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Would you trade your captivate for a htc desire z

I love the captivate its my first android device however a friend wants to trade for his new htc desire z would you do it ???
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nope captivate is way faster and better gpu than desire z . if it was desire hd i might consider maybe lol.

sofia-captivate said:
nope captivate is way faster and better gpu than desire z . if it was desire hd i might consider maybe lol.
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desire Z is actually much faster if you intend to overclock some of these device can run close to 2 ghz , has a keyboard and led for camera , I bought the captivate right away when I saw the screen ,, I mean 4 inch Super amoled , the desireZ looks like spinach .

Once you go SAMOLED, you can't go back . My friend has the HD7 amd the screen is terrible even though it's bigger. Colors look stale like old bread. I just won't make the mistake of buying a US dumb-downed version again

offwiththeface said:
I love the captivate its my first android device however a friend wants to trade for his new htc desire z would you do it ???
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I actually had to choose between the Desire Z/T-Mobile G2 or the Captivate.
Went for the captivate due to the SuperAMOLED screen and because the HTC Vision (Desire Z) is a b1tch to root.
DAGr8 said:
desire Z is actually much faster if you intend to overclock some of these device can run close to 2 ghz , has a keyboard and led for camera , I bought the captivate right away when I saw the screen ,, I mean 4 inch Super amoled , the desireZ looks like spinach .
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vaiol123 said:
Once you go SAMOLED, you can't go back . My friend has the HD7 amd the screen is terrible even though it's bigger. Colors look stale like old bread. I just won't make the mistake of buying a US dumb-downed version again
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SAMOLED FTW!!!!

HTC is for me!
After owning 2 HTC androids and now a Samsung Cappy. I would go back to HTC any day over the shortcomming of this terribly designed phone.
But hey, that's my optionion, and you should go with what you think is better. Are all the flaws worth having a Super AMOLED screen over?

raymar23 said:
After owning 2 HTC androids and now a Samsung Cappy. I would go back to HTC any day over the shortcomming of this terribly designed phone.
But hey, that's my optionion, and you should go with what you think is better. Are all the flaws worth having a Super AMOLED screen over?
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What flaws? *blinded by SuperAMOLED screen*

maybe if i was crazy

lol most people aren't going to overclock their phones to 2 ghz. that's kind of asking your phone to overheat and/or shorten its life
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I would message me with details!

The Cappy screen is impressive. I get loads of compliments even from the iPhone fanboyz.

While the Cap's screen is just crazy awesome, that keyboard would be even more useful for me. I'm pretty sure i'd do it

ryusen said:
While the Cap's screen is just crazy awesome, that keyboard would be even more useful for me. I'm pretty sure i'd do it
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Epic 4G much??

I would do it in a heartbeat. Even if just to do another trade or sale. The z will get you easily 150 more than the captivate will sell for.
So...if you choose not to, tell your friend to look me up

Well the only reason i'd trade for it is for sense, since I find sense more appealling, but even with that reason i wouldn't trade for it.

Seems like everyone wants a Captivate nowadays

vaiol123 said:
Once you go SAMOLED, you can't go back . My friend has the HD7 amd the screen is terrible even though it's bigger. Colors look stale like old bread. I just won't make the mistake of buying a US dumb-downed version again
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I totally agree about the samoled. I've tried the inspire and the atrix only to go back to my captivate. Nothing matches the screen on the captivate right now. Atleast until the superamoled plus comes out.
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vaiol123 said:
Once you go SAMOLED, you can't go back . My friend has the HD7 amd the screen is terrible even though it's bigger. Colors look stale like old bread. I just won't make the mistake of buying a US dumb-downed version again
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Sadly this, no matter what I am not forced to buy samsung ^_^
This is even starting to effect me on the computer screen level.
Good thing other companies have led monitors

As most have said, S-Amoled is just the point of no return. I can to it from an X10 I gave my dad, looking at his phone again looks like 360 vs NES.

comdei said:
Sadly this, no matter what I am not forced to buy samsung ^_^
This is even starting to effect me on the computer screen level.
Good thing other companies have led monitors
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I couldnt agree more. I had a laptop with a LED on it and went to a better one with a LCD.. and would kill to get the LED screen on this laptop. I actually went to the buddies house last week I sold the LED one too.. and it made me sad how much nicer it looked.
Ive always thought in my experience screens are: Plasma>LED>LCD. And since I dont think theres plasma phones..

[Q] New fast phone?

