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I had a G2 then it broke so for now I'm on a G1, when its time for my upgrade should I get the Amaze or Sensation?
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rickyiswhite said:
i had a g2 then it broke so for now i'm on a g1, when its time for my upgrade should i get the amaze or sensation?
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amaze get it
rickyiswhite said:
I had a G2 then it broke so for now I'm on a G1, when its time for my upgrade should I get the Amaze or Sensation?
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Haha, almost in the same situation as you, dropped my Sensation from 50ft, had to go back to my Nexus One for two months and hated it after having a big screen, front facing camera, and dual core proc. I recently got an Amaze off insurance and man, this thing kills the Sensation feature wise. The only difference is about 256MB more ram (which really helps), NFC, and a 1.5GHz stock speed (instead of the stock speed of 1.2GHz on the Sensation, but you could overclock without any ill effects to 1.5GHz). But if you can shell out the extra cash, get the Amaze. The only gripes I have right now are some light bleeding from the capacitive buttons but you can turn them off with screen filter, and it's a little bit bulkier, but barley noticeable.
Amaze.
Amaze goes up to 42MB with HSPA+
Sensation goes up to 14.4MB. It doesn't have HSPA+.
Amaze has a 1.5GHz Dual Core
Sensation has a 1.2GHz Dual Core
Amaze runs really smooth. My brother has the Sensation and my phones runs better.
Plus hes running my old rom he will want to come here
I say if you like roms, get sensation, amaze forums are a ghost town comparatively my gf sold her sensation to get an amaze, and that lasted only a week, it was a downgrade
Here is a review video I did of the Amaze
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWV7xLPBwmk
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I say if you like roms, get sensation, amaze forums are a ghost town comparatively my gf sold her sensation to get an amaze, and that lasted only a week, it was a downgrade
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sensation has been out longer than the amaze. amaze has only been out for about two months where as the sensation has been out for six months...we are getting more roms, themes and support as time passes...My gf has the sensation and I'll tell you the Amaze feels much better, besides the flash bleed into the camera (easy fix), you are getting the best camera on the market...doesn't even compare to the sensation camera, I've played with both...I don't like the feel of the sensation...Overall amaze is a much better phone with some downfalls...like the screen bleed which I didn't even notice until people started mentioning it...and the camera flash bleed which is fixable with electrical tape...we have faux and xboarder and I think three other developers working on roms etc...I'm will talk to koush and see if he is willing to invest a little time in our community...I want to appreciate all the developers for their help.
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I say if you like roms, get sensation, amaze forums are a ghost town comparatively my gf sold her sensation to get an amaze, and that lasted only a week, it was a downgrade
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The Sensation will be a year old 4 months, the Amaze is pretty new for all the devolopment it has. It will get better over here once we get CM fully working and ICS rolling. The Amaze also is more future proof with HTC updating it and has a much better camera. the RAM helps a lot too, that was one thing that bugged me about mine. i hated only have about 120mb of ram with just fb open or something
Ahh ok I'm deff gonna get the amaze then.. and what do you guys mean by bleeding? And yeah xboarder I liked your roms a lot when I had my G2, one of the most stable roms so ill deffinetley try yours firste when I get it my only thing is on the T-Mobile sit it didn't say anything about the Amaze having hotspot?
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rickyiswhite said:
Ahh ok I'm deff gonna get the amaze then.. and what do you guys mean by bleeding? And yeah xboarder I liked your roms a lot when I had my G2, one of the most stable roms so ill deffinetley try yours firste when I get it my only thing is on the T-Mobile sit it didn't say anything about the Amaze having hotspot?
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The capacitive buttons underneath the screen (home, menu, back, and search) when they light up the bottom of the screen is noticably brighter. So if you have a black screen and the buttons are lit up then for an inch or so at the bottom it will gradient from a lighter shade to actual black. There are some pictures in a thread called screen bleeding on the second or third page of this forum that show it.
I just downloaded Screen Filter which disables the light to the buttons like the previous poster mentioned which stops the screen bleeding.
