Well, those are both the top dogs of the different manufacturers.
The SGSII has better video quality/performance/screen/battery life.
the 3DVO 3D, its gimmick, the onliest thing wanting me to buy it is the premium feel, i think it has? I'm sure it has more but what?
Can somebody point out what more things there are?
It's 50/50 the premium feel vs everything.. I am seriously confused about which I should buy.
all of this is what i made up from youtube video reviews.
Which is the real superior phone?
Which advantages does the phone have, excluding what I named. It sure has more.
Actually I wanted to wait for the Nexus prime as I can wait
But it seems like all networks are going to make a huge change in the data plans and force you a more expensive less minutes plan, but the same data as it currently has, 1GB.
Unlimited>1GB> now wanting to is 400mb..
seriously common Vodafone!
T-mobile in my country still has "unlimited" max 1GB after that 64/64
But worst coverage in the land, rural places have bad/no service >_> and the coverage is full of holes, I saw the map its horrible..
KPN the best but you pay a high premium,
Lastly which phone should I get?
nobody?
they are going to lower the data cap at 31 july >_>
id say go for the evo 3d
Thats what I want,
but i take a lot of pictures with my phone, got like 300 in like a couple of months with my iphone, i hate the quality of it but i try to make something out of it,
and i heard the pictures are worse than the SGSII, this is the only factor holding me back, they are also much darker. And I am going to use it for low light conditions like my room.
Well I also could try my luck and maybe they fixed something on the GSM version, brown/gold camera ring.
But yeah picture quality/color is the onliest thing holding me back, and a little bit the performance and led.
Definitely get the galaxy s. The screen is beuatiful, it has great specs, and the 3d thing on the evo3d is a gimmick. Pictures aren't great either. You wont regret the sII.
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i think ill regret the SII, why yeah i just dont like the design of it.
the bump.. thats exactly the part i hold.
and i prefer not to hold the part thats the biggest.
it seems like itll easily slip out of my hand becuase of the thinness,
and i Just want to own a HTC phone
samsung maybe next time. Nexus ?? over 2 years.
except if you tell me something extraordinary that I haven't found yet about the SGSII, I think ill go with the 3DVO,
please reply as i want to buy it now online
sgsII is cheaper 30 euro.
and please say something that i maybe havent found yet
just wanted to let everyone know that bestbuy has the 8x for free. i just picked one up myself. my brother bought his from att last week so of course he was pissed. he called att and got them to give him a $100 credit in place of price matching. i suggest that everyone who already owns one do the same.
btw you can get the lime light off bestbuy.com for free too.
I ordered it Tuesday night for free from Best Buy. I am excited to get this phone. It will be here tomorrow. It is also now a penny on Amazon Wireless.
Free 8X
Anyone have any idea how long these sales might last? Through the holidays perhaps? I've been debating on getting one, but I need to confer one more time with others on my family plan as we'll be losing our unlimited data if I go through with it. I'd kick myself if I missed this though...
The sale ends Sat. 12/8. I got one for my wife last night.
I got mine on Friday and I love it. This so smooth compared to any version of Android that I have ever run. Windows Phone could be going places if it can find a loyal audience. I am missing a few apps that I'd like, but I am hoping to see the platform grow. It can't really do that if no one uses it, so I am sticking with it. The phone has a couple of minor annoyances like the power button being hard to press, but I love the design and the way the phone feels in my hand. The camera has been taking very nice pictures too. It is better at focusing than the Xperia Ion that I used to have. Mobile Internet Explorer is also much better than I expected any version of IE to be. This is a lot of phone for free! I went with the blue one. This is a very unique take on a mobile OS. I like it.
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I got mine on Friday and I love it. This so smooth compared to any version of Android that I have ever run. Windows Phone could be going places if it can find a loyal audience. I am missing a few apps that I'd like, but I am hoping to see the platform grow. It can't really do that if no one uses it, so I am sticking with it. The phone has a couple of minor annoyances like the power button being hard to press, but I love the design and the way the phone feels in my hand. The camera has been taking very nice pictures too. It is better at focusing than the Xperia Ion that I used to have. Mobile Internet Explorer is also much better than I expected any version of IE to be. This is a lot of phone for free! I went with the blue one. This is a very unique take on a mobile OS. I like it.
