Hi everyone I'm curious to find out peoples history regarding smartphones and the reasons they may have chosen their next one...
1. Droid 1. Awesome phone great battery life awesome hackability...constant reboots and random hardware issues. Went through three of these with various hardware issues and eventually graduated to...
2. HTC Thunderbolt. Released before LTE efficiency and battery tech could catch up with each other. Fast as hell when configured properly and could still probably be a decent phone if oc'ed and running jelly bean. Eventually gave up on bloaty sense and the choked out development scene brought to us by either verizon or htc. (Probably the former).
3. Iphone 4...I know I know don't want to start a flame war. Gave up kickass 4g a nice big yet underwhelming screen and all of googles love to switch to the big evil apple...Like Adam and eve after the first bite I couldn't get enough. Top notch screen, brilliant responsiveness, great app ecosystem and ultimately good customisation if jailbroken. But it was all surface fluff... I missed my 4g and was worried about losing grandfathered unlimited data oj my next 4g phone so I jumped ship. I still think apple makes great products and there is something to be said about a closed ecosystem.
4. Rezound. Love this phone and now that chad has opened the floodgates to the amazing opportunities granted by aosp/cm/jb/miui////// I just can't wait to see what happens next. Thanks rezound community for sticking around and fostering good spirits through the bullsh** that is the verizon update process. I know we should just buy a phone for what it is at release and be happy, but all of us here see the true potential of our very powerful devices without bloated and antiquated gb sense. It's good to support it ourselves if the companies that sell it won't.
Yeesh I got a little lost and tangential or whatever but this is what I've been wondering about since I started flashing roms and hacking my devices. Now with chad bringing us what's really rilly ril I'm excited to hear about others journeys through the minefield of smartphone devices. Also excited I got a nexus 7 coming soon!
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1. Moto Q9C- wanted a phone that had a hardware keyboard and internet. It was either this or a BB, which had a higher data plan at the time (45 vs 30/ month)
2. TP2- got an upgrade after a year and got my first touchscreen device. Man that thing was a brick. Great phone to dev on, even made my own ROMs.
3. HD2- jumped to t-mobile due to issues with sprint. This phone was and is still a beast.
4. HD7- had to try the new windows phone. Would probably still be on it if t-mobile reception existed. Got out of 4 lines of t-mobile due to bad reception issues.
5. Thunderbolt- came down to 4g lte and android (which I wasn't a huge fan of) or the Trophy which had the windows phone I liked, but small screen and no lte. Think I made the right choice. Love windows phone, but verizon doesn't.
6. Rezound- opened a 5th line to get the rezound on penny sale through amazon. Great phone, no complaints. Don't care about aosp, don't think you should b!tch about something that didn't come stock on the phone. Still has great specs almost a year later.
7. who knows. When windows phone 8 comes out, if verizon gets one with good specs and lte, I might jump back. You definitely use your phone more on WP, than on Android where you spend half the day flashing and customizing.
I'll join in.
1. BlackBerry storm. Ugh
2. OG Droid. The phone that got me hooked on android.
3. Droid X. Great build quality and good development despite the locked bootloader.
4. Droid charge... Only droid I've seen that ran like my blackberry.
5. The rezound. Added a line and for it for a penny from Amazon. Promptly sold the charge and added a dumb phone to the second line.
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Well for me, I have a very short smartphone history so here it goes:
1. LG Ally - Didn't really get to pick the phone. After one of my sh*tty "feature" phones from vzw broke I looked around the house and found my moms old LG ally and used it for about 5 months. Loved that thing and hacked the sh*t out of it, loading up Roms like nobody's business. That's when I really fell in love with android.
2. HTC Rezound - when my upgrade came in December I picked the rezzy because it had kick ass specs and thought that it would get ICS shortly after release (which of course was NOT the case and this is the reason why many people got stuck with this phone). Overall I love it, and now thanks to chad who hung around through all the bs with the rezzy, we will shortly have CM9/10 as a daily driver.
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1) BlackBerry storm. what ^ said!!
2) Droid X. Loved it. Quality was fantastic and fun to customize despite the locked bootloader.
3) Droid Charge. Despised that piece of junk. Will never buy another Samsung phone again.
4) Rezound. Got Verizon to switch me to this as a warranty replacement for my Charge.
5) Plan on picking up the new iphone whenever it comes out.
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My first smartphone. Previous one was a Pantech Jest. Prior experience with Android includes Archos 32 (Eclair/Froyo) and HP Touchpad (CM7/CM9). Next I'll probably get the next generation Nexus, or maybe the one after that.
