Hi gang,
Two years ago I was among one of the first to root my Aria (Carrier: ATT) and all has gone well with multiple updates/upgrades with the software.
Would like to ask anyone to recommend the next phone as my contract is up and ATT is doing everything it can to 'keep me in the family', inclusive of unlimited SMS and monthly service credits.
I see Sprint has an Evo V offer for 35/45/55 month with unlimited SMS/data and voice minutes 300/1200/unlimited everything
What other device do you like and would recommend with ATT? Currently they are pushing the HTC One with a new 2 year contract.
Anyone taken them up and did you root your HTC One ?
oThEr options or suggestions are welcome
I'm in the same boat, ATT with an Aria. I'm going either with the Galaxy S3 pending what it looks like in the US or the Galaxy Nexus. Thought about the One X but i dont like the fact that there is no storage expandability or you cant remove the battery.
I was in the same boat as both of you, got an Aria almost 2 years ago and decided to renew the contract and upgrade to the One X. After a week I am really happy with my decision. It is definitely the most amazing phone on the market to date.
Non-removable battery and no-micro SD slot are issues, but for me they were certainly not dealbreakers, especially when you consider what you're getting.
I get well over a working-days use out of it, and the free 20GB added to your Dropbox account is certainly very useful. That + Google Music makes it so that I really don't need any more than 10-15 GBs on my phone.
I would say if you are content with ATTs service and don't mind the minor problems that come with buying a new flagship device (basically makes you a beta tester of sorts) I would say at the very least go and try to play with a One X in the store or mess with a friends to see if you like it.
I got mine for $149.99 on Amazon pre-order, and they actually gave me another $20 credit for them not being able to change my shipping to one-day and get it to me sooner. Not bad.
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I was in the same boat as both of you, got an Aria almost 2 years ago and decided to renew the contract and upgrade to the One X. After a week I am really happy with my decision. It is definitely the most amazing phone on the market to date.
Non-removable battery and no-micro SD slot are issues, but for me they were certainly not dealbreakers, especially when you consider what you're getting.
I get well over a working-days use out of it, and the free 20GB added to your Dropbox account is certainly very useful. That + Google Music makes it so that I really don't need any more than 10-15 GBs on my phone.
I would say if you are content with ATTs service and don't mind the minor problems that come with buying a new flagship device (basically makes you a beta tester of sorts) I would say at the very least go and try to play with a One X in the store or mess with a friends to see if you like it.
I got mine for $149.99 on Amazon pre-order, and they actually gave me another $20 credit for them not being able to change my shipping to one-day and get it to me sooner. Not bad.
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I've played with the HTC One X before and I loved it, it was very smooth and sense 4.0 was awesome but the non removable battery and no expandability for storage are deal breakers for me and I don't like to rely on cloud storage. Even if it just had a micro sd slot I'd consider it more.
I vote the galaxy nexus then.
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I'm still quite happy with my Aria, as limited as it is, with over 2 years of use. I truly love the tiny size of it and have a hard time considering anything larger, but frankly, AT&T's service area and data speeds here SUCK, SUCK, SUCK!
I've already informed the family that there will be no more upgrades going forward until we can all move to Verizon, but that will be more than a year from now! So to appease my need for more power when I am out of the house, I will continue to use the Aria - and tether a tablet for the more hardcore stuff. By then, the One X will be 'so last year'.
Ok, enough of my whining and compensating, the One X is probably the one I would be looking at the hardest right now.
Galaxy S2 is available for 9.99 with a 2 year renewal (I got mine for 99). It's not the newest phone, but I would say it's probably the 2nd most powerful Android on AT&T, right behind the One X. It doesn't have an LTE radio though.
There are fully functional CM9 nightlies already available for it, as well as a bunch of other ROMs. It's really quite a nice phone.
I suggest the HTC Desire C.
Specs similar to the Aria, but just up a notch (same screen size, processor).
Biggest improvements are the addition of ICS and Sense 4.
If you're looking for an Aria-like phone with updated OS and more storage, I would look at this phone.
- Android 4.0 ICS with HTC Sense 4.0
- 600MHz processor, 512MB of RAM
- 3.5-inch HVGA screen
- 5-megapixel camera
- 4GB internal storage, 25GB of free Dropbox cloud storage
- Beats Audio
actually the processor is the same speed but a snapdragon process which is more advanced.
My contract was up this coming August, and I planned to spend all of July making a decision on what phone, and what provider, I would get next.
Then yesterday, the decision had to be made much faster; I dropped my Aria (the second time ever in 21 months) and cracked the digitizer. The screen is fine, and the digitizer actually still works, but I cut my finger on the glass when I unlocked it. I couldn't wait for a new digitizer to arrive, and I needed a phone yesterday, so I had to act fast.
I extended my contract with AT&T ( ) and got an HTC Vivid. At $50 with contract, the price was right. I like the phone, though it's MUCH bigger than my little Aria. Rooting is weirder, so I'm going to wait a little while 'til I'm comfortable with everything.
I'll probably fix the Aria one day, especially once the ICS builds mature. It's a great little phone!
How's this for 1 cent ? Refurb a no-no ?
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I don't have problem with refurbs, I've got problems with contracts.
No problem with refurbs. I prefer them since they have been thru quality checks in refurb, so have been checked at least once. The last 3 phones I have used: Moto Razr, Aria, and Galaxy S2 have all been refurb. Never a problem with any of them. I've had the S2 for about 3 months and finally getting used to the larger size. I can read the screen in sunlight, which I could not with the Aria. Already rooted the S2, so can do as I wish about the software.
