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[Q] New to Andriod any suggestions on phone or manufacturers

I've been using an iphone for years now and I sick of IOS and its lack of usefulness IMO.
Anyways I'm looking to switch soon to andriod any suggestions on phones or manufacturers? I have heard from a friend that HTC is the best for rooting is this true? I'd like to root my phone so I dont want to end up with a phone that is locked down.
I am currently looking at the samsung Galaxy S II, Driod Bionic and HTC thunderbolt. Though I hear the driod bionic may not be rootable? Any other suggestions?
I'm open to service providers though I am looking at verizon right now.
Sorry if this has been asked before I tried to search but didnt find anything.
I'm starting to research now so any help would be appreciated and any website suggestions would be awesome too.
Thanks for the help!!

Get samsung galaxy s2 my friend has it and I can tell you its bloody fast i'd say as much as the iphone no laggs between screens animations very nice looking! Even front facing camera.
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HTC evo is very good. Anything from HTC for that matter

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HTC is the way to go. Samsung is cheaply made.

shahkam said:
Get samsung galaxy s2 my friend has it and I can tell you its bloody fast i'd say as much as the iphone no laggs between screens animations very nice looking! Even front facing camera.
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totally agreed! I want one but it's still too expensive for now. but I'm sure that I'll get one eventually....currently I'm using samsung galaxy s

HTC Nexus One
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Samaung galaxy s 2 is on the top of my list
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The galaxy s2 is a nice one on paper, I haven't tried it myself but I believe it would be good. I wasn't a fan of the original galaxy s though, it felt very cheap and the touch screen wasn't as good as the htc's. I used the htc desire and really liked that one, htc makes some brilliant phones, that feel well-built, well programmed and really stand out when you actually use them.
I think either the galaxy s2 or a htc phone would be good, I'm liking the look of the HTC sensation myself. If you're looking for a dual core like those though, I believe it would be best to wait it out for a while and see how the development goes for them.

thanks for all the suggestions how are samsung phones for rooting? or does it all depend on the development community picking up the phones?

no problem at all with rooting, personally i would suggest you'll get a fully customized rom for your phone - these are much faster than the stock firmware and rooted by default...

For google, make the Maps 5 with navigation to be available completely offline, like you can do with OVI Maps in nokia.

Anyone grabbing this badboy?

http://www.androidcentral.com/sprints-motorola-photon-4g-available-july-31-199-contract
Just thought Id share this with you guys...

sounds pretty badass but its kinda ugly

My brother wants to go on my line, and imma either tell him the evo 3d or this.
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The specs seem pretty good but its kinda ugly and looks bulky...after this nexus I don't think I want to go to a heavier phone..oh and I love cm7 and miui
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Locked bootloader
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Itll get rooted, but bootloader is locked. With the recent breakthroughs on the Droid X with second init and getting CM7 working, count on aosp working at some point on the Photon also. Motorola may even unlock a few months down the road since they promised no more locked bootloaders.

Like the look and nice specs but I only buy Nexus devices. To buy any other android phone other than a Nexus would be stupid.

I think it is nice, but, I genuinely love my NS4G and I haven't even rooted and started flashing yet.
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Yea dont blame you. I personally like Motorola and think itll be the best all around option sprint will see this year. Best battery and radio, guaranteed.
gunstar3035 said:
Like the look and nice specs but I only buy Nexus devices. To buy any other android phone other than a Nexus would be stupid.
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Oh. And the Atrix bootloader has been hacked and unlocked so im sure the photon will be figured out shortly.

gunstar3035 said:
Like the look and nice specs but I only buy Nexus devices. To buy any other android phone other than a Nexus would be stupid.
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Wow. That's pretty closed minded.
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Battery life will be awesome. It has a 10 hour talk time.
newalker91 said:
If it gets unlocked, I'll jump on it. Tegra 2 processors are second to none with their 3D capabilities. I'm skeptical about battery life and the qHD display. The only phone I'm interested other than this is the SGS2 but that's not going to be out until fall according to our samsung rep.
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gunstar3035 said:
Like the look and nice specs but I only buy Nexus devices. To buy any other android phone other than a Nexus would be stupid.
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How would that be stupid? Other manufactures add functionality that should be included in stock android already but isn't. Unless you're stuck on the "ill get updates first wagon".
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Quis89 said:
How would that be stupid? Other manufactures add functionality that should be included in stock android already but isn't. Unless you're stuck on the "ill get updates first wagon".
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That's a matter of opinion and on the development device you have the source to add to if you wish : D not hating on you but most run to the nexus line to escape what the carrier added.
The proton is ugly imo lol, can't imagine comfort holding that thing also why are all these dual cores only pushing one gig?
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Hell yeah I am getting this phone. It is what the EVO 2 should have been. And it will be rooted, not worried about that.
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I had a flashback when I seen it I couldn't place it but I got it, the motorola i1 presumably one of the worst phones produced with android. It featured iden push to talk and that was the only selling point, shipped with 1.5 android when froyo was out, the list goes on. the design is a perfect match as far as the shape. Visit this link
www.motorola.com/Consumers/US-EN/Consumer-Product-and-Services/Mobile-Phones/MOTOROLA-i1-US-EN
load the flash video and check picture 2 and the last one out. Very bulky
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Off topic but which do you prefer more, sense or motoblur. I used sense 3.0 and I totally hated it, it felt like the UI was bogging down the hardware. I never tired blur, i know some people have a thing against it but don't know why...
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chewbz said:
Off topic but which do you prefer more, sense or motoblur. I used sense 3.0 and I totally hated it, it felt like the UI was bogging down the hardware. I never tired blur, i know some people have a thing against it but don't know why...
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Because it's the ugliest, slowest, buggiest UI

Lol. The new blur isnt bad. The icons are what kill me.
DirtyShroomz said:
Because it's the ugliest, slowest, buggiest UI
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I hated blur when it came out on the cliq and havent touched it since then
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what android phone do u think has the most dev's

just asking because I'm needing an new back up phone.

I'd assume Nexus ones.

Galaxy s and Nexus s as far as i know. Correct me if I'm wrong.

S2 as well, but Nexus is the only true dev-open phone.

well not the t-mobile ssgs2
i have the Samsung galaxy 2 and there noo great roms i am using beast mod 4..2 i like beast mod but i am looking for a back up phone that is well dev'ed so i can have a stable more problem free phone i would like to get a droid 2 global or a my side kick 4g
p.s witch phone is better side kick or droid 2 global

if you really like to taste a lot of roms and have the latest builds i think ill choose somethink like nexus s or galaxy nexus, they are google phones, so they will get the latest updates.

Hmmm the best is the HTC HD2. It get everything fast
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I don't know that quantity is better then quality. ROMS for thunderbolt seem as solid as the phone itself.
HTC Thunderbolt running MIUI

EVO has a lot of roms and good quality ones
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Agreed with nightcrawler, solid roms there as well.
HTC Thunderbolt running MIUI

don728871 said:
just asking because I'm needing an new back up phone.
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Galaxy 2 and Galaxy Nexus

i think so: nexus or s2

Maybe samsung galaxy s2
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Htc sensation has quite a few devs
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Surely Nexus
