despite many folks being down on the specs of the phone (really did you think a 4.0 inch screen device would have hd resolution? ) i still like it a lot
just trying to gauge how many plan to pick it up, so i can get some idea about the potential size (i know it wont be big) of the root community
money is tight on (as my wife calls it) "luxury" purchases...and i have to buy a new computer soon too as mine is fried...so want to know if its worth using what donations i do have to get (or at least cover some of the cost) it or not
anyone?
verizon tells me i'm eligible for an early upgrade and i'm going to hold onto my org dinc until i see the price drop on the 4g lte, as i'm sure they'll try to butt**** you with price.
this is the only phone i'm considering because i've held a gnex and razr, to efing big for my taste and i don't want to fell like i'm carrying a brick around in my pocket.
and the removable battery and expandable memory are a big plus too.
4G arrives here this summer, along with my last "new every two year" upgrade option. I have enjoyed My Incredible and will take a hard look at it's big brother.
I am not excited. This phone misses big time. The original droid incredible was the king of the Hill when it came out, but this budget phone is a joke to the line. Underpowered CPU without the image sensor chip and the lack of HD display combined with HTC's heavy insistence that this phone is not from the One line makes me sorely disappointed.
I wish everyone who buy this phone the best, but I will be holding on to my original incredible until Verizon actually gets a One series phone.
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I'm in. I've tried the rezound and the nexus. Didn't like either one of them for different reasons. I kept wanting to come back to my Inc 2. I look at it this way. Its like my Inc 2 but with 4g and some other nice upgrades. I personally don't need the fastest, biggest, highest Res, etc. Functionally and battery life are my most important things. But to each there own...
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I'm looking real close at this phone. I really like Sense and the size is right for carrying around at work. I'll wait until I can actually have one in my hands before I pull the trigger though.
I'll be getting this phone. Droid-life reports that it'll be priced at 149$, which sounds like a likely price for it. I'm hoping it get's decent developer support.
I want it now
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Yup, pretty much...
Maybe i'll hold off and dev for this phone. We will see.
I'll try to pick one up if I get the chance. S4 chip, LTE, resolution bump all make for a nice upgrade over my Incredible 2
This will be my next phone. Loved the Inc2, it was my favorite phone of all time, but I can't do without 4G. Tried going back to the Inc2 for a week, but I've become accustomed to the LTE speeds here in Vegas, and so I switched back to my Rezound. I think that 4" is the sweet spot for screen size, and don't see the need for a HD screen at that size. 1.2ghz S4 should be plenty fast, and great on battery life. Camera doesn't matter to me, I haven't been let down by my Rezound when I need to snap something quickly. If the battery life is anything like what the AT&T OneX is showing with it's S4/LTE combo, I'm all in. I'll be buying it off-contract.
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I'll try to pick one up if I get the chance. S4 chip, LTE, resolution bump all make for a nice upgrade over my Incredible 2
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if you get it, im in for sure!
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if you get it, im in for sure!
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I am seriously considering this phone. I was going to wait and see which devs were going to pick it up. If you two are getting one, then I am definately getting one.
My only worry is that the phone is not a world phone. I travel outside of the US frequently and the INC 2 has been wonderful. But, I have been renting the MiFi devices from xComGlobal for international travel recently, so the world phone capabilities are not as important.
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I am seriously considering this phone. I was going to wait and see which devs were going to pick it up. If you two are getting one, then I am definately getting one.
My only worry is that the phone is not a world phone. I travel outside of the US frequently and the INC 2 has been wonderful. But, I have been renting the MiFi devices from xComGlobal for international travel recently, so the world phone capabilities are not as important.
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yeah, i dont know about the world phone stuff...i know the rezound has been gotten to work on gsm networks (lte is gsm based afaik) as have some moto phones...but its not as simple as just changing modes (pretty involved i think)
This phone might be my only option on Verizon in the near future. I for one, do not like the ridiculously large screens. 4 inches is great, larger...not so much. The trend right now seems to be 4.5' or more. No matter how thin that is, it's still too big.
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I have been eligible for upgrade since February and will most likely pick this up as soon as it's available.
I'll e getting this sometime in July when my contract is up.
I get a laugh every time I hear/read people saying this phone is a failure, its a beast of a phone.
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I'm still on the original Incredible, after owning it since launch day over two years ago I'm looking for something to upgrade too. Galaxy Nexus is huge, the Rezound has an S3 with Sense 3.6, and I want something with ICS out the door. And the S4 is looking really great for power and battery efficiency. I love the size of my Inc, and this looks perfect. If you dev for this phone, I will definitely be getting this, as a user of your work on the Incredible. Warm TwoPointTwo was an amazing rom back in the day.
In short, I just want a 2012 HTC phone. With 2012 specs, not last years models that are 6 months old by now.
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So now it turns out that the screen is broken on my Evo3D (bottom part of the touchscreen is irresponsible to touches) this is after the whole motherboard got replaced after I had the phone for a month, so my carrier will probably let me have a new phone, though I might have to cough up 50-100$ myself...
Not sure what I should get though, so I'd appreciate some input!
I could get an Evo3d for free, but my faith is HTC just isn't what it used to be. It's not just the poor quality of the Evo3D I'm talking about (the touchscreen issue seems to be fairly common) it's also the fact that HTC is making us Evo3D owners wait until at least summertime to get ICS update, which is just unacceptable for what was sold as a top of the line phone...
Moto RAZR
They'd give me the Droid RAZR for 50 bucks, and I'm pretty tempted, since it looks like a nice phone. A great SAMOLED+ QHD screen (Yes I know about the pentile), expandable up to 48gb, a pretty good camera, and super thin Kevlar surface all line up for a pretty sweet package. The only thing kinda holding me back, is that the SGX540 GPU in it is kinda old, battery life is supposed to be just average, and the camera, while good, isn't as good as in the Samsung GSII or iPhone 4S.
