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Hi all.
Looking to buy a tablet here in Australia today. The xoom is up there. I had a couple of questions though.
I have been reading review after review. There seems to be a lot of complaints about the screen being washed out or you can see the mat of the screen. Also they say it is really bad in sunlight.
Is this something that owners of the xoom agree with or are the reviewers just ipad 2 lovers. I have had a quick look at it in the shops but there is only so much you can do there.
My other question is with charging. I have read that it is only possible to charge with the charger and not through the usb. Is this something that can be activated in later updates or custom roms? Or is it just plain out of the question.
Any info would be great. Or anything else you would like to point out with it be in favor or not would be good. I have been looking at a few but there really is not many 3g models available.
have loved mine - no screen problems - added a steinheil ultrafine screen protector to reduce glare and fingerprints, which were my only complaints. I give up a little clarity, but prefer it (the screen is GLOSSY).
Charging via USB is out of the question... apparently miniusb can't carry the power necessary to charge this 2batt system... battle life is great, though
Wife has a fruit tab... though I like it, I wouldn't trade for anything. in fairness,though, she wouldn't either (she is satisfied with apples limited offering and doesn't care to tinker or tweak, and doesn't need file management - mostly web surfing,email, and kindle).
yeaah my xoom is horrible when theres sunlight -_- the fingerprints is ugly but i got use too it. I'm about to buy a anti-glare screen protector which hopefully will make it better. Anybody have suggestions on which one to buy? Feedback would be appreciated =) Oh and the Battery life is amazing imo and hchxoom is right about the miscro usb charge. Overall i like the xoom, i dont try to compare it cause ive already bought it so goodluck on your decision! Btw running 3g US xoom-stock (thinking about rooting it later on)
bought mine launch week, finally got up the nerve to root last weekend (had to wipe/restore for another reason,figured why not)... wondering why I waited so long
happy with my screen protector - durable, easy to install,definitely helps with glare and prints
where did u get ur screen protector?
Thanks guys.
I find it is usually the way with apple and android. If you have one you will not look at the other. I have DHD phone and do not think i could have a ipad.
I figured this was the case with the charger. I find it so hand though being able to charge with usb.
As i want 3g i do not think there is any other options here in aus as the sgt10.1v is sold out and the 10.1 is not here yet.
Anyway thanks again for the help. Will need to think about it some more.
sgpstore.com, I think... but may have been amazon
jonkers71 said:
Thanks guys.
I find it is usually the way with apple and android. If you have one you will not look at the other. I have DHD phone and do not think i could have a ipad.
I figured this was the case with the charger. I find it so hand though being able to charge with usb.
As i want 3g i do not think there is any other options here in aus as the sgt10.1v is sold out and the 10.1 is not here yet.
Anyway thanks again for the help. Will need to think about it some more.
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If you buy the Xoom (highly recommended) you might think about getting either the regular charging dock or the speakers dock. I use both everyday. Also, the Xoom recharges fast through the outlet...it would be much slower to charge via usb.
so i use my chacha, but it's a really old phone with a silly amount of memory. i assume everyone else here sticks with it simply for the keyboard which is fantastic. i just came across the defy pro from motorola and see that it is coming to rogers. is anyone else considering this as a viable "upgrade" to the chacha? it looks like a ruggedized chacha with a better processor and hopefully more memory. any thoughts for an upgrade path? portrait qwerty selection is getting sparse...
I don't like the look of it. Plus its Motorola so the bootloader will must probally be locked.
Like the Trackpad,
1. But still, it's Ugly :silly:
2. We need a bigger screen + a trackpad, i think samsung made one?
3. Link to phones with keypad; http://goo.gl/xfu6L
stayfidz said:
Like the Trackpad,
1. But still, it's Ugly :silly:
2. We need a bigger screen + a trackpad, i think samsung made one?
3. Link to phones with keypad; http://goo.gl/xfu6L
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samsung is coming out the the galaxy chat, but it is really low specd; more so than the moto defy pro. the other galaxy pros are really poor too. super low res screen.
