i wanna ask everyone a question here, my birthday is coming up and i decided to get a new phone, i always wanted the HD2 but since TMobile has announced that its only going to be exclusive to them i wont be able to get 3G with AT&T, do you think its still worth getting it even though ill be on EDGE?
also one more question, the Nexus One has been released and it has similar specs to HD2, what you think is better as far as functionallity and battery would go for?
P.S. thought i wanna throw in this but i was thinking bout the Tilt 2 from AT&T i know its got a bigger screen than FUZE and i still got 3G...decisions decisions
looking foward to everyones answers, thanks!
I think you should wait it out, the year just started so newer and better phone are sure to be released. I heard the Nexus had some problems, pretty minor and can be fixed via update but you'll only beable to use edge on Att.
Definitely wait it out...it was announced at CES that AT&T would be receiving 5 Android devices (three of them HTC), for all you know one of them could be the Nexux One or Nexus One Pro! It would suck to drop $530 on a phone just to use EDGE.
That will depend a lot if you prefer Android or WM
Personally I would go for Leo or Rhodium as I think Android is to young and immature OS...I am sure in the near future it will be a good option but not now..at least for me
Good luck on your decision!
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Definitely wait it out...it was announced at CES that AT&T would be receiving 5 Android devices (three of them HTC), for all you know one of them could be the Nexux One or Nexus One Pro! It would suck to drop $530 on a phone just to use EDGE.
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damn that is true.....i just dont uderstand what AT&T was thinking, but then yet again im not ready to move into Andriod JUST YET...ATT they have the Expo but no custom rom yet
But you gotta admit the "Leo" looks better than the Nexus IMO, I never used a WinMo phone but ive always used windows(2000,XP,7).
I was wondering how fast the phone is and if it had a Dragon under the hood.
ya i wanna get the feel of 1ghz...well hopefully ATT will annouce a WM phone with another 1ghz chip very soon hopefully within the next month or so, but for now i should start collecting money and save up
btw is there an HD2 from a mobile company that runs on the same bands as ATT?? i heard Telstra from AUS runs it but i wanna confirm if it does
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So, I'm looking to get a new phone soon. I'm budgeted for $500$850 in mid-May for it, tho I'd be willing to wait as long as August or September if something really awesome is coming out.
I'm on T-mobile, so need a GSM phone that works on T-Mo, with T-Mo's 3g.
I'm hooked on Android, so whatever phone it is has to run Android (tho if I have to flash Android onto it, I'm cool with that, so long as there's a fully working ROM available!).
I've got a G1 now, and really like it, but I'd like a bigger/higher res screen (min 3.5 inches&800x400ish res), and a faster phone, so, faster CPU&more RAM. (I've got my g1 running cyanogen with the 10MB hack, and it's pretty decent, but I've got upgrade fever and want BETTER *grin*.)
I love the hardware keyboard, but have been using swype since they opened it to beta and could see myself living without a hardware keyboard. (Tho I'd rather not, as I've had phones with hardware qwerty keyboards since 2005 or so!)
I also want a good camera. The camera in the g1 is alright. I'd like a better one, but one about the same would be ok.
oh, and it definitely needs to used microsdhc. I'd prefer if the memory card slot was pretty accessible, as it is on the g1, but I can live with it being under the battery or somewhere stupid like that.
So, what phones should I be checking out?
I've only ever had 1 smart phone: HTC Desire. Can't fault it. I note you like the hard keyboard, but the Desire's soft keyboard is very good.
The Desire defintely meets most of my specs. On wikipedia it says 32Gb microsd. Did it come with a 32GB memory card, or is wiki just listing the max supported?
thats its max. it came with a 4gb, but i'd check that when you buy it. Mine was HTC branded (unlocked). The card was already in the phone, so when i was in the shop i thought it didn't come with one.
Good to know, thanks. I'll be buying it online if I get it, since I'm in the states, but I'll be sure to read the listing to see what size card it's got!
Do you have it rooted? I see it's been rooted but /system can't be accessed. Well, still, odds are that'll be done well before I'm looking to buy!
No i don't. At this stage I'm not too bothered, but almost certainly will mess with that soon.
