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I know I'll get a bunch of flamers for this and that's to be expected but after having this phone for a lil over a week now, I'm just not as impressed as I thought I would be. Idk, maybe not being able to flash ROMS & do some of the same things I could with my Evo & Epic, but this phone isn't all that mind blowing like I thought it would be. It's defitinely faster/quicker, I can't take that away from it, but thats about it. The screen difference isn't all that noticibale when compared to the OG Evo and still not as crisp or vibrant as the Epic imo. The camera is a improvement but also not by much. 3D is a fad, much like 3D TV's are. I think a Retina-like screen would have been a better feature. The new Sense is nice but it didn't add much over the previous one, plus we had it on the OG Evo. I'll probably keep it anyway and just upgrade my Epic to the GSII or Nexus Prime if they come to Sprint, but just wanted to see if there is anybody else out there who feel like I do.
Not with you either
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Not with u either the speed of this phone is just amazing and i can't stop playing with the Camera lol
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To each their own - I for one love it, and am VERY happy that I ditched that Damn iPhone for the Droid (have a Xoom as well). Im not really sure I see the need to post that you dont like the phone, like anything in the world - Some people will like it and some wont. You cant argue the overall power of this phone, the 3D is cool - but this phone is worth it if you dont use it for 3D at all.... My Wife loves her too - So much that shes going make me live with the damn Sprint Data speeds, she refused to take her 3D back.
You went from an already fast phone, to a dual core version of the same phone with added RAM and a 3D capable screen (in a nutshell). You wouldn't see a major difference. It's like going from a 2 GHz PC to a 3 GHz PC. Sure you have two cores available now, but for your standard functionality, you won't see much of a change. And comparing it to a super AMOLED screen, well, the phone's specs were published beforehand. I never quite expected it to be as crisp as my Wife's Epic, but I love it anyhow.
For me, buying this phone was a hardware upgrade. 3D is a nice extra. Also, I sold my Evo just prior to launch of the 3D for more than enough to buy the phone w/accessories, so why not?
Now, if you were coming from a Hero or something of that nature, then of course the upgrade would be night and day.
I'm very impressed. But I'm coming from a Hero that I hated from day 1, not an EVO 4G. I agree that 3D still seems gimmicky and hurts my eyes after a while but I'm even slowly starting to like it more too.
I've had over 5 single core 1ghz phones
Two of whitch had AMOLED screens
(vibrant and nexus s) and I don't like the fake "vibrant" colors that LED screens have..
And a dual core. (G2X)
I agree with not "feeling" the power for the extra core.. but I also disagree because its the future... Ice cream in Q4 baby!
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i hope your right; and sprint gets it out to us quickly
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Well coming from tmobile with a Sammy vibrant
We didn't get 2.2 till Christmas after they said early October... So anything is faster than that
Plus didn't sprint/htc get updates to the 4G pretty fast?
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I understand the OP. I'm 50/50 whether I keep it or return for SGS2. It's going to sit deactivated until I decide. My fully rooted OG EVO with a custom ROM is preferable to the 3D right now.
But yeah, for months of build up it was kind of a let down from the OG EVO although I think that's our fault. It's very relative. I was hoping for a great camera and now I don't trust HTC...meh.
I'm really liking this phone. The battery life is good, the display is nice, as great horsepower. I get this strange popping every once and awhile when using the headphone jack... But other than that, I'm liking things in HTC Country. I stayed in Samsungville for over a year, I'm not going back for even a more powerful phone.
I agree with the OP. My OG was amazing. The resolution on the Inspire or EVO may be less but the screens are better on the eyes when it comes to the displaysize. The 3D is terrible. Maybe they should call it holographic because it reminds me of old holographic baseball cards. It's quick but, so was my CM7 EVO. Sense 3.0 is meh, I enjoy the new lockscreen widgets. Although I do enjoy the bloatware removal, better battery life, and task manager. I'm debating an SGS2 for a change.
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The phone has grown on me over the past week..I think we will see what this thing can do with future software.. I mean my og EVO oc/d and rommed scrolled.fast. etc..but the gpu is several times proved and we will be able.to run future programs when the og EVO will struggle
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I agree with the OP. My OG was amazing. The resolution on the Inspire or EVO may be less but the screens are better on the eyes when it comes to the displaysize. The 3D is terrible. Maybe they should call it holographic because it reminds me of old holographic baseball cards. It's quick but, so was my CM7 EVO. Sense 3.0 is meh, I enjoy the new lockscreen widgets. Although I do enjoy the bloatware removal, better battery life, and task manager. I'm debating an SGS2 for a change.
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The 3d doesn't look like a hologram unless you move your display to a different angle..
It's a "glasses off 3d" technology If you knew anything about 3d you would know that you need 3 view points to produce and view 3d in the proper form it was intended...
To expect a **** to pop out and slap you in the face is a little much considering its a ****ing PHONE!
