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Should i buy SGSII, Xperia Arc/Neo, Incredible S or wait for HTC Sensation, i will be buying a new phone in June, i hope good guidance will help me out.
Buy SGS 2 and sell me £300 .
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Same for me!
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buy now!
if you wait for a new phone, then the new galaxy wll be out before your contract ends and youll really really want that one!!
Good phone. high specs. but it's down to YOUR buget... do you want a expensive hih end phone? or will a phone at a cheaper price do?
Just got the SGS II. Had an S I before. SII is amazing. No lag on any games. Quadrant scores are 3500 plus or 4000 plus if you over clock it.
Its fast smooth with excellent functionality
Motorola Razer ftw
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ila420 said:
Should i buy SGSII, Xperia Arc/Neo, Incredible S or wait for HTC Sensation, i will be buying a new phone in June, i hope good guidance will help me out.
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These threads amuse me. Here's 5 phones, pick one. And asking in the SGS2 section no less. That's like asking a bunch of Mac owners if they should buy a Mac or a PC.
Clearly you're open to a new carrier because you're choosing between 5 phones. If you had to stay with a specific carrier, that already cuts your choices down to 2 or 3 since the SGS2 and Sony handsets don't support the same 3G bands as the HTCs. Your country will factor in as well since launch availability, pricing, and local carrier discounts will incentivize some phones over others.
Those are just some of the considerations that don't even have anything to do with the phones themselves. Of those 5 choices, how many here have had 20 minutes hands-on with more than 2 of them? I haven't. Most of the opinions here will likely come from hours of aggregating editorial reviews. While those are valuable in their own way, asking a forum pales in comparison to doing that research on your own. Also, you can bet that almost no one here has played with a Sensation yet.
OP, I don't mean to be a douche but nobody here will offer a more meaningful opinion than one you could come up with on your own.
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They still sell those? :S
Also OP you are asking this in a GS2 forums, 99% are gonna say gs2 just like i am
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If you want a future proof phone say atleast for a year or two..
then the SGS 2 and Sensation are your best bet..
SGS2- you will be able to root and make sure you have the latest software thansk to XDA
Sensation - will not be able to root yet (locked bootloader) until some brilliant XDA members manages to crack it
I am considering the Sensation as I feel I hopefully wouldn't need to root it for atleast a year or two by which time somebody might have cracked its boot loader
The milestone has been out almost 2 years and the bootloader is still not cracked
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Good phone. high specs. but it's down to YOUR buget... do you want a expensive hih end phone? or will a phone at a cheaper price do?
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I can get a high end phone price isnt a issue just need a phone which can last for a year or two, should be durable i am not a fan of rooting devices so i dont really need that until it is necessary to meet the techonolgy in shape of updates.
Sony phones look like toys with good feature, HTC looks solid, i have Samsung Wave at the moment though it has great features but the Bada OS which is not cracked yet, so i want to try Android now.
So far by reading reviews, user comments, watching videos i have found SGSII best but on the other hand there are people complaining about battery, sound, lag, reboots etc etc which is really confusing.
Note: I am from Pakistan so contract thing doesnt work here, i will get a Sim Free phone by paying full price of it thats why it is really necessary to do a research and ask for guidance.
How about the Google Nexus S (made by Samsung).
Always reqcieved the latest Android updates straight from Google.
Very stable.
NFC reader.
Many Custom ROMs.
Identical hardware to the Samsugn Galaxy S i9000 (4" AMOLED i9020, or sLCD i9023)
The phone feels like a phone in your hands.
No lag unlike the Samsung i9000.
About 350 Euros last time I checked.
handtec.co.uk post internationally.
Sadly, no microSD card, no FM Radio. Lacks some hardware enabled codecs for video, but still plays most and can play other formats using software decoding.
The hardware of Nexus S isnt outdated ? I guess most of the future applications will support dualcore phones.
Have mine for two days now and I must say this one of the best phones I got my hands on.
Battery life is amazing. Camera it's amazing.samsung's email client and screen is fantastic.
And 1.2ghz dual prossessor is so so fast.. Can't even compare to htc vision oc 1.8ghz cm7.
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Just got the SGS II. Had an S I before. SII is amazing. No lag on any games. Quadrant scores are 3500 plus or 4000 plus if you over clock it.
