[Q] Keep my Skyrocket or get LG Nitro? - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727

Any Opinions or Views on this?

Martinjv71 said:
Any Opinions or Views on this?
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Keep the SR.. LG nitro is a second rate phone to the SR.. hated my Thrill..
This one really is a no brainer..

GalaxySkyrocket500 said:
Keep the SR.. LG nitro is a second rate phone to the SR.. hated my Thrill..
This one really is a no brainer..
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Agreed. Buddy, youve got the most powerful phone on the market right now, no matter what comes out, the SR is the choice

polish_pat said:
Agreed. Buddy, youve got the most powerful phone on the market right now, no matter what comes out, the SR is the choice
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Thanks !!! Thought about it- Studied the specs and I am keeping it.

keeping my skyrocket.
just didnt feel the LG nitro was worth paying the extra $35. The HD screen is nice but wasn't blown away; the superamoled Plus display and UI on skyrocket is good enough for me. The skyrocket felt better in my hands as well. Smaller internal storage and battery concerns about the LG nitro didn't help either.
for another comparison, check out mobiletechreview.

i was in an at&t store today, and played with both phones. the nitro's screen is really stunning. i do prefer it over the skyrocket's. i also love the textured back, and general build quality of the phone.
however, the nitro was noticeably laggy. simple things like opening menus, or the app drawer caused significant hesitation. i also ran my standard web browser test where i open a heavyweight desktop-version website (http://surf-forecast.com). the skyrocket opened it fast, and scrolling was butter smooth even while the page was still loading. can't say the same for the nitro. even after the page fully loaded, scrolling and zooming was not butter smooth at all.
you can't judge a phone by one web page, but the difference was so large that i didn't bother trying any others. maybe the demo phone they had there was messed up somehow, or maybe future rom updates will smooth things out, but it looks to me like that HD screen on the nitro is taxing the hardware too much.
this quote from diane hackborn's recent post seems to add credence to this theory:
As device screen resolution goes up, achieving a 60fps UI is closely related to GPU speed and especially the GPU’s memory bus bandwidth. In fact, if you want to get an idea of the performance of a piece of hardware, always pay close attention to the memory bus bandwidth. There are plenty of times where the CPU (especially with those wonderful NEON instructions) can go a lot faster than the memory bus.
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GPS of LG Nitro
Hi guys,
For people who have the LG Nitro, could you comment on the GPS sensitivity:
- How long does it take "GPS Test" app to lock?
- Accuracy as reported by GPS Test or Google map
- Does GPS maintain lock with Google Navigation?
Thank you.

Ben74 said:
i was in an at&t store today, and played with both phones. the nitro's screen is really stunning. i do prefer it over the skyrocket's. i also love the textured back, and general build quality of the phone.
however, the nitro was noticeably laggy. simple things like opening menus, or the app drawer caused significant hesitation. i also ran my standard web browser test where i open a heavyweight desktop-version website (http://surf-forecast.com). the skyrocket opened it fast, and scrolling was butter smooth even while the page was still loading. can't say the same for the nitro. even after the page fully loaded, scrolling and zooming was not butter smooth at all.
you can't judge a phone by one web page, but the difference was so large that i didn't bother trying any others. maybe the demo phone they had there was messed up somehow, or maybe future rom updates will smooth things out, but it looks to me like that HD screen on the nitro is taxing the hardware too much.
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This was my experience, too. I wanted to like this phone. The textured back is nice, the resolution is amazing, the screen quality is really good (except blacks, at the highest brightness, are meh next to Skyrocket), and I liked little things, like the tall widescreen (less width on the phone, easier in the hand) and the three buttons (I feel better for ICS), but the lag! Oh, how the lag killed this thing.
I'm not sure if it's the high resolution or LG's Touchwiz Lite, which I hear is poorly coded, but stuttering and jittering was the rule when scrolling. On a brand new unused store unit, it was bad enough to be frustrating in a 15 minute demo. If this gets an AOSP or CM ROM, it may turn out to be better than the Skyrocket, but until then, stay away. This phone is unusable without some good devs, sad to say.
I really wanted to buy it. Why can't AT&T have one phone with no compromises?

blognc said:
I really wanted to buy it. Why can't AT&T have one phone with no compromises?
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to keep you wanting more.................

I cannot believe that people actually think the display on the Nitro is better. With both phones side by side full brightness the super amoled plus blows that IPS out of the water. Rich Eye Popping Colors and Dark Blacks Compared to the Mediocre Bland Display on Nitro. I know comparing 720 to 800x480 is crazy and the pixels are sharper on Nitro but as far as displaying two 1080p videos the Skyrocket still Looks a lot better in my opinion. Real world test with the phone a foot away you cannot tell that our Amoled Plus is not same resolution as the Nitro. I hate when someone boast about the resolution and you have to zoom in 150% just to see the difference or put the phone 2" in front of you. Whatever the case My White Galaxy Skyrocket is On Top at this Moment. Bring on ICS and Butterfinger to that Nexus.(Was so excited for the Nexus but with the messed up launch and bad news after bad news I could not make myself get it now Screw you Google)

my take on the Nitro vs Skyrocket
Phone looks and feels amazing.
I liked the screen, but clarity was nowhere near what it is on the Skyrocket. Sad too because color felt dead on (not over saturated, more real life on the Nitro) But it was "fuzzy" and did not show as much detail
Performance..dead on exactly the same on Antutu EXCEPT for RAM, the Nitro scored MUCH higher.
Linpack scores were high 80's-low 90's compared to the Skyrockets mid 70's low 80's
the deal killer....the rear speaker
At full volume we could barely hear multiple youtube videos that played loud and clear on the display Skyrocket and our Inspire
I did this test display vs display in store. We spent an hour in there.
I did notice the wierdness mentioned about the browser buttons on the bottom but it was not that big of a deal to me.
Oh, and I know I would break that usb port cover lol
and of course..the 4gb internal mem is a huge deal to me but I was willing to overlook it
in the end we ordered 2 white skyrockets from bestbuy for $139 each (frys electronics pricematch)
It really is a great phone, but not in the key areas I WANT it to be

phuynhsb said:
Hi guys,
For people who have the LG Nitro, could you comment on the GPS sensitivity:
- How long does it take "GPS Test" app to lock?
- Accuracy as reported by GPS Test or Google map
- Does GPS maintain lock with Google Navigation?
Thank you.
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I have the phone, and the GPS is the best I have ever used. I locked 12 Sats in 3-4 secs on an overcast day. It also locked while I was sitting like 5 feet from the window on the first floor of a 2 story house. Like it literally doesn't get off more than 3-4 meters of accuracy. On Google navigation it's a clean arrow all the way, no enlarging blue circles .
Again my contract was up, so I was deciding between Nitro and SR. I went with the Nitro for the screen initially but everything just works perfect on it except the battery life. It's not good at all, and I can't even force it to do 3G only to save battery.
SR is a pretty sweet phone too. Tough decision for me. Also the Nitro was $150 not $250 like most reports. If it were $250, I would went with the SR no doubt.