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Don't get me wrong. I'm not bashing the phone in any way. It's definitely faster and a nice upgrade from my OG Evo. I guess its like somebody else posted, I let my expectations get the better of me. The speed is undeniable, granted I never tried CM or any of the other AOSP ROMS long enough to compare speed/quickness but Myn's, Virus' & Mik's ROMS were pretty fast to me. The 3D is ok if your into that stuff but its a gimmick at best. I own a 3D TV & maybe have watch 2 or 3 movies in 3D. Got it because of the clarity & beauty of the LED. 3D was a extra. Now if they had added a Retnia or comparable screen then we would have something to talk about but this screen isn't any noticeably better than the screen on the OG Evo. Battery life is better than the OG Evo had at its launch but once I got my 3500 Seidio & SBC kernel, battery life didn't matter. I got 2 days on a single charge. Can't really bring Sense into it because we have Sense 3 on the OG Evo also. I guess maybe once we get full root & S-Off and can start really unlocking what the phone can do, my opinion will change but right now its not any better, actually below the OG Evo in functionality & fun. Imo right now I don't see anything this phone does any better than its predecessor.
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Coming from the Hero, this is a HUGE upgrade. Compared to my wife's OG Evo....not so much, until you look 6 months down the road. I think then we'll see the OG Evo's shortcomings. As the apps get bigger and graphically better and we have custom roms running on the 3D I think it will really seperate itself from all of it's predecessors.
See you, quit sucking up our bandwidth.....go somewhere else.
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I played with one at a sprint store. It was okay. The screen itself and design was worth it but I don't care much for the 3d feature. But who knows maybe it will grow. I'm not eligible for an upgrade till October. So I will see what comes till than.
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See you, quit sucking up our bandwidth.....go somewhere else.
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And the douches come out to play.....Been here a lot longer than you buddy. On my 6th Android phone & can't count how many Windows phones before them. When you get some experience under your belt than maybe your opinion will count but until then go troll somewhere else.
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I hope you realize what you're saying about the screen..
"Retina Display" = Apple's name for a 960x540 resolution. The reason it looks a little better is because it's more pixels crammed into a smaller screen.
I'd take a 4.3 over it anyday.
I came from the Epic, and really really like both phones. I really don't think you can go wrong with either.
I went to the sprint store all psyched to finally make the jump to android and pick up a Photon. I went over to take a look at it and couldn't have been more disappointed. Not only was the UI god awful (I was willing to overlook this in expectation of new roms), but the display is simply the worst i've ever seen on a phone. It pixelizes everything. Everything looks annoyingly blocky.
Just a word of caution to those who are planning on buying the thing mail order. Do yourself a favor and find some way to see it person before you fork over your cash.
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I went to the sprint store all psyched to finally make the jump to android and pick up a Photon. I went over to take a look at it and couldn't have been more disappointed. Not only was the UI god awful (I was willing to overlook this in expectation of new roms), but the display is simply the worst i've ever seen on a phone. It pixelizes everything. Everything looks annoyingly blocky.
Just a word of caution to those who are planning on buying the thing mail order. Do yourself a favor and find some way to see it person before you fork over your cash.
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To save battery and for display purposes, stock setting for brightness is 1/2 way, go into settings and turn it up. looks great!
Not sure what phone you looked at but my photon display is on par with my old samsung epic (and vibrant when I was with T-Mobile)..this screen is brighter, clear, and not heavily contrasted like my samsung phones although it looks to have a slight blue tint?...the colors are pretty realistic and it is definitely not pixelated and blocky. Maybe you looked at the cheap Moto phone?
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To save battery and for display purposes, stock setting for brightness is 1/2 way, go into settings and turn it up. looks great!
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I keep mine turned all the way down. I don't understand the complaints about the screen. But maybe I should have my glasses updated. Lol
Matter of opinion. I checked the Photon and 3d out and thought the photon was much better. As far as blur vs sense I would and did replace then both with a custom launcher because they both suck. Vanilla is the only way to go and moto is closer to that than htc.
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Matter of opinion. I checked the Photon and 3d out and thought the photon was much better. As far as blur vs sense I would and did replace then both with a custom launcher because they both suck. Vanilla is the only way to go and moto is closer to that than htc.
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Agreed
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I love the display as well, and dont understand peoples complaints about it. What launcher do you use? I prefer sense, especially 3.0 over motoblur. Im currently trying launcher pro but not sure about it yet...
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Just came over from an NS4G (30 day exchange), and for me the NS4G was easier on the eyes with better colors and clarity but the Photons added .3 screen makes up for it and its brightness makes it far easier to see in sunlight than anything else I've tried. Always a trade off and there's no question that the Pentile screen improves battery life.
I'm fairy new to android but found goLauncher has everything I need for the NS4G and the Photon.
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I love the display as well, and dont understand peoples complaints about it. What launcher do you use? I prefer sense, especially 3.0 over motoblur. Im currently trying launcher pro but not sure about it yet...
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If you like sense 3.0 look in the market for sbp shell. It's expensive, but similar to sense 3.0
I use adw ex, but I'm also a cm fan.
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I'm in love with the display. I barely noticed the pixelization. Screen is way brighter than any other qhd I've seen. I came from a vibrant then to epic and now to photon and I would have to say this phone is as close to brightness and color display to samoled than any other sprint device. I love it and have no regrets. Also on the upside I could never root this phone or flash roms and I would still be satisfied.
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Just a word of caution to those who are planning on buying the thing mail order. Do yourself a favor and find some way to see it person before you fork over your cash.
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I'd say: absolutely. If you're looking for a new phone, do NOT take what you read in the forums to heart. The Photon screen does use a different technology, PenTile, that some very vocal people tend to dislike while many others either don't see the difference or don't care about it, and that at the same time offers significant advantages in power utilization, brightness, and outdoor visibility.