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My power button issue has been completely solved by my case that arrived today.
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Well, I missed the sale, but it's at $100 right now and they're going to give me close to $80 for my old Bionic. Unfortunately, my local Best Buy didn't have any in stock, so I ordered a black one and should have it in less than a week. I'm also researching cases, as that's usually the first thing I do with a new phone regardless.
I've been reading a lot of good things about it, and the few negatives I've seen (so far), I don't consider deal-breakers. I'm really itching to get my hands on this thing and I'm extremely hopeful that I'll be happier with it than I have been lately with Android. As long as it's fast and smooth, I'll be happy.
I'm currently rocking a Galaxy S III. Its nice and all, but I never really use the smartphoen for what its intended for. It also cost like $500. I'm thinking of selling it and downgrading to a Nokia N8. It's on Amazon for $200 right now unlocked. It has all the features I really need. Decent camera. Makes phone calls. And most importantly, its an all metal phone that is supposedly built like a tank. I find modern smartphones so icky to hold. Even the One X and Lumia 920 aren't tanky enough for me. I'm quite OCD about the tankiness. The thing also has an FM transmitter, which I will actually use! Yeah don't care about apps and web browsers, none of that smartphone stuff. What I am concerned about is stability and reliability of the software. I'm reading alot about restarts and freezes and corrupt memory on Amazon and Slickdeals. I really want it to last, because it will be my new backup phone, for say the next 5 years, while I play around with the new stuff, get bored, and sell them. I'm currently rocking an old Samsung slider as my backup
Do you think $200 is a good price for the N8 and will it last me a good 5 years as a backup phone?
It's great. I got it 3 days after release and still use it regularly. My 920 is my daily driver but my n8 is my work phone.
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I'm currently rocking a Galaxy S III. Its nice and all, but I never really use the smartphoen for what its intended for. It also cost like $500. I'm thinking of selling it and downgrading to a Nokia N8. It's on Amazon for $200 right now unlocked. It has all the features I really need. Decent camera. Makes phone calls. And most importantly, its an all metal phone that is supposedly built like a tank. I find modern smartphones so icky to hold. Even the One X and Lumia 920 aren't tanky enough for me. I'm quite OCD about the tankiness. The thing also has an FM transmitter, which I will actually use! Yeah don't care about apps and web browsers, none of that smartphone stuff. What I am concerned about is stability and reliability of the software. I'm reading alot about restarts and freezes and corrupt memory on Amazon and Slickdeals. I really want it to last, because it will be my new backup phone, for say the next 5 years, while I play around with the new stuff, get bored, and sell them. I'm currently rocking an old Samsung slider as my backup
Do you think $200 is a good price for the N8 and will it last me a good 5 years as a backup phone?
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Yes, even if I don't like Nokias, but the price is very good and it's a good device
Just in case the other thread was not being followed much , I wanted to make it real clear.
I have bought 6 dollar cases off of Amazon that are better than this hot mess
Cut outs too small for the headphone Jack
Cut outs too small for the spen
Buttons are garbage , very stiff and lacking a good click
Corners are thin with little protection
Back cutouts block the fingerprint reader and interfere with its operation (about 70% it doesn't recognize my finger, no problems with the other cases I have)
The case itself is not grippy THE VERY FREAKING THING IT IS NAMED FOR.It slides allover when put on a flat surface,unlike the original grip case.
It has a back?? That you are supposed to put skins on??
The sides block the edge and mess with the edge screen functions
I could probably go on , but it's no longer worth it, dbrand should be ****ing embarrassed by this disaster, and I would no recommend this case to anyone.
Not surprised. What a mess. They delay and delay and delay and remain SILENT on this new product of theirs that they had to have spend a lot of money on when you consider the video ad they made and they delivered (finally) what?
If you can do a video review, please do so. Thanks for the update.
Was waiting for a video review to show up on YouTube, from the sounds of it, I shouldn't bother...
I was very disappointed by it. Specific to the Note 9, the cutouts for the S-Pen and fingerprint sensor.
Overall, I prefer the Grip V1. It had actual GRIP and I enjoyed the bumper style case more. The hard plastic felt cheap.
About the only things I see as a plus is that the buttons are textured and the case will probably not degrade horribly like the first Grip.
I messaged them on Sunday to tell them how f***** bad the case is plus some other stuff,guess what?