And yea get the Amaze for sure, best phone I've had. Battery is a little lacking but with this ROM + perhaps an AceSoft battery (2 for $30) you may get decent life.
The amaze is a better phone to the sensation in every I can't use my amaze right now and I'm using the sensation and I hate after using the amaze even with ics the amaze is just smoother and a better phone. The camera, processor speed, data speeds, build quality, front cam, storage, nfc, and battery for me are all better then the amaze. The only advantage of the sensation is that it has more roms but x here does some great stuff and slowly more devs may get this phone as its still a pretty spendy device.
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Mt friend got a Sensation and we noticed the Mic was not working well. Sound quality on voice calls were noticably bad. Maybe it was specific to that unit, idk?
My Amaze doesn't have that problem or any others for that matter.
Just short battery life!
Other than that, it is hands down the best smart phone I've had yet, it actually does everything, simultaneously.
I stream music, surf and make/receive calls or use Google nav., all at the same time. With little or no hiccups.
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I'm thinking of switching to an Amaze. Does it have a bitrate selector for 720p video? (I'm not too interested in 1080p video at this time.)
Thanks
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I'm thinking about getting an Amaze.
I have been plagued with the dust issue on the Sensation.
I am only unsure because of the lack of development.
But there are many familiar faces here.
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I'm thinking of switching to an Amaze. Does it have a bitrate selector for 720p video? (I'm not too interested in 1080p video at this time.)
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Yes it does.
Full HD (1920 x 1080)
HD (1280 x 720)
QHD (960 x 540)
High (640 x 480)
Low (320 x 240)
MMS (176 x 144)
Online (HD, 10 minutes)
Online (High, 10 minutes)
The sensation is a fantastic phone, the Amaze is just newer and better, doesnt mean the Sensation is crap, youd be pretty happy with either
seriously??
mikeschevelle said:
The sensation is a fantastic phone, the Amaze is just newer and better, doesnt mean the Sensation is crap, youd be pretty happy with either
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Agreed. Both are great phones! It just depends on the user.
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seriously??
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what great insight
What you think wich one is the best???i choose the amaze one in america but i think htc sensation is more popular and it is getting more updates and is getting developmnet faster for example there are many ICS roms for them but nothing on AMAZE...
gogjhan said:
What you think wich one is the best???i choose the amaze one in america but i think htc sensation is more popular and it is getting more updates and is getting developmnet faster for example there are many ICS roms for them but nothing on AMAZE...
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Apples and oranges.
You're going to get a lot of different feedback because not everyone likes to even root their phones. In that case they will probably favor the Amaze. The die hard members with ORD will likely favor the Sensation. You're question is quite vague. What do you plan on doing with the responses? Are you considering purchasing one or the other or do you want this to turn into a heated discussion where members are going to be flaming eachother?
depends what you're looking for!!! my GF has the sensation I have the amaze. If you're not a picky person they're both good phones...
main advantages of amaze are
-better camera with dedicated buttons
-faster data speeds up to 42mbps
-faster processor
disadvantages:
-light leak from capacitive buttons (which I could really care less about myself)
-leak from flash into camera lens (a big one for me, but there's a cheap fix on the forums
-no s-off
-battery hog
Advantages of sensation
-more developemen (however amaze is catching up very quick)
- lighter and thinner phone
- no cpacitive button light leak
- no camera light leak
-better battery life then amaze, not by much
- you can probably buy it cheaper now
disadvantages
-slower processor
-camera not as good as amaze
-not as fast data connection as amaze
others can add more I don't remember, this was from the top of my head.
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Apples and oranges.
You're going to get a lot of different feedback because not everyone likes to even root their phones. In that case they will probably favor the Amaze. The die hard members with ORD will likely favor the Sensation. You're question is quite vague. What do you plan on doing with the responses? Are you considering purchasing one or the other or do you want this to turn into a heated discussion where members are going to be flaming eachother?
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I predict a unnecessary flame war of opinions......
They're both great phones, i would think the main thing you'd look at would be do you want to spend the extra money for the increase in the specs.