Galaxy Nexus
I miiight be able to get a Galaxy Nexus or Galaxy Note if I cough up 100-200$ but not sure if I should go for it. Yes, it has an awesome screen and ICS, but whatever Android phone I get will have ICS in the next 3 months or so. The downside is a kinda old CPU/GPU combo (OMAP4430 and SGX540), a 5 mp camera, average battery life and only 16gb storage.
iPhone
Depending on what I'm willing to spend, they'll let me have an iphone4 for free, or 4S if I put down some cash. Between 50 and 200$ all depending on the 16/32/64 gb model. Now I know the iPhone option is kinda controversial, and if you had asked me a year ago, I'd never get an iPhone. But lately, I've gotten kinda disillusioned with Android. Even on a high end model like the Evo3D or SGSII isn't as smooth as iOS, and lag, even if very slight, is almost always present if you go to a list, for example. Theres also the issue of hardware quality and service. The last six months I've spent a couple dozen hours either trying to get an Android phone fixed, fixing issues with it, or taking it to repairs hops and waiting days or weeks for it to be repaired. With Apple you don't have to deal with all of that. They DO give really, really great service. If you take a broken phone to the Apple store, they often just outright replace it, and that counts for something IMHO.
I've had an ipad2 for the past 5 months, and I've really gotten to appreciate how fast and smooth the experience is, and how everything just works. The other advantages would be iMessage/FaceTime, which is really cool, having my phone work great together with my iPad, and the whole Apple ecosystem. Cameras are also top of the line, from what I've seen, and battery life is really good.
I know of the downsides with getting an iPhone, the biggest one would be the 3.5 inch screen. No matter how awesome, bright and sharp it is, it will take some getting used to, to go from a 4.3 inch screen to a 3.5 inch screen.
Other phones, like a Samsung or HTC are also available for me to get, this is just my top3. I'd really appreciate your input, and let me know what phone you'd get next in my situation... Thanks!
Based on your phone listing's looks like you have the GSM version. I would go with either the GN or the Note if it is not to big for you.
The GSM GN has pretty good battery life from what I have seen. The CDMA is not as good which is that I own. Needs the extended battery on CDMA to get decent life. There are a lot of people with the GSM version who get an average of 5 hours on-screen time. To me that is some pretty good battery life.
The downside like you said is only 16gigs of storage on the GSM GN without an SD slot. I just do not get that at all! Why only 16 on a device that cannot be expanded! Luckily the CDMA version came with 32gigs.
I owned the CDMA EVO 3D back in the day, then went to the Epic 4G touch which blows the 3D away. The GN is more in a league with the SGS2 then the EVO 3D. The GN is super smooth.
I personally stay away from Moto's, especially if you like to flash things...
I have been really fortunate not to have any trouble with my evo 3d. I also had the og evo before the 3d.
My next phone will not be htc though. Im very disappointed about ics being pushed back.
Anyway, from your list of phones to choose from i would not hesitate on switching. To the galaxy nexus. Ive had a chance to play around with it a few times and really love it. Updates will always be faster to and of course it comes with the new chip for mobile purchasing. Really comes down to your personal preference and needs really. Your listed phones are all great products. I will never purchase an apple product, but i know a lot of people that love them. Good luck to you.
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I have been really fortunate not to have any trouble with my evo 3d. I also had the og evo before the 3d.
My next phone will not be htc though. Im very disappointed about ics being pushed back.
Anyway, from your list of phones to choose from i would not hesitate on switching. To the galaxy nexus. Ive had a chance to play around with it a few times and really love it. Updates will always be faster to and of course it comes with the new chip for mobile purchasing. Really comes down to your personal preference and needs really. Your listed phones are all great products. I will never purchase an apple product, but i know a lot of people that love them. Good luck to you.
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There's no way of telling about the updates. Google's last flagship device has been completely ignored and won't get ICS. Doesn't really matter to me as I have faith in the xda community to get any updates on to it.
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There's no way of telling about the updates. Google's last flagship device has been completely ignored and won't get ICS. Doesn't really matter to me as I have faith in the xda community to get any updates on to it.
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What is Google's last flagship device that is not getting ICS?
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Nexus S. Some of the gsm nexus s models got ics and there was a leak of an ics updates for the 4g... After that no updates..... Yet...
Any high end HTC, that is if you like and value Dev support here on XDA
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Galaxy Nexus or Galaxy S2 i9100. Those two phones are by far the best supported phones development wise on this site. It's only going to get bigger with the GS2 likely decreasing if the GS3 makes a big enough impact.
No HTC phone besides the Sensation compares development wise right now. A few legacy devices here and there, but for the specs, the two phones I mentioned above cannot be beat right now.
I'm in the same boat, well I'm selling mine, I'm so disappointed in HTC, too many freezing up and restarting by itself on stock rom, moving on
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Galaxy Nexus or Galaxy S2 i9100. Those two phones are by far the best supported phones development wise on this site. It's only going to get bigger with the GS2 likely decreasing if the GS3 makes a big enough impact.
No HTC phone besides the Sensation compares development wise right now. A few legacy devices here and there, but for the specs, the two phones I mentioned above cannot be beat right now.
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Thanks! The one thing I REALLY liked about the Evo was the QHD screen. So I really don't want to go back to an 800*480 screen. The Moto Razr and Galaxy Nexus have pretty much the same CPU/GPU right? OMAP 4430/60
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Thanks! The one thing I REALLY liked about the Evo was the QHD screen. So I really don't want to go back to an 800*480 screen. The Moto Razr and Galaxy Nexus have pretty much the same CPU/GPU right? OMAP 4430/60
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They more or less are the same CPU. I would head over to the Galaxy Nexus forums and learn more about their processor and how it actually is a pretty remarkable in performance. Google picked out nice specs for their flagship.
