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I am ready to toss out my old Wing (my Kaiser died) and am in the market for a new phone.
The problem I am having is that I feel like purchasing a phone now would be a mistake, since it is likely that a new, mo-betta version will be out in a month or so.
As such, I am willing to wait, up to three or four months if necessary, for the perfect phone.
I have been shopping around, visiting Gizmodo and the like, searching for the best possible phone that should last me until 2012.
Anyone have any suggestions? Buy now, or wait, and if so, which phone?
Comming form kaiser you must need a hardware keyboard.
If that is correct you have 2 options:
1. Buy now a great Rhodium (the best hardware keyboard to this date)
2. Wait a few months and go for the Tera (smaller screen than Rhodium
Let us know what you´ve got
If you don't need a hardware keyboard, HD2 all the way!
If you want some new excitement from the old WM scene, then go for the awesome Nexus One android on tmobile!
Honestly, its either you settle for already out of date with any WM6.5 phone or you go for Android for which updates will keep on rolling out straight from the manufacturer. Windows Phone Series 7 was just announced, but its not going to be available until the holidays... that's 10 months from now. So if you get an HD2, unless there are ROM leaks (which are unlikely given the hush environment thus far and the fact that the ZuneHD can't be yet be cracked), your stuck with WM6.5. If you get a Touch Pro2, your already a year behind, as the hardware specifications was released a over year ago in the original Xperia X1. So honestly, Nexus One or X10 (assuming you want XDA support) are probably the way to go, if you want your phone to last you a long time. Otherwise, iPhone 3GS or Palm Pre, as both of those will definitely get all OS updates likely for the next 2 years.
Hey, Guys, thanks for the suggestions thus far.
For clarification;
I am currently on T-Mobile and with three lines, will probably be with them for a while. I also travel to Africa and Europe from time to time, so I prefer a Quad-Band, if this is still the tech for that.
I do like my hardware QWERTY, but the Wing's keyboard is lacking so I've kinda gotten used to the on-screen keyboard. I really liked Kaiser's keyboard though...
I don't like WinMo7's new interface, per the hand's-on reviews I've seen. I guess this means I'll be looking at Android.
So far, I like the Nexus One best due to the 1ghz processor, but I've read bad things about the contract(s). I'll probably end up buying the phone outright if I can get away with no contracts at all.
I checked out the Rhodium but the specs were a little light for me. Does anyone have one that can testify to it's capabilities? Looks like HTC's TouchFlo is built-in...
Snarksneeze said:
Hey, Guys, thanks for the suggestions thus far.
For clarification;
I am currently on T-Mobile and with three lines, will probably be with them for a while. I also travel to Africa and Europe from time to time, so I prefer a Quad-Band, if this is still the tech for that.
I do like my hardware QWERTY, but the Wing's keyboard is lacking so I've kinda gotten used to the on-screen keyboard. I really liked Kaiser's keyboard though...
I don't like WinMo7's new interface, per the hand's-on reviews I've seen. I guess this means I'll be looking at Android.
So far, I like the Nexus One best due to the 1ghz processor, but I've read bad things about the contract(s). I'll probably end up buying the phone outright if I can get away with no contracts at all.
I checked out the Rhodium but the specs were a little light for me. Does anyone have one that can testify to it's capabilities? Looks like HTC's TouchFlo is built-in...
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T-Mobile US or Europe?
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T-Mobile US or Europe?
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Sorry, T-Mobile US.
Snarksneeze said:
Hey, Guys, thanks for the suggestions thus far.
For clarification;
I am currently on T-Mobile and with three lines, will probably be with them for a while. I also travel to Africa and Europe from time to time, so I prefer a Quad-Band, if this is still the tech for that.
I do like my hardware QWERTY, but the Wing's keyboard is lacking so I've kinda gotten used to the on-screen keyboard. I really liked Kaiser's keyboard though...
I don't like WinMo7's new interface, per the hand's-on reviews I've seen. I guess this means I'll be looking at Android.
