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Farewell myTouch!

Well it's been a good run....But it's time to let go!
I have a nexus s and I'm trading this phone for a g2 because theres no reason to keep two phones with such similar features.
Perhaps, if the powers that be allow it (craigslist) I shall return!
Until then, it's been great guys have fun and take care.

. bye

Mistake, sell the ns
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mark manning said:
Mistake, sell the ns
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You'd be surprised how good the n's is. Amazing screen and great performance. And I gotta say, the nexus s has a much slicker look.
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gabrialxue said:
You'd be surprised how good the n's is. Amazing screen and great performance. And I gotta say, the nexus s has a much slicker look.
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Wait you are trading G2 for MT4G? WTF? are you crazy? Also NS is nothing special other than having SGX540 and SAMOLED. Far as SGX540 goes its slightly better than AMD Z460 regardless of what the Hummingbird fanboys want you to think. Far as performance goes has that POS device able to play full 720p videos yet? I just find it odd a phone that can score (via leak) 4000+ on quadrant with TrinityOC kernel can't even play video feed which says alot as synthetic score never translates in to real world performance. I mean only thing I hear people talk about when they say NS is THE update directly from Google. So? thats why we have AOSP and we get it better than official stock in month or two full working port.

Welcome to the nexus s family bro u will love it!!!
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You'd be surprised how good the n's is. Amazing screen and great performance. And I gotta say, the nexus s has a much slicker look.
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The myTouch 4G's huge advantage in RAM alone makes it a better phone than the Nexus S. With phone's like the Atrix now released (1GB RAM), the Nexus S' small 512MB RAM makes it seem ancient. I'll take the MT4G's 768.

TeeJay3800 said:
The myTouch 4G's huge advantage in RAM alone makes it a better phone than the Nexus S. With phone's like the Atrix now released (1GB RAM), the Nexus S' small 512MB RAM makes it seem ancient. I'll take the MT4G's 768.
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Ya I didn't want to start Hummingbird SoC vs Snapdragon SoC war so I let that go but the fact is regardless of the synthetic benchmark the NS fanboy are so fond of MT4G is superior and no the POS SGX540 has nothing to do with it as it won't even be factor. With ext of 2GS and 768mb DDR in MT4G it will out do NS clock per clock. Far as Atrix goes yeah its using 1GB RAM but its DDR2 in this case as with higher latency with dual bandwidth is same as DDR1 as I thoroughly covered on AF forum. MT4G is better than NS regardless of what these fanboys tell you these are the same people who rely on Google for updates lol which says enough.

Mistake in two ways... Especially trading for g2...
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No disrespect, but I was playing with the Nexus S at Best Buy last week and was actually laughing out loud! All I could think of was it was a re-badged Galaxy S phone (which I did own).

I also have to agree on the choice being bad, I have a Nexus One, Nexus S, and the MT4G, there are only two things I miss about the Nexus S that the MT4G doesn't have, I loved the screen, and the weight.
The MT4G has a better camera, its faster (OC'd to 1.5ghz right now), compared to the NS 1.3), the ram (even if its only a bit more).

vw671 said:
No disrespect, but I was playing with the Nexus S at Best Buy last week and was actually laughing out loud! All I could think of was it was a re-badged Galaxy S phone (which I did own).
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But....but....but.....
The screen is CUUUUUURVED!!!!!

Had a vibrant ....had a g2 had a nexus s .......kept the mt4g and so happy with it .....if u feel like it has a slicker design than that's cool but to me it felt like cheap plastic and couldn't deal with that specially dishing out $400 for it .....but once again pointless post trade ur phone keep the nexus s and enjoy and stop making dumb posts that make no sense .........use whatever makes u happy ....
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Wow some ppl on these threads reallly take their hatred and fanboyism to heart a little too much
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carmeng4evr said:
Wow some ppl on these threads reallly take their hatred and fanboyism to heart a little too much
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That's because some of us actually has deep history in this fiasco that you can't even begin to comprehend. I mean when you are correct and have actual data to prove it regardless of the delusional placebo effect faced by 90% of the Hummingbird fanboys.
Then again its not your fault you properly use your phone for some girly chitchat, but some of us actually has MT4G connected to a cluster making it one of the vNodes thus able to swift and swing proc task via wifi taking the whole mobile computing to the next level.
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carmeng4evr said:
Wow some ppl on these threads reallly take their hatred and fanboyism to heart a little too much
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No fanboyism or hatred on my part. Read my post, it wasn't about opinions or loyalty, but about actual numbers that translate into a faster device and overall better performance.