Its fast smooth with excellent functionality
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and no battery )
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and no battery )
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We get it, your battery life sucks. Take a look at your apps, because the majority of users say the battery life is great. I've done no tweaking except freezing a few hubs, everything still syncs in the background and I'm sitting on 92% now, unplugged at 7am this morning. (It's now 2:20pm here.)
I just got my sgs2, my previous phone was a desire but I miss htc sense already. But I am hoping someone will port sense to the sgs2 soon there already is a mostly working port for the sgs1
Hi guys
Been awhile since I played with a mono..... Last one was the q
But you don't get much hands on in store and not enough to make a informed choice so would love some comments from you guys.... Are ya happy, no don't touch this with a forty foot poll, and wish ya bought the nexus????
Any help would be great as in most review sites yo see slates and praises in equal in equal measure but from people who don't own them.
Thanks
Ok...In my opinion, there are only a few choices in this area... For Verizon, like myself, you have the Galaxay Nexus, Apple 4S or the Razr... The HTC newest comes in a 4th here...
In overall preformace and looks, the Razr is the Winner... The processor in the Nexus is different and slightly faster.. 1.5GHZ vs 1.0GHZ... thats internal speeds of the TI chipset... (adverised Clock speeds are both 1.2Ghz) In the future this may make the Nexus keep up better in 2 years than the Razr, but at the current time, most app speed tests say these devices are equal. Also, Samsung has a slighly bigger screen and crisper colors in its display. However, the cons for the Nexus are the case and battery life.
Now, 24hrs ago, I bought the Razr. As far as being stock, the new features over my former phone, Droid Eris, kick-ass... But I miss my customizations like CM7.. Motorola/Verizon has locked the Bootloader of this phone and the current ROM mods just don't seem to compare. I have as of yet to even get this Razr Rooted, seems to be a problem (which I posted in the thread a few hrs ago..) There is no ICS version available yet for the Razr... So If you like mods, it would seem that the Nexus is the better choice. (which might be my option soon before my 14 day return policy is up..)
IF I had a different provider, the Samsung Galaxy SII would be the best out there... It is a Dual Mode/World Phone... so that feature plus ICS would definately win out...
Thanks for that.. Was trying to decide and there us nothing on the horizon that would make me want to wait that bit more so it really is the choice between the nexus and RAZR for me..
Just read some scary stories... But the two year wait doesn't worry me too much as if a phone lasts a year in my hands will be lucky as spend my day on these fecken things..... Actually talking > :~}
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Are ya happy, no don't touch this with a forty foot poll, and wish ya bought the nexus????
Thanks
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Great phone. Had it since launch. However, I wish I had held out a bit and waited to buy this upcoming Razr Maxx (which is what I suggest you do ). This Razr would be the best phone out there if it had a bigger battery. LTE phones really need 3000 mAh or larger batteries ... otherwise you'll just be setting it in 3g mode in order to get good battery life.
Seriously, anybody who is even considering a Razr shouldn't buy it ... buy this instead
http://www.technobloom.com/motorola-droid-razr-maxx-to-hit-verizon-shelves-on-january-26/224021/
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Deron Baker said:
Great phone. Had it since launch. However, I wish I had held out a bit and waited to buy this upcoming Razr Maxx (which is what I suggest you do ). This Razr would be the best phone out there if it had a bigger battery. LTE phones really need 3000 mAh or larger batteries ... otherwise you'll just be setting it in 3g mode in order to get good battery life.
Seriously, anybody who is even considering a Razr shouldn't buy it ... buy this instead
http://www.technobloom.com/motorola-droid-razr-maxx-to-hit-verizon-shelves-on-january-26/224021/
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i literally went FUUUUU when i saw the news of a upgraded razr... hell i had mine for 2 months and this shows up..... >_> seems motorola is trying to pull off an asus **** move
alexgogan said:
Thanks for that.. Was trying to decide and there us nothing on the horizon that would make me want to wait that bit more so it really is the choice between the nexus and RAZR for me..
Just read some scary stories... But the two year wait doesn't worry me too much as if a phone lasts a year in my hands will be lucky as spend my day on these fecken things..... Actually talking > :~}
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Get the RAZR....you are in Ireland, so no need to worry about battery since over there you dont have LTE and in 3G it works just fine....
