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This question is mainly for the former Captivate owners...
I am considering going from the Captivate to the Inspire. I am well aware of the hardware and software differences, so I need not to be schooled there. However, I would like to hear opinions as far as personal experiences go when going from the captivate to the inspire. Also, from a development point of view, the captivate is great because of the high competition and many choices of different custom roms...how promising is the inspire as far as develoment goes? Thanks.
seen your post in the captivate or iphone4 thread earlier, just go get the inspire dude, hands down without doing anything to it is way faster and wya more enjoyable, havent felt like that about a phone since droid x, had captivate 6 months sold on craigslist and got the inspire and not one regret at all. way more polished then cappy for sure. and im pretty sure devolpment is alot bigger then cappys, because inspire is basically desire hd.
I agree. I bought the Captivate back in August. I kept it stock for months and I was disappointed by the was Samsung treated us. Eventually I put Andromeda 1.2 and that made the phone much more enjoyable.
I am much more happy with my Inspire than I ever was with my Captivate. That includes the hard work and great job Team Komin did to make the phone good.
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The captivate was nice but nothing like the Inspire.
I got sick of loading new Roms each week just to have it perform.
About the only Rom that worked for me was the cognition, everything else f k ed something up.
You will not be disappointed, this works right out of the box.
I hope I enjoy my inspire as much as you guys do. I should be getting it mon, or tue. Can't wait to give it a try.
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Just bought the inspire a few days ago, off contract even, after pissing off my upgrade on a captivate last November.
This phone blows the captivate out of the water.
The difference is just...stunning.
Go get this phone.
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Just go for it. You won't regret the change. Running a stock, rooted Inspire. Happy with it as it is right now. Just thankful to not have to flash a new Rom every few days.
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Agreed. Went from Iphone 3gs to HTC Aria, to Iphone 4, to captivate (it's sad when a low/mid phone pulls someone away from iOS to Android) to streak to inspire (all since this time last year. yeah i'm a phone whore). Inspire is by far my fav
Inspire runs circles around Captivate, even in stock form.
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I went from a Samsung Captivate to a Motorola Atrix (for a few days) to the Inspire. Samsung Captivate frustrated me to no end, and the Motorola Atrix build quality was just terrible. The Inspire is a great phone with superb build quality, and it's quite snappy to boot. I say go for it!
No offense to the OP, but I think it is time to start discouraging the over abundance of these " what kind of phone should I get " or " what is your opinion of the Inspire, compared to ..........." Again, no offense to anyone, but there are already a ton of these threads. Let's just search or bump one of those and make a Hugh effort to keep this forum uncluttered
Captivate to Inspire is like going from a Mitsubishi Eclipse to a Porsche. HTC is the most developer friendly phone manufacturer on the Android Platform. This phone has been out less than a month and we already have lots of ROM options out there including CM7.
On paper the Captivate is a great phone and it has some specs that are a little better than the Inspire, but the proof isn't on paper it's in actual phone use.
The Inspire is a solid phone with great hardware and a a thriving developer community. Make the move you won't be sorry.
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No offense to the OP, but I think it is time to start discouraging the over abundance of these " what kind of phone should I get " or " what is your opinion of the Inspire, compared to ..........." Again, no offense to anyone, but there are already a ton of these threads. Let's just search or bump one of those and make a Hugh effort to keep this forum uncluttered
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None taken, however I created this thread for a very specific purpose. I am aware of other posts about "what phone should I get." I did look for a thread specifically for this topic and didn't find one. I wanted to see what other captivate owners had to say about going from the captivate to the inspire because an opinion from somebody coming from an iPhone or something else is not going to help.
Anyways, I finally decided to head down to the ATT store and picked one up. Needless to say I am very impressed with the inspire. The salesmen tried to get me to buy the atrix. He said the inspire was not only selling like hotcakes, but it outselling the atrix and said that the atrix isn't selling as good as they thought it would. I told him the deal breaker for me for the atrix was that it has a smaller screen, motoblur UI which I don't like and its not development friendly.