I'm also thinking on switching to this phone. its great, except for the screen/camera/RAM , its better than Chacha. i love chacha, but, low memory , short battery life , as a matter of fact the most annoying thing is the battery, i cant stand to charge it 1-2 times per day.... sorry but 1700mAh and 1ghz procesor and 1gb internal memory are more than enough for me to buy defy pro , and get rid of chacha.... dunno, maybe thats just me .
And its not ugly at all, just different from chacha, which also was not the prettiest out there...and its the only curved phone )
Now it all depends on the price of the Defy Pro, we'll see when it comes out very soon.
not the prettiest ???
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hh, my friend bought this, just for the look - went from an iphone!, he is a hipster too -
2. Just get 2 batteries, wifi eat much, even with a sensation XL
3. The moto is year after, but still on ginger.
4- this thread is an AD for moto...
defy pro came out yesterday on rogers. looks aside (subjective), i dont see any reason why this phone isnt superior in every single way. i agree with musash1, the battery and snapdragon processor alone are worth the upgrade.
sure, gingerbread is a slight let down, but it's not like the chacha formally supported ics either. hopefully we'll get lucky and someone will port cm10 to the defy pro like they did to the defy. seems like it would have a larger dev community too...
jumpinglewis said:
looks aside (subjective), i dont see any reason why this phone isnt superior in every single way.
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does it have a notification led?
notification led like chacha that blinks for only 5mins. kek
..thats it i'm not buying defy pro, i cant stand ledless phone )
I'm sure that can be changed?
In getting one brought back from Canada in a few weeks. Retails at 275cdn I watched one on ebay close at over 575 plus post!
I'm not getting into sell just pointing out that getting one on ebay would be a dear way to go about it
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Bought one from Rogers last week - keyboard is terrible (too stiff), battery life is not as good as it should be (it's a 1700mah battery), phone is too thick compared to chacha. Good amount of buttons though! and good placement of d-pad (in the center).
Returned it and went back to ChaCha
afeudale said:
Bought one from Rogers last week - keyboard is terrible (too stiff), battery life is not as good as it should be (it's a 1700mah battery), phone is too thick compared to chacha. Good amount of buttons though! and good placement of d-pad (in the center).
Returned it and went back to ChaCha
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I WANTED a d.pad, but now, no, even the screnn of my chacha is good, small phone, easy in pocket, Just give a bad-ass battery, and remove the zoom function from apps.
So the defy is not a good replacement for chacha then.
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anyone try to root Motorola defy pro ? I try all the ways with no luck
afeudale said:
Bought one from Rogers last week - keyboard is terrible (too stiff), battery life is not as good as it should be (it's a 1700mah battery), phone is too thick compared to chacha. Good amount of buttons though! and good placement of d-pad (in the center).
Returned it and went back to ChaCha
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sooooo sad. i was hoping the keyboard was going to more rim-like and less motorola pro+ like. moto keyboards tend to be very stiff, but i figured this was better. it was even rumored they licensed the keyboard from rim. i would have got one already if they werent going for 600+usd on ebay. i might reconsider getting it, but i might give it a go nonetheless. all these app updates are chewing up my chacha's tiny memory...
I don't speak for anybody with a chacha, but I bought the defy pro and am loving it, I've had my hands on the s3 and the note, but the defy is a great size and a great keyboard, it is a tad stiff but it's really not something that should prevent you from buying it. Everything on it is surprisingly zippy and smooth.
star_alecu said:
anyone try to root Motorola defy pro ? I try all the ways with no luck
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Try in the Motorola forums. This the HTC forum section.
bodude said:
I don't speak for anybody with a chacha, but I bought the defy pro and am loving it, I've had my hands on the s3 and the note, but the defy is a great size and a great keyboard, it is a tad stiff but it's really not something that should prevent you from buying it. Everything on it is surprisingly zippy and smooth.