Regarding the NEXUS, it is too buggy.... radio reception problems and voice quality.... the design is also not to my liking.....
The only reason people are rating it as good as RAZR is because it has ICS...but everybody will be upgraded soon.....
So go by the word: "Software can be improved anyday, hardware cannot..."
Also I think MOto's EU Customer service is better than Samsungs'.
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Get the RAZR....you are in Ireland, so no need to worry about battery since over there you dont have LTE and in 3G it works just fine....
Regarding the NEXUS, it is too buggy.... radio reception problems and voice quality.... the design is also not to my liking.....
The only reason people are rating it as good as RAZR is because it has ICS...but everybody will be upgraded soon.....
So go by the word: "Software can be improved anyday, hardware cannot..."
Also I think MOto's EU Customer service is better than Samsungs'.
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Agree completely, it was the only reason thought of the nexus was because it was close to vanilla as you can get, but then the razr will get it soon enough (depending on the carrier though, but that should not be much of a problem >:¬} )
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Great phone. Had it since launch. However, I wish I had held out a bit and waited to buy this upcoming Razr Maxx (which is what I suggest you do ). This Razr would be the best phone out there if it had a bigger battery. LTE phones really need 3000 mAh or larger batteries ... otherwise you'll just be setting it in 3g mode in order to get good battery life.
Seriously, anybody who is even considering a Razr shouldn't buy it ... buy this instead
http://www.technobloom.com/motorola-droid-razr-maxx-to-hit-verizon-shelves-on-january-26/224021/
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True, but in Ireland LTE is as far away as manned travel to mars so don't think its too much of a worry to me and also at the moment the battery life is SOOOOO much better then by dead SG 1 or dusted off x10i <--- feck by 11am its fried!
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i literally went FUUUUU when i saw the news of a upgraded razr... hell i had mine for 2 months and this shows up..... >_> seems motorola is trying to pull off an asus **** move
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Would not be surprised if they do a rebate for trade ins to appease the damage, that or offer reduced accessories to make people a bit happier.
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Thanks for that.. Was trying to decide and there us nothing on the horizon that would make me want to wait that bit more so it really is the choice between the nexus and RAZR for me..
Just read some scary stories... But the two year wait doesn't worry me too much as if a phone lasts a year in my hands will be lucky as spend my day on these fecken things..... Actually talking > :~}
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I suggest you put a good screen protector on the razr, I bought mine a month ago and it got a minor scratch, not sure if its a defect or the gorilla glass is useless but Im really pissed I hate scratches on a new phone. Gonna buy me a zagg or something
gorilla glass can still be scratched. mainly sand :/ its like jamming an ice pick into a guys back, the pressure generated on a concentrated area makes it hit hard, and in our case scratched our preciousssssssss~~~
Odd.. I always thought screen protectors are part of the package when you buy a new phone.
At least that's the practice on Malaysia.. Of the screen protector is not in the package the phone shop will give you a screen protector for free, including install it for you..
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3 screen protectors came with my phone. I really like the Razr, so if I could switch I would still go Razr but get the Razr Maxx.
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I suggest you put a good screen protector on the razr, I bought mine a month ago and it got a minor scratch, not sure if its a defect or the gorilla glass is useless but Im really pissed I hate scratches on a new phone. Gonna buy me a zagg or something
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Hehehe my son plays with my tab and old phone for videos so learned at the very beginning sticky fingers and touch screens don't like each other..... Side note have no idea how he gets them cause before he touches make sure his hands are clean.... Maybe he secretes sticky >:¬}
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gorilla glass can still be scratched. mainly sand :/ its like jamming an ice pick into a guys back, the pressure generated on a concentrated area makes it hit hard, and in our case scratched our preciousssssssss~~~
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It also doesn't like floor tiles makes very interesting patterns
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3 screen protectors came with my phone. I really like the Razr, so if I could switch I would still go Razr but get the Razr Maxx.
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Here is hopping for rebate, but cause its not available on contract in Ireland yet have to buy it outside (gulp).
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Odd.. I always thought screen protectors are part of the package when you buy a new phone.
At least that's the practice on Malaysia.. Of the screen protector is not in the package the phone shop will give you a screen protector for free, including install it for you..