So, yes, go check the screen out for yourself before discounting this phone. My guess is that the vast majority of people will like it for its brightness, power efficiency, outstanding colors, and visibility in direct sunlight, and won't notice the pixelation at all.
after having a evo 4g (12 months) then a evo 3D (30 days of use) i see NO big difference, and really think some people have really nothing better to do with thier time other then critize something they don't own (like the OP), or people who want to make sure they pick on "what ever" about a new phone so they can say to THEMSELVES the phone they had purchased earlier is better.
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I went to the sprint store all psyched to finally make the jump to android and pick up a Photon. I went over to take a look at it and couldn't have been more disappointed. Not only was the UI god awful (I was willing to overlook this in expectation of new roms), but the display is simply the worst i've ever seen on a phone. It pixelizes everything. Everything looks annoyingly blocky.
Just a word of caution to those who are planning on buying the thing mail order. Do yourself a favor and find some way to see it person before you fork over your cash.
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to each his own i guess...i came from a evo to a evo 3d then to this and i must admit that the evo 4g screen was slightly sharper, the photon screen is far from blocky...unless ur like 3 inches away from the screen, u can't notice.
i find it funny so may people are bashing this screen but praising the super amoled screens which in the most part, use the same sub pixel design. every amoled screen ive seen looks exactly identical to the photon pentile screen.
all it took was one person to say something negative for everyone to jump on the bandwagon of hate.
i like the photon screen, looks good to me. yea little pixelated here and there but its a phone....
They screen looks decent not up to Samsung standards I compared with my vibrant an it was ok a little pixelated I think others notice it more then average user
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I finally saw the "screen door" effect yesterday that I've heard people talk about and it was when I was watching a YouTube video for Party Rock Anthem but when I messed with the screen brightness I was able to pretty much make it go away. I've compared the screen side by side with my Epic and with the brightness set high on both of them I really didn't see much of an issue with the Photon. I'm blown away with the performance and versatility of the Photon otherwise. I've got the car dock and the desktop dock and both make the features of the phone outstanding. I will probably be picking up another dock so I can have one at home and one at the office.
I do love amoled displays myself. So i could understand not likeing the photons display. Having a 4.3inch screen isnt enough anymore.
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I went to the sprint store all psyched to finally make the jump to android and pick up a Photon. I went over to take a look at it and couldn't have been more disappointed. Not only was the UI god awful (I was willing to overlook this in expectation of new roms), but the display is simply the worst i've ever seen on a phone. It pixelizes everything. Everything looks annoyingly blocky.
Just a word of caution to those who are planning on buying the thing mail order. Do yourself a favor and find some way to see it person before you fork over your cash.
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To all those experiencing issues with the PenTile display, what is your display brightness set to?
While toying with a display model, the screendoor effect was extremely obvious to me. The brightness setting was 100%. I changed it to auto-adjust and that reduced the screendoor effect greatly. At that point, it was barely noticeable and only if I really searched for it.
Making that change made the Pentile display usable for me. To those seeing similar issues, try that out and report back if it does or does not work for you.
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The pentile display is awful. Any colored straight line like the battery display will show noticeable pixels.
There is a reason samsung left pentile and samoled+ is an actual selling point.
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There is a reason samsung left pentile and samoled+ is an actual selling point.
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You know the funny thing about your comment... is that did you know that Samsung OWNS Pentile? They bought them and their tech back in 2007.
Yeah, I think Samsung really hates them a lot too... uh huh...
My brother has the photon and I think the display is pretty decent. I'm not going to say it's amazing or better then my old epic but it is not as bad as people here are saying. I think some folks jumped in expecting a galaxy type display and were disappointed when it wasn't. That's my opinion anyways.
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What do you guys think about the HTC Vivid? I am trying to decide on this or the vivid.. vivid is cheaper, but the amaze fits my style more. the screen looked darker and more deep colors on the vivid and on the amaze they looked kinda washed out for some reason on a video i watched comparing them. also thinking about the sgs II on tmo. i havent had a samsung since the behold 2 which i told myself after that id never touch one again but it seems they are learning not to fu** up so much now lol. kinda.
Just want to hear peoples opinions on these phones, and their experiances. etc
I just came from the sensation and i liked it more than i thought (from reading reviews). mine just had a messed up screen and dont feel like having 200mb ram free all the time.
I used to work for Tmobile so I dealt with many phones. I'd say get the amaze. Samsung's phones feel cheap and make out of plastic. When you hold the amaze, it is heavier but you can tell its real durable. I'm not a fan of touchwiz. I used to recommend the vibrant to customers who are new to android. I feel that HTC is a better manufacturer and has better customer service.
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There are plenty of reviews in the general section already, try a couple pages back. There's a thread sgs2 vs amaze and another "opinion" thread somewhere. You might find a lot of crap and dispute in there... some i contributed lol.
but yeah not sure why amaze only has the washed out display... hopefully in the near future they will find a better display manufacturer, but honestly, it doesn't bother me very much.
think of the vivid to amaze as like getting the regular sgs2 from at&t vs the skyrocket.
samsung sgs2 (t989/hercules/tmobile) is actually a good phone so don't let its predecessor scare you.
However, its all about user preference.. you should check out both phones before laying the $$$$ out.
here are some key things
SGS2 pluses
- Faster/stronger wifi gps bt connection compared to its predecessor.. amaze is similar in comparison
- longer battery life than amaze
- screen is more vibrant... like how you explained the htc vivid screen.. however i don't like the blue tint.. it hurts my eyes reading text with blue background.