1.) Palm Centro
2.) Droid eris
3.) Samsung fascinate
4.) Droid inc 2
5.) Rezound
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1.First smartphone was the droid eris, used it a couple months and my uncle convinced me to hack it and actually liked the phone, ready to slap jb on it again
2. I had to get put on a different contract n got stuck with a moto citrus, poc phone, hated it
3. Samsung Galaxy S Continuum, replaced my citrus for free after 4 citrus and then went back to my eris after esn cleared
4. Rezound, i called up vzn about my mic going bad on my eris, guy felt bad n upgraded me to rezound been here since temp root, came alooong way n this is the greatest phone ever, s off n everything
5. Acer Iconia A500 running JB
Motorola Devour: Small screen, iffy build quality, underpowered android phone. Picked it up on a whim and started my smart phone journey
Motorola Droid X: Great phone, great build quality, loved having physical buttons. First phone that I rooted and rommed
Motorola Droid X2: This phone had potential (IMHO) but Moto dropped support for it unfortunately. Also suffered the curse of having 512mb RAM... seriously MOTO??? If given another chance I would not purchase this phone again (currently my backup if the Rezound dies)
HTC Rezound: Was looking forward to this phone for months and I love it. Quick, beautiful screen, able to accept a 64gb microsd card, and now s-offed so I can do with it what I want.
Future maybe:
HTC DLX: possible quad core, 5" 1080p screen.... drool
1. LG Voyager...dropped in water..
2. DROID 2 global.....very slow and got very hot....
3. HTC Droid Incredible....returned droid 2...i liked htc sense to much
4. HTC EVO 3D...bought to develop on nice phone....sold it like 2 days ago
5. HTC Rezound....HTC Droid Incredible was slow and old now needed upgrade
6. HTC Thunderbolt....i lost it...somewere my house lol
7. HP Touchpad wanted a tablet
8. Google Galaxy Nexus...needed a daily phone...
9. Nexus 7 .....sold my touchpad for it...
You're going to like that Nexus 7. I had to get a new one because of screen lift on mine, but other than that, it is great. I worked out of town all week, and left the laptop home, just took my rezound, and my nexus 7.
HTC 6700 (got old)
HTC 6800 touch (got old)
HTC Desire (left cellcom)
HTC EVO (gave to wife)
B&N Nook Color (still have)
HTC EVO 3d (got rid of sprint)
Sammy gallexy nexus (sammy radios suck)
HTC Rezound (still have)
Asus prime (junk, asus bought it back)
Asus Nexus 7 (defective, screen lift)
Asus Nexus 7 (still have)
Wife also had
sammy transform (junk)
HTC evo (got rid of sprint)
HTC rezound (still have)
Asus prime (junk asus bought it back)
Asus nexus 7 (still have)
Kid also had
B&N nook color (passed down from me)
Asus Nexus 7 (still have)
Yeah I'm excited to see the possibilities of unlimited 4g tethering on a snappy tablet. I'm glad I got grandfathered in to the cloud future!
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GoBlue13 said:
1) BlackBerry storm. what ^ said!!
2) Droid X. Loved it. Quality was fantastic and fun to customize despite the locked bootloader.
3) Droid Charge. Despised that piece of junk. Will never buy another Samsung phone again.
4) Rezound. Got Verizon to switch me to this as a warranty replacement for my Charge.
5) Plan on picking up the new iphone whenever it comes out.
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you know the new iPhone is the same exact thing, only with a slightly taller screen right?
1. Samsung Omnia i910
2. HTC Incredible
3. HTC Rezound
Alright My turn!
HTC Sensation: frickin amazing phone. Beautiful design, nice qHD (best at the time I got it) screen, HSPA, beautiful design, curved glass, great development (never really got I to development on this one tho ) oh did I mention a beautiful design? It was the perfect phone. However, T-Mobile has the WORST service in my area so I returned it after 2 weeks :'(
HTC Rezound: The sensation got me really in to HTC so I wanted to get an HTC for my phone I was going to keep, I knew verizon had good signal in my area so I wanted to go with them. I saw the Galaxy Nexus at the announcement in November and wanted the Nexus (Epic foreshadowing), and was horribly disappointed with the iPhone announcement a month earlier in October, but when the Rezound was on sale for a penny on amazon, PLUS 4Gb of data, I had to spring. It was a meh phone, lacked development and jelly bean wa just announced, so I found a sucker on Craigslist and traded it for a...
Galaxy Nexus: Awesome phone. Amazing screen, size design. Best phone I ever owned. Better than the sensation even, and I never thought I would say that. With CM9 it's amazing and as soon as cm10 RC1 pops up, I'm flashing that.
iPhone 2G: Never Activated. Bought on eBay just to play around with, keep me content with the mess that was the HTC ReZound. Installed Android 2.3.3 on it and Jailbroke and Unlocked the iOS side of it. It's fun to play with but definitely shows it's age
HTC DROID Incredible: never activated. Bought on Craigslist So i can get I to development a little. What an amazing little thing. I like to use it more than any of my other phones. A little slower than the other things so not a daily driver but it's so fun to tweak, and I can get a week of battery life out of that thing.
iPad 3 16GB VZW 4G: wanted a tablet, android tablets just weren't up to par at the time, so I picked this up. I love it. Hell I'm using it now. The display is really what made me choose it over an android. Preordered it and it arrived on my doorstep on launch day, Mar 14. Running a beta of iOS 6 right now and I have Siri on it.