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:/ well thats IF they have a screen protector.... i had to order mine online >_>
shop.brando.com has a nice selection too
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and tarmac....
I got my Razr yesterday and so far I'm very impressed with it. The phone is such a jump from an iPhone 3GS it's unbelievable. Ignore negative reviews of the screen, I really can't find a fault with it. It's vibrant, sharp, bright and black really is black. There is a slight colour cast at low brightness settings but it's not really noticable.
Design wise, it's a little bit but I've found it easy to use with one hand. Currently scoring 5729 on AnTuTu benchmark, it's fast and easy to use. The UI is lovely too
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I got my Razr yesterday and so far I'm very impressed with it. The phone is such a jump from an iPhone 3GS it's unbelievable. Ignore negative reviews of the screen, I really can't find a fault with it. It's vibrant, sharp, bright and black really is black. There is a slight colour cast at low brightness settings but it's not really noticable.
Design wise, it's a little bit but I've found it easy to use with one hand. Currently scoring 5729 on AnTuTu benchmark, it's fast and easy to use. The UI is lovely too
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Thanks for that so far everyone is saying great things and not unless I have missed something there is nothing on the horizon that really beats this.....
Well the maxx and the quad processors. I but they won't be till the summer.
OK but when I get this phone something amazing will be announced at mwc for immediate release knowing my luck hehehe and if I wait there won't be grrrrrrrr
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:/ well thats IF they have a screen protector.... i had to order mine online >_>
shop.brando.com has a nice selection too
and tarmac....
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Here, they always have it.. They have something like a gigantic screen protector which they cut out to fit your screen.you can choose to have the blur type where finger prints won't leave marks on the screen but they charge extra..
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Hey guys, i've recently owned an HTC One x, and i've found it to be okay, if there's one thing i liked about it over the SGS 3 it would be only the screen (or maybe not). (ATM phone is dead, screen broke, not willing to give htc 300$ just to replace the screen. They wanted 294 euros, that
Either way, what good is a screen if the overall package doesn't do the job, right?
I was originally planning to get a Nexus 4, but for some reason i have the other side of me telling em to go for the GSG 3, incredibly fast updates (as they've proven). One factor i noticed that the SGS 3 has over the Nexus 4 is battery life. I think it easily gets 1 and a half to 2 hours more screen on time if i compare both battery stats thread.(hugely favoring me in for the sgs 3)
I'm just clueless as to what I should do. The nexus 4 is not highly available atm (screw you LG) , this is another reason i don't see why i should wait.
The SGS 4 is around the corner (?)
I'm just not sure what next move i should make now? The reason i'm very desperate at the moment is because my one x is not functional at all. My SGS1 is wrecked badly (charging hardly works anymore, and i just can't take it without a decent phone >_>)
Would you guys still recommend i buy a brand new SGS 3 @ 470 Euros right now? Any reason not to? I know such threads are not very welcome to a select bunch. But regardless, i'd really appreciate some input.
Worth noting is that i don't really game on phones, if at all.
No no i don't think you should buy sgs 3 again wait for a month you well see new phones. My next phone will be xperia z or s4 but lets see what we get in mwc 2013
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Hey guys, i've recently owned an HTC One x, and i've found it to be okay, if there's one thing i liked about it over the SGS 3 it would be only the screen (or maybe not). (ATM phone is dead, screen broke, not willing to give htc 300$ just to replace the screen. They wanted 294 euros, that
Either way, what good is a screen if the overall package doesn't do the job, right?
I was originally planning to get a Nexus 4, but for some reason i have the other side of me telling em to go for the GSG 3, incredibly fast updates (as they've proven). One factor i noticed that the SGS 3 has over the Nexus 4 is battery life. I think it easily gets 1 and a half to 2 hours more screen on time if i compare both battery stats thread.(hugely favoring me in for the sgs 3)
I'm just clueless as to what I should do. The nexus 4 is not highly available atm (screw you LG) , this is another reason i don't see why i should wait.
The SGS 4 is around the corner (?)
I'm just not sure what next move i should make now? The reason i'm very desperate at the moment is because my one x is not functional at all. My SGS1 is wrecked badly (charging hardly works anymore, and i just can't take it without a decent phone >_>)
Would you guys still recommend i buy a brand new SGS 3 @ 470 Euros right now? Any reason not to? I know such threads are not very welcome to a select bunch. But regardless, i'd really appreciate some input.