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Chance Ill said:
I predict a unnecessary flame war of opinions......
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It's exactly what I'm predicting and NOT looking forward to.
I can't be here 24/7 to clean threads so if it goes that way I guess I'll just collect reported post reports, issue infractions then lock the thread down.
Pst! That's a warning to the OP by the way.
Feel free to let me know when you want it closed or deleted though. Sooner the better in my opinion.
Now that I think about it... aren't there a couple of these opinion threads anyway???
Let's stay positive!!!
I say amaze . Better specs!
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I vote apples, no wait oranges.
to the guy who posted advantages and disadvantages.. you forgot one of the most import things!! RAM difference.. i noticed a huge difference.
I love having over 200mb RAM free when i am not doing a thing.. it makes me feel more comfortable to use bigger apps and install a lot of apps. with the sensation it seems to slow it down. well that was my experiance.
I upgraded to the Amaze because it will be updated by HTC longer (1 year they have to update it im sure) MUCH better camera, more RAM, high clocked CPU, better FFC for video chat and self portraits, much better built quality, etc.
One thing you and a lot of other people should take note of: a phone working out of box is WAY more important than a phone that isnt, even if it has "better developement". we arent that far behind really now that we have another dev
Can't I love BOTH my phones equally?
I couldn't choose even if I tried....but I agree with Binary, the Amaze has a better experience out of the box (unrooted) and the Sensation has an amazing development section with TONS OF ROMs. (not that the Amaze doesn't have excellent development, it does...there are just more variants of the Sensation and it's been available waaaay longer)
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i dont wont here to be something like every body saying their opinion and fighting,,,i want too here the opinion of others,i have bought htc amaze and i was thinking and i couldnt choose wich one to buy but then i decided to buy amaze for its procesor ,,,and now i want to know am i choosen right???because it is interestg for me to know am i right or wrong,,,!
It depends what you care about. The camera alone sold me on the Amaze.
Mhm I think amaze. Xe is cool because it has 3.5 right out of the box if I'm not mistaken and we here in the amaze don't have a fully working one yet. The camera on the amaze is just phenomenal
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Babydoll25 said:
Can't I love BOTH my phones equally?
I couldn't choose even if I tried....but I agree with Binary, the Amaze has a better experience out of the box (unrooted) and the Sensation has an amazing development section with TONS OF ROMs. (not that the Amaze doesn't have excellent development, it does...there are just more variants of the Sensation and it's been available waaaay longer)
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exactly, out of box experiance is very important as well.
also, why would you pay more for the XE when the amaze is cheaper? lol, international phones are expensive
Thank you everybody))
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The faster processor, faster data speeds, and increased RAM are what sold me on the amaze. I personally like the form factor more on the amaze. It's a little bigger but that is strictly opinion. The data is faster on the amaze, I went from getting 2mb down in the town I live in with a mytouch 4g to around 5-6 with the amaze. I can't speak for the sensation on data pes however.
I'm coming from a Nexus one and currently using an international sensation (w/ edge speeds only ) and am looking for new phone b/c I can't take the slow speeds anymore. I'm mainly trying to decide between the HTC Amaze and HTC sensation 4g, but open to other phones as well.
I haven't personally used the Amaze before, so I figure it would be a good idea to ask you all for your personal opinions of why you chose the Amaze. I generally prefer the HTC build quality over that of Galaxy S2's. However, the sensation seems sleeker than the Amaze and is a more popular phone, which means more development activity (also, I read something about how Tmobile is taking it off their shelves but keeping the sensation..??). On the other hand, the Amaze has 42mbps data capabilities while sensation is only 14.4 or something =/.
Well I cannot say for certain whether max data speed has much affect on average speeds or not but max I've gotten on my amaze is about 13mb/s but anything above 5 is pretty good imo. Now as far as preferences... I like the feel and sleek design of the sensation much better, it felt better without a case or anything but I was always paranoid without it having a case and I had dust under the screen a lot... I've had possession of about 4 sensations and no matter what rom I ran. The amaze was smoother and faster out of the box. That's saying a lot imo and the camera is great in my opinion. This phone also seems more consistent and less prone to issues. That's just my 2 cents
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If you care for custom roms, the Amaze is not for you. Frankly, the ones available suck, if you're looking to ditch Sense. They still have large elements of sense remaining.