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good to know! i have to believe there are still a lot of people looking for chacha replacements and are trying to use bandaids to fix fundamental short comings.
please let me know if anyone is in canada and would like to ship one to me!!
Has anyone looked at the Samsung Galaxy M Pro? It has the same keyboard, better processor, and more memory.
maxwellsk said:
Has anyone looked at the Samsung Galaxy M Pro? It has the same keyboard, better processor, and more memory.
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Same processor, same memory, same keyboard, less battery, more expensive, not waterproof and dust/sandproof.
So, I've been thinking about taking the plunge and getting a new device. I know that the hard keyboard slider selection is limited, but how about a nice new phone with a great BT keyboard case? Any good combinations out there?
Android only of course. T-Mobile USA.
rorytmeadows said:
So, I've been thinking about taking the plunge and getting a new device. I know that the hard keyboard slider selection is limited, but how about a nice new phone with a great BT keyboard case? Any good combinations out there?
Android only of course. T-Mobile USA.
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I don't know about any BT cases, but I'm waiting to see what Motorola brings out (the Xphone?) and also perhaps what the next Nexus will be. Maybe then the current Nexus 4 will lower in price even more and be extra tempting. I'm also interested in the Huawei Ascend P2. When I go back to China (likely in February) I could pick up one of those much cheaper than here. Maybe my partner would even buy it for me. :fingers-crossed:
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I don't know about any BT cases, but I'm waiting to see what Motorola brings out (the Xphone?) and also perhaps what the next Nexus will be. Maybe then the current Nexus 4 will lower in price even more and be extra tempting. I'm also interested in the Huawei Ascend P2. When I go back to China (likely in February) I could pick up one of those much cheaper than here. Maybe my partner would even buy it for me. :fingers-crossed:
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I hate to say this but I think I might actually buy a Samsung GS4 today. Since I'd be an idiot to wait around for the next big QWERTY slider, I might as well get a phone with a virtual keyboard big enough for my fat fingers. I thought about the HTC One, but swappable battery, storage, and daylight camera make it for me.
Well, despite what I was looking for, Samsung Galaxy S4 it is. I guess with a big enough screen the virtual keyboard isn't as bad. I'm not saying it's great, but I have little choice.
The features and speed make the phone, but the size of the screen is just plain wonderful.
I'll probably be putting my touchscreen less parts phone up, along with 2 Powermat back panels, 2 leather holsters and the official car dock. Anyone interested in any of the above?
I did see a cool BT keyboard for the samsung S3 months ago on ebay for real cheap and it was really thin so it looked ok. Not sure if they have a S4 version now or if you can use the samething. I still love my mytouch slide but when I get sick of it in 2 yrs Ill be here asking for recommendations lol cause I need a slide out keyboard I dont like touch screen keyboards
Ok so, as the title implies I'm thinking of getting a Sensation on the cheapside (160€) almost brand new. However I do have a few questions:
1. Would you say the phone is worth the price?
2. Do you think it is a good phone? What's your overall experience?
3. I mostly use my phone for multitasking and gaming sometimes, so does it fit the bill? The 512RAM thing scares me, my Galaxy W said it had 512MB but it had like, 378MB. I hated how it ran out of memory.
4. How is custom rom development for the phone?
Cheers and thanks in advance
KezraPlanes said:
Ok so, as the title implies I'm thinking of getting a Sensation on the cheapside (160€) almost brand new. However I do have a few questions:
1. Would you say the phone is worth the price?
2. Do you think it is a good phone? What's your overall experience?
3. I mostly use my phone for multitasking and gaming sometimes, so does it fit the bill? The 512RAM thing scares me, my Galaxy W said it had 512MB but it had like, 378MB. I hated how it ran out of memory.
4. How is custom rom development for the phone?
Cheers and thanks in advance
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1. I think a new sensation is not worth it. You can get a used for ~120-150 USD.
2. Great experience. 2 major setbacks: bad battery life and low ram(in my opinion as I am a heavy multitasker)
Battery life can be fixed with a replacement anker battery, and ram can be fixed with turbo swap.
