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I am trying to get peoples opinions about on which phone I should get... I have a Samsung Vibrant and I hate the phone... I have narrowed down to the two options, 1) Mytouch 4G or 2) G2. I don't know which one i should get or if any of those two are for me at all. If everyone could give me their opinions that would be awesome!
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I am trying to get peoples opinions about on which phone I should get... I have a Samsung Vibrant and I hate the phone... I have narrowed down to the two options, 1) Mytouch 4G or 2) G2. I don't know which one i should get or if any of those two are for me at all. If everyone could give me their opinions that would be awesome!
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i had both phones so i got hands on with them... it depends if you need keyword NEED a physical keyboard... the hinge on the G2 is 100% horrible!!!! i had them replace the phone 3 times in a 14 day period in which i ended up with my MT4G now which i love... i havent really use the FFC tho i did couple times when i first got it but its not bad... both phone are extremely fast and sturdy. the G2 is alot heavier tho almost like 6.5 oz i believe... which is heavier than the HD2 but its because of the keyboard... i also had a vibrant too so in comparison with both fully touch screen phones the MT4G beats the vibrant IMO... hope this give you some insight on your decision...
Asking that question on the MT4G board is only going to get you one answer...
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Asking that question on the MT4G board is only going to get you one answer...
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lol haha i never thought of that kinda a retoricle question
haha nice
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Asking that question on the MT4G board is only going to get you one answer...
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Lol yeah i know but like the first reply maybe there were others out there that had or have both.
Great information!
aznpr1de808 said:
i had both phones so i got hands on with them... it depends if you need keyword NEED a physical keyboard... the hinge on the G2 is 100% horrible!!!! i had them replace the phone 3 times in a 14 day period in which i ended up with my MT4G now which i love... i havent really use the FFC tho i did couple times when i first got it but its not bad... both phone are extremely fast and sturdy. the G2 is alot heavier tho almost like 6.5 oz i believe... which is heavier than the HD2 but its because of the keyboard... i also had a vibrant too so in comparison with both fully touch screen phones the MT4G beats the vibrant IMO... hope this give you some insight on your decision...
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It certainly does indeed. I was a little weary about that hinges on the G2 so I figured I would get other peoples thoughts about it.
Oh yeah as for only being posted in here I am posting the same question in the G2 forums as well.
i do miss the vanilla froyo on the G2 i absolutely hate mysense lol but with the help of roms and ADW i made this phone perfect for me some times i miss the keyboard but i hardly type with this phone because i use voice to text recognition so i the end i never needed the keyboard in the first place... i do find that screen on the MT4G looks alittle better than the G2 maybe its jus me lol also you have 4 different choices in color with the MT4G unlike the plain silver on the G2... in the end, both phones are HTC branded, scropion CPUs, and HSPA+ enabled... so do you want a keyboard or Front Facing Camera?
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I have both, and I still love my G2 and its keyboard. Also, the hinge is awesome on both mine and my wife's G2, so that wasn't an issue for us. I don't care for all the crapware on the mT4G, and I miss the capacitive buttons on the G2 and Nexus One I had before that. However, the weight of the device and how it feels keep me trying, along with how FriendStream and Faves work. I got it for free (upgraded my wife's Charm and we switched plans, so I got another phone for free), so I figured I'd keep it or sell it if I don't like it. In fact, I used it for around 2 hours, hated it and went back to my G2. I tried it again the next day and I like it well enough to keep using it.
I got the MT4G few days ago, I also was confused between the G2 and MT4G. I picked the MT because I am going to leave the country soon and I don't want to have replacement problems in case I got the G2 and the hinge turned out to be that bad. I figured out that swype will help me to get rid of my full QWERTY keyboard addiction. I liked the feeling of the MT in the hand, it's more confined. Till now I love the phone. Go and spend time playing with the phones at T mobile, I used each one of them for about half an hour in the store and then I decided.
I've owned all three of T-Mo's flagships, so I can give you a brief breakdown of my opinions in regards to T-Mo's high-end line-up...
I used each phone for at least 30 days, and obsessively documented both my satisfactions and gripes with each device.
Prepare for OCD overload!
Galaxy S / Vibrant:
Pros
Best media playback device, hands down (XViD, H264, HD videos, anything really).
Best DLNA streaming ever! Streams to a PS3 like a bad-ass little wireless HDD!
One of the better-sounding speakers on a phone.
Samsung's 'White Noise' Alarm Clock is pretty sweet.
The best parts of the iPhone on Android (Calculator / Calendar / Alarm apps)
Amazing quality screen.
Best Camera outside of the iPhone 4.
LED Flash is not really missed.
HD Video Recording is excellent, and the sound is quite nice as well.
Bluetooth 3.0 / Wireless N support
Great Swype device.
A huge amount of storage by default.
Super-fast 3G Performance when signal is strong.
Cons
No Hardware 'Silent' Switch.
Cheap construction -- creaks and feels like a kid's toy.
Blue-tint to everything / Ghosting of Text.
Absolutely broken and utterly worthless GPS.
Short battery life.
Laggy SD card access.
Software updates always trailing behind.
No dedicated Camera Button.
Hardly any Developer Support.
No notification LED.
No LED Flash (only missed due to Flashlight apps).
HTC G2 / Desire Z
Pros
WiFi Calling + WiFi Tether
HSPA+ support.
Mostly-stock Android 2.2.1
Battery Door Latch.
Decent screen.
Best Physical Keyboard on a phone, ever.
Lightning-fast, despite lower clockspeed.
Mostly-solid Construction.
Dedicated Camera Button.
GPS works like a champ! Lock within seconds, great accuracy.
Tons of Developer Support.
Notification LED.
Would be completely amazing, if you could just get one with a solid hinge!
Cons
Still no Hardware 'Silent' Switch.
T-Mo Bloatware.
Trackpad is not accurate / does not work well.
No Wake On Trackpad.
Trackpad Notification Ring is really hard to see / only one color.
Stock Android's Copy and Paste is miserable.
Ridiculous floppy hinge that falls down when the phone is tilted.
Dedicated Camera Button feels really cheap compared to mT4G's.
MicroSD card is not hot-swappable (change out while device is on).
Speaker is really quite miserable sounding -- one of the worst.
Really low-quality Camera and one of the worst LED Flash implementations I've ever seen -- pictures look abysmally awful.
Terrible video recording, as an extra kick to the nuts.
Small amount of storage.
No FFC.
Terrible for media playback in every way.
Lock button is too recessed.
Typical HTC Quality-Control Issues (check for dead pixels / some screens look kinda ****ty).
HTC Glacier / myTouch 4G
Pros:
WiFi Calling + WiFi Tether
Solid construction -- this thing feels like a hefty little tank.
The lastest and greatest hardware.
Too Much RAM! (768 v. the standard 512)
HSPA+ support.
FM Radio!