Hi,
At the moment I am using a HTC Desire and I find it to be to slow and the internal storage is to small.
Can someone recommend a fast dual core phone?
I have been looking at Samsung Galaxy s2 or perhaps som 3D phone...

CRzz said:
Hi,
Can someone recommend a fast dual core phone?
I have been looking at Samsung Galaxy s2
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This. You've answered your own question.

Maybe LG optimus 2X

My wife has gotten an Atrix 4g (AT&T), which recently got a gingerbread update. It's a beast of a phone, and quite fast.
The whole idea of the "webtop" dock for it, is just ridiculous to me though, especially since it costs more than a netbook.
*edit*
also worth note, it has 16gb built in user storage and 1gb of RAM.

Deeco7 said:
This. You've answered your own question.
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+1
I loved my Desire and never thought I would leave HTC until I got my SGSII.
Man, I looooooove my phone now

Hi guys, I know I'm a little off-topic, but not that much.
I would like your opinion on weather I should get an HTC Desire for about $330 or a Milestone 2 for about $530, or even de Defy for the same $530.
I ask because the hardware specs are very similar for the three, but i Know the desire is older.
Thank you.

Thx, I Will check the spec on them...
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

mpabegg said:
Hi guys, I know I'm a little off-topic, but not that much.
I would like your opinion on weather I should get an HTC Desire for about $330 or a Milestone 2 for about $530, or even de Defy for the same $530.
I ask because the hardware specs are very similar for the three, but i Know the desire is older.
Thank you.
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Total thread hijack if you ask me

Samsung s2 or sensation

HTC Sensation !!! a good one.

Samsung Galaxy S2 is at the Moment the King under the Smartphones!

Or maybe you can wait a little longer for the HTC 3D EVO.
That's a really nice piece that you can feel the 3D vision without any glasses.
Cool~~~~

killall said:
Total thread hijack if you ask me
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Sorry about that, I'll make my own thread.

As a sensation owner I would say have play with both of them ( and look through the general sections on xda), the sensations gets stupidly hot for no reason and because the antennas are in the back cover the gsm/wcdma and wifi both have death grip issues.. as far as performance I know the sgs II is the fastest and has a better more well saturated screen but if I am no mistaken also gets really hot.... thats bench marks fast but I dont see any slow down on the sensation games play perfectly and the UI with customs roms is blisteringly fast...
hard decisions for you

Oh, I see a few more people have jumped in... Still not sure what to get... I shall look around... I not to sure about the 3d... The one I looked at hurt my eyes...
Probably will keep using my desire awhile longer... Need more memory... Need to decide soon!
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The Samsung Galaxy S II has the better screen, and from what I've seen it makes better pictures. Also the battery for the SGSII is better: Li-Ion 1650 mAh vs. the Li-Ion 1520 mAh from the HTC Sensation. But the differences are not that great, and the HTC Sense from the Sensation is a great UI, and if you use a custom ROM from LeeDrOiD you can get a greater experience from the Sensation.
For day-to-day usage I would get the HTC Sensation, the Phone UI is the best out there. You may find similar apps on the market that mimic the Phone UI, but it's not the same.
And until you get your new device, try a ROM that has data2EXT. This will increase your internal storage to up to 2GB. Most HTC Desire Custom ROMs have this data2EXT option. Go here -> Desire Index - Everything Desire is here!

Need help chosing a new phone?

First some history. Im currently using a Desire HD and switching from sense to CM7 back in forth once in a while so custom ROMs are a must.
Previous to that had a nexus one.
My main requists are the following
Flashable ROMs
good battery life
Good overall performance
Good reception and call qaulity
Good speaker
Screen at lease 4"
Must take MicroSD (I have a 32gig and I spent 100$ to get it so I want to use it)
Im looking to get a new phone and im pretty much down to the following 4 choices which are currently available to me in Canada
LG Optimus 2X
LG Optimus 3D
HTC EVO 3D
Samsung Galaxy S Infuse 4G
Samsung Galaxy S II 4G
HTC Sensation 4G
MOTOROLA ATRIX 4G
MOTOROLA XT860 4G
Now in terms of price they are all give or take about the same. Specs wise the atrix still looks like a good buy especially now that bootloader is unlocked. 1 gig of ram 16gig internal plus external etc but from what I hear the screen isnt one of the best out there and due to the higher pixel count speed on the CPU takes a hit.Battery is huge which is a big plus
In general I think the 3D thing is just a gimmick so that's no big deal for me as long as the 5megapixel is semi decent
I could care less about full keyboards as im used to screen ones now
In general I tend to avoid LG due to past issues but the optimus 2 has some good reviews out there.
As for Samsung ive known a few people who say changing roms is harder then lets say on HTC devices.
So any opinion would be appreciated.
So in order here are my priorities with these
Reception
Voice quality
Battery life
Ease of rom installation and support
Good speaker
Good overall CPU performance
Screen size
Good cam 5MP and up
Dont care if its HSPA+ or whatever. Never get above 3Mbps on my network anyways