Related

T-Mobile Optimus G2X Review

Courtesy of Lisa @ Mobile Tech Review
http://www.mobiletechreview.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Number=40455
It's a sleeper. Sites that should stick to simply reporting news instead of reviewing made bad remarks about the phone, back around MWC and CTIA.
As for Lisa's review, she knows what she is a credible source of info. When she makes a statement like "dropping her Nexus S over the G2X", there is weight to that statement.
If I were to grade the phone, I would give it a 8.5 which is a whole grade, maybe even more than what I would give to any other current T-Mobile phone.
It seems that she really liked G2X and prefer it more than her nexus S. Good initial review overall, she's a credible and unbiased tech-reviewer so i can take her words
That really is a great review
Nexus S
brian6685 said:
That really is a great review
Nexus S
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+1 i thought it was a good job.
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Sleeper of the year imo. I wonder if it has full hdmi mirroring? Haven't seen it mentioned yet. Not a deal breaker if it doesn't have it. Notice how the g2x ips display outshines sammy's vaunted super amoled screen. Didn't see that coming
Very impressed by LG lately. 1st to market with a dual core phone, also 1st and only to the market with a OMAP4 phone, IPS and HDMI, not encrypting bootloader...
I hope the G2X sells really well, LG deserves Motorola customers to migrate over to LG.
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Sleeper of the year imo. I wonder if it has full hdmi mirroring? Haven't seen it mentioned yet. Not a deal breaker if it doesn't have it. Notice how the g2x ips display outshines sammy's vaunted super amoled screen. Didn't see that coming
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Lisa said in her video review that it does have HDMI mirroring.
Also, surprised the display is better than the Sammys.
Unless you see them in person, you can't really compare them. After all, you are viewing a super amoled screen on a lcd computer moniter. Trust me, I never though super amoled was much of an improvement over the Nexus One's amoled screen, but big difference in person.
It looked to me that the Nexus S didn't have brightness turned up all the way. I'm doubtful that when I compare my Vibrant and G2X side by side in a store (and I will) that the G2X display will be better. Still, I'm highly interested in this phone. Enough to buy it outright, possibly. Just wish I knew if SGSII would be coming to T-Mobile, and when.
I can tell G2x has pretty good screen if it's not better than SGS (including NS).
The phone itself is snappy and the screen has pretty good response.
It has 2GB for applications and 5GB for others (mass storage).
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It looked to me that the Nexus S didn't have brightness turned up all the way.
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I would be very surprised if the reviewer (Lisa is the site admin/owner) made such a rook mistake in her review. I played with a g2x at my local tmo store that had a g2x demo phone. The display looked excellent even at less than 50% brightness.
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I would be very surprised if the reviewer (Lisa is the site admin/owner) made such a rook mistake in her review. I played with a g2x at my local tmo store that had a g2x demo phone. The display looked excellent even at less than 50% brightness.
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the nexus S does look like it's turned down low (for every day use i reckon?); i know i have the o2x down to the lowest possible at night; damn it's bright! I can only compare it to a cm7 loaded dhd and my pref. is almost no light at all at night and if i'd take a screeny now it would show the o2x 10x brighter then the dhd. Doesn't mean they are tuned for the same brightness though
The o2x screen is awesome don't get me wrong
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Very impressed by LG lately. 1st to market with a dual core phone, also 1st and only to the market with a OMAP4 phone, IPS and HDMI, not encrypting bootloader...
I hope the G2X sells really well, LG deserves Motorola customers to migrate over to LG.
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Agreed. To hell with Motorola. It cracks me up how their "high end" phones like the Droid X are terrible performance wise. Every graphics intensive game's reviews are full of complaints by Motorola users that the game simply cannot run. The Atrix on the other hand is very cool; however,the encrypted bootloader and AT&T destroy it
I compared my NS to the G2x yeaterday, Google maps at the same location and both brightnesses turned up to max. The LG screen is more vibrant, crisp and has better colors. But still doesn't beat the blacks of sammys SMOLED screen.
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ALuton said:
I compared my NS to the G2x yeaterday, Google maps at the same location and both brightnesses turned up to max. The LG screen is more vibrant, crisp and has better colors. But still doesn't beat the blacks of sammys SMOLED screen.
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I just got done doing the same thing at a t mobile store by me, and I would have to agree blacks are the only thing the sammy screen does better.
sent from my side of the galaxy....
Is the website down? For some reason I can't get it to open in Chrome. Tried IE9 too.
The G2x screen is definitely better than a SGS and NS. More vibrant, crisp and has more realistic colors. Though i must agree that a superamoled black is still better than IPS's black. What i love about the screen is that it's bright and even under direct sunlight, you can easily see what's on the screen. So if you came from NS or SGS, you won't be feeling that you did some downgrade on the screen department
I stopped by the store for some hands on time with the demo unit. (On a side note, people like the strangest apps. Stuff that was installed on the phone made me go WTF a couple of times) Despite the abuse the phone took, it ran very well.It feels very good in hand and good build quality, no creaking or visible gaps.
As for the screen, the review was dead on, not that I doubted Lisa to begin with. I've been following her work for 3 years now, I would describe her as a real cell phone guru.
The display looks very crisp and colors are very natural.
I fired up this site to get a feel for the display: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/02/pakistan_daily_life.html
While AMOLED is still better at displaying black, the IPS takes the cake in every other category.
I would be hard pressed to find a flaw in the way it performs. As for the looks (more so the back of the phone) it's a matter of taste. I would have preferred a flat back with no camera bulge and a less "look at me" metal strip. Ideally the strip should have served as a kick stand since it was already part of the phone.
As for the front of the phone, there is very little one OEM can do when displays take up ~90% of the surface. While I can live with capacitive buttons, call me old fashioned because I am still hoping for a phone with actual buttons. I think a phone with physical buttons could top all else and in the process make distinction to stand out compared to all other slabs on the market.
The O2X has been out for quite some time considering how smartphones age fast, I don't think it's fair to compare it to phones that aren't even out yet.
As a T-Mobile customer, I really appreciate high end phones since they have been very hard to come by.
It definitely deserves to be treated like another Nexus phone with it's minimal deviation from the stock google experience, not just UI but the bootloader aspect as well. The fact that it's HSPA+ capable on all GSM networks in the US is important as well.
After seeing that review, I'm literally salivating. When she hooked up the phone to the TV and played back a 1080p video with no stutter whatsoever to be noted, I was sold. Playing my mobile games on the TV - awesome. But the device was so snappy it was incredible! The only lag I noticed was when NOVA was first starting but I've noticed all Gameloft games seem to take forever and two centuries to load up...
And that screen is just... absolutely incredibly stunning and smooth. Keep in mind that S-AMOLED use the pentile matrix display... essentially cutting your actual resolution in half. This is why S-LCD and other LCD technologies (including IPS) tend to have more readability on the same screen size. HUGE downside for S-AMOLED. There is a marked difference in the pixellation on my S-AMOLED Captivate and my regular old LCD EVO and my S-LCD Inspire. I find it easier to read smaller text on the two LCD devices than the S-AMOLED device and I'm willing to trade that off for less darkness in my blacks.

