Hi,
What is everyone's opinion on the Desire S, i've got a HTC wildfire that is coming to the end of its contract, and the desire S looks like a phone i can afford, any good/bad things i should know about it? Bit worried about the battery life...
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Its brilliant. Maybe slightly outdated now if you're talking about a 2 year contract but I'm sure you'll burn your wildfire after using this. There is a lot of support from devs which is just amazing. I find the screen size the perfect size to use with one hand like I'm doing now. Battery life is pretty good for a smartphone. Not sure how it compares to wildfire, probably about the same.
Also believe me when I say that the desire s has the best community out of any phone on xda.
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I'd wait it out if I was OP, considering the next line up of handsets are only three months away.
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Also believe me when I say that the desire s has the best community out of any phone on xda.
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During the launch to october period I'd agree with you, since then its slowly gone downhill.
But if you want a real experience the Nexus forums are all "BAAAAAAAAWWWWWW", "I EEENSTAWLED A RAWM NOW STUFF NO WORK, WUT DO?", "WAAAAAH NO GORRILLIAARR GLASS ME WANTT REFUND". Basically most posts are over spilt milk, which the OP has literally forcefully spilt.
No, i HIGHLY recommend you against buying a Desire S. Don't get me wrong, this is a great device. But, it was released almost a year ago.
In the next 2 months, CES and MWC are coming up. Desire S was released at MWC last year, and i'm sure something great will come up this year too. Just wait till the end of feb and you'll get something much better for the same price.
yeah probably worth the wait, I want an upgrade
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Yes, Desire S is an upgrade compared to wildfire but wait for few months and you should get a better device.....but New phones will always come up....for now wait for the new launch compare it with others...I would say quad cores will make it and the dual cores should be cheaper and getting a dual core device would make more sense now...
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I hate the way phones get outdated quick I love my DS but I'm sure I'll hate it after the next 20 months of my contract
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The desire s is a great phone. I previously had a wildfire. The desire s is much better in almost every regard. But I agree with the other posts wait till CES and mwc see what's avaliable. That's what I did last year Ans went for the desire s. Its such a good phone. For me anyways
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I'll probably upgrade next year around may time. After mwc. By the way battery life is great but 3g always drains battery
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Some cons with the desire s. Cameras not very good. Gpu is getting somewhat out of date the new 3d games lag just a little and the wi fi reduction if you cover the top and the paint comes off a little if you have a black model. But these are minor worries. Overall smashing with a lot of developer support
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Big step up from the Wildfire
You won't regret it.
But as everyone else says,its old, and the successor will be likely announed at MWC.
My contracts up in August too, so id probably be upgrading in then.
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yeah its actually time to buy a dual core smartphone!!!single core phones r about to get old!
That's why I hate contracts.
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That's why I hate contracts.
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I'm not too mad at my contract . Mines only 1 year, and up in August. Only a couple of months.
And I'm very satisfied with my Desire S. I think I will still be happy with it in a few months time. Then in August, I can upgrade.
Whereas last time on my Toshiba TG01 I was ripping my hair out in frustration that i couldn't upgrade!
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Hmm very jealous. as of august I still have 12 months hopefully by then I'll have a fully working ics rom and can shut myself of from the world of xda for 12 months.
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Hmm very jealous. as of august I still have 12 months hopefully by then I'll have a fully working ics rom and can shut myself of from the world of xda for 12 months.
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Hehe... I'm hoping for a stable ICS release too to drive me through from now till July!
I'm gonna be real busy soon with exams
The best thing about my phone is I got it dead cheap too
I got it for a 12 month contract for £25 a month... and the phone just cost me £14.99
Also I got £50 quidco cashback, and under my dad I got 40% of total price NHS discount
For that I get a decent amount,
300 minutes, 1000 texts and 1GB data...
All that and the phone cost around £210 in total after all the discounts
I'm chuffed with the deal and best thing, its only 12 months!!
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Good deal!
I'm on £21 a month with O2, til next August :\
Ah well, I love this phone, the form factor is perfect (I really don't like big phones) and stable ICS is getting closer every day. It's probably best to wait now, but really, I couldn't recommend it higher.
I been with vodafone so long i got it for 10 quid a month with 200 mins 500 texts and 40 quid for the phone but for 24 months
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Who will buy the new HTC Desire S ?
