonna update your asop rom?
might just settle for a galaxy nexus
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Well of course imma update it
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fuego77 said:
I thought the same thing. Then I got the galaxy nexus, and its wp7/iOS smooth, stock not rooted or anything. And puts the amaze with a custom ROM and kernel to shame. Unfortunately. I'm not bashing, just stating facts. I still own the amaze just incase
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You also forget that the GNex is running AOSP if you tested out my cm9 rom you would know that it's speed it's simply amazing much faster then the GNex that my buddy owns

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