Worth noting is that i don't really game on phones, if at all.
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If your extremely stuck buy the s3 but if your not id wait because god only knows what around the corner. Htc have a few nice phhones coming out and already out aswell as that the xperia z which will be out very soon is going to beat any phone that comes out this half of the year.
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If you want to use the phone as it is, it's fine buying SGS3. the stock ROM is Okay with some great features. There are many great custom kernels (Perseus, Siyah, etc.) for you to choose. The phone is ok if you don't look at the specs, battery life is good, no warm(hot) issue, play almost any games well, support most video hardware acceleration codecs and great camera.
You should consider Xperia T if you want AOSP-like(CM) experiences. As it's a great device for devs and rapidly getting more and more sick developers (codeworkx for example). You may wait another month for an Xperia Z also.
Looks to me as though many are going to be recommending I wait. If that's the case i guess i will hold out. It would be much easier if my phone didn't suck. If it dies out on me i guess i'll just buy a cheap nokia for the time being and call it a day until i get my hands on something newer.
Never was worth buying and never will be. Get yourself a 16GB Nexus 4, instead.
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If your extremely stuck buy the s3 but if your not id wait because god only knows what around the corner. Htc have a few nice phhones coming out and already out aswell as that the xperia z which will be out very soon is going to beat any phone that comes out this half of the year.
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Theres 2 thing with waiting
1 Theres always going to be something round the corner, so you can always waiting so you can end up chasing the latest greatest phone to be. I'm looking for a phone myself, but if I'm going to wait, I'd have to draw a line somewhere.
2 The price of what those phones will be, for example the price of the sony xperia is currently rumoured to be £520 sim free for the UK, whilst it's more than likely going to change, it may still be too expensive for some, depending if someones getting it on contract or what ever.
Least with any phone out, people know what the (most of the) pro's and con's and how much it's going to cost.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNsX30n0R3s&feature=youtube_gdata_player
You gotta check it out i am sorry to piss some of the guys here by posting this video here but the phone looks great.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNsX30n0R3s&feature=youtube_gdata_player
You gotta check it out i am sorry to piss some of the guys here by posting this video here but the phone looks great.
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That phone does looks indubitably sexy.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNsX30n0R3s&feature=youtube_gdata_player
You gotta check it out i am sorry to piss some of the guys here by posting this video here but the phone looks great.
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That is a nice looking phone, what I really don't understand about people is they complain at phone screens breaking, then a few days later the next in thing is making a phone out of glass, which is what breaks in the first place, it boggles the mind.
I own one and I wouldn't buy another one if this one failed.
It's nice and all, but it's not that great.
Considering selling this phone, even though it's on contract. Problems listed below:
Top power button becoming less responsive, phone only 3 months old.
Jelly Bean update has been quite terrible in many respects.
Games have graphics glitches; which I managed to eventually resolve.
Death Grip when holding the phone, from 3 bars to loss of signal.
Back cover build quality is terrible.
The death grip issue is the main reason, but its just the cherry on the top.
I will never be buying another HTC product again. Even after reading reviews, I expected a bit more from this device.
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#Pointless rant.
Suit yourself and leave...
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Dal2000 said:
Considering selling this phone, even though it's on contract. Problems listed below:
Top power button becoming less responsive, phone only 3 months old.
Jelly Bean update has been quite terrible in many respects.
Games have graphics glitches; which I managed to eventually resolve.
Death Grip when holding the phone, from 3 bars to loss of signal.
Back cover build quality is terrible.
The death grip issue is the main reason, but its just the cherry on the top.
I will never be buying another HTC product again. Even after reading reviews, I expected a bit more from this device.
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1, i have no problem with power button
2, htc is going to fix JB soon
3, no problem with games(even RC3 works perfect)
4, maybe u did something, dont see this problem before
5, its true, but u can use protective case and u dont need to touch the back case
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Are we supposed to give a flying **** about ur problems? Stfu and gtfo
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Even I had trouble pressing the power button. But cleaning spirit did the trick and it's as responsive as it can ever get.
Bye. We will never miss you.
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navmad
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We will never miss you.
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true stoy
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Well i must be one of the lucky ones, no problem with anything on the phone at all.