So far, I like the Nexus One best due to the 1ghz processor, but I've read bad things about the contract(s). I'll probably end up buying the phone outright if I can get away with no contracts at all.
I checked out the Rhodium but the specs were a little light for me. Does anyone have one that can testify to it's capabilities? Looks like HTC's TouchFlo is built-in...
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Snark, I suggest you get the T-Mobile HTC HD2 for the U.S. I suggest you wait 2 months for the HTC HD2 to be released. I think you will be able to unlock it and make it work elsewhere if you travel.
Nexus One or HTC Bravo hands down.
Once you go android you wont go back
I like what I've read about the HD2, the specs seem to be in line with the Nexus One.
Both phones look nice, but the Nexus One seems to have an edge on the HD2, since the Android OS is open source and the HD2's OS is months from being obsolete.
From everything I've read, it looks as if WinMo7 will be locked down and that really worries me. The only reason I've stuck with WinMo phones is because of you great folks here at xda-dev. If they lock down WinMo7, how long will this site continue to offer the support they so freely give to WinMo users?
As far as the Nexus One goes, I can see that some of you are already offering OS updates for Android phones, so I suppose that this is the only way to move forward?
HD2 Pros: Can expect subsidization from my carrier.
HD2 Cons: Appears to run WinMo6.5, will the support last 2 years or more?
Nexus One Pros: Open-Source OS, tons of apps and supports and growing!
Nexus One Cons: Not subsidized under my current plan, more expensive to start but cheaper in the long run.
Thanks to everyone responding so positively! You've given me a lot to think about and a bunch of phones to review!
Seems to be a bit of excitement about the HTC Desire (nee Bravo, nee Passion) and according to the folks at modaco, its specs rival and sometimes surpass the Nexus One.
From the (leaked) photos, it sports the Sense UI and has a optical trackball for onscreen navigation.
Still no hardware keyboard, but I have the feeling that this is going to be a rare beast in the future anyway. At one point it was a must-have, but since the iPhone made it without one, the newer phones look to be pushing the envelope as well.
I will be waiting for HTC's MWC announcement today. I suspect they will offer it to Orange first in Europe and then hope to drop it in the States by X-Mas. If so, I could always order one and have it shipped overseas, but I would probably opt for the Nexus One in that case first...
Yesterday I bought the TouchPro2. It's pretty nice, but I am seriously missing the extra hardware buttons I use to interact with the Start Menu and my fav eBook reader :-(
I'm loving the awesome RAM and the nearly unlimited ROMs out there. EnergyROM's main thread has over 1000 pages already, wow!
As soon as the HD2 is back in stock, I'll be switching over to it and giving the Rhodium to my wife.
Thanks to everyone who responded with the great ideas and sorry it took me so long to actually buy the phone, LOL!
Great choice!
You won´t regret!
Rhodium is so far the best hardware keyboard device on the market
Even if not having the great 1ghz processor
Perhaps a poll is in order of the choices you are thinking about? We can let the numbers do the talking. I also agree that Android is where it is at in this day and age.
i thought i'd ask openly since i've done a fair amount of homework, but i'm still inexperienced when it comes with rooting these devices etc.
i used to be a symbian guy, then switched to htc only winmo phones, and joined this forum back in 04. we would flash custom roms etc etc (i really enjoyed it)
what phone do you guys recommend that's either out now or coming out soon for a US provider? i'm looking for top of the line, super fast, easily rooted, new roms flashed (no encrypted boot loaders etc)
i've been on the iphone since 07 (2g, 3g, 3gs) but the new iphone4 just doesn't impress me very much and i'm ready to finally make the move to (what i believe to be) a better device.
any opinions out there? i'm currently with at&t, but can jump ship to verizon or t-mobile (i kinda like the htc evo, but i always hear people complain about sprint here) and i read the droid x will most likely have an encrypted boot loader, so i'm not sure about verizon either.