Nexus S better? You haven't tried the MT4G with a Faux123 kernel have you... Good luck anyway.

carmeng4evr said:
Wow some ppl on these threads reallly take their hatred and fanboyism to heart a little too much
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I don't know if we are reading the same thread but I don't see hate,i see facts
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I don't see fanboyish from my part either .......I always like phones and don't talk or judge them till I own them.......been from razr v3 modded them to blackberry to windows to iPhones and almost every android phone on tmobile Usa .......since my rzr v3 to my g1 to now the mt4g I change phones cuz I love phones and like to have the phone that is better than the next ....its like having a nexus one and going to a Motorola cliq xt just makes no sense for me to downgrade ....I see specs read and buy my phone and judge for myself if it doesn't work out then I sell it and buy the one better than the one I had .........as of now mt4g is good for me nothing out there to top it as of yet but when something better comes out then ill sell this and on to the next adventure ......but to each is own IMHO ........
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Just to be clear she didn't indicate any of you she meant that only for me but failed in her attempt to be vague but then again I don't blame her its not actually her fault she does not understand it as normal home user like herself no need to know the technicalities as they just want it to work for whatever myspace or fing whatever she does. But for some of us its serious business as its interconnected to critical systems.

T-Mobile announces new G2X

http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/articles/T-Mobile-G2x-with-Google
I will be getting one of those!
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Are LG Android phones any good? 6 years ago i had a LG flip phone and it was crap... But im not going to lie this one really got me looking and maybe keep me with the T-Mo... Also what type of video files would it play (ex. .mkv .mp4 .vid so on) i ask because a cool thing about the SGS 4G is i dont have to convert the videos i DL like i had to with my CrapPhone oops i ment iPhone...
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Same. I'm holding onto my early upgrade waiting for it, then will be selling the Vibrant.

Dang it looks really similar to our phone.

I'm holding off for the HTC Pyramid, whenever that comes out, that phone looks sick nasty.

Sirithe said:
I'm holding off for the HTC Pyramid, whenever that comes out, that phone looks sick nasty.
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+1 this phone looks ridiculous. I just hope it feels better than the thunderbolt.
LG typically makes mediocre phones at best, at least in my experience.

According to most of the reports this thing is insanely fast. I for one am picking one up plus its running stock android and so far all the "g" series phones have large development communities.
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tq745 said:
According to most of the reports this thing is insanely fast. I for one am picking one up plus its running stock android and so far all the "g" series phones have large development communities.
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two words: Nvidia Tegra

aloneinshadow said:
two words: Nvidia Tegra
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is Nvidia bad on phones? i know for PCs they are better than ATI...
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Yogi3 said:
is Nvidia bad on phones? i know for PCs they are better than ATI...
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On the contrary, the fact that its carrying a Tegra gets me all hot and bothered under the battery cover.

Crap, I should have waited. How much do y'all think a used galaxy s 4g is worth?
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icy56 said:
Crap, I should have waited. How much do y'all think a used galaxy s 4g is worth?
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lol, I'm not sure, check your local craigslist and eBay.