Everything working just fine.
You will never find the perfect product. But for the price and the performance of THIS model. it works for me.
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Well i must be one of the lucky ones, no problem with anything on the phone at all.
Everything working just fine.
You will never find the perfect product. But for the price and the performance of THIS model. it works for me.
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@OP
You have my blessing, May you enjoy the plasticky/smudgy/finger-print magnet hell of samsung and sony
First that is a mid-range device.And I can say that he work perect with all task that I make...Just jelly bean now i realise that is not so big problem, the phone works very well with ics(Maybe htc make it jb with problem for us to dont want more updates ) .Anyway for the price is good device..And if you ask me - games work just fine...I guess some games are not optimizied for our devicec and thats is not our problem.I love the style of this phone, i love the back , is so beaufitul...I use case ,once i droped on one rocks and nothing! Its still alive and no scratches.If you want go buy samsung ugly plastics bags...I guess they cant be more ugly ,can they ???
PS:When I drop my phone is like i drop my baby
Agree with mefysto. It's like my baby also I have a full leather cover and dropped it once from about a meter height. It's hit two chairs and metal binding of school table on the floor (two scratches on each side right on the edge of display glass) but that's all, I everything working great... In the minute it fell out of my hands I thought I'm screwed it's great phone with awesome design and great performance for this kind of money
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Gnaver said:
Agree with mefysto. It's like my baby also I have a full leather cover and dropped it once from about a meter height. It's hit two chairs and metal binding of school table on the floor (two scratches on each side right on the edge of display glass) but that's all, I everything working great... In the minute it fell out of my hands I thought I'm screwed it's great phone with awesome design and great performance for this kind of money
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Sounds like someone played games in class...
Epic moment when i wanted to play Granny Smith and i didnt mute my phone. It has the worst intro music, like a 50years old classical music. Everybody think that music is my ringtone, even my literature teacher who said that is a beautiful ringtone, but dont play with granny smith on her class modern teacher (L) (maybe 55years old)
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Its a great phone with Custom ROM
i dont know from where u got that problem, i used stock rom and have tried all custom ROMs (thanx to all developers) and its working awesome. Presently i am using myONEdx RC4.0 FX+ and its flawless, many many thanx to @ckpv5. Me and my friend got the mob together and he was amazed by speed and beauty of my mob coz he is on stock ROM. i am loving it.... :good:
stock rom is actually already awesome. as long as you know how to tweak it by yourself.
I can only agree with you..Before DX i have low-end Galaxy Ace and i can sadly say it was better smartphone...Loud speaker is horrible...Battery cover qualitty si horrible...Non responsible or hard responsible HW buttons..and i don´t want to buy cover case because i dont want to have DX bigger and taller...But still, HTC is good..When i will have some money, i´ll buy HTC One maybe... I only hope i´ll get JB update soon
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I can only agree with you..Before DX i have low-end Galaxy Ace and i can sadly say it was better smartphone...Loud speaker is horrible...Battery cover qualitty si horrible...Non responsible or hard responsible HW buttons..and i don´t want to buy cover case because i dont want to have DX bigger and taller...But still, HTC is good..When i have some money, i´ll buy HTC One maybe... I only hope i´ll JB update soon
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Are you kiddin me?! I was also using a low end galaxy Y and it was a really slow phone! The only reason ace is good is that it has good dev support whereas we have small community right now.
yeah, you right...great support at all...best ROMs therefore it was a really good phone...my first real smartphone but also quality of hw (covers, atc) was really good. I have it for 2 years and nothin bad happend...no scratchs, scoring or abrasions i mean it this way, that it was better
Ace1 better than DX, haha probably just kidding.
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I'm going to be honest and say my phone is cracked in the top right area of the display. This happened when it fell off of my lap onto the ground. Not a great height. Also have damaged casing above the micro-USB port, but that's no biggie. I love my device, and I know I'll love it more with CyanogenMod
ok, i have had HTC phones in the past, however, got an s3 about a year ago and i love it. one of the reasons i left HTC was i was tired of not getting updates in a timely manner (or at all) and the lack of dev support when compared to the GS3 (i am a flash-o-holic). but i am very interested in the ONE.