Never replied back,usually they reply in like 4-6h everytime!
Also told them to post my comment about GRIP on Twitter like they usually do lol
What a loser company,f**** up and can't even admit it!
But lets post how we told/wrote customer's "**** off BIATCH!" on Twitter...that's cool,right?!
Suddenly after the GRIP thing settled a little how they're active on Twitter,roasting/savaging/humiliating people (per fanboys ofc) smfh
Can anyone post any pictures
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Already lost money on this **** and now I ain't losing private time taking or making photos/video's!
Plus I threw it in the garbage after 10ish min,it's bad like seriously bad...even if I wanted I couldn't help you bud
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Was waiting for a video review to show up on YouTube, from the sounds of it, I shouldn't bother...
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Kind of a self-plug, but check this review out: https://www.pixelspot.net/2019/04/09/dbrand-grip-v2-phone-case-review/
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Already lost money on this **** and now I ain't losing private time taking or making photos/video's!
Plus I threw it in the garbage after 10ish min,it's bad like seriously bad...even if I wanted I couldn't help you bud
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Hahaha I did the same thing. I was so pissed off , it went in the trash about 20 minutes after I opened it.
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Kind of a self-plug, but check this review out: https://www.pixelspot.net/2019/04/09/dbrand-grip-v2-phone-case-review/
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Lol was a ****ty read in all honesty!
He basically said it's **** but found what that you can buy for 5$ a skin and put it on,ohhh but you'll have to buy the case for 30something dollars. That's his good?!
Plus he never mentioned anything about the S-Pen issue that you either need to use a sharp object or your smallest finger to kinda press in to get the pen to pop out (same goes for putying the pen back in).Not grippy,hmmmm most important thing isn't good at all,it's garbage.
Button clickability isn't good is f***** horrible,OHHHHHHHH and you don't get used to the fingerprint sensor issue,period! Way to much raised,you literally have to press but press pretty hard in order for your finger to touch the sensor. You do not get used to that.
BUT hey you can buy and apply a skin,that's the good thing. Def would recommend after the review.
p.s. Wrote them a nice juicy message but after 5 days they never replied,basically took our money and f*** off!
Normally they'll answer to anything in 4-6h,this time no word.
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Lol was a ****ty read in all honesty!
He basically said it's **** but found what that you can buy for 5$ a skin and put it on,ohhh but you'll have to buy the case for 30something dollars. That's his good?!
Plus he never mentioned anything about the S-Pen issue that you either need to use a sharp object or your smallest finger to kinda press in to get the pen to pop out (same goes for putying the pen back in).Not grippy,hmmmm most important thing isn't good at all,it's garbage.
Button clickability isn't good is f***** horrible,OHHHHHHHH and you don't get used to the fingerprint sensor issue,period! Way to much raised,you literally have to press but press pretty hard in order for your finger to touch the sensor. You do not get used to that.
BUT hey you can buy and apply a skin,that's the good thing. Def would recommend after the review.
p.s. Wrote them a nice juicy message but after 5 days they never replied,basically took our money and f*** off!
Normally they'll answer to anything in 4-6h,this time no word.
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Not taking dbrand's side here at all (I hate the case too), but these statements have been made: "You can tell that I’m not happy with the case," "I really like the design and the fact that I can customize it with dbrand’s skins," and "a case I don’t like using every day and thus, I’d highly recommend looking for something else." So the review says that the customizability is the only good side, but everything else is a downside. The S-pen issue hasn't been mentioned because it was a OnePlus 6 and not a Note 9. The review does not recommend the case, unlike what you're saying.
To be honest, though, the power button did get less stiff after continued use of about a week and I got used to the fingerprint scanner issue. Maybe it's more on the Note 9, but it wasn't for my OnePlus 6.
I'm not going against you here; I'm on your side. The Grip (and Prism, for that matter) are both ****ty products. But the review is pretty on point with what everyone's saying.
I've also sent multiple emails to dbrand and they're letting me return it. However, the return process is stupid and just makes you not wanna do it. So just like you, even I'm not happy. Just wanted to make that clear.
