can't seem to decide.. I have a Blackberry Bold right now and both these new phones blow this POS away!!!
Droid Charge easily. Better screen and better battery life.
Droid is Nice buTTT
I currently have both. I have to say up front - I had a Sammy Fascinate and loved it. If I could have done Skype I'd have stayed with it. Buttttt - I couldn't so I went with the first available - the Iphone 4. My family and I travel a lot for leisure via auto and we like to stay in touch face to face.
The iphone was very dependable - does what it says it will do every time. Buttt - it is locked down pretty tight.
Out comes the HTC Bolt and I waited for things to settle in with various ROMs. I jumped in the pool about 3 weeks ago and after considerable tinkering I get about 10-12 hours of battery life.
Out comes the Sammy Charge. Remembering my experience with the Fascinate - I get one. The screen is TERRIFIC!!!! Feels good in the hand, battery life is a little better than the Bolts (probably will get better with rooting, custom ROMs and tinkering) and the GPS works fairly quickly.
Now the bad news:
1. Data connection - data connection - data connection. Not good, erratic drops, slower than the Bolt, not good.
2. No Skype yet.
3. Sammy history. Sammy/Verizon are slow with any major updates and as a consequence developers are slow to develop custom ROMs. This is just a personal observation.
All in all - I am back with the Bolt - after some tinkering now it "just works" all the time. No freezes, lots of Skype and FAST!!!
Hope this helps.
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I currently have both. I have to say up front - I had a Sammy Fascinate and loved it. If I could have done Skype I'd have stayed with it. Buttttt - I couldn't so I went with the first available - the Iphone 4. My family and I travel a lot for leisure via auto and we like to stay in touch face to face.
The iphone was very dependable - does what it says it will do every time. Buttt - it is locked down pretty tight.
Out comes the HTC Bolt and I waited for things to settle in with various ROMs. I jumped in the pool about 3 weeks ago and after considerable tinkering I get about 10-12 hours of battery life.
Out comes the Sammy Charge. Remembering my experience with the Fascinate - I get one. The screen is TERRIFIC!!!! Feels good in the hand, battery life is a little better than the Bolts (probably will get better with rooting, custom ROMs and tinkering) and the GPS works fairly quickly.
Now the bad news:
1. Data connection - data connection - data connection. Not good, erratic drops, slower than the Bolt, not good.
2. No Skype yet.
3. Sammy history. Sammy/Verizon are slow with any major updates and as a consequence developers are slow to develop custom ROMs. This is just a personal observation.
All in all - I am back with the Bolt - after some tinkering now it "just works" all the time. No freezes, lots of Skype and FAST!!!
Hope this helps.
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The erratic data may only be affecting a small number of LTE devices since I read some Thunderbolt users have had similar problems.
Have you tried both Skype apps from the Market?
Remember, Google is promising faster updates for 18 months after a phone releases. That may include the Droid Charge.
Bow chika wah wah
Charge vs Bolt
Like I said, I have both the devices. The Bolt never acted as erratic as the Sammy. When I say erratic I mean complete dropouts not just shifts. A little better when you download, install and use LTE switch program.
About the Skype - nothing to do with Google all about the Skype/Microsoft universe. Remember that the Bolt originally had Skype installed. When it finally came out - no Skype. Still no authorized Skype just the grey area apk.
My take remains, the Bolt is my choice based on these issues and Sammy's history.
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Like I said, I have both the devices. The Bolt never acted as erratic as the Sammy. When I say erratic I mean complete dropouts not just shifts. A little better when you download, install and use LTE switch program.
About the Skype - nothing to do with Google all about the Skype/Microsoft universe. Remember that the Bolt originally had Skype installed. When it finally came out - no Skype. Still no authorized Skype just the grey area apk.
My take remains, the Bolt is my choice based on these issues and Sammy's history.
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my fascinate had skype preinstalled... I had to root to remove the pos app. If Im thinking right, you want the full version of skype?
My vote is for the sammy. I have owned both and having to throw the thunderbolt on the charger 3 times a day got old fast. I also think the samsung feels a lot better in my hand.
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Like I said, I have both the devices. The Bolt never acted as erratic as the Sammy. When I say erratic I mean complete dropouts not just shifts. A little better when you download, install and use LTE switch program.