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So now it turns out that the screen is broken on my Evo3D (bottom part of the touchscreen is irresponsible to touches) this is after the whole motherboard got replaced after I had the phone for a month, so my carrier will probably let me have a new phone, though I might have to cough up 50-100$ myself...
Not sure what I should get though, so I'd appreciate some input!
I could get an Evo3d for free, but my faith is HTC just isn't what it used to be. It's not just the poor quality of the Evo3D I'm talking about (the touchscreen issue seems to be fairly common) it's also the fact that HTC is making us Evo3D owners wait until at least summertime to get ICS update, which is just unacceptable for what was sold as a top of the line phone...
Moto RAZR
They'd give me the Droid RAZR for 50 bucks, and I'm pretty tempted, since it looks like a nice phone. A great SAMOLED+ QHD screen (Yes I know about the pentile), expandable up to 48gb, a pretty good camera, and super thin Kevlar surface all line up for a pretty sweet package. The only thing kinda holding me back, is that the SGX540 GPU in it is kinda old, battery life is supposed to be just average, and the camera, while good, isn't as good as in the Samsung GSII or iPhone 4S.
Galaxy Nexus
I miiight be able to get a Galaxy Nexus or Galaxy Note if I cough up 100-200$ but not sure if I should go for it. Yes, it has an awesome screen and ICS, but whatever Android phone I get will have ICS in the next 3 months or so. The downside is a kinda old CPU/GPU combo (OMAP4430 and SGX540), a 5 mp camera, average battery life and only 16gb storage.
iPhone
Depending on what I'm willing to spend, they'll let me have an iphone4 for free, or 4S if I put down some cash. Between 50 and 200$ all depending on the 16/32/64 gb model. Now I know the iPhone option is kinda controversial, and if you had asked me a year ago, I'd never get an iPhone. But lately, I've gotten kinda disillusioned with Android. Even on a high end model like the Evo3D or SGSII isn't as smooth as iOS, and lag, even if very slight, is almost always present if you go to a list, for example. Theres also the issue of hardware quality and service. The last six months I've spent a couple dozen hours either trying to get an Android phone fixed, fixing issues with it, or taking it to repairs hops and waiting days or weeks for it to be repaired. With Apple you don't have to deal with all of that. They DO give really, really great service. If you take a broken phone to the Apple store, they often just outright replace it, and that counts for something IMHO.
I've had an ipad2 for the past 5 months, and I've really gotten to appreciate how fast and smooth the experience is, and how everything just works. The other advantages would be iMessage/FaceTime, which is really cool, having my phone work great together with my iPad, and the whole Apple ecosystem. Cameras are also top of the line, from what I've seen, and battery life is really good.
I know of the downsides with getting an iPhone, the biggest one would be the 3.5 inch screen. No matter how awesome, bright and sharp it is, it will take some getting used to, to go from a 4.3 inch screen to a 3.5 inch screen.
Other phones, like a Samsung or HTC are also available for me to get, this is just my top3. I'd really appreciate your input, and let me know what phone you'd get next in my situation... Thanks!
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SGSII or EVO 3D is top choices out there iPhone is all brand and behind the curve otherwise I would take a photon or over iPhone LOL
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I'm in the same boat, well I'm selling mine, I'm so disappointed in HTC, too many freezing up and restarting by itself on stock rom, moving on
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Same here man.iam returning to sony.gonna get Xperia S soon
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I honestly wouldnt consider the 3vo to be one of the high(est) end devices now.
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I honestly wouldnt consider the 3vo to be one of the high(est) end devices now.
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It's no slouch at all. It's just older which puts you under the illusion that it is weak. Compared to other dual core devices, there aren't huge differences.
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Sold mine on Ebay. Bought a Epic4G touch. Not looking back. The only thing I appreciated about the Evo4G was the development community. Other than that, I'm getting twice the battery on a larger screen.
That would be my vote. And I paid full price for the Epic. Worth it.
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Lol I saw you post in a thread the other day that your next phone will either be an iPhone or a windows phone haha
Evo3D.
evo 3d seems very cheap now for a (once high end) mid range phone.
I've had nothing but good luck with my Evo 3d and love it, only thing i dont like is the flimsy backing plate. From reading your post i cant help but ask were you rooted? There are tons of great roms and app mods available in the forums here, all solve numerous issues and improve upon stock in any number of ways.
As far as choosing a phone goes, if you can get a new 3d free I'd stick it out and wait to see what's available withing the coming months, MWC just finished up and there were tons of greats devices announced.
Otherwise GSII gets my vote.
So I no longer have a DX2 (stolen and irretrievable) and I'll have to be replacing it with something else, any good suggestions for phones off-contract (not upgrade eligible until December) possibly used?
Thanks for any suggestions, been a good time using the DX2 with all of the help from here but unfortunately a new, and hopefully not as handicapped, phone is on my horizon.
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So I no longer have a DX2 (stolen and irretrievable) and I'll have to be replacing it with something else, any good suggestions for phones off-contract (not upgrade eligible until December) possibly used?
Thanks for any suggestions, been a good time using the DX2 with all of the help from here but unfortunately a new, and hopefully not as handicapped, phone is on my horizon.
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The HTC Rezound has an unlocked bootloader so that might worth looking into. Of course, the Nexus and S2 are beasts and should be considered.
I myself have been looking at the Galaxy Note as its perfect for my hands and great for Netflix and gaming.
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I'm really leaning towards the HTC Rezound as my next phone, but I've heard good things about the Galaxy Nexus as well.
