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So my ****hole of a country just announced we're getting the Samsung Galaxy S2 with the Trega 2 processors at 1.0 Ghz, but at least it's with the SAMOLED+.
It's the i9103 I'm guessing?
So are there any test or benchmarks of this version of the Galaxy S2 anywhere?
All of civilized civilization got the Exynos and obviously it a very good CPU. So all of the reviews out there are indeed of the 1.2 Ghz Exynos model.
So I can't really find a benchmark on the Terga 2 version.
Does anyone know of any tests?
UPDATE
In the end it turns out that this was just a press release mixup and Croatia is indeed getting the exynos version!
I feel you man But we'll be in the same boat when the NFC i9100 comes along...
I'd sure like to believe that... but considering that literally no one in Croatia uses NFC I doubt we'll get it at all.
It sucks. I guess that I will buy my device in Slovenija. Guess they will have exynos version?
One of my friends say:"My country-little banana"
Not a ****hole, it's a really nice country
Anyway, you can always import one from other countries, I imported mine from UK. Of course guarantee might be a problematic issue if anything goes wrong, but oh well...
I wouldn't be that concerned if I were you
Mew178 said:
So my ****hole of a country just announced we're getting the Samsung Galaxy S2 with the Trega 2 processors at 1.0 Ghz, but at least it's with the SAMOLED+.
It's the i9103 I'm guessing?
So are there any test or benchmarks of this version of the Galaxy S2 anywhere?
All of civilized civilization got the Exynos and obviously it a very good CPU. So all of the reviews out there are indeed of the 1.2 Ghz Exynos model.
So I can't really find a benchmark on the Terga 2 version.
Does anyone know of any tests?
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At least you won't have problems with playing 3D games.
valdigre said:
Not a ****hole, it's a really nice country
Anyway, you can always import one from other countries, I imported mine from UK. Of course guarantee might be a problematic issue if anything goes wrong, but oh well...
I wouldn't be that concerned if I were you
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hrcro said:
It sucks. I guess that I will buy my device in Slovenija. Guess they will have exynos version?
One of my friends say:"My country-little banana"
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Yeah problem is I don't really have 600€ or more to spend on the device I'd only get it on T-mobile because I have tons of points and I waited 6 months to renew the contract. So It would be more along the lines of 100~200€ with the contracts and stuff...
Also I live in Osijek and thats really far away from Austria, Italy or Slovenia...
It wouldn't bother me if the UK version was the Tegra 2, previously had a Optimus x2 with tegra 2 and it was nice and fast, wouldn't have concerned me either way but maybe look at some Optimus X2 benchies to give you an idea.
Before I sold the 2x to get this phone I had it clocked up to 1.4 gig without any issues but I can't for the life of me remember the quadrant score I got on it
It will probably be faster clock for clock....
valdigre said:
Not a ****hole, it's a really nice country
Anyway, you can always import one from other countries, I imported mine from UK. Of course guarantee might be a problematic issue if anything goes wrong, but oh well...
I wouldn't be that concerned if I were you
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Warranty means a lot these days...
As always, we in Croatia get crumbs...sad, real sad
At least with the Tegra 2, it will play all the new 3D HD-version games being released in the market whereas the Exynos version needs to wait for someone to hack the apk.
lol at OPs reference to his country
Anyway I had an atrix which I canned for an SGS2. I realize its not comparing apples to apples but the samsung feels a lot snappier / faster / smoother. I have the sammy powered with the exynos.
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It wouldn't bother me if the UK version was the Tegra 2, previously had a Optimus x2 with tegra 2 and it was nice and fast, wouldn't have concerned me either way but maybe look at some Optimus X2 benchies to give you an idea.
Before I sold the 2x to get this phone I had it clocked up to 1.4 gig without any issues but I can't for the life of me remember the quadrant score I got on it
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May I ask why you sold it to get the S2?
I think we can run the tegra games with the chainfire driver now cant we so that may no longer be an issue?
I also think that Exynos will start picking up support in some games anyway if it sells well enough.
I feel for you tegra lot
Performance Tests
You Can test it self download Quadrant standart from the android market
Exynos got = 3453 for me
Tegra got = ?
Just look at the tegra flash performance in web browsing. Exynos can take 1080 in web page. Can tegra do that?