So that's the history of all my smartphones and tablets
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Tl;dr
Sensation: bad service switched to..
Rezound: not so good phone switched to...
Galaxy nexus: amazing phone will keep for the rest of my contract
Side/Dev phones:
iPhone 2G
HTC DInc
Tablet: iPad 3
1) old school blackberry pearl > decent at its time
2) old blackberry curve > also decent at its time.
3) T-Mobile mytouch 3g (HTC magic 32b) > got this for free from my girlfriends aunt. Rooted it the second day I got it, bricked it and spent 12hrs straight fixing it. Its my main phone currently.
4) Droid Incredible > girlfriends moms. I play around with it and hack on it, awesome phone for its age.
Tablets
1) Archos 80G9 1.0ghz > piece of junk but with an OMAP 4430 soc, it was the best tablet for its price. Cheap build and crappy buggy firmware. That broke, sent to RMA and got a free upgrade to...
2) Archos 80G9 1.5ghz > much faster with the OMAP 4460 and 1gb ram, still crappy firmware and not much development past stock firmware. Awesome dev community though, best community I've seen on XDA. Of course all the awesome ROMs comes out after it broke again. I gave up and bought a...
3) Asus Nexus 7 > awesome tablet! I love it and can't get enough of it!
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Shano56 said:
1) old school blackberry pearl > decent at its time
2) old blackberry curve > also decent at its time.
3) T-Mobile mytouch 3g (HTC magic 32b) > got this for free from my girlfriends aunt. Rooted it the second day I got it, bricked it and spent 12hrs straight fixing it. Its my main phone currently.
4) Droid Incredible > girlfriends moms. I play around with it and hack on it, awesome phone for its age.
Tablets
1) Archos 80G9 1.0ghz > piece of junk but with an OMAP 4430 soc, it was the best tablet for its price. Cheap build and crappy buggy firmware. That broke, sent to RMA and got a free upgrade to...
2) Archos 80G9 1.5ghz > much faster with the OMAP 4460 and 1gb ram, still crappy firmware and not much development past stock firmware. Awesome dev community though, best community I've seen on XDA. Of course all the awesome ROMs comes out after it broke again. I gave up and bought a...
3) Asus Nexus 7 > awesome tablet! I love it and can't get enough of it!
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Awesome avatar dude :good:
1) LG Env3 it was my first smarter than a dumb phone
2) Samsung fascinate by first android device, paid 200 for it off of Craigs list. had to wait a long time for froyo but the developers stayed with it and now its running jelly bean. its my current back up.
3) HTC Rezound my second android device bought it for 200 back in February because i wanted a dual core phone that had a nice screen and the 4G speeds with no data limit. still bone stock because i was going to wait for the ota.
4) HTC Thunderbolt got it for 100 of craigs list because my dads droid x's screen went out and he needed my fassy, it was already running cm7 when i bought it and it was pretty quick for having such a crappy gpu.
Tablet
Samsung galaxy tab 7.0 wifi was very dissapointed that it had a omap 3625 instead of the hummingbird. no devs no roms no gingerbread in U.S so i flashed the UK version of gingerbread and now it works great
Oh, let's see if I can remember all of them...
1) iPhone 2G. My very first smartphone.
2) iPhone 3G. Got it simply because I was eligible for upgrade and I like new things.
3) iPhone 3GS. Same as above.
4) Nexus One, my first android smartphone. I loved the design of this thing. All aluminium phones will always have a soft spot in my heart. It's a fairly refreshing to get away from the plastic-dominated phones every once in awhile. I wish more phones would have less plastic and more metal.
5) iPhone 4. What can I say...I didn't have my Nexus One for long. It wasn't that I didn't truly enjoy my Nexus One. It was just that, after having iPhones three times in a row, I was still a little enamored with it, so I got sucked in to the iPhone 4 when it came out mainly because it was new and shiny. Didn't last long, though.
6) Samsung Captivate (Galaxy S). I only had my iPhone 4 for a month. It only took that long for me to realize that I truly did enjoy Android more. Somewhat unfortunately, I had already sold my Nexus One by the time I had realized this, so I opted for the then recently released Captivate. I started with tweaks and custom ROMs right out of the gate. I remember that the Captivate, for some reason, was formatted using RFS or something, so the biggest tweak around was reformatting to EXT2 or EXT4 for much better I/O performance.