Look at the Nexus One & it's resume' over at it's forum section
Nexus one is certainly a possibility, but after the 3g issues, I'm sorta hesitant.
I think that the Nexus 1 or the HTC Desire are the best android devices that are released. I would suggest the Xperia X10 but it's firmware is outdated and lacks multitouch and is super laggy regardless of the snapdragon processor. So, for now, and if you need 1 now, then get the Nexus 1 or the Desire.
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Nexus one is certainly a possibility, but after the 3g issues, I'm sorta hesitant.
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What 3G issues? I & most N1 owners have none & are locked on 3G all the time. The only issues are T-Mobile's coverage & towers!
I meant the 3g issues it had when released. Doesn't make sense, I suppose, but it gave me a bad initial impression of the phone, which has persisted. And I can't even go by the T-mobile store and play with the phone to dispell my bad impression, cos it can only be bought online.
An Android phone for you?
Htc Desire or Htc Legend....I would prefer the legend for a lady..my girlfriend's got it ...I tried them both...they are fantastic, I have Hero so! we are very HAPPY...you are in the right way..Android is the future.
Which Android to get??
Htc Desire of course 100% you going to be fine!!
Legend doesn't meet my desired specs at all. 600mhz processor, 320x480 screen, EW! Desire looks spiffy, but from reading the specs, I don't think it'll work on T-mobile US, will it?
I'm leaning toward the nexus one. Roomie is getting the AT&T version, and I'm going to get to play with it while rooting&romming it for her, so that'll give me a chance to decide if the nexus one will work for me or not.
On the super nice side, I've got about $350 worth of unexpected overtime coming up (someone going out of town on short notice) so my budget changes, and I can afford to spend about $850 now! If I go with the nexus one, I'll probably get it from colorware.
Yeah the Desire wont have 3g on tmo
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Well just to let you know, the desire wont have tmo's 3g access due to it being from overseas.
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Yeah, that's what I thought. So the desire is out of the running.
All-Are there any especially awesome phones set to come out in the next few months? I just don't want to buy the nexus one and then 6 weeks from now see the 'Nexus one with a physical keyboard!' released.
you should go with the HD 2. I just read that there is a ROM so it can run 2.1 with sense. but look it up in case I read wrong or something. I'm sure you would double check anyway
Yeah, I'm in the same boat, kinda thinking about ditching tmo and going for the evo4g
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you should go with the HD 2. I just read that there is a ROM so it can run 2.1 with sense. but look it up in case I read wrong or something. I'm sure you would double check anyway
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I looked for Android ROMs for the HD2 middle of last week, and concluded there aren't any good ones, which is a shame cos the HD2 hardware is SWEET.
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Yeah, I'm in the same boat, kinda thinking about ditching tmo and going for the evo4g
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The thought crossed my mind, but I'm on a family plan and switching companies would cost me too much.
Ok my G1 is done and out, i'm not sure what phone to get. I'm staying with t-mo because i'm still under contract on some of the lines on my family plan. My limit on spending on the phone is $300 so no Nexus or Milestone,I AM eligible for a full upgrade price through T-Mo though...
Here are my current options
MyTouch Slide-Not too crazy on the cpu, not a lot of feedback/hype of the phone, so maybe not alot of support will come to it after it's release?. Dont really like that it's targeted as a beginner android phone
wait 'til Galaxy S comes out- But will this thing even come to T-Mo? If so WHEN?
wait 'til Motoroi,havent heard much about it. Highly doubt it will come to T-Mo
wait and see if Nexus One comes to retail store???
wait and see what this whole "Big thing" in June 19th is all about that T-Mobile is talking about
What do you guys think I should do? I would like to get into a new android phone within the next month, I'm using an ancient brick right now and I really miss having a smartphone
Honestly, I don't like any of the phones you mentioned. If I had to reccomend a phone, or two, I would suggest the Touch Pro 2 because of the keyboard, does what you need it to do and then some, great deal of applications and custom roms available. Second would be the HD2 because of everything that I said about the TP2 but waaaaayyyyy faster.
I dont need a physical keyboard, though I want to stay with Android.
I had my eyes on the HD2 but only because of the possibility of porting Android onto it, but looks like that wont happen.