But if you don't care... the Amaze is a nice phone. Good build quality with an amazing camera.
go with the amaze if you want the upgraded camera, HSPA+, and the increase in RAM + CPU.
go with the sensation if you want more dev support, and the increase in battery standby time.
i've never seen 42mbps personally, but i often reach 20 mbps on 4g.
imho you can't go wrong either way.
First of all, if you care about speed which location are you on.. it all depends where you are or how the draft of 4g is on your place.. yeah they say it @42 mbps but in reality you can't reach that speed.. again it depends on your location for the speed..
The Amaze has a 25% faster processor, 33% more RAM, 4 times the internal storage (16GB vs 4GB), an NFC chip, dedicated camera and camcorder buttons, a wider aperture F2.2 camera lens, a better front camera (2 MPix vs VGA), supports HSPA+ 42, 802.11a WiFi (in addition to b/g/n), and AT&T's UMTS freqs in addition to T-Mobile's.
best ive ever gotten on my amaze is ~9 mb, but then again, it all depends on network load, signal strength etc. if youre rom flasher, the only thing youll miss is lack of roms. hopefully that will change soon, im already sick of bloated ass sense...
Former Nexus one user
Having owned the nexus one and now the amaze I can see where you're coming from. If you like the size of the sensation, then the amaze should feel perfect for you. I think its a little too big, but it seems like it's impossible to get a phone with decent specs that isn't gigantic. But here's just a quick overview:
The camera software on the Amaze, is just simply spectacular.
Amaze has some pretty sweet download speeds I think I've hit like 13-17 a few times.
Better specs that the Sensation.
I think both the sensation and amaze were posted as being end of life phones over on the tmonews site. If you can wait a little longer maybe you can hold out til the HTC Ville comes out.
i just got my htc amaze and let me you man, i do not regret getting it at all! its amazing! its so fast! and hopefully X will get ICS to work for our phones!
Both are great phones, the only thing IMO the Sensation has over the Amaze is OVERWHELMING Dev support
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Both are great phones, the only thing IMO the Sensation has over the Amaze is OVERWHELMING Dev support
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This is the only advantage Sensation has over the Amaze. The Amaze wins in every other regard. Faster, better hardware specs, awesome camera and nicer screen. That said, Bulletproof ROM is quite nice and I can't wait for ICS to hit.
I also come from Nexus One and I absolutely believe Amaze is HTC's best phone to date. Nexus One was fantastic and Amaze is a worthy sucessor. Of course, it you want to wait, I'm sure HTC One X with its quad core will be great as well.
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This is the only advantage Sensation has over the Amaze. The Amaze wins in every other regard. Faster, better hardware specs, awesome camera and nicer screen. That said, Bulletproof ROM is quite nice and I can't wait for ICS to hit.
I also come from Nexus One and I absolutely believe Amaze is HTC's best phone to date. Nexus One was fantastic and Amaze is a worthy sucessor. Of course, it you want to wait, I'm sure HTC One X with its quad core will be great as well.
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Maybe a good poll idea? The Nexus One will always have a soft spot in my heart too. It's the OG in my book. The MT4G in my opinion may still be the best phone. I get same speeds running CoreDroid (which is a sense ROM btw) on MT4G as I do with my Amaze and it's a single core CPU. I do love my Amaze though. More pleasing to the eyes, and a bigger screen. Not to mention the AMAZING camera
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Maybe a good poll idea? The Nexus One will always have a soft spot in my heart too. It's the OG in my book. The MT4G in my opinion may still be the best phone. I get same speeds running CoreDroid (which is a sense ROM btw) on MT4G as I do with my Amaze and it's a single core CPU. I do love my Amaze though. More pleasing to the eyes, and a bigger screen. Not to mention the AMAZING camera
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I do believe thats because gingerbread doesnt fully support dual core
Sensation is only good for its dev support. But its also bad because you won't make up your mind on which ROM to use because there are so many of them!