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Not taking dbrand's side here at all (I hate the case too), but these statements have been made: "You can tell that I’m not happy with the case," "I really like the design and the fact that I can customize it with dbrand’s skins," and "a case I don’t like using every day and thus, I’d highly recommend looking for something else." So the review says that the customizability is the only good side, but everything else is a downside. The S-pen issue hasn't been mentioned because it was a OnePlus 6 and not a Note 9. The review does not recommend the case, unlike what you're saying.
To be honest, though, the power button did get less stiff after continued use of about a week and I got used to the fingerprint scanner issue. Maybe it's more on the Note 9, but it wasn't for my OnePlus 6.
I'm not going against you here; I'm on your side. The Grip (and Prism, for that matter) are both ****ty products. But the review is pretty on point with what everyone's saying.
I've also sent multiple emails to dbrand and they're letting me return it. However, the return process is stupid and just makes you not wanna do it. So just like you, even I'm not happy. Just wanted to make that clear.
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You're right!
Didn't see it was for the OnePlus 6,kinda went with Note 9 since it's on this thread,smh my bad should've looked at it properly!
Makes sense now...
Prime example of a company becoming to arrogant regarding it's customer's. You see they wanted to rip us off with a ****ty product. Probably thought we got a **** ton of fanboys whatever you bring out it'll be good enough for them! This whole GRIP thing was a farce, utter disaster... that's why they're so quite about it all,trying to put it under the rug and get moving again without losing to much customer's.
Yet whatever they Twitt it's so amazingly cool,best company ever etc...I guess as long as there are sheep companies will make millions of off people!
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You're right!
Didn't see it was for the OnePlus 6,kinda went with Note 9 since it's on this thread,smh my bad should've looked at it properly!
Makes sense now...
Prime example of a company becoming to arrogant regarding it's customer's. You see they wanted to rip us off with a ****ty product. Probably thought we got a **** ton of fanboys whatever you bring out it'll be good enough for them! This whole GRIP thing was a farce, utter disaster... that's why they're so quite about it all,trying to put it under the rug and get moving again without losing to much customer's.
Yet whatever they Twitt it's so amazingly cool,best company ever etc...I guess as long as there are sheep companies will make millions of off people!
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Man, you're sooo right! Not gonna lie, I used to be a fanboy too, but oh, how that's changed.
They go around showing how "awesome" their customer service is but it's actually so ****. Despite being the second iteration of their phone case, they haven't even gotten the basics right. It basically proves that they're extracting money from fanboys. And believe it or not, some fanboys are actually like the case!
To make things worse, I got the Prism and that was **** too. Literally cut my finger.
I'm sticking to them to get my money worth, but that's so not happening.
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Man, you're sooo right! Not gonna lie, I used to be a fanboy too, but oh, how that's changed.
They go around showing how "awesome" their customer service is but it's actually so ****. Despite being the second iteration of their phone case, they haven't even gotten the basics right. It basically proves that they're extracting money from fanboys. And believe it or not, some fanboys are actually like the case!
To make things worse, I got the Prism and that was **** too. Literally cut my finger.
I'm sticking to them to get my money worth, but that's so not happening.
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In all honesty,since when was anything "Made in China" good/great?!
Only that shows you they never intended to make a good product,I'm even asking myself now is the GRIP actually made out of the material they are saying it's made of?
Think about this for a second...
You get lets say 100,000 orders
-People need to be payed (costs money)
-Material,template etc...(costs money)
-Put on a skid and shipped (costs money)
-F*** up needs to be remade (maybe they didn't, who knows) (costs new money)
-Customs clearance (costs money government wants some of it to)
-**** up,everyone gets 10$ Amazon gift card (costs money)
Fast run through of the costs/steps to make it and plus 10$ for Amazon. Imagine now how cheap the material and everything has to be for them to make still money out of the GRIPs if you're selling it for 30$ minus the 10$ Amazon?!
These cases couldn't have cost more the a couple of bucks at most per case!
Cheap ass cases,nothing else.Which shows you can't deny it.
p.s. Don't lie buddy,PRISM is dope as f***...didn't you see the guy hammering against his IPhone and PRISM saved his phone??? Smh don't talk **** about the screen protectors
p.s.2 Joke...ofc it's also **** like GRIP
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In all honesty,since when was anything "Made in China" good/great?!
Only that shows you they never intended to make a good product,I'm even asking myself now is the GRIP actually made out of the material they are saying it's made of?
Think about this for a second...