We can tell: well it is not so bad, and lie to ourselves.
Do you think that all of the europe got exynos because it is worse? Do you think that they want so succeed more in Germany, France, UK or in Croatia? I think that they give best products to more "important", demanding, markets.
Seriously, the Tegra is not that far behind the Exynos, so as long as you get the SAmoled + screen and the full 1Gb Ram (which are the main differences with the optimus) you'll be fine.
If you see the benchmarks, the Tegra and the Exynos (optimus 2x vs SGS2) are pretty similar in performance, and both can be OCed if you need more power. The main difference in the benchmarks so far was the software (bloatware), and in your case, it'll be the same, no problems there. Simply wait for a good custom rom and enjoy!
Furthermore, you'll have better compatibility with games without hacks (God bless Chainfire!) and better texture support, so you'll be even better in some areas.
I would go ahead and grab the Tegra version. It may respond 0.025 seconds more slowly when browsing, but most of the phone functions will work just the same, you'll be able to play games of the Tegra zone without any glitch, and you'll get the phone at a much lower price and still have the warranty in case anything goes wrong!
edit: and just in case, to give some numbers:
h t t p : // w w w .inspiredgeek.com/2011/03/13/samsung-galaxy-sii-s2-exynos-4210-vs-tegra-2-which-version-will-be-better/
We all know that benchmarks don't really mean anything, the important thing is the response of the phone once you have it in your hands, but I don't think it'll be a bad phone for having Tegra, in any case.
Since I haven't posted enough, I can't post links, so please, remove the spaces of the url
I do not realy know when I needed my warranty last time - I belive it was with the Motorolo T920 or whatever was it (one of the first "colourfull" phones mamy years ago...).
I'w got my SGSII just yesterday and my first impression is - my SGS has better contrast then the SGSII...
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Just look at the tegra flash performance in web browsing. Exynos can take 1080 in web page. Can tegra do that?
We can tell: well it is not so bad, and lie to ourselves.
Do you think that all of the europe got exynos because it is worse? Do you think that they want so succeed more in Germany, France, UK or in Croatia? I think that they give best products to more "important", demanding, markets.
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It's not like I'm not used to it, its always been like that, we're just a second rate country.
I mean look at game prices here, hell even hardware prices like consoles at stuff.
300$ for a PS3 in America, 600$ for a PS3 in Croatia.
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Seriously, the Tegra is not that far behind the Exynos, so as long as you get the SAmoled + screen and the full 1Gb Ram (which are the main differences with the optimus) you'll be fine.
If you see the benchmarks, the Tegra and the Exynos (optimus 2x vs SGS2) are pretty similar in performance, and both can be OCed if you need more power. The main difference in the benchmarks so far was the software (bloatware), and in your case, it'll be the same, no problems there. Simply wait for a good custom rom and enjoy!
Furthermore, you'll have better compatibility with games without hacks (God bless Chainfire!) and better texture support, so you'll be even better in some areas.
I would go ahead and grab the Tegra version. It may respond 0.025 seconds more slowly when browsing, but most of the phone functions will work just the same, you'll be able to play games of the Tegra zone without any glitch, and you'll get the phone at a much lower price and still have the warranty in case anything goes wrong!
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Well actually you see I'll get the phone at an inflated Croatian price thats higher then most EU prices, Exynos prices. You see Tegra isn't a lower cost alternative to Samsung but not the the countries it's being sold to, here it costs just as much as a Exynos one.
But I can't just buy/import a 600€ I don't have that money for god sakes thats the average monthly pay here, so the only way I can get it is via contract.
And via contract it will cost 100~200€ with all kinds of benifits that I have while in the UK you get a Samsung Galaxy S2 with Exynos for 0 pounds with a 35 pound monthly contract.
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Now that the Atrix has an unlockable bootloader, Gingerbread, and is only $100 on contract, should I wait for something better (Galaxy S II or HTC Holiday) or go ahead and upgrade? Is the Tegra 2 as good as the Exynos? Is the WVGA SAMOLED Plus display better than a qHD screen? Will the SGS2 be worth an extra $100 on top of what the Atrix costs now?