Docking Pins for Desk / GPS cradle accessories.
Nice little kit 'travel case' with high-quality headset, USB cable and wall plug.
Trackpad that actually works really well / Wake On Trackpad (iPhone-style).
Perfect GPS, like the G2.
Better Camera App than stock Android.
Dedicated Camera Key is really nice!
LED Flash performs much better than the G2's.
Better UI for adjusting Times in Clocks / Calendars (iPhone-style scrollwheels).
Better Copy and Paste, ripped directly from iOS.
Neat 'New Sense' features: Flip on-call to speaker; flip while ringing to silent; louder in-pocket; softer when picked up.
Pretty HTC eye-candy widgets / the infamous Clock!
Cons
Again with the Hardware 'Silent' Switch!
Carrier Bloat.
HTC Gallery sucks (no Picasa support!?).
DLNA sharing is too hard to set up / doesn't work very well.
QIK blows for Video Chat.
HTC Lock Screen sucks (no Froyo Lock Screen option).
Media Playback is - again - abysmal compared to the Vibrant.
'MyFaves' is useless and locked to the Dock Launcher.
HTC's Contacts App is bloated, slow and completely annoying ('T-Mobile' account syncing? Yuck!).
Small amount of storage.
'Genius' Button is pretentious and mostly useless. Lack of a Search Button is really, really, really annoying.
Lock Button is too recessed on most units.
Battery Door breaks fingernails.
Speaker quality is not amazing (but better than the G2's).
Phone is kind of a mish-mash of designs / isn't as pretty as the N1.
Typical HTC Quality-Control Issues (dead pixel / some screens kinda meh / FFC is sometimes not aligned with cut-out hole).
Over the course of the past few months, finding the 'perfect' Android phone has been super difficult for me. The G2 was almost it, but I couldn't get over how cheap / annoying that hinge felt. I loved the feel of the keyboard, and ended up using it a lot, but I prefer slate phones. That said, I think 4" is the sweet spot, and it's annoying that T-Mo and HTC opted to downsize the otherwise-Desire-HD myTouch 4G into the 3.7" form-factor.
If I could sum up my reason for sticking with the myTouch 4G, it would be: "Everything on it just works (for once)". There are no 'GPS/Lag Fix' bugs to worry about, and there isn't much hardware on it that would potentially fail. It has neat little nerdy features like FM radio, and in general, is a little powerhouse. It feels like a device that has been in the making for a while.
If you're just looking for a super-solid Android phone, I can't think of a better one than the myTouch 4G, right now (and I've thought about jumping ship to other carriers / played with every phone). Some nice docks are on the way, and T-Mo is actually going to support this phone. I like it a lot.
However, if you have any interest or need in watching movies, this is not your device. This is really annoying for me, as I like to watch shows on breaks / commutes; but it's something I'll just have to get over. The Vibrant was like a bad-ass little plasma TV that could play anything I loaded onto the 16GB internal memory, and it's hard to not have that capability on other devices.
If I could do it all over again, even knowing about and having handled a Nexus S (which is solid-feeling, if you had any fears based on the Vibrant), I'd probably still pick the myTouch 4G. It just feels so solid and well-designed. The 'Genius Button' is probably the biggest deal-breaker for me, besides 'MyFaves'. Other than that, I really love MySense with all of the 'New Sense' features.
I say: myTouch 4G (and I feel as if I give all devices a fair shake / run through the discrimination chamber).
Hope that helps a little. Enjoy your phone!
Yes you may think my answer is biased but I had 2 G2's before I got the MT4G and I had a hard time deciding if I wanted to try a third one or go to the MT4G. I never used the HW keyboard and the loose hinges made me sick. So what I finally made my decision on was the Overall potential of the device. The 786 mb of RAM the extra features such as copy and paste and a few other nice things from the mysense. I also knew we would eventually get root and that it was just a matter of time before we have stock gingerbread 2.3 for the MT4G.
On the G2 I had a lot of problems with the signal and losing connection and it staying off or did not switch properly. I also like the lite weight and feel of the MT4G.
Hope this helps you.
Jon C said:
I've owned all three of T-Mo's flagships, so I can give you a brief breakdown of my opinions in regards to T-Mo's high-end line-up...
I used each phone for at least 30 days, and obsessively documented both my satisfactions and gripes with each device.
Prepare for OCD overload!
Galaxy S / Vibrant:
Pros
Best media playback device, hands down (XViD, H264, HD videos, anything really).
Best DLNA streaming ever! Streams to a PS3 like a bad-ass little wireless HDD!
One of the better-sounding speakers on a phone.
Samsung's 'White Noise' Alarm Clock is pretty sweet.
The best parts of the iPhone on Android (Calculator / Calendar / Alarm apps)
Amazing quality screen.
Best Camera outside of the iPhone 4.
LED Flash is not really missed.
HD Video Recording is excellent, and the sound is quite nice as well.
Bluetooth 3.0 / Wireless N support
Great Swype device.
A huge amount of storage by default.
Super-fast 3G Performance when signal is strong.
Cons
No Hardware 'Silent' Switch.
Cheap construction -- creaks and feels like a kid's toy.
Blue-tint to everything / Ghosting of Text.
Absolutely broken and utterly worthless GPS.
Short battery life.
Laggy SD card access.
Software updates always trailing behind.
No dedicated Camera Button.
Hardly any Developer Support.
No notification LED.
No LED Flash (only missed due to Flashlight apps).
HTC G2 / Desire Z
Pros
WiFi Calling + WiFi Tether
HSPA+ support.
Mostly-stock Android 2.2.1
Battery Door Latch.
Decent screen.
Best Physical Keyboard on a phone, ever.
Lightning-fast, despite lower clockspeed.
Mostly-solid Construction.
Dedicated Camera Button.
GPS works like a champ! Lock within seconds, great accuracy.
Tons of Developer Support.
Notification LED.
Would be completely amazing, if you could just get one with a solid hinge!
Cons
Still no Hardware 'Silent' Switch.
T-Mo Bloatware.
Trackpad is not accurate / does not work well.
No Wake On Trackpad.
Trackpad Notification Ring is really hard to see / only one color.
Stock Android's Copy and Paste is miserable.
Ridiculous floppy hinge that falls down when the phone is tilted.
Dedicated Camera Button feels really cheap compared to mT4G's.
MicroSD card is not hot-swappable (change out while device is on).
Speaker is really quite miserable sounding -- one of the worst.
Really low-quality Camera and one of the worst LED Flash implementations I've ever seen -- pictures look abysmally awful.
Terrible video recording, as an extra kick to the nuts.
Small amount of storage.
No FFC.
Terrible for media playback in every way.
Lock button is too recessed.
Typical HTC Quality-Control Issues (check for dead pixels / some screens look kinda ****ty).
HTC Glacier / myTouch 4G
Pros:
WiFi Calling + WiFi Tether
Solid construction -- this thing feels like a hefty little tank.