The one thing holding me back from the Nexus is the lack of an SD Card slot. I have a 32gb class 10 MicroSD card that houses my music and also serves currently as my X2's internal SD card, so my apps are installed on that as well. So, I'm leaning heavily towards the Rezound.
Depending on how much you plan to spend..
From non-4G phones (cheaper), Droid Inc 2 can be had on CL for less than $100 once in a while. It was best phone that I had so far even though on the paper X2 is faster with dual core and all, with 756MB of ram and probably the cheapest phone among that are guaranteed (so far) to receive ICS, it SHOULD hold you over until your upgrade comes up IMHO. (It has unlocked BL, so PLENTY of ROMs to pick over - Except MIUI unless you want to stick with old version.)
You still want a phone to communicate with- stay w/ Moto!
After researching further, I see more pluses with the Rezound over the Galaxy. Both have unlocked bootloaders, but the extra storage I could get with the Rezound over the Galaxy is a big plus. Also, the Rezound has a better rear camera (8mp vs. 5mp).
I know the Nexus comes with 16gb or 32gb internal memory, but no SDCard expansions lost. With the Rezound, you get 16gb internal memory plus with my 32gb card, I'm looking at a total of 48gb of memory. Can't beat that.
I do like that the Nexus also has the soft keys on the screen, while the Rezound doesn't as it uses the hard keys, but I can overlook that. I guess the only thing is, the screens seem smaller than my X2's, but the resolution is better.
I'll just have to wait and see when my upgrade comes, but it looks like I'm leaning towards the Rezound. As it is, I already told Motorola that I won't be purchasing their products anymore, so I need to hold true to my word, unless they unlock the bootloaders.
Also, even though the Nexus comes with ICS on it, the Rezound has already been confirmed as getting ICS, so I can wait knowing it will get it eventually.
The big selling point on either one though is definitely the unlocked bootloader.
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After researching further, I see more pluses with the Rezound over the Galaxy. Both have unlocked bootloaders, but the extra storage I could get with the Rezound over the Galaxy is a big plus. Also, the Rezound has a better rear camera (8mp vs. 5mp).
I know the Nexus comes with 16gb or 32gb internal memory, but no SDCard expansions lost. With the Rezound, you get 16gb internal memory plus with my 32gb card, I'm looking at a total of 48gb of memory. Can't beat that.
I do like that the Nexus also has the soft keys on the screen, while the Rezound doesn't as it uses the hard keys, but I can overlook that. I guess the only thing is, the screens seem smaller than my X2's, but the resolution is better.
I'll just have to wait and see when my upgrade comes, but it looks like I'm leaning towards the Rezound. As it is, I already told Motorola that I won't be purchasing their products anymore, so I need to hold true to my word, unless they unlock the bootloaders.
Also, even though the Nexus comes with ICS on it, the Rezound has already been confirmed as getting ICS, so I can wait knowing it will get it eventually.
The big selling point on either one though is definitely the unlocked bootloader.
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Dude, I am going to have to read every post you make... So far, with your research, I am now leaning towards an HTC. I WAS thinking about a Samsung, because of the Super Amoled screen, but, now... I'm leaning toward the Rezound... Thanks for the legwork! However, my upgrade comes in 1.5 years. Damn it.
Ciao!
I appreciate all of your responses. For a week I was stuck on my Blackberry 8330 (torture) until I was able to travel to Chicago this morning and just picked up a new Incredible 2.
Thanks to this whole community for your support on the X2. While I had it, it made it tolerable, and hopefully now I'm off to a better place. Good luck to all of you.
Yea, but you still can't beat the support directly from Google for any future updates. It's nice to get a Galaxy Nexus and know that you have a reference phone.
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I appreciate all of your responses. For a week I was stuck on my Blackberry 8330 (torture) until I was able to travel to Chicago this morning and just picked up a new Incredible 2.
Thanks to this whole community for your support on the X2. While I had it, it made it tolerable, and hopefully now I'm off to a better place. Good luck to all of you.
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Thanks for sharing. I am very curious about how the Dinc 2 sounds in phone use and radio reception in contrast to the x2?
Same as the OP i have left the X2 my self its still in my house just another family member is using it. I wish you guys luck i hope dragonz gets ics fully running on this phone as for me i went and got an iPhone 4S for a bit cause the x2 kinda killed android for me ill probably get another android phone in a year or so but i just wanna take a break sooo long guys ill poke in every now and then
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Thanks for sharing. I am very curious about how the Dinc 2 sounds in phone use and radio reception in contrast to the x2?
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I can answer that, as I also have had both phones. So the dx2 has better 3g and more bars everywhere. Sometimes I don't get 3g in places where I used to but I've never had a dropped call and call quality is mostly the same.
The freer culture of htc and the dinc2 is totally great, and worth the loss of service.
Another interesting thought - some dinc2'ers took copper wire and attached it to the 3g antenna to extend the antenna and reported better service, but I was hesitant to to do that.
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Thanks for sharing. I am very curious about how the Dinc 2 sounds in phone use and radio reception in contrast to the x2?
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Dude I fired up my bb storm today for kicks and Jesus Christ, that thing is baddddd
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Thanks for sharing. I am very curious about how the Dinc 2 sounds in phone use and radio reception in contrast to the x2?
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well I don't know about the inc 2 but I'm sitting here with my buddies original incredible, and it is pulling nearly the exact same speeds and signal as my x2, and I've made calls to my house phone using each of them and got the same quality in call sound/reception, and this is with around -90 » -95 dbm signal strength,
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Thanks for sharing. I am very curious about how the Dinc 2 sounds in phone use and radio reception in contrast to the x2?
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One of my friends whom I talk with very frequently on the phone thought I had her on speaker the first time I called her from this phone. I haven't personally "tested" them against each other per se but that was a kind of odd first reaction.