Disadvantages are: medium resolution screen/4.3 inch screen(kind of low for video watchers), speakers aren't that great.
3. Ram is OK. It's 768 megabytes, but that can be fixed with turbo swap space module.
4. Custom ROM development is freakin awesome. We just got the 3.4 kernel with ion allocation, USB otg, and other cool stuff. We have aosp Roms(cm9/cm10/cm10.1), sense Roms(3.6/4/4.1/4+no sense 5
Check this thread out for more: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35941591
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I like my sensation, but I liked my galaxy sii more, 160€ seems like too much, I got mine on eBay for $140 in like February it should be cheaper now, if you go on eBay you should be able to get a one s for 160€
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1. I think a new sensation is not worth it. You can get a used for ~120-150 USD.
2. Great experience. 2 major setbacks: bad battery life and low ram(in my opinion as I am a heavy multitasker)
Battery life can be fixed with a replacement anker battery, and ram can be fixed with turbo swap.
Disadvantages are: medium resolution screen/4.3 inch screen(kind of low for video watchers), speakers aren't that great.
3. Ram is OK. It's 768 megabytes, but that can be fixed with turbo swap space module.
4. Custom ROM development is freakin awesome. We just got the 3.4 kernel with ion allocation, USB otg, and other cool stuff. We have aosp Roms(cm9/cm10/cm10.1), sense Roms(3.6/4/4.1/4+no sense 5
Check this thread out for more: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35941591
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I'm not going for a new one, this is as cheap as I can find second hand in my country (Portugal) and that includes ebay. It is quite the upgrade from my current (for two more days) Galaxy W and better than most alternatives I could find.
Getting a battery shouldn't be that hard, what's this anker thing though? And TurboSwap? I'll try and read up the link to see if I can learn more
Glad to hear Custom ROM development is well That's a very big factor in my phone buying decisions, actually. I don't like Sense though, so I think I'll tinker around and see what I prefer!
explosivequack said:
I like my sensation, but I liked my galaxy sii more, 160€ seems like too much, I got mine on eBay for $140 in like February it should be cheaper now, if you go on eBay you should be able to get a one s for 160€
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I wish I could. The cheapest I can find a One S is around 250€ both locally and on eBay and I can't afford that atm. I will admit the SII is better hardware-wise, the look of it is just too unappealing and blocky, haha
KezraPlanes said:
Ok so, as the title implies I'm thinking of getting a Sensation on the cheapside (160€) almost brand new. However I do have a few questions:
1. Would you say the phone is worth the price?
2. Do you think it is a good phone? What's your overall experience?
3. I mostly use my phone for multitasking and gaming sometimes, so does it fit the bill? The 512RAM thing scares me, my Galaxy W said it had 512MB but it had like, 378MB. I hated how it ran out of memory.
4. How is custom rom development for the phone?
Cheers and thanks in advance
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1) I don't know how to compare it to what's on offer today so I won't answer that
2) I'll just say I enjoyed (and still do) every moment with this phone. I get good enough battery life (and I say that as a traveler who tends to spend a lot of time away from the charger). Performance is nice (everything is smooth and I hadn't found an app that won't run because of power), and build quality is great (except for dust on screen issue which my device suffers from, it survived some nasty falls, which to compare to my dad's GS4 (which dropped from 0.5m on a floor and died), the device is just awesomly built.
3) On stock roms I got issues with that, but once you are rooted and use custom ROMs there are many tweaks available to improve your performance. I must say that CM runs silky smooth with lots of apps running in the background, while sense roms started struggling after some time (but still were good). about the lower amount of RAM than advertised, it's because the GPU reserves RAM as dedicated memory for it to work (like desktop GPUs with their own RAM).
4) Just awesome, there are many ROMs available,just like AndroidSupporter318 said, now we even have ION.