7) HTC EVO 4G. This was what solidified HTC as one of my favorite phone manufacturers. I felt that the Nexus One was a very well designed phone and the EVO drove it home for me. Didn't have a single issue with that phone. I remember getting it because Sprint had just come out with 4G. I use my phone primarily for data services so I thought 4G would be a great move. It turned out that WiMAX sucks and that Sprint, in general, wasn't as good coverage and 3G data speed-wise as I had come to expect with AT&T. Neither of those points were against the phone, though, which I thought was excellent.
8) HTC EVO Shift 4G. After having (what was that, 7?) all touch screen phones I decided to try one with a physical keyboard to see if I liked it. I had the phone for less than a month. The physical keyboard felt terrible to me. I don't think it was the keyboard on the Shift itself that was the problem. I think that I had become too accustomed to touch screen keyboards. I was way slower at typing on the physical keyboard. I returned the phone and went back to my regular EVO.
9) Motorola Atrix 4G. I got this phone primarily because Dual Core was the next big thing and because I wanted to switch back to AT&T from Sprint (see #7 as to why). I had no complaints against the phone itself. It performed very well. There was, for awhile, a bit of a snafu about Motorola's bootloader unlocking policy at the time. The Atrix bootloader was eventually unlocked, but if I remember right it was due to a leak and not an official source.
10) Motorola Bionic. So from Sprint, back to AT&T, and then to my first time with Verizon. The reason here was similar to my EVO: Verizon had just launched 4G LTE in my area and I was excited about the prospect of much higher data speeds. Where as Sprint's 4G was a disappointment for me, Verizon really blew it out of the water. I was satisfied with my Bionic at first, but there were some issues with 4G. It would drop 4G far more often than my coworker's phones (Samsung Charge and HTC Thunderbolt) even though we were in the very same place. There were also issues with data hand off between 4G and 3G and even issues with data dropping out entirely. Many people at the Verizon community forums were reporting the same things. Eventually, I got to the point where I was no longer confident that Motorola would fix these issues in a timely manner.
11) Samsung Galaxy Nexus. I wanted to love this phone, I really did. I switched off my Bionic because of the issues I mentioned. I loved the idea of having a Nexus device. Getting timely and guaranteed updates to the latest Android seemed like a blessing. I loved the size of the screen, the way it looked, the performance...I even liked how it felt despite many people calling Samsung phones "plasticy." It wasn't all sunshine and rainbows, though. I switched my Bionic because I felt like my 4G LTE connectivity wasn't as good as it should be. Turns out my Bionic's reception was actually leaps and bounds better than the Galaxy Nexus. I had the Nexus for three weeks and reception was down right horrid. In those three weeks I saw 4G LTE in my notification bar maybe a grand total of 3 or 4 times. It was a drastic and noticeable drop from my Bionic. The phone averaged about 20% time spent without a signal. It was terrible. It was sad because I literally liked everything else about the phone.
12) HTC Rezound. As I said, I kept my Galaxy Nexus for only 3 weeks because of terrible reception. When I switched it out for the Rezound it was like night and day. The Rezound immediately connected to and held on to 4G LTE far more often and for longer. I went from being on 3G a majority of the time with my Nexus to having it the other way around. My Rezound would (and does) pick up 4G most of the time while at work. It only drops down to 3G occasionally. Also, where as my Nexus averaged 20% time spent without a signal, the Rezound was and is 0% in comparison. After getting the Rezound I couldn't believe how terrible the Nexus' radio was in comparison. I'm not sure if Samsung or Google ever managed to fix those problems with software. I just know that I didn't want to hang on to it and hope.
Aaaaaand...that's it! My last and current smartphone is the HTC Rezound. I'll admit, I was and maybe still am (a little) tempted by the Galaxy S3 but...well, the terrible reception on the Galaxy Nexus has still left a bit of a bad impression in my mind as far as Samsung phones go. I think Google should go back to HTC for the Nexus phones
I have always been with Verizon since I was 18 and I am now 26. I won't start with the dumb phones since those don't really count...
1. Motorola Q
2. LG Ally (returned and got Droid X instead.)
3. Droid X (I really loved this phone. I might look online or Craigslist to buy another one to setup on my home theater as a media player )
4. HTC Incredible (bought this on Craigslist. Wanted to try CM7 because Droid X didn't have it at the time.)
5. HTC Thunderbolt (traded the Droid.X and Incredible together to someone for this Thunderbolt)
6. IPhone 4S (my brother messed up his phone and needed a new one but didn't have an upgrade. He offered me $200 for my Thunderbolt and I went ahead and figured I would try out an iPhone 4S. I loved the build quality and the selection of apps, but I just missed Android and preferred all of the customization and roms.
7. HTC Rezound (Traded the 4S and don't regret it one bit.)
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I just got mine yesterday. Its awesome.
Got mine.. love it but it feels like a freaking tablet compared to the Eris
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My 4 reason for getting a Rezound over the Nexus.