Screw it ill stick with this phone. I'd rather get better battery life with a slower phone. I mean this phone is already really fast and once there are custom roms out it will be even better. Ill be getting a new phone next year anyways because of the whole at&t thing.
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Actually the dual cores have better battery life apparently because they don't kick in the 2nd processor until needed. That's what all the articles I've read have said.
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aloneinshadow said:
Actually the dual cores have better battery life apparently because they don't kick in the 2nd processor until needed. That's what all the articles I've read have said.
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Oh I just thought it would have worst battery life because it only has a 1500mah battery while an atrix has a 1900?mah battery and it gets the same battery life as our galaxy s in comparison videos.
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aloneinshadow said:
On the contrary, the fact that its carrying a Tegra gets me all hot and bothered under the battery cover.
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oh ok i see... i have 2 questions:
G2x what type of screen are we talkind same as SGS 4G or better?
And last do LGs get a good round of support from the mod world and LG its self (because i know Sammy likes to not update to make ya buy a new phone )
and thanks for answering my question sir
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Yogi3 said:
oh ok i see... i have 2 questions:
G2x what type of screen are we talkind same as SGS 4G or better?
And last do LGs get a good round of support from the mod world and LG its self (because i know Sammy likes to not update to make ya buy a new phone )
and thanks for answering my question sir
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this phone has been widely anticipated and score higher benchmarks than the Galaxy S II so I'm sure it'll have a large following and therefore more development. As for the screen, the only thing I know is that its a 4" WVGA. Some other features include:
-1080p HD 8MP camera
-1.3MP FFC
-Camera Flash
-FM Radio
-4G Speeds
-Dual core Nvidia Tegra 1GHz
-DTS Ultra Mobile
-8GB of internal memory
-expandable memory up to 32GB
-stereo bluetooth 2.1
-HDMI mirroring

aloneinshadow said:
this phone has been widely anticipated and score higher benchmarks than the Galaxy S II so I'm sure it'll have a large following and therefore more development. As for the screen, the only thing I know is that its a 4" WVGA. Some other features include:
-1080p HD 8MP camera
-1.3MP FFC
-Camera Flash
-FM Radio
-4G Speeds
-Dual core Nvidia Tegra 1GHz
-DTS Ultra Mobile
-8GB of internal memory
-expandable memory up to 32GB
-stereo bluetooth 2.1
-HDMI mirroring
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Also HSPA+ radio capable of 42mbs and its quad band. meaning it will work with ATT 3G and 4G

aloneinshadow said:
this phone has been widely anticipated and score higher benchmarks than the Galaxy S II so I'm sure it'll have a large following and therefore more development. As for the screen, the only thing I know is that its a 4" WVGA. Some other features include:
-1080p HD 8MP camera
-1.3MP FFC
-Camera Flash
-FM Radio
-4G Speeds
-Dual core Nvidia Tegra 1GHz
-DTS Ultra Mobile
-8GB of internal memory
-expandable memory up to 32GB
-stereo bluetooth 2.1
-HDMI mirroring
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What type of video codec can this play: mkv (if this phone plays mkvs it would have won me over) xvid vid mp4 flv and so one... And thanks again for answering my Q sir.

Yogi3 said:
What type of video codec can this play: mkv (if this phone plays mkvs it would have won me over) xvid vid mp4 flv and so one... And thanks again for answering my Q sir.
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not sure to be honest, but if you use Vplayer, you should'nt have an issue playing almost anything.

Is the LG G2X worth to upgrade to from a Samsung Vibrant

I have a Vibrant w/ CM7 on it. Was wondering if this phone is worth the upgrade. I love the screen on the Vibrant, and know this is a bit of a downgrade, but everything else just seems so worth it. And yes i would be putting CM7 on this as well.
Let me know your thoughts!