I would like to just add something to think about: Just remember we are talking about a 2 year old device, so know what you buy (no more official support from HTC, unless the end of the world comes and they decide to update it, and nothing can be guarranteed on the long run). but as it goes today, custom ROM development will continue for a while, and there are many users, so I believe as things are now it's still fine.
Edit: Forgot about this, but when compared to the GS2, at least in my opinion performance seems better, and I actually like the screen of the sensation more. These things are subjective, but that's my opinion on it.
KezraPlanes said:
I'm not going for a new one, this is as cheap as I can find second hand in my country (Portugal) and that includes ebay. It is quite the upgrade from my current (for two more days) Galaxy W and better than most alternatives I could find.
Getting a battery shouldn't be that hard, what's this anker thing though? And TurboSwap? I'll try and read up the link to see if I can learn more
Glad to hear Custom ROM development is well That's a very big factor in my phone buying decisions, actually. I don't like Sense though, so I think I'll tinker around and see what I prefer!
I wish I could. The cheapest I can find a One S is around 250€ both locally and on eBay and I can't afford that atm. I will admit the SII is better hardware-wise, the look of it is just too unappealing and blocky, haha
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Here is turboswap: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37905307
Anker is a battery that has greater capacity than the original stock battery.
Here it is on eBay: http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?index=0&sbk=1&nav=SEARCH&itemId=321115438849
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astar26 said:
1) I don't know how to compare it to what's on offer today so I won't answer that
2) I'll just say I enjoyed (and still do) every moment with this phone. I get good enough battery life (and I say that as a traveler who tends to spend a lot of time away from the charger). Performance is nice (everything is smooth and I hadn't found an app that won't run because of power), and build quality is great (except for dust on screen issue which my device suffers from, it survived some nasty falls, which to compare to my dad's GS4 (which dropped from 0.5m on a floor and died), the device is just awesomly built.
3) On stock roms I got issues with that, but once you are rooted and use custom ROMs there are many tweaks available to improve your performance. I must say that CM runs silky smooth with lots of apps running in the background, while sense roms started struggling after some time (but still were good). about the lower amount of RAM than advertised, it's because the GPU reserves RAM as dedicated memory for it to work (like desktop GPUs with their own RAM).
4) Just awesome, there are many ROMs available,just like AndroidSupporter318 said, now we even have ION.
I would like to just add something to think about: Just remember we are talking about a 2 year old device, so know what you buy (no more official support from HTC, unless the end of the world comes and they decide to update it, and nothing can be guarranteed on the long run). but as it goes today, custom ROM development will continue for a while, and there are many users, so I believe as things are now it's still fine.
Edit: Forgot about this, but when compared to the GS2, at least in my opinion performance seems better, and I actually like the screen of the sensation more. These things are subjective, but that's my opinion on it.
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Thanks for another informed opinion
I'm looking up this ION thing you guys mentioned, I had never heard of it. Also, I am aware I'm buying a non-supported phone by HTC, then again HTC usually drops their phones at the drop of a hat so that's not to be surprised. That's why what I look for more in a phone is community-development and build quality + hardware. Hope that makes sense!
AndroidSupporter318 said:
Here is turboswap: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37905307
Anker is a battery that has greater capacity than the original stock battery.
Here it is on eBay: http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?index=0&sbk=1&nav=SEARCH&itemId=321115438849
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Awesome!
KezraPlanes said:
Thanks for another informed opinion
I'm looking up this ION thing you guys mentioned, I had never heard of it. Also, I am aware I'm buying a non-supported phone by HTC, then again HTC usually drops their phones at the drop of a hat so that's not to be surprised. That's why what I look for more in a phone is community-development and build quality + hardware. Hope that makes sense!
Awesome!
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ION is JB's new memory mangement, and it replaces ICS's PMEM.
Thanks to @SebastianFM, we can now have Sense 4+ JB roms on SEnsation XE.
I have HTC Sensation S710e and I think it is an exellent choice to buy a mobile phone like this as long as you can give it s-off with Juopunutbear S-OFF guide without to unlock bootloader.Secontly they are a big varity of custom roms and recoveries you can try on your device.