1. Better screen
2. Better camera
3. Build Quality (Nexus feels like a toy compared to the Rezound to me)
4. I actually like Sense.
I got my SGN on the 15th. It is soooo much better than the Eris. Of course it is also 2 years newer.
I really love ICS, it is quite a step up from Gingerbread. After using it the manufacturers are going to have to step up their game to compete. I see no reason to use an after market launcher with ICS.
Droid 3. I had a Bionic first, but had many problems with data with it. It's a common problem with all of the LTE phones at the moment, so I decided to get the best 3G phone that I could get (plus I wanted a world phone), so it was between the D3, the DInc2, and the iPhone 4S.
Love my new Galaxy Nexus!
Too many superlatives to list...now I've got an HTC, two Motorolas, and a Samsung device .
What will I get next year, LOL?
Cheers!
I moved to a fascinate bit had problems now I have a incredible 2 .my wife just became an i-tard so I am playing around with her x2.
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Got my Galaxy Nexus on launch day, Dec 15th, 3 days before my birthday.
Love, love, love it. Couldn't be happier. Little quirks here and there that could use fixing and a few things I miss from custom ROMs/launchers, but overall absolutely the best phone I have ever had.
Still keeping my Eris around as a music player/alarm clock though. Can't part with it!
Thinking about getting it, but I'm on the fence based on the various reviews.
By the time my thinking is done the next great phone will be announced and then what?
I went with the Galaxy Nexus. Huge step up for me from the Eris. I like how some of the above posters felt the need to justify their purchase over the Galaxy. Thats fine. Fact is they are all pretty great phones when your stepping up from something like an Eris. I loved my Eris but that hardware was seriously tired.
ICS was the main reason why I splurged. I hated to spend the money but ...Ice Cream Sandwich. Thats all I got to say about that.
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Thinking about getting it, but I'm on the fence based on the various reviews.
By the time my thinking is done the next great phone will be announced and then what?
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Then you pick up the Gnex for cheap and be happy with nice specd phone. Now a days its too hard keeping up with phones.
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Exactly. Trying to keep up with these new phones is like trying to keep up with video games or computers. As soon as you buy the top model, within a month there's a new hotness. I figure by the time my upgrade is available at the end of March there will be another 5-6 new Verizon phones, and so maybe the Nexus, Razr or Rezound upgrade prices will have dropped more by then.
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Exactly. Trying to keep up with these new phones is like trying to keep up with video games or computers. As soon as you buy the top model, within a month there's a new hotness. I figure by the time my upgrade is available at the end of March there will be another 5-6 new Verizon phones, and so maybe the Nexus, Razr or Rezound upgrade prices will have dropped more by then.
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Right. That said, though, there will not be another Nexus device until the next version of Android (whatever "J" will be.) Here's hoping that Verizon continues to sell them in the future.
I upgraded to Rezound, love this phone!
Well I've been on my thunderbolt and I must say I love this phone to death!<3 but the thing is... my original two year contract is up when I got the OG Droid. My question is
Is it worth purchasing the galaxy nexus?
Stick with nexus so you won't loss support for your smartphone as we saw from SE & Samsung for old phones
you can see youtube comparison
but If I were you I will wait s3
I am sure it will be the best phone ever made
at the end its up to you
I'm also eligible for an upgrade, but have held off on the GN. It should be a great device going forward, but it didn't seem that compelling to me yet to use my upgrade on it. I'm really interested in the Droid 4 (keyboard envy here), but I'm not sure.
After messing with the Rezound I am IMPRESSED to say the least.
My upgrade comes in March and the Rezound sounds perfect for what I want. I could careless about beats audio but everything else is top notch. When I messed with the Nexus it didn't nearly impress me as the Rezound did.
Galaxy Nexus. Tons of developer backing, awesome hardware, awesome build over all and ROMs galore at the moment. Can't put mine down
Galaxy Nexus. Better display and a lot of activity going on in that forum. Also newest updates from google.
Everything about the galexy nexus is better. But the new HTC resound is better than all of them ( with the exception of no AMOLED display). The MOTO Droid 4 is a good choice if you like the Droid 3 keyboard (I hate the Droid 3 keyboard, the Droid 2 one is much better) and or MOTO blur (MOTO blur is my lease favorite version of android). If it were up to me I would get the rezound becuase it has HTC sense 3.5. And there as a lot of develpment for that phone.
I have a Droid incredible 2. I would pay the 650 for the rezound but it will be outdated in a few months sooo.....
I will save my money until my next upgrade (2014)
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Google Android phone with Google support for at least 3 or more years > any other android phone.
In the long run, fresh software updates from the OEM will trump anything else (even better hardware).
Most of the Nexus Kernels havent done much to improve the kernel Google has put out for the Nexus so far just as an FYI.
Also, you won't see this for any non-nexus phone:
http://code.google.com/android/nexus/images.html
You just flash them in fastboot and you have instant updates from Google.