HTC sensation 4g IMO
Tapatalked u see

shreyasvb said:
HTC sensation 4g IMO
Tapatalked u see
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But the battery is pretty small for a device with qHD and 4.3 screen also in my general experience Sense looks night but takes allot of potential out of the CPU compared to CM7 or base android.
Also it has less internal storage and RAM then some of the other devices as well

But AFAIK,battery backup is wayy better in sensation compared to sgs 2 although both r dual core...!
N btw,stock roms tend to take a hell lot of ram...customs roms uses wayy less ram..
N hell yeah,memory is a bit f problem unless u root it..
N btw,nothing can touch d samoled screen f sgs2,but one has to consider other things too...
Tapatalked u see

shreyasvb said:
But AFAIK,battery backup is wayy better in sensation compared to sgs 2 although both r dual core...!
N btw,stock roms tend to take a hell lot of ram...customs roms uses wayy less ram..
N hell yeah,memory is a bit f problem unless u root it..
N btw,nothing can touch d samoled screen f sgs2,but one has to consider other things too...
Tapatalked u see
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Well from the looks of xda its easy to root the GS2
as for battery I see Mugen has a 3200mah battery but would distroy the look of the phone.
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.co...ung-galaxy-s-ii-si9100-with-battery-door.html
At this point I think im leaning towards SGII seems specs are as good if not better then Atrix and battery is bigger then the Sensation

You won't regret your choices on any of the phones you listed but I would go with the: Samsung Galaxy S II 4G. I have one & it's awesome. Check out the SGSII forums to see what ROMs & other goodies you can get if you decide to get a SGSII.

RMXO said:
You won't regret your choices on any of the phones you listed but I would go with the: Samsung Galaxy S II 4G. I have one & it's awesome. Check out the SGSII forums to see what ROMs & other goodies you can get if you decide to get a SGSII.
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Hows the battery on it? Any recommendations on ROMs? Is it easy to flash customer stuff?
I saw how to root and also I see there is CWM for it so figure it should be easy to install ROMs and kernels and stuff after.

fidorulz said:
Hows the battery on it? Any recommendations on ROMs? Is it easy to flash customer stuff?
I saw how to root and also I see there is CWM for it so figure it should be easy to install ROMs and kernels and stuff after.
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Battery life is awesome & I've been using Cognition since it's release. It's easy peezy hence why I love it so much. I use to have a HTC Inspire & it was a pain in the beginning but easy after I made a successful gold card.

Love at first sight and then buy
Expected to come google-motorola... joked I say we go into the store and buy what you like it.

New Phone
Definitely judging by my hands on experience HTC or Motorola!

Id say the sensation 4g, in my opinion.

Thanks for all the replies

Sensation, or ATRIX+dock.

htc make amazing phones.. I bought the desire a year ago and it performs like a rock! and rocks do perform, it's known

I would suggest the Samsung Galaxy S II 4G.
The battery life is solid, it's very easy to root (check out its forum).
The camera is awesome, and the screen can't be beat.
Go for it.

Find dock is a waste of money. Leaning towards SGS2. Other then the battery on the atrix the specs beat all the others. Don't need qhd as that takes away from the cpu for nothing in my view

nightshade246 said:
I would suggest the Samsung Galaxy S II 4G.
The battery life is solid, it's very easy to root (check out its forum).
The camera is awesome, and the screen can't be beat.
Go for it.
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Any recommendations for roms?

I would go for the optimus 2x. I have a g2x and love it. GREAT screen, GREAT camera. GREAT phone. haha

I am loving my Infuse. Best phone I've ever had. It is easy to root, go back to stock, flash roms and just about evrything else. Htc seems a lot more difficult.to do all these.to begin with.
The screen is amazing, first phone I actually wanted to watch anything on(had iphone previously).
Battery life is good and there are good roms although right now they are on hold awaiting att to roll.out gb update to the phone.
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Htc sensation or evo 3d
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Sensation vs. Galaxy S2

Hi, just planning to upgrade from my Atrix.
Which one would you suggest?