I will not buy it because if it is not in the upgrade path for me and I got my Desire at the end of the last October, but I encourage everyone who will buy it because if we disregard all the puke people spill especially over in the Desire subforum, Desire S is a device of superb specification and if I wasn't under contract, I would be getting one myself.
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Who will buy the new HTC Desire S ?
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I pre-ordered one, but I'm half regretting it in light of the recent Pyramid leak.
If I didn't already have the Desire hd I would.
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I pre-ordered the Desire last year, and currently trying to sell it in order to pre-order the S...
I think it just fixes the little details in Desire that made all us looking for custom ROMs.
More space for apps (that is THE most important upgrade for me), a front camera so that we can make video-calls through skype..., HD video recording (though HTC could have gotten a 8MP cam), and a more solid body that our hands will enjoy (I am still mad about that back cap on Desire that doesn't fit EXACTLY as it should be...)
I don't have any smart-phone yet, and I'm nearly at the end of a 2-year no-data contract with a shiny-but-dumb Samsung, so I'm almost certainly getting one.
The main issues with the Desire are:
Memory's a little too small to install many apps.
Battery runs down too quickly
Overheating and reboots
Well the new device has more memory, more internal storage, and a 45nm CPU which should draw less power and be less prone to overheating, so that would appear to fix most of the problems.
I'm also drawn to the idea of built-in maps and some of the other Sense 2.1 goodies. And Gingerbread too.
The only thing that might change my mind is if the Desire S gets priced a little too close to the Incredible S and I have to pay an up-front cost (on the contracts I'm looking at, the Desire is free).
I would buy one - if the price is right...
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I will not buy it because if it is not in the upgrade path for me and I got my Desire at the end of the last October, but I encourage everyone who will buy it because if we disregard all the puke people spill especially over in the Desire subforum, Desire S is a device of superb specification and if I wasn't under contract, I would be getting one myself.
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Thanks for supporting Desire S.I am going to buy this phone in coming weeks.Yet waiting for its release in India..
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Thanks for supporting Desire S.I am going to buy this phone in coming weeks.Yet waiting for its release in India..
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it was released in India a few days back & is available in some shops (but not all)
i think the price was 25500 (not sure about this though)
Sold my ol' Desire last month. And now did get the DESIRE S.
It's worth it. from the build quality to camera, dimension..I must say it's a whole new phone.
I really want this phone. I will get it when a NAM version is available. I hope TELUS or bell will pick this up. A perfect phone to replace my nexus one.
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Engadget review said its slighty 15% faster than the old one..is that true? Planning to buy this one...its very good design and handy
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Engadget review said its slighty 15% faster than the old one..is that true? Planning to buy this one...its very good design and handy
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i guess that is true as the Desire S has a adreno 205 GPU & the processor is 45nm fabricated
& the original Desire has a adreno 200 GPU & the processor is 65nm fabricated
so the Desire S is faster GPU,less power hungry & also produces less heat
the Desire S also has better 3G capabilities,more ram,more rom,better camera (even though both are 5 MP),a front facing camera,a slightly better battery
the desire S also does not have any axis swapping bug like the original Desire & supports multi-touch with at than 2 separate points
so hardware wise its much better than the original Desire(i guess its better software wise too but i don't have the device yet so cant say )
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it was released in India a few days back & is available in some shops (but not all)
i think the price was 25500 (not sure about this though)
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ur rite kartkk.Desire S was released last week in india.But rite now it is not available in market.Only Flipkart selling it on preorder at 23,749/- bucks
I just did. Sold my HTC Desire for 300€ (433$) to a friend today and ordered a simlock-free and branding-free HTC Desire S muted black for 430€ (621$) online.
I am gonna miss the real hardware buttons (for waking up the device using lockBot pro), but I think I will not be disappointed. And the black color rulez! Hated that brownish ugly bronze of the Desire.
=)
OK, I just got eligible for an upgrade, and was about to pull the trigger on a Galaxy S2 when I picked up a Galaxy 8.9 Tab to play with. Long story short, I spent my upgrade money on it (and a sexy piece of hardware it is, IMO). So now I'm thinking about when to upgrade. I got to thinking about the fact that my Inspire does everything I want it to do right now (MIUI is sweet!). I'll have another upgrade coming in a couple of months (I steal my sons upgrades on my family plan and give him my hand me downs), so I have plenty of options. I also think that an upgrade unused is a waste of potential money.
