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[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.
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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
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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.
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[Q] Desire S vs Samsung Galaxy S (Super AMOLED)

Hello evrybdy i am from India and i am wntng 2 buy an android fone...bt i am confused between the HTC Desire S and the Samsung Galaxy S (Super AMOLED) ...cn u all plss help me...and duz d Desire S really have a Death Grip?

it's no death grip it's just htc's reason to buy a new phone

Never had the death grip problem... but saw it on a youtube video... i think i twas fixed or something

yeah probably fixed, although i still have issues with mine, so i really dont know what video you guys were looking at

well i got the issues too and i'm on htc's latest rom
anyway i hardly think its a hardware fault and a bit software, so i don't think they are able to fix it
software fix helped me to reduce the death grip to 1bar wireless signal but not to kill the death grip fully

The Desire S is so much better than the Galaxy S. The ONLY thing the Galaxy S has going for it is its GPU (which isnt that much better) and Super AMOLED, but there is a significant decrease in screen sharpness because of the PenTile arrangement, so Super AMOLED is actually a hindrance.

Sgs without a shadow of doubt
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hookguy said:
The Desire S is so much better than the Galaxy S. The ONLY thing the Galaxy S has going for it is its GPU (which isnt that much better) and Super AMOLED, but there is a significant decrease in screen sharpness because of the PenTile arrangement, so Super AMOLED is actually a hindrance.
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looking to pick between one or another next week.
pls tell me how the desire sis 'much better then sgs'
not much spec difference..
yu could argue hummingbird is better than snapdragon, more storage, better battery (?)

olyloh6696 said:
looking to pick between one or another next week.
pls tell me how the desire sis 'much better then sgs'
not much spec difference..
yu could argue hummingbird is better than snapdragon, more storage, better battery (?)
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Galaxy s pros
Hummingbird will mean smoother running gb than the desire.
Absolutely beautiful display works great in direct sunlight.
Nearly unbrickable phone if your looking to root and rom and such.
Better battery life.
Slightly lighter than the Desire
Desire s pros
More Internal memory
Some prefer the super LCD over AMOLED
More flash storage
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lie! the desire s is more unbrickable than the galaxy s! try to brick the desire s with s-on
no seriously, you are asking in the wrong forum mate... people here will tell mostly desire s is better, and people in the galaxy s forum will say galaxy s is better

Blezz said:
lie! the desire s is more unbrickable than the galaxy s! try to brick the desire s with s-on
no seriously, you are asking in the wrong forum mate... people here will tell mostly desire s is better, and people in the galaxy s forum will say galaxy s is better
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Well just going off what I know, glad to know they're both unbrickable
I would point out flaws if I had the phone, I have the Epic though !
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if the desire s is liek my old desire hd, it is really unbrickable
i flashed accidently a wrong radio to my desire hd (radio from desire z) just to see that it got a safety radio and did a rollback to prevent any dmg

Blezz said:
if the desire s is liek my old desire hd, it is really unbrickable
i flashed accidently a wrong radio to my desire hd (radio from desire z) just to see that it got a safety radio and did a rollback to prevent any dmg
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The galaxy s always had the option of using Odin to get back to stock I glad for that
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i wouldn't be that sure ac... i already flashed a galaxy s dead.. flashed with odin and stopped at 1%... 10minutes later i pulled usb plug -> brriiiiick

Blezz said:
i wouldn't be that sure ac... i already flashed a galaxy s dead.. flashed with odin and stopped at 1%... 10minutes later i pulled usb plug -> brriiiiick
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Partial brick
You prob used stock cable
I've done that to my epic at least 5 times lol
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ac16313 said:
Galaxy s pros
Hummingbird will mean smoother running gb than the desire.
Absolutely beautiful display works great in direct sunlight.
Nearly unbrickable phone if your looking to root and rom and such.
Better battery life.
Slightly lighter than the Desire
Desire s pros
More Internal memory
Some prefer the super LCD over AMOLED
More flash storage
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thanks but i thoght the sgs has more flash memory then the desire s?
2 gb flash (+ internal 6 gb Memory?) > 1.1 gb flash?
oh well
i guess i may get sgs as it's seems superior !
i wont use custom roms, yet, so not worried abt bricking anwway ! but i will install lagfix + root..
easily done from the market?

i think he talks about ram (512mb vs. 768mb)

Okay, i could choose which one to buy and i bought desire s.. why?
-Htc sense looks a lot better then touch wiz....
-3.7 inch screen..(yeah.. i dont think bigger = better)
-i really like the design... and its made of one piece of alluminium and that.. really safe phone.
-Had HTC in the past.. and never had problems with them.. they rock
-Flash camera... yeah.. makes a big difference
Both of them are great phones... but they are still phones.. choose with one you would like from the design.. and not from what inside... they are pretty much the same inside. And about the super amoled...you cant say its a pro, its different.