S2 for sure! It is one of the best phones out there!

TheStigx said:
S2 for sure! It is one of the best phones out there!
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Hi,
Are you sure you are in the right forum?

Nikoloz17 said:
Hi, just planning to upgrade from my Atrix.
Which one would you suggest?
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Hardware wise, similar - Sensation can be just as good. AMOLED is lovely, but to over-saturated for me, plus it being 800*480 rather than our qHD resolution, it's nice not being able to see as many pixels on the Sensation. I guess it also comes down to if ( wether means castrated ram ) you want a horrid plastic phone or a decent aluminium and soft touch plastic masterpiece

If you go Sensation, just know, anything less than qHD will look 2007. It's really weird how that works, but nothing's quite like it. I know the Galaxy Nexus has 720p display, but it's penntile, so it's not really HD.

If you're no fan of sense, then go for SGS II. It's great phone, my wife has one, the screen is marvelous. I'm fan of sense, so I have a sensation which is great too..
One thing: the sensation can be hold better / nicer than the SGSII, for Samsung you need a cover, to keep grip..
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I think galaxy S2 is better. however, sensastion has a better music experience

HTC Sensation: A Good buy?

So money isn't a huge problem. My birthday is coming up next week and I can get a new phone...I want the galaxy note but i know asking for that expensive phone will cut into bigger gifts
I've seen the HTC Amaze, Samsung galaxy Blaze and the sensation on sale off and on throughout August and right now the Sensation is free on two year contract...
Is this a good buy?
i don't care about the latest and greatest with the processors and all that...I just want to know from Sensation owners
1. Is it a good buy and are you happy with your Sensation now in August 2012?
2. What is a good free texting App that allows texting through data? I heard Google voice is good but it does not allow MMS?
3. Should I hold out and see if maybe the Amaze or the Galaxy S Blaze will be back up for sales? I own a Nexus S 4g right now and I am not too fond of Samsung due to this crappy phone.
I missed the web only special for the Gs2 that was on sale for like 3 hours at midnight so I am not sure which to buy....
Any help would be nice.
Thanks
Micah!

In short, no.
The screen may be sharp but the viewing angles are bad and its colours are quite washed out. Also mine, like many other sensations, has loads of dust under the screen which makes it hard to use in sunlight.
The stock ROM that comes with the phone is full of crap and lets the sensation perform to around half its full potential - there is very good dev support however so u can flash a better rom if u so wish.
I know u said that u dont care about processors but u really should.. we are on the verge of a new processor architecture for android phones (A15) so tbh this is not a great time to buy any phone since it will be outdated in a few months time. At least go with something like snapdragon S4 though (found in htc one s) which is probably the best out atm - about equal with tegra 3. The sensation has snapdragon s3 which is now pretty outdated.
Also the stock battery is terrible in the sensation and u will probs find urself buying a 3rd party battery after a few months.
In my opinion go with an HTC One S... similar form factor but loads better. If u wanna spend less look at the galaxy s2.
Good texting app over data is whatsapp (u must of heard of it) its free on all smartphones.

fredcorp6 said:
In short, no.
The screen may be sharp but the viewing angles are bad and its colours are quite washed out. Also mine, like many other sensations, has loads of dust under the screen which makes it hard to use in sunlight.
The stock ROM that comes with the phone is full of crap and lets the sensation perform to around half its full potential - there is very good dev support however so u can flash a better rom if u so wish.
I know u said that u dont care about processors but u really should.. we are on the verge of a new processor architecture for android phones (A15) so tbh this is not a great time to buy any phone since it will be outdated in a few months time. At least go with something like snapdragon S4 though (found in htc one s) which is probably the best out atm - about equal with tegra 3. The sensation has snapdragon s3 which is now pretty outdated.
Also the stock battery is terrible in the sensation and u will probs find urself buying a 3rd party battery after a few months.
In my opinion go with an HTC One S... similar form factor but loads better. If u wanna spend less look at the galaxy s2.
Good texting app over data is whatsapp (u must of heard of it) its free on all smartphones.
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Thank you for the feedback!
Yeah the ONE S is Free On contract as well(with a 50 buck rebate)....I am so mad I missed the sell for the Samsung Galaxy S2 on Contract!
So you recommend the ONE S? Would the Amaze be a better fit than the Sensation or are they on par with one another? I heard the Amaze has a beautiful camera

Same question
I haven't any dust or battery problem...
But it true that the stock ROM isn't very good...

armandkd said:
I haven't any dust or battery problem...
But it true that the stock ROM isn't very good...
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IS this the same phone that when you press home button it will always go back to the white HTC screen?