The lastest and greatest hardware.
Too Much RAM! (768 v. the standard 512)
HSPA+ support.
FM Radio!
Docking Pins for Desk / GPS cradle accessories.
Nice little kit 'travel case' with high-quality headset, USB cable and wall plug.
Trackpad that actually works really well / Wake On Trackpad (iPhone-style).
Perfect GPS, like the G2.
Better Camera App than stock Android.
Dedicated Camera Key is really nice!
LED Flash performs much better than the G2's.
Better UI for adjusting Times in Clocks / Calendars (iPhone-style scrollwheels).
Better Copy and Paste, ripped directly from iOS.
Neat 'New Sense' features: Flip on-call to speaker; flip while ringing to silent; louder in-pocket; softer when picked up.
Pretty HTC eye-candy widgets / the infamous Clock!
Cons
Again with the Hardware 'Silent' Switch!
Carrier Bloat.
HTC Gallery sucks (no Picasa support!?).
DLNA sharing is too hard to set up / doesn't work very well.
QIK blows for Video Chat.
HTC Lock Screen sucks (no Froyo Lock Screen option).
Media Playback is - again - abysmal compared to the Vibrant.
'MyFaves' is useless and locked to the Dock Launcher.
HTC's Contacts App is bloated, slow and completely annoying ('T-Mobile' account syncing? Yuck!).
Small amount of storage.
'Genius' Button is pretentious and mostly useless. Lack of a Search Button is really, really, really annoying.
Lock Button is too recessed on most units.
Battery Door breaks fingernails.
Speaker quality is not amazing (but better than the G2's).
Phone is kind of a mish-mash of designs / isn't as pretty as the N1.
Typical HTC Quality-Control Issues (dead pixel / some screens kinda meh / FFC is sometimes not aligned with cut-out hole).
Over the course of the past few months, finding the 'perfect' Android phone has been super difficult for me. The G2 was almost it, but I couldn't get over how cheap / annoying that hinge felt. I loved the feel of the keyboard, and ended up using it a lot, but I prefer slate phones. That said, I think 4" is the sweet spot, and it's annoying that T-Mo and HTC opted to downsize the otherwise-Desire-HD myTouch 4G into the 3.7" form-factor.
If I could sum up my reason for sticking with the myTouch 4G, it would be: "Everything on it just works (for once)". There are no 'GPS/Lag Fix' bugs to worry about, and there isn't much hardware on it that would potentially fail. It has neat little nerdy features like FM radio, and in general, is a little powerhouse. It feels like a device that has been in the making for a while.
If you're just looking for a super-solid Android phone, I can't think of a better one than the myTouch 4G, right now (and I've thought about jumping ship to other carriers / played with every phone). Some nice docks are on the way, and T-Mo is actually going to support this phone. I like it a lot.
However, if you have any interest or need in watching movies, this is not your device. This is really annoying for me, as I like to watch shows on breaks / commutes; but it's something I'll just have to get over. The Vibrant was like a bad-ass little plasma TV that could play anything I loaded onto the 16GB internal memory, and it's hard to not have that capability on other devices.
If I could do it all over again, even knowing about and having handled a Nexus S (which is solid-feeling, if you had any fears based on the Vibrant), I'd probably still pick the myTouch 4G. It just feels so solid and well-designed. The 'Genius Button' is probably the biggest deal-breaker for me, besides 'MyFaves'. Other than that, I really love MySense with all of the 'New Sense' features.
I say: myTouch 4G (and I feel as if I give all devices a fair shake / run through the discrimination chamber).
Hope that helps a little. Enjoy your phone!
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Jon This is by far the best input I have ever seen on any page....ummmmm...... EVER!!!
Based on reading this and all the other comments I chose the MT4G over the g2 only because the people that were using the G2 were like super nerds and im not one to know how to do like 85% of all those things they do to their phones...
No lie I read this again and again... seriously the best comparison I have ever seen. But I did read everywhere that there is a lot of bloatware... Is there a way to rid the device of this?
Jon C said:
I've owned all three of T-Mo's flagships, so I can give you a brief breakdown of my opinions in regards to T-Mo's high-end line-up...
I used each phone for at least 30 days, and obsessively documented both my satisfactions and gripes with each device.
Prepare for OCD overload!
Galaxy S / Vibrant:
Pros
Best media playback device, hands down (XViD, H264, HD videos, anything really).
Best DLNA streaming ever! Streams to a PS3 like a bad-ass little wireless HDD!
One of the better-sounding speakers on a phone.
Samsung's 'White Noise' Alarm Clock is pretty sweet.
The best parts of the iPhone on Android (Calculator / Calendar / Alarm apps)
Amazing quality screen.
Best Camera outside of the iPhone 4.
LED Flash is not really missed.
HD Video Recording is excellent, and the sound is quite nice as well.
Bluetooth 3.0 / Wireless N support
Great Swype device.
A huge amount of storage by default.
Super-fast 3G Performance when signal is strong.
Cons
No Hardware 'Silent' Switch.
Cheap construction -- creaks and feels like a kid's toy.
Blue-tint to everything / Ghosting of Text.
Absolutely broken and utterly worthless GPS.
Short battery life.
Laggy SD card access.
Software updates always trailing behind.
No dedicated Camera Button.
Hardly any Developer Support.
No notification LED.
No LED Flash (only missed due to Flashlight apps).
HTC G2 / Desire Z
Pros
WiFi Calling + WiFi Tether
HSPA+ support.
Mostly-stock Android 2.2.1
Battery Door Latch.
Decent screen.
Best Physical Keyboard on a phone, ever.
Lightning-fast, despite lower clockspeed.
Mostly-solid Construction.
Dedicated Camera Button.
GPS works like a champ! Lock within seconds, great accuracy.
Tons of Developer Support.
Notification LED.
Would be completely amazing, if you could just get one with a solid hinge!
Cons
Still no Hardware 'Silent' Switch.
T-Mo Bloatware.
Trackpad is not accurate / does not work well.
No Wake On Trackpad.
Trackpad Notification Ring is really hard to see / only one color.
Stock Android's Copy and Paste is miserable.
Ridiculous floppy hinge that falls down when the phone is tilted.
Dedicated Camera Button feels really cheap compared to mT4G's.
MicroSD card is not hot-swappable (change out while device is on).
Speaker is really quite miserable sounding -- one of the worst.
Really low-quality Camera and one of the worst LED Flash implementations I've ever seen -- pictures look abysmally awful.
Terrible video recording, as an extra kick to the nuts.
Small amount of storage.
No FFC.
Terrible for media playback in every way.
Lock button is too recessed.
Typical HTC Quality-Control Issues (check for dead pixels / some screens look kinda ****ty).
HTC Glacier / myTouch 4G
Pros:
WiFi Calling + WiFi Tether
Solid construction -- this thing feels like a hefty little tank.