As for radio reception, it appears it is down versus that of the X2 but I am having much better luck with wi-fi connectivity thus far. I use Google Voice for everything and my texting has been more than happy to take to the wi-fi. I will likely be testing GrooveIP on it soon to see how well that works; it was absolutely awful when I tried it on my X2.
I have the rezound currently and I would say I am very pleased with the phone. I came from a bionic after 2 X2 insurance replacement phones for my original X. The verizon reps seemed to be pushing the razer as the one to get. I felt I needed something non-moto for a change. The bionic was buggy to say the least. Verizon treated it as a warranty issue and I am happy to stay with them as my carrier.
Staying with Verizon meant getting a razer, galaxy nexus, rezound, or waiting for something else. Every rep at the store seemed to have the opinion that if I thought the bionic was buggy I should steer clear of the galaxy. I just couldn't bring myself to get another moto product. Overall, I've been happy with moto products and will probably purchase their products in the future. Just felt like trying something different after the og droid>droid x>droid x2>bionic.
I spent a decent amount of time checking out all three phones next to each other at a Verizon store. All three have great looking screens. The nexus and the rezound benefit from 720 resolution, whereas the razer has qhd resolution. I played a hd trailer for "300" on YouTube simultaneously on all three for comparison. The blacks were more black on the amoled nexusand razer screens. But the details were most crisp on the rezound. I believe the pixel density on the rezound is currently the highest available on any device, even the the new iPad. The rezound has a dual core 1.5Ghz processor, a gig of ram, an sd card slot and a removable battery. Why any phone lacks a removable battery and an sd card slot is beyond me.
I've been happy with my rezound in every way except one, accessories. At best buy there is a great selection of cases for the nexus and razer is extensive. Multiple brands and colors. Cases, batteries available for the rezound, zero zip nada. Certainly not a deal breaker for me, but something to think about.
I bought this phone for thinking for using 2 years, but surprisingly nobody really cares about this phone. Obviously, it's not as hot or great as galaxy s3. I'm not sure if I made the right choice. Are you all thinking keeping it?
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once we get S-OFF it will help signifiantly, plus in a few months when price goes down.
I care about it.....
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I bought this phone for thinking for using 2 years, but surprisingly nobody really cares about this phone. Obviously, it's not as hot or great as galaxy s3. I'm not sure if I made the right choice. Are you all thinking keeping it?
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its a great little phone, just **** blocked atm by htc/verizon....whenever unlock comes again or soff happens it ll be fine
i mean hey its got me on it :good:
(forgive ridiculously self serving comment there, i jest lol)
nitsuj17 said:
its a great little phone, just **** blocked atm by htc/verizon....whenever unlock comes again or soff happens it ll be fine
i mean hey its got me on it :good:
(forgive ridiculously self serving comment there, i jest lol)
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4" screen is a dealbreaker. 4.5"+ is standard now
con247 said:
4" screen is a dealbreaker. 4.5"+ is standard now
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The 4" screen was a huge selling point for me. I want a smaller phone that actually fits in my pocket. The OG Droid was a perfect size, and this one isn't much bigger. For times when I really need a larger screen, I'll use my tablet.
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The 4" screen was a huge selling point for me. I want a smaller phone that actually fits in my pocket. The OG Droid was a perfect size, and this one isn't much bigger. For times when I really need a larger screen, I'll use my tablet.
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Agree 100%. I stuck with my Eris for quite a while because I loved that I could just drop it into my pocket & hardly feel it. I got used to the 4" screen on the Dinc2 & played with all the big ones before I got my Inc4. 3.5 to 4" is my sweet spot. I hope this isn't the last medium-to-high end device of this size. I have a phone for a reason...I also have a tablet for a reason...
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4" screen is a dealbreaker. 4.5"+ is standard now
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I completely disagree, 4.5+ is good for some people but what about ppl who dont want to carry around a phonblet?
I think we will see a 4.3' htc phone soon
If this would have come out before the shared data plans my wife would have one now. We're both coming from the og incredible. I now have a Rezound and she has a sg3. She likes the phone mostly except for the size. She wanted this but loosing unlimited isn't going to happen
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junkmail9 said:
The 4" screen was a huge selling point for me. I want a smaller phone that actually fits in my pocket. The OG Droid was a perfect size, and this one isn't much bigger. For times when I really need a larger screen, I'll use my tablet.
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What do you wear skinny jeans?? Lol
I have the nexus 4.65 in screen and it fits fine even in my skinnies, but I can see how the smaller screen is nice, I play with my OG inc sometimes because of it
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What do you wear skinny jeans?? Lol
I have the nexus 4.65 in screen and it fits fine even in my skinnies, but I can see how the smaller screen is nice, I play with my OG inc sometimes because of it
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LOL, no. Shirt pocket. Sits nicely there. Wife's Rezound does not fit as well, especially with a thin case. I do like the Rezound's larger screen, but it isn't worth the weight/overall size trade-off.
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4" screen is a dealbreaker. 4.5"+ is standard now
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to me 4 inch screen is perfect, i prefer it to the 4.3-4.7 ones out there...i have a tablet if i want to browse/game on a huge screen and to me those mid 4 sizes arent big enough to replace using a tablet
the only bigger screen id consider is a galaxy note type one 5.3+ where i can actually use it as a phone/tablet since the screen is big enough
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LOL, no. Shirt pocket. Sits nicely there. Wife's Rezound does not fit as well, especially with a thin case. I do like the Rezound's larger screen, but it isn't worth the weight/overall size trade-off.