GameOver69 said:
I have a Vibrant w/ CM7 on it. Was wondering if this phone is worth the upgrade. I love the screen on the Vibrant, and know this is a bit of a downgrade, but everything else just seems so worth it. And yes i would be putting CM7 on this as well.
Let me know your thoughts!
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Definitely worth the upgrade. Only thing the Vibrant has over this phone is the Super Amoled. The G2x has a faster processor, 1080p Video recording, front facing camera, 8 megapixel camera, 4g (feels way faster than my myTouch 4g and G2x) one of the loudest speakers I've heard on a smartphone and I've owned numerous of smartphone's (Nexus One, Nexus S, myTouch 4g, G2, Vibrant, HD7 etc.). The screen has a nice curve around the edge that feels so good when swiping across pages, pictures etc. The issues this phone has is mainly software based since Gingerbread isn't intended for dual core. ICE CREAM SANDWICH should fix this issue if we will ever get an official release from LG. If not there's always XDA devs that will be more than willing to bring this update to the G2x.
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dude get the g2x it is beast and guarantee the fastest phone avail stateside, its so responsive, and yea the vibrant has the super amoled but dude the g2x screen is gorgeous, especially the contrast with the ips display i think it contends with amoled just not plus, oh camera is very sweet, game play is sick and browsing is super fast , ounce718 basically said what i was gona say , only thing i wont agree with him with is gingerbread not being optimized for dual core... well it is , i think what are phones came with ( froyo) isnt

Yes unless you love the super amoled. Everything else smashes the vibrant.
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sarni84 said:
dude get the g2x it is beast and guarantee the fastest phone avail stateside, its so responsive, and yea the vibrant has the super amoled but dude the g2x screen is gorgeous, especially the contrast with the ips display i think it contends with amoled just not plus, oh camera is very sweet, game play is sick and browsing is super fast , ounce718 basically said what i was gona say , only thing i wont agree with him with is gingerbread not being optimized for dual core... well it is , i think what are phones came with ( froyo) isnt
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Not to argue, but my reason behind saying gingerbread isn't optimized is that when Google created gingerbread there was no dual core around. The software had single core in mind. G2x users are still experiencing random reboots, but not as frequent as before.
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blestsol said:
Yes unless you love the super amoled. Everything else smashes the vibrant.
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That's the only reason I miss my VIBRANT
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OuncE718 said:
Not to argue, but my reason behind saying gingerbread isn't optimized is that when Google created gingerbread there was no dual core around. The software had single core in mind. G2x users are still experiencing random reboots, but not as frequent as before.
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Because the gb update is still ****!!! Cmon I think there even saying T-Mobile pulled the update to fix some bugs and gb is more optimized for dual core then froyo is what I was getting at. Dude gb is definitely good for dual core especially if optimized rite and all the bugs are worked out u can manage ur apps better and gb has a built in task killer if u choose to use it and I/0 is better. Oh and better battery management, idk I would say gb bug free is definitely great for dual core phones look at the sgs 2

Hands down a major upgrade!! I've had a mint vibrant sitting around the whole time I've had a G2x, and never have seriously considered using it during the trials and tribulations with the G2x. The GPS is all but unusable, and while the screen is very contrasty, saturated and bright, it's also grainy, not very sharp for the resolution specs. I prefer the sharpness and clarity of the G2x IPS LCD.
I ended up getting a second G2x for testing/hacking and sold the Vibrant. A good phone, but the useless GPS was completely unacceptable.

sarni84 said:
Because the gb update is still ****!!! Cmon I think there even saying T-Mobile pulled the update to fix some bugs and gb is more optimized for dual core then froyo is what I was getting at
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Yes, Gingerbread is more efficient and stable than Froyo hands down. I read the post about someone claiming the Gingerbread update being pulled. Hopefully it's true and LG gives us a better version of the update.
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Wait for the Samsung Galaxy S II to appear in the US. I hear it's coming August. I have it now, bought out from over seas though. You can buy it from overseas and use At & t for using the 3G/4G speeds. And AT&T has a $50 unlimited talk, text, and data. Galaxy S II doesn't show up as a smartphone so you don't have to pay extra for data plan.
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Gave vibrant to wife I took the g2x. Honestly like said before the g2x screen imo is better than the vibrants samoled but samoled plus is better I'm sure..
That said sold the vibrant and got a g2x for my wife....