So what's around the corner? Think the next best thing is coming out? I could just get the S2, keep the Inspire, and sell the new phone. I'm actually looking at the Skyrocket now, I like the idea of a little bigger screen, but 4.5" is about as big as I would go. Are there any other large screen phones on the horizon that I should be thinking about?
Check out the galaxy note!! One big ass phone/mini tablet.... ur choice!
Keep an eye out for the HTC Elite/Congressional. Should be announced at Mobile World Congress the end of next month, to be released this Spring. That is the one I'm looking for. No specs have been leaked on it, just the internal/rumored names and potential release date so far.
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I'm thinking about getting the Galaxy Note this week...
The big screen will look weird when talking on the phone, but I'm looking forward to having a big screen for media, browsing the web, apps and stuff...
what do you guys think?
Personally I'd take a look at the Sony xperia ion... 12mp camera 1.5 duel core snapdragon processor and 4.6 in screen I don't have an upgrade for like over a year it sucks but it looks sexy hehe
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1.5 dual is good
i think the galaxy note is 1.4...
i wish we already had quad cores, but with the lazy development of batteries by phone manufactures, we'r gonna have to wait for that...
i've only had my inspire for about 5 months, but phones are my passion
i woulda been so bored of my inspire by now, but with all the cool roms i can play with its distracting. 12 months to go for upgrade, hope i can last!
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i woulda been so bored of my inspire by now, but with all the cool roms i can play with its distracting. 12 months to go for upgrade, hope i can last!
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My thoughts exactly. With such an active community for the Inspire 4G / Desire HD, an "upgrade" is only a flash away.
Speaking of upgrades, LorD ClockaN has an ICS rom in beta here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1450962
Very smooth. I've been using it as my daily rom for the last two betas. Only problems are a glitchy camera and problems making calls over Bluetooth.
Wait til April for the HTC edge/congressional, 4.7 inch screen and the first quadcore phone and 1.5 GHz quadcore, gonna be a beast
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Honestly quadcore with what our phones are doing isn't my idea battery life would be trash soooooo...I'm either getting skyrocket, note, or ion... att don't know when the note or ion are hitting shelves :/ my friend told me shed give me the phone of my choice and ill give her my inspire they all are running 1.5 and the not has a 5.3inch screen xD Haha I am just wanting that more then anything
February 18th for the note!
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Honestly quadcore with what our phones are doing isn't my idea battery life would be trash soooooo...I'm either getting skyrocket, note, or ion... att don't know when the note or ion are hitting shelves :/ my friend told me shed give me the phone of my choice and ill give her my inspire they all are running 1.5 and the not has a 5.3inch screen xD Haha I am just wanting that more then anything
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I would wait until the MWC as the phones releases then will become the standard for the year and all updates will be geared towards the hardware released then. I am sticking with HTC who have a proven track record with smart phones and. active development. But that is just me.
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I would wait until the MWC as the phones releases then will become the standard for the year and all updates will be geared towards the hardware released then. I am sticking with HTC who have a proven track record with smart phones and. active development. But that is just me.
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This is good advice, especially with MWC only a month away. I don't know about you, but I'd be kicking myself if I upgraded now only to see a whole host of slick new phones coming out in the near future. I wonder if global smartphone sales drop before MWC due to this.
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I buy my phones right up front... my phone wont be upgradable until 2013 so ill just use others upgrades or buy up front... my phone means everything to me I don't have a computer or anything of the such I use my phone for EVERYTHING. Haha
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Wait til April for the HTC edge/congressional, 4.7 inch screen and the first quadcore phone and 1.5 GHz quadcore, gonna be a beast
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Will the edge even have 4g? It didn't say it on the specs that I found. Only had HSDPA and HSUPA.
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Will the edge even have 4g? It didn't say it on the specs that I found. Only had HSDPA and HSUPA.
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What ATT calls 4G is HSDPA and HSUPA.
Not only that, but the Edge is a different device entirely. The device is actually called the Elite.