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It'd be awesome if the Dinc 4G had a 720p screen at 4 in, that would be an awesome mix of compactness and pixel density
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It'd be awesome if the Dinc 4G had a 720p screen at 4 in, that would be an awesome mix of compactness and pixel density
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I really dont think that is necessary at this size. Until i put the phone so close to my eyes that they start to cross i cannot see individual pixels. At normal viewing distance the screen is razor sharp
having owned the Inc1, Eris, i cant remember their dimensions, man the inc1 was a great candy bar like phone for after the Eris-where it all began for me.
anyway, the inc2 was just a perfect phone and will most likely always be on my favorite list of phones. The build quailty was superb.
Having owned the Rezound + and the Gnex, I got the gnex first (coming from and iphone4 (x-mas gift, lol) + inc2 for the Gnex.
I love it for about a week. It was fun to play with AOSP and ICS was new at the time.(before BAMD Paradigmn was even released), and then I just coulndt handle it for my everyday use and movement, it was too wide of a phone IMO, so I traded the Gnex for a Rezound, if the Gnex had the body of the Rezound but with the Gnex slimness, I would have love that phone.
So there I was in the Rezound community, making great friends and not-so-great friends.
This phone will get good attention once things start rolling.
It's unfortunate that Verizon locked us out, so I have 3 inc4gs and only one is unlocked, fV<*ing sucks. (waiting on S-OFF crew to e-mail to begin work, BTW) but that IMO 100% will be back, it just depends when
what's great though, is the Rezound was not that great of a phone until about 2 months before S-OFF came, and it took 6 months before anyone even TALKED about support S-OFF for the Rez. Once that happened it blew up, and unfortunately with their forums I would say, well, in the worst way possible.
For us though, we went into this as a community knowing that they are providing their time to possibly bring us full radio S-OFF which is what really makes the phone, and we did this within 4 hours. that is simply amazing!
Anyway sorry to get off track, I personally think once we get root back and (knock on wood) S-OFF, this phone is going to take over a new life of it's own and in a good way I very much so hope.
The Inc2 community was Gold as Rezound was a 0.
I think we are going to be a very good community that will provide quality products.
"the waiting is hard f**king takes soo long" -kyuss
but patience is a virtue.
No surprise.
Everytime I turn on the tv, I see a SG3 commercial. You were able to order it and still keep unlimited (without any extra steps). Its marketed as the top of the line phone.
On the other hand for the Inc4g, I have seen zero commercials. Even in the news, I saw a little bit about when they announced it months ago, but almost nothing when it actually came out. It came out right after the unlimited grandfathering went away. Almost all the reviews say the phone is "mediocre" mostly due to the hype eventhough the two have almost the same hardware.
In the end it comes down to marketing. If you do a great job marketing / creating hype, like with the iphone and the SG3, you'll get lots of interest. On the other hand, if you do absolutely nothing to market the phone then no one will care either because they don't know about the existance of the phone or people think it sucks. Remember the average person dosen't know anything about technology and basically depend on marketing to tell them what to buy. Even for those of us that are more tech savy, its hard to see through the hype sometimes.
I guess I'm surprised why HTC and/or Verizon would spend so much money developing a new phone and not choose to market it. Maybe the profit margin on the SG3 is alot higher.
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On the other hand for the Inc4g, I have seen zero commercials. Even in the news, I saw a little bit about when they announced it months ago, but almost nothing when it actually came out. It came out right after the unlimited grandfathering went away. Almost all the reviews say the phone is "mediocre" mostly due to the hype eventhough the two have almost the same hardware.
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almost the same hardware? The s3 has 2GB ram, and an amoled screen, not to mention a huge one, really the only similarity Is the CPU and CDMA/LTE
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I completely disagree, 4.5+ is good for some people but what about ppl who dont want to carry around a phonblet?
I think we will see a 4.3' htc phone soon
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There already is one The One S on T-Mobile.
I think I'm happy with my 4.0" screen and certainly didn't want some huge 4.7 or 4.8er, but part of me wishes VZW had just let HTC put out the 4.3" One S on their network as well.
Hey guys long time DINC user here going to be upgrading soon. I prefer HTC and dont like the razrs and such that are out. I looked at the new DINC 4G but am not too impressed even though it's newer. The Rezound is looking good to me so far. Just wanted to see if you guys (current Rezound owners) think its still a good upgrade even though its been out a while. I just want to make sure I'm getting a phone that'll last the next 2 years without getting too outdated .
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Hey guys long time DINC user here going to be upgrading soon. I prefer HTC and dont like the razrs and such that are out. I looked at the new DINC 4G but am not too impressed even though it's newer. The Rezound is looking good to me so far. Just wanted to see if you guys (current Rezound owners) think its still a good upgrade even though its been out a while. I just want to make sure I'm getting a phone that'll last the next 2 years without getting too outdated .
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This phone still is one of the best in Verizon's line-up, the screen is amazing and the radios are awesome. It's technical specs are still very respectable and right up there with the flagship models. So as long as you are willing to stay on ICS "officially" for the next 2 years I think this phone is still a solid investment because HTC/Verizon likely will not be upgrading this device to Jelly Bean or above, although I do expect ROM developers to have JB and whatever else the future hold for Android available for this device for some time.
I also had a DINC, and upgraded to the Rezound. It's an awesome phone - a worthy successor to the DINC - with the only real flaw being battery life. It's not a huge problem for me, since I have the ability to charge basically wherever I am, but the screen (oh what a beautiful, beautiful screen!) really sucks the juice.
As mentioned, the radios are fantastic. The screen is absolutely amazing (best I've ever seen on a phone, including iPhones), the hardware gives great performance, and it scales well. Size is a bit bulky, especially if you've got a thick case on it, but unless having the thinnest phone is a thing for you, it won't matter. Outside of a case it's really not that bad. Camera is awesome - better than my point-and-shoot.