-better sound recording (amaze records stereo sounds, but for some reason it isn't as clear.. still "normal" though
HOWEVER AMAZE pluses
- better resolution, things just pops out more. more definition in games, videos, ui, etc.
- better camera + dedicated buttons
- better in hand feel
amaze however has the softkey LED bleed which is fixed when disabled.
if you don't mind the shorter battery life compared to SGS2 than go with the amaze. But if you're someone like my sister who always complains about battery life all the time even though she has access to USB and outlet ports all day at her work than go with the sgs2. They totally beat us in battery life right now, but hopefully our new kernels would help some.
I owned the Vivid for a short time and I loved it. The screen is great. I hated AT&T (and didn't feel like paying another bill so Igot rid of it)and went with the Amaze. Everything about the Amaze is better except I really liked that 4.5in screen. That's my opinion. Hope it helped.
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Thanks for the replies guys. here is the video on the vivid and amaze: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyWVbbhFY04
I thought they had the same screen is what got me? Yeah i love the feeling my sensation had, the aluminum and the heavyness. i felt like i was holding what i paid for. no matter, i usally buy rough cases for my phones. I honesly think the only way id get the sgs ii titanium is if i couldnt afford the htc amaze. i could easily get a sgs ii under $350, not the case with the amaze =/ and dedicated camera key is one of my favorite things about it. i hope htc resolves the backlight bleeding on the amaze.
lol yeah im not a fan of TW either, but thats what rooting is for i am however a fan of sense, i always have been and will be. ive been with htc since the G1 and the only phones i really have had a problem with is the mytouch line.. never touching those things again haha. my brother has the incredible and that is probably one of the most solid phones ive ever used, too bad i dont have verizon. also another thing, ive never had my hands on a phone with a amoled + or whatever samsung is calling these superduper amoled screens nowadays lol. ive only had my hands on SLCD which i love, colors look natural. blacks could be more black but eh. nokias clearblack screens are amazing, htc could use some
this is another issue i have had with more than one HTC phone. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1401030 i hope to never see it again, it caused dead pixels on my hd7 and was started to get bad on my sensation.
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I owned the Vivid for a short time and I loved it. The screen is great. I hated AT&T (and didn't feel like paying another bill so Igot rid of it)and went with the Amaze. Everything about the Amaze is better except I really liked that 4.5in screen. That's my opinion. Hope it helped.
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why didnt you unlock it and use it with tmo? thats what i plan on if i get it. Is the screen differences really noticible? besides the size of course
You cant get 3gon tmibile if using unlocked vivid which is I'm sure why he got rid of it.
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You cant get 3gon tmibile if using unlocked vivid which is I'm sure why he got rid of it.
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yeah, thats what i thought.. not a big deal to me since i usually am always using wifi
Unless your Vivid comes shipped with S-OFF you can't have perm root which means no custom roms or kernels which means no free tethering, etc. This is one reason why I was so against the merger to begin with b/c I didn't want to be stuck with AT&T that wants to lock up their phones true potential.
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Unless your Vivid comes shipped with S-OFF you can't have perm root which means no custom roms or kernels which means no free tethering, etc. This is one reason why I was so against the merger to begin with b/c I didn't want to be stuck with AT&T that wants to lock up their phones true potential.
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wait, so the vivid will never get s-off? that might be a deal breaker for me.. i love sense but i like to have full control over my phone, att is annoying. right now the vivid is about $50 cheaper which is also very nice.
The Vivid got 1.2Ghz and no NFC but NFC is not worth for now.
But no android beam for Vivid after ICS upgrade.
The Amaze and SGS2 got NFC so it is not a issue with them.
Also check out AMOLED burn-in before you buy Galaxy S2. (Like XDA galaxy s2 forum)
Many people are facing status bar burn-in.
Compared to Sensation
Vivid -> bigger screen + ram/storage + 1.3M front cam
GSG2-> Bigger better SAMOLED screen + ram/storage + NFC + 1.5Ghz + 2M front cam
Amaze-> ram/storage + NFC + 1.5Ghz + 2M front cam.
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wait, so the vivid will never get s-off? that might be a deal breaker for me.. i love sense but i like to have full control over my phone, att is annoying. right now the vivid is about $50 cheaper which is also very nice.
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Well I'm not saying that it won't... but so far it hasn't happened.
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Well I'm not saying that it won't... but so far it hasn't happened.
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oh that makes sense.. well id probably rather get the sgs ii than the vivid than. i want the amaze the most, ill most likely get it if one comes down to my price range (around $350).
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The Vivid got 1.2Ghz and no NFC but NFC is not worth for now.
But no android beam for Vivid after ICS upgrade.
The Amaze and SGS2 got NFC so it is not a issue with them.
Also check out AMOLED burn-in before you buy Galaxy S2. (Like XDA galaxy s2 forum)
Many people are facing status bar burn-in.
Compared to Sensation
Vivid -> bigger screen + ram/storage + 1.3M front cam
GSG2-> Bigger better SAMOLED screen + ram/storage + NFC + 1.5Ghz + 2M front cam
Amaze-> ram/storage + NFC + 1.5Ghz + 2M front cam.
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yeah.. i guess it depends on what i want the most then. amaze and sgs ii have screen issues. vivid has less FFCmp. im sure nfc will get bigger once ICS hits all phones. ive never held a 4.5" screen before. biggest ive held is the sensation and my old hd7 which i thought was perfect. sure colors look good on the sgs ii but i hate how everything is big and bold cause low dpi, i love qHD.
what do you mean by the vivid not getting beam on ICS?
