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guys!
Im planning to buy an xda phone the problem is im confuse which one I will hoose betwwen xda IIs or xda II mini, help... i want the one that will satisfy me most between this two

are those 2 models even made anymore ?
they are pretty old
your choice should be between hermes, universal and Trinity

It would also help if you told us what you are looking for in a phone.
I for one would never get a Universal, simply because of its size.
Got a brief glimpse of a Hermes in person, and liked it mostly (still seemed a bit sluggish despite the improved processor).
But then again, I am happy with my Jamin.

[Q] Need help choosing a phone!!!

Buying a new phone just had some questions?
1. i need a fast phone without any lagging or freezing.
will an 800 mhz processor differ much from a 1ghz one
2. i preffer a qwerty keyboard but if another phone is better it's ok i'll learn to use a virtual one
which phone is better:
Samsung I9000 Galaxy S
HTC Desire
HTC Desire Z
T-mobile my touch (the new one)
Motorola Defy
Motorola Droid Pro ( although i needed a big screen )
please state why this phone ?
i'm confused please help
i appreciate any replies

Welcome to the forums
There is no such thing as "The best"
What is best for me may not be for you!!
Said that...My PERSONAL best of your list is Desire Z, because it´s HTC build and has a real keyboard

You said right!

if you want a H/W keyboard get a desire z, but imo you should get the desire, its faster than the galaxy s and the modding community is already established, it may take months n months before it gets going with the desire z, and ppl get used to the hardware

AndroHero said:
if you want a H/W keyboard get a desire z, but imo you should get the desire, its faster than the galaxy s and the modding community is already established, it may take months n months before it gets going with the desire z, and ppl get used to the hardware
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And you know it is faster how? My Samsung Vibrant beats my cousins Desire Z by a long shot with Bionix ROM.. There is a modding community for the Galaxy S phones also, Desire Z isnt the only one

Master™ said:
And you know it is faster how? My Samsung Vibrant beats my cousins Desire Z by a long shot with Bionix ROM.. There is a modding community for the Galaxy S phones also, Desire Z isnt the only one
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ive got friends with the galaxy s, the lag on that device is shocking, having to wait 2-3 seconds to get into a threaded sms and the gps is probably the worst i have ever seen on a smartphone .......

Desire will be my choice

Agreed! If someone needs a phone that is rock solid and fast, desire line is great. If you think you would ever need a keyboard, the Desire Z is the best on the market.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

AndroHero said:
ive got friends with the galaxy s, the lag on that device is shocking, having to wait 2-3 seconds to get into a threaded sms and the gps is probably the worst i have ever seen on a smartphone .......
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Only issue I had with the Galaxy line was the cheap plastic feel of the device. It was the eventual deal breaker and that's why I moved to the Desire Z
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

I had the same problem before choosing a phone if you still didnt get anything i strongly recommend buying the htc desire
Been with me for 2 weeks now
And i can say its very powerfull
Sent from my HDfied HTC Desire

I am planning on buying that phone.
How is the battery life on it? I don't plan on using data much.

theomni said:
I am planning on buying that phone.
How is the battery life on it? I don't plan on using data much.
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It's amazing
battery life is acceptable but with some tweaks and a battery callebration i feel that it's just perfect
Sent from my HDfied HTC Desire

why is the desire HD not an option?

The desire hd is an amazing phone. I am definitely going to get one when the are available in New Zealand. Hopefully that will be very soon.
I will still need to keep my Nexus One around for a while at least because there is no hacking scene for the desire hd. Actually there may never be one until someone figures out how to bypass the root protection.
Sent from my Nexus One using Tapatalk

[Q] guys, how do u think about in s and desire s ?

Hi guys, I want to buy a phone, now am wandering about the incredible s and desire s
which one do you think is better?