Isnt the TP2 a dated phone? How is it faster than the HD2?
hmmm well i got my nexus one for 365 without a contract but i dont think you could do that anymore since they cancelled the online store... i ordered and cancelled and just paid the ETF instead of the 529....for me its all about the support from google and the devs, since the mytouch slide has sense ui itll take wayyy longer for it to get updates from google.
I would wait out to see what happens with the nexus one bro, this phone is the best thing and i came from the g1 as well.
I know man, I want to get either the Galaxy S or the Nexus but I dont know how long I can wait..
I was thinking of getting a mytouch 1.2 or something from craigslist to cruise until something worthwhile actually comes up from T-mobile and then selling it off again.
I did this when i broke my 1st G1, i got a 2nd G1 to cruise until something comes out,but the 2nd G1 didnt last long either. IDK if I want to pay the $200 for a used mytouch 1.2 with the fear of not able to sell it later down the road....
I've been watching all the latest phones recently and see with great disappointment that every good new phone that comes on the market is available only at the US.I live in Greece and the only high-end device we got since the Desire is the Galaxy S(priced at about 650 euros).All those years good devices came out mostly here and now this!What is happening?When will we get anything like DroidX or Evo 4G?Right now I feel very disappointed...
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Seriously? The HD2 was in Europe first, the Dell Streak is not avail here...you guys get all the stuff first.
Evo is 4g and CDMA...no one else in world has 4g or CDMA I am pretty sure.
Yep, usually the States are last on the release list. But recently there's been a flurry of new device activity
I don't want good devices to come here without coming there,I just think that it'd be better that good phones came to both continents instead of only to one.And I know that the Evo is 4G and CDMA,but there could be a non-4G GSM version for Europe.And what about DroidX?Will we have to stay with the Milestone,the Desire and the HD2?They are really good phones but why not have better when we can?
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I am in the UK and we do got a lot of stuff before the USA but i would say there seems to be a difference in prices sometimes, especially Microsoft they seem to hike up the price in the UK Windows vista and windows 7 for example
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Yep, usually the States are last on the release list. But recently there's been a flurry of new device activity
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Lol!
Usually México is the last buddy...
I wish we receive the releases like in the US
I don't know what you are talking about beacuse the desire looks really good...
I beleive Asia gets them a full year before we do. Then what ever doesn't sell in Japan gets sent to the US and Euro. Then they slap an ATT or Tmo sticker on it and call it the latest and greatest! BTW did you konw your phone was RnD'd for a 13 year old japaneese girl. Turns out they are the most influential users for cell phones. By the numbers japaneese school girls use more cell phones then wall street businessman. Thats why cell mnf.'s test their phones with little girls and not grown adults.
Well,as for Desire being a very good phone I don't say otherwise,I might as well buy one.It's just that there aren't many options available for high-end end devices which is a little bit discouraging.Why don't we get devices like the Evo or the DroidX even now?I don't complain because we didn't get the best devices first,but because we didn't get them at all and I haven't heard any clues or rumors that they will come here.
UK Phones are always better than our US phones lol
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I've been watching all the latest phones recently and see with great disappointment that every good new phone that comes on the market is available only at the US.I live in Greece and the only high-end device we got since the Desire is the Galaxy S(priced at about 650 euros).All those years good devices came out mostly here and now this!What is happening?When will we get anything like DroidX or Evo 4G?Right now I feel very disappointed...
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I have a bunch of friends living in Greece...and the have the same problem you have... There like "gamiseta"..lol they are just waiting now to see if and when any new phones come out
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I have a bunch of friends living in Greece...and the have the same problem you have... There like "gamiseta"..lol they are just waiting now to see if and when any new phones come out
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By the way "gamise ta"(not gamiseta,it's two words) means "**** it" or something like that!Sorry about the vocabulary,but as we cannot get good phones I thought about giving some language lessons!
