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Worth it?

So right now I have a rooted hero runnin 2.3 and I want nnothing more than a new phone. I'm highly considering the ns4g, or tue evo. I'd like some ffeedback from nexus ownerson wwhat they think about the s, thank you in advance
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Purchased nexus 4g yesterday coming from evo. U want look back once u go sexy next.
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I came from the Hero running 2.3 to the nexus myself. I can't get over the difference. It's amazing how easy it to read thing on the screen, how much bridget everything looks. Just the over-all better-ness of the phone. Do it, you won't regret it.
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The evo hasalot of Dev support. But its aging hardware will be hurtfull for you after a year. Get the nexus just better over all and of coarse its a Google phone so no waiting for a port you get it first
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BrianDigital said:
The evo hasalot of Dev support. But its aging hardware will be hurtfull for you after a year. Get the nexus just better over all and of coarse its a Google phone so no waiting for a port you get it first
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Can't the same be said for the Nexus; hell a new nexus has already been announced. I am not partial to either one as I have access to both; simply playing devils advocate.

spiicytuna said:
Can't the same be said for the Nexus; hell a new nexus has already been announced. I am not partial to either one as I have access to both; simply playing devils advocate.
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But the evo hardware is going to be far slower in a year than nexus hardware. The Hummingbird processor we've seen in the SGS family is by far better than what the evo is sporting.
I don't have a single concern about my Nexus S (or Epic) not being adequate in a year or two.... I have used an evo now and I already feel that it's a slow clumsy device shoe-horned into a large enclosure to attract the "hummer crowd" ... bigger is better, am i right?

I just got rid of my epic for the ns4g (cracked screen on epic). My fiancée has the EVO and I have to say its a night and day comparison. Battery on the nexus is much better. Everything is smoother, and of course the display is 100x better. The EVO is a nice phone, but hardware wise its a bit out of date.

spiicytuna said:
Can't the same be said for the Nexus; hell a new nexus has already been announced. I am not partial to either one as I have access to both; simply playing devils advocate.
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True but right now a evo will get screwed playing angry birds with ad's with kernels and cm7. Its a nice phone but getting one now would not be a wise descion with this in the same line up
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Ty everyone, the nexus being a Google phone is the big selling point to me, I do like the size of the ebo, my dad has one, but it can get a little laggy sometimes, I still have almost a year to upgrade. But the nex will still be my first choice. Unless the nrxt one comes to sprint, and has ics and dual core p:
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Mt4g still alive and well!

Has anyone besides me noticed, that with all the newer handsets that are coming out, the mt4g is still comparable, and not really outdated! I am still loving mine. Best handset is have had to date. And believe me, b4 I got laid off, I was changing phones every 3 to 4 months...
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jjbadd385 said:
Has anyone besides me noticed, that with all the newer handsets that are coming out, the mt4g is still comparable, and not really outdated! I am still loving mine. Best handset is have had to date. And believe me, b4 I got laid off, I was changing phones every 3 to 4 months...
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The specs for the MyTouch 4G are great. If I hadn't rooted it, though, this phone would be crappy.

aysiu said:
The specs for the MyTouch 4G are great. If I hadn't rooted it, though, this phone would be crappy.
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yes agreed.
and virtuous unity just makes it the BEST OF THE BEST

saranhai said:
yes agreed.
and virtuous unity just makes it the BEST OF THE BEST
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Lol, well I wouldn't go that far. But yes, it does put it right up there with a step behind the Sensation group.
All thanks to these devs.

mackster248 said:
Lol, well I wouldn't go that far. But yes, it does put it right up there with a step behind the Sensation group.
All thanks to these devs.
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IMO the sensation really isn't anything special. The screen on it sucks and its not that fast for it being a dual core phone. I played with the epic touch gs2 yesterday....and now that's a phone to drool over. That right now is the only phone out that's worth an upgrade from the mt4g. Again this is just my opinion.
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em2drvr03 said:
IMO the sensation really isn't anything special. The screen on it sucks and its not that fast for it being a dual core phone. I played with the epic touch gs2 yesterday....and now that's a phone to drool over. That right now is the only phone out that's worth an upgrade from the mt4g. Again this is just my opinion.
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I've heard some bad things about the Sensation, but I think the sluggish speed is caused by the async Snapdragon that Qualcomm made. Both CPUs won't be on unless they're both needed and I'm guessing that doesn't work really good in Gingerbread, so perhaps on 1 core is active. When the Exynos or Tegra 2 the cores are both on all the time, so they should be faster, although they still clock up and down as normal. The screen in lacking, but it's no S/Amoled or IPS or Retina. HTC doesn't really produce nicer screens like the competition, they use S-LCD or LCD in their phones, not sure if they have any other tech ATM.