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Wait til April for the HTC edge/congressional, 4.7 inch screen and the first quadcore phone and 1.5 GHz quadcore, gonna be a beast
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Dude, the device your referencing with specs is not the Congressional. The Edge, and those specs are the same and seperate. The rumoured device for AT&T is the Elite/Congressional. No specs have been leaked for the Elite/Congressional.
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What ATT calls 4G is HSDPA and HSUPA.
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I'm sorry, I meant LTE 4G, not the 3.5G type of 4G.
Definitely going LTE with my next upgrade. Loving my Inspire with ARHD. Getting 5-6 mbps download speeds. I expect LTE will blow that away.
So they convinced me to get out of flexpay and reset my upgrade a year earlier than it was supposed to be. Looking at the sgs2 but not liking its Samsung. What do you guys think or what have you heard? Are there any HTC phones that are a drastic improvement from the mt4g coming out?
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So they convinced me to get out of flexpay and reset my upgrade a year earlier than it was supposed to be. Looking at the sgs2 but not liking its Samsung. What do you guys think or what have you heard? Are there any HTC phones that are a drastic improvement from the mt4g coming out?
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Not that I've heard. I'm waiting until until T-Mobile gets something with a S4 (4th gen Snapdragon) and over 1 GB of RAM. I got the MT4G right after launch and it was worth it then because it was the first phone in the U.S. with a S2 and 768MB of RAM. I'd milk the MT4G a few more months...it's still a fast phone with more than adequate performance.
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So they convinced me to get out of flexpay and reset my upgrade a year earlier than it was supposed to be. Looking at the sgs2 but not liking its Samsung. What do you guys think or what have you heard? Are there any HTC phones that are a drastic improvement from the mt4g coming out?
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I say wait as long as you can.. the sgs2 is a nice phone but I read the sgs3 is coming out, the specs are great. As for HTC the edge seem to be a new phone with great promise as well. As for the Mt4g it's still a great phone for atleast the next 2yrs.
www.geek.com/articles/mobile/samsun...-core-and-4-6-inch-superamoled-plus-20111010/
www.phonearena.com/phones/HTC-Edge_id6549
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Yeah kinda what I was thinking. Hopefully be some good announcements in the beginning of 2012
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If I was replacing my MT4G, I'd probably aim for an Amaze 4G or try to stick it out until the next generation of phones hit.
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I'd milk the MT4G a few more months...it's still a fast phone with more than adequate performance.
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I say wait as long as you can..As for HTC the edge seem to be a new phone with great promise as well.
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I agree to stick with your MT4G and wait a while...the HTC Edge does look like an awesome device
HTC Sensation, Sensation XL, or Amaze 4G in my opinion.
Just wait. At the rate phones come out, roms come out as well. Xda has your back! Unless it breaks, hold off on the upgrade.
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Depending on what carrier(s) it's available for, the Asus Padfone is looking pretty sweet
I would wait a bit, especially with the tegra 3 chip in the horizon
Every time I want a new phone, I flash a new ROM. Best way to get your current phone to act like a new phone. Left MIUI for Febs ICS beta recently. It's so amazing It will save you a lot of money comparatively too.
I have an HTC HD2 (T-Mobile version unlocked, on AT&T) and I am looking at getting a T-Mobile plan. My HD2 had Android 2.3.7 (AmeriCan Android). It runs the SD card, so I can still use WM6.5.
So, when I go to T-Mobile, the free phones they have (at Costco) lists the MT4G, which looks like the best free one.
But, when I compare what Costco / T-Mobile and PhoneScoop.com say are the specs, they don't match.
I'm wondering if going from the HD2 with Android to the MT4G is worth it. I know I can keep the HD2 and if I don't like the TM4G as much I can switch back (or even back and forth), but I was wondering what MT4G users think of their phones.
Also, does anyone change to a newer version of Android before the warranty runs out?
I love my mt4g. no the specs should all be the same. I get over a day running cm7 overclocked to 1.5ghz with normal use. Was going to use the phone as a present to control a Logitech harmony base but. Have decided to wait till HTC makes there next big one not really liking sgs2 after using one.
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I have an HTC HD2 (T-Mobile version unlocked, on AT&T) and I am looking at getting a T-Mobile plan. My HD2 had Android 2.3.7 (AmeriCan Android). It runs the SD card, so I can still use WM6.5.