Blezz said:
i think he talks about ram (512mb vs. 768mb)
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This.
I had a look at the Desire its a pretty nice phone, but your choice wich ever one you get you'll be happy with!
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superkid said:
Okay, i could choose which one to buy and i bought desire s.. why?
-Htc sense looks a lot better then touch wiz....
-3.7 inch screen..(yeah.. i dont think bigger = better)
-i really like the design... and its made of one piece of alluminium and that.. really safe phone.
-Had HTC in the past.. and never had problems with them.. they rock
-Flash camera... yeah.. makes a big difference
Both of them are great phones... but they are still phones.. choose with one you would like from the design.. and not from what inside... they are pretty much the same inside. And about the super amoled...you cant say its a pro, its different.
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personally - its specsover looks! i dont want a nice phone but crap specs! i rather have a better one!
personally i prefer bigger screens! (mos my drvices are all large screen)
thats one major favor of the sgs for me! (large super amoled + screen)
you cant deny amoled kills slcd! sure it'll burn out on day, but amoled kills slcd!
i like desire s becayse its great out the box! nice ui, no lag fixes needed etc!
but it has a small community..
the sgs is old now though
decisions, decisions!

should i buy the sensation ???

hello
i want buy a new android phone in my birthday
is there 3 phones in my mind..SGS2,MyTouch Slide 4G and Sensation
which one have better camera ??
which one have better battery life ??
1GB stroge is that real problem ??

buy sensation

buy sensation

What do you expect from a sensation forum.
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Good answer lol
tmosda said:
What do you expect from a sensation forum.
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yep, another happy Sensation user.
With a few minor changes (New ROM) and JuiceDefender, my battery now last at least 3 times as long.
So, yes, buy a Sensation

Gooo Forrr itttt! Happy Flashing!

which one have better camera sensation or sgs2 ?
which one have better natural colors sensation or iphone 4 ??

Lol. The iphone screen is tiny. Sgs has slightly better hardware but touchwiz is even ****tier than sense and Samsung phones just feel cheap. Sensation feels like an executive phone. 1 gb is more than enough for all the apps you could want. I have about 100 apps installed and have filled less than half of it.
Sent from my Leedroid Sensational Htc Sensation!

which one is faster..1.2GHz Dual Core Snapdragon or 1.2GHz Dual Core Exynos ??
how much ram available in sensation ?? with and without sense 3.0

Hard to say what's faster without comparing them both on exactly the same ROM. I've heard that the Snapdragon has slightly more brute force than the Exynos (45 MFLOPS on the Exynos, compared to 46 on the Snapdragon).
If I can find someone with a Galaxy S2, I'm going to put both phones on CM7 and run a series of benchmarks on them. That'll really show us what's faster.

redbullcat said:
Hard to say what's faster without comparing them both on exactly the same ROM. I've heard that the Snapdragon has slightly more brute force than the Exynos (45 MFLOPS on the Exynos, compared to 46 on the Snapdragon).
If I can find someone with a Galaxy S2, I'm going to put both phones on CM7 and run a series of benchmarks on them. That'll really show us what's faster.
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that's nice but sensation screen 540 x 960 !! CPU will take more from screen

Buy the upcoming Hercules. The galaxy s 2 is supposed to be the best android phone. The sensation is good, but the galaxy s2 is just flat out better.

i know SGS2 is better but for me i think sensation is better because i love the design and 540 x 960..but which camera is better sensation or SGS2 ?

Go for sensation
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-juanito- said:
which one is faster..1.2GHz Dual Core Snapdragon or 1.2GHz Dual Core Exynos ??
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Exynos is faster at the same clock speed, simply because the A9 is a better architecture than the Scorpion.
barondebxl said:
Buy the upcoming Hercules. The galaxy s 2 is supposed to be the best android phone. The sensation is good, but the galaxy s2 is just flat out better.
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The Hercules will have the same processor as the Sensation (well, all the info points to that so far).