Desire S choosen
Hi,
I had the same situation, finaly I've bought the Desire S and I'm happy with it. It is a litte big smaler then the Incredible but exept the camera as far as I know everything is the same.
The Desire S for me personaly looks much more noble then the Incrdible S and is fitting in every pocket.
I've had the HD2 before with WIN6.5 and Andoird (Desire HD Rom) for mails/Inet etc. and an additional smaler phone to make calls. Now after everything will be set up I'll be only the Desire S.
Cheers
Mike

bioheart said:
Hi guys, I want to buy a phone, now am wandering about the incredible s and desire s
which one do you think is better?
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It comes down to two things, how big a phone do you want to carry around in your pocket? and which one feels best in your hands....
I'd suggest you go to a shop and try out both dummies....whichever feels best should leave in your pocket (and I don't mean nick the dummy!).
I personally like a smaller size, The D HD is way too big IMHO (I've come from HTC Diamond2 which was also 3.7" screen)
The phones are very similar spec wise, I rarely use a camera...so mega pixels don't matter to me!
They both have the same signed problems when it comes to custom ROMS and root.
Good luck.

Thank u. it will be my first android, in considering ur words, i think maybe the desire s will suit me.

Desire s fits perfectly in hands..i'll choose desire s as a replacement for my hero
Sent from my HTC Hero using Tapatalk

[Q] What to buy?

Hi im in the process of looking for a new upgrade from my touch pro2.
I was intending to get a Desire S, due to its aluminium body and 1ghz processor. But my provider has the Motorola Atrix and Samsung Galaxy S on offer too.
All 3 phones cost the same monthly fee when bundled with the same phone plan.
What would you get? HTC Desire S, Moto Atrix or Samsung Galaxy S. My last 2 phones have been htc and Ive been very impressed with the build quality of them. I maily use the phone for web browsing, watching movies, and occasional games and do enjoy loading roms etc.. Anyone have any advice on what to get or what not to get?

i would get the moto atrix fingerprint + dualcore ownz

Don't get Moto due to locked bootloader. I had to choose between Galaxy S, Nexus S and Desire S.
Sent from my HTC Desire S using XDA Premium App

get the moto atrix!
Well Desire S has a locked bootloader too. And up to now, there are no updates about the unlocking announcement of HTC

Thanks for the advice.
Ive checked out the atrix a little on youtube and it does look nice and responsive. Seems lag free and that will be strange comming from winmo 6.5 on my htc touch pro 2 lol. The games on the atrix run very well too.
I suppose its more furture proof being dual core and I am a nvidia fanboi lol.
So the Desire S and Atrix both have locked bootloaders? So no flashing on either device untill either of the companies provide an unlock or someone hacks one?

I'd say go Desire S....(in fact I did, and I also came from a HTC WM device - topaz)
You're used to HTC phones, you obviously like the Sense look and feel and you'll get a head start with the conversion to Android having the already familiar Sense as you user interface.
Currently Desire S and Moto both have locked bootloaders but Desire S can be unlocked with XTC and will hopefully be software unlocked either by XDA Alpharev or HTC.
Good luck picking!

Yeah I do like the sense look and feel, and have been sick of trying to run android on my touch pro 2 only to have it sleep of death on me after 20 mins
Im wondering how much difference the dual core vs single core cpu in these phones would have on phone lag, especially when it comes to web browsing/navigation etc. Are most of you Desire S users happy with the power under the hood, so to speak?
Also I work in a pretty rough environment and my old touch pro 2 has dents and scratches all over it, its survived being dropped from 3mts in the air down onto concrete lol. It wont die.
Ive read the moto atrix seems plastic like, that worries me. Do you think the desire s would be pretty tough?