If you're looking at cheap, then get the Skyrocket. I have it and it's an amazing device. Don't get the HTC Vivid. There are literally NO developers left.
Hope to see you in the Skyrocket forums!
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I have to switch to AT&T in about a week and I'm looking at the Atrix as my starter phone.
Best Buy Mobile has it for $50 in the store, and they have a flat 30 day return policy. If I buy the phone around the 20th That should take me through the next major releases on AT&T. Of course, for that price if the Atrix works out I'm keeping it.
Is there anything you would warn me off of on the device coming from an HTC Thunderbolt?
The ATRIX is a great phone that's about to get better with upcoming cm7 and aosp releases.
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Nothing to warn you off at all, unless better battery life and more reliable call quality bother you. If that's the case, then stick with the HTC.
But seriously you are gonna live the "upgrade" to the Atrix...
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Yes.. I agree for battery life on android (on a stock battery) the atrix can't be beat. With undervolting and custom rom... its very good...
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Be warned....ATRIX has great battery
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here's a comparison between the cliq xt and the atrix
Width
63.5 mm (2.48 inches)
58.0 mm (2.26 inches)
Height
117.8 mm (4.59 inches)
114.0 mm (4.45 inches)
Depth
11.0 mm (0.43 inches)
15.6 mm (0.61 inches)
Weight
135 grams (4.7 ounces)
163 grams (5.7 ounces)
The atrix is lighter by a whole ounce, THINNER than the cliq XT, and not even all that much taller or wider, and yet it packs a 4 inch qhd screen, a dual core beast, 1 gigs of ram, 16gb of storage, 4g, GINGERBREAD, and webtop.
Atrix is in its own league, after putting it up against the lg thrill, the inspire, and my memories of the G2X...this phone is the first true super phone I've ever used.
Sounds good. With 1-click root available for 2.3.4 it's hard to pass up...
If you can wait.. I believe ATT will release the SGSII soon :T
but if you're in a rush.. Atrix is an amazing phone.
I would say the same thing....get the SGII
I had a chance to test drive my friends SGSII. It is a great phone and it is quick but I wouldn't say that it is much if at all better than the Atrix. He complains about the battery not lasting long at all and the GPS takes some time to lock sometimes (his phone is still stock). The screen was nice but the Atrix screen is also nice, they are just different. I think the colors looked a little too saturated on the SGSII and a little too washed out on the Atrix. Neither are perfect. In terms of speed, they felt the same to me. The Atrix has a lag coming from the lockscreen and the SGSII has a lag going to the Homescreen...take your pick. The general feel was very similar, gaming was nearly identical. The SGSII was a little harder to handle due to it's size and shape (wide and thin).
In short if you can get an Atrix for $50 or an SGSII for $299...I would definitely say Atrix. For that matter if they were both $50 I would still say Atrix.
yea the GPS on the ATRIX is pretty amazing. not gonna lie. main reason why i got an android device was for free voice navigation
qHD (Atrix) vs WVGA (SGSII)?
Atrix is smaller and the color to me looks great.
Battery is great.
Atrix all the way...
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here's a comparison between the cliq xt and the atrix
The atrix is lighter by a whole ounce, THINNER than the cliq XT, and not even all that much taller or wider, and yet it packs a 4 inch qhd screen, a dual core beast, 1 gigs of ram, 16gb of storage, 4g, GINGERBREAD, and webtop.
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Atrix does NOT have 16GB of storage... it's internal storage is 10.7GB.... unless you're talking about a deal where they are throwing in a 16GB external storage.. then yeah..
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Atrix does NOT have 16GB of storage... it's internal storage is 10.7GB.... unless you're talking about a deal where they are throwing in a 16GB external storage.. then yeah..
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It has 16 gigs completely formatted with no OS on it. The inspire advertises 4 gigs of internal even though its only like 300 megs of usable storage. So yes it has 16 with 10-11 usable.
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It has 16 gigs completely formatted with no OS on it. The inspire advertises 4 gigs of internal even though its only like 300 megs of usable storage. So yes it has 16 with 10-11 usable.
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Agree.. as that's how even Moto list the specs "up to 16GB".. I should have been more clear in my response, I'm talking about usable, as no one would care if they got 16GB of storage if the phone doesn't boot cus nothing is on it.. just didn't want someone going by what was posted here and seeing only 10GB of storage when they look at the storage space on the phone..
Get it for the $50. It's a steal. You won't have any regrets at that price.
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Agree.. as that's how even Moto list the specs "up to 16GB".. I should have been more clear in my response, I'm talking about usable, as no one would care if they got 16GB of storage if the phone doesn't boot cus nothing is on it.. just didn't want someone going by what was posted here and seeing only 10GB of storage when they look at the storage space on the phone..
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well, I think it's common knowledge [at least if you post on a board like this] that free space is always lower than advertised space
but Atrix does a REALLY good job of it..2 gbs for APPS, a little more than 10 for storage, and the rest is system files/OS...
Easily the most storage I've had on a phone, dropping in my 8gb microsd from my g2x makes it feel like overkill.
then again, i have fond memories of growing up with my 300mb windows drive and getting an upgraded 1gb drive, then a few years later being SO excited when I got a celeron 266mhz tower came with a 20gb drive!!
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oh..and the christmas this little box showed up under the tree...wow. i remember spending many nights searching for interesting isos.
Well, the new / upgraded iPhone has been announced. All I can say is I'm glad I didn't wait for the iPhone 4S and went with the unlocked SGS II. I can't believe they didn't upgrade the screen size!