The lastest and greatest hardware.
Too Much RAM! (768 v. the standard 512)
HSPA+ support.
FM Radio!
Docking Pins for Desk / GPS cradle accessories.
Nice little kit 'travel case' with high-quality headset, USB cable and wall plug.
Trackpad that actually works really well / Wake On Trackpad (iPhone-style).
Perfect GPS, like the G2.
Better Camera App than stock Android.
Dedicated Camera Key is really nice!
LED Flash performs much better than the G2's.
Better UI for adjusting Times in Clocks / Calendars (iPhone-style scrollwheels).
Better Copy and Paste, ripped directly from iOS.
Neat 'New Sense' features: Flip on-call to speaker; flip while ringing to silent; louder in-pocket; softer when picked up.
Pretty HTC eye-candy widgets / the infamous Clock!
Cons
Again with the Hardware 'Silent' Switch!
Carrier Bloat.
HTC Gallery sucks (no Picasa support!?).
DLNA sharing is too hard to set up / doesn't work very well.
QIK blows for Video Chat.
HTC Lock Screen sucks (no Froyo Lock Screen option).
Media Playback is - again - abysmal compared to the Vibrant.
'MyFaves' is useless and locked to the Dock Launcher.
HTC's Contacts App is bloated, slow and completely annoying ('T-Mobile' account syncing? Yuck!).
Small amount of storage.
'Genius' Button is pretentious and mostly useless. Lack of a Search Button is really, really, really annoying.
Lock Button is too recessed on most units.
Battery Door breaks fingernails.
Speaker quality is not amazing (but better than the G2's).
Phone is kind of a mish-mash of designs / isn't as pretty as the N1.
Typical HTC Quality-Control Issues (dead pixel / some screens kinda meh / FFC is sometimes not aligned with cut-out hole).
Over the course of the past few months, finding the 'perfect' Android phone has been super difficult for me. The G2 was almost it, but I couldn't get over how cheap / annoying that hinge felt. I loved the feel of the keyboard, and ended up using it a lot, but I prefer slate phones. That said, I think 4" is the sweet spot, and it's annoying that T-Mo and HTC opted to downsize the otherwise-Desire-HD myTouch 4G into the 3.7" form-factor.
If I could sum up my reason for sticking with the myTouch 4G, it would be: "Everything on it just works (for once)". There are no 'GPS/Lag Fix' bugs to worry about, and there isn't much hardware on it that would potentially fail. It has neat little nerdy features like FM radio, and in general, is a little powerhouse. It feels like a device that has been in the making for a while.
If you're just looking for a super-solid Android phone, I can't think of a better one than the myTouch 4G, right now (and I've thought about jumping ship to other carriers / played with every phone). Some nice docks are on the way, and T-Mo is actually going to support this phone. I like it a lot.
However, if you have any interest or need in watching movies, this is not your device. This is really annoying for me, as I like to watch shows on breaks / commutes; but it's something I'll just have to get over. The Vibrant was like a bad-ass little plasma TV that could play anything I loaded onto the 16GB internal memory, and it's hard to not have that capability on other devices.
If I could do it all over again, even knowing about and having handled a Nexus S (which is solid-feeling, if you had any fears based on the Vibrant), I'd probably still pick the myTouch 4G. It just feels so solid and well-designed. The 'Genius Button' is probably the biggest deal-breaker for me, besides 'MyFaves'. Other than that, I really love MySense with all of the 'New Sense' features.
I say: myTouch 4G (and I feel as if I give all devices a fair shake / run through the discrimination chamber).
Hope that helps a little. Enjoy your phone!
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if it comes down to someone who likes to flash roms is the mytouch 4g still better ?
And do ya know which of the 2 phones can overclock more
If you live by flashing ROMs, then I'd go for the G2 since it has the keyboard (no need for ADB in some cases) and Cyanogen is personally maintaining his distro on that unit the last I checked. I've flashed my G1 and Nexus One, and at this point I have no desire to do it again; I like what the myTouch 4G offers, even if it does have a bit too much bloatware for my liking.
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If you live by flashing ROMs, then I'd go for the G2 since it has the keyboard (no need for ADB in some cases) and Cyanogen is personally maintaining his distro on that unit the last I checked. I've flashed my G1 and Nexus One, and at this point I have no desire to do it again; I like what the myTouch 4G offers, even if it does have a bit too much bloatware for my liking.
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Oh okk which phone has better battery life anyway?
student.driver said:
If you live by flashing ROMs, then I'd go for the G2 since it has the keyboard (no need for ADB in some cases) and Cyanogen is personally maintaining his distro on that unit the last I checked. I've flashed my G1 and Nexus One, and at this point I have no desire to do it again; I like what the myTouch 4G offers, even if it does have a bit too much bloatware for my liking.
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Everyone has an opinion and I think this is a false statement. There are many people with the MT4G flashing and it is easy with root to remove any bloatware you want.
the iced glacier ROM is very good ROM basically a stock ROM with bloatware removed and a OC kernel capable to 1.7 Ghz. Everything works.
We also have 2 new developers who have in the past ported CM to other devices and their devices have already been shipped to them.
And about ADB what is this about? Having a physical or soft keyboard makes no different on which method you use send commands to the system.
bobsbbq said:
Everyone has an opinion and I think this is a false statement. There are many people with the MT4G flashing and it is easy with root to remove any bloatware you want.
the iced glacier ROM is very good ROM basically a stock ROM with bloatware removed and a OC kernel capable to 1.7 Ghz. Everything works.
We also have 2 new developers who have in the past ported CM to other devices and their devices have already been shipped to them.
And about ADB what is this about? Having a physical or soft keyboard makes no different on which method you use send commands to the system.
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1.7?. Can't wait til I get my mytouch but doesn't it kill the battery quicker?
breezy169 said:
1.7?. Can't wait til I get my mytouch but doesn't it kill the battery quicker?
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You just set up profiles with set CPU and use on demand scaling and set other profiles like for when the screen is off set to 368 mhz etc. Battery life on mine is better than with the G2 and I think it should with a 1500 ma battery.
bobsbbq said:
You just set up profiles with set CPU and use on demand scaling and set other profiles like for when the screen is off set to 368 mhz etc. Battery life on mine is better than with the G2 and I think it should with a 1500 ma battery.
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Cool . How lonq does it last ? But from what I know doesn't the g2 have 1300 ma nd the mytouch 1400 ma tho
Aside from being pissed by the 1x at the top of the screen I was able to do everything I wanted to do. Sent text messages all day on Google Talk and Skype, downloaded the Amazon free app of the day (business calendar) in about 40 seconds. Updated a few other apps in about a min., received and responded to multiple emails all day long, uploaded a pic to facebook with no problems, And made calls... All on 1x!