My only real problems with the Atrix were the fact that is wasn't very hackable and that it only had two touch points (which really wasn't a big deal to begin with) and now that both have been fixed, I want to know if the Exynos (or dual-core qualcomm) is a better processor and if the phone as a whole is worth the wait and extra cash.
Exynos will be faster as it has support for the arm neon commands and both are cortex a9. Although I'm pretty sure the tegra 2 is faster than the qualcomm proc in the sensation and evo 3d.
I got frustrated with t-mo today, and returned my lightly used sensation and bought a used atrix off contract in the hopes that it will tide me over till a Nexus 3 (it's a longer story). So far I'm happy with my decision simply because of the recent bootloader unlock.
I like the qHd over the samoled simply because I don't do much phoning outside, and the extra pixels are worth it. I can deal with the slightly worse contrast ratios to benefit by having more pixels to play with.
btw today fry's has the atrix for $49.
Thanks for your opinion npoc, it was really helpful. $50 is a hard deal to pass up and I don't know if the increase in processing power will be worth a price tag that's 4x the atrix's...but idk I always like having the latest and the greatest. I may have to sleep on this one.
I'm sure whatever I get I will be happy with it.
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If you care about games, Tegra 2 is preferable though not required, as though games will be developed for Tegra 2 you can use apps like Chainfire to get around that restriction albeit dealing with some bugs.
The Galaxy S II is a very promising contender, but the quality could be different than seen in Europe with the US carrier models. Also, the deal with the screen not being as nice or something is still around.
And I think the Atrix is 1 penny at Amazon right now
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And I think the Atrix is 1 penny at Amazon right now
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Ya, I found that 1 cent deal, the only problem is I'm not a new customer...and I'm on a family plan so I can't even get the $30 deal. But, I don't know the logistics of the Fry's deal so it could be something similar.
Ugh, I just wish the SGS2 would be released on AT&T already so I could just go in the store and see them both in my hands to figure out which one I really want.
I'm thinking of now getting the atrix as well. I'm sick of my nexus one amoled screen using so much power displaying white colors.
I just spent an hour with the atrix and the screen looks beautiful. But I run cyan 7 AOSP so that might take a while now that it's unlocked. Ugh what to do.
$0.01 on amazon get it now!
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Ya, I found that 1 cent deal, the only problem is I'm not a new customer...and I'm on a family plan so I can't even get the $30 deal. But, I don't know the logistics of the Fry's deal so it could be something similar.
Ugh, I just wish the SGS2 would be released on AT&T already so I could just go in the store and see them both in my hands to figure out which one I really want.
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I am also contemplating the Atrix. Im on the same plan type as you, Family Plan with upgrade. Please PM me or just respond on this thread what you decide. Im trying to figure this out as well. (soon)
jruweaver said:
$0.01 on amazon get it now!
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wawooo ~``
Get it! I loooooooooooooooooove mine!
I couldn't stand it anymore and I went ahead and bought the Atrix! When I was in the store the guy said the unofficial word on the SGS2 is August and that was too long for me so I made the executive decision to buy the Atrix. From the hour that I've had it, all I can say is I think I am going to be very very happy with my decision
I compared the Atrix screen to the Infuse and honestly, the extra brightness and saturation didn't make too much of a difference. I think I will enjoy the 4" screen size as well as the qHD resolution more than the 4.3", WVGA screen the SGS2 has. Even without rooting and bootloader unlocking, this seems to be awesome phone and I can't wait till tonight when I have time to sit down and hack this thing up!
I've had my Desire HD for almost a year now and it's a great phone and has served me well but once again the new year has rolled around and my annual phone savings have started to swell so I'm looking to get a new phone.
The only phone at the minute that seems like a formidable upgrade from my desire HD and has caught my eye is the Galaxy Note, my main question however is:
Should I part with my money now or wait to see what 2012 has to offer?
Any replies/suggestions/opinions are appreciated, thankyou.
I heard that there's going to be a very fast phone coming in 2015.
I'd wait. quad core phones should be rolling out within the next few months.
unless you get a super good deal on a dual core phones out now, and don't need to have your new phone asap, really no reason not to wait just a couple months or so.
now why the heck would one need a quad core? one more way to uncharge your phone?!
ptt: if you don't need the best cam, i would def. lay down your money now on the GNex, best phone i ever owned... and the pure Google Android experience is awesome in my opinion
I'm not a massive fan of the nexus, just not my cup of tea design wise, if I'm to get a new one it'd be the note hands down.