ICS has something call Android Beam that you can share webpage and data using NFC.
Sensation and Vivid don't have NFC therefore, they can't use Android Beam feature in ICS. If you are not a big fan of sharing files and web pages with other, it is not much problem. But to me, sharing webpage and data through bluetooth and wifi are really pain in a ass.
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ICS has something call Android Beam that you can share webpage and data using NFC.
Sensation and Vivid don't have NFC therefore, they can't use Android Beam feature in ICS. If you are not a big fan of sharing files and web pages with other, it is not much problem. But to me, sharing webpage and data through bluetooth and wifi are really pain in a ass.
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ohh okay, thats what i figured. I probably wont get the vivid now xD NFC should get big sometime later in 2012. it took a while for bluetooth to get big so you never know.
can any of you in this thread please elaborate on NFC that's in this phone? what is it? how and where is it useful?
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can any of you in this thread please elaborate on NFC that's in this phone? what is it? how and where is it useful?
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Give it a try on google. It will provide you with a lot of info.
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can any of you in this thread please elaborate on NFC that's in this phone? what is it? how and where is it useful?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhI9Rj97X0I
This is not a real review just an honest one from a real person cause i feel most of the time these phone makers pay these companies to make the phones just seem better during reviews like when iphones always get the better reviews on every much better android phone its only what i and 7 of my friends think that jumped boat from the gs2 e4gt feel about the new evo and i don't expect anyone but the gs2 e4gt owners to understand this:
Screen:
*CONS-I really like both of these phones but when i got my evo yesterday and compared it to my gs2 on youtube videos and pics i could not help but to notice that the gs2 still has much better colors and just looks better period i still like the evo screen until i see them side by side then the evo looks as if its color has been washed or faded.in my option the gs2 e4gt wins hands down but i still like the evo,i tried different brightnesses as well but still so so.
*PROS-The evo has a much sharper picture due to being HD and all but not always noticeable.
Camera:
*CONS-i have seen so many reviews and commercials on how this camera is so great not the case im not trying to be the one to spoil this but if you came from the gs2 e4gt you would notice it right away,i used my micro sd from my last phone and seen some of my older pics from the gs2 e4gt and they look amazing and then i took at least 20 pics with all types of high settings and lighting and these pics are grainy and just not as good when compared hands down.
*PROS-This camera i has pretty good quality for the speed it takes the photos in.
Overall Phone ui:
*CONS-None so far
*PROS-The ui is clean and fluid much more than the gs2 e4gt because it was real zippy but never fluid so the evo wins this.
Thank you for this. I still have an ET4G and am thinking about getting an Evo lte
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I think the screen is different for everyone I hate the over saturation of colors on amoled while.they arnt as bad.now as they where on the epic n did you view the.pics side by side or could u upload a gs2 pic n a 3d pic of approx equal value light wise and what not
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I think the screen is different for everyone I hate the over saturation of colors on amoled while.they arnt as bad.now as they where on the epic n did you view the.pics side by side or could u upload a gs2 pic n a 3d pic of approx equal value light wise and what not
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I agree my sister has a gs 2. I don't even think it's close the Samsung is way too colorful looks fake, oversaturated. EVO looks like my hd tv
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I notice it as well, I have the ET4G and the One X from At&t.
While the colors seem a little faded after looking at the samsung, they seem more realistic and clean on the One X.
The ET4G- Colors are bright and almost silly, looks like crayons. Font is HUGE even when changing it with apps, it doesn't change it all and it looks bad. This is definitely a nice phone but if there was such a thing as "smartphones for kids" then this would be it.
HTC One X- The most clear and clean picture I've ever seen, it was so nice I thought it was fake..like one of the display phones. The font is small and clean..I realize this has to do with resolution as well.
I know people are gonna go crazy, but as far as speed goes.. in everyday use I really can't notice a difference from the 3D to the ET4G to the One X. I'm not into running benchmarks and all that silly stuff because if I have to use a special app to tell me my new phone is faster, then the difference is extremely small.
Like i said i only expected the gs2 e4gt users to understand not someone that never owned it or just someone that looked at a gs2 or that saw a review and is repeating what they heard this is for the owners of the gs2 that really know what i mean.After using my gs2 even my Samsung led 55" tv looks bad the gs2 is the closest i have ever seen to real life colors on a screen.
Overall i still like this new evo but im not sure i feel like i used my upgrade wisely
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Like i said i only expected the gs2 e4gt users to understand not someone that never owned it or just someone that looked at a gs2 or that saw a review and is repeating what they heard this is for the owners of the gs2 that really know what i mean.After using my gs2 even my Samsung led 55" tv looks bad the gs2 is the closest i have ever seen to real life colors on a screen.
Overall i still like this new evo but im not sure i feel like i used my upgrade wisely
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I owned one for 2 weeks on my second.line and traded it for the gn while its about half a step back cause its not samoled + the colors are off IMO either way on samoled
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Like i said i only expected the gs2 e4gt users to understand not someone that never owned it or just someone that looked at a gs2 or that saw a review and is repeating what they heard this is for the owners of the gs2 that really know what i mean.After using my gs2 even my Samsung led 55" tv looks bad the gs2 is the closest i have ever seen to real life colors on a screen.