[Q] Sell my SGS2 for Optimus 3D

I am considering selling my Samsung Galaxy S2 for the LG Optimus 3D, as after playing with one in a phone shop, I am really impressed with the 3D and build quality of the phone.
What I would like to know is, if the battery life is worse than the SGS2? I know it will be in 3D mode, but what about 2D?
I would also like to know if the phone gets warm/hot after extended use? I hate the way my SGS2 gets really hot around the ear piece and camera after only moderate use.
What is the App memory size?
What is the signal quality like on the O3d? My SGS2 varies quite a bit.
Anything else you can tell me to help make a decision?
I do like my SGS2, but i'm really liking the 3d and solid feel to the O3D.
Thanks.
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I am considering selling my Samsung Galaxy S2 for the LG Optimus 3D, as after playing with one in a phone shop, I am really impressed with the 3D and build quality of the phone.
What I would like to know is, if the battery life is worse than the SGS2? I know it will be in 3D mode, but what about 2D?
I would also like to know if the phone gets warm/hot after extended use? I hate the way my SGS2 gets really hot around the ear piece and camera after only moderate use.
What is the signal quality like on the O3d? My SGS2 varies quite a bit.
Anything else you can tell me to help make a decision?
I do like my SGS2, but i'm really liking the 3d and solid feel to the O3D.
Thanks.
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Having had a GS2 and having this phone now I can answer you I think.
Battery life is far worse than the GS2, as a example my phone was fully charged at 8am in Friday was over at my sisters for the day helping her out, around 50 mins music on the bus on the way, played a bit of 3D movies showing her, took some also, few texts but no calls, a bit of internet browsing, came home at 6 ish with less than 23% left.
Heat wise isn't something I have really noticed certainly not the the level of the GS2.
My T-Mobile signal seems no different but Wifi is better and gps for me.
I sold mine for the 3D side of this phone as I truly love it, but the battery has me concerned slightly, I don't drive so no way of charging it if required and i am missing slightly the good battery life I had before, do I regret selling it ? no I don't I just hope the battery gets better on this or I may have to re think things, or get another battery which I don't want to do have to carry another one around.
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Having had a GS2 and having this phone now I can answer you I think.
Battery life is far worse than the GS2, as a example my phone was fully charged at 8am in Friday was over at my sisters for the day helping her out, around 50 mins music on the bus on the way, played a bit of 3D movies showing her, took some also, few texts but no calls, a bit of internet browsing, came home at 6 ish with less than 23% left.
Heat wise isn't something I have really noticed certainly not the the level of the GS2.
My T-Mobile signal seems no different but Wifi is better and gps for me.
I sold mine for the 3D side of this phone as I truly love it, but the battery has me concerned slightly, I don't drive so no way of charging it if required and i am missing slightly the good battery life I had before, do I regret selling it ? no I don't I just hope the battery gets better on this or I may have to re think things, or get another battery which I don't want to do have to carry another one around.
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Thanks for the reply. I barely get 12 hours out of my SGS2 (less than 10 with heavy use), and coming from the iPhone 4 it's disappointing. I hear there is an extended battery for the O3D. I wonder if it makes much difference?
The heat problem really bugs me on my SGS2. Especially being summertime lol.
Can you tell me the space reserved for apps/games as I have lots on my phone so far.
Anyone else who has had experience of both models?
The more info the better
Thanks.
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Thanks for the reply. I barely get 12 hours out of my SGS2 (less than 10 with heavy use), and coming from the iPhone 4 it's disappointing. I hear there is an extended battery for the O3D. I wonder if it makes much difference?
The heat problem really bugs me on my SGS2. Especially being summertime lol.
Can you tell me the space reserved for apps/games as I have lots on my phone so far.
Anyone else who has had experience of both models?
The more info the better
Thanks.
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My 03d heats up also
Like you I am also in a dilemma too, do to the problems of gs2 weak wifi and no gps lock, they gave me the choice of phones if I wanted to replace it, I went for O3D, do to it's popularity it's seems out of stock and will get it nxt week.
However I now seem to be getting second thoughts, mostly the phone is good, but some say camera is poor, which am not happy about as picture quality is important to me, to be honest 2011 and 5MP just don't go together. And few other little things.
So I would also like to hear from people with both phones in hand and what they think of em.
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Like you I am also in a dilemma too, do to the problems of gs2 weak wifi and no gps lock, they gave me the choice of phones if I wanted to replace it, I went for O3D, do to it's popularity it's seems out of stock and will get it nxt week.
However I now seem to be getting second thoughts, mostly the phone is good, but some say camera is poor, which am not happy about as picture quality is important to me, to be honest 2011 and 5MP just don't go together. And few other little things.
So I would also like to hear from people with both phones in hand and what they think of em.
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Videocamera just got an update firmware V10d. Looks really good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C02tzF1sjjA
Unfortunately not for pictures. Lets hope in the next firmware it will also be upgraded.
You have to really LOVE 3D in order to justify this over the Galaxy S II.
The 3D effect is decent but in reality, it's just too gimmicky to be really useful at the moment. For example, if you take a picture in 3D, it's not really very good when in 2D, which means on your PC etc the camera performance isn't great.
Other than that, it falls short in every single area, though I suppose the wifi strength is a bit better.
I own both phones, so any questions, fire away.
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You have to really LOVE 3D in order to justify this over the Galaxy S II.
The 3D effect is decent but in reality, it's just too gimmicky to be really useful at the moment. For example, if you take a picture in 3D, it's not really very good when in 2D, which means on your PC etc the camera performance isn't great.
Other than that, it falls short in every single area, though I suppose the wifi strength is a bit better.
I own both phones, so any questions, fire away.
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What about the gps? Which locks faster without any other connection active, and how about sound and headphones? I don't much care about 3d to be honest.
I like the power of gs2 but 3d and hardware of o3d and resolution of sensation. All three phones have something that other does not, which makes it very hard to choose.
To cut it short, here is my comparison as I have both now:
Battery
GS2 - until the battery drain is fixed, you will need to try your luck. If nothing happens you can charge your phone once a day with light use meaning 2 hrs or mp3, light surfing and facebook etc. If the battery drain hit you, that will be less than 10 hours or even worse. If everything went well with correct tweaks, battery can last for around 18 hours.
O3D - with 3D game, you get 5 hours at most for the standard battery. That is when you play for 3~4 hours. Light usage is about 12 hours. If you tweak it right with background data off etc.. you get around 14~15 hours. The battery definitely won't give you one day
Connectivity
When it comes to this area, it's more like a speed vs stable
GS2 - data is fast with its 21mb, wifi is really weak even when compare to GS. If you have a very strong signal, it is fast thou. Connection recovery is not good compare to other brands, if it drops.. you have to wait for a while to get it back automatically.
O3D - data is at 14.4mb, wifi is much better than GS2. Connection recovery part is done much better than GS2 in general.
GPS
GS2 - forget it. It is better than the original GS where it never locks on. but it is nowhere to be really useful. I really hope that GPS works better on this phone.
O3D - very decent, it compares to the garmin-asus m10 which I have on hand. A small tips for everyone looking. get mapdroyd in market to use on O3D, then you'll have a good offline map.
Storage
GS2 - with its storage starting at 16GB It's enough to go even without external SD. 32GB coming out later, it would be a great bonus.
O3D - 8GB internal, can only say it is enough. The korea version comes with 16GB.. a bit envy
other things like memory, cpu, camera.. etc. both phones are springing off to different direction, really no point in comparing them as it is more a personal use and taste at that point.
simacca said:
I am considering selling my Samsung Galaxy S2 for the LG Optimus 3D, as after playing with one in a phone shop, I am really impressed with the 3D and build quality of the phone.
What I would like to know is, if the battery life is worse than the SGS2? I know it will be in 3D mode, but what about 2D?
I would also like to know if the phone gets warm/hot after extended use? I hate the way my SGS2 gets really hot around the ear piece and camera after only moderate use.
What is the App memory size?
What is the signal quality like on the O3d? My SGS2 varies quite a bit.
Anything else you can tell me to help make a decision?
I do like my SGS2, but i'm really liking the 3d and solid feel to the O3D.
Thanks.
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I got my O3D on Friday and I just love it.
I sold my SGS2 right away.
Here are my observations:
- The O3D feels like a brick comapred to the SGS2...the thickness and weight is very noticable. However, the O3D felt more solid because of this.
- The O3D does heat up with intensive usage (say watching an hour of 3D videos) but it is definitely nowhere as hot as the SGS2.
- I get better signal with the O3D
- I get better wifi signal with the O3D
- The SGS2 is a tad snappier than the O3D (especially with stock LG launcher...put on any other launcher and it's just as fast as the SGS2).
- The O3D charges way faster than the SGS2 (the SGS2 takes around 3 hours from 0-100 with phone off).
- The SGS2 has a slightly louder speaker (handsfree and earpiece)
- The music via headphones sounded better to me on the O3D.
- The O3d has a cover to protect the USB port. Yes, it's a hassle to open it every time but it does prevent dust from getting in.
- SGS2 Amoled has better blacks and more punchy colors (if you like that...some people don't like the cartoonish like colors). I was slightly disappointed with 2 SGS2's that I had...both developed dead\stuck pixels on the screen.
- Games run great on both phones (however asphalt 6 seemed to run on the O3D smoother)