I was gonna wait for a SGSII Varient, or the Hercules, but i just didnt feel like waiting for the SGSII, and the Hercules screen is probably going to be too big. So i went out and bought it.
Gonna root and put CM7 on it. Hope its worth it!
Thanks everyone!

Its definitely worth it u will be happy your video camera will do 30 fps. , u will still have screenshot, just hold power down u will see the menu, cm increased data speeds, fixed battery issues, there's touch to focus for the camera, alot of nice **** that cm has incorporated into our phone download the latest nightly it is very stable and more stable then rc1 plus more stuff has been incorporated since rc1. Oh and we have voodoo sound for the g2x which is sick just flash fauxs kernel I think he's the only one with the loading module in his kernel, and we also have tons of roms to choose from if u ain't feeling cm, I love my phone with cm tho, the g2x is the best phone state side

Where does it say that the G2x has an IPS display? I thought the resolution on our G2x is 800x400?
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enoch861 said:
Where does it say that the G2x has an IPS display? I thought the resolution on our G2x is 800x400?
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IPS refers to the technology used in the display. It has nothing to do with resolution

Just wait another month and get the Hercules or SGSII variant.
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IPS = In Plane Switching. Here is a link explaining the technology.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/188141/ipad_ips_screen_technology_explained.html

Thank you sir. I half knew what it was but only remember seeing it implented on phones with resolutions higher than 800x400. But that has cleared up my confusion.
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IPS = In Plane Switching. Here is a link explaining the technology.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/188141/ipad_ips_screen_technology_explained.html
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So two new upcoming phones :)

The motorola razr and galaxy nexus. Which one! Different Crazy specs on both, why the front hd camera, and how can they make the razr so thin with 2 hd cameras! From the look of the release dates won't be far from each other
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After reading the details of the razr it sounds pretty promising.
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Links plz
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Kryptonian_Knight said:
Links plz
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http://www.google.com
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Eh, I'm still not sold on this Motorola Spyder/RAZR's qHD Super Amoled screen. For one, I thought Super Amoled was exclusive to Samsung. Secondly, I thought Super Amoled uses pentile matrix tech in its display.
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I stopped reading at 'Motorola'... locked bootloader = garbage
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anoninja118 said:
I stopped reading at 'Motorola'... locked bootloader = garbage
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge
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This +1 Enough Said. If you're on these forums, steer clear of anything "Moto" unless you like the idea of minimal development.

DirgeExtinction said:
Eh, I'm still not sold on this Motorola Spyder/RAZR's qHD Super Amoled screen. For one, I thought Super Amoled was exclusive to Samsung. Secondly, I thought Super Amoled uses pentile matrix tech in its display.
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Thats what makes it so exciting!, motorola finally is going to pump out bad ass display, and there wireless radios are outstanding, that being said we've yet to see the galaxy nexus
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http://www.google.com
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LOL thats great!

Confirmation: Motorola to unlock bootloaders for future Android devices (late 2011)

Falcyn said:
Confirmation: Motorola to unlock bootloaders for future Android devices (late 2011)
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That does not mean anything. It is also subject to carrier approval and I don't see Verizon allowing that.

Razr? LOLNO. People will buy that just for the RAZR brand name.

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That does not mean anything. It is also subject to carrier approval and I don't see Verizon allowing that.
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Eh? It means exactly what it says: Motorola will start to unlock bootloaders on future devices.
And Verizon won't allow it? Considering most of Verizon's non-Motorola phones already have unlocked bootloaders, and Verizon's Motorola Xoom has an unlockable bootloader already, that statement makes make no sense whatsoever.

DirgeExtinction said:
Eh, I'm still not sold on this Motorola Spyder/RAZR's qHD Super Amoled screen. For one, I thought Super Amoled was exclusive to Samsung. Secondly, I thought Super Amoled uses pentile matrix tech in its display.
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SAMOLED has been exclusive to samsung only because of limited production. They have been increasing production and appear ready to supply other manufacturers.
Yes the SAMOLED display on the galaxy s is pentile. The SAMOLED+ is not. I guess we will have to wait and see for this qHD. It has been reported that SAMOLED HD coming in the galaxy nexus is also pentile.
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Now that they've managed to fix some of the issues that led them to the pentile AMOLED and SAMOLED, I'd be surprised if the RAZR's screen isn't a new variant of SAMOLED+ (SAMOLEDHD+? The names are getting rather ridiculous).
I like the idea of dual HD cameras.
Things are going to be really interesting for me once my NE2 (last one!) rolls around in May.