yagermaster said:
Yeah I do like the sense look and feel, and have been sick of trying to run android on my touch pro 2 only to have it sleep of death on me after 20 mins
Im wondering how much difference the dual core vs single core cpu in these phones would have on phone lag, especially when it comes to web browsing/navigation etc. Are most of you Desire S users happy with the power under the hood, so to speak?
Also I work in a pretty rough environment and my old touch pro 2 has dents and scratches all over it, its survived being dropped from 3mts in the air down onto concrete lol. It wont die.
Ive read the moto atrix seems plastic like, that worries me. Do you think the desire s would be pretty tough?
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Desire S seems plenty fast for me, I don't play games on the device and browsing speed is mainly determined by the network speed as oppossed to CPU power.
Screen protector and a case should be a must, even though Desire feels like a strong well made device you won't want to wreck it and it will still be smaller than your old device.

anyway u still don't know what apps for android are coming and how much cpu they'll need, so with a dual core u are more future proof than with a single core

On my opinion, I recommended to buy desire s, I moved from touch pro 2 as well , MOTO atrix's screen is bull****, don't buy it , you will loss money, galaxy s2 is best one, but price is too high at momnent, just wait couple weeks
Sent from my HTC Desire S using XDA Premium App

hmm thanks for the advice guys, ill go to a store tomorrow and compare the 2 phones builds. I am thinking ill probably go with the desire s.

yagermaster said:
Hi im in the process of looking for a new upgrade from my touch pro2.
I was intending to get a Desire S, due to its aluminium body and 1ghz processor. But my provider has the Motorola Atrix and Samsung Galaxy S on offer too.
All 3 phones cost the same monthly fee when bundled with the same phone plan.
What would you get? HTC Desire S, Moto Atrix or Samsung Galaxy S. My last 2 phones have been htc and Ive been very impressed with the build quality of them. I maily use the phone for web browsing, watching movies, and occasional games and do enjoy loading roms etc.. Anyone have any advice on what to get or what not to get?
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I am more or less on the same boat, but I'm torn between desire s, galaxy s2 and iphone 4. (the dark side is tempting a bit )
Coming from hd2 with desire rom (lost it... ) I know I will love d.s, also it is the cheapest of those above so more likely I'll get one as soon as I will leave the bath.

I had a Atrix for a while but ended up sending it back. It is a really nice device, super fast and pretty good build quality (although i'd say the Desire S is better).
The negative for me were:
1. Battery Life sucked (although the Desire isn't amazing in this area either)
2. Motoblur sucked: Really disliked the interface although Sense is also showing its age (Launcherpro ftw)
3. Apps: I've found a total of 2 apps where I can see the benefit of a dual core processor; Dungeon Defenders and Google Earth (noticeably smoother on the atrix)
4. Cost: Total cost of phone over the contract was 1/2 that of Desire S, In a few months I'm pretty sure I could pick up a dual core tablet for the difference.

One thing, I am playing the lastest gameloft games (The games that have the best graphics) and they work perfect... i dont see why i need a dual core phone?!?!
BTW Its Dungeon Hunter 2... an AWESOME game xD

Between Galaxy S and HTC Desire S I’d go for the second cause 1st I personally don’t like Samsung’s implementation of UI and menu and 2nd HTC has a more solid build.

Ive had a SGS and had nothing but problems.The phone spent more time in the repair centre than i it was with me so eventually i sold it and bought a DHD and now also own a desire s.apart from the screen size the desire s is a better all round phone imo.sgs had the motherboard changed 2 times,screen turned dull and maps was miles in accurate plus no camera flash

yagermaster said:
Hi im in the process of looking for a new upgrade from my touch pro2.
I was intending to get a Desire S, due to its aluminium body and 1ghz processor. But my provider has the Motorola Atrix and Samsung Galaxy S on offer too.
All 3 phones cost the same monthly fee when bundled with the same phone plan.
What would you get? HTC Desire S, Moto Atrix or Samsung Galaxy S. My last 2 phones have been htc and Ive been very impressed with the build quality of them. I maily use the phone for web browsing, watching movies, and occasional games and do enjoy loading roms etc.. Anyone have any advice on what to get or what not to get?
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YES! I have been offered a desire s or sgs as a backup phone.. and 'm in a dilma on which to get. i have never owned a android htc, so dont really know much about sense. on the other hand i own 2 samsung android devices (sgs2 + sgt) so i'm familiar with touchwiz etc.
i want a phone with better battery prefably... desire s or sgs?

olyloh6696 said:
YES! I have been offered a desire s or sgs as a backup phone.. and 'm in a dilma on which to get. i have never owned a android htc, so dont really know much about sense. on the other hand i own 2 samsung android devices (sgs2 + sgt) so i'm familiar with touchwiz etc.
i want a phone with better battery prefably... desire s or sgs?
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I'd say go Desire S, but then I'm biased, I think that you'll love Sense over TouchWiz in no time.