- Battery, I can't really comment yet since I just got the O3D two days ago. I managed to use the O3D non stop from 100% charge and it lasted around 8 hours...I remember when I first got the SGS2 and playing with it nonstop lasted about 6 hours.
- SGS2 has twice more RAM than the O3D. On the SGS2 free memory would hover around 400 and on the O3D around 190.
- SGS2 has tons and tons of ROMS, tweaks and optimisations.
- GPS is definitely better on the O3D
- SGS2 has bigger (16GB vs 8GB) storage...good thing I have a 32GB microSD card
- The browser seemed to be tied just that in the O3D there are no checkered boxes.
In conclusion, I am very happy with the O3D. The 3D is pretty neat. The SGS2 is also an awesome phone and I was very happy with it but I wanted to try the 3D so I bought the 03D. Feel free to ask me any other questions.
One more question guys, when both phones are switched off which of the two looks more blacker? GS2 really looked nice on the table with it's noble black body, does the o3d look the same?
They are both more or less the same black visually physically.
The SGS2 has a more black above and below the screen...the O3D has two strips of greyish brushed metal.
On the back the SGS2 is more black as the O3D is grey on the back.
LOL...which phone looks blacker when it's switched off and on the table?? do people actually pick a phone that looks blacker while sitting doing nothing over another phone that looks 98% as black as the blackest black that ever blacked..thanks coolfi you made me laugh...
If 3D is something you want you will love it ignore the people saying its a gimmick as it isn't, and it really looks fantastic and I just couldn't watch 2D videos anymore on the gs2 they just looked like any other phone plain and flat.
The screen is nice on the gs2 but a few commented how it made pictures for example look un natural with colours and not how they really look, oversaturated was the common thing I got,colours were much brighter when viewing the pictures on screen than they looked in real life which isn't' realistic.
A certain person has said its a gimmick on another forum and 3D isn't important to him so why buy a 3D phone for me , , I personally use this phone more and watch way more videos than I used to on my previous and its only because of the 3D.
The battery is my only concern with it I could easily get 24 hours out of if the Gs2 but as I been told by so many I am on this more than any other phone I have had.
My choice came to this, what can the GS2 do that this can't and the answer was simple nothing, each have pros and cons but I can do everything that phone can do on this.
Then I thought this can do one thing it can't ever do and that is shoot 3D video and pictures and play films etc in 3D and for me this was the clincher.
Lets not forget its still on a stock rom so things can only get better and Froya doesn't really support dual core cpus so it's being held back at the moment. Gingerbread will make a huge difference as a it supports dual core better, but you will always be one step behind the updates on this phone, the GS2 has been upgraded to 2.4 now and we are only set to get 2.3 on this in October.
My mate had a Desire HD and messed on the Gs2, he said its a nice phone but apart from the camera side it offers me nothing over what I have now, and wouldn't buy one, he said the same when I tried a Sensation.
When he played some of the 3D videos a smile came on his face and he loved it I can't get him off it when he comes round now he always using the 3D side.
He has decided he is selling his phone and getting one of these himself, anyone who wants one should test one really as its the only way to see if it's for you.
In all for me and I bet for everyone that has one, I have a phone that won't just sit on the side not used as much as it should as finding 3D stuff to add and view I am still doing nearly 3 weeks after having one of these, in that time other phones had lost its novelty and got picked up when needed, make a call browse something on the net for example, this phone has issues but so do all phones, you won't get a perfect phone.
Using the GS2 as a media device wasn't that important as I said before a video played back looks only as good as any 2D phone apart from the screen, it had no wow factor, I can guarantee if you whipped out your GS2 to show friends a trailer for example, then your mate said oh btw look at it in 3D on this phone your GS2 will end up back in your pocket as your friends enjoy the 3D experience, that sums the phone up for me.
Just now I showed the O3D to the first person at work.
I showed her the Tahiti clip and when the water was splashing towards you...she literally ducked to avoid the water...
Thanks for all the replies guys.
Sounds like the heat problem is not as bad as the GS2. I don't mind a bit of warmth around the back, but if it heats the glass up around the front then it's a no go!
I understand that the still 2d picture quality is not as good as the GS2, but I only use the pics to upload to Facebook or share with other phones.
Battery life of the O3D does put me off because if it is worse than the GS2 in 2D mode it could be a deal breaker.
Has anyone tried the extended battery yet?
The main memory doesn't bother me as I can add a memory card.
The reserved 512mb doesn't seem be bothering people in other threads, so I suppose this isnt a problem?
I'm not really interested in benchmarks as long as the phone runs smoothly.
I do really love the 3d mode and like the idea of watching Avatar, playing 3d games, etc etc. (cant afford a 3dtv unfortunately).
Maybe I should just get a Nintendo 3DS as a companion to my GS2 lol..
i've only played with both phones for a short while but i bought the optimus for two main reasons;
1. the camera is better (it shoots 3d, and really damn good 3d at that).
2. dual channel memory. faster memory is better memory.
i'd heard the horror stories about weak signals with the gs2 and that there are continuing problems with the gps. gps functionality isnt a massive concern for me but signal strength is as i spend a lot of my time in basement gig venues so i need something that will have a reliable signal in a difficult sitch like that. my wifi tests showed the o3d to be capable of around the 20mb mark which is pretty great. i dont know why the rest of you seem to think it can only do around 14mb as i consistently get around 19.5-20mb.
the touchscreen on the o3d responds better from what i've seen but again i am only basing that on 1 day of use.
based on what i've seen yesterday in using the o3d almost continuously all day (new toy syndrome) the battery life is amazing as long as you can keep yourself out of 3d mode. anything that uses the parallax function eats the battery bigtime and this doesnt surprise me. that said, last night i flimed nearly an hour's worth of footage of a band in 3d starting from about 43% charge before the camera told me "the battery is not enough for the camera". it looks like the battery will last quite a while if you can resist playng with it all day.
the one thing that is definitely a dissapointment with the o3d is the led flash. it's weak as hell and doesn't even go off in 3d mode at all.
i'm absolutely happy with my choice and would go the same route again though. excited for CM7.1.
simacca said:
Thanks for all the replies guys.
Sounds like the heat problem is not as bad as the GS2. I don't mind a bit of warmth around the back, but if it heats the glass up around the front then it's a no go!
I understand that the still 2d picture quality is not as good as the GS2, but I only use the pics to upload to Facebook or share with other phones.
Battery life of the O3D does put me off because if it is worse than the GS2 in 2D mode it could be a deal breaker.
Has anyone tried the extended battery yet?
The main memory doesn't bother me as I can add a memory card.
The reserved 512mb doesn't seem be bothering people in other threads, so I suppose this isnt a problem?
I'm not really interested in benchmarks as long as the phone runs smoothly.
I do really love the 3d mode and like the idea of watching Avatar, playing 3d games, etc etc. (cant afford a 3dtv unfortunately).
Maybe I should just get a Nintendo 3DS as a companion to my GS2 lol..
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Its a tough choice for sure I have no regrets getting mine, the 3DS's 3D is nothing like on this phone, it doesn't look anyway as good and you certainly won't be getting 720p in 3D.
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Its a tough choice for sure I have no regrets getting mine, the 3DS's 3D is nothing like on this phone, it doesn't look anyway as good and you certainly won't be getting 720p in 3D.
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yeah i showed the 3d to a few friends last night who are big ds fans and they all said that the 3d on the optimus kicked the utter **** out of the 3ds.
hefonthefjords said:
i've only played with both phones for a short while but i bought the optimus for two main reasons;
1. the camera is better (it shoots 3d, and really damn good 3d at that).
2. dual channel memory. faster memory is better memory.
i'd heard the horror stories about weak signals with the gs2 and that there are continuing problems with the gps. gps functionality isnt a massive concern for me but signal strength is as i spend a lot of my time in basement gig venues so i need something that will have a reliable signal in a difficult sitch like that. my wifi tests showed the o3d to be capable of around the 20mb mark which is pretty great. i dont know why the rest of you seem to think it can only do around 14mb as i consistently get around 19.5-20mb.
the touchscreen on the o3d responds better from what i've seen but again i am only basing that on 1 day of use.
based on what i've seen yesterday in using the o3d almost continuously all day (new toy syndrome) the battery life is amazing as long as you can keep yourself out of 3d mode. anything that uses the parallax function eats the battery bigtime and this doesnt surprise me. that said, last night i flimed nearly an hour's worth of footage of a band in 3d starting from about 43% charge before the camera told me "the battery is not enough for the camera". it looks like the battery will last quite a while if you can resist playng with it all day.
the one thing that is definitely a dissapointment with the o3d is the led flash. it's weak as hell and doesn't even go off in 3d mode at all.
i'm absolutely happy with my choice and would go the same route again though. excited for CM7.1.
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Thanks..
I practically get an instant lock-on with my GPS indoors and outside with my GS2, and as for wifi, even on 1 bar in my back garden I get the same speeds as indoors near the router (about 15mb down and 3mb up on a 30 mb connection). I think the wifi bars on the GS2 are inaccurate more than anything else.
My phone signal wavers quite a lot on my GS2 which I notice indoors when making or receiving a call and can cause voices to break up.
The most important things for me is battery life compared to the GS2 and Heat problems. Also Signal strength
I love the smoothness of menus and the screen on my GS2 and the fact that I can run multiple apps without any slowdown.
I have to say the 3d is impressive on a 3DS with the slider on full. Camera's are a let down though, but games are better.
Decisions decisions.....