I think I'll stick with my desire HD for now and get one of those lovely £10 a month GiffGaff simcards, upgrading so soon is a bit silly considering I only want the note because of it's superior browsing experience, everything else is just buffer.
Thanks anyway guys.
No matter when you buy, the next generation will be out a month later.
If you want the best futureproofing ATM, Galaxy Nexus is the best choice. But if you are into the HTC experience since you had the DHD so long, HTC should announce their Tegra 3 quad core phones shortly after CES, in case you want to look out for that as well
I'm personally going to wait to see the selection of tegra 3 devices that come out or are announced over the next 4 or 5 months before making a purchase decision. My CM7 Touchpad will do for now.
I think it's better to wait for quad-core phones.
After a couple of days pass there'll be CES! I think a lot of great quad-cores (actually not only quad-core devices) will be shown at the exhibition. So, there'll be much more devices that can 'catch your eye' and more options to choose from
They're out to get you
No matter what you do, the manufacturers are all out to get you in the end. You buy one now, 3 months later, there's something new that's out that you can't just get an "upgrade" to your existing phone for.
Samsung is a classic example. They could deploy ICS to the Galaxy S, but instead of just doing it and giving their customers what they want, they make them go out and buy the S2 (which is a fine device... ), but it only helps the carriers lock people into another 3 year contract, when they only had a year in to begin with.
It's a serious cramp in consumer leverage.
Wait till Cortex A15 processors (and Qualcomm's Krait architecture) come out.
The only quad core devices that will be coming out in the next roughly 3 months will all likely be Tegra 3, which IMO has a lackluster GPU and is A9. Tegra 3 definitely is pretty nice, but I think A15 chips with more powerful GPUs will be much better than Tegra 3.
I think it's safe to say that the Galaxy S3 is going to be something special. I'd wait to see just how good it is rather than buying now.
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I think it's safe to say that the Galaxy S3 is going to be something special. I'd wait to see just how good it is rather than buying now.
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I agree, the new S3 will be something. Wait mid year and see what gets announced.
S3 will no doubt be fantastic specs wise but I just don't like the plastic construction and the lack of a bit of weight in Samsung phones and I know I'm not alone in that, so will probably be buying the HTC Edge, although if it's disappointing or not right for some reason I'll probably just try to find a good 32GB Gnex deal, can't justify spending the €500-600 most are looking for on Ebay for the 16GB model atm.
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No matter when you buy, the next generation will be out a month later.
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Yes. That's true and that is exactly what causes the low resale value of an android phone, IMHO.
hey I love the pace and the low resale value of android phones
otherwise I would never have my S2 on boost
I could never afford the phone otherwise
so you manufacturers keep cranking them out please because I don't do contracts
I cannot wait until the next batch of phones comes out because then I can grab a couple of extra S2's on craigslist
I am flat out impressed with a galaxy s 2 the only thing is really lacks is not enough resolution for the screen
for most things including games and videos you cannot notice the resolution lacking but the interface is too crowded things are too large I found lcd resolution allows me to change the dpi too an affective 160 dpi which simulates a 1200x720 screen resolution much much better
if a new galaxy s 3 has a 720 resolution screen keeps the SAMOLED screen feature I will buy it
otherwise I am perfectly happy with a S2's amazing feature set
If you're in America, don't wait for the S3. We most likely won't get them until late 2012 unless you fork over $800 for the international version.
Just my humble opinion, but quad cores are a bit early to adopt, there isn't going to me much application support utilizing all four cores till they flood the market, and there was already a bunch of new dual cores announced at CES - granted it's only the first day.