Here is a run down of the specs:
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I was waiting for someone to post this.......
SGSII win!!
What a huge let down, samsung is releasing tons of sgs2 varients(att/tmo/sprint/intl/lte/hd lte/note/prime) while apple simply upgrades the soc and camera after all this time and says its new and magical.
Screen size
Micro SDXC 64GB+
MKV + others
drag n drop media/files
Better Customization
This is what's lacking for me to even consider changing sgs 2
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All hail s2
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No offence to the OP but YET ANOTHER damn iPhone thread on XDA there must be at least 10 already doing the rounds on the various forums
In a nutshell as ive already said i will never purchase anything Apple related regardless of the specs while they are "closed" and not open source.
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just been reading the article on MSN news about the the release and it has a 'APPARENTLY' new feature called the siri double tapping the home button and you can him/her whatever that is,a question... a simpler version was already implemented into sgs2 (vingo) and with all the sueing battles going on between apple and samsung....shouldnt samsung sue apple for this
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just been reading the article on MSN news about the the release and it has a 'APPARENTLY' new feature called the siri double tapping the home button and you can him/her whatever that is,a question... a simpler version was already implemented into sgs2 (vingo) and with all the sueing battles going on between apple and samsung....shouldnt samsung sue apple for this
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LOL true
in fact we had it since Galaxy S 1
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LOL true
in fact we had it since Galaxy S 1
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they just introduced the microphone button on keyboard LMFAO
they are no where near samsung
And they took the Android's roller blind notification.
Apple we're great for kicking the arse of the smartphone back in 2007, but they have fallen behind. Quite disapointing really. If they don't come up with something more "Magical" next year, they might become the new Nokia?
In graphic department the iPhone 4S wins even at a higher resolution (iPad for instance beats all other smartphone and tablets even if they have lower resolution).
Second it wins by more apps also iOS5 is pretty cool although it copied some Android features I guess. But they made it look more sexier, like the notification and widgets look alot better on iOS.
But the downside would probably be it being down clocked to either 700-800mhz since the iPad 2 is at 900Mhz.
But Samsung Galaxy S2 wins everything else
I was very close to buying a iphone 4. Thank god i went for the sgs 2. What a beast of a machine.
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Lol siri was free on thr app store and now that apple bought siri its been removed from the app store and its treating it as a exlcusive selling piont.. Typical apple making u pay for something that was free and making you believe its revolutionary.. The galaxy s 2 had voice input since day one.. That site is wrong because i can tap my phone and it will do wat ever i tel it to, wether thats writing a message or navigating me to a certain place i tell it to and it does it well
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I was waiting for someone to post this.......
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Snap me too lol
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I was very close to buying a iphone 4. Thank god i went for the sgs 2. What a beast of a machine.
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I was on that boat too SG2 for president!!!!
pr0n. can close the topic now. jk
Hmmm…..
Again some people bash out against Iphone and say hallelujah to the SG2. I don’t, to neither side.
But my personal view is that Apple has created a product that attracts tens of millions of people. And I believe that the majority of the buyers of the Iphone just want a telephone simple in use, and to show to the outside world that they are trendy.
Not everyone phone users are interested in flashing and tweaking, like us reading XDA. If people want to by a quite expensive Iphone, let them do so. I have been doing it and maybe I will do it again someday, but not the 4S.
Right now there is two SG2 and one TAB 10.1 in our family. And I’m not impressed by the build quality of none of them. On the SG2’s, random boots, loose home button. And the TAB with Newtons rings that has to be put in the freezer for 5-10 minutes, as a temporary fix. Never have I been using the freezer for anything other than food and ice cubes, before now.
Well, they have been sent for repair today, and I hope the TAB shelf in the freezer can be used for other things when I get it back.
So why did I buy Samsung you ask? Well, I bought these units within 45 days and I didn’t know it would be so many problems with 3/ 3 Samsung products. But I give Samsung a chance and hope they will be okay when I get them back.
Some years ago, in a social event, I met the national sales director of a Japanese car company. After a few drinks he started bashing out on the quality of the cars on his biggest competitors.
One other person asked this sales director if he regularly test drive these competitors’ cars? The sales director hesitated a few seconds before he answered ‘Yes of course!’ . But no one believed his answer, and I think almost everyone present didn’t feel he was credible.
And neither do I, when people are bashing out on products that never have been in their hands.
Love my sgs2 but it appears graphics wise the 4gs will trump the s2, based off how well the ipad 2 performs. Not something I care about that much because I don't use it for games or graphic intensive operations, but I know some people on here will secretively wish for that kind of performance.
If those battery stats are right it looks like it will trump the s2 in that department.
Although I wouldn't personally own an iphone, mainly due to the hype being over the top, anyone denying this will challenge or beat the s2 in a few departments is in plainn denial.
A lot of iphone users had already bought the thing before knowing what the specs were... Mmmm no comment. Mind you I'm sure there are some samsung users out there that would do the same
Hmm that's pretty boring because actually nothing changed (for my kind of user at least) : iOS is still the best platform for games and ease of use, Android is still the best platform in terms of actual choice of the hardware and freedom of use. An iPhone will work the exact same way with a dual core processor, the only thing that may change is the quality of the games, which i do not care about since i don't care about gaming on a phone in general.
It's also kind of interesting to see this pathetic attempt of Apple at convincing iFans that they don't need a bigger screen, good luck with that...no wonder Apple shares dropped by a nice 4% just a couple minutes after the 4s was revealed
If you only know the answer to like just one question than just answer that one lol. Don't feel the need to answer all of my questions. Thank you for your time.