Seriously?!?! You would ask that question in the Sensation forum. I don't believe any of us here would purchase a phone of this type without proper thought given.
Find an iPhone forum and ask them which they think is better, I'm sure you can guess what they would say.
In the end you have to decide which features are most important to you and then match that up with a phone that provides those features.
There's no such thing as a perfect phone although in my opinion the Sensation comes damn close.
-juanito- said:
hello
i want buy a new android phone in my birthday
is there 3 phones in my mind..SGS2,MyTouch Slide 4G and Sensation
which one have better camera ??
which one have better battery life ??
1GB stroge is that real problem ??
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The camera on the HTC sensation is quite good in my opinion. And I'm very impressed with the 1080 p recording. Now I own a sensation 4g but I will sell it for the Hercules because, my personal experience, sense lags and considering this is a 1.2 Ghz dual core nothing should lag on this phone. Sense is very nice no question about that, but it's a heavy UI and it clearly slows down the phone. But the Qhd resolution on the phone is excellent, the build of the phone is unique and sexy and it is HTC so those are the pros for me. Cons are that the phone isnt as fast as other dual core smartphones, the speaker is pretty much useless and more ram would have been great considering sense takes a lot of it. But there's already S-off for the sensation so if you want to root and install custom ROMs than you should be fine, but then again you could do the same on the Hercules except you would have better hardware. I can talk all day, but at the end it's just a matter of what you're looking for. I want speed speed and more speed and unfortunately the sensation isn't speedy enough for me.

Buy the damn thing

Definitely buy a sensation, perfect phone since s-off is out.

lg optimus 2x or htc desire HD?

Hey guys, just after some advice,
I need something to replace my HTC Tattoo, after a few weeks of trawling through video reviews like a monkey fossiking for nits, I've narrowed my choice to these two:
lg optimus 2x
htc desire HD
Any comments or advice to sway me in a particular direction?
Usage is: Browsing the net, emails, games, pretty much everything the phone can do.
I would most likely rip it's soul out and chuck a custom rom on it...
and i do have a budget so cant go any higher than these two really...
Thanks for any help!

Why don't you go for a newer device?
What country are you buying from and what's the budget?
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I'm in New Zealand, budget is around $450 max NZD, if there are any newer comparable phones close to this price then I'm open to ideas!
Thanks!

I would suggest a HTC One V (Link) It's a pretty decent device running android 4.0 for about $450

That actually looks like an awesome phone didn't even know it existed, thanks!
I was really after a 4inch screen, but looking at that I wonder if its worth compromising on size to get a solid newer phone with smaller screen than getting an older one with a bigger screen...
Especially running ics and sense 4.0
Do you think the desire HD would get the ics and sense 4.0 update? If it did it has a bigger screen and same 1ghz processor

wahsauce said:
That actually looks like an awesome phone didn't even know it existed, thanks!
I was really after a 4inch screen, but looking at that I wonder if its worth compromising on size to get a solid newer phone with smaller screen than getting an older one with a bigger screen...
Especially running ics and sense 4.0
Do you think the desire HD would get the ics and sense 4.0 update? If it did it has a bigger screen and same 1ghz processor
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The 2x is a great device for the price, really speedy

The One V is a 3.7' so it's pretty close to a 4' Also the DHD well i think it is slated to receive ICS but it would only get sense 3.6 and that would most likely be it's last update. The One V is brand new and would probably receive 5.0

The one v is tempting, but for roughly same price, I don't think i can pass up the 4.inch screen dual core O2x
Especially since it's getting the ICS update later this year, and I see the devs here are close to a fully working ics rom...
Thanks for the help guys

wahsauce said:
The one v is tempting, but for roughly same price, I don't think i can pass up the 4.inch screen dual core O2x
Especially since it's getting the ICS update later this year, and I see the devs here are close to a fully working ics rom...
Thanks for the help guys
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I 've had the Optimus 2X and I was kind of dissapointed. LG just didn't make a good phone. It's ok, but I think you could go better.
Have you looked at the Galaxy S Advance?

Try to get a htc sensation or sensation XE , these are now more afordable and still are great phones , put arhd 6.6.5 rom on it with leedroidteaks and your phone will fly !
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio using xda premium

The advance looks like a nice phone, but it's about $100 out of my range, same with the sensation, guess I can try save a bit extra.
By the sounds of it I might stay away from the lg 2x, I'm glad I asked you guys now!