I think you better wait and buy something more worthwhile
you better wait for SGS 3..i think it will be good
Come july 1st i have an upgrade on sprint. Now i have been following the news surrounding the galaxy s III closely and when it was released, almost imediately i was sure i wanted it. However now that the us version has been released and reviewed I am not so sure. The specs on the galaxy s III on both versions are miles ahead of my original epic's. But, i am not so sure about the gpu of the us version. Its using a gpu from last year's (galaxy s II) phone. This is an issue for me because I like to play the gpu intensive games (at least the ones that my phone can run) nova, me, gta ect. I don't want to be put at a disadvantage when the adreno 300 series comes out later this year aswell as other new gpus. Also i am extremely woried about the gs3 fragileness. I was extremely fortunate that the epic was built like a tank. I dropped it a lot, while talking, texting, out of my pocket ect. It has survived through a combination of luck, build quality, and the active x seido case. However the gs3 from what i have seen breaks easier than an iphone 4(s). I am also not a big fan of svoice. I think the google speak thing works better. So as you can see my cons seem to be stacking up more and more. I don't care that it is dual core vs the quad core international, because quad core isn't optimized but like i said b4 the gpu on the s4 is old. Also I saw the upcoming specs of the lg eclipse and it seems better than the gs3. If it were by any other manufacturer, it wouldn't even be a question. I would just get that. But because i hate lg here is my question(s)
p.s. i hold onto phones for the whole duration of the contract so my next phone HAS to last me the two years
1. Should i get the gs3 or wait?
2.If i wait should i get the lg eclipse or no because lg software and build quality is crap?
3. Any chance the new nexus phones could have the specs i want?
A new nexus is around 8-10 months away and LG phones suck like crazy
And if you can play ganes on your of epic I'm pretty sure they will play nicer on the gs3
Its less worth it for me going from an et4g to the gs3 but I'm a phone junkie ill get it
And I'm pretty concerned about the easyness in breaking the phone so ill get some sort of protection plan
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gtuansdiamm said:
A new nexus is around 8-10 months away and LG phones suck like crazy
And if you can play ganes on your of epic I'm pretty sure they will play nicer on the gs3
Its less worth it for me going from an et4g to the gs3 but I'm a phone junkie ill get it
And I'm pretty concerned about the easyness in breaking the phone so ill get some sort of protection plan
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Its more like 5 months away ---> http://www.talkandroid.com/113162-b...ember-5th-to-celebrate-androids-5th-birthday/
GS3 All the way
I love the GS3. I just got it the other day and it is an awesome phone. Very fast and blows my old Nexus S 4G away. I don't game much so I don't know how it performs playing a game. I ran a quadrant benchmark test and it ranked #2 right under the ONE X, but I believe that was for the international version.
It does seem a bit fragile though. I'm ordering an Otter Box as soon as the Defender model comes out.
All I can say is I love the phone and I would recommend it to anyone.
I just paid $550 for it because I didn't have an upgrade. I came from the s2 and I wouldn't say it's a huge upgrade but it's definitely a awesome phone and I'm glad I bought it
A few things are preventing me from getting the S3 now. The major one is Sprint's network as in Sprint's delay with LTE deployment and (currently) molasses slow 3g. More minor: I have an OG Epic and know that I will miss my physical KB. The last reason is I am hoping to see the 28nm low-power LTE chip phones, which will happen in 6 months or so but this is not a deal-breaker.
Wife's VZW S3 is on order.
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A few things are preventing me from getting the S3 now. The major one is Sprint's network as in Sprint's delay with LTE deployment and (currently) molasses slow 3g. More minor: I have an OG Epic and know that I will miss my physical KB. The last reason is I am hoping to see the 28nm low-power LTE chip phones, which will happen in 6 months or so but this is not a deal-breaker.
Wife's VZW S3 is on order.
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So your pretty much in the same position as me. I guess i will go to the sprint store and check out the gs3 to see if its worth it ( when they get it in...)
Upgrade! Do it! This phone (GS3) is great. I love it.
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Its more like 5 months away ---> http://www.talkandroid.com/113162-b...ember-5th-to-celebrate-androids-5th-birthday/
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Were on sprint
We nver get first dibs on the nexus
I tool that into account
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However the gs3 from what i have seen breaks easier than an iphone 4(s).
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If you're referring to the video made by those case makers I'd take it with a grain of salt. The GSIII is pretty tough, although it might be more fragile than the GSII.
Sprint's 3g is crapola here in Seattle so I can't do without the wimax on my E4GT. Lately 3g has gotten worse and wimax is better. I have an upgrade in September so I'm going to hold out until then. I might have more options like a new Nexus LTE rumored for November or maybe a Galaxy Note 2 on Sprint.
