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[Q] New to Andriod any suggestions on phone or manufacturers

I've been using an iphone for years now and I sick of IOS and its lack of usefulness IMO.
Anyways I'm looking to switch soon to andriod any suggestions on phones or manufacturers? I have heard from a friend that HTC is the best for rooting is this true? I'd like to root my phone so I dont want to end up with a phone that is locked down.
I am currently looking at the samsung Galaxy S II, Driod Bionic and HTC thunderbolt. Though I hear the driod bionic may not be rootable? Any other suggestions?
I'm open to service providers though I am looking at verizon right now.
Sorry if this has been asked before I tried to search but didnt find anything.
I'm starting to research now so any help would be appreciated and any website suggestions would be awesome too.
Thanks for the help!!

Get samsung galaxy s2 my friend has it and I can tell you its bloody fast i'd say as much as the iphone no laggs between screens animations very nice looking! Even front facing camera.
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HTC evo is very good. Anything from HTC for that matter

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HTC is the way to go. Samsung is cheaply made.

shahkam said:
Get samsung galaxy s2 my friend has it and I can tell you its bloody fast i'd say as much as the iphone no laggs between screens animations very nice looking! Even front facing camera.
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totally agreed! I want one but it's still too expensive for now. but I'm sure that I'll get one eventually....currently I'm using samsung galaxy s

HTC Nexus One
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Samaung galaxy s 2 is on the top of my list
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The galaxy s2 is a nice one on paper, I haven't tried it myself but I believe it would be good. I wasn't a fan of the original galaxy s though, it felt very cheap and the touch screen wasn't as good as the htc's. I used the htc desire and really liked that one, htc makes some brilliant phones, that feel well-built, well programmed and really stand out when you actually use them.
I think either the galaxy s2 or a htc phone would be good, I'm liking the look of the HTC sensation myself. If you're looking for a dual core like those though, I believe it would be best to wait it out for a while and see how the development goes for them.

thanks for all the suggestions how are samsung phones for rooting? or does it all depend on the development community picking up the phones?

no problem at all with rooting, personally i would suggest you'll get a fully customized rom for your phone - these are much faster than the stock firmware and rooted by default...

For google, make the Maps 5 with navigation to be available completely offline, like you can do with OVI Maps in nokia.

love galaxy s.. remains?

lol.
u guys who using s1, will consider to trade in s2???
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I love my epic. S2 is the only way I will go.
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I own a S1 and first was excited about S2, mainly thanks to bigger/better screen and speed.
Now that I flashed my S1 with darky rom, it's very fast and audio is tweaked in a way not possible for S2 so I'm not really in need to switch.
Maybe a Superamoled HD 4,5 screen would convince me but I'm really ok for the moment, except for battery life...

alexk128 said:
I own a S1 and first was excited about S2, mainly thanks to bigger/better screen and speed.
Now that I flashed my S1 with darky rom, it's very fast and audio is tweaked in a way not possible for S2 so I'm not really in need to switch.
Maybe a Superamoled HD 4,5 screen would convince me but I'm really ok for the moment, except for battery life...
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cant agree more..

otsukafan said:
I love my epic. S2 is the only way I will go.
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i think so... it's so great outside there to sign the contract to get a S2...

Galaxy s is a good phone but i love galaxy s II is got more features, got awesome technology indeed.

Galaxy s2 is so awesome ... its my first android ^^

I love my defy ...

If you got i9000 galaxy s .. then no need for SII

dose Samsung Nexus S have:

hi guys
dose Samsung Nexus S have
-Gorilla glass
-super AMOLED
-battery capacity more than SGS I9001
-1.2 GHz in CPU

-No
-Yes (in case of I9020T, I9020A, 4G) No (in case of I9023)
-No (nexus s have an 1500 Mah battery while the I9001 have an 1650 Mah)
-No (it have a 1.0 Ghz CPU)

m.sabra said:
-No
-Yes (in case of I9020T, I9020A, 4G) No (in case of I9023)
-No (nexus s have an 1500 Mah battery while the I9001 have an 1650 Mah)
-No (it have a 1.0 Ghz CPU)
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thank you
but about battery "in case I9000?"

Google search it? Not trying to be an asshole but cmon man, there's tons of websites that would tell you by just looking at the spec sheet
OT: No,yes(one model doesn't I think its the i9023), not sure, if you overclock.

You can get this answer easily from gsmarena..
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guys i am posting that because i am using SGS I9000 and i want to change it!!!
and i am wondering about Samsung Nexus S
that's all
so can you help me?

stellar said:
Google search it? Not trying to be an asshole but cmon man, there's tons of websites that would tell you by just looking at the spec sheet
OT: No,yes(one model doesn't I think its the i9023), not sure, if you overclock.
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guys i am posting that because i am using SGS I9000 and i want to change it!!!
and i am wondering about Samsung Nexus S
that's all
so can you help me?

al_madd said:
You can get this answer easily from gsmarena..
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guys i am posting that because i am using SGS I9000 and i want to change it!!!
and i am wondering about Samsung Nexus S
that's all
so can you help me?

The answeres is already out there for you man do you want me to get it for you? Or could you google it yourself for me? Thanks for helping out.
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SimDroid said:
The answeres is already out there for you man do you want me to get it for you? Or could you google it yourself for me? Thanks for helping out.
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thank you but what's your opinion about that "nexus s or galaxy s"

I donno man.
If you are thinking about changing phone and wont be able to go for the brand new and expensive ones, I would recomend you to go for the Nexus S.
I myself changed my LG O2X for a Nexus S, mostly because of the Google brand, the promised updates, and all the good stuff developed for the phone to customize it with.
And lets be honest. Samsung Google Nexus S is so god damn sexy
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keep your samsung galaxy s, just root it and install cm9 and overclock it to 1.2ghz

yes thanks guys i think it's time to try that you call it nexus s caz i was wondering to get from a while.