Optimus 2x
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wahsauce said:
Hey guys, just after some advice,
I need something to replace my HTC Tattoo, after a few weeks of trawling through video reviews like a monkey fossiking for nits, I've narrowed my choice to these two:
lg optimus 2x
htc desire HD
Any comments or advice to sway me in a particular direction?
Usage is: Browsing the net, emails, games, pretty much everything the phone can do.
I would most likely rip it's soul out and chuck a custom rom on it...
and i do have a budget so cant go any higher than these two really...
Thanks for any help!
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What Is Your Budget Btw?

AswinHof said:
Try to get a htc sensation or sensation XE , these are now more afordable and still are great phones , put arhd 6.6.5 rom on it with leedroidteaks and your phone will fly !
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+1！

Lizman said:
Optimus 2x
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What Is Your Budget Btw?
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Sorry I didnt see your reply!
My budget is around $450
As a side note, had a look at the One V and Desire HD, they are identical hardware wise as far as I can see, but the desire has bigger screen and more ram, and with the rom the awesome Devs are porting, why wouldnt you get that instead?

wahsauce said:
Sorry I didnt see your reply!
My budget is around $450
As a side note, had a look at the One V and Desire HD, they are identical hardware wise as far as I can see, but the desire has bigger screen and more ram, and with the rom the awesome Devs are porting, why wouldnt you get that instead?
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Sony Xperia S
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Sony Xperia S
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Nice, another phone I hadn't heard of, I like it very much..
whats the sony software like? I assume there are roms available for it...
Edit: Scratch that, I see the ICS update is out for it, even nicer!
Also(not sure if this is the right place to ask) but is there any difference between phones bought elsewhere, for example, can I buy a phone from Australia(off ebay) and use it here in NZ?
As far as I am aware as long as it is unlocked it should be fine?

wahsauce said:
Nice, another phone I hadn't heard of, I like it very much..
whats the sony software like? I assume there are roms available for it...
Edit: Scratch that, I see the ICS update is out for it, even nicer!
Also(not sure if this is the right place to ask) but is there any difference between phones bought elsewhere, for example, can I buy a phone from Australia(off ebay) and use it here in NZ?
As far as I am aware as long as it is unlocked it should be fine?
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You could get any phone and use it there. Most european carriers don't lock their phones, but some do, and it should be written on ebay.
As for old phones, you should know that the king of phones is Galaxy S II.
Xperia S is an ok phone, that had some problems and people overall were not satisfied. Something like the Lg 2X. Ok phones, but small problems that you can't tell from looking them on pictures but only by using them.
The sensation is a good phone but compared to Galaxy S II it's worst (i am comparing them since they are at the same price range)...

there's still a lot of better phone out there

HTC Desire HD
LG Phones are laggy
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Go for the htc desire HD or Sensation if possible. The developer community for these phones are great and there are stable ICS roms for both.

Sensation or One S with S3 chip

Hey, I just wanted your guys opinion on which phone I should get, the Sensation or the One S with the S3 chip
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one s with S3 chip is BS ..don't even go for it
S4 is awesome ..unless you get S4 not worthy to change (just for display ? meh)

Between the two, the Sensation. The One S with the S3 is probably going to get ignored when it comes to support from HTC and from us nice developers.
If you can get your hands on a One S with S4, then get that.

GazaIan said:
Between the two, the Sensation. The One S with the S3 is probably going to get ignored when it comes to support from HTC and from us nice developers.
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True this, no source code yet. Bit some development is yapping for it, recovery I think
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Sensation.
I have an S4 One S here and it's fantastic to be honest, but an S3 version... meh.

I have the one s with s4 and like it a lot, but if it was to have the s3 pretty sure I would prefer a sensation even though I've never had one. Why give up expandable storage and removeable battery for a phone with the same processor? Only real upgrade would be a phone so thin its hard to hold? Lol. Reason I'm browsing the sensation forum is the possible thought of selling the one s or trading for a sensation. I didn't realize how fast I would use up the 10gb of available space.
Long term the one s needs s off so we can change the internal memory partitions. I don't need 2gb for apps or 4 for the os. I keep all my music on the phone though.
That's my thoughts anyways. I had an extended warranty upgrade from an old HTC desire and was always happy with it, but 4.3" screen is about perfect I think.
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One comment I have is the Sensation's screen is better. OK it's not AMOLED, but it's sharper due to being RGB and not PenTile, and that's more important to me.