SAMOLED isn't exclusive to Samsung, it just that they couldn't produce it quick enough.
Now that they've found a way to produce SAMOLED and SAMOLED+ quicker, they've ramped up production to start selling to other manufacturers.
Although, even if the phone is qHD, it's still PENTILE, which looked HORRIBLE on my Vibrant, so I wouldn't get it unless it has SAMOLED+ (which I think Samsung won't sell yet since they need it for their own phones, like the SGS2).
Hopefully it has all the kind of specs I like, because no Moto phones have looked appealing to me for a few months.

Longcat14 said:
SAMOLED isn't exclusive to Samsung, it just that they couldn't produce it quick enough.
Now that they've found a way to produce SAMOLED and SAMOLED+ quicker, they've ramped up production to start selling to other manufacturers.
Although, even if the phone is qHD, it's still PENTILE, which looked HORRIBLE on my Vibrant, so I wouldn't get it unless it has SAMOLED+ (which I think Samsung won't sell yet since they need it for their own phones, like the SGS2).
Hopefully it has all the kind of specs I like, because no Moto phones have looked appealing to me for a few months.
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Pentile at qHD will look quite different than pentile at 800x480. Personally, on my Fascinate, I noticed it, but it wasn't enough to bother me. At qHD, I'd be surprised if it bothered me, as well.

AlexDeGruven said:
Pentile at qHD will look quite different than pentile at 800x480. Personally, on my Fascinate, I noticed it, but it wasn't enough to bother me. At qHD, I'd be surprised if it bothered me, as well.
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Bionic is Pentile AT qHD.
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DirgeExtinction said:
Bionic is Pentile AT qHD.
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And the bionic screen is awful.
~John

AlexDeGruven said:
Pentile at qHD will look quite different than pentile at 800x480. Personally, on my Fascinate, I noticed it, but it wasn't enough to bother me. At qHD, I'd be surprised if it bothered me, as well.
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Actually, it looks pretty much the same. Like crap.

HTC vs. Samsung when it comes to Nexus Phones...

Hi,
I have published some thoughts regarding the Nexus One vs. Nexus S and how the manufacturers handled the job. Would be great if you could give me feedback with your thoughts.
Which manufacturer can create the best Nexus experience?
http://smartphoneblogging.com/2011/...acturer-should-deliver-the-next-google-phone/

Ok, I'm not quite happy with what you've said...
Nexus one vs nexus s hardware.
Both are using different hardware. N1 using Qualcomm and ns using arm. If you compare both of them thoroughly, arm so much is better than Qualcomm. E.g. Fast, low battery usage.
Compare hardware and software isn't enough. You should compare camera, lens, video, screen colours, etc.
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I skimmed thru it... one flaw the nexus S has is Google Maps... when on the road I test both phones and surely enough Nexus One Was Always Connected.. have them both On AT&T
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YourMainDude said:
I skimmed thru it... one flaw the nexus S has is Google Maps... when on the road I test both phones and surely enough Nexus One Was Always Connected.. have them both On AT&T
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HTC has better WiFi, network and GPS chips..
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good write up! nexus s is more secksy

Cool write up but I strongly disagree on the super amoled vs super LCD. I think samoled looks much much better than any LCD technology out there. And most nexus s users here would agree
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obsanity said:
Cool write up but I strongly disagree on the super amoled vs super LCD. I think samoled looks much much better than any LCD technology out there. And most nexus s users here would agree
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I agree for sure. I rooted my friends evo last night and put miui on there and even his phone on full brightness my screen looks so much better its ridiculous. I will never buy another phone with out super amoled display.
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I say htc for looks and beats but samsung for hardware I mean they got Super Amoled HD, exynos 1.5ghz dual-core, and etc
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Drzfr3shboialex said:
I say htc for looks and beats but samsung for hardware I mean they got Super Amoled HD, exynos 1.5ghz dual-core, and etc
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You can't be serious.
The wolfson DAC in our Samsung phones are the highest quality sound processors available in any phone.