Well, I can agree on this. I've never been a fan of MyTouch models, but T-Mo forced me. I've been from a T-Mo G1 (Dream), to a T-Mo G2 (Desire Z), then to a samsung Galaxy S 4g and when it got stolen, the assurant would only leave me with a MyTouch 4g. Really can't compare the screen, but hey, I'm more than pleased. I'm quite impressed this phone doesn't have that much of a great feedback from T-Mo. :/ Oh well.

Yeah I've had a bunch, came from an epic and I have to say this phone is good stock. Unity is boss though. Omfg.
Edit: one other thing... This community is so chilled and friendly compared to the previous ones I have been a part of. Thank you people...
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GioIsGio said:
Well, I can agree on this. I've never been a fan of MyTouch models, but T-Mo forced me. I've been from a T-Mo G1 (Dream), to a T-Mo G2 (Desire Z), then to a samsung Galaxy S 4g and when it got stolen, the assurant would only leave me with a MyTouch 4g. Really can't compare the screen, but hey, I'm more than pleased. I'm quite impressed this phone doesn't have that much of a great feedback from T-Mo. :/ Oh well.
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Do you wish you had your SGS4G still, or you happier with this one?
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mackster248 said:
Do you wish you had your SGS4G still, or you happier with this one?
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Totally happier with this one. SGS4G relied TOO MUCH on the screen~ and it was just annoying sometimes. I got used to physical buttons because of my last phones, so I felt like using an iPhone not an Android. And besides, the SGS4G's front facing camera was just sad.

GioIsGio said:
Totally happier with this one. SGS4G relied TOO MUCH on the screen~ and it was just annoying sometimes. I got used to physical buttons because of my last phones, so I felt like using an iPhone not an Android. And besides, the SGS4G's front facing camera was just sad.
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You didn't like the ROM's for the Galaxy? I would think their FFC quality would be better than the MT4G's.
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DhD, TB, and MT4G is last 2GS single core proc of HTC and with even DDR1 768MB we are set for long time. Keep in mind with custom mod hack (script, tweak, rom, kernel) if you know what you doing your set now until we have need for dual core.
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AirSCAN said:
DhD, TB, and MT4G is last 2GS single core proc of HTC and with even DDR1 768MB we are set for long time. Keep in mind with custom mod hack (script, tweak, rom, kernel) if you know what you doing your set now until we have need for dual core.
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Acronym dropper... Lul.
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Etrick said:
Acronym dropper... Lul.
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Sorry was it hard for you to comprehend?
DhD = Desire HD (GSM)
TB = Thunderbolt (CDMA)
2GS = Second Generation Spandragon
So technically Inspire HD (GSM-US) is equivalent of Desire HD (GSM-EU). Since we real pro die hard SmartPhone user know HTC owns Moto and SamSUX, so that's another subject of its own.
Now the point I was making is as you being home user you yourself do not need or dual core mCPU yet. So MT4G is same spec as Thunderbolt (yes I'm aware of the screen and nand diff). Thus last of its kind not failed attempt to upgrade us to dual core when Android framework so far utilizing only cpu0 as cpu1 thread is most not used as OS and App is not using it yet.
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Yeah I'm skipping dual cores then just gonna go for quads or whatever is out in Fall next year.
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mackster248 said:
You didn't like the ROM's for the Galaxy? I would think their FFC quality would be better than the MT4G's.
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Most likely, never had the chance to check. The phone got stolen a month after bought so I could barely play around with it. It's not usual of me to root a phone the same day I get it; I stay with root for a few days, and in this case, a month. Now with the MT4G, no way I was gonna stay with stock for a month, no way. |: hahaha.

Hi guys, I've move to the Sensation its nice and all,but mytouch4G seems better and faster to be honest I miss my mytouch4G its a great phone. I'm thinking of selling this Sensation and get HTC Amazed or SGII. But I love Sense but the speakers in HTC sux,gonna be a hard decision.
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I'm new to smartphones, got the MT4G in Feb and love it. I just rooted last month and put Virtuous Unity(2.3.5 and V9 unity kernal) on it and it outperformed the Sensation in quadrant and just "feels" better.
The MT4G forums here are great! Even this old man has learned alot.