The speaker sucks.
It gets dust trapped under the screen.
Battery life is pretty bad (mine came with an Anker battery, and battery life is still pretty unimpressive).
Other than that, I've been pretty happy with mine.
KezraPlanes said:
Ok so, as the title implies I'm thinking of getting a Sensation on the cheapside (160€) almost brand new. However I do have a few questions:
1. Would you say the phone is worth the price?
2. Do you think it is a good phone? What's your overall experience?
3. I mostly use my phone for multitasking and gaming sometimes, so does it fit the bill? The 512RAM thing scares me, my Galaxy W said it had 512MB but it had like, 378MB. I hated how it ran out of memory.
4. How is custom rom development for the phone?
Cheers and thanks in advance
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1) like said before, 160€ may be overprized but if that's the common price in your region, then I guess you're still paying a relative good price. Especially since newer phones are heavily overprized these days.
2) I think it's a good phone. I like to compare my rooted sensation to brand new stock powerhouses like GS4. Even though they're much faster, the self-defined MHZ/euro ratio is much better in my case. I like the fact I can keep up well with brand new devices with my more then 2 yo device. I even outperform some phones in battery life.
the build quality is good, it's the way a decent phone should be build. Decent camera with LED and no plastic.
3) Especially after rooting, I never encountered a situation where I ran out of memory or ended up with bad perfomance. I must say I'm not an extensive multitasker, but I'll have to add that I never felt the need for a taskkiller app or such. And I keep apps running on a regular basis. I think a dual core is more then capable for multitasking, and the phone packs a decent amount of RAM.
4) amazing custom ROM support. There are plenty of flavours for both sense and no-sense ROMs. I myself am running CM10 for quite a while now and I like my former sense phone being a pure google 4.2.2. Many ROMs with a lot of tweaks, UI tuning and themes. I can boost my stock 1.2 GHz to a outstanding 1836 MHz
Since new phones are so expensive, the custom ROM support for this phone keept me hanging in on to it for a additional year. I took a SIM-only subscription because I feel no need for a replacement.
overall, you get more phone for buck wih a sensation compared to new devices.
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The speaker sucks.
It gets dust trapped under the screen.
Battery life is pretty bad (mine came with an Anker battery, and battery life is still pretty unimpressive).
Other than that, I've been pretty happy with mine.
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Indeed a disadvantage, the sensation is a dust collector. Many models suffer from the little bit of dust under the screen and the speaker needs to be cleaned on a regular basis.
I don't agree with your opinion on the battery. I think you're not being relative in this case. When are you impressed? Don't expect it to last 3 days away from a charger. But 1,5 to 2 days with average use is excellent perfomance. I can reach 2 days when I only use it to check facebook, news, wheater, whatsapp and a occasional call. Don't forget that new devices wouldn't last a day in these conditions because of their huge screens and power-eating quad/octa cores.
KezraPlanes said:
Ok so, as the title implies I'm thinking of getting a Sensation on the cheapside (160€) almost brand new. However I do have a few questions:
1. Would you say the phone is worth the price?
2. Do you think it is a good phone? What's your overall experience?
3. I mostly use my phone for multitasking and gaming sometimes, so does it fit the bill? The 512RAM thing scares me, my Galaxy W said it had 512MB but it had like, 378MB. I hated how it ran out of memory.
4. How is custom rom development for the phone?
Cheers and thanks in advance
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I would say get it for the development and there are things like turbo swap to help on the memory situation.
I bought mine second hand after moving from desire HD.
I find the dev stuff to be great (currently on viper JB ROM). With an Anker battery I get 2 days out of it (I'm a light user with everything turned on) really those batterys are amazing. 2 of my friends (who are both on stock) use the battery and both are utterly amazed at the difference they make.
I do find the RAM a little on the small side but I dont notice that all that often.