Well there is a much bigger difference between 1x and 3G than there is between 3G and 4G…. So why would I ever sacrifice battery life on this device for that difference?
Crazy!
Unless you are using your phone for internet access for your PC via tether… I think everyone is just wasting battery life for nothing.
Then you bought the wrong phone. Better luck next time.
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Dbagjones said:
Then you bought the wrong phone. Better luck next time.
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I did not buy the wrong phone at all!! I love the speed of the phone for running the apps. I love the screen, the 8MP cam, the great front facing cam. I bought this phone because it could run the Android OS very fast and smooth. Not at all for 4G.
Are you telling me you bought this phone just for the 4G???? If that’s the case I think I bought the phone for much better reasons than you did!
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I did not buy the wrong phone at all!! I love the speed of the phone for running the apps. I love the screen, the 8MP cam, the great front facing cam. I bought this phone because it could run the Android OS very fast and smooth. Not at all for 4G.
Are you telling me you bought this phone just for the 4G???? If that’s the case I think I bought the phone for much better reasons than you did!
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Love How Stable and Hackable HTC Phones are. Good Size screen, More Ram for Multi Tasking, Front Camera, Kickstand. This thing is a Beast Overclocked. Im Not in a 4g City bit when I go out of town (Which I do Often) 4G Is just Icing on the Cake.
HawkStream said:
I did not buy the wrong phone at all!! I love the speed of the phone for running the apps. I love the screen, the 8MP cam, the great front facing cam. I bought this phone because it could run the Android OS very fast and smooth. Not at all for 4G.
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There are plenty of better phones out there as far as performance and features go. The Thunderbolt is an inefficient beast; in the class of smartphones, it's metaphorically similar to the 17" Desktop Replacement laptop. In other words, it's big, heavy, and very power-hungry, relative to other members of its device class.
If you had waited until the May or June launch of the Samsung phones with the Tegra 2 dual core SoC with Nvidia graphics, that thing will absolutely blow your socks off, and probably also ship with Android 2.3 or 2.4 if it's out by then. Why buy a phone still using the old PowerVR SGX core if you are crazy about graphics performance, when the SGX is just a few months away from being eclipsed by Tegra 2 phones?
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Are you telling me you bought this phone just for the 4G???? If that’s the case I think I bought the phone for much better reasons than you did!
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It's the first LTE smartphone to market. Ever. Period. In the whole world. And you're telling me you bought it because it's fast? Pssh -- as far as the non-networked components go, it's basically no better than a Droid 2. It's the last model to use 2009-2010 era SoC, and the only reason it doesn't use something more cutting-edge is because the brand new chips are still being debugged and tested, and they needed a phone out in March.
The Thunderbolt has a separate radio chip for the CDMA/EvDO and the LTE. This is highly suboptimal from both a power standpoint and size/weight. Qualcomm says they can probably have chips available by early 2012 that offer both traditional CDMA, voice, and LTE in a single integrated circuit, which would also probably use smaller fabrication process technology for even less power consumption and weight. The Thunderbolt is a "hack" as far as smartphones are concerned; it's very unusual for any kind of phone to have two radios in it (even if it supports more than one radio protocol, they're usually supported together on a single chip). The phone was rushed, hence why they couldn't wait for Qualcomm to get their integrated LTE+CDMA chip together.
You can rip the Thunderbolt apart this way by looking under the hood and pointing out its many limitations and flaws. The only thing that stands out -- the only killer feature that sets this apart from the Droid 2 or any other 2010 Android-based 3G phone -- is the LTE. If not for the LTE, the Thunderbolt is just a power-hungry, heavy version of the Droid 2 (or Droid X, I guess, since it lacks a hardware keyboard too).
Since Verizon locks you in to a two year contract, you should really be planning ahead a bit unless you have $600 - $750 to sink on a retail smartphone. If you had waited for just a few more months to get the more killer "core specs" (CPU, GPU, RAM) on the phones coming out in the latter half of 2011, you would be getting the first round of the next generation of the CPU/GPU bump. And since that's what you seem to value (moreso than the bandwidth), that's probably what you should have waited for.
Now you're stuck with a phone (as am I) that will have significantly underpowered specs by the time the two year term is up -- it's entirely possible that new Android apps and games written in Q1 2013 (the last stretch of your 2 year term) will not run at all on your Thunderbolt, or lag so badly that they're unusable, because they are tuned to run on e.g. the Tegra 2 or later dual core platforms.
But I don't play games on my phone, so that doesn't matter to me. The LTE is why I value this phone so much and bought it, and since I don't exercise the CPU/GPU as highly as cellphone gamers, it probably won't matter a lick to me that in early 2013 I won't be able to play Angry Birds 3 on my Thunderbolt. I'll be satisfied that I got a full two years worth of fast LTE service, and that's what's important to me.
So just saying, if you don't care about the extra bandwidth, you made a fairly bad choice. The other aspects of the Thunderbolt are gonna be obsolete pretty quick because the non-network parts of the phone are built around a late 2009 platform, so unless you want to shell out retail when Tegra 2 phones hit, you might come to regret your purchase in about a year.
In comparison to graphics cards, it'd be like buying a Nvidia GTX 280 (supporting DirectX 10.1) a month before the Fermi cards hit the shelves (supporting DirectX 11).
Yeah guys, this was a 4G phone first and foremost. The screen, processor and ram are all average. Actually the screen is already outdated with QHD screens out. Not to mention the phone is a heavy beast with a tiny battery. Don't get me wrong I love the TB, It looks great and is fairly powerful, but the main reason I bought it was to have 4G. Now I can get rid of my cable modem. But to the point of the OP, when not tethering it actually works great with just 1x or 3G
If I didn't care about 4g I would have waited for a dual core, qhd device to come out. I wanted the Bionic which has all of the above, but they keep pushing it out amid massive development problems.
I cant download roms on the fly with Rom Manager, or update CM7-alpha while im out of the house on 1x.. thats really the only thing I saw
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It's the first LTE smartphone to market. Ever. Period. In the whole world.
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uhm...no. MetroPCS beat Verizon to the punch on that one.
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Aside from being pissed by the 1x at the top of the screen I was able to do everything I wanted to do. Sent text messages all day on Google Talk and Skype, downloaded the Amazon free app of the day (business calendar) in about 40 seconds. Updated a few other apps in about a min., received and responded to multiple emails all day long, uploaded a pic to facebook with no problems, And made calls... All on 1x!
Well there is a much bigger difference between 1x and 3G than there is between 3G and 4G…. So why would I ever sacrifice battery life on this device for that difference?
Crazy!
Unless you are using your phone for internet access for your PC via tether… I think everyone is just wasting battery life for nothing.
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So sell your Thunderbolt, get a RAZR, it seems that should suit you fine. Plus then you don't have to worry about battery life.
Your post today has taught me how much I don't care about what you say.