So, when I go to T-Mobile, the free phones they have (at Costco) lists the MT4G, which looks like the best free one.
But, when I compare what Costco / T-Mobile and PhoneScoop.com say are the specs, they don't match.
I'm wondering if going from the HD2 with Android to the MT4G is worth it. I know I can keep the HD2 and if I don't like the TM4G as much I can switch back (or even back and forth), but I was wondering what MT4G users think of their phones.
Also, does anyone change to a newer version of Android before the warranty runs out?
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Oh dear god PLEASE DON'T BUY THE "LG MYTOUCH 4G"....it's not the real mt4g and you wont get any rom support
Oh yeah I forgot about that phone yeah stay away from LG at all costs!
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Honestly wait... I had the mt4g from launch up to about 2 weeks ago... tmo offered me a sensation as a warranty replacement.. don't get me wrong, it's a nice device, but the mt4g dev section makes me miss my old phone. Unless it's free (aka me getting the sensation didn't effect my bill, upgrade date or contract..) , I'd stick with the mt4g.
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Oh dear god PLEASE DON'T BUY THE "LG MYTOUCH 4G"....it's not the real mt4g and you wont get any rom support
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I will watch out for the LG version to avoid it, but I was looking at T-Mobile from Costco. They have the T-Mobile® myTouch™ 4G Black, and in the pictured you can see "HTC" on the back.
The reason I was looking at this was it is $0.01 from Costco, and it seems to be pretty good compared to my HTC HD2, and I'm running Android, like the mt4g, so I thought that would be a good step.
Thanks!
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I will watch out for the LG version to avoid it, but I was looking at T-Mobile from Costco. They have the T-Mobile® myTouch™ 4G Black, and in the pictured you can see "HTC" on the back.
The reason I was looking at this was it is $0.01 from Costco, and it seems to be pretty good compared to my HTC HD2, and I'm running Android, like the mt4g, so I thought that would be a good step.
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The development of this ROM is amazing. I got lucky and didn't realize that before I bought the phone, but the MT4G is a fantastic phone for $0.01 on contract.
Either way though, I may suggest a dualcore if it ever goes on a sale. Quite sure there was a time when the SGS2 was like $0.01 during Christmas for T-mobile. Try and look for deals like that.
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The development of this ROM is amazing. I got lucky and didn't realize that before I bought the phone, but the MT4G is a fantastic phone for $0.01 on contract.
Either way though, I may suggest a dualcore if it ever goes on a sale. Quite sure there was a time when the SGS2 was like $0.01 during Christmas for T-mobile. Try and look for deals like that.
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The SGS2 deal was something like $200 down, with $200 mail in rebate, and $20 per month for 20 months! Not quite the deal I was looking for.
Not sure if I should wait for a better deal toward the end of the month, or take the plunge now!
Anyone know if any T-Mobile deals are coming soon?
You are only going to get a great deal on T-mobile if you aren't a current customer (just my opinion). Otherwise, wait until you are eligible for phone upgrades.
http://support.t-mobile.com/thread/23689?tstart=0
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Not with the devs we have. Sense 4.0 is slowly workin' out!
Honestly you can't expect these phones to last long anyways, a year is what I expect, 2 years is max. By the third, my phone is trash!
Still would think it would be longer look at there sidekick
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Why so dramatic? Its been on EOL status for over a month. This is completely normal as it, and the Amaze 4G, are being replaced by the One S.
Well the sensation and desire hd (and EVO 3d) are still on sale in the UK (on display in carphone). I guess the EVO will go first, and the sensation will become like the desire hd.
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Not with the devs we have. Sense 4.0 is slowly workin' out!
Honestly you can't expect these phones to last long anyways, a year is what I expect, 2 years is max. By the third, my phone is trash!
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Slowly? I think the progress is blazin! Lol, but ya i agree after a year or so its time to upgrade anyways.
No point upgrading unless you love the stock HTC software, it's why I waited until the sensation had been out a year before buying one - to let the developer and knowledge base build up so I could flash a ROM the moment it arrived.
The sensation will still be sold and supported for years yet, the new phones don't add any killer functions so why bother? HTC are finding out that releasing a new phone every six months destroys brand loyalty, not increase it - hence their drop in profits.