Go with the AMAZE...once ICS and CM9 comes, dev support should pick up really fast.
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Sensation is only good for its dev support. But its also bad because you won't make up your mind on which ROM to use because there are so many of them!
Go with the AMAZE...once ICS and CM9 comes, dev support should pick up really fast.
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CM is not coming. No S=off
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I do believe thats because gingerbread doesnt fully support dual core
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Bingo! When ics drops, it will be very nice
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CM is not coming. No S=off
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My understanding was that you don't need s-off in order to get CM
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My understanding was that you don't need s-off in order to get CM
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They would be here by now. Unless XBoarder and Binary get it cracked, I don't see CM coming over. And the task at hand is a mighty tall task. Enjoy the devs we have, they're all we got.
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They would be here by now. Unless XBoarder and Binary get it cracked, I don't see CM coming over. And the task at hand is a mighty tall task. Enjoy the devs we have, they're all we got.
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im bringing our own ics over they will come people or i will just have to make 10 user accounts to be 10 dif devs lol
okay, so i also have been looking to upgrade to an amaze. my last android phone was the mt4g, i traded that for a hd7 to try windows phone as i had gotten a little tired of the current batch of roms that were around and my screen was dying. i am not a fan of sense, i really would never use it, which is driving me away from this phone. is there any chance of an aosp rom in the future, cm7/9, anything non sense. i have read your reasons for why its better than the sensation 4g, and while i would love to have a god camera and a slight amount more of ram, the increased data doesnt effect me in arizona where we dont get real 4g. the sensation is sounding like the better choice atm cuz i like the idea of having a aosp rom and a possible chance of seeing cm9 on my phone. so again if anyone could tell me if there is a chance that aosp will someday (hopefully soon) be on the amaze it would be helpful in helping me decide between the two phones. thank you.
Hey guys sup!!!
Anyway, Tmo US is bringing in the HTC One S. Wondering what you guys think about it. Is it worth to switch, or just keep the amaze? I went form htc sensation to htc amaze in 1 month, now i'm not sure if i should do the same and switch to htc one s.....
if it were the htc one x with quad proc then should be a no brainer, but TMO US the way they are argghh, just don't get why they didn't get the htc one x instead....
any thoughts??? Also, I believe the galaxy note is now workable in TMO US, as someone here got it to work with a different radio....
I wouldn't, if people think battery life on the amaze sucks, it'll probably be worse on the one s because it has a smaller capacity battery, as for me the upgrades are very nice but not quite worth it to switch from the amaze. I don't like how OEMS are starting to remove the search button, its something i use all the time.
the fact that it has a non removable battery and no expandable memory are the killers for me. hell, i dont like the fact the amaze has an internal sd, but its tolerable
I agree, too soon to switch. Dev. is picking up and once the release of 'you know what' comes out it'll be a free for all. Nobody is working on 2.3 anymore, its the calm before the storm. I see lots of good things on the next couple of months for the amaze
If you don't care about not being able to pull your battery or increase your sdcard storage then upgrade.
Not being able to install a bigger sdcard and not being able to pull the battery are deal breakers for me. 16gb of storage is not enough for me. I'm already past 16gb on my 32gig. Not being able to pull the battery also means you won't be able to replace it with a better extended life one. We all know stock android batteries suck ass.
In my opinion, the one s is not much better than the amaze. Besides sense 4.0 it gots nothing else on the amaze and almost nothing at all when the amaze receives the official ics update.