1X for a day made me have the exact opposite realization. I live in a 4G area and I am getting so spoiled by the lighting fast speeds (sometimes faster than my home broadband connection). When I had 1X, I couldn't send MMS, browsing the web was painfully slow and it was generally all around a miserable experience.
Wasn't able to steam anything at all. No AudioGalaxy, YouTube, Hulu, other Flash content. Web browsing was ridiculously slow. Downloading and installing updates was painful.
I have missed my LTE. Sorry you don't use your phone to its full capacity but some people do. I'd rather my phone not be limited to the speed of the network. If you're cool with it, congrats.
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1X for a day made me have the exact opposite realization. I live in a 4G area and I am getting so spoiled by the lighting fast speeds (sometimes faster than my home broadband connection). When I had 1X, I couldn't send MMS, browsing the web was painfully slow and it was generally all around a miserable experience.
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So agreed! Even when I got it to go onto 3G I still was like "Ughhhhhh!" Yeah, 3G is decent, but 4G is incredible. If >10X faster doesn't make a difference to you, maybe this isn't the phone for you. I noticed the difference all day. Sure, it doesn't take that long to download an app on 3G, maybe 30 seconds to 2 minutes, but you can't tell me that waiting 2 minutes is the same experience as it happening virtually instantly. On my phone, I want things happening quickly. I wanna be able to get it out and get to what I wanted to do quickly so I'm not just standing there waiting on my phone on the sidewalk. I mean, come on, with 4G most things are practically instant -- 3G there's always some waiting. If waiting is something that's okay, maybe conventional ovens are just as good as microwaves and cable internet is just as good as fiber optic, etc.
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Unless you are using your phone for internet access for your PC via tether… I think everyone is just wasting battery life for nothing.
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Can't tell; is this a troll thread?
Having a 4G thunderbolt without 4G connection was the least enjoyment i've ever got out of this phone.
I've literally been twitching from the withdrawal.
4G is a night and day difference from 3G, no questions asked.
I used Wifi at Home and Work, so I was unimpacted.
And to the one guy with the long story, true this is a 2009-2010 phone, and I ONLY bought it to lock myself into cheap 4G/LTE pricing before it gets out of control and data caps, etc...
...but unless gaming is your thing, the Thunderbolt will do 90-95% of everything you need for at least the next two years. Sure I was holding out for the Galaxy SII, and I will probably sell the TB and buy a Dual Core phone off contract with the money that I make, but that is not even an issue at this point because this phone does EVERYTHING I need.
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I used Wifi at Home and Work, so I was unimpacted.
And to the one guy with the long story, true this is a 2009-2010 phone, and I ONLY bought it to lock myself into cheap 4G/LTE pricing before it gets out of control and data caps, etc...
...but unless gaming is your thing, the Thunderbolt will do 90-95% of everything you need for at least the next two years. Sure I was holding out for the Galaxy SII, and I will probably sell the TB and buy a Dual Core phone off contract with the money that I make, but that is not even an issue at this point because this phone does EVERYTHING I need.
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I love my TB, i haven't even gotten to use 4G yet and i love it compared to my Eris. I think 3G is fast enough now that I have a phone that can handle using it lol. Also every Android phone will be obsolete after a year, this forum is proof that the hardware cannot keep up with the advancements in technology. I agree with you on selling my TB to get a phone with a Dual Core or a nicer video card but this phone gets me through the day and more using "Mobile Network" only when i need it because you don't need that sh!t on to text or call. Everyone that complains this thing is a heavy beast you are a retard imo, its a F'n phone its in your pocket and you don't feel it 95% of the day. When you hold a phone its usually for just over a minute maximum. If your holding off on the purchase of a phone because of weight you are a dumbass.
WOW at this thread lol espcially wow at the guy who said 1x was fine. I know personally I do tons of stuff that require the internet. Facebook/twitter/youtube/email/browsing. All that sucked on 1x it was like being on 56k I could only do one thing at a time and on top of that it did it slowly. Now my 4G is back I can surf the net pop over to facebook and twitter and still stream music/youtube with out missing a beat. 4G is serious
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Nope...
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uhm...no. MetroPCS beat Verizon to the punch on that one.
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+1, this is exactly what I was thinking when I read that post.
Turns out that I did care. My home WiFi happened to crap out the day before. While I did what I could to fix it, it became a lower priority with this phone. D'oh!
As to the larger issue of why buy this phone, I will chime in. Until VZW recently turned on LTE where I live, I thought it was going to be at least a year out. I was wrong. I had planned on buying a Dinc 2, as I loved my Dinc, and it would hold me out until LTE was where I was, and by then i'd have a number of choices.
Why I bought the Tbolt 2 weeks ago: 4G locked in at this price for at least 2 years. Can't predict the future, but this matters to me. Next: developer support. I don't like Moto, and devs really do an amazing job with HTC phones. I worried that the Dinc 2 would get no (or less) love. The LG and Sammy phones may turn out to be great but they are not released yet, and who knows what kind of dev support there will be.
Lastly, the sooner I upgraded (I was sitting on an early upgrade for almost a year), the sooner I can upgrade to the next or next next gen phone.
Phone has a bug or two, but no regrets at all (already rooted), and as I said I had thought my rooted Dinc was awesome.
Get a droid incredible
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Everyone has a butthole and everyone think theirs is more special than the other person but you shouldn't go around flaunting your asshole and telling others theirs should be like yours.
I'm a frequent phone hopper, so I've avoided Verizon and AT&T lately because of high ETF's.
I've recently had
Old school Droid when it first came out
Samsung Vibrant
MyTouch 4g now
I hated the vibrant, it was slow, laggy, and the GPS was a ****ing piece of ****.
I love my Mytouch 4g, running sense 3.0, but the screen's too small, I have big hands.
I can't find a store with an infuse to play around with.....is it laggy at all? does it have the same problems the Galaxy S line had?
can you see yourself happy with the phone for 2 years since AT&T has such a massive ETF?
My other option is switching to Sprint, getting the Evo3D, then when LTE goes live around the holidays here, switching to Verizon
The Infuse is a great phone stock.
The screen is awesome for video.
Not laggy like gs.
But I do get some force closes with certain apps. Plume is problematic.
If I were in your shoes I would wait for the sprint phone coming soon. Basically a gs2 in an Infuse body with the awesome 4.5"screen.
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I just switched over from the captivate. My thinking was I wanted to sell my cappy while it still had some value before everyone dumped it for SGS2 and if i was gonna trade some battery life for better features I would rather have a bigger screen than dual core or NFC anyway even if the knock on this phone is that it's last year's tech.
Only had it a few days but for me it's noticeably less laggy than my captivate (both on custom roms), the screen is gorgeous and the gps works great unlike the cappy. I'm v happy so far with it...I did sell my soul and my a$$ to ATT for another 2 years to get upgrade pricing and that is such a long time...but I think 2 years without dual core and NFC won't be that big a deal and you won't see many apps taking advantage of those features before then anyway.