Anyway,about the whole situation now...Things have been messed up.I wanted to buy a Desire but had no spare money,so I postponed it.Now that I have the money I see all the newer phones and think that,hell,will I get the Desire?I do like it,it's way cooler and better than my Hero,but new phones have 4.3" screens,8 MPx cameras,HD videos etc...Especially when talking about such non-HTC phones,Samsung's Hummingbird and Texas Instruments' OMAP processors are better than Qualcomm's Snapdragon,and mostly in the GPU part(I do love Sense however and don't know if I can have anything else for everyday use...).So what do I do?Buy the Desire and live on wanting something better or wait with the hope that something better will be available in Europe shortly?I am really confused...
And by the way,don't you think that 640 euros for the Galaxy S is a little bit too much?
Really it just depends on your carrier and thier contracts with HTC, samsung, etc... If they are willing to pay for an exclusive deal then they can have their own phone for a set time limit. If not then they are sold to all the carriers with different brands. Tmo went for the HD2 as their flagship phone, ATT went iphoney, Sprint went Evo4, Verizon is going Droid X, METROPCS went RAZR. lol, funny thing is aside from the iphone they are all the same phone with minor modifications.
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Really it just depends on your carrier and thier contracts with HTC, samsung, etc... If they are willing to pay for an exclusive deal then they can have their own phone for a set time limit. If not then they are sold to all the carriers with different brands. Tmo went for the HD2 as their flagship phone, ATT went iphoney, Sprint went Evo4, Verizon is going Droid X, METROPCS went RAZR. lol, funny thing is aside from the iphone they are all the same phone with minor modifications.
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They are in no way the same phone except for the Evo and the HD2.The Droid X uses Texas Instruments' OMAP processor which is better than the Snapdragon.Anyway,I am starting to think about buying the Galaxy S.It's probably the best one around here.I will miss Sense,but I give far too much emphasis on my hardware and Samsung's Hummingbird is just AWESOME!I love Sense however...Don't ask why,I just love it!Do you think there will be a port available for the Galaxy S?
All the good phones are CDMA recently. What's up with that?
i would love to have the desire or galaxy s right now!
Well,right now I am between the Galaxy S and the Desire.Would buy a GSM variant of the Droid X if it came out but I don't think anything like this will happen anytime soon...I just hate it how phone companies don't give us any of the new phones!
By the way,for the Droid X...Wouldn't it be much better with some custom interface like Sense?In a phone this powerful the UI cannot reduce performane enough for us to notice.And I just HATE vanilla...!
Amazon Germany is selling the Galaxy S for 455€, incl. VAT. Even with s&h, it should not cost more than 470€ anywhere in the Euro-Area.
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Amazon Germany is selling the Galaxy S for 455€, incl. VAT. Even with s&h, it should not cost more than 470€ anywhere in the Euro-Area.
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Well this is upseting...The lowest price I found was somewhere a little below 600€ and it was from a store I had never heard of,which therefore I don't know whether I can trust or not.Except for the case that it is not yet officially released in Greece and what I found was just some pieces brought from other countries.And now that I think of it it's not that insane as no major store has it yet.Maybe the price will drop with the official release!
I agree! I'm dying to get something like Evo or Droid X but GSM compatible! There's nothing even near them! 4.3 Inch display, 8 MPixel video & HDMI out!!! What do we have? Desire? It even can't handle a simple D1 video recording! Can't run Asphalt smoothly!!! The best we can get is Galaxy S which is so iPhony! No LED flash? Just to release it with flash for Sprint!!! I'm sick of it!!!
There's nothing on upcoming list of GSM phones, just check GSMArena! It's way too obsolete these days...
I have sort of a multi-question.
I started a contract with Fido and had 14 days to decide whether or not to keep it before I was locked in and in the meantime I came across Mobilicity and their plans are unreal so I canceled my contract with Fido and am paying month to month now until I sign with Mobilicity.
1) Unfortunately my unlocked Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant (originally a Bell phone) will not work with Mobilicity so I need a new phone, should I get the Nexus One from them now or wait for an upcoming better Android phone?
2)Any feedback on Mobilicity as far as how good/bad they are?
3)If I should wait for a newer phone do you have any suggestions?
Wait for Nexus S.
anybody else have input?
I´m for hTC...
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I´m for hTC...
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I also prefer HTC, I think they are making the best handsets right now as far as looks and solid build quality.
Best HTC right now for AWS would be the G2?