Overall i still like this new evo but im not sure i feel like i used my upgrade wisely
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Don't get upset lol. There is no right or wrong answer, they both have great displays. It is all opinion and personal preference.
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I owned one for 2 weeks on my second.line and traded it for the gn while its about half a step back cause its not samoled + the colors are off IMO either way on samoled
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The first galaxy s is not being compared here and i agree it was not to nice
we are talking about super amoled plus on gs2 not super amoled on a nexus or what ever phone,just the gs2 screen.
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The first galaxy s is not being compared here and i agree it was not to nice
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O I know I had the e4g for about a week traded.it for EVO then et4g for 2 weeks n traded it for the gn.
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we are talking about super amoled plus on gs2 not super amoled on a nexus or what ever phone,just the gs2 screen.
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I know but still imo either way colors are to.saturated for my liking that's all. I'm sure others will agree with you tho.
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Like i said i only expected the gs2 e4gt users to understand not someone that never owned it or just someone that looked at a gs2 or that saw a review and is repeating what they heard this is for the owners of the gs2 that really know what i mean.After using my gs2 even my Samsung led 55" tv looks bad the gs2 is the closest i have ever seen to real life colors on a screen.
Overall i still like this new evo but im not sure i feel like i used my upgrade wisely
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Then why post in the Evo forum instead of e4gt forum if you only are interested in anyone who's had an e4gt?
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Then why post in the Evo forum instead of e4gt forum if you only are interested in anyone who's had an e4gt?
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Because other users may have jumped from et4g to the LTE? And he was sharing his thoughts or may be curious.as to others thoughts that own.one?
I still have my Epic 4gT and I agree blacks look more black but to me the colors do look emphasized. It's going to take us E4GT owners a while to get used to the new screen on the EVO. That being said I think the screen on the EVO is hands down better, its just more accurate AMD realistic. Camera is awesome on both devices, I'm not going to choose sides cause it really depends more on the photographer yielding the camera at this point (Evo takes way faster shots though). I can slightly tell the Evo is faster and Im a sense lover so nuff said. Now what I will say makes the Evo the better device is build quality, voice quality, and kickstand. This thing is solid, wich is the complete opposite of the E4GT. These are my opinions and may not be the same for you. But if your on the fence go ahead and get the Evo its future proof unlike the E4GT.
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I like this new evo but after coming from the gs2 i feel like my new evos screen has no soul and colors look so blan and black looks like a dark grey i even thought my phone was defective but my friends phone is the same,someone would have to pay me to say this screen is better than the gs2 screen.
im not trying to be an ass just let down,pics taken on gs2 look sharper and the colors are much closer to real life and on the new evo they are good quality but not better and not even close to real life color,if you have both phones test this out in a lit area.
The screen is very important to me coming from the gs2 e4gt and i just cant get over it really might return this cause i dont want to waste an upgrade.
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I like this new evo but after coming from the gs2 i feel like my new evos screen has no soul and colors look so blan and black looks like a dark grey i even thought my phone was defective but my friends phone is the same,someone would have to pay me to say this screen is better than the gs2 screen.
im not trying to be an ass just let down,pics taken on gs2 look sharper and the colors are much closer to real life and on the new evo they are good quality but not better and not even close to real life color,if you have both phones test this out in a lit area.
The screen is very important to me coming from the gs2 e4gt and i just cant get over it really might return this cause i dont want to waste an upgrade.
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I thought it had been settled that the highlighted part is wrong.
Turn the ISO down instead of leaving it on auto. It makes a huge difference.....just like with a real camera
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I thought it had been settled that the highlighted part is wrong.
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Hey some people like their colors brightter personally samoled screends make me feel like I'm tripping but only when looking at that phone. Lol to me that isn't real life looking to each his own though.
Before I begin please let me say that his is not meant in an way to bash HTC, the Rezound, nor this community in any way. This is simply a review, if you will, comparing the two. I loved the Rezound so I wanted to give my $.02
Let's start with the physical appearance. (I'll including screen review with hardware) There are two things that are quite obvious: The GSIII is, of course, a larger screen at 4.8" with the Rez at a 4.3". The S3 seems to have a smaller bezel in comparison which is certainly made possible due to one thing I've always wanted to have: No Verizon branding on the front. The Galaxy S III simply has "SAMSUNG" resting below the main ear piece and between the LED and the sensors/camera. While the HTC Rezound has four red soft keys at the bottom, the GSIII as an oval home button and that is all you see. When the phone is on, you are greeted with a menu key on the left and back on the right, both giving a soft white glow. I've sat there for about twenty minutes trying to see any kind of outline for the keys and found none. I have to tip my hat to Samsung for making them "discrete."
The Rezound has the power button on the right corner of the top of the phone, making it very easily accessible with it's 4.3" display. The GSIII has the power button on the right side of the phone closer to the top, making it easy to hold your phone and keep your thumb either on or around the button. (The home key is a hard key, not soft, so it can be used to turn your screen on.) The volume rocker is a single piece that can be easily pushed in either direction. While the rocker on the Rezound seemed a bit low profile, the GSIII's sticks out nicely and doesn't give me an trouble.