You get lets say 100,000 orders
-People need to be payed (costs money)
-Material,template etc...(costs money)
-Put on a skid and shipped (costs money)
-F*** up needs to be remade (maybe they didn't, who knows) (costs new money)
-Customs clearance (costs money government wants some of it to)
-**** up,everyone gets 10$ Amazon gift card (costs money)
Fast run through of the costs/steps to make it and plus 10$ for Amazon. Imagine now how cheap the material and everything has to be for them to make still money out of the GRIPs if you're selling it for 30$ minus the 10$ Amazon?!
These cases couldn't have cost more the a couple of bucks at most per case!
Cheap ass cases,nothing else.Which shows you can't deny it.
p.s. Don't lie buddy,PRISM is dope as f***...didn't you see the guy hammering against his IPhone and PRISM saved his phone??? Smh don't talk **** about the screen protectors
p.s.2 Joke...ofc it's also **** like GRIP
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You're right. Now that you've said it this way, if you check the customs invoice, you can see that dbrand has declared the value of the Grip to be $7. I'm actually now convinced it's even cheaper since they can't just go around giving $10 gift cards on a $30 product. That makes it $20 and they still have to do everything else you said. Nope. Impossible unless it's actually like $2 or something lol.
This thing is totally not worth its price. I'm still using the Spigen Tough Armor. Just enough thickness, the best buttons, very low price.
You noticed where half of your monies goes right? I noticed alot of YouTube videos have a snippet about dbrand in them lately.
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Honestly I can't believe the hype about a company that basically draws some random bs on a sticky notes,insults customer's (tho I'm ok with the idiot's that get insulted for stupidity) without any reason?!
I've tried all skins from Dbrand,Slickwraps etc...pretty much the same s**t more or less!
Shows pretty much how easy it is to market something,you'd think it's 2019 and people are smarter but guess not,ehhhhh?
This GRIP thing should've been there end...we all f*** up no issue with that,but they literally historically f****ed up and now are acting after 2 months like nothing ever happened?
Basically just shoved it under the rug...Now they started posting random posts again that only support and a...lick them, people act like they never f***d us up?!
I can't wrap my head around how stupid humanity has become,smfh
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Honestly I can't believe the hype about a company that basically draws some random bs on a sticky notes,insults customer's (tho I'm ok with the idiot's that get insulted for stupidity) without any reason?!
I've tried all skins from Dbrand,Slickwraps etc...pretty much the same s**t more or less!
Shows pretty much how easy it is to market something,you'd think it's 2019 and people are smarter but guess not,ehhhhh?
This GRIP thing should've been there end...we all f*** up no issue with that,but they literally historically f****ed up and now are acting after 2 months like nothing ever happened?
Basically just shoved it under the rug...Now they started posting random posts again that only support and a...lick them, people act like they never f***d us up?!
I can't wrap my head around how stupid humanity has become,smfh
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Well said. It's the same thing I say about housing, cars, smartphone costs, and pretty much anything else that humans buy that are overpriced to high hell. I do not understand why so many people constantly buy buy buy and then don't actually seem to care after the purchase is done, that something isn't working as it should. I guess I can't complain too much though because I just got a $20 check in the mail for Net10 or whatever their name was from like 10+ years ago for a settled lawsuit for them lying about "unlimited data." Lol.
Concerning the cases and such, people seem to have a stigma about cases that cost less than $30 apparently. Especially the overly hyped companies...UAG, I'm looking at you. Sorry but $60 for a case? WHAT?! And people often respond with the usual, "I'm protecting my $1k investment, I'm not going to be using a super cheap case." That's like saying, you want the most expensive car insurance policy all because you bought an expensive car, without actually putting thought into why cheaper insurance might leave you better off! It blows my mind how many people just mindlessly spend extra money on something just because they justified it already, or saw someone else do the exact same thing. Don't get me wrong, UAG(am I typing that right?), makes some really sexy cases, damn they look good and feel good. But they are overpriced man.
Reminds me of the ZeroLemon battery cases, Mophie(YUCK!!!), and the others. What in the actual F is all the extra high pricing for????? And why the heck are so many people going to freaking Best Buy to buy the Mophie battery cases like hotcakes???? LMFAO. Man, human beings are....in need of help when it comes to making sensible purchases.
Where are the "Real" pictures of this case?