[Q] S2 Vs Infuse - Real World Difference?

Hi
Just was wondering if there is a real, noticeable difference between the Infuse with its single-core and the Galaxy S-II with its Dual-core.
By "Real World", i mean for those of us who don't game on their phones
Thanks
Engadget just did a great piece on whether dual core is needed for a particular user. If you're a casual user (music browser phone text pics) then a single core phone is fine. Considering the infuse has the same shooter as the s2 and a bigger screen and gb soon, I think it's a better value but depending on the s2 pricing when it's stateside.
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yes! huge different! i mean the screen!
galaxy s2 with 4.27" looks like 4 inches!
i also have sony x10 with 4" inches, huge screen different on infuse 4.5"
The Infuse isn't in the same galaxy as the SGS II.
No matter how you slice it.
I had a dual core phone and I don't see a need for it until ice cream. I'm not a gamer I use my phone for web, email, text, music and Netflix. All of which run flawlessly on my Infuse. I can't see myself going smaller than a 4.5" screen again. The only thing I miss from my G2x is the HDMI mirroring. Granted the development base for the S2 is mind boggling, its not enough to persuade me to switch.
Sent from my Infuse. It is what it isn't.
Isnt the infuse just a captivate oc'ed to 1.2 and a bigger screen?
Sent from my Apex Blue JVR Samsung Captivate.
topiratiko said:
Isnt the infuse just a captivate oc'ed to 1.2 and a bigger screen?
Sent from my Apex Blue JVR Samsung Captivate.
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just
screen is super amoled PLUS.
camera 8mp+flash
SIZE DOES MATTER
topiratiko said:
Isnt the infuse just a captivate oc'ed to 1.2 and a bigger screen?
Sent from my Apex Blue JVR Samsung Captivate.
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It's an OC Captivate with a bigger screen, slightly better camera/ffc, more RAM and slightly better battery life. Can't forget pretend-4G either.
If Captivate is 1/10, and SGS II is 10/10, then Infuse is at best a 4/10.
MikeyMike01 said:
It's an OC Captivate with a bigger screen, slightly better camera/ffc, more RAM and slightly better battery life. Can't forget pretend-4G either.
If Captivate is 1/10, and SGS II is 10/10, then Infuse is at best a 4/10.
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which really means what if they are both running googles laggy buggy fractured os and samsungs bad drivers?
yes the gs2 is a remarkable piece of hardware but im not super thrilled about anything right now. maybe i'll get a nexus or an hd2 and put meego on it. forget new hardware and gaming/hd playback. there was nothing wrong with the old hardware, the problems are in the software.
apple with ios5 would look attractive if steve jobs wasn't the devil.
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apple with ios5 would look attractive if steve jobs wasn't the devil.
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He heard that and he knows where you sleep!!!
With a little development we can get it to a 6. If be plenty happy with that.
MikeyMike01 said:
It's an OC Captivate with a bigger screen, slightly better camera/ffc, more RAM and slightly better battery life. Can't forget pretend-4G either.
If Captivate is 1/10, and SGS II is 10/10, then Infuse is at best a 4/10.
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evostevo1 said:
With a little development we can get it to a 6. If be plenty happy with that.
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True.
In two weeks I shed my 40 hour a week job for no more than 20 hours a week of school. Then the fun can begin. Hopefully just in time for official GB.
The S2 against any phone currently is a big difference
...but I do like my big screen.
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Looking forward to that! I believe this phone has a reasonable amount of potential even if it is an over clocked captivate. Lol.
MikeyMike01 said:
True.
In two weeks I shed my 40 hour a week job for no more than 20 hours a week of school. Then the fun can begin. Hopefully just in time for official GB.
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apple with ios5 would look attractive if steve jobs wasn't the devil.
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iOS 5 makes it hard to hate on the iPhone anymore.
If Apple would open up just a little, tiny, bit... add Flash, and some other minor things, they could wipe out Android.
One thing is certain, the Nexus Prime better be a home run, or Android/Google is in trouble.
From my experience so far (I have both currently) I really enjoy both phones, but they are completely different. The 4.27 seems like a mile when the 4.5 Infuse is held next to it and since I do photography it's hard for me to put the Infuse down. I get MUCH better service in my area (middle of nowhere) drop fewer calls, people hear me better and I hear them better than the SGSII. I need to really push that because its important to me my Infuse doesn't just get slightly better service I can't convey enough how much better it is. In an area that At&t people do not have service (my captivate had none, my sgsII has none, other phones have none) the Infuse has 1 maybe even 2 bars it may not be 3G but enough to make a pleasantly clear call.
The SGSII is fast when I open up 5 or 6 tabs on dolphin browser with flash involved, switch over to Youtube and watch a video, pull my email and check one or two, shoot someone a text then switch back over to the browser.....but I get this busy on my phone maybe once a month. I then quickly realize what I'm doing is about to require a computer OR that a computer would just make things easier any way at that point.
Quick Compare:
Infuse has no issues that stand out to me, camera, speed (faster than my modded captivate when I ran Infused 2.0) screen quality colors a little washed I think because of resolution of a larger screen but difference was really negligible, microphone quality, speaker quality (phone and external) very smooth, Touchwiz 3 is boring: Touchwiz 4 would be amazing on a larger screen like the Infuse.
SGSII - Screen at 4.27 seems a mile away from 4.5 - Through daily regular "normal" use I notice NO difference between a dual core and a bump in RAM. Simple use of browser, email, phone, text etc. I see no speed advantage. I do not feel the OS or apps have been fully optimized to take full advantage of both cores. An extra 512mb and you may notice a difference in daily use but otherwise the rest would again be negligible. My microphone suffers from the clarity issue as others, NOT one single person understands a word out of my mouth on the S2 and I have tried every single fix. Because of this I have almost thrown this phone just like my captivate I stop only because I have much more invested and I intend to get my money back. I am quite frankly upset with the overall product. Part of my reason for picking it up was the development and how much it has already got designed for it, but when I have done everything possible to fix it with no luck its a hardware issue and I am not the only one that has suffered this. I do have a pink spot on the camera, this can only be seen on a white wall in the correct light, since I don't photograph white walls in medium light....this doesn't concern me. For the slightly yellow left side of the screen...I have that to - I never noticed it until I read about it. The microphone kills me and highly annoys anyone else on the phone. Search for the other posts on this if you want, but I assure you I will never spend almost $700 on another Samsung phone again that's for certain. I will be keeping my Infuse and enjoying its massive screen with great call quality and reception. Slower or not it's basic phone functionality is still intact for a price that is less than half as much as the SGSII.
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It's an OC Captivate with a bigger screen, slightly better camera/ffc, more RAM and slightly better battery life. Can't forget pretend-4G either.
If Captivate is 1/10, and SGS II is 10/10, then Infuse is at best a 4/10.
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Is SGSII has the same screen resolution as Infuse?
Nexus Prime or gtfo