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None taken, however I created this thread for a very specific purpose. I am aware of other posts about "what phone should I get." I did look for a thread specifically for this topic and didn't find one. I wanted to see what other captivate owners had to say about going from the captivate to the inspire because an opinion from somebody coming from an iPhone or something else is not going to help.
Anyways, I finally decided to head down to the ATT store and picked one up. Needless to say I am very impressed with the inspire. The salesmen tried to get me to buy the atrix. He said the inspire was not only selling like hotcakes, but it outselling the atrix and said that the atrix isn't selling as good as they thought it would. I told him the deal breaker for me for the atrix was that it has a smaller screen, motoblur UI which I don't like and its not development friendly.
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I can tell you this, you will not regret your decision. I can't believe the night and day difference over the Captivate. It is a whole new world.
I loved my Captivate. I love my inspire even more. It's definitely a step up. I'm not one to load roms and such, but I've seen a plethora of custom roms available for it, as well as, heard others speaking of roms.
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I just got mine three days ago. I cant go back to the cappy now. Harder to root but once done easier to flash roms, and battery life sucks but blows the cappy away lol
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I went from a Captivate to an Inspire and have liked it so far minus one major flaw, ROM space. On the Captivate I had loaded TONS of applications, so much so my wife constantly complained that I had too much junk on my phone. But I was testing, playing with new programs and seeing what worked for me. The Inspire has so much less space that when I initially set it up and the market tried to reload all my applications I ran out of space. I had to purge a ton of applications from my list. But since I never used many of these applications it wasn't a major issue.
That being said, I would make this trade every time, this phone is so much nicer and everything just works, including the GPS. I am very happy with the new phone and within a week of getting it I have rooted it, put on a couple tests ROMs, played with them then went back to a rooted stock ROM. So it seems development here is very lively, at least for what I do with my phone which is replace a ROM once in a blue moon. Now I have a captivate to play with as my toy phone and this phone as my work phone. Two phones for only $80 isn't bad (the original Captivate I got in August was essentially free after they rebated me $200 over the months for all the trouble then I upgraded a family line with the Inspire for $80).
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I went from a Captivate to an Inspire and have liked it so far minus one major flaw, ROM space. On the Captivate I had loaded TONS of applications, so much so my wife constantly complained that I had too much junk on my phone. But I was testing, playing with new programs and seeing what worked for me. The Inspire has so much less space that when I initially set it up and the market tried to reload all my applications I ran out of space. I had to purge a ton of applications from my list. But since I never used many of these applications it wasn't a major issue.
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The great thing is that with Froyo from the factory, you can use app2sd with no trouble and have quite a bit more apps than you otherwise could with ROM space.
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The great thing is that with Froyo from the factory, you can use app2sd with no trouble and have quite a bit more apps than you otherwise could with ROM space.
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True for applications which will move. I have a fair number of applications which refuse to relocate.
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Just go for it. You won't regret the change. Running a stock, rooted Inspire. Happy with it as it is right now. Just thankful to not have to flash a new Rom every few days.
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Can you tell me how to root and keep the same rom, i like it but i want root access to get rid of all of att's [email protected]$n bloatware
I love my inspire...and before I even had this phone I considered the atrix...I know there both good phones, but which do you think is actually best?
I can overclock my inspire too be way faster than the atrix so processors aren't a factor...what would make someone want an atrix over an inspire?
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I would imagine that people would want the Atrix for the docks and laptop replacements. Not as stable from what I've heard. Good ideas, not fully developed yet.
I was thinking about both and read a review while waiting in the att store. The inspire was getting better reviews than the Atrix.
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I hate MotoBlur. I love my Inspire ...so I'm obviously bias. lol
For me the atrix is just too damned slow, laggy. I have played with more than 5 brand new ones now and they are all the same. Such a shame to, I was dead set on getting one, even without the ability to flash new kernels. But I cannot live with a phone that stu stu studders so bad. In fact I just went and bought another new inspire today for the mrs and played around with the new phones again. The infuse is much more appealing to me than the atix, even with that big ass screen its snappier. So sad moto, you had such a bad ass blueprint with that ***** and it turned into an abortion. They are getting returned left and right by unhappy customers. Oh well, when the gs2 comes out I just hope that ***** is as bad as I think it is.
oh and on an unrelated note. Played with an old favorite the captivate today. Holy Christ that thing is slow in stock form. That phone is an example of just how bad ass the xda devs are.