Neither... Id wait a few more months before you make a decision. Galaxy nexus will not be the only phone with Ics in a few months. Give about a month or two before the thunderbolt has data working on the ics ports and an even beastlier phone will be out and you wont be mad about jumping the gun. Happened to me twice I learned my lesson. I'm gonna be a very patient verizon customer and wait for the Samsung galaxy journal or the htc edge to drop (if it comes to verizon). In the meantime, ill enjoy my grandfathered unlimited 4g while it lasts.
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What about the Razr Maxx?
Luke
Owned the TB and now the GNexus. Seriously like night and day this phone has everything a rooter would want. Google updates for a couple years, very devoted hacking community, dual core. This phone is the only phone on Verizon worth getting a 2 year contract with.
I just want to pitch in as a T-Bolt owner for 9 months. I am strongly considering a Galaxy Nexus (if not, a close second would be the Droid 4). My reason has been the vanilla-android appeal (as a former Nexus One owner, I can attest to really disliking Sense UI after a while), and the hardware (save for the camera, but I don't use it much anyway).
Any thoughts on ppl transitioning from T-Bolt to GN?
Considering the Thunderbolt is a outdated device and the Galaxy Nexus is pretty much the newest device out.. You can't really compare them..It's obvious I'd get the Nexus..and at this point I'd buy a Nexus S
I'm coming from the Hero on CDMA, and I was wondering if you all thought this was still a good purchasE?
absolutely
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Still loving the phone, plenty of power and the best is yet to come.
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I think so....and yes the best is about to come
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I came from the hero, I loved my hero(cause of cm7) and this was the perfect upgrade from it.
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This is a pretty good phone to go to... Great for being stock
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Its a great phone. Even stock, just change the launcher and its great. I've had this phone since it first came out and only now did I start flashing roms.... only cause I wanted ics.
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Absolutely. And ICS is coming within a few months.
But, make sure you see one before buying - make sure the pentile screen works with your eyes.
I have had this phone since it was released, and so far, I have not had any issues with it. I like the "rugged feel" it has compared to the other phones on the market right now for Sprint.
It is the best option right now in my opinion.
No. Many better choices. Motorola is the red headed stepchild of phone manufacturers.
Also the locked bootloader, which they assured us will be unlocked, blows.
Samsung S2 all the way OR...
Galaxy Nexus is coming out in a few weeks supposedly.
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On Sprint, the only two high end phones to choose from is the Epic Touch and the
Photon.
The Epic has a better screen, camera, and multimedia applications.
The Photon has better cell phone reception and gaming support since it's a Tegra 2 phone.
As for browsing and interface smoothness, the Epic is the winner; however, with Cyanogen mod 9, gpu acceleration kicks in, and I no longer have interface lag, my browser runs silky smooth on all pages, so it's a tie if you choose to switch roms.
As for the Pentile screen, I dislike the Pentile screen, and next time, I'll make sure to not go with one next time.
However, Super AMOLED has severe burn in problems, and the notification bar will definitely burn in with a couple months of use. For me burn in is a worse situation than the Pentile display.
For my next phone, I'm thinking of going with LG. It's true they have bad support, but the Nova IPS screen is the best screen technology. It has nothing to envy against Super AMOLED but without the defective burn in problems. For support, I'll turn to XDA.
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I also came from a hero to a photon. For me, after having the hero, the photon is blazing fast. I've been extremely happy with it so far.
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EctoMimed said:
I'm coming from the Hero on CDMA, and I was wondering if you all thought this was still a good purchasE?
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Photon is a Great Phone, but if you can wait. You should see what LTE phone Sprints going to have.
the photon is the first smartphone i have owned and since i got it i have not regretted it. well actually the first smartphone i ever owned was an evo 3d. i had it for ten days! biggest peice of junk i have ever owned. but back on topic the photon is a great phone. there are a bunch of roms for it and the devs do a great job keeping them updated.
i would not use my upgrade to buy this phone but to find one used...i used to have the evo 3d and changed to the photon b/c the speaker on the 3d was too low for me...the phone feels great in the hands and not too heavy...the earpiece is awesome...speaker is loud...screen is bright but you can see the pixels...love everything about this phone except for the fact that unlocking the bootloader kills 4g...
Awesome phone. Even stock... I just wanted to my hands on an ICS version. I mean... down the line.. a real 4G LTE phone will be nice but for now.. this is great. I absolutely love it.
I bought the Hero on the day it was released, Sold the Hero to get the Original EVO 4G on the day it was released, Sold the EVO to get the Photon on.....(you guessed it) the day it was released.