Sent from my Infuse. It is what it isn't.
Infiniti350GT said:
From my experience so far (I have both currently) I really enjoy both phones, but they are completely different. The 4.27 seems like a mile when the 4.5 Infuse is held next to it and since I do photography it's hard for me to put the Infuse down. I get MUCH better service in my area (middle of nowhere) drop fewer calls, people hear me better and I hear them better than the SGSII. I need to really push that because its important to me my Infuse doesn't just get slightly better service I can't convey enough how much better it is. In an area that At&t people do not have service (my captivate had none, my sgsII has none, other phones have none) the Infuse has 1 maybe even 2 bars it may not be 3G but enough to make a pleasantly clear call.
The SGSII is fast when I open up 5 or 6 tabs on dolphin browser with flash involved, switch over to Youtube and watch a video, pull my email and check one or two, shoot someone a text then switch back over to the browser.....but I get this busy on my phone maybe once a month. I then quickly realize what I'm doing is about to require a computer OR that a computer would just make things easier any way at that point.
Quick Compare:
Infuse has no issues that stand out to me, camera, speed (faster than my modded captivate when I ran Infused 2.0) screen quality colors a little washed I think because of resolution of a larger screen but difference was really negligible, microphone quality, speaker quality (phone and external) very smooth, Touchwiz 3 is boring: Touchwiz 4 would be amazing on a larger screen like the Infuse.
SGSII - Screen at 4.27 seems a mile away from 4.5 - Through daily regular "normal" use I notice NO difference between a dual core and a bump in RAM. Simple use of browser, email, phone, text etc. I see no speed advantage. I do not feel the OS or apps have been fully optimized to take full advantage of both cores. An extra 512mb and you may notice a difference in daily use but otherwise the rest would again be negligible. My microphone suffers from the clarity issue as others, NOT one single person understands a word out of my mouth on the S2 and I have tried every single fix. Because of this I have almost thrown this phone just like my captivate I stop only because I have much more invested and I intend to get my money back. I am quite frankly upset with the overall product. Part of my reason for picking it up was the development and how much it has already got designed for it, but when I have done everything possible to fix it with no luck its a hardware issue and I am not the only one that has suffered this. I do have a pink spot on the camera, this can only be seen on a white wall in the correct light, since I don't photograph white walls in medium light....this doesn't concern me. For the slightly yellow left side of the screen...I have that to - I never noticed it until I read about it. The microphone kills me and highly annoys anyone else on the phone. Search for the other posts on this if you want, but I assure you I will never spend almost $700 on another Samsung phone again that's for certain. I will be keeping my Infuse and enjoying its massive screen with great call quality and reception. Slower or not it's basic phone functionality is still intact for a price that is less than half as much as the SGSII.
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agree as sg s2 is easily available in my country(India).
The screen size & quality of infuse is killer.
Really Kudos to Gtg that he has given Gingerbread to us.
I have observed no lag with this device.
I feel no need for S2
Is SGSII has the same screen resolution as Infuse?
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Infiniti350GT said:
From my experience so far (I have both currently) I really enjoy both phones, but they are completely different. The 4.27 seems like a mile when the 4.5 Infuse is held next to it and since I do photography it's hard for me to put the Infuse down. I get MUCH better service in my area (middle of nowhere) drop fewer calls, people hear me better and I hear them better than the SGSII. I need to really push that because its important to me my Infuse doesn't just get slightly better service I can't convey enough how much better it is. In an area that At&t people do not have service (my captivate had none, my sgsII has none, other phones have none) the Infuse has 1 maybe even 2 bars it may not be 3G but enough to make a pleasantly clear call.
The SGSII is fast when I open up 5 or 6 tabs on dolphin browser with flash involved, switch over to Youtube and watch a video, pull my email and check one or two, shoot someone a text then switch back over to the browser.....but I get this busy on my phone maybe once a month. I then quickly realize what I'm doing is about to require a computer OR that a computer would just make things easier any way at that point.
Quick Compare:
Infuse has no issues that stand out to me, camera, speed (faster than my modded captivate when I ran Infused 2.0) screen quality colors a little washed I think because of resolution of a larger screen but difference was really negligible, microphone quality, speaker quality (phone and external) very smooth, Touchwiz 3 is boring: Touchwiz 4 would be amazing on a larger screen like the Infuse.
SGSII - Screen at 4.27 seems a mile away from 4.5 - Through daily regular "normal" use I notice NO difference between a dual core and a bump in RAM. Simple use of browser, email, phone, text etc. I see no speed advantage. I do not feel the OS or apps have been fully optimized to take full advantage of both cores. An extra 512mb and you may notice a difference in daily use but otherwise the rest would again be negligible. My microphone suffers from the clarity issue as others, NOT one single person understands a word out of my mouth on the S2 and I have tried every single fix. Because of this I have almost thrown this phone just like my captivate I stop only because I have much more invested and I intend to get my money back. I am quite frankly upset with the overall product. Part of my reason for picking it up was the development and how much it has already got designed for it, but when I have done everything possible to fix it with no luck its a hardware issue and I am not the only one that has suffered this. I do have a pink spot on the camera, this can only be seen on a white wall in the correct light, since I don't photograph white walls in medium light....this doesn't concern me. For the slightly yellow left side of the screen...I have that to - I never noticed it until I read about it. The microphone kills me and highly annoys anyone else on the phone. Search for the other posts on this if you want, but I assure you I will never spend almost $700 on another Samsung phone again that's for certain. I will be keeping my Infuse and enjoying its massive screen with great call quality and reception. Slower or not it's basic phone functionality is still intact for a price that is less than half as much as the SGSII.
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After my few hours with Both the US SGS2 and the infuse side by side I can't disagree more...and that is saying much. Previously I honestly thought the differences would be minimal
web Pages and apps just simply load faster, the screen definitely looks better, more vivid and less "breakage" (i guess response is the work I am looking for there)
It seemed much more capable of multitasking in comparison to the infuse. It didn't bog down and lag like my infuse does.
Gps locked immediately..battery life was unchanged during my testing (however this could be misleading..I noticed the stock rom on the infuse drops in 15% increments)
I almost say, yeah, I will be picking one up and rotating our phones down to the kids...but I want to know more about what HTC has planned for release in the coming months...and am curious to know more about the prime that we keep hearing about....though from everything I have been told...Verizon will be getting that one first.
Keep in mind that I will never...and I mean NEVER pay more than $200 for a phone haha.. I purchase every phone we buy on contract for the contract price. So I could definitely say that I would never pay $700 for a phone.