Rooted and running an ICS rom, the sensation is still one of the best phones you can get. There won't be any huge strides made this year in cell phones. Maybe the iPhone 5 will be exciting, but probably not either. The sensations CPU is fast.
Okay guys,
I'm a hobbyist developer, I often pseudo-kang my own roms by basically cherry picking features from various roms and slap them all together into one big frankenrom for whatever device I'm using.
I've decided that next phone I get, I'm just going to develop a real rom myself. The problem is, I can't decide what my next phone will be! I have two options, and only two as I have VERY limited funds and will be renewing my contract:
AT&T HTC One X
LG Optimus G
Both are less than a dollar. The one X has lesser specs, but I'm familiar with HTC devices and their quirks (been cooking up roms since my old wizard and Kaiser days) but the optimus g is from a manufacturer I'm totally unfamiliar with when it comes to developing yet has some amazing specs for a whopping PENNY at Wal-Mart.
How active do you guys (honestly) see the developing community surrounding the One X lasting? Is it worth it to jump into a device that is already end of life? Should I just hang on until I have an extra $99 and get the HTC One?
I'm coming here and asking you guys this because you're the ones that can tell me how much longer you HONESTLY see yourselves using this device. I'm using the htc holiday now, and that really bit me in the arse, dying out in less than a year, AND being a nightmare to develop for. If it happens again with the One X, I'm swearing of HTC forever.
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Me, personally, I'd wait and pay the $99 for the M7. I'm not saying this is a bad phone by any stretch of the imagination, it's a freakin awesome phone, I absolutely love my Evita.
But, considering the speed at which tech becomes outdated, and how long you want to keep a device for, it just seems to make more sense to hold out for the M7.
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I agree. The latest tech for quad core phones is extremely promising, like the one and the gs4. Seems like their getting great battery/performance ratio. I'd wait it out a bit.
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I agree. The latest tech for quad core phones is extremely promising, like the one and the gs4. Seems like their getting great battery/performance ratio. I'd wait it out a bit.
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Me, personally, I'd wait and pay the $99 for the M7. I'm not saying this is a bad phone by any stretch of the imagination, it's a freakin awesome phone, I absolutely love my Evita.
But, considering the speed at which tech becomes outdated, and how long you want to keep a device for, it just seems to make more sense to hold out for the M7.
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Thanks a lot guys. That really helped me make my decision, along with seeing the crazy TWENTY HOURS of talk time a friend managed on a stock HTC One. My Holiday gets MAYBE 5 hours of screen on time, and that's with LTE turned off, intellidemand governor, and max clock set to 1024MHz. That was another big bite on the arse with getting one of the first LTE phones on AT&T
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agentfusion said:
Thanks a lot guys. That really helped me make my decision, along with seeing the crazy TWENTY HOURS of talk time a friend managed on a stock HTC One. My Holiday gets MAYBE 5 hours of screen on time, and that's with LTE turned off, intellidemand governor, and max clock set to 1024MHz. That was another big bite on the arse with getting one of the first LTE phones on AT&T
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$99?! Pfft, try $50!
http://htcsource.com/2013/07/htc-one-price-drops-to-50-for-a-limited-time/
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Asovse1 said:
$99?! Pfft, try $50!
http://htcsource.com/2013/07/htc-one-price-drops-to-50-for-a-limited-time/
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OMG. I wish I had a credit card and $50 RIGHT THE HELL NOW.
Asovse1 said:
$99?! Pfft, try $50!
http://htcsource.com/2013/07/htc-one-price-drops-to-50-for-a-limited-time/
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Oooh. Those sneaky bastards. It's only $50 if you're starting *new* service. Upgrades are $99.
Aw shucks, what a letdown.
What would you lose if you were to start a new contract? I know up here in Canada, it's government law to have carriers able to port your number from one service to another, even if it's to the same carrier after a cancellation of their service. Other than the phone number, I don't know what else you'd lose besides loyalty. Would it be worth it to look into?
Starting fresh is just an idea to explore, it might help, probably not.
Edit: The reason I say start new (if at all possible) is because I believe the HTC Holiday is >2 years old, rendering your contract nearly terminated and up for renewal. Just to clarify.