I am biased as well, but here goes. The development in the inspire is amazing. You can run the new sense 3.0, cm7, miui, and a plethora of sense based roms. This phone will continue to receive development which will give us unofficial official updates far after htc discontinues support, which I assume will be quite a while away anyway, and the atrix will reach end of life far sooner. The locked encrypted bootloader means no kernels, and as of now no real roms. For me this is a huge dealbreaker. Also my inspire running overclocked miui kills the stock atrix, and in my opinion the screen quality on the inspire is far superior. Just know if you choose the atrix you will be at the mercy of moto for updates and software development, and after my experience with the captivate and official updates from samsung, I would never want wait for updates from the manufacturer.
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I currently own an unlocked atrix on att. I'm always on wifi so mobile data speeds are not problem for me. I have an offer from craigslist to trade my phone with a x2. should I go with it? What do you guys say?
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its up to you... i was not impressed by the atrix other than the whole docking capabilities that it had
I can't say to much about the Atrix cuz I've never played with it. The G2x is a great phone with lots of development, roms and kernals. Better yet, bootloader is already unlocked.
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If you are happy with the Atrix I would stay with it for now. Most of the opinions I have seen would say that the G2X is a better phone. I went and played with both phones at the stores and bought the G2X. I don't regret that decision and I really like the G2X overall. I will love it even more when they come out with the official software fix. That said, I would not get a G2X off of craigslist right now. There seem to be some phones that have much more severe issues in regards to reboots and backlight bleed. People that are having trouble exchanging or can't return those phones are most likely turning to craigslist. I would have to really trust someone to take a G2X from them right now without extensive testing. I have been burned too many times buying electronics off of craigslist, I have gotten some good deals too though so YMMV. Maybe I am just being paranoid.
I love my atrix and we are probably having gingerbread update soon (june july as per a dev in our forum). I think I'm gonna stick with this atrix now.
It does look like a superior phone considering better battery, superior screen resolution, fingerprint scanner etc. only thing I miss here is the lack of unlocked boot loader.
I really wish someday I can run cm7 on it as I was able to do on my nexus one and nexus s.
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Atrix seems like a cool phone! I love my g2x.... just new to android so learning to do ROMs and all that.. so I'm not at the peak of the fun mountain yet='/
I know their are probably a bunch of these threads already out, your probably tired of seeing them so bare with me please, I'm a noob.
I was granted an "early" upgrade. I was on the phone with the rep and I had to pick a phone at that moment, I wasn't allowed to call back, long story.
Anyways, it was between the Nexus, Rezound and Razr. My old phone was Droid X and X2, customiztion was horrible, I swore to myself I would never go back to Motorola because to this day there are only around 3 ROMs out for it, hell CM is still not complete for it. I've always like the UI on HTC phones, don't know why I think it's a great UI, looks wise. I've never had an HTC phone for a long period of time to determine how the UI runs long term. And with the Nexus, you can pretty much customize it how you see fit, from what I hear? I haven't had chance to go to the store to try any of these so I'm basing everything off what the rep told me. So it be nice to get the "real" advice from you guys.
So I ordered the Nexus, I had the rep on the phone for an hour while I was Googleing information online. It was between the Nexus and Rezound. I don't know too much about these phones but at first I was leaning toward the Rezound because of the faster CPU, removable sdcard, the better camera, etc. But the Verizon rep who was an HTC user before recommended the Nexus, he said the phone feels like a different world, that UI is very sleek, clean and friendly.
Did I get the right phone? I know I have 14 days to decide but I really for once want to get a phone and not have to return it. So what are the big noticeable differences between the Nexus and Rezound?
Also, I was wondering about this:
- The nexus has an unlocked bootloader unlike the Rezound?
- Will the Nexus eventually have Sense roms out for it, I like the Sense UI and I want to get back into flashing a bunch of different ROMs. I haven't been able to do that sine the OG Droid b/c my Droid X is a POS!