I was in the same situation as you last week. I have no complaints about ATT's service in my area and signing a contract with another carrier didn't look too appealing since I've been out of contract since 08.
The Nexus One meets all of your criteria and then some. I do not have that gadget lust anymore, I don't feel that it is incomplete like I always felt with my other devices. Hell the only thing I really felt that was missing from the stock build is waking with the trackball, I too came from an iPhone and it just feels natural as opposed to using the sleep button.
I don't think you can really go wrong with any of the top tier Android offerings right now. They all have strengths and weaknesses but the simple fact that the Nexus One gets the (official) updates first made it an easy choice for me.
thanks for the reply. i've been looking at the nexus one for the same reasons you described... the ability to get updates quickly, and the fact it comes with a vanilla rom. i wish i could get the att version with a discount... it looks like if i go with it i'll need to get t-mobile.
i was a little hesitant just because im not sure how it holds up against the latest round of android devices (due to it being out for a while now) but it definitely looks fairly solid from what i've ready.
i ditto the nexus one..IF you want to stay with ATT..but a very customizable phone is the motorola droid..plus a physical keyboard is a BIG plus for me..but the droid is a little old and you should wait for the droid 2 next month..the thing is..who knows who long is going to take for dev to start working on droid 2...droid already has a large drawer full of kernels, themes, roms..ect
yeh, i think theres just too many phones out/coming out to make a decision. the nexus multitouch problem i keep reading about seems kind of annoying... i played with an evo on sprint today and apparently sprint has extremely slow data in my area (even tho it was full bars on 3g) and the droid x might have a locked/encrypted boot loader which i read will definitely affect the ability to flash roms (so i've read)
almost as bad as car shopping.
thanks guys for all the advice so far.
Im thinking about buying a unlocked Touch Pro 2,I currently own a G1 and love it but want something slightly newer (on a tight budget if not would of gone for the G2 or HD7 )
My questions are
1. Is the TP2 a significant upgrade over a G1 one of the things i love about the g1 is rooting/hacking Custom Roms/Custom Recoverys/No Locked Bootloaders etc.
2. Can the tp2 run Android as well as the G1 can or if not better?
3.Is the Touch Pro 2 Root/Hack friendly?
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Im thinking about buying a unlocked Touch Pro 2,I currently own a G1 and love it but want something slightly newer (on a tight budget if not would of gone for the G2 or HD7 )
My questions are
1. Is the TP2 a significant upgrade over a G1 one of the things i love about the g1 is rooting/hacking Custom Roms/Custom Recoverys/No Locked Bootloaders etc.
2. Can the tp2 run Android as well as the G1 can or if not better?
3.Is the Touch Pro 2 Root/Hack friendly?
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I'd save your money for either the G2 or the HD7. Having just moved from a TP2 to an Atrix, I may be a bit biased because I was ready to get the hell away from that phone Running Android on the TP2, in my experience, is nothing close to a device that ships with Android. It eats battery (faster than normal at least) and I'm not sure you'll even see any performance gains over your G1 since it looks like you've been using custom ROMs.
i do not recomend either one, i have had tp2 and struggled using winmo 6, that OS sucks, and when you run any android build on the tp2 will never be the same.. can be rlly unstable and buggy, in other words unreliable...........
if you like to carry a block that weighs as much as rock get the tp2 and be miserable
as far as the g1 is a good option if you are on a low budget and want something for the simple non-heavy smartphone user, it does most of the tricks
but if you want to be updated and have a great experience get the: G2, Dell streak, Samsung Galaxy, Nexus One, or Samsung galaxy tab.
I stuck with G1s for awhile until recently buying an HD2 and trading through high end phones until I ended up with a G2. I must say buying the HD2 was the best move I ever made. You can pick them up fairly cheap and on custom roms windows mobile is pretty useable. Naturally I went to android since you can now completely remove windows mobile and boot straight to android. I found there is a great selection of roms from 2.2 with sense, 2.2, 2.3, I think Honeycomb is already on the HD2, etc. I'd say if it's in your budget get an HD2, it's an awesome and very capable phone.
anyone know how much a used locked g2 goes for?