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I just switched over from the captivate. My thinking was I wanted to sell my cappy while it still had some value before everyone dumped it for SGS2 and if i was gonna trade some battery life for better features I would rather have a bigger screen than dual core or NFC anyway even if the knock on this phone is that it's last year's tech.
Only had it a few days but for me it's noticeably less laggy than my captivate (both on custom roms), the screen is gorgeous and the gps works great unlike the cappy. I'm v happy so far with it...I did sell my soul and my a$$ to ATT for another 2 years to get upgrade pricing and that is such a long time...but I think 2 years without dual core and NFC won't be that big a deal and you won't see many apps taking advantage of those features before then anyway.
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I agree with you and I had the same thoughts when choosing to upgrade to Infuse from Captivate. The only issue is that I do not get hspa+ 4G speeds. I am actually slower than 3G captivate speeds.
It's definitely faster than the Galaxy S phones stock and the GPS works better as well (though I've still seen better). It can get a bit laggy if you run stock for a while, but not to the extent of the Galaxy S line, and if you install a custom ROM with Voodoo lagfix it will of course be cleared right up. That said, may want to wait for the Galaxy S II variants unless you really have to have the 4.5 inch screen. The SGS2 will be better in every other way and has absolutely no lag even if you run it completely stock.
This is the first phone I've bought with no buyers remorse. The size screen and performance really won me over. My last day to return is this Monday. Instead of prepping the phone for a return I bought 2 docks GPS dock and a casemate barely there. /committed.
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The Infuse is a great phone stock.
The screen is awesome for video.
Not laggy like gs.
But I do get some force closes with certain apps. Plume is problematic.
If I were in your shoes I would wait for the sprint phone coming soon. Basically a gs2 in an Infuse body with the awesome 4.5"screen.
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Plume isn't problematic. I use it all the time with zero issues on my Infuse.
Switched from a iPhone 4 to this a week ago. Got to say that I am impressed with the phone so far. The screen is really quite gorgeous and is one of the best mobile devices I have used for internet.
A couple of things to note:
-Even though quadrant scores are not all that accurate in terms of actual speed, I got 1000-1200 average on stock and 1600-1800 on average with the Infused Custom ROM. With that said, it is a very fast device and can handle apps, games, and the internet with speed. Widgets do slow down the stock ROM, but Launcher Pro fixes that real easy.
-Battery does fairly well. On stock, I was getting a average of 15 hours on a quarter brightness with a fair amount of use. On the custom ROM, it seems to be doing much better and seems to have increased the battery life a good 5 hours+ or so. On standby, it does fairly well as long as it isn't checking for notifications constantly.
-I live in a somewhat big town in Tennessee, and my HSPA+ speeds are averaging about 1.50Mbps -3.0Mbps download, which is on par with my iPhone 4. It only dipped into edge once, and on average it will hold a signal pretty well (I get the same amount of bars as the iPhone and same connection pull, pretty much).
-Call quality is fine on my end, although some people have had problems. It is generally recommended that you do a reformat immediately when you get the phone to be on the safe side. Speaker phone mode is also fine. The sound quality is also adequate for both headsets/ear buds and just for watching stuff like youtube without them.
-Build quality-wise, it is surprisingly thin and somewhat weightless and does fit in my pocket just fine. I am not the biggest fan of the chrome bezel, but it isn't bad per-se. The back looks and feels fine, but the battery cover can be a pain in the ass to get off. It also only comes with a 2GB SD Card, although it comes with a rather large 16GB internally. I have not run out of space yet, and I have quite a few apps installed.
-Camera-wise, it is a 8MP camera and it does show. Pictures do have detail in them and look rich and vibrant. I will note that the stock camera app has TERRIBLE image stability when compared to the iPhone 4's pictures, but several apps on the marketplace fix that issue. It also only records in 720p at the moment, but that might get upgraded with Gingerbread (The rogers version is supposed to ship with both Gingerbread and 1080p recording, so that might make a difference). The front facing camera is a 1.3MP one, which is a step up from VGA.
-Flash tends to run fine in the web browser as long as it isn't a huge size dimension wize (Youtube imbedding size works fine) while anything larger might lag. Also, if there is a bunch of flash content on a page, it WILL be slow. I have been pleased with it in general, although newgrounds might run a little slow and choppy.
I will say that I am pleasantly pleased with the phone, it might not be a dual core (1.2Ghz single core Hummingbird processor), but you really do not need dual cores at the moment. I say go for it if you want a huge screen and a decent all around android phone.
I'm coming from ios and I am interested in stock camera replacement apps.
The camera and photo manipulation apps I has on the iPhone is really all that I miss at this point.
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Ive never owned a iphone and i would like to know about the camera problems and whats needed to make it better. As stated above, there are several apps that fix it?????? "TERRIBLE image stability" ?????? What exactly does this mean?
Amazon UK keep reducing the price of the sensation which is good for me, but I'm also wondering why.
I've read a lot of reviews and heard a lot of negative feedback regarding wifi, call quality, camera quality, dropouts etc
but then I've seen a fair few reviews that contradict those stated above, so I'm unsure.
I had a desire, loved it but hated the lack of internal space. Got a desire Z and hate the keyboard, so i've sold one and selling the other and want to get something new - desire like, but a bit more updated.
So for those who have it, is it worth buying or waiting til the next wave of phones are released?
HTC bought 51% of the Monster / Beats company and will be incorporating that into their future products. Using a phone as an mp3 player would require me to buy a bag full of batteries, so although it would be nice to have a beats integrated phone with my headphones, it's not a must.
Aside from the Evo 3D, I can't see any new phones on their site.
1. WiFi - Whether you call it the death-grip or not, holding the phone like you would a PSP limits the reception to the wireless router. I would assume this is a hardware limitation due to the position of the antenna(s).
2. Call quality - I haven't had any problems with this. I use it equally on WiFi Calling where I don't get service and at work where I only have 2G service. I don't have dropped calls nor problems hearing/being heard.
3. Camera - I find the S4G's camera to be spectacular! Pictures come out great, videos @ 1080 are fantastic as well. I'm very pleased with the camera on this, but remember - it is still a cell phone so compared to several hundred dollar cameras, I'm sure this isn't at the top of the list.
I would recommend it. The death-grip issue does bother me when playing games online or trying to surf the web, but it has only affected WiFi and not T-Mobile's service. It's a fast phone with a great camera, plenty of memory (~550MB usable) and 1GB ROM for your apps. It also comes with an 8GB microsd card as well. You could always wait for the next batch, but by the time those come out (Fall 2011, ICS era), they'll be planning the next release during the new year.
I have a sensation. I just bought it after I got an Atrix and was left wanting something smoothing and more well put together.