The back of the GSIII is made of polycarbonate, giving it a nice "firm" feeling instead of the traditional cheap plastic feel. Since you hold the phone more towards the bottom, Samsung has put the speaker next to the camera, whereas the Rezound had it at the bottom. This was never a problem for me with the Rezound due to how I held it, but I no some people aren't a fan, saying it's placement was awkward. I will say that it provides a lot of noise that's clear and doesn't sound too distorted, as opposed to the Rezound where I felt like it was somewhat muted and crackly. The Rez sports a dual-LED flash while the GSIII has a single. Now, while it seems that the flash on the GSIII is brighter, I've noticed a big issue: It sits kind of "low." Because of that, when I have my flash turned on I have light spilling out at the top through the gap between the battery door and the phone. While this isn't bothersome since you can't see it from the front of the phone, it is annoying because it doesn't flow with the polished design that Samsung tried to give.
Now, hardware!
The Galaxy S III has a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 CPU that clocks in at 1.4GHz, while the Rezound uses a Snapdragon S3 clocked in at 1.5GHz. For those that aren't too familiar with CPUs: Even though the Rez is clocked in a .1 higher, the S4 is newer and has the upper hand. The GSIII has 2GB of RAM (while the international version just has 1GB but a quad-core over dual) and the Rezound has 1GB. I've come to quickly realize it's because of how much memory Touchwiz uses. At the moment of me typing this, I have every app closed on my GSIII (minus the launcher) and I have 803MB of my RAM used. That being said, I never run into an issue of almost running out of RAM (I'll get into management later when I review software.)
Both phones use 8MP camera on the rear capable of recording in HD. However, as known, a higher MP count does not automatically mean a better camera. No matter what ROM I use, I seem to have issues getting my GSIII to focus from time to time. Even when I can get it to focus, it just seems that the Rezound takes a slightly better picture. I would post comparison shots but I no longer have my Rezound.
Now, for the screens. The Rez uses a 720p SuperLCD IPS display and packs a whopping 342DPI, making it one of the best displays out. The GSIII uses an HD Super AMOLED with a 720p resolution. While it has a smaller DPI count (320) it provides very crisp (but not as sharp compared to the Rez) images with "true" colors. I did a side-by-side comparison of a few images at full brightness and the GSIII was superior. Now, as I said though, it isn't as "crisp" as the rezound. However, unless you have the phone an inch from your eyes, you can't really tell.
On a side note, I would like to point out that the radio isn't as bad as everyone was saying it is. I've honestly noticed no difference in signal strength from my Rezound to my GSIII.
EDIT: Forgot to talk about battery life. The Rezound has a 1,620mAh battery while the GSIII has a whopping 2,100mAh. The difference is understandable given the screen size. However, I've noticed that with LTE on, screen at max brightness, and all of the motion controls and "Smart" actions, I'll get around 12 hours with a screen on of about 3 1/2 hours and be at about 25-30%. And AOSP battery life just isn't fair lol.
Software! When it boils down to it, we mainly care about our user experience and how quickly we can get things done. Since the GSIII is using newer hardware, I'll just point out features (With Sense 4, to make it fair.)
Sense 4 out of the box is customizable compared to other OEM skins. Being able to swap skins on the fly is very handy. The only issue I ever had was not being able to swap individual components (Navbars, clocks, lock rings, etc.) but still loved the fact that I could. My biggest pet peeve with Sense 4 relates to animations and the fact that they only really happen when you're using Rosie. If you use Rosie and open Messages, you get something along the lines of a flying out animation. A simple animation that's nice, but I don't know why HTC restricted it to Rosie. Stock TouchWiz implements the AOSP ICS animations that are very fluid, giving the UI a nice snappy-feel while keeping it smooth. When it comes to sharing in Sense 4, you have a lot of standard options. An example being Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Email, Picasa...but I always hated that it missed a simple one system-wide: Texting. I wasn't a fan of how it was selective about what you could share via text (such as facebook photos and photos from different websites) so I have to give this one to TouchWiz seeing as it gives you every option you can think of at all times.
While Sense 4 does provide a nice user experience with the apps included and how you can stream (just as on previous iterations), Samsung upped the ante for all other OEMs with a flood of amazing user-friendly features (possibly in response to Apple saying "You don't innovate.") Your GSIII is sitting in another room and you get a text? As soon as you come back and pick up your phone, it will vibrate to let you know you have a notification then flash a blue LED to let you know it's a text. Get a text that says "Call me?" you just swing your phone up to your ear and the phone will automatically call that person (can also be done while just viewing the contact.) You have the ability to be playing a video on your phone and just have it "popped up" in the corner of your screen so you can watch it while, say, typing an e-mail. The limitation I've noticed is it has to be a video saved on your phone. Another interesting thing I've found is being able to set the vibration pattern for a single contact or groups. You have a few stock patterns but have the option to make your own very easily. The way the S3's task manager handles things seems to be a bit more solid than others. I never notice an choking of my system. Doesn't matter much, seeing as a fresh application still loads like it had been quietly running the entire time.
In short, Sense 4 is a great UI experience compared to earlier versions of Blur, Touchwiz, and Sense itself. But Samsung really went the extra step with "Nature UX" to blow the competition out of the water. While I do understand that many don't like the color scheme of Touchwiz/Nature UX (whatever you want to call it.) but it is by far the best UI I've ever dealt with. It's smooth, VERY smooth and provides features that simply make you and your phone feel more connected.
This all being said and done, I love this phone. How it feels in my hand, the styling of it, the hardware. I haven't had a Samsung since the first Omnia running WM 6.1 and I have to say I'm more than impressed and very happy.