Save money for a cooler handset, or if you are in hurry the G1 is better, I think.
Just wanting to get some opinions since there doesn't seem to be any comparisons. I already did a comparison between droid x and thunderbolt, found thunderbolt to be better in terms of performance. Correct me if I am wrong on this!
I am looking at the Thunderbolt and the WP7 phone.
What i am looking for is not necessarily visuals, since I know we can change dramatically what our phones look like. Im not looking for picture taking quality, or video capture quality.
What I want now is speed. How fast does it access the web (I know, thats network - im on Verizon) and switch between pages. How fast does it start programs or apps, how quick does it switch from page to page, can I multitask?
Also, if I do switch from windows to android, is my office suite at home still compatible? What added things do I need to get in order to make compatible?
And last but not least, overall terms of enjoying using your phones. I have read the specs on both thunderbolt, droid x, and WP7. But since Verizon may not get the WP7, want to know if the thunderbolt is really worth it, or should i wait to see if Verizon does get a WP7 phone.
can't answer alot of your questions but my girlfriend recently bought the htc inspire (the thunderbolt is just a repackaged inspire as I understand it) and it's a great phone, you can't go wrong with it.
Totally agree thunderbolt all the way
yeah thunderbolt no doubt
Thanks guys, I got my thunderbolt some time ago, and am enjoying it. Havent had any issues that made me go 'huh', so really happy with its performance. Even my wife likes it which makes this the first phone I got that she does like. Not enough to avoid her upgrading to the iPhone, but were complete opposites, so make sense she would do that!
Thanks again guys!
Hey, guys, and thank you for taking the time to click on my thread!
So, the main issue I'm having is choosing between buying an HTC Radar or a T-Mobile G2x (I have a T-Mobile SIM with 4G data plan, so I need a phone compatible with T-Mobile's HSDPA 900/1700/2100 bands). Generally, the reason I picked these two phones is because of the CURRENT price range I'm looking at ($200-$300). These two phones fit right in there.
I wouldn't be having this problem if it weren't for my original HTC Radar getting stuck in a boot loop and eventually just completely bricking on me (please check this thread for more information if you would like more info on this issue I'm having: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2053262 ), but I am here now, and because my warranty expired with HTC on the phone, and there doesn't seem to be a way to fix this problem, it looks like I'm going to have to buy a new phone.
I've been doing a lot of research, and while looking for phones compatible with T-Mobile's GSM/HSDPA network, and I stumbled upon the G2x. I relatively enjoyed the specs as compared to my Radar, and the fact that it had a dual core processor also piqued my interest. I noticed that it could only officially update to Gingerbread, but I didn't get too concerned with that, since there are a lot of great developers here who have long since made roms for 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2.
I have experience with Android, having used an HD2 with AmeriCAN, Cyanogen, and other rom types, as well as currently using my Archos 101G9 with 4.0. I like the interface and I'm pretty comfortable with it, but when I got my hands on the Radar for the first time, I had fell in love with the WP7.5 OS. It was pretty much everything I wanted in an OS, and I was looking for when 7.8 would be available on it (if it would be). However, having to use my backup Desire HD (which doesn't support T-Mobile's network--learned that the hard way), I started to warm up to using Android a bit more, especially with seeing how large the community here at xda is in regards to it. So... needless to say, I'm a little torn.
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Which do you think would be the better buy? Should I end up buying the G2x, which I could find on Amazon, even, for a good price new; Or replace my old Radar with another one, and try to wait for 7.8 or wait for an official release?
**Also, if there is any other better deals in my general price range ($200-$300), please let me know, as I am completely open to suggestions and advice from all of you, who are all most likely more experienced than me in this. Thank you all, again!
**Forgot to include that I also was considering the Galaxy SII and HD7, but I'm not sure if they would be worth it, due to battery specs (SII) and discontinued support for the HD7.