SimDroid said:
I donno man.
If you are thinking about changing phone and wont be able to go for the brand new and expensive ones, I would recomend you to go for the Nexus S.
I myself changed my LG O2X for a Nexus S, mostly because of the Google brand, the promised updates, and all the good stuff developed for the phone to customize it with.
And lets be honest. Samsung Google Nexus S is so god damn sexy
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hi man
did you changed LG O2X for a Nexus S!!!?, you must have a reason

noobiekins said:
keep your samsung galaxy s, just root it and install cm9 and overclock it to 1.2ghz
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thanks man
am already on Dark Night ROM 5.5

samhawk said:
hi man
did you changed LG O2X for a Nexus S!!!?, you must have a reason
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Yeah, ****ty LG didnt provide me with a stable phone.. reboots and bsod was occuring often with LGO2x.
Plus they didnt send out updates so often. I was still running Android 2.2 FroYo when Google updated their Nexus S with 4.0 ICS.
Atm LGO2x is on Gingerbread recently updated, and waiting for ICS in the end of the year or probably even next year...
To make a short story. I love Google Android, but not LG.
Thats why I changed for a Nexus s (same screen resolution, same clockspeed, not dual core though )
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[Q] New Phone

Ayo guys, stratz here, i want to buy a phone for christmas, there is many good phones out there but idk what's the best option
can you help me?

StraTzHD said:
Ayo guys, stratz here, i want to buy a phone for christmas, there is many good phones out there but idk what's the best option
can you help me?
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Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE 4G or Samsung Galaxy Note 2 4G.

Galaxy Note 2
Inviato dal mio GT-N7100

XEURONIX said:
Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE 4G or Samsung Galaxy Note 2 4G.
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Great, compared phones and yeah, ill get te gs3
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StraTzHD said:
Great, compared phones and yeah, ill get te gs3
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It depends on your budget. If you've got a fairly large budget and looking to get a fairly new phone with great features and future support and updates then I'd either go with the Samsung Galaxy S3, Galaxy Nexus, or the new Nexus 4. I have the Nexus S and it runs great, recently updated it to 4.1.2 Jellybean.
Remember it's all about your budget and if you're the type of person who likes to flash ROM's and whatnot.
Hope that helped,
Regards,
Bomboholic

Bomboholic said:
It depends on your budget. If you've got a fairly large budget and looking to get a fairly new phone with great features and future support and updates then I'd either go with the Samsung Galaxy S3, Galaxy Nexus, or the new Nexus 4. I have the Nexus S and it runs great, recently updated it to 4.1.2 Jellybean.
Remember it's all about your budget and if you're the type of person who likes to flash ROM's and whatnot.
Hope that helped,
Regards,
Bomboholic
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This helped me even more, thx bro, and yeah Gnexus is cheap and good, the nexus 4 is even better than the gs3 and gnex, but scores low in the benchmarks, so I think a food option is the gnex
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1846277
Post it here....
You'll get more suggestions!
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Theres a cool sony phone thats fairly good and waterproof tho irs not in australia at the moment called xperia acro s.

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[Q] Need help finding a new phone :)

Ok.. so as of right now I have a Sony Ericsson and its a pretty good phone and its popular.. but I want a phone that has 4.0 and has most updates and I can play good games/apps and music on it & that has updates that are recent.. but I don't wanna be broke out of money for paying for a high price.. any suggestions on what phone I should get?

Anyone help me or some suggestions?

ToxicEat3r said:
Anyone help me or some suggestions?
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How about telling us your budget? Carrier? Gotta give us info man before we can help you

how about galaxy sii
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A thing I'll consider on my next phone is a fully functional notification led like on blackberry. I only have 2 colors on my HTC.
I believe the galaxy s2 and s3 have one.
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salade618 said:
A thing I'll consider on my next phone is a fully functional notification led like on blackberry. I only have 2 colors on my HTC.
I believe the galaxy s2 and s3 have one.
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Not the s2
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brandonarev said:
Not the s2
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Oups! My bad!
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I mean.. my friend said that the galaxy s3 was pretty good and I seen some pretty good HTC's that were really good but I dont know what to get.. and my budget is about .. 50 - 300 dollars and I was actually thinking about buying a tablet? but what should I get .. tablet or phone? and what one..?

Optimus g is a solid phone on sprint
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ToxicEat3r said:
I mean.. my friend said that the galaxy s3 was pretty good and I seen some pretty good HTC's that were really good but I dont know what to get.. and my budget is about .. 50 - 300 dollars and I was actually thinking about buying a tablet? but what should I get .. tablet or phone? and what one..?
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Well if you need calling stick with a phone. If you have another phone for that get a tqvlet. The nexus 7 is a nice portable one. If you want larger screen is go for nexus 10 but the nexus 10 goes over your budget limit
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I am waiting for the samsung s4 coming out this month. Does anyone have any opinions with it? i was thinking about the note 2 but that thing is tablet size and i already have an asus tf300.

alan24C said:
I am waiting for the samsung s4 coming out this month. Does anyone have any opinions with it? i was thinking about the note 2 but that thing is tablet size and i already have an asus tf300.
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I think the s4 will be a great phone except for the fact that Samsung usually used cheap materials. But an otter box can easily fix that
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ToxicEat3r said:
Ok.. so as of right now I have a Sony Ericsson and its a pretty good phone and its popular.. but I want a phone that has 4.0 and has most updates and I can play good games/apps and music on it & that has updates that are recent.. but I don't wanna be broke out of money for paying for a high price.. any suggestions on what phone I should get?
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i have samsung galaxy s plus..for modding is the best