1. Is the TF Prime going to become the new flagship powerhouse Android® tablet?
*Like the Xoom once was, followed by the Sammy gTAB 10.1?*
2. Will we soon see a ICS aka Android 4.0 port any time soon?
*according to ASUS they will have an official ICS update for the TF Prime in early January of 2012, for some reason I doubt that, even though it shouldn't take them more than a month to push an update especially because they aren't like HTC or Sammy, with there extremely sophisticated Touch Wiz and Sense. That causes for application updates to the Android SDK, to be stripped and gutted in order to put there own skin on top, which takes even more time*
3. How good does the screen look with the Super IPS+, I believe that's what it is called.
*how does it compare to renowned screens on devices such as; The Samsung gTAB 7.0+ w/ its SAMOLED+, The Samsung GSII with Its SAMOLED+, The HTC Vivid I'm not sure what display it utilizes, the LG Nitro I think its called I could be wrong but its an LG phone with I believe a Super Nova something display?, and lastly my current phone the HTC Sensation 4G w/ it's qHD display.(In regards to movie quality, web browsing, pictures, Netflix & Hulu+ streaming, etc and stuff like that.)
4. Also had the tablet received root yet? And any custom roms created yet? (Rather they be in pre alpha/alpha/beta)
5. Lastly should I still get this tablet even if its not available completely till mid January ish? With CES In Vegas early January maybe something better will be announced? For mid spring?
Thank you for taking the time to answer my various questions in regards to the TF Prime. I'm just trying to get as much info as possible before dropping $650+ on this tablet.
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If you only know the answer to like just one question than just answer that one lol. Don't feel the need to answer all of my questions. Thank you for your time.
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1. Is the TF Prime going to become the new flagship powerhouse Android® tablet?
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It's the first tablet to use a quad-core chip making it the current "flaghship." Others have announced quad-core tablets with release expected Q1. Whether they will be better than the Prime is subjective and will depend on their features. Expect to find out more January 11th at CES.
2. Will we soon see a ICS aka Android 4.0 port any time soon?
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Asus has been one of the best manufacturers with updates. Based on the importance of them to be first with quad-core I can't imagine them not being one of the first to introduce ICS.
3. How good does the screen look with the Super IPS+, I believe that's what it is called.
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The unique feature of the Prime's display is what Asus has named "super bright." It's far brighter than other displays currently available and would seem the best for daylight use. Asus doesn't make their own displays - they buy them from either Sharp, AIO, or LG the same as everyone else. Only Samsung makes their own displays. Read through people's comments and they're generally satisfied with the display although some have said the colors on the G-Tab are more vibrant and there have been some QC issues.
4. Also had the tablet received root yet? And any custom roms created yet? (Rather they be in pre alpha/alpha/beta)
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People have rooted it and lost root after Asus's first update. Do a search.
5. Lastly should I still get this tablet even if its not available completely till mid January ish? With CES In Vegas early January maybe something better will be announced? For mid spring?
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Personal choice. If you need a tablet now, are an Asus fan, or want the keyboard then buy it now. If you have the time there's no harm in waiting until CES which is only three weeks away to see what tablets are going to look like in 2012.
1. Is the TF Prime going to become the new flagship powerhouse Android® tablet?
it is the current flagship for what's the latest and greatest regarding android tablets as it's the first one running tegra3. it's not like the xoom or the galaxy tab I/O edition in the sense that updates don't come directly from google, rather they come from asus, but so far asus has a good track record in updating the tf101 very quickly and i personally like the small touches they add to the device. if i had to bet, they will be the first mainstream tablet with ICS running on it officially.
also, the xoom was and will always be a piece of crap device that should have never been released. the tf101 and galaxy tab series were the old flagships imo.
2. Will we soon see a ICS aka Android 4.0 port any time soon?
asus has stated end of the year or early next year, they've stated that the primes that will come out in singapore around mid jan will be sold with ICS preloaded on them, so that bodes will for us getting it in the next few weeks or so.
3. How good does the screen look with the Super IPS+, I believe that's what it is called.
the screen is great. superIPS+ is mainly for outdoor use as it bumps the brightness beyond any other tablet in the market, which makes it actually readable in sunlight, but it will murder your battery and shouldn't be on all the time.
personally, i find it to be better than any other tablet screen i've used (xoom, tf101, gtab 10.1, viewsonic gtab, ipad1, gtab 7" (1st gen)) the colors are vibrant, it has great viewing angles, and text is very clear.
4. Also had the tablet received root yet? And any custom roms created yet?
people were able to root some of the primes, but the latest OTA seems to break root if you don't have it already before, some people have said they couldn't root the gamestop tablets even before the OTA, so reports vary. i don't think we'll see any custom roms before ICS drops, with a lot of slower developement being due to less people being able to get it in their hands right now.
5. Lastly should I still get this tablet even if its not available completely till mid January ish? With CES In Vegas early January maybe something better will be announced? For mid spring?
something better will always be around the corner, but i can say with 99% certainty that anything announced at CES won't be on the market until summer (Q2/Q3) at the earliest. and personally, i don't see the point of the insane resolution panels that everyone is trying to make right now. ~720p on a 10" screen is plenty of pixel density for me.
but, if you can't get your hands on one before CES, you might as well see what they announce. personally, i'm happy i got this, and when those tablets finally hit the stores, if i like them, i'll sell this and get one of those, the kicker with the prime though, is the dock, no one else makes something like the dock that works as well as it does. so for me, i'll probably wait until asus makes a tf301 or something like that which runs win8
hope that helped
Ok this something I just noticed tonight When I was downloading pics from Goolge images. When it downloads the pictures and you open the gallery its doesnt order them in the downloaded order which is very strange because the original Gallery I have always had on my Evo never had this problem. I actually noticed this when I copied over my Downloaded pics from My Evo but I thought it was something that had to do with the fact the pictures were originally downloaded from the Evo.