Ok back then when I bought this, there weren't many phones available, but now phones companies went crazy, releasing new phones almost every 2 months, especially HTC. But I remember when I ownd all phones with my badass dual core phone, while most people only had a single core chip built in.
Apart from that, the phone itself looks kinda cool with the red lights & speakers.
But with the phones currently available, I'd suggest wait a few more months, maybe save some more money and then go to the One series.
I know a lot of people just think, a new phone came out -> current phones = all crap, but you just have to think back when this was released, it kicked ass
Anti_simlock said:
Ok back then when I bought this, there weren't many phones available, but now phones companies went crazy, releasing new phones almost every 2 months, especially HTC. But I remember when I ownd all phones with my badass dual core phone, while most people only had a single core chip built in.
Apart from that, the phone itself looks kinda cool with the red lights & speakers.
But with the phones currently available, I'd suggest wait a few more months, maybe save some more money and then go to the One series.
I know a lot of people just think, a new phone came out -> current phones = all crap, but you just have to think back when this was released, it kicked ass
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When buying a new phone, you should not think what it was, but what it is. Today you can't say it's a strong device (even if when released it was one of the strongest available), because there are many devices which overpower it by a significant margin.
Anyway, in my opinion, it still kicks ass
Did anyone else kickstart this laptop shell? https://www.sentio.com/
I sorely missed my Atrix and its lapdock, so this naturally caught my eye. Best thing is that it's not make/ model specific!
Looks good. Basically a battery and keyboard with trackpad, really. Although I'd even more, like to have a slider case. I would pay hundreds for a good slider qerty case for Note 4. In fact I was thinking, i HATE onscreen soft keyboard and would miss my back ahd home button on a Note 8 if it's like the S8. But, a case like this would fix it! And screen would be big! Although the Flip Cover is also sweet. I still don't get why many are obsessed with getting rid of tactile buttons. Just for me, personally... Haptic is no replacement, Swype is actually kinda disappointing and I find its prediction crap. I miss my Droid 2 keyboard.
That said, if this is good quality I might buy. I never heard of Sentio but I will try it tomorrow with my phone and an office keyboard.
I was always fascinated with Padfone too as can be imagined. This seems like a better option since it can work with any phone.
wingmanjd said:
Did anyone else kickstart this laptop shell? https://www.sentio.com/
I sorely missed my Atrix and its lapdock, so this naturally caught my eye. Best thing is that it's not make/ model specific!
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I didn't get involved, but I did see the kickstarter. It looks cool.
Also did you see this, I almost got in on the kickstarter but didn't. This looks really interesting. https://www.kickstarter.com/project...-nougat-powered-all-in-one-device/description
aaron74 said:
Also did you see this, I almost got in on the kickstarter but didn't. This looks really interesting. https://www.kickstarter.com/project...-nougat-powered-all-in-one-device/description
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I did see that. I've messed around with Remix OS in a VM a few times. It's an interesting concept.
I want to buy it I Germany because I replaced my laptop with the mobile.
But the docking station without yet another data storage is very nice. No worries about compatibility, moving downloaded files from a to b, no chatting on different platforms and android simply is a neat platform. And it is always with me.
Just happened to Google when I saw this lapdock as I'm selling my atrix one. Found this thread. Thought I would link you guys to this...
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/keyboard-mod-a-physical-keyboard-for-the-moto-z#/
Slide out keyboard moto mod. Have the Z Play and am looking forward to giving this a spin. I used to do so much more actual work on my phone when I had my Epic. Was all set to Preordered the Z2 Force to and relegate my Z Play to backup, but they shrunk the **** out of the battery from 3500 to 2730 mAh because they had to make a 7mm thin phone even hinder for some God awful reason. Why a day is some benchmark for battery life is beyond me. Give me two days, then you can make a phone needlessly thinner so you have bragging rights. Funny how some companies even made their new flagship slightly thicker this time around. But not Moto.
Sentio Superbook tear down
Took a look under the hood - if anyone is interested
imgur.com/a/CQ52lRw