Development has picked up with chad working out the radio interface layer, and once HTC drops the kernel source code for the new OTA, we should get some really nice AOSP ROMs and dare I say Jelly Bean ROMs a bit after that.
So overall, I say go for it. It's a great phone, and I'm very happy with my choice.
Yes, unfortunately your choices are limited, especially if you prefer HTC (as I do). Rezound is still the best option all the way around, but I daresay the new Incredible would probably do fine as well. The thing is, there's nothing on the horizon that has even been hinted at for HTC this fall, except the possibility of some oversize "phablet".
Me personally.. Nah I'd go for the SGS3 or wait for one of the new Nexus.
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I would wait until we get more info about the DLX, the phablet someone mentioned above. if it has a 5" 1080p screen and the quad core krait processor like the info we have now states, I will be all over it, and im sure many others will too.
There's a lot of pretty slick offerings right now for Verizon, but I love my Rezound and would buy it again. Battery life isn't ad bad as people make it out to be. I would definitely recommend it.
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Rezound is the only Verizon phone I'd buy right now. Some people will say SGS3 or Nexus, but I've been too burned by Samsung to even consider them an option.
I would definitely get a S3 or wait, rezound is awesome phone and i love mine, but its a old chipset inside, the screen destroys battery life and it does not have nfc. I would not use my upgrade on one personally but get one off contract used and then get something really nice this holiday.
It's a pretty good phone, but there are better on Verizon. People are right about the great screen and radios, but the battery life is pretty bad and it has an older chipset that won't perform quite as well as newer phones like the Dinc 4G even if it is clocked to 1.5Ghz. Also, Sense is more of a hindrance than a help on ICS imo. While it was helpful and helped supplement what was missing in GB, it just gets in the way of ICS and basically tries to cover up functionality that's already built in with their own implementation of that functionality which may/may not be better.
Once we get kernel source, which is hopefully sooner rather than later, we'll have some pretty solid AOSP ROMs and I'll probably like the phone more because of it haha. If it were up to me right now, though, I'd spring for the G-Nex. I actually had one before the Rezound and kinda regret going to the Rezound. The devs here definitely make it better, though.
The Rezound is a great phone, but I don't think VZW even sells it anymore!
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The Rezound is a great phone, but I don't think VZW even sells it anymore!
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http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/...t&action=viewPhoneDetail&selectedPhoneId=5723
I would say no. Phone is great but HTC and Verizon are making it fail. I hate skins and hopefully the next Nexus is like the Nexus 1/Incredible(Phone I had before). I think I'm getting old because I don't want to mess with roms anymore. Next phone for me will be a Nexus and probably not on Verizon. Beats Audio sounds like **** too on this phone. Left channel is fudged.
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Definitely get the GS3. It is leaps and bounds better than the Rezound. It is thinner, lighter, faster, 2x the battery life, and the same price.
While I like my Rezound, it's already outdated. That's just the nature of smartphones sadly. I would either get an S3 or wait to see what the iPhone 5 and Droid RAZR HD are like. Definitely don't settle on a Rezound given the other choices you have.
The Rezound is still a pretty good phone. But if you are buying a brand new phone, get the SGS3. It easily spanks the Rezound. It has the S4 vs S3, that's a HUGE difference right there. It's got a much bigger battery and everybody says the battery will go at least a day and a half where as the Rez barely gets 8-10 hours. Both screens are great, Rez's is a little better though. Biggest difference is the fact there are no devs for the Rez any more and there are tons for the SGS3. If you like flashing a lot, you'll hate the Rez. If you dont, then it wont matter.
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The Rezound is a great phone, but I don't think VZW even sells it anymore!
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Amazon has it for $99 with an upgrade.
I would highly recommend the rezound as I have no complaints with it. I am speaking from a STOCK UNROOTED point of view as well as the DEV COMMUNITY.
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I thinnk this thing is fantastic. Mine is second hand and viperez is awesome.
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The Rezound is a wonderful phone with a great development community, I would go ahead and say that you should wait if possible for this year's Nexus devices.
I sold my Galaxy S3 for a few $ profit and kept my rezound!
I'm currently debating whether to pick up the Galaxy Note 2 or the HTC DNA. I love the form factor of the DNA and it's 1080p, sense has always been of interest as well. I currently own a Galaxy Nexus, the new Nexus 4 is kind of underwhelming so I think I'm gonna take a break from the google line of devices.
what do you guys say?
I looked at both before I got the DNA. The Galaxy Note 2 was just to big for me. The screen on the DNA is much better. The also I prefer Sense over Touchwiz and Sense 4+ is the best yet. The biggest problem people have with DNA is the 16gb of space on the phone. You can easily get around this since the phone has usb-otg built in. With an adapter you plug in any size USB device. I have a dongle with a 64gb microsd card. It also works with TWRP recovery so you can backup your phone to it if you choose to unlock your phone.
The DNA is also a world phone, correct? I live in Pakistan (where all the networks are GSM) and plan on having a friend of mine bring a DNA over from the states. I've read that they're unlocked out of the box and can be used on virtually any network.
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The DNA is also a world phone, correct? I live in Pakistan (where all the networks are GSM) and plan on having a friend of mine bring a DNA over from the states. I've read that they're unlocked out of the box and can be used on virtually any network.
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Yups, u should be able to use it in Pakistan. All GSM frequency/band are UNLOCKED in this phone.
Iam using mine in India
My previous phone was also a GNex.
DNA is at another level to GNex. Quad-core, Bigger and better screen , better sound quality, better camera, better battery life.
The only thing GNex has over DNA is custom ROMs. But you should try out ViperDNA. It kicks ass !!
We should be getting AOSP pretty soon :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
The thing that sold me was the 1080p screen... Everything looks phenomenal on this thing. I was nervous about the battery life but that had ended up impressing me also. This has honestly be the best phone I have ever owned
man you guys are getting me pumped. I might have the phone by the 3rd week of march.