A little background and why I chose the sensation:
I started my android adventure with a galaxy s. That phone in itself is good but not great. So I downloaded a rom by Designgears and it was fantastic. The phone was smooth as butter and fast. I was instantly into android. Then I won an atrix and was ecstatic. On paper it was the cleanest phone around...on paper. In reality it was fast but choppy. The phone can't even run live wall papers without reducing the frame rate to nothing. Pinch to zoom was choppy as well and so was anything to do with photos. The only time I notice the dual-core processor was with heavy html/flash websites.
Then I decided to go for something a little more refined but I feared I'd miss the power of dual-core and I think 3D is lame. I tried out LG and their offerings but I felt their UI made it feel like I was a child. The low res screens didn't help. SE is fantastic but have no real offerings in the states. Samsung's GS2 is far too expensive. The sensation fit the bill. I went to a local store and tried it out and liked it. The keyboard is too overflowed with junk and the quick settings aren't as nice as samsung (those 5 icons in the notification bar). But the phone is quick and smooth and has some nice polish to it. I got mine for US$300 on craigslist. still under warranty too.
I don't regret the purchase. The only other phones I'd consider: GS2 and Xperia Arc.
To be more specific, the phone has 2.25gb ROM, 1.25gb of which is reserved for the user.
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Think you will find most Sensation users are satisfied. Unhappy customers are always more likely to make a review than happy ones also so the amount of complaints are disproportionate.
I for one do but have death grip and I have no complaints.
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I've been using my Inspire since last spring and it's really an excellent phone, especially with custom ROMs and kernels. Build quality is excellent, battery is decent, at 1.2ghz still plenty fast enough for all my uses. It really does everything I need it to.
I've been eyeing up the HOX as an upgrade in June, but is it really worth it? Other than the new (gorgeous) screen and a faster CPU, it doesn't really do much more than my Inspire does. As a photographer, the camera isn't a huge deal to me since I'll bring around my DSLR if I want to get legitimately nice photos.
Someone is willing to buy my Inspire for $150, so money isn't the problem. I'm just afraid to drop my Inspire for the HOX, with some of the problems I've been seeing around here. My Inspire is rock solid: I've dropped it plenty and it still holds up, no weird screen issues, multi-tasking works... it seems like all the problems the HOX is having my Inspire doesn't.
Any thoughts from someone who's went this route? Thanks!
Just looking at the GHz number on a CPU alone is not a good comparison of how a phone performs. Older phones like the Inspire really don't hold a candle to the One X. The thing is perfectly smooth within the OS, and opening many apps is nearly instantaneous (that would take several seconds on my old phone). It feels a world apart from my old Desire Z (same generation as the DHD, just slightly slower CPU and less RAM). No, it won't do anything that your Inspire doesn't already do. But the One X is so much more fluid and snappy, it just makes for a much more pleasurable experience overall.
The strength of a camera phone is obviously not in its picture quality when compared to a DSLR camera, but rather in catching the moments when you don't have your "real" camera. I love a camera phone for catching the spontaneous moments with my toddler, when I don't have my DSLR. And for sending those pics by MMS to my wife or other family. For that purpose, the camera on the One X is spectacular. Just about makes point-and-shoot cameras moot, with the great picture quality and nearly zero shutter lag. If you don't use your camera phone in this way, the camera on the One X probably won't make much difference. But if you make any significant use of a camera phone, trust me, the camera on the One X will impress you.
The multi-tasking "issue" depends a lot on how you use your phone. For me, I don't run lots of simultaneous apps. Music Player or Pandora work fine simultaneously with Navigation, and that's about as much simultaneous apps I run for the most part. Browsers reload a little more often than they should, but the only (minor) annoyance I've noticed. But I know people have legit complaints about certain apps not working simultaneously, or things like games having to reload after getting an SMS.
My One X doesn't have the light leak on the screen that some have experienced. Hard to say how common it is. But I'm guessing most of them are fine. You can't really fault a new phone for a random defect, as all phones have some kind of defect. And you can always ask to power on at the store, and check for the light leak, if you're really that concerned about it. (they powered on my phone anyway).
The phone isn't perfect. But to me its just an outstanding phone. Wired magazine called it "the best Android phone you can buy right now, period".
My HTC One X came with the bottom of the screen peeling off [its sealed down with glue, so it can be removed to access the interior parts] but where I purchased it from in store, they replaced it right away with no issues at all. But the replacement unit I got works just fine. NOTHING wrong with it, which I love.
In comparison to the HTC Aria -> Sony X10i;
The X10 seemed to be much snappier than the Aria.
X10 -> HTC One X;
Wow. Just, Wow. The X10 had a 1ghz processor which I was content with, but having a more powerful processor was so nice. Angry birds on the old X10 was somewhat buggy, but I'm yet to have a stutter or halt with the One X.
The ONLY thing I must warn against, is the AT&T One X model, Because we have locked bootloader. Sure, a Root [which is so nice to have<3] but as far as rating goes, I have to give it a 7/10. ONLY way to get those 3 more points, Would be a custom rom and underclock. My phone already lasts the whole day with my usage but on days when I'm bored at work or on lunch break and want to watch a video, I'd like the power to pass the time.
So all in all, 7/10. Locked Bootloader, No custom roms are the only issues I have.
I do not regret buying the One X though. I purchased the white one because in store it looks flashy but any smudge [food, dirt, whatever] comes right off with a bit of pressure and your fingernail.
There's no need to upgrade from an inspire, unless you want to show your phone off. That being said, the difference is certainly noticeable inin almost all aspects. Personally I'm most imposed by the display quality. Battery life is a bit better when comparing stock to stock, but about the same to a rooted and custom ROM inspire. I only upgraded because I show off my phone a lot, especially to my friends who are phone salesman, and because I use it more than anything else I own
One thing is the same, crap speaker. What is it with htc and low speaker volume?
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One thing is the same, crap speaker. What is it with htc and low speaker volume?
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My speaker is quite loud, louder than my captivate and iPhone 4 anyways.
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Thanks for all the opinions everyone! It definitely does seem to be a better phone in most regards, and as someone who is constantly trying to keep his gadgets as up to date and fast as possible, the upgrade seems obvious.
And, as dreid89 said, I sure wouldn't mind showing off a bit. With that nice new screen and snappy UI, gotta shot some of those Apple fanboys up
Now... the matter is waiting until my upgrade and (hopefully) getting the HOX through Amazon since it's so much cheaper!
I recently upgraded from the inspire to the HOX and I would tell you this, do it. Do it as fast as you can because it is totally better. I was rooted running a custom rom and HOX still smokes it on every level. Battery life is better, screen is amazing, beats audio is better. I then sold my rooted inspire on eBay for $255. Right now the HOX is $119 at amazon wireless. I came out ahead $140 bucks. Totally worth it. The only regret I have is not being able to get the phone in white. I originally ordered it in white but apple screwed me over there. Not sure how but amazon has the gray in stock.