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the fact that it has a non removable battery and no expandable memory are the killers for me. hell, i dont like the fact the amaze has an internal sd, but its tolerable
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One series has a kill switch instead of a removable battery (so u can mimick a batt pull, but can't replace a shot battery ) and the no removable/expandable memory is a DEFINITE buzzkill... But it does come with internal storage and that Dropbox hack built in for an extra 23 GB
Either way, I think its ugly and I love my amaze... I'll wait
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One series has a kill switch instead of a removable battery (so u can mimick a batt pull, but can't replace a shot battery ) and the no removable/expandable memory is a DEFINITE buzzkill... But it does come with internal storage and that Dropbox hack built in for an extra 23 GB
Either way, I think its ugly and I love my amaze... I'll wait
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That's a pretty good point about the battery never thought... What if the battery goes bad you have to send your whole phone! Yikes.
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That's a pretty good point about the battery never thought... What if the battery goes bad you have to send your whole phone! Yikes.
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Sounds like one reason I didn't buy an iPhone... Amongst others
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with the One S I understand.... but what if it were the One X with Quad core and 4.7" HD screen?? OR samsung note?
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with the One S I understand.... but what if it were the One X with Quad core and 4.7" HD screen?? OR samsung note?
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im personally jumping ship when the galaxy s3 comes out...rumor has it as having a 1080p 4.7 inch screen
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im personally jumping ship when the galaxy s3 comes out...rumor has it as having a 1080p 4.7 inch screen
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I remember when I got my hero, I upgraded from a touch diamond, and I was blown away at the screen. That's what an upgrade should feel like, I look at my old one and then the new one, and you can definitely tell that there's an improvement. With today's phones, unless you're buying something that's got a 3D projection on it or something beamed straight to your brain, I think trying to top what we've already got is going to be pretty damn hard. 1080P? I can't notice much of a difference.
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I remember when I got my hero, I upgraded from a touch diamond, and I was blown away at the screen. That's what an upgrade should feel like, I look at my old one and then the new one, and you can definitely tell that there's an improvement. With today's phones, unless you're buying something that's got a 3D projection on it or something beamed straight to your brain, I think trying to top what we've already got is going to be pretty damn hard. 1080P? I can't notice much of a difference.
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I think you would notice it on a 4.7 inch screen. Hell, my mytouch has a 3.8 in hdpi screen and I can tell a difference between that phone and my amaze. Maybe you need glasses?
The One S is a lot faster than the amaze.. supposedly ~60% increase clock for clock based on the new "s4" snapdragon. But that probably isn't enough of a reason to jump ship unless you have a lot of money you want to burn. The screen is also kind of weak on the One S. Hopefully tmobile gets a version of the X.
It has ics and suppose to be faster but can't upgrade the battery or memory i would pass
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I think you would notice it on a 4.7 inch screen. Hell, my mytouch has a 3.8 in hdpi screen and I can tell a difference between that phone and my amaze. Maybe you need glasses?
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I said much of a difference. The current screens are very good nowadays anyway, the differences are miniscule. And I already wear glasses
btw, samsung can kiss my ass!
1080p on a 4.7 screen would be so pointless.. it would also be laggy, much more than 720p. even wvga looks decent on the titan, qhd look good, 720p looks amazing, thats a waste of tech/money lol. just my 2 cents.. most people that have normal human eyes don't notice a difference between 720/1080 unless the screen is around, or above 50"
samsung hasnt released a superamoled plus screen with anything above wvga as of now anyways, i dont see why or how they would jump to 1080p. unless they have been working on something for a quite a while
I don't get why some of you like to drop so much cash on new phones that do the same thing. Talk about wasting money.
From what I've read on the engadget review, the amaze has a better camera for stills. Plus once ics hops along we should be getting better battery life and performance.
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I don't get why some of you like to drop so much cash on new phones that do the same thing. Talk about wasting money.
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I agree, I had to wait for a tax refund to buy my amaze, had the G2 for a year before getting the amaze and that was only because it was free with a new account. I'll stick with it for awhile now, I love tech but I don't find a need or have the cash to upgrade every 6 months when some l "cutting edge" device comes out.
Once some "other" things happen for amaze it'll be even more of a beast.
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I also agree on not wasting money. My mytouch lasted me over a year, before that my 9700 was two years.
I will be sticking with this one for awhile. Least a year. 6 months is to fast, lol!