Anyone that has come over from an s3, i would love to hear what you like or dont about the phone as i am trying to make a decision in the next day or so (one or the s4). The S4 does look great, but its SO close to the s3 in terms of look and general use that i dont knwo if i would really fee like i am getting a new phone.
Thanks!
I came from att and the gs3 and I love this phone. In terms of design and how the phone feels in the hand, there is absolutely no comparison. The phone is definitely snappier and sense 5 is significantly less intrusive then touchwiz. The display is amazing but it does seem smaller then just .1inch(4.7 vs 4.8). I also get much better battery life on the ONE then I did on my gs3. I was in your boat and I debated between the s4 and ONE and I'm glad I made this choice. In the end it is definitely personal preference though.
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I had the S3 before my Nexus 4 and now I have the One.
The One blows the S3 away in every aspect IMO, and I loved the S3. I mean loved it. But the One is my favorite phone EVER, hands down.
I also had an SIII. I went from SIII to the HTC One. However I jumped ship to the Sony Xperia Z. I did have the SIV for sometime but the Xperia Z is really something. It's has been an understatement phone because the HTC One and SIV steal the spotlight but really the Xperia Z us probably far the best to use. All the connectivity things and it has its own BlinkFeed styled app. It's really great.
Try the Xperia Z and the HTC One and see for yourself. The One us a great device but the Sony just has that little something over it
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Flaps for every port? No thanks. I don't need the extra hassle of things that break in a matter of months just to take my phone swimming.
The Xperia Z is definitely a nice phone, but I don't care for the design.
I currently have both the S3 and the One. I use both daily with the S3 being a work phone and the One being my personal phone. It really isn't fair to compare the S3 to the One though. For my use, the One is superior in every way. Battery, smoothness, speed, display, form factor...
I must admit that I am an HTC fan boy coming from a G1, G2, Evo, Amaze, and One S. I did have an S2 for a period before I gave it to my brother and thought it was brilliant at the time though so maybe not completely bias.
Seriously though, when the S3 was announced, I was walking around claiming it as my next device. I was sold. When I went to get one, I couldn't do it. I thought it felt cheap and worth maybe $200. I wandered around and decided I would rather have the One S. It just seemed like a better device. My work then decided to change networks and give us our choice of an S3 or an IPhone. I obviously went with android but quickly found out I had made the right choice with skipping the S3 at launch.
I never felt like the S3 was a better phone than the One S even though it should have been. The screen size was better but I always felt like the One S looked better. I also saw no significant difference in speed. The S3 was better at multi tasking but everyday lags and stutter were no different. They just seemed to be on par with each other. Once I picked up the One, I realized what crap I had been using. The One is just on another level. Compare it to the S4 but comparing with S3 is just being mean.
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Thanks for all the input and suggestions. I really appreciate it. However maybe I didn't state my intent well enough.
I am not trying to compare to an s3. That is my most current phone (had the one s before that) I am considering this over the gs4. I know both those blow the s3 out of the water but that's the phone I am leaving.
As for the Xperia I am definitely interested but don't think the dimensions would work. And from what I have seen the ui is just ok. But I will definitely mess with it when I can. Maybe it will be the one after this (every 6 months!!)
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i too have come from the smasung galaxy phones. i much prefer the htc build quality. for the the samsungs are too plasticky
dicey2 said:
i too have come from the smasung galaxy phones. i much prefer the htc build quality. for the the samsungs are too plasticky
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I 1000% agree with you on the build quality. Although i have not had a SINGLE issue with any samsung phone i have had, but for me, build quality is a second priority honestly cause the first thing i do with a new phone is get a good case and screen protector so really all that cool metal doesn't mean a damn thing.
frettfreak said:
I 1000% agree with you on the build quality. Although i have not had a SINGLE issue with any samsung phone i have had, but for me, build quality is a second priority honestly cause the first thing i do with a new phone is get a good case and screen protector so really all that cool metal doesn't mean a damn thing.
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Sony doesn't need any protection. But they do give you two InvisiSheild protectors for front and back. Just for the people who are a but scared. HTC One scratches easily... Even in the Offical Double Dip case...
The Xperia Z with the Honami ROM is very great and you should consider it when you go to buy your phone
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Sony doesn't need any protection. But they do give you two InvisiSheild protectors for front and back. Just for the people who are a but scared. HTC One scratches easily... Even in the Offical Double Dip case...