The only thing that bothers me is the Verizon logo tbqh.
I bought the note 2 but after two weeks it was just too big. Swapped it for this and never looked back!
For what it's worth I came from galaxy nexus and get easily double the battery life on this phone.
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I was on a gnex before I got my DNA I'm happy as hell with mines. Unlocked,rooted,s-off,viper Rom, can't go wrong with that
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I could not be happier leaving the gnex
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AW: Galaxy Nexus to HTC Droid DNA
I have the Note 2 before Dna,Dna is better for me!
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I have the Note 2 before Dna,Dna is better for me!
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lol cool .
I'm surprised to see so many gnex owners made the switch to DNA. That says a lot about the quality of the phone in my opinion. I'm not surprised you guys love the phone though, I guess its just that I've seen so much (unnecessary in my opinion) debate about all the things wrong with sense and HTC from gnex users.
I'm one of the rare people that loves both, but if I wasn't allowed more than one interface it would definitely be sense.
In regards to the OP, how serious of a hardcore android gamer are you?
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I came from a GNEX and haven't looked back. I miss the roms but it is honestly a relief to be able to sit on one rom for a month with no issues and stellar battery life.
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I'm going to provide a somewhat tenuous dissenting opinion. I'm coming from a Gnex, and picked up a DNA last night, which I'm considering switching to full time. After 24 hours with it, I'm quite pleased by the hardware, and utterly horrified by the software.
Sense is, in my opinion, complete and utter crap. There's no other way for me to put it, I hate almost everything about it. It's as if they locked several caffeinated adolescent boys in a room and told them to design a skin while watching episodes of Transformers. Viper is making it somewhat tolerable, but man am I anxiously awaiting AOSP. That said... the hardware, oh the hardware. The screen is simply gorgeous, and the battery life is easily twice what I got with my Gnex. In addition, I have 2-3 bars of 4G at work where I had 0-1 bars of 3G before.
The hardware advantages this has over the Gnex are sufficient to keep me from selling this thing in the hopes that AOSP is coming soon. If anyone reading is on the fence, and isn't sure how they'll feel about Sense, I'd advise waiting for prices to come down. I'll probably still pop my SIM into the Gnex here and there to experience Android as it was intended to be.
I too came from the gnex and while I loved the phone itself and devolopment. I couldnt stand the poor reception and battery life. I got the DNA on launch day and have never regreted it. battery life is great and so is the radio reception! As far as development goes you cant beat Viper rom been running it for a good while now and dont even miss AOKP anymore .I am sure you will love this phone!
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I'm going to provide a somewhat tenuous dissenting opinion. I'm coming from a Gnex, and picked up a DNA last night, which I'm considering switching to full time. After 24 hours with it, I'm quite pleased by the hardware, and utterly horrified by the software.
Sense is, in my opinion, complete and utter crap. There's no other way for me to put it, I hate almost everything about it. It's as if they locked several caffeinated adolescent boys in a room and told them to design a skin while watching episodes of Transformers. Viper is making it somewhat tolerable, but man am I anxiously awaiting AOSP. That said... the hardware, oh the hardware. The screen is simply gorgeous, and the battery life is easily twice what I got with my Gnex. In addition, I have 2-3 bars of 4G at work where I had 0-1 bars of 3G before.
The hardware advantages this has over the Gnex are sufficient to keep me from selling this thing in the hopes that AOSP is coming soon. If anyone reading is on the fence, and isn't sure how they'll feel about Sense, I'd advise waiting for prices to come down. I'll probably still pop my SIM into the Gnex here and there to experience Android as it was intended to be.
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As much as I hated it when I first switched, I actually kind of like sense now.... But maybe because every phone I have had before this one I ran CM or some form of aosp and the "newness" of sense keeps me interested. I really LOVE sense camera especially with the mod to make compression next to minimal. I get amazing pictures that the aosp (bless its soul) could never produce.
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I'm surprised to see so many gnex owners made the switch to DNA. That says a lot about the quality of the phone in my opinion. I'm not surprised you guys love the phone though, I guess its just that I've seen so much (unnecessary in my opinion) debate about all the things wrong with sense and HTC from gnex users.
I'm one of the rare people that loves both, but if I wasn't allowed more than one interface it would definitely be sense.
In regards to the OP, how serious of a hardcore android gamer are you?
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I actually don't game all that much, I might start though with that beautiful 1080p 5" screen. That said, I'm aware that many games don't work just yet, if that's the point you're insinuating.
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As much as I hated it when I first switched, I actually kind of like sense now.... But maybe because every phone I have had before this one I ran CM or some form of aosp and the "newness" of sense keeps me interested. I really LOVE sense camera especially with the mod to make compression next to minimal. I get amazing pictures that the aosp (bless its soul) could never produce.
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This is exactly how I feel. Having first owned a G2x and then a Galaxy Nexus, the untainted google experience is starting to get a little stale. This is why I hope the DNA and sense will distract me for at least a year or longer... especially if Sense 5 is on the way.
Can only add to what others have said. I also came from the Nexus. Before that I had the incredible and sense.
The piss poor reception is what ultimately made me pay full retail for the DNA. Only downfall is the 16GB memory and annoying WiFi notification.
This phone is amazing though.
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I just recently made the jump from the Galaxy Nexus to the Droid DNA. I resisted Sense at first being so used to the Stock UI but have come to really enjoy it. This phone is amazing though. Beautiful screen and very snappy performance. Anyone know how easily the back cover scratches? I prefer the naked feel and don't really want a case. In short it was a good move to go to the DNA.
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so my question is what is the process of unlocking and turning s-off on this bad boy, i have never owned a htc device before