But its the same when it puts the pictures downloaded from the Prime. Wanted to know if there is a way to correct this because its very annoyng. The downloaded pictures should be numbered in the order they were downloaded not randomly like its doing.
For example This my dowloaded pics from left to right beggining to end.
As you Can See the KTM Motorcycle pics were the first but for some reason it split up the first picture of the motorcycleb and put it in the front of the Gallery. The Second group of pics I downloaded was the Shelby Cobra pianted Mystic And the third group of pics were E36 BMW M3s
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Let me Know what you guys think.
The price of this device has fallen very much.
Are there problems with this device?
What is the cause for this?
This device has slightly better specs then the Sensation then why is it selling for 100 euro less then the Sensation?
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The price of this device has fallen very much.
Are there problems with this device?
What is the cause for this?
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Umm...same thing that happens to all devices after they are on the market for a while...they lose value when new devices come out.
legion1911 said:
The price of this device has fallen very much.
Are there problems with this device?
What is the cause for this?
This device has slightly better specs then the Sensation then why is it selling for 100 euro less then the Sensation?
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Nothing's wrong with it, it's just been out for 6 months now and people believe that the 3D is the only additional thing it's got going for it (it's not)...
It's just not terribly popular, they advertised left and right 3d this and 3d that and well, nobody cares... the 3D games on the market are - meh... and it takes a lot of equipment to see your 3d videos elsewhere.
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Nothing's wrong with it, it's just been out for 6 months now and people believe that the 3D is the only additional thing it's got going for it (it's not)...
It's just not terribly popular, they advertised left and right 3d this and 3d that and well, nobody cares... the 3D games on the market are - meh... and it takes a lot of equipment to see your 3d videos elsewhere.
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Thank you for your answer. Is the internal storage enough for you?
Well the good side is that you will get a lot more users. It has gone up in the sales charts, because 3d or not 3d, it is a cheap Sensation at this price.
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Thank you for your answer. Is the internal storage enough for you?
Well the good side is that you will get a lot more users. It has gone up in the sales charts, because 3d or not 3d, it is a cheap Sensation at this price.
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Yep, at one point, I had about 320 apps installed, of course some on the SD card and still had about 120MB of free space available.
why is it a surprise that a phone that has been out for almost 8 months now has dropped in price...
classic move by sprint when they are getting ready to release another phone. the galaxy nexus is coming out and they aren't going to charge 300 bucks for it like **** verizon, they will charge 200. so, naturally, they can't charge you 200 dollars for both because one is outdated, so they drop the price on the 3D.
The EVO 3D's value seems to be falling at an alarming rate. It is like the black sheep of HTC phones.
My rooted near launch day EVO 4G sold for $320 approximately a month before the EVO 3D came out.
This phone will sell no where near that amount.
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why is it a surprise that a phone that has been out for almost 8 months now has dropped in price...
classic move by sprint when they are getting ready to release another phone. the galaxy nexus is coming out and they aren't going to charge 300 bucks for it like **** verizon, they will charge 200. so, naturally, they can't charge you 200 dollars for both because one is outdated, so they drop the price on the 3D.
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I am in Europe so Verizon and Sprint have no relevance to me.
I have a quite good knowledge of the market and I tell you this is not normal.
Nexus at 490, Sensation XE at 450 euros, Samsung S II sells at 430, the Sensation at 380 and the Evo at 270 together with the LG 2x at 270.
These are new unlocked phones. For the price of a Nexus I can buy 2 Evo 3D right now.
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The EVO 3D's value seems to be falling at an alarming rate. It is like the black sheep of HTC phones.
My rooted near launch day EVO 4G sold for $320 approximately a month before the EVO 3D came out.
This phone will sell no where near that amount.
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well yeah, but if you find the right buyer anything can be sold at the price you desire.
take your case, for example, maybe that guy didn't have an upgrade on his contract, and didn't have insurance or anything but needed a new phone and a good one. he is looking at wholesale no matter what he does, so to pick yours up for 320 isn't an amazing deal, but stilla hell of a lot better than 400
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legion1911 said:
I am in Europe so Verizon and Sprint have no relevance to me.
I have a quite good knowledge of the market and I tell you this is not normal.
Nexus at 490, Sensation XE at 450 euros, Samsung S II sells at 430, the Sensation at 380 and the Evo at 270 together with the LG 2x at 270.
These are new unlocked phones. For the price of a Nexus I can buy 2 Evo 3D right now.
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i didn't know we were talking about wholesale price right now...
in that case, it is simply not as popular of a phone.
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i didn't know we were talking about wholesale price right now...
in that case, it is simply not as popular of a phone.
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No, no these are European retail prices.
Thank you all for your input!
Makes no sense to me why It's so cheap ppl talk so bad about this phone but I find it near flawless.. the battery life for me has been amazing I get like a day and a half with moderate usage. Internal memory is perfect I have like almost 100 apps and am not even using half of it. Only issue I had was that it wasn't as smooth as others but with the new 2.17 base It's super smooth now and will only get better as ics comes. For me if It's that cheap I say go for it I have friends with both the gs2 and the sensation and they both see more issues than me and id say It's still on par with the newest phones out. Until a phone comes out with an a15 dual or quad core this phone will match the best.