Well thanks for everyone's input. I ended up with the desire s, the atrix looked good, but I didn't like the MOTO theme. The HTC sense is much nicer looking and I'm familiar with it. So far the fone is great. I'm missing my touch pro 2 keyboard, but ill be use to the onscreen kb soon enough.
Thanks again, time to learn as much as I can about this new world of android.
Sent from my HTC Desire S using XDA App

desire s 其实还是不错的
摩托罗拉 4G 其实优缺点，别看他应配置牛逼，是TFT屏幕的，不灵敏
你们外国人买iphone4 算了，反正都那么有钱的。。。擦

[Q] Android Phone with Touch + Keyboard???

Good Evening,
I'm looking for a replacement to my HTC Touch Pro 2 (Windows Mobile 6.5).
What's a similar phone with Touch + Keyboard, preferably running Android?
HTC still seems to be the only phone site which allows you to compare based on hardware features :\
Please recommend some smartphones to me!
Thank you,
Alec Taylor
FYI: I want Android primarily because of its g++ support... I can compile on the phone. So feel free to suggest one with a different OS if I can still compile my C++ on it :]

Hey,
I can recommend the HTC Desire Z or G2 if you get it from t-mobile. It's a wonderfull phone with a lot of nice roms out there.
The keyboard is nice (I even like it more than the keyboars of my G1 now...).
The only flaw is the battery... But well that's life with most smart phones.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

If you're state side... the MyTouch 4g Slide:
http://mytouch.t-mobile.com/4g-slide
Otherwise the HTC Desire Z (G2 on T-mobile) is a great device, although it has a single core processor.

The processors and memory on the myTouch 4G Slide look awesome!
However, I'm in Australia and also, I don't need a good camera...
You used to have a TP2; I can touch type on mine. Have you seen any with a similar keyboard?
The HTC Desire Z looks quite good, although I remember seeing someone else's and having a play around... it was a little small (the keyboard) compared to TP2's.
conizius: By G1 do you mean TP2 and by G2 do you mean Desire Z?

Motorola Droid 3, if you need a keyboard

Holy crap!
That Droid 3 looks AWESOME! (thinnest QWERTY keyboard, 8MP Camera, 1GhZ Dual-Core, Gingerbread and 16GB on-board memory)
!!!
:]
Fadika!
droid 3 is useless in australia, its a CDMA phone for US only (and a very few other random countries)
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Do you like HTC Chacha.?

Nope, I don't press the Like button on that one
But seriously...
I'm looking for a non-blackberry type one, one where you turn and slide to type :]

HTC Desire Z is great but a little outdated.

Research
I spent hours doing research as i'm also looking for an answer on this one.
This is what i have shortlisted:
Motorola Cliq 2
Motorola Droid 3
Samsung Galaxy 551 Samsung I5510, Samsung Callisto
Samsung Epic 4G / Galaxy
Samsung SGH-T589 Gravity SMART / Gravity Touch 2
HTC Speedy: Sprint EVO Shift 4G
HTC Desire Z
HTC Merge HTC Lexikon, HTC ADR6325
T-Mobile G2 Mytouch slide 3G
T-Mobile myTouch2
T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide (HTC Doubleshot)
LG C550 Optimus Chat
ZTE Amigo
They all have a keyboard. The only other major considerations for me are battery life and size/weight.
My TP2 is dying fast so i need to buy something now!
Good luck.