Don't get one s(I have it..in short it sucks.) Don't get HTC. Get the Samsung galaxy 3. You won't regret it.

do you absolutely NEED a new phone? or can you hold out a bit longer?
reason being, HTC One X+ is coming to T-Mobile this fall/winter and its a beast
http://www.tmonews.com/2012/08/htc-onex-is-codenamed-the-htc-endeavor-2-says-stuff-magazine/
I love the Sensation, only problem I have with it is the speaker quality and the antennas are built into the back case. Also if you want faster download/upload speeds, the Sensation is capped at 14.4 Mbps while most other phones now are 42 Mbps

Here's my 2 cents.. I think, if you don't have much of a choice and you aren't able to get the one s. you should just go for it.. Buy the sensation, root it, get a good ROM. This phone, although it is 1 year + old already.. Is still pretty awesome.. If you love playing games, you need not worry as most if not all games on the play store works absolutely fine on the sensation.. Watching videos are awesome and very much clear. But the only downside to the sensation is as fredcorp above have said.. The battery is horrible.. Thus, it is likely you would need to spend an extra 30 dollars for new Anker battery..Thats about all you need. I used to own a SGSII but sold it to get my sensation. Not regretting.. Again this is only my opinion. To me, build quality matters.. The sensation has got it. In terms of community (development) people are alot more willingly to help on the sensation threads and there are a ****load of ROMs, MODs for you to try out. cheers~ do update us on what you got. Enjoy.

Get the sensation for now, then upgrade later. I've had no issues and enjoy my S4G!

No, I have one and it is a battle against lag. Get the S2, it is butter smooth with the Exynos processor. I love sense 4 and will get another HTC phone in the future for it. I recommend the international One X.
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What is great about the Sensation is the Dev support. If you like running different roms the Sensation is the way to go. You can choose Sense 4, Sense 3.6, ASOP, AOKP, etc. it never gets old.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using Tapatalk 2

In all my electronic devices, the Sensation is the only one who performs better today then the day I bought it. Yep! It gets better every week. Loud speaker is very weak, but other then that I enjoy my phone and it is performing so well that I don't feel the need to update my device yet. I have 2 Sensations and 1 Amaze and I really prefer the Sensation in the end.
Development thread is huge and support is stellar.
The 2 years contract is certainly the turnoff of your deal, otherwise you will enjoy the phone.

Development : sensation
Stock and fast stock : amaze
Camera AMAZE
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Better get an s2 honestly great battery life and camera sexy display aswell more light ...
Sensation is a great phone to toy around whit but sometimes i wish it could give me better battery even tho i own a 1900mah extended battery
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S2 has horrible build quality
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amandez said:
S2 has horrible build quality
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We all know samsung phones made out of plastic just get an otterbox and your good to go
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for the price they are now-a-days & the performance you get out of it i'd say it's a pretty solid phone all around.... except for the battery that is.

VivaLaCam92 said:
for the price they are now-a-days & the performance you get out of it i'd say it's a pretty solid phone all around.... except for the battery that is.
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Battery&camera
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I've owned The Amaze, Sensation and the S2.
The amaze is fast when it's on stock and yes, the camera is amazing. If you don't mind having sense 3.6 and somewhat crappy battery life then go for the amaze
The s2 is also a great phone but the screen resolution is pure crap ! Yeah it has beautiful saturated colors but Everything is just so huge and pixelated And the screen does get scratches a lot easier than the sensation and the amaze . It does lag a lot with the new OTA ICS update. Although, rooting it makes it a great phone to own u can change the screen density so things won't be as huge and it does have a great development thread lots of great roms to flash. It also has a big battery. So it is a great phone, only if you root it and load a custom rom.
As for the sensation it is my DailyDriver. It has a Beautiful QHD screen that i love sure it's not no super amoled plus but it has better resolution wich is a + for me. The stock rom is ok. It does lagg here and there. But the development on this phone is great ! Lots of roms to flash. It shouldn't be long for us to get a stable jellybean rom. Battery life does kind of suck though.
Thats just my personal experience from owning these phones.
I would get the One S though, it's a amoled display with a qhd resolution wich looks great ! And it has a very very fast processor. Rooting it and loading a custom rom should make it a even better phone to own !
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Im not enjoying the sensation screen at all very poor viewing angle in direct sunlight ..
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