About the Skype - nothing to do with Google all about the Skype/Microsoft universe. Remember that the Bolt originally had Skype installed. When it finally came out - no Skype. Still no authorized Skype just the grey area apk.
My take remains, the Bolt is my choice based on these issues and Sammy's history.
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Funny, my experience with both devices is exactly the opposite. My Thunderbolt (recently sold) was horrific with data drops, often refusing to hold any data connection whatsoever. 3 days with the Charge and I can already tell data connectivity is much improved.
Agreed. I didn't have the TB, but I had the Fascinate and I would drop data at my house all the time. I've got about a 10pt better db signal with the Charge and haven't had as many drops (if any) now.
Had the Thunderbolt and hated it. That little douchebag of a phone would drop my LTE constantly and make tears appear on my face and try to drown me.
Sure Charge isn't rooted or ROM'd yet but so far it's better in every possible way. The battery life is way better which is huge for me since I need to be in touch with my hookers constantly and can't always be near a charger.
Also the screen kicks golden beans
hahah funny description...
what's the cheapest place to get the Charge from right now? I have a $50 verizon new every two credit to use too.. I don't think Amazon or best buy honors that right?
Best Buy will match the price that you would get at Verizon, so you should still get it for $250
costco has it for 250 as well, which my best buy price matched without even verifying. the main benefit of shopping at costco i believe is a 90 day return policy on the phone, so if the bionic, galaxy 2, or something else comes out in the next 3 months and you want to trade phones you are able to do so.
a verizon store is the last place i'd buy the phone as they charge a $35 restocking fee if you happen to return it, and you only have 14 days to do so
I had the tbolt twice... I bought it day one ... and within 5 days it was returned due to horrible battery life.
in the DC area i have had GREAT lte reception, however in the phoenix area the LTE is horrible. so i think much depends on your location.
I bought the tbolt again when there were a decent amount of roms and plenty of people saying they had better battery life... the only way I could use the phone for more than 4 hours was to turn off all the radios ... that made the phone useless to me...
i now have the charge and it runs with all my apps and my level of use for a full day... i don't have to charge every 2- 3 hours anymore... so i am very happy with the charge even though it is not rooted... (I was too quick with the update).
again even with the charge and my lg lte modem I found the area around scottsdale and tempe to have either no or horrible lte coverage. i think that verizon should work on better coverage in cities before saying they have lte in them...
I too would like to have skype working with video ... it would just make sense but there are other apps that work well such as oovoo.
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I had the tbolt twice... I bought it day one ... and within 5 days it was returned due to horrible battery life.
in the DC area i have had GREAT lte reception, however in the phoenix area the LTE is horrible. so i think much depends on your location.
I bought the tbolt again when there were a decent amount of roms and plenty of people saying they had better battery life... the only way I could use the phone for more than 4 hours was to turn off all the radios ... that made the phone useless to me...
i now have the charge and it runs with all my apps and my level of use for a full day... i don't have to charge every 2- 3 hours anymore... so i am very happy with the charge even though it is not rooted... (I was too quick with the update).
again even with the charge and my lg lte modem I found the area around scottsdale and tempe to have either no or horrible lte coverage. i think that verizon should work on better coverage in cities before saying they have lte in them...
I too would like to have skype working with video ... it would just make sense but there are other apps that work well such as oovoo.
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I'd have to agree on the spotty coverage in Tempe/Scottsdale/Mesa. Sitting in my office right now in Tempe I have no LTE coverage. If I walk outside it will pick it up; this is usually the case no matter where I go (in the cities listed). I have not tested it in any other city.
thanks for the Costco note.. I am going to buy from them for $250 and they give you an accessory pack for free.. plus the 90 day swap window which is very nice to have!
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costco has it for 250 as well, which my best buy price matched without even verifying. the main benefit of shopping at costco i believe is a 90 day return policy on the phone, so if the bionic, galaxy 2, or something else comes out in the next 3 months and you want to trade phones you are able to do so.
a verizon store is the last place i'd buy the phone as they charge a $35 restocking fee if you happen to return it, and you only have 14 days to do so
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aliensquale said:
can't seem to decide.. I have a Blackberry Bold right now and both these new phones blow this POS away!!!