i was almost decided to buy sgs2 but i found this :(

Hi everyone? How is it goiing? Its me again, sorry for bothering.. i made a thread a week ago to receive an opinion between atrix 2 and sgs2, everyone told me that sgs2 was the best choice, the day before to buy it i found the next issues that are common in sgs2:
-Very bad Battery Life
-Overheating problem
-Yellow thint in the left superior corner in low brightness
-Green tint when white color is present and you watch it from up, left, down and right sides but its perfect looking at it straight over the display
-pink spot in the centre of the camera in white scenes and low light conditions
-blue tint in camera when night mode is on
-laggy 1080p recording in low lights conditions
-buggy stock firmware that makes the device reboot itsefl and crash.
So.. what now? I dont have much time to change it millions of times, its frustrating, i thought i found what i needed.. so now i dont know what to do.. probably i should wait with my defy until a newer device comes out, what you think?
Thanks for your time, best regards from Argentina.
Well if you don't want to risk it then don't.
However I will say the sgs 2 and is the best android phone you could get and most if not all of those issues are minor, you will not face or may be fixed. Cuz if they were major, I'd have returned this phone already or intentionally break it.
$1 gets you a reply
Yeah i know .. i know their are minor issues, i just hate the technical services centres, they are too far and let you waiting a couple weeks.. Otherwise atrix is not officialy in my country, a seller who often travells to the usa brought many unbranded and sim free atrix origonally from at&t and it is crazy overpriced (800 dollards) and the galaxy s2 is better, cheaper because of the carrier block and 2 year official warranty. Are you experiencing some of the issues i mentioned before?
I've been trying to decide if i should get the SGS2 recently as well, except my problem is deciding if i should wait for SGS3 or Nexus, but from extensive research on SGS2 i can tell you a couple things..
SGS2 is gonna have far better developer support
Some of the issues you're reading about may be only a few people, I've heard good results with battery life for SGS2, but remember any phone with a decent sized screen is going to suffer from poor battery life
Atrix hardware just isn't comparable and is more expensive, unless you're really attached to getting the lapdock
if there's a software issue with the SGS2 it's pretty much certain that its known and there at the very least 1 fix for it.
personally I had this debate when i got my captivate, and it took me one look at motoblur (the interface that motorola puts over stock android) for me to make my decision, i can honestly say i hate motoblur.
there are always going to be little problems with both phones, the new atrix just came out so people haven't really had time to discover ever little flaw but that doesn't mean they're not there.
SGS2 has better hardware, and personally i hate motoblur so SGS2 wins on the software side too. And SGS2 developers are incredible here on XDA so you will have access to all the tech support you could ever dream of. To me its a no brainer (unless your attached to getting the dock for the atrix).
I suggest you go to a store, play with both phones as they have quite a quite different feel to them, and just pick the one you like more, they will both work just fine I'm sure. From experience I can tell you that you'll just drive yourself crazy researching. Good luck
Hi there! SGS2 user here. Here's my mixed bag of complaints and thumbs up's
1. Amazing codec support. It can play almost all files that I throw at it, may it be anime in MKV format, youtube HD, HD Video projects rendered from Sony Vegas Pro, etc! It's good for on the go anime and when I need to show my video projects to others. Best of all, it has USB Mass Storage: no pesky itunes or mandatory video reformatting. Just plug and mount, copy and paste, simple.
2. Screen is a mixed bag as well. On the positive side, it's big, bright, and just looks stunning. Also, when the pixel is black, it really is black in the sense that when i am displaying white text on black background, no matter how much the brightness is set to, only the white text brightens and the black backgrounds stay the same. This is the nature of Super Amoled. But the thing with Super Amoled is, it's power-hungry. Yes, when you use black backgrounds, you save more battery because the black pixels are off. Well not really off, but almost off. The problem is that most websites and most movies are not black all the time. On the average, I can get 3 hours max of compounded screen on time per charge. Also, since Amoled is oled or organic lead, the pixels lose brightness pretty fast. Mine's about 3 months old and i can already notice some pixels that are not as bright as the others when displaying a solid color. Take note though that this is only visible IN EXTREMELY LOW BRIGHTNESS. I use an app called screen filter to lower the brightness way beyond the screen can take. Also, black crush (google it, to lazy to explain) happens when in extremely low brightness levels. Last thing, MHL is the technology the SGS2 uses for TV-out. It's actually TV-out and power in, meaning you need to plug in your charger for it to pump out video. Theoretically, this is done so that when you watch video, you can charge your phone. The thing is, the screen is so power hungry that your battery even depletes even when you are plugged in.
NOTE: I easily solved this batter problem by purchasing
1. An extra battery
2. A samsung external charger/phone stand
http://www.ebay.ph/itm/NEW-SAMSUNG-...AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item19c9ec5e32
3. Yes, it gets hot especially when playing intensive games like Dungeon defenders or when watching a movie through tv-out. But hey, it's really thin, so I'm not surprised the heat can reach my hands.
4. 99.9% lag free. Really, I've never owned a phone as lag free as this, even on stock. This has got to be the speediest phone i've owned.
5. About the tints: well, I don't really experience them since i've installed a custom rom. Or maybe I don't have a trained enough eye. Overall, I like the screen.
6. I don't record 1080p video mainly because the image gets cropped. It's a hardware limitation, AFAIK. Nonetheless, I'm satisfied with 720p. Actually, since I own a DSLR, all phone videos and images look crap to me, but hey, the SGS2 images and video still look nice. AND THE FLASH IS QUITE POWERFULL TOO, very bright for night time video.
For any more questions, feel free to ask.
Thats one of the reason by wich i love xda, veru fast and usefull replies thanks you guys for wasting time to help! And it really drove me crazy, searching, looking for fixes. Reviews, agh, damn, i spent the entire week deciding, even on work lol i'm a sick of mobile technology, smarthphones are my passion and i spent much time reading threads like this. So .. it heats because of hungry display and powerful processor, battery drains because of display, and of course it would be fine in 720p.. i think i'll take the risk, i cant die without trying SGS2! I'll use the entire functions before the 10 days that my carrier gives to exchange it for a new one in case of factory defects, i hope there is no issuees, wish me look!! Thanks you all! I'll notice you when i get home with it.. does the camera suffer the pink issue? Whatever, here i go sgs2
Since day 1 I specifically tested for the pink issue but couldn't produce it. But other users have it too but are saying its been fixed through the new camera firmware, so all in all you won't get it or it will be fixed.
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previously I apologize if I am wrong opinion
I also compare between atrix, sgs2 and Optimus 2x and finally I decided to buy the Optimus 2x
please note that no single man-made is perfect, there must have been the weakness behind it
so I can only give encouragement to you in order not to regret what you buy
sgs2 also have more side than the other handhelds
you can optimize your handheld to fit your needs
you try to thread sgs2 visit there you will find all the advantages of which have been optimized sgs2
i`m sorry, i can`t speak english well
Well, Galaxy R is cheaper and has a better GPU. And its pretty decent handset.
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i have an atrix 2, and while i like the design, look and feel of the phone, and most importantly to me, the way it interacts with the car dock, i will say it has it's share of issues.
i cannot get the emails to stop syncing, even with the accounts set to fetch manually
settings menus are just confusing, you can change the same setting in 2-3 different places
even though the phone state 8gb internal memory, this is not true. it is not accessible to the user, you basically get 5gb of app storage. you are then given a 2gb sdcard to fit your pics, music, videos, lol
people are having a lot of sdcard read/write problems
apps2sd renders the sdcard useless
the camera absolutely sucks. takes forever to focus on anything, then snaps, wait... wait... wait... oh, it's blurry
even though it's not a blur phone, it has an ass-ton of blur apps running. freezing some works, but, i found that the blur and social network integration is so intertwined with system apps that you will get a lot of force closes on system apps when you freeze a lot of the services
there is a device health monitor service that runs, and runs gps 100% of the time, killing the battery. you can freeze this, but if you were like me and purchase the phone in hopes of getting away from having to hack and mod a phone to get it to run the way it was supposed to, your screwed.
the gallery app sucks
the music app sucks
you can hear yourself in call on the ear piece, which is oddly annoying
some of the atrix 2 devices have the infamous nexus s bug where the screen goes wonky sometimes while plugged in
bootloader is on lock down
there's no development happening at all
i'm actually at the point of exchanging it, i have 8 days left on my 30 day return period and i'm looking at getting the samsung focus s since there's nothing else worth having at that price point.
but don't get me wrong, not all atrix 2's are having these issues, and it is a good looking device and runs rather smoothly. the accessories, while expensive, are really cool too.
Well first of all i should assume the fact that nothing is perfect, i think i'm becoming a bit perfeccionist, but hey, when we spent some money in buying something we have a too big spectation! And when we find this little issues we say, damn, i wasn't expecting that! It's not working like it should.. Thanks svtfmook for the Atrix opinion, is the first i read and i think that Motorola focuses in Elegancy of the desing and high quality hardware handsets.. Otherwise Samsung has their own processor, the exynos chipset, and focus on the display, the functionality.. whatever.. Comparing the opinions, i think i should get the Galaxy S2 and stop complaining about those little issues.. I think its fine, i can live with it.. i admit i love the way that galaxy s2 do the things faster, i saw many reviews and i said, wow! What a Phone, just like neilbantoc says, The sharp and bright display and the speedy processor are battery hungry .. I think it won't worth waiting either, o don't think that the next phones will be far different to SGS2.. on 10th december i'll go for it, i'll see it how it works and everything and i think i'll fall un love.. Thanks you all, and its a honor for me to be a member and talk with you guys in XDA, its a great forum and i apreciate your patience to explain, there's no forum like this in Argentina, i'll promise next time i will speak english a bit better, sorry haha, take care