See whats worying me is i asked this on a forum for the phone itself. I would have thought i would have gotten a bunch of biased yeses. If i asked on the evo4glte forum i would expect to get a bunch of biased nos. But i seem to be getting maybes and yeses. So this is making me more afraid to take that step to a new phone.
The title says it all, is having a Snapdragon 600 processor really a deal breaker?
Share your thoughts! Please no bashing, or rude languages. Respect everyones opinion. This is a discussion thread.
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Absolutely not a deal breaker for me.
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Not me but there are other reasons why I might not get the ONE Max
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I'm glad the One Max will have the Snap 600. I'm on Verizon and *hope* that we can break what I'm sure will be a locked bootloader with the same unlock method beaups created for the Verizon One.
It depends on the on upgrade price for me here on Sprint. I've narrowed it down to G2 and the One Max. I'm on EPRP, so I cannot take advantage of any 3rd party deals
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It depends on the on upgrade price for me here on Sprint. I've narrowed it down to G2 and the One Max. I'm on EPRP, so I cannot take advantage of any 3rd party deals
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Wow you going from one extreme to another. The One Max which is a over size overweight phablet with probably a upgrade price of $299 to a slim lightweight phone with a 5.2 screen with a upgrade price of $0.
With that said see you over at the G2 side of things.
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Wow you going from one extreme to another. The One Max which is a over size overweight phablet with probably a upgrade price of $299 to a slim lightweight phone with a 5.2 screen with a upgrade price of $0.
With that said see you over at the G2 side of things.
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I can't get the BestBuy discount. I'm on EPRP plan. G2 looks like $200 on upgrade price via Sprint.......
It will be $249.99 on Sprint with contract.
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Good temperature control
溫度控制的不錯。
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The 600 is not slow by any means and the phone feels amazing. Even the size is OK, initially OK it does feel massive but like all phones you get past that and it just feels normal, the 600 is still going to be fast in 2 years time so not the end of the world.
Also contracts in the UK are free to get, it appears that its only in the states were u have to pay stupid money just to get a contract.
Im due two upgrades, one this month and one in November, plus I've already got the HTC one, so might even hold fire for something better.
Only problem for me is that HTC will probably release an 800 version and call it the one max XE. Which will just be a massive sucker punch to anyone who bought the original.
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htc wont bring out a snapdragon 800 version
they said the one line is the 600er line this year ... thats it ... next year it will be the next line of products .... htc two or something
and then they will use another soc
Yes that's one of the deal breakers for me and i am guessing that's the same for most of the tech crowd around. i am not saying that SD 600 is slow and old, but the competing phones just win so easily.
I am not happy to put my money on a phone that's running an old processor. If it was like computers that i can swap out the CPU later after 1 year i would happily get this phone.
800 has improvements in GPU and power utilization that will be easily seen in such a phone, it could have been the most brilliant thing if an 800 was used and under-clocked to 1.7 Ghz
not to mention, in a few months even the 800 will be thrown away from the top spot.
It was for me plus the 4MP camera and a few other things. I held out for this phone hoping for something great but HTC failed to deliver. As soon as Max launched I went out and bought a Note 3 - totally awesome phone. Now just one failing HTC phone (Sensation) in the family soon to be replaced by an S4.
I watch HTC's demise with sadness.
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It was for me plus the 4MP camera and a few other things. I held out for this phone hoping for something great but HTC failed to deliver. As soon as Max launched I went out and bought a Note 3 - totally awesome phone. Now just one failing HTC phone (Sensation) in the family soon to be replaced by an S4.
I watch HTC's demise with sadness.
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I just ordered my One MAX. i have used the HTC One and from my experience i know that this 4MP camera is amazing and more practically usable than the other phone camera. There is with a reason that HTC One was crowned the best mobile phone of the year.
It came very close to being a deal breaker, but I'm not a big gaming enthusiast or a Samsung fan (GS3). Additionally I found enough articles saying the One Max's performance -- benchmark scores not withstanding -- felt on par or just as good as the Note 3. Personally the lack of a specialized stylus was a bigger potential deal breaker than the Snapdragon 600.
With that being said, I have a Note 3 Developer Edition on backorder with the Samsung site. If Samsung ever delivers on the backorder, I'll know more then as to whether the 800 really makes that much of a difference.