Even i am for the hTC...Well, i'd suggest you wait for something different of go in for the Desire HD.
I also say wait for the nexus s... It will be soon
no matter what phone you buy now you will hit yourself on the head if you do not wait for the nexus S. this thing will surpass the iphone 4.
i must say though the nexus one is probably the best phone out there today even though it is a year old. other phones may have better processors or fancy optical trackballs but nothing beats a nexus one with cyanogenmod
Thanks for the insight people I have decided on a HTC G2/Desire Z. Bidding on one @ebay right now.
I looked at one and played around with it and I was quite impressed. Seems to benchmark quite well and a physical keyboard is nice.
Hey guys, I'd like some recommendations on what phone I could get in the first half of next year. I've had a T-mobile G1 since 2009, currently running CM 6.1 RC1, my contract is up with T-mobile around March of 2011 and I'm interested in upgrading from the old G1 to something "nicer". What I'm looking for at this point is a bigger screen, fast processor, more internal memory, "good" camera(considering it's a phone), and most important of all: ability to root and run custom roms. As far as carrier choices, I'd be inclined to stay with T-mobile(because of their prices) or maybe verizon, even though Verizon is on the pricey side. Right now the two phones catching my attention are the Galaxy S(t-mobile), the HTC incredible(verizon), and the Evo 4G(Sprint), but 6 months from now there could be newer/better phones. Since I'd be renewing or starting a new contract, the phone will be subsidized, so the cost of a "new" phone shouldn't be an issue. What phones out there should I look into and which upcoming phones should I look forward to?
Which phone
...but 6 months from now there could be newer/better phones.
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You need to ignore this train of thought. Whatever you buy, whenever you buy it there will ALWAYS be a new / better phone just around the corner.
Personally, and this is only a personal opinion I'd avoid the Galaxy S and stick with the HTC phones. Why? Just read the threads about the issues and I couldn't help notice the vast majority of issues mentioned in the apps market are Samsung owners. Just my opinion / observation mind.
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Hey guys, I'd like some recommendations on what phone I could get in the first half of next year. I've had a T-mobile G1 since 2009, currently running CM 6.1 RC1, my contract is up with T-mobile around March of 2011 and I'm interested in upgrading from the old G1 to something "nicer". What I'm looking for at this point is a bigger screen, fast processor, more internal memory, "good" camera(considering it's a phone), and most important of all: ability to root and run custom roms. As far as carrier choices, I'd be inclined to stay with T-mobile(because of their prices) or maybe verizon, even though Verizon is on the pricey side. Right now the two phones catching my attention are the Galaxy S(t-mobile), the HTC incredible(verizon), and the Evo 4G(Sprint), but 6 months from now there could be newer/better phones. Since I'd be renewing or starting a new contract, the phone will be subsidized, so the cost of a "new" phone shouldn't be an issue. What phones out there should I look into and which upcoming phones should I look forward to?
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htc merge or htc mecha
Im using a galaxy and have no problems with it. Froyo runs flawlessly and the screen is like no other. Plus 5 finger multitouch, best video chip, Great camera, and 16gigs built in music is beast.
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The Evo is now a lower end phone compared to the high powered monsters coming out but i stick with it cause its just an all around great phone dont have any issues and has a very very active community dedicated to making it better and better i almost feel like a nexus owner from how much love this phone gets. Id definitely recommend an HTC phone.
well, when I mentioned the better phones coming out in about 6 months I was only talking about how they could be better than what's available now. Meaning that I'd be inclined to buy what's "hot" at that point, I wasn't contemplating putting myself in an endless loop of always waiting for "the next 6 months".
Back on topic. Today I did some reading on the G2, I saw that there's people pulling off some insane overclocks quite successfully on it. I just find it a bit disappointing that it doesn't have FM radio or dual cameras, and it seems like it doesn't have multitouch either, which is quite odd for a new phone. I also went to a t-mobile store to see it in person, it was a very nice phone to be honest. The galaxy seemed to have a VERY nice screen though, quite eye-catching.
Kinda leaning towards the G2 at this point. I spoke with t-mobile and I was told that I'd be eligible for a subsidized upgrade as soon as January 10th, so I may be looking for a phone much sooner than thought.