Samsung is my new favorite phone manufacturer. HTC designs seem so played out these days. The Nexus S is still the sleekest phone on the market.
I wish I could see Johnny Cash holding a Nexus S. Black suit, shirt and phone.

melvinchng said:
Ok, I'm not quite happy with what you've said...
Nexus one vs nexus s hardware.
Both are using different hardware. N1 using Qualcomm and ns using arm. If you compare both of them thoroughly, arm so much is better than Qualcomm. E.g. Fast, low battery usage.
Compare hardware and software isn't enough. You should compare camera, lens, video, screen colours, etc.
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Um...... Both companies use ARM based processors. In fact, every processor in every Android phone is ARM based. What you could say is that Samsung makes a better ARM processor than htc.
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While i have not ever handled a nexus one personally. I have however spent quite a lot of time with the HTC desire, which is more or less identical to the nexus one.
In terms of hardware, the nexus s is overall superior on paper and in practise. The 540 gpu in the nexus s is far more powerful than the adreno in the nexus one/desire.
The hummingbird in the nexus s again gives more performance than the first generation snapdragon in the nexus one. Both got good cameras in my opinion.
In terms of sound and music, i think the Samsung nexus s has the best audio output I've ever experienced as an mp3 player. With voodoo control the audio is amazing. No other word to use. Try it and see.
Build quality comes down to preference i think. Both use somewhat different materials. I like both.
When it comes to looks? No doubt in my mind...the nexus s is the most sexiest looking thing in the smartphone business. So God damn sexy its silly...lol
The display is again down to preference i suppose. But Super AMOLED is something real special. The colours are amazing again. With voodoo controls it gets even better with more customization. Just Wow. If i ever go to normal LCD displays again, how i will survive without super AMOLED i do not know. Its awesome.
Where the nexus one shines however is the inclusion of SD card input. That's the only real feature i wish the nexus s had. Also, although it has not been a problem for all the last 11 months I've had the handset, i do wish we had at least 1 gig of ram instead of the 512 mgb available.
Overall i think Samsung did a terrific job with the nexus s. Their hardware overall, and I'm not just speaking of Smartphones, are more often than not simply excellent. Quality through and through.
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Rem3Dy said:
Um...... Both companies use ARM based processors. In fact, every processor in every Android phone is ARM based. What you could say is that Samsung makes a better ARM processor than htc.
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HTC is not making CPUs ... They are using Qualcomm's chipsets as far as I know
voyager_s said:
Both got good cameras in my opinion.
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Everything else is fine, but I can't agree with this. Desire has very very bad camera in my opinion. Camera in Nexus S is not great, but it is way better.