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well yeah, but if you find the right buyer anything can be sold at the price you desire.
take your case, for example, maybe that guy didn't have an upgrade on his contract, and didn't have insurance or anything but needed a new phone and a good one. he is looking at wholesale no matter what he does, so to pick yours up for 320 isn't an amazing deal, but stilla hell of a lot better than 400
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that was on eBay too where others were selling for much lower. =x I just knew how to word it so that it sounded like you were getting an EVO 4G signed by the CEO of HTC with the HTC logo in diamonds.
I bought mine for 279€. Best buy of my life!
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The whole 3d thing has set it back rather than help it.....
Shot from my sharp shooter in 3d
hitman4274 said:
The whole 3d thing has set it back rather than help it.....
Shot from my sharp shooter in 3d
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Which is good for anyone that wants to buy but really makes no sense. It's not like screen quality is affected in 2d lol 3d is just one more thing this awesome phone can do. Will never understand how some stuff works lol
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I think the panic selling is caused by this leak:
http://www.google.com/search?q=LG+Optimus+cx2
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Nothing's wrong with it, it's just been out for 6 months now and people believe that the 3D is the only additional thing it's got going for it (it's not)...
It's just not terribly popular, they advertised left and right 3d this and 3d that and well, nobody cares... the 3D games on the market are - meh... and it takes a lot of equipment to see your 3d videos elsewhere.
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I don't know what it's like in the EU, when it comes to phone devaluation over time... but here in the States, it's the same deal - 3VOs are about $100 cheaper, than they used to be... I had an EVO 4G that had been stolen... I had insurance (Asurion), and they sent me a crap 4G that was an obvious refurb; the camera lens was pointing down, and to the left (!), and, the phone itself - as far as sound quality during calls went - was terrible. I packed it back up, called Asurion, and pitched a b**** - they sent me ANOTHER 4G, and the cover didn't fit correctly - so, I went to a local Sprint retailer, and raised hell. I ended up speaking to arbitration specialist at Sprint, and sent the phone back... on the next day, I received a brand-new, made in Taiwan, in the box - EVO 3D. Upon further inspection, I found out that the boot was 1.4 - and promptly went to Revolutionary I/O - got root, and everything's peachy. ;-)
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I know now of three of these phones batteries all fry completely within 4 months... could this be something to do with it??
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that was on eBay too where others were selling for much lower. =x I just knew how to word it so that it sounded like you were getting an EVO 4G signed by the CEO of HTC with the HTC logo in diamonds.
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i win
That is all.
hitman4274 said:
The whole 3d thing has set it back rather than help it.....
Shot from my sharp shooter in 3d
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Nothing's wrong with it, it's just been out for 6 months now and people believe that the 3D is the only additional thing it's got going for it (it's not)...
It's just not terribly popular, they advertised left and right 3d this and 3d that and well, nobody cares... the 3D games on the market are - meh... and it takes a lot of equipment to see your 3d videos elsewhere.
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Pretty sure these guys are right on. I've not seen another phone with better hardware released yet. They will come, but this is still top of the line hardware wise. And 1gb rom and ram Awesome! Plus it's been out for a long time.
Hello guys! After months of false starts, broken promises, sudden price increases ("Yeah I can do $300...well okay how about $320 and you pay shipping?"), and other bits of misfortune, I have finally gotten my hands on this amazing device. So I thought I'd share my thoughts on it after giving it a few days to try out. You never know who would be interested in such an opinion.
**warning
This thread is absolutely useless and is only your friendly neighborhood XDA News Writer sharing an opinion. Feel free to not take it seriously.
**Note
Yes, I am aware the phone was released awhile ago. This is my first impressions personally, not world's first impressions.
Okay, since I suck at review-type posts in general, I'm going to start typing now. Stop reading at the end or when you're bored
Screen:
The screen is gorgeous. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. The size and resolution of this phone is simply beautiful.
Camera:
Above average but not "omgzorz amazing". It is good enough to skip buying a point-and-click. Not good enough for photographers. Thankfully, I am not a photographer. The features for the camera are nice, but I'm not an Instagram person (or even a photo filter person). So half the stuff I realistically use, and half I probably never will.
Form Factor/Hardware/Buttons:
This is by far the thinnest phone I've ever owned. I came from the Galaxy Nexus (which is a great phone too), and this one is so thin I actually had problems handling it for the first day. I kept forgetting the phone was that thin. Personally, I like the capacitive buttons over the on-screen buttons. I know all my screen real estate is being dedicated to apps. None of that "4.65 inch screen...but really you're only getting 4.3 inches because of the soft buttons" crap. Everything else is well placed and looks good. The kickstand is way better than the OG EVO. The back plastic plate isn't nearly as hard to get off as video reviewers seem to make it sound (read: they're pansies ).
Performance:
Holy crap. Once I got it tuned to how I like it, not even Google Voice lags (it lags in Bluestacks running on my freaking 8-core processor for Christ's sake). When I first got it and it was first activated, I had some hiccups in the app drawer and pinch-to-zoom in Chrome. I've since installed a custom ROM (MeanROM), set the governor to ondemand, clocked by processor back to 1.5GHz (stock MeanROM comes 1.7GHz OC), and I've had no lag at all ever since. Usually a phone I own lags in some way that's slightly annoying but not a deal breaker (i.e. when scrolling a list in Plume, that slight "pause" when you switch the home screen right after turning the screen on, or taking unusually long to make menu selections). This doesn't seem to have that problem.