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Gonna make this really short and sweet. After weeks of googling youtube videos and other source reviews of pros and cons between Amaze 4g and One S - I have decided to lean towards Amaze = ) for the following YET "HIGH" Pros reason
A) availability to expand memory using MicroSD card - ONE S? = ERRR
B) availability to swap batteries if needed - ONE S? = tsk tsk tsk
C) high-end build quality feel and craftsmanship of the device - ONE S? = BOOoo!
D) the way it looks caters more for "PROS" imho - ONE S? = looks more for beginners = /
E) dedicated camera and camcorder buttons!! - ONE S? = where the F is it!? = /
F) front facing cam - 2mp - ONES S? = ok who designed this ****!?
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I went to a local Staples store and they have both of these devices on display (dummy) and I've compared both - Amaze just feels better on my hand (just personal preference) and yeah sure One S maybe way thinner and much lighter - I prefer a bit of weight so i'll know my phone is there. Could really careless about One S packing one of the topnotch processors (S4) outhere but there's not much of an improvement from S3. And with the ICS rolled out for Amaze - that's what made me even more excited about getting it. I'm not saying ONE series (specifically S) is not a legitimate new lineup for HTC but c'mon... they could've done it BETTER and i just don't see any HTC or other brands outhere that will be able to match what Amaze packs in terms of specs and hardware combined.
It's funny that I agree, but what do you think about the S3? After all, it is released now. I still love my amaze, sold my first, had the option of the getting the one s or waiting for the s3 but I just couldn't keep my hands away from the damn camera and it's dedicated button, one of the main things that catches my eye on devices.
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It's funny that I agree, but what do you think about the S3? After all, it is released now. I still love my amaze, sold my first, had the option of the getting the one s or waiting for the s3 but I just couldn't keep my hands away from the damn camera and it's dedicated button, one of the main things that catches my eye on devices.
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never really a fan of Samsung devices. I've used it once (when GS2) came out and was not impressed with the overall UI platform (just my personal preference). I guess it's safe to say that i've grown so much to love HTC Sense UI that I never wanna take a chance to jump off the boat to another UI lol. To me, it's more intuitive and user friendly. In terms of customization on sense, there's plenty more for improvements.
I agree with the dedicated buttons for camera and camcorder! def an "eye catcher". Aside from comparing it side by side with One S - I was also able to compare it with other high-end mobiles and little to no devices matches Amazes build quality.
Does lack of Advancing Development steer you away? I mean I have grown to love Sense but Sense 4.0 for the Amaze is still in beta. And there are only WIP AOSP, AOKP & CM9 builds. But once ICS Source is released then it should start to pick up again.
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Does lack of Advancing Development steer you away? I mean I have grown to love Sense but Sense 4.0 for the Amaze is still in beta. And there are only WIP AOSP, AOKP & CM9 builds. But once ICS Source is released then it should start to pick up again.
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why thank you sir! can't wait to get my hands on it and do a little customization (nothing too crazy) .. I see future dev for this device and this is one of the main reason why i chose this over One S and other. Sense 4.0 on the Amaze is just.... SEX. lol
Off topic question though - I don't mean to veer off the subject but i'm curious what the quadrant standard benchmark set for this device on ICS (root & unrooted). Any difference as far as the results??
Using energy rom u get around 3000 when is used sense 4 beta had around 550mb ram free and got around 3500 on quadrant . And it gets 6700 (more than galaxy note) on antutu on sense 3.6 really badass performance
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I went through the same process recently and I went with the Amaze hands down. First and foremost, I got the Amaze for $200 less than the One S. Its certainly not worth $200 more in terms of specs. I couldn't find a One S for less than $440, but I got a month-old Amaze for $235.
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I went through the same process recently and I went with the Amaze hands down. First and foremost, I got the Amaze for $200 less than the One S. Its certainly not worth $200 more in terms of specs. I couldn't find a One S for less than $440, but I got a month-old Amaze for $235.
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My one s was 200 lol
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One S > Amaze
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My one s was 200 lol
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One S > Amaze
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200 but with a 2yr contract? I'm paying $30/mo for unlimited data and texting on prepay.