The things you mentioned have been covered by a lot of reviews. I wanted to look from different angles.
Regarding hardware: I had the Nexus S and Nexus One side by side for some time. Both running gingerbread, and the Nexus S wasn't faster than the Nexus One. Only games are better and more fluid. I even had some instances where my Nexus S would freeze, never had such issues with the Nexus One.
In the end benchmarks don't tell anything, because the real life usage counts, and there is no big performance jump from Nexus One to Nexus S.
melvinchng said:
Ok, I'm not quite happy with what you've said...
Nexus one vs nexus s hardware.
Both are using different hardware. N1 using Qualcomm and ns using arm. If you compare both of them thoroughly, arm so much is better than Qualcomm. E.g. Fast, low battery usage.
Compare hardware and software isn't enough. You should compare camera, lens, video, screen colours, etc.
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Yep. HTC is clearly better in this regard.
melvinchng said:
HTC has better WiFi, network and GPS chips..
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Yeah, the whole lcd vs. AMOLED issue is a matter of personal taste. Some people prefer AMOLED colors, others LCD clearness.
Since Samsung introduced super AMOLED plus (without Pentile matrix) the AMOLED screens have perfect text too. Finally no fuzzy text.
obsanity said:
Cool write up but I strongly disagree on the super amoled vs super LCD. I think samoled looks much much better than any LCD technology out there. And most nexus s users here would agree
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Tenhi said:
Everything else is fine, but I can't agree with this. Desire has very very bad camera in my opinion. Camera in Nexus S is not great, but it is way better.
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Well...I haven't really compared the cameras to a great extent. They both seemed fine and good enough cameras but i guess it stands to reason the nexus s would be better as it was released almost a year after the first nexus.
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Hmm what's so special about the Nexus S hardware design? The Nexus One was really unique. Yes HTC used the Nexus One base for nearly any other phone, but at the time of the release there was no phone looking like the Nexus One.
irishrally said:
Samsung is my new favorite phone manufacturer. HTC designs seem so played out these days. The Nexus S is still the sleekest phone on the market.
I wish I could see Johnny Cash holding a Nexus S. Black suit, shirt and phone.
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voyager_s said:
While i have not ever handled a nexus one personally. I have however spent quite a lot of time with the HTC desire, which is more or less identical to the nexus one.
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Hardware specs are nearly identical, but the Nexus One has better design, trackball and the very cool charging contacts as well as noise reduction with the second mic. The chassis is also different.
voyager_s said:
In terms of hardware, the nexus s is overall superior on paper and in practise. The 540 gpu in the nexus s is far more powerful than the adreno in the nexus one/desire.
The hummingbird in the nexus s again gives more performance than the first generation snapdragon in the nexus one. Both got good cameras in my opinion.
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I can confirm that the Nexus S performs much better with graphic intensive stuff like games. But on regular usage the Nexus One is not slower than the Nexus S. That surprised me as I was expecting the Nexus S to be generally more snappy.
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In terms of sound and music, i think the Samsung nexus s has the best audio output I've ever experienced as an mp3 player. With voodoo control the audio is amazing. No other word to use. Try it and see.
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Very possible, I only use quite cheap headphones so its hard to tell a difference.
voyager_s said:
Build quality comes down to preference i think. Both use somewhat different materials. I like both.
When it comes to looks? No doubt in my mind...the nexus s is the most sexiest looking thing in the smartphone business. So God damn sexy its silly...lol
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Nexus S is feeling somewhat cheap. Especially the back, the front is quite cool. The Nexus One is heavier but also provides better haptics and feel IMHO.
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The display is again down to preference i suppose. But Super AMOLED is something real special. The colours are amazing again. With voodoo controls it gets even better with more customization. Just Wow. If i ever go to normal LCD displays again, how i will survive without super AMOLED i do not know. Its awesome.
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I love the black on AMOLED and thanks to AMOLED plus pentile matrix is history (which was the biggest setback of AMOLED). I hope the Galaxy Nexus will sport super AMOLED plus.
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Where the nexus one shines however is the inclusion of SD card input. That's the only real feature i wish the nexus s had. Also, although it has not been a problem for all the last 11 months I've had the handset, i do wish we had at least 1 gig of ram instead of the 512 mgb available
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I never had any RAM issues with 512 MB yet.
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Overall i think Samsung did a terrific job with the nexus s. Their hardware overall, and I'm not just speaking of Smartphones, are more often than not simply excellent. Quality through and through.
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I'm very happy with my Nexus S, but honestly I think HTC would create something with more uniqueness and character. Nexus S doesn't have innovative design, the Nexus One had.

Hmm... To design innovation...
Nexus One comes with a colored chassis, with physical buttons and colored trackball and deep, sunk LCD display.
Nexus S comes with fully black chassis with fully black LED display with unique curved display and white haptic feedback touchkeys.
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