- How is the batter life, my DX couldn't make it through the night.
That's all I can think of now, I appreciate everyones help and listening to me ramble on, I just want to pick the right phone.
Nexus, Rezound, or Razr?
I'm in a similar boat. I have a phone coming my way, but I'm not sure which I want... I have a Thunderbolt currently, running CM7, and I love the AOSP experience. I'm leaning towards the Nexus, but at the same time, the RAZR is absolutely epic, and the Rezound has a lot of awesome goodness. I hate Sense, and Motoblur (or whatever it's called currently).
I know the Galaxy Nexus has a couple of problems, but how severe do they actually affect the useability of the device?
To the OP: If you like messing with roms, nexus it always going to be the best way to go.
Definitely the Nexus. The rezound hasn't been rooted yet. The Razr is a motorola with a locked bootloader...enough said. The Nexus' issues are all software related and will be fixed with OTA's and custom ROM's.
I'm curious to see how many fools say SGSII in this post.
I got the Nexus today arrive a few hours ago. I'm going to play with this for a few days and make my final decision. I like ICS already, but for some reason I like the Sense UI on HTC phones. I'm going to try and hit up a Verizon store soon to check one out.
With all the newer phones for HTC coming out, is the HTC Inspire still a good a buy?
I just purchased a thunderbolt. They're basicly the same device. Yes, its still a great buy. Throw cm7 or ics sense on it and call it a day.
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With all the newer phones for HTC coming out, is the HTC Inspire still a good a buy?
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Give us more info. Do you have an upgrade coming up or something? It's still a good phone that runs android relatively smooth. But there are many better offerings.
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Sure it's a real solid phone, but if you're upgrading from the carrier and getting their discount I'd go for newer technology personally. I won't be replacing my inspire till it dies or I find a ROM that needs a faster processor, but I don't think i'd actually buy one new.
Honest opinion, as much as I'd like to get a new phone (one x), my inspire suplies me with everything I expect from a smartphone, but if I were to upgrade from, say a OG Droid or something from those parameters, I'd get a newer phone.
I've had my Inspire since Feb 2011 and I still love it. Since you can probably get one for next to nothing now, it's a great buy. But I agree that if I was going to upgrade right now I'd get one of the newer devices to maximize my discount.
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I have had my inspire since June of last year. It was my first Android phone coming from an iPhone and I love it. It does everything I ask of it and is very hackable. I have lost track long ago of the number of different Roms I have try ed on it and it seems to keep getting better. And since I will not be able to get an upgrade from AT&T till January I'll just keep trucking with it and enjoying it.
I traded my Titan 2 for an Inspire (+ cash) and I'm so happy. The phone is EXCELLENT! To me, the default GB ROM with Sense was super ugly and reminded me of my old HD2 when it was running on Windows 6.5. So within an hour of having the phone, I rooted it and put ICS on it and I can proudly say, the Inspire is here to stay .
I sold my new galaxy note for 500$ and bought an inspire for 160$.... I'm happy with the decision
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I thoroughly enjoy this phone, but with all of the new and fancier ones coming out, I would lean towards those. Then again I like to mess with things a lot, so if you're looking simply for a solid phone, the Inspire definitely fits that description.
I enjoy the phone if you one of those people like me who doesn't mind not having a front camera then I'd say go for it I've personally flashed a ics ROM but that's just me
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For a phone of this age (by today's standards), it still is a worthy device. I had my phone running stock for the first 6 or 7 months i had it. Didn't slow down at all. And the amount of development going into it is pretty crazy so there's no way you can get bored once you root
It's a good phone, one of the best that I ever had.
Also I ear good news from HTC that the HTC desire HD (sister of the Inspire) will be receiving the ICS update!!! And hopefully, one of the developers will be able to port this into to the HTC Inspire 4g
I have a HTC Inspire 4G and it still is a really good Phone; However, better phones have become or will become available in the near future. It really comes down to your preference. Samsung, HTC, and Motorola all have really good phones out now so search around and find a phone that fits your needs and get that one.