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I would recommend testing both if you can. I got the thunderbolt on release and love it. I got the Charge on release and love it as well, but prefer sense over touchwiz. Thats just my personal preference. Id keep the Thunderbolt over the Charge if I had to choose, but I dont.
I dont see how some that complain about their LTE dropping when they had their Tunderbolt do not take into consideration the national LTE outage....their wasnt a second LTE phone at the time to compare whether their LTE dropping was due to the phone or the service...yet they blame the phone. For all you know, your data dropping at that particular time could have been service related, not phone related. You had nothing to compare it to. So far, my Thunderbolt consistently has better LTE speeds, while my Charge had better 3G speeds. Both drop LTE and revert back to 3g in the same area at the same time. Only speeds differ. Im in a 4G area FWIW.
Both are great phones and just like any phone, it depends on your needs. I would advise you to play with both, and if you dont mind the re-stocking fee buy one and return it for the other if your not happy. In my experience, if youre crafty you can get out of the restocking fee and talk your sales rep into allowing you to buy one phone and return it if youre not happy.
I need the voice/data to work at the same time. But I still want this beast cuz of tthe beautiful screen
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Your posting in the Samsung Charge forum, of course people are going to say the Charge. I promised I would never buy another Samsung product after the upgrade problems I've had with my fascinate and am going to stick with that. My wife has the Thunderbolt and that is going to be my next phone. Battery doesn't seem to be as bad and I already have the options to apply an undervolted kernel to save battery life. My wife's nephew has the phone also and he doesn't have issues with the battery. YMMV, IMHO, TIFWIW....
jv
how much battery life savings can you get with the undervolted kernal? if you do the undervolted kernal.. doesn't that slow down the processor in the phone thus make the overall use of the phone slower?
I bought this battery http://www.sunglobal.com.my/enlarge.asp?id=93 from sunglobal for RM60 equivalent to 16usd... so far the battery performance is quite good... on a normal day i could get up till 15 hours on data and around 25 hours without data... the problem in my country is when u turn on data in my country it keeps changing from 3g and HSDPA so that really takes a lot out of the battery but still it is much better then the stock battery...
i get the same thing too..anyway i feel ICS rom does perform better in terms of battery performance.. wonder how is sunglobal when compare to anker..i never used anker before..
anyway..the attachment show my best so far..
wow that's really good... i will never be able to do that with the data on... but with the data off i think i might probably get there...
The switching between "3G" and "H" is normal. When idle it's 3G then switches to H when in use.
Phil
Yea..I didn't turn on data.. I think we are pretty much in line in terms of battery performance..anyway I'm still looking around for other battery..mugen seems very good but expensive..lol
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The switching between "3G" and "H" is normal. When idle it's 3G then switches to H when in use.
Phil
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But still if you are moving with the data on at certain places its 3G and at certain places its Hsdpa so this i think uses a lot of the battery... i have tested this battery without turning on the data and it will last for around 30-36 hours on moderate usage... i think in your country there hsdpa connection is more stable so thats why you dont have this problem... in my country they are still using cheap radio towers in a lot of places so thats why we malaysian still have this prob.. cant blame the batt though.. the problem is the phone sometimes tries its best to find this hsdpa connection so thats why it uses a lot of the batt life...
Battery
See I love the fact they have extended batteries...but the problem with those is when u get the battery it is almost impossible to find a protective case that will fit and give good protection for your phone against drops
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See I love the fact they have extended batteries...but the problem with those is when u get the battery it is almost impossible to find a protective case that will fit and give good protection for your phone against drops
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so far i have dropped my phone more than 10 times.... Until now i have yet to find any scratches on my phone... maybe i am just lucky or maybe the phone is tough... so my point is you really do not need a case for protecting your phone but if you want extra protection then go for it... The third time i dropped my iphone 3gs the screen cracked.. so sensation is i think tougher then many phones in the market because of its built.. no harm in giving it extra protection but its just like putting airbags in cars which have seatbelts only....
Did you tested to see if it is 1850 mAh or not? Also the site posted listed the price at 89.90 MYR which is about $29.50 USD. Where did you get it for $16?
does the battery temp work ?
how is this battery compare to anker ?
thanks
Dealer
Where can i get sunglobal battery near melaka or Kuala Lumpur?