Battery/Temp:
The battery on this thing is incredible. Yes, it's not removable. I never used multiple batteries anyway. I actually moved today and the phone held up like a champ. After packing up my computer and TV, my phone was my only source of entertainment for a good while. At the time of this writing, I have 35% after 14 hours (on track for ~20 hours, if I felt like waiting that long). It was at least moderate usage. ~250 texts, frequent messaging via gTalk and Facebook Messenger, SNESoid gaming, a Billiards game I like to play, 25 minutes in phone calls, over 2 hours in screen on time with about 60% of my day spent on WiFi and 40% on 3G. Includes some random web browsing (I recovered my Xbox Live password with my phone browser and checked my bank account a couple of times), app updates, and general phone stuff. Screen shots below:
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What truly impressed me, though, is the temperature. I'd expect something so thin to vent heat well, but I also expected to get warm. It simply didn't happen. Once I put my CPU clock back to regular 1.5, my phone was an ice cube all day long, dropping down to as low as 20C, or 68F. My computer doesn't get that cool when it's turned off and tossed in the now in the snow. Admittedly, I wouldn't know, since I've never done something so stupid as to toss my computer in the snow. Screen shot below:
TL;DR (performance): I got a 6400 on Quadrant running MeanROM overclocked at 1.7GHz. My emulators run at 60fps and they stay there. My phone hasn't risen above 30C since I first turned it on (minus 5 minutes when I was restoring apps via titanium backup and when I flashed the custom ROM).
Call Quality:
I got 3 phone calls. They were all loud, clear, and wonderful. Didn't have to max out my speaker volume like with prior devices.
WiFi/3G/4G:
WiFi connects quickly and I don't lose signal ever. 3G is almost 2 times faster than it was on the Epic 4G Touch (in speedtest.net tests I neglected to screen shot. I got 300kbps down on Epic Touch, 550kbps down on EVO LTE...not great numbers but still better is better. Obviously YMMV). I have no 4G LTE where I live (damn you Sprint).
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Music Quality:
This is my first phone with Beats enabled. I freaking love it. I mostly use my phone to listen to music while in the car. Beats itself is a tad bassy, but I used my car's equalizer (primitive as it may be) to dial down the bass a bit and I got one of the fullest, best music experiences I've ever had with an Android phone. I blame it all on Beats, but hey this phone has it lol.
Root Stuff:
Creating a backup in TWRP 2.3.1 took 133 seconds (about twice as fast as it does on the Galaxy Nexus as of TWRP 2.2, I never tested on TWRP so it could be faster now for the Nexus). Restoring 45 user apps in titanium backup was faster than I've ever seen it go. I haven't had to restore a backup yet, but I imagine it's much quicker than I'm accustomed to. The S-Off process looks like it's going to be a lot of fun (currently just HTCdev unlocked) and I can't wait to try that out. I might make a video or something, who knows.
My pros:
1. Quick as hell.
2. Cool as hell (in both looks and actual, literal temperature)
3. Handles all games, all tasks, and all nonsense well.
4. My goodness I missed having a kickstand.
5. No connectivity problems (signal, data, WiFi, Bluetooth, etc)
6. Battery lasts for a really long time considering I used it more today than I ever will in a single day until I move again.
7. Great HTC build quality.
8. Sense 4.1 = best HTC Sense ever (it's still bloated, but not nearly as bad as older Sense)
My Cons:
1. Non removable battery isn't that bad, but I'd still like to battery pull when I need to.
2. Charging to 90% takes like 30 minutes. Charging from 90% to 100% takes twice that long for some reason.
3. Facebook as a system app? Oh hells nah!
4. That plastic back plate is ugly. And a finger print magnet. And it called my mom fat.
5. It doesn't pay my taxes for me.
Summary:
This is definitely among the top 3 best phones I've ever owned right up there with the OG EVO and the Galaxy Nexus. I include the OG EVO because it has one of the greatest dev communities ever. this phone doesn't have that huge dev community, but the devs we do have are talented and awesome (I know, I write about them quite frequently). Can't wait to start flashing random things and see what I can make this phone do.
Thanks for reading, don't forget to tell me how stupid it was and rate the thread a 1 star lol.
TL;DR
Please keep your crappy opinions to yourself.
(just kidding)
Thanks for the post and for reminding me why I love my EVO so much! If you like MeanROM, you should really give ViperROM a try, it runs like the road runner and has glorious customizations.
And, if you're not a huge fan of the Sense camera and wouldn't mind using an AOSP camera, definitely try the Paranoid Android ROM. You'll be surprised how versatile our EVO can be combining our awesome screen with the ability to customize how apps are displayed (each individual app can be run with a different DPI and in a separate workspace like tablet mode or regular phone mode)
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I plan on trying all the ROMs eventually. I needed something trustworthy and stable because I moved the day after I got this so I didn't have time to really troubleshoot potential issues with the more experimental stuff.
Glad you enjoyed it
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Nice to read this. I'm due for an upgrade in about two weeks and I've been debating between the EVO LTE and SGS III. I'm leaning towards the EVO as it stands right now. I've had a chance to play with both and I've also read some online comparisons. Both seem to be great phones.
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i want to sell my htc evo 4g lte..
because.. im moving to lumia 920..
just only one reasion..
because i cant play youtube player on my htc evo lte 4g..
this bad...
jan_set said:
i want to sell my htc evo 4g lte..
because.. im moving to lumia 920..
just only one reasion..
because i cant play youtube player on my htc evo lte 4g..
this bad...
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Y you moving to lumia?