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Always curious to hear.
Got mine yesterday.
It's all screen! Lighter, thinner than GS3. Feels more like a small, thin Note 2 which is a good thing to me. Not so bubbly as GS3. Screen is amazing. Bloatware is out of control. The back looks kind of like snake skin.
The speaker is much louder than GS3. So far, I love it. Haven't even tried the features yet!
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Got mine yesterday as well. Extremely nice screen! Gorilla Glass 3 resists finger prints better then advertised in my opinion and the overall 5 inch display is incredible. Super zippy but yes, comes loaded with Samsung and AT&T Apps but this shouldn't be too surprising as Samsung did advertise there software quite a bit. Only natural they put there mark in it. On the flip side all this is easily fixable once a root is out but EVEN with this stuff the phone manages to handle it's memory well and work fast.
Overall I am glad I waited and after a couple of weeks I think there people freaking out are really gonna kick themselves for getting all worked up over stupid problems that are easily dealt with.
Got mine yesterday. see my bloatware thread.
Hardware is amazing and top notch. Software is so bloated and bogged down that, when combined with locked bootloader, I will strongly consider returning.
People might flame me for this, but even with the bloat disabled and using Nova launcher, my gs3 running slim bean is faster on everyday tasks.
Just hit 5% battery life and the phone just automatically reduced brightness to a point that I can barely use it, and phone won't let me crank it back up. Just way too much garbage.
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WMguy said:
Always curious to hear.
Got mine yesterday.
It's all screen! Lighter, thinner than GS3. Feels more like a small, thin Note 2 which is a good thing to me. Not so bubbly as GS3. Screen is amazing. Bloatware is out of control. The back looks kind of like snake skin.
The speaker is much louder than GS3. So far, I love it. Haven't even tried the features yet!
Anyone else?:good:
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screen is mind blowingly good, i had a HTC one for 3 days before i got my GS4 and honestly the one was closer to the s4 then i thought it would be. the one had less bloat and it stutter a bit less (after freezing bloat my phone has gotten ALOT better). camera is awesome love the quality and wow this phone is so small for 5 inches. coming from a note 2 and a temporary lumia 920 this thing feels tiny and light, honestly one of the major selling points of the gs4 is it's bezel less design (imo). if bootloader stays locked for long i am selling it or trading it for the one or octa core version.... its a shame that the stock rom is so bloated, i traded the one back because i thought sammy software would blow htc out the water but it didn't . One more thing, the GS4 tv remote works 10000 times better then the htc one. htc could not sync to my sound bar or u-verse box no matter what i tried, the GS4 had that working in seconds. i have 3 remotes just for my bed room and the fact that i do not need them is a huge plus.
phositadc said:
Got mine yesterday. see my bloatware thread.
Hardware is amazing and top notch. Software is so bloated and bogged down that, when combined with locked bootloader, I will strongly consider returning.
People might flame me for this, but even with the bloat disabled and using Nova launcher, my gs3 running slim bean is faster on everyday tasks.
Just hit 5% battery life and the phone just automatically reduced brightness to a point that I can barely use it, and phone won't let me crank it back up. Just way too much garbage.
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You might need to play with the settings some more for the auto brightness settings. As for the lag, AOSP ROMs have always been faster (in my experience) to Touchwiz Roms. I'm going to put up with the stock Touchwiz for as long as I can before trying out the first releases of AOSP on the GS4. I'm hopeful we will see some crazy development action if it's true the Quad-core international version ROM's can easily be ported to the US versions and vice versa. The international GS3 had so much to chose from. I was perfectly happy on my GS3 using AOKP, but I'm sure I'm not going to regret moving over to the GS4. I had the same debate when switching from the GS2 to the GS3.
I dont get mine till tonight, but I found one in a best buy mobile store and was surpised at how much stuttering I saw just going through the homescreens.
Im hoping that when I disable all the eye tracking stuff that will all run better.
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the GS4 tv remote works 10000 times better
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I'm sold
I tried the htc one remote control feature and liked it. Only thing I really liked, glad to hear the gs4 one is better. Definitely comes in handy.
How is the camera? Especially the dual shot feature(I feel I'll be using this alot )? And the other camera features?
SysAdmNj said:
I'm sold
I tried the htc one remote control feature and liked it. Only thing I really liked, glad to hear the gs4 one is better. Definitely comes in handy.
How is the camera? Especially the dual shot feature(I feel I'll be using this alot )? And the other camera features?
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just got the phone yesterday but i have not played with it a lot, studying for finals . but i did dual shot and it is cool and i could see it being fun to use. have not tried all the shooting modes but i am flying to NYC tonight and i plan on taking a bunch of photos and playing with the camera in depth over the weekend
SysAdmNj said:
I'm sold
I tried the htc one remote control feature and liked it. Only thing I really liked, glad to hear the gs4 one is better. Definitely comes in handy.
How is the camera? Especially the dual shot feature(I feel I'll be using this alot )? And the other camera features?
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Here are some photos I snapped this morning in challenging conditions: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/oll6vneulv13mz6/TZcApg0pCD
Overall, better than Galaxy S3 by a decent margin. But I used to have an iPhone 5, and my initial impression is that the IP5 takes better pictures than the GS4, at least in these conditions. I feel like it was extremely rare that I got a bad photo out of that phone, even in a relatively dark room as in these pictures, but as you can see in my link, several of these are pretty bad.
porkaysi said:
just got the phone yesterday but i have not played with it a lot, studying for finals . but i did dual shot and it is cool and i could see it being fun to use. have not tried all the shooting modes but i am flying to NYC tonight and i plan on taking a bunch of photos and playing with the camera in depth over the weekend
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Well good luck with that, and post some of the pics when you can
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Here are some photos I snapped this morning in challenging conditions: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/oll6vneulv13mz6/TZcApg0pCD
Overall, better than Galaxy S3 by a decent margin. But I used to have an iPhone 5, and my initial impression is that the IP5 takes better pictures than the GS4, at least in these conditions. I feel like it was extremely rare that I got a bad photo out of that phone, even in a relatively dark room as in these pictures, but as you can see in my link, several of these are pretty bad.
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Your pics look pretty good to me. I'm viewing them on my 24" monitor at work though. Cute dog btw. I'm sure compared to the ip5 the gs4 will have better detail due to the higher resolution in normal conditions? Is there an exposure setting? Or other settings to help low light conditions?
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Well good luck with that, and post some of the pics when you can
Your pics look pretty good to me. I'm viewing them on my 24" monitor at work though. Cute dog btw. I'm sure compared to the ip5 the gs4 will have better detail due to the higher resolution in normal conditions? Is there an exposure setting? Or other settings to help low light conditions?
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Now that I've taken a second look, I guess you are right that they are pretty decent, except for one of them. I'm so used to looking at things on a small screen that when I blow it up on a big monitor I expect it to be just as sharp on a big screen as it was on a small screen!
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Now that I've taken a second look, I guess you are right that they are pretty decent, except for one of them. I'm so used to looking at things on a small screen that when I blow it up on a big monitor I expect it to be just as sharp on a big screen as it was on a small screen!
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i agree. those pics you posted dont look that bad. that's the problem with the htc one camera (i own one) when you increase the resolution of the pic, the quality suffers due to only being 4mp. the gs4 is 13mp so it wont be as bad when you increase it's resolution (although there will still be some kind of quality drop off).
Just frickin' awesome. After having the Note this "cheap" plastic feels luxurious
Got mine today. Coming from an LG Optimus G. Here's a few thoughts.
1. I really like the keyboard. But since I've been a swiftkey user for a long time that's no surprise.
2. Screen is very good. Wish it was a little brighter when using auto brightness, but it is very good nonetheless.
3. Maybe I'm just not that picky, but I don't notice any lag. At least not anything bad enough to complain about.
4. Seems to charge pretty fast with the included 2 amp charger.
5. It might be plastic, but I can tell you I like the light weight and the feel in my hand better than my LG Optimus G...
6. I thought the 'swapped' menu and back buttons would bother me. But to be honest, I kind of like it better...
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I have a few questions,
1. Does the speaker have 'stereo sound' like the HTC one? Can you hear the base? What about hooking up to the headphone? Does it sound better than S3?
2. Anyone here uses Allshare cast? I have a Samsung LED Smart TV that I stream movies directly from my phone to the TV with a touch of a button on the S3. It does have occasional lags, however. Does the S4 do the same?
3. Does the S4 have the same amount of ringtones like the S3?
JasonJoel said:
6. I thought the 'swapped' menu and back buttons would bother me. But to be honest, I kind of like it better...
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I actually really like the button setup. When I got my first smartphone like three years ago, it was a Blackberry, and it had a similar button arrangement. It went [PHONE][MENU][HOME/SELECT][BACK][END CALL]. My current Galaxy S2 is [MENU][HOME][BACK][SEARCH]. So the S4 will be the same as I am used to, and I will appreciate not having to get used to a new setup.
two issues.
1)wifi keeps on disconnecting... very annoying
i have another device on the same wifi, but it's not disconnecting at all.
2) RAM. even if i clear everything, i'm at 1.2GB ish.. i always notice the homescreen widgets refreshing themselves due to low RAM.
anyone else?
everything else is fine.
speedy, beautiful screen, good speaker, very nice camera, etc.
Speaker is very good; coming from S2
Bloat... Blah
Android without root, is like a day without sunshine.
fargonaz said:
Android without root, is like a day without sunshine.
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This is a great comment! I agree 100%.
rsmolen said:
This is a great comment! I agree 100%.
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I honestly dont feel a need to root with the One S4 I can see being pretty much the same. Too me stock is way more boring =/

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