The Photon would be a monster coming from the Hero, you will be impressed. I love my Photon it it has done awesome by me. That said I have been looking at the new phones coming down the pike. As someone previously mentioned the Photon is the Red Headed stepchild. Sprint threw it in the water and turned its back on it. Never bothered to look back to see if it was swimming or drowning. Ice cream Sandwich has been announced for it which will breathe new life and excitement into it but some people are doubting we will ever see ICS. Sprint has announced the End of Life of the Photon as April 2012. I would not hesitate to pick one up, but I think I might be sorry when the Galaxy Nexus, EVO One, or Galaxy S3 comes out this summer.
Hard choice.
I wont ever own another Samsung device. Ive owned the Moment, my wife has the OG Epic and I had an Epic 4G Touch. They all had their own share of problems that never got fixed. Im waiting for the HTC One.
The Photon is a great phone. Its a mediocre hand held computing device. Mine lags bad and Ive done everything I can to speed it up. Deleting an email from Gmail takes 3-5 seconds for every button press to be recognized. Same in other apps. V6 Supercharger helped a little but not a lot.
This COULD have been a great phone. It had the hardware at release to be a contender but the locked bootloader bull**** pretty much killed it. It makes me sad to come to XDA day after day and read about advancement after advancement made for other phones and the Photon rarely ever shows up on there.
Motorola sucks.. Ill never buy another Motorola phone. Looks like from here on out its going to be HTC for me. I loved my Evo. Everything Ive owned since then has been a disappointment. The Epic 4G Touch being the biggest disappointment of them all.
I would personally wait for the HTC One X, it's heavily rumored to be coming to Sprint.
If you, however, needed a phone now, the Photon is certainly one of the best.
I decided to go with the photon because of the people on the photon xda thread. They are all very helpful and the devs work very hard to bring us the best out of the phone. I also have the e4gt and the people over on its thread are a joke. Most of them are kids (or at least act like kids). Ics has already been leaked for the touch so its like the devs got lazy. There is very little cm9 support and very little professionalism on that thread. But compared to the photon its the easiest to root/unlock/flash. That I'm guessing is what's creating so much drama and laziness on their threads. When I compare side by side the photon and the e4gt I am much happier with the photon. Feels better, treats me like I own it, and is personally feels like an all around better phone. With the epic, sure you get a slightly faster CPU but even on cm9 on the photon overclocked to 1.3 and then the epic over clocked to 1.3 the photon still scores higher on bench marking and we don't even have a fully functioning 2d accelerator for ics yet lol. The epic is all specs and no class
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Are the majority of the owners of the rezound happy, and if you had to do it again, would you purchase the same phone? Looking at getting the rezound
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Yes I would this phone is the best when it comes to gaming but the battery life suck, unless you have the extended battery which is 50% off. But just to sum it up yes, yes I would.
Best phone for Verizon hands down. Only thing close to being at par with the Rezound is the Nexus and that's just software. Hardware wise, not even close.
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I would buy again in a heartbeat. It's been nothing but good for 3 + months.
same for me. I pretty much have always stuck with HTC devices
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Yes I am VERY happy and would do it again! Plus I got mine while it was on sale for $49.99 online
Seriously though Im very happy with the screen and camera which were things I really look for in a phone. My previous android was the droid X, I honestly didnt think it was bad (I was on a rom) but I HATED!!!! the camera.
If you get it you will be happy.
Yes, I would
I went from Incredible to Incredible2, then Rezound.
I like the hand feel of the Rezound best. Easy to locate
in pockets, easy to use, and soon likely to have Ice Cream
Sandwich, making it about perfect.
YES, I would buy it again best phone i ever owned
Perhaps, it certainly is a good device, I just feel it is a poor fit for me. I'm actually looking for a trade for the GNexus right now.
Extremely happy with the phone, would choose it over any other on the market atm. Signal is strong where all other phones fail where I live... Really I just hate the carrier, Verizon themselves lol.
I love this phone. When I purchased it, I was contemplating the G Nexus, Moto Razr and this one. The processor specs were the same for the most part, but what stood apart was either ICS on the Nexus, but no removable memory, or no ICS goodies for the Rezound, but removable memory. Of course with any good Android device the developer following was gonna be good so I went with the rezound. Haven't regretted it yet. Also I came from the Droid X as well and before that the OG Droid all had custom Roms and Kernels as will any Android phone purchased in my future.
I also love it! It took three replacements but I finally have one that plays nice with me xP
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I love the rezound, but I wouldn take again, because I'm a gsm user
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No question. IMHO it is STILL the best phone VZW offers at the moment.
Only downside is the screen scratches easily. Get a protector. Runs a little hot too.
I researched the galaxy nexus, razor, and rezound for a month straight. I picked the rezound and I'm very proud of my decision. Best part is the screen. Not only is it extremely clear, but it scrolls smoother than any other android phone I've seen. Just don't play any games with high graphics and your phone will last you a whole day!