The Xperia Z with the Honami ROM is very great and you should consider it when you go to buy your phone
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Nobody asked about the Xperia Z. Stop trolling
http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/why-the-sony-xperia-z-breaks-my-heart
ingenious247 said:
Nobody asked about the Xperia Z. Stop trolling
http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/why-the-sony-xperia-z-breaks-my-heart
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Just giving an opinion... Jesus man... There's basically 3 decent phones on the market (SIV, Xperia Z and HTC One). May aswell look at them all...
I was in the same situation (coming from an SIII) and I'm just giving my opinion just like the rest of the people here. Stop crying if I mention the Xperia Z...
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Nobody's crying. You already mentioned it, and how it's better than the One, and when nobody paid you any attention you made another post about it.
This is the One forum, and someone was asking for experience using the ONE coming from the S3. Your posts do not apply to that topic. You're continuing to post about a phone you're dev'ing for that no one asked about.
Bye.
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Nobody's crying. You already mentioned it, and how it's better than the One, and when nobody paid you any attention you made another post about it.
This is the One forum, and someone was asking for experience using the ONE coming from the S3. Your posts do not apply to that topic. You're continuing to post about a phone you're dev'ing for that no one asked about.
Bye.
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I'm not sure if your reading this correctly... He asked about the One or SIV. I recommended an Xperia and the OP acknowledged it as well. He was talking about cases for when he gets a new phone so I just put a little doubt out of his mind with the Z.
If you have a problem you can leave or just ignore what I'm saying, just like how I ignored you when you were saying how you don't care about the design when I wasn't asking for your opinion... In fact, I was talking to the OP so please, be quiet if no one was talking to you at first.
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Ok, fair enough. My apologies but it still appeared to be trolling IMO
Just to be fair, since you want to compare the One and the Z:
http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/htc-one-vs-xperia-z
And all three
http://www.wired.co.uk/reviews/mobile-phones/2013-06/superphones
As much as I love my One, the S3 is still a fantastic phone which could have kept me happy for another year. The only thing that pushed me to upgrade is my wife's phone was dying and she gets my hand-me-downs.
I'm perfectly happy with my HTC One, but if you have a perfectly good S3 you could probably hold out a few more months and see if new Nexus or Note 3 comes out.
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Can't wait to make the jump in a couple weeks. Just messing with a friend's HTC One for 5-10 minutes I was sold on its build quality, and the Dev community (it being internationally flashable) is awesome. Only see positives for this phone in all aspects. So glad to be moving from plastic to QUALITY. I've yet to get a compliment that my s3 looks nice, and the HTC One gets nothing but positive looks.
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Taylor_Swift said:
Sony doesn't need any protection. But they do give you two InvisiSheild protectors for front and back. Just for the people who are a but scared. HTC One scratches easily... Even in the Offical Double Dip case...
The Xperia Z with the Honami ROM is very great and you should consider it when you go to buy your phone
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yeah.. i am definitely gonna mess with it before i buy. They are supposed to be instore tomorrow so hopefully i can mess with all the options and just pick one up tomorrow before another phone gets tipped and i wait for that one!! lol (its a vicious cycle)!!
DAMN... and now google has to schedule something for the 24th!!!!! i woud expect android 4.3 but hopefully it wont be the nexus 5 (cause that should ship with KLP i would hope) but good thing TMO in CA has a 30 day return policy!! going to the store hopefully today to make my choice.
frettfreak said:
ok, i have had HTC phones in the past, however, got an s3 about a year ago and i love it. one of the reasons i left HTC was i was tired of not getting updates in a timely manner (or at all) and the lack of dev support when compared to the GS3 (i am a flash-o-holic). but i am very interested in the ONE.
Anyone that has come over from an s3, i would love to hear what you like or dont about the phone as i am trying to make a decision in the next day or so (one or the s4). The S4 does look great, but its SO close to the s3 in terms of look and general use that i dont knwo if i would really fee like i am getting a new phone.
Thanks!
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Biggest minus for me is the button layout change and missing of menu button. That's a HUGE minus for me. Guess you don't know what's missing till you lost it. But S3 had the sudden death syndrome so it makes no sense for me to dive into S4 when I just got screwed over by S3...
The dilemmas...