I couldnt care less what kind of processor is in ANY phone I buy. If it is smooth, quick, no lag, and handles everything I throw at it, THATS all that matters in the real world.
I came from a Note 2, which had the same processor and ram, and, frankly, this phone is smoother than the note 2 ever was, even with the custom roms and AOSP that I had on it...I'm sure its because TouchWiz sucks the life out of any phone, and Sense 5.5 doesnt seem to.
Hopefully, development picks up for the one max, so we can see how it handles ASOP roms, but, no matter what, this phone is super smooth, handles anything you ask it to do effortlessly, so stop getting hung up on processor names, and model numbers, and just pay attention to how a phone works for YOU..
Geronimo.USMC said:
It depends on the on upgrade price for me here on Sprint. I've narrowed it down to G2 and the One Max. I'm on EPRP, so I cannot take advantage of any 3rd party deals
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One up promotion, $10 Employee referral discount. This is what I have. I gave them an 8 y/o phone to start it up, and I only paid tax.
wase4711 said:
I couldnt care less what kind of processor is in ANY phone I buy. If it is smooth, quick, no lag, and handles everything I throw at it, THATS all that matters in the real world.
I came from a Note 2, which had the same processor and ram, and, frankly, this phone is smoother than the note 2 ever was, even with the custom roms and AOSP that I had on it...I'm sure its because TouchWiz sucks the life out of any phone, and Sense 5.5 doesnt seem to.
Hopefully, development picks up for the one max, so we can see how it handles ASOP roms, but, no matter what, this phone is super smooth, handles anything you ask it to do effortlessly, so stop getting hung up on processor names, and model numbers, and just pay attention to how a phone works for YOU..
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i wish HTC releases a Google play edition for the MAX.i wonder how difficult it will be for dev's to port the GE version of One to the MAX.
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i was really worried about the processor, however i do take back my words, SD 600 is good enough for me.
Having come from a Galaxy Note 2 to the One Max, I would say the One Max would have definitely benefited from the SD800. While the Note 2 did have a 720p screen as opposed to the 1080p, it was snappier due to less strain on the gfx processing. I can feel lag in gaming due to the increased resolution on the One Max. When I used my friends Note 3, I saw none of the same lag I was getting on the One Max.
Now, do I regret choosing the One Max over the Note 3? Not really. I kept flip flopping back and forth between them for my upgrade. I really like the bigger size of the One Max, the front speakers, and aluminum body (minus the horrid choice of white plastic in between the sheets). One the Note 3, the faster processor was nice, but overall, that's all it had to offer. There was one game that I really enjoyed that made use of the Note stylus, but I already beat it and hardly ever took the stylus out for anything else. Plus the upgrade only cost me $109 through Amazon as opposed to $199 for the Note 3 only made it even sweeter.
Ryououki said:
Having come from a Galaxy Note 2 to the One Max, I would say the One Max would have definitely benefited from the SD800. While the Note 2 did have a 720p screen as opposed to the 1080p, it was snappier due to less strain on the gfx processing. I can feel lag in gaming due to the increased resolution on the One Max. When I used my friends Note 3, I saw none of the same lag I was getting on the One Max.
Now, do I regret choosing the One Max over the Note 3? Not really. I kept flip flopping back and forth between them for my upgrade. I really like the bigger size of the One Max, the front speakers, and aluminum body (minus the horrid choice of white plastic in between the sheets). One the Note 3, the faster processor was nice, but overall, that's all it had to offer. There was one game that I really enjoyed that made use of the Note stylus, but I already beat it and hardly ever took the stylus out for anything else. Plus the upgrade only cost me $109 through Amazon as opposed to $199 for the Note 3 only made it even sweeter.
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if you are gamer, do follow the gaming thread from the original HTC one. we have scripts which would making your gaming lag free and last long without thermals. I believe these scripts should work for the One MAX as well.
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And once we get the kernel sources, the dev's will be able to unleash the GFX power of SD 600. From what i know gaming (atleast with help of devs) on SD 600 is highly smooth and long lasting - It seems like SD 800 is very power hungry and makes your battery drain faster compare to SD 600. I know SD 800 is supposed to be better at battery usage, however this is specifically for gaming and SD 800 also seems to heat faster which also will contribute to battery drain.