I am using a LG Q6 for the past five days. It is a very decent mobile. I bought it for INR 9,500 after exchange of an older mobile. For this price, I consider the mobile to be really good. I haven't had any luck confirming this. Does anyone know if this device uses a corning gorilla glass display? I read somewhere that it uses corning gorilla glass 3 but doesn't know for sure.
Even I got it for 8K by exchanging old phone. It uses Corning Gorilla Glass 3, but get a tempered glass as soon as possible.
akash1988 said:
Even I got it for 8K by exchanging old phone. It uses Corning Gorilla Glass 3, but get a tempered glass as soon as possible.
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There are no accessories available yet.
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There are no accessories available yet.
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amazon has got a lot!
Mobile/Data Connectivity:
How are you finding the signal/data connectivity strength and consistency? I mostly don't get full signal strength. It is always a bar less. But thankfully, I haven't missed any calls. So, I am okay with that. But data connectivity is kinda erratic and slow? It takes time to download data when I wake it up start using data. Sometimes it doesn't pull data until I toggle once or twice the data connection. Am I alone?
Charging:
It takes a good 2h 45m - 3h to completely charge the mobile from 0% to 100% using the stock charger. Is it okay to charge with a more powerful charger and will it decrease the charging time? How far can I go to get a quicker charge without damaging the phone/battery? Any suggestions on which charger to use? I mean specific info on what watts/volts to use?
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Mobile/Data Connectivity:
How are you finding the signal/data connectivity strength and consistency? I mostly don't get full signal strength. It is always a bar less. But thankfully, I haven't missed any calls. So, I am okay with that. But data connectivity is kinda erratic and slow? It takes time to download data when I wake it up start using data. Sometimes it doesn't pull data until I toggle once or twice the data connection. Am I alone?
Charging:
It takes a good 2h 45m - 3h to completely charge the mobile from 0% to 100% using the stock charger. Is it okay to charge with a more powerful charger and will it decrease the charging time? How far can I go to get a quicker charge without damaging the phone/battery? Any suggestions on which charger to use? I mean specific info on what watts/volts to use?
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I use samsung fast charger and my phone is full charge in 1hr and 40 mins
Is their any possibility for lg q6 to get custom rom.. Any devs here
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There are few available on Flipkart as well
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Is their any possibility for lg q6 to get custom rom.. Any devs here
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I ported TWRP recently for Q6: https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-q6/development/unofficial-twrp-3-1-1-t3663257.
Will port LOS in future.
I'm looking to upgrade from an LG G6, and the op6 looks like what I want in a phone (minus no sd card support). I just have some questions.
1. Does this phone have any major performance/software issues or flaws I should aware of?
2. Does it fully support T-mobile bands, along with wifi texting and calling?
3. Is the battery life decent? I get at least 4 to maybe 6 hrs SOT with the G6, so as long as it similar or better that would be great.
And also a inquiry that wouldn't effect my decision with purchasing this phone, does it have any sort of video-out aside from chromecast?
Thanks for any answers!
neofire4 said:
I'm looking to upgrade from an LG G6, and the op6 looks like what I want in a phone (minus no sd card support). I just have some questions.
1. Does this phone have any major performance/software issues or flaws I should aware of?
2. Does it fully support T-mobile bands, along with wifi texting and calling?
3. Is the battery life decent? I get at least 4 to maybe 6 hrs SOT with the G6, so as long as it similar or better that would be great.
And also a inquiry that wouldn't effect my decision with purchasing this phone, does it have any sort of video-out aside from chromecast?
Thanks for any answers!
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Great phone! I think it's better than stock in most aspects. I run it on T-Mobile with no problems and have great battery life. Never recharge during the day, but it has the ability to charge faster than most phones. Cast is built into settings.
T mobile WiFi calling and texting works 100% plus it used all bands including babe 71 fully. Software is the best Android experience imo and better optimized then stock Android on pixel (smoother and less hiccups) I get 9-11 hours screen on time and lose .3%-.8% battery when idle.
It doesn't have a few things like no ip rating, no wireless charging or step speakers but for what you get for the price, I could not care less. With dash charging anyone complaining about the lack of wireless charging is just wanting to complain about something.
But if looking for at the 6, I'd probably go with the 6T with bigger battery and smaller notch. It's really the same phone just a couple minor differences I mentioned