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200 but with a 2yr contract? I'm paying $30/mo for unlimited data and texting on prepay.
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what prepaid service are you using? And what kind of down speeds are you getting? If you don't mind me asking.
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what prepaid service are you using? And what kind of down speeds are you getting? If you don't mind me asking.
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I'm using the T-Mobile 4GMonthly $30 plan. It comes with 100 minutes talk, unlimited text and unlimited data. The first 5gb of data is 4G/HSPA+ and then after that its throttled. I'm getting very good speeds, sometimes as high as 12-13mbps.
Obviously the One S is nice.....but even if One S is the same price as the Amaze, I would go with the Amaze because of the replaceable battery + microSD card slot. Samsung's flagship phones have both of these things. I couldn't understand why the One S and One X would lack these two VERY important features...
What's the big deal about a removable battery? U shouldn't have to remove your battery if your phone/battery runs fine..
I have NOT missed battery pulls... So primitive
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What's the big deal about a removable battery? U shouldn't have to remove your battery if your phone/battery runs fine..
I have NOT missed battery pulls... So primitive
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Still trying to convince yourself that the OneS is better? Lol
Just sell the iphONE S and come back to the Amaze.
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Still trying to convince yourself that the OneS is better? Lol
Just sell the iphONE S and come back to the Amaze.
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Worst battery ever... I had to mod the caplights to kill light bleed... Had to put piece of paper in back cover to stop squeaking... electrical tape to stop flash bleed on camera... Broken WiFi calling, and virtually no development.
Yeah... I'll get right on that
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I'm using the T-Mobile 4GMonthly $30 plan. It comes with 100 minutes talk, unlimited text and unlimited data. The first 5gb of data is 4G/HSPA+ and then after that its throttled. I'm getting very good speeds, sometimes as high as 12-13mbps.
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I was thinking of doing the same since i hardly even go over 100 mins of talk time. But i would rather have atleast 500 mins just incase emergency comes up. My MyTouch 4G device contract is up this coming Dec and I might just do that if TMo still offers the $30 plan. but wait - i thought the $30 plan is only limited to 2gb. -shrugs-
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Worst battery ever... I had to mod the caplights to kill light bleed... Had to put piece of paper in back cover to stop squeaking... electrical tape to stop flash bleed on camera... Broken WiFi calling, and virtually no development.
Yeah... I'll get right on that
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did you get your device brand new out of the box or used? I guess it depends on the user but i could be wrong. Devices can be inconsistent with it comes to these issues. ie. i've had my MyTouch 4G (not the Slide) for almost 2 years and it's still going strong. Have no problems with it - tried rooting it before but not perm and it works great. Hoping to get my Amaze in 2 days and not run into these issues otherwise i'd throw a fit... but hey.. i got it for free lol
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did you get your device brand new out of the box or used? I guess it depends on the user but i could be wrong. Devices can be inconsistent with it comes to these issues. ie. i've had my MyTouch 4G (not the Slide) for almost 2 years and it's still going strong. Have no problems with it - tried rooting it before but not perm and it works great. Hoping to get my Amaze in 2 days and not run into these issues otherwise i'd throw a fit... but hey.. i got it for free lol
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I don't buy anything used. All of the problems that I listed were common amongst users. It is nowhere near the build quality of mt4g glacier... HTC one is more along those lines.
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I agree with glacier I have both phones I'm loving the one s mostly. I think the signal could've been better but It's a very nice awesome powerful phone with s4 processor. I think the amaze is awesome too love it but battery life for me is way better on one s. Though I really do.believe Samsung is starting to show up HTC. The galaxy s3 is pretty much pushing the envelope.
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the amaze is a good phone for sure, it just got ****ted on by HTC and shouldnt have. this phone could have been so much more than what it is! that being said, you boys jumping over to the one s should have waited for the s3. all US variants have the same hardware, so development is going to be overwhelming! on top of that, samsung has already released the FULL kernel source! hope to see some of you guys over there in the s3 forum with me