Thank you for this, make me more jelly lmao
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Funny thing is i went to nexus after having the rezound. Nexus was great but random service drops got me sooo annoyed. So i bought a gs3 yesterday. Little do you know a jb leak with radios comes out and i havent dropped service yet. Now my nexus is a great phone. But i might return my gs3 maybe not i like newer toys. But great review. The rez screen beats both imo tho
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Funny thing is i went to nexus after having the rezound. Nexus was great but random service drops got me sooo annoyed. So i bought a gs3 yesterday. Little do you know a jb leak with radios comes out and i havent dropped service yet. Now my nexus is a great phone. But i might return my gs3 maybe not i like newer toys. But great review. The rez screen beats both imo tho
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Yeah, that's one of the reasons why I turned down the Nexus and went for a GSIII. That and I heard the III had better battery life so I figured "why not?" I don't think a leak has come out for the GS3 for Jellybean. Well, one has for the T-Mobile version but not Verizon's. Glad to hear it helped you out, though. And thanks! Yeah. The viewing angle and sharpness are better, but I love color depth, so I'm sold. First time I pulled up Power Amp on my GSIII my eyes were in love haha. The main theme is black with blue trim so it looks stunning.
I think this would be more appropriate in the SIII forum possibly, if people wanted to find out more about the SIII i don't think they would go here.
edit: well at least now i know what to tell people when they ask me what's a new good phone.
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I think this would be more appropriate in the SIII forum possibly, if people wanted to find out more about the SIII i don't think they would go here.
edit: well at least know i know what to tell people when asking me for what new phone's are good.
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Maybe, but I think it goes here too. Many people are talking about the GS3, so it is good to hear what a Rezound owner thinks.
RoryHe said:
I think this would be more appropriate in the SIII forum possibly, if people wanted to find out more about the SIII i don't think they would go here.
edit: well at least know i know what to tell people when asking me for what new phone's are good.
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Did you see the are you switching to the gs3 thread? This could of went there but pointing out that it's relevant.
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Did you see the are you switching to the gs3 thread? This could of went there but pointing out that it's relevant.
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It might be me but I don't understand what you just said.
When I get mine ill post a review in here.
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It might be me but I don't understand what you just said.
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There's a popular thread talking about moving to the gs3. This thread could of just been added in that thread. I'm pointing this out to show you that the thread is relevant and people do care, even though it's the rezound forum.
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There's a popular thread talking about moving to the gs3. This thread could of just been added in that thread. I'm pointing this out to show you that the thread is relevant and people do care, even though it's the rezound forum.
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Some people just automatically think that because a thread is about a different phone that it's the worst thing in the world, even if it is to inform people. You're probably right, though. Can a mod just move the OP into that thread or should I just flag this one to be deleted and post the review in that thread?
Love the hardware... hate the software... miss my sense 4 roms.... but one glaring issue that has me contemplating selling and going bk to using my rezound as my dd is the radios are horrid.... constant data drops and slow speeds are killer on this phone... and yespecially I've tested in about 4 huge markets across t he us.... so def miss my rezound in certain aspects
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Love the hardware... hate the software... miss my sense 4 roms.... but one glaring issue that has me contemplating selling and going bk to using my rezound as my dd is the radios are horrid.... constant data drops and slow speeds are killer on this phone... and yespecially I've tested in about 4 huge markets across t he us.... so def miss my rezound in certain aspects
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I just love the simplicity of TouchWiz, really lol. I can understand different tastes. Just send your S3 in to Samsung (if you have warranty.) I have great service with mine. I found out I'm pulling faster speeds, actually. I managed to hit 39.6/14.1
Glad the OP likes his new phone but I always get the feeling when I read things like this whether the person is trying to convince him or herself rather than us that they made a good purchase. Don't get me wrong, I think we all have that need especially when it comes to electronics. It's funny to see how the GNote2 blows the GS3 out of the water already so shortly after the latter's release and if the rumors are true about LG's next superphone it seems like we will only have to wait a short while before the latest Galaxies are a distant memory again. If only I was a celebrity..I'd show my face on each and every one of these new device announcements just to get the freebies.
@ all: I would just remind you a couple of things:
1st Do not try to make Mod job, if you don't like a thread just refrain yourself to post no sense words.
2nd Moderate your language, words like dbag or fag are not tollerated against another user.
Thank you.
I see ive been moderated.......oops!
Anyway, thanks for posting the review. Ive been looking at the gs3 too.
I think we all knew how this story, ahem review was going to turn out. I doubt a flagship device such as the SG3 was going to lose out in this comparison. Just the fact that its a shiny new toy wins it a few brownie points. That being said I think the rezound still holds up well after almost a year since release, and now that we have kernel source and fully functional AOSP on the near horizon our little device has never looked better
You're in denial. Switched myself and 100x faster, cool as all get out and oh the screen.: ) and stable cm 10. The rezzy was great but I must say you can't say the s3 isn't baller
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The galaxy nexus is also a good option to switch to. The new jellybean radios are nothing short of a miracle. No data drops, crazy speeds, and great reception now. Its smoother than touchwiz especially on jellybean. New radios also improved battery a ton. They are also much more likely to exchange a defective rezound for the nexus as well.
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The galaxy nexus is also a good option to switch to. The new jellybean radios are nothing short of a miracle. No data drops, crazy speeds, and great reception now. Its smoother than touchwiz especially on jellybean. New radios also improved battery a ton.
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I gotta agree here. With the radio kinks worked out, I'm tempted to find the nearest nexus on craigslist. No way am I paying retail price.