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I researched the galaxy nexus, razor, and rezound for a month straight. I picked the rezound and I'm very proud of my decision. Best part is the screen. Not only is it extremely clear, but it scrolls smoother than any other android phone I've seen. Just don't play any games with high graphics and your phone will last you a whole day!
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I did very much the same. My two choices were either the HTC Rezound or Galaxy Nexus. I researched and went in to Verizon to play with both phones. Sure, the Nexus has a slightly larger screen, but the phone was held together by duct tape in the store. It just felt flimsy to me. The Rezound, on the other hand... ahhhh... I knew she was going to be mine the moment she touched my hand...
I would choose Rezound over and over again. I have never loved a phone so much. LOL
Yes
Agreed with most here, it is my favorite on V right now for these reasons:
Best Screen - 720p, not pen-tile and best pixel density of any phone, on any carrier...
SD card support - gnex and other ICS phones are dropping this feature for some reason
Dimensions - smaller screen dimensions than other top-end devices (yes, that is a plus for me... if I wanted a tablet to hold to my ear I'd buy one, lol)
Headphones - they don't suck (not something you normally say about any bundled 'phones)
Powerful - the dual core 1.5Ghz keeps things on par with gnex and any other contemporary
Out of each of those, the screen is hands-down the biggest asset. It is a amazing. Great to watch movies on when traveling. I can't say enough about the pixel density. From the endgaget review (silly link restriction): "And not only does the Rezound beat the iPhone's display soundly, it does so with a larger screen size. Rivals such as the Vivid and Droid RAZR are left in the dust."
The only downers from my perspective are it's not as thin as some (like the gnex) even though it is smaller screen it is heavier than some too. (only slightly) The positives above more than outweigh these though.
The ICS update was solid, but the rom scene showed (especially BAMF 2.1 version) how awesome batt life can be on it. Simply amazing.
You know, it would still be a tough choice between the Rezound and the Galaxy Nexus again (mainly because I dislike manufacturer skins).
But when it comes down to it, I probably would buy the Rezound again. It's a great all-around phone and gets much better battery life than I expected it would. Also, the iBeats were a nice inclusion.
There is no other phone but the Rezound. I haven't even looked at the One. I imagine at some point there will be another phone that draws my eye, but I am really surprised by the fact that no other super-phones have really been announced.
Love this phone.
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Like a lot of you, I'm hanging onto unlimited data. My Galaxy Nexus' power button is losing elasticity, and its only a matter of time before the power button or the charging port die on me.
...and now is an interesting time to be on the market for a new phone.
I like the DNA over the X because of the look (I fell for the original Droid Incredible), water resistance, and antenna (it had full bars in my Verizon store when the S4, iPhone 5 and RAZRs had 2-3 bars).
I don't like the non-removable battery (I think I'll have to suck that up, really no new phones have that) or the 16GB of storage. On that note, how much of that is actually usable?
It's actually kind of a catch 22, I insist on at least 32 GB (like my Nexus), yet nothing is or has really ever been on my Nexus in terms of music or other media. I have a Mac so syncing has been.... Well not with HTC Sync if I get this phone.
I like the X in that it's always listening, that's badass, I think we can all agree on that. The downside I suppose is the locked boot loader (looking at $650 at least for the Developer Edition), and at present, no root or unlock method. You probably know how Motorola is.
I'm leaning towards the DNA (does it have 4.3 in the form of a custom ROM), partially because I want something that will get updates (officially or no) for years to come... I thought my Nexus would fit the bill there, but it just wasn't made to last, and it's lagging in 4.2.2 and 4.3... Not to mention the 5 MP shooter....
Anyway, thoughts on this, and used vs. new for the DNA (I'm thinking used since the screen apparently scratches easily and the phone in general just gets damaged easily...right?). Seems like new they're overpriced on eBay ($450+).
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Not owning an X, so I'm biased, but the DNA is a fantastic phone. There are tons of custom ROMs, CM appears to have a maintainer so official status is coming.
The battery isn't that big of deal... Depending on ROM and setup, you can squeeze decent time out of it. There is 11GB usable, but I use the cloud for everything so I barely touch the limit. I pretty much keep it open for games.
Hope this helps a bit.
Some people have managed to do an upgrade to the Moto X using the Edge plan and still keep unlimited data.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2423121
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If your buying cash get the DNA and try it out. They ought to be cheap on CL, I've seen them as low as $175.
I paid $325 for a NIB about three months ago.
It's still a good phone. We're about to get 4.3 officially which will be a great base for custom ROMs and when the One gets around to 4.4 that'll probably be portable as well.
I don't see there being big issues with the DNA degrading in performance since the specs are similar to the MotoX,we are pushing more pixels though.
Coming from a Galaxy Nexus, like I did, it'll be a fantastic step and you might find you like Sense5. I love it!
DO NOT GET ANYTHING ON EDGE! It is a smoking hot rip-off of biblical proportions!