This is my first smartphone. Rooted and S off the first week. Been impressed eversince. My girl got a g2x it seems sluggish compared to mt4g. Battery life is much better also.
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Inspire 4g successor??

Do you guys think the inspire 4g phone will have a upgrade/successor? Its a good phone but it can use upgrades.
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an2ane said:
Do you guys think the inspire 4g phone will have a upgrade/successor? Its a good phone but it can use upgrades.
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The HTC Holiday will be it. May also be known as the Raider.

Oh wow looks pretty good so far
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HTC Holiday
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238064

So what would be the advantages to the holiday over the galaxy s II? (I realllllly want to sell my inspire and switch to the GSII it looks so clean).

Bizzle58 said:
So what would be the advantages to the holiday over the galaxy s II? (I realllllly want to sell my inspire and switch to the GSII it looks so clean).
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Really only LTE. I think it has a higher resolution screen too, but I'd still get the GS2.

But Samsung phones look and feel like Mattel made them :/
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an2ane said:
But Samsung phones look and feel like Mattel made them :/
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I actually like their builds .

I just got my lady the Infuse4g and it seems like a nice phone, but too light for me. I like my inspire a bit too much.

Looks nice....
Love the Inspire 4g, but am ready for a upgrade without too much change. Make sense?

I've heard that the 4.7" HTC Runnymede (only name I've heard so far) could possibly be making its way to AT&T after being released in Europe for a few months first. Kinda like the same thing they did with the DesireHD before the Inspire came to the U.S.A.

The sensation xl looks awesome but only single core. But thats probably still heaps of cpu grunt
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an2ane said:
But Samsung phones look and feel like Mattel made them :/
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My thoughts exactly

I just want an HTC phone with build quality like the Inspire, HD resolution, dual core and a decent sized battery. I love the specs on the Galaxy Nexus but I will never buy another Samsung product.

I heard a while back about an "Inspire HD". I think it was on Android Central. I've never seen anything else about it, though.

Sasmung Nexus S -or- Samsung Epic 4G ???

I'm thinking about switching from T-Mobile to Sprint because their service sucks by me. I'm torn between these two phones. You think it would be a no brainer to go with the Epic, but there seems to be a lot of people complaining about LOS issues.
Which phone is better and why?
Thanks everyone and Happy Thanksgiving!
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Nexus s is better here’s why
- Bloatware free
- Upgradable to ice cream sandwich by google
- great and large community of devs
- pretty good battery life

Nexus s. I had the epic. Its a good phone but I'm much more happier with my nexus. And we have official cm7 and miui. Epic doesn't.
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Why would going with the Epic be a no brainer? It is almost identical to the NS but without the benefits of prompt updates (literally just received an update to the version of android the Nexus s launched with almost a year ago.

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Why would going with the Epic be a no brainer?
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I only stated that because it has better specs (e.g. CPU, display, etc) and it's newer.

GS II epic or the epic 4g from original GS? If its the GS II I would get that over the nexus.
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Feeshie said:
GS II epic or the epic 4g from original GS? If its the GS II I would get that over the nexus.
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Whatever the hell they call it for the newest one with Sprint. I believe it's the GS II (aka Epic), right?

dustrho said:
Whatever the hell they call it for the newest one with Sprint. I believe it's the GS II (aka Epic), right?
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Yep. That should get ICS but not as fast as the nexus. The hardware is way better
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dustrho said:
Whatever the hell they call it for the newest one with Sprint. I believe it's the GS II (aka Epic), right?
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That's the Epic 4G Touch, not the Epic 4G.

if you are concidering getting rid of your mt4g... DONT

over the past few onths i have gone from the mt4g to the sidekick 4g, to the g2x, to the nexus s. what i have learned is that no matter how nice a phone looks it will never beat an htc. the only reason i would ever leave this phone again is for the amaze or sensation.
htc's sense is by far the best ui there is and there is not a single app that can even come close to replicating it. trust me if you get rid of it you will regret it!!

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platypuss94 said:
over the past few onths i have gone from the mt4g to the sidekick 4g, to the g2x, to the nexus s. what i have learned is that no matter how nice a phone looks it will never beat an htc. the only reason i would ever leave this phone again is for the amaze or sensation.
htc's sense is by far the best ui there is and there is not a single app that can even come close to replicating it. trust me if you get rid of it you will regret it!!
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is the nexus s that bad ? i REALLY wanted that phone , now i have hopes on getting a galaxy nexus. but i think one upgrade i will die for , is probally for the mytouch 4G slide aka the doubleshot , that phone is amazing.
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jjbat87 said:
is the nexus s that bad ? i REALLY wanted that phone , now i have hopes on getting a galaxy nexus. but i think one upgrade i will die for , is probally for the mytouch 4G slide aka the doubleshot , that phone is amazing.
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if you ask me, i say yes. but, i'm pretty biased toward samsuck products, so i guess my opinions aren't very accurate. though, i DO have to admit, the Galaxy Nexus is pretty nice
lol why not the HTC Sensation? or even the Amaze?
also +1 on what the OP said, MT4G really is a beast phone. THANK YOU HTC!