FinZ28 said:
Nice to read this. I'm due for an upgrade in about two weeks and I've been debating between the EVO LTE and SGS III. I'm leaning towards the EVO as it stands right now. I've had a chance to play with both and I've also read some online comparisons. Both seem to be great phones.
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Get the S3, EVO radios have too many issues especially with LTE. If you have no plans to use it for LTE in 2 years, and live in a very saturated signal area it is a great phone.
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Get the S3, EVO radios have too many issues especially with LTE. If you have no plans to use it for LTE in 2 years, and live in a very saturated signal area it is a great phone.
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I've been reading about those issues. I've also been looking to see when LTE is coming to my area (Birmingham, AL) and it's not on the list of upcoming cities to even get it. Of course, we never officially got Wimax, but parts of the city have it.
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AbsolutZeroGI all we need now is myn to cook warm 4.0 for us and ill revamp warmblood for it. good to see you again bro. welcome to the LTE.
FinZ28 said:
I've been reading about those issues. I've also been looking to see when LTE is coming to my area (Birmingham, AL) and it's not on the list of upcoming cities to even get it. Of course, we never officially got Wimax, but parts of the city have it.
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Every native Sprint city will get it.
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Every native Sprint city will get it.
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Oh, I know. It's just a matter of time.
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FinZ28 said:
Nice to read this. I'm due for an upgrade in about two weeks and I've been debating between the EVO LTE and SGS III. I'm leaning towards the EVO as it stands right now. I've had a chance to play with both and I've also read some online comparisons. Both seem to be great phones.
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They are both fantastic phones and it's going to be really tough getting an objective opinion on either of them (fanbois will be fanbois). For my purposes, I live in a saturated 3G area with no immediately 4G plans coming (although I do get WiMAX). I've experienced exactly 0 radio problems ever but I've also only had it for like a week. I got this phone because:
1. People on eBay, XDA Marketplace, Craigslist, etc seem to think that the Galaxy S III is worth $100 more than the EVO LTE when it's almost identical hardware (1GB of extra RAM and .05 inches of extra screen space is not a justifiable reason to charge an extra $100, even Motorola knows that).
2. I've missed having good build quality along with good specs. My last 3 devices were Samsung phones and while the phones are nice and sleek and gorgeous, it just irritated me that my phone was made entirely out of the same material as most children's toys. It's strictly a personal preference and I advise not making a decision based on it...but yknow. Other than build quality, OEM skin (TW vs Sense), that extra 1GB of RAM and that .05 inches of extra screen, there is literally no difference between these phones. Both have excellent 8MP shooters, both have the S4 dual core processor clocked to 1.5GHz, both have HD screens, both have front facing cameras, neither use on-screen buttons, and they both have those "little features" like NFC. So when it came down to it, I decided I'd rather have build quality over an extra gig of RAM (that I'll probably never use since I"m a kill app-aholic) and an extra .05 inches of screen (because, yknow, you can tell the difference). For others, they may want the extra gig of RAM...depends on what they want.
You can't go wrong either way, especially since you have an upgrade due and you'll get charged (closer to) fair prices for these phones instead of the ridiculous prices owners online are asking for. Best of luck and I hope you make the best decision for what you need and want. Don't let fanboyism get in the way!
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AbsolutZeroGI all we need now is myn to cook warm 4.0 for us and ill revamp warmblood for it. good to see you again bro. welcome to the LTE.
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Thank you sir! I'd love to see some Warm goodness and some warmblood goodness as well One of the best themes from the EVO 4G. There's a few devs who's names I recognize and I'm glad to see you hanging out in these forums! I need to go hunting to see if you've released anything
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They are both fantastic phones and it's going to be really tough getting an objective opinion on either of them (fanbois will be fanbois). For my purposes, I live in a saturated 3G area with no immediately 4G plans coming (although I do get WiMAX). I've experienced exactly 0 radio problems ever but I've also only had it for like a week. I got this phone because:
1. People on eBay, XDA Marketplace, Craigslist, etc seem to think that the Galaxy S III is worth $100 more than the EVO LTE when it's almost identical hardware (1GB of extra RAM and .05 inches of extra screen space is not a justifiable reason to charge an extra $100, even Motorola knows that).
2. I've missed having good build quality along with good specs. My last 3 devices were Samsung phones and while the phones are nice and sleek and gorgeous, it just irritated me that my phone was made entirely out of the same material as most children's toys. It's strictly a personal preference and I advise not making a decision based on it...but yknow. Other than build quality, OEM skin (TW vs Sense), that extra 1GB of RAM and that .05 inches of extra screen, there is literally no difference between these phones. Both have excellent 8MP shooters, both have the S4 dual core processor clocked to 1.5GHz, both have HD screens, both have front facing cameras, neither use on-screen buttons, and they both have those "little features" like NFC. So when it came down to it, I decided I'd rather have build quality over an extra gig of RAM (that I'll probably never use since I"m a kill app-aholic) and an extra .05 inches of screen (because, yknow, you can tell the difference). For others, they may want the extra gig of RAM...depends on what they want.
You can't go wrong either way, especially since you have an upgrade due and you'll get charged (closer to) fair prices for these phones instead of the ridiculous prices owners online are asking for. Best of luck and I hope you make the best decision for what you need and want. Don't let fanboyism get in the way!
Thank you sir! I'd love to see some Warm goodness and some warmblood goodness as well One of the best themes from the EVO 4G. There's a few devs who's names I recognize and I'm glad to see you hanging out in these forums! I need to go hunting to see if you've released anything
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Currently only sinister LTE. Got a lot of stuff almost ready for release on the pc though.
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