Im planning to get windows phone when i bored with mt4g. The only thing i love from sense is its quality of its software. Best GUI ever on android phone. But ithink metro ui is thebest gui ever found on a phone.
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Alot of phones look bad ass on paper but suck after launch. Will have to wait a bit to see what the galaxy nexus is made of. The name alone is retarded.
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samsung makes some pretty cool phones but i dont need to be near a computer to flash a rom with my HTC. Thats what will keep me an HTC customer. Motorola and Samsung need to get their act together when it comes to root access.

In all fairness, the MyTouch 4G is terrible... until you root it and put a new rom on.

aysiu said:
In all fairness, the MyTouch 4G is terrible... until you root it and put a new rom on.
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Qtf
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aysiu said:
In all fairness, the MyTouch 4G is terrible... until you root it and put a new rom on.
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I'd agree with that. The hardware specs allow it to run any custom ROM extremely well, but the stock "mySense" ROM leaves a lot to be desired.

TeeJay3800 said:
I'd agree with that. The hardware specs allow it to run any custom ROM extremely well, but the stock "mySense" ROM leaves a lot to be desired.
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That's a lie! I just came from a Samsung Galaxy S2 and I miss my phone like crazy
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kikbuttcheerleader said:
That's a lie! I just came from a Samsung Galaxy S2 and I miss my phone like crazy
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What was so good about it? I know the processor is better but what's so good about that phone?
From what I've seen I dont like the GUI on that phone
I like this phone bc we have a lot of different roms to choose from and its all around a good fast stable phone
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It depends on what you want in a phone. Since I don't really consider myself a power user, the MT4G has been close to perfect for me in terms of having fairly high-end hardware (remember, the majority of mainstream phones out there aren't very good even though we consider 1GHz and WVGA to be bare minimum requirements) at an acceptable price point.
What matters most to me is an active developer community because there was no way in hell regardless of what phone I got that I was going to keep the stock ROM. With all this Carrier IQ crap going on now, I had the right mindset all along and also got lucky that the Virtuous team removes Carrier IQ from their ROMs, which is good because I do like the Sense UI. However, I won't call myself an HTC fan. I'm only loyal to a product that works as I expect or want it to work, and I'm not that impressed with what I'm reading about HTC's newest phones. In addition, the Amaze reportedly has Carrier IQ. Fine and easy for people here to remove it, but not for the regular smartphone user.
If you told me to recommend a current new phone on the market compatible with T-Mobile's network for the non-rooter/flasher, I would recommend the Galaxy Nexus for AOSP's lack of spyware, even if that means having to wait at least another week for it in the US.

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aysiu said:
In all fairness, the MyTouch 4G is terrible... until you root it and put a new rom on.
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I agree. When I first got the mt4g I got bored quickly. Then I rooted and I fell in love.
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aysiu said:
In all fairness, the MyTouch 4G is terrible... until you root it and put a new rom on.
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+1 that and +1 the op. When rooted the mytouch 4g is one of the best phones out there. Like other people said the only thing I'd even think about trading it for is am Amaze or Sensation.
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I loved my mytouch since day one. in my opinion I don't think its the phone jus more of the software. Sense phones period are the best. Unlike asop, you have the best of both worlds (when rooted that is).
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I agree 100%. I went from a mytouch 3G 1.2 to a Galaxy S 4G and even though the Galaxy was much faster and smoother compared to the Mytouch 3G, it was difficult to root and the aftermarket ROMs for it are basically variations of the same stock TouchWiz rom. I found myself longing for my clunky old mytouch 3G.
I agree with the OP that I will never go with anything but an HTC phone from this point forward.
The funny thing about it is that Android advocates are always talking about specs and iPhone people are always harping on user experience because their phones are generally out-speced by the latest Android phones. I hate to say it but the MT4G sort of proves the Apple people right. Other phones that were released at the same time as the MT4G had better specs and even better testing scores but I can say from first hand experience that the MyTouch out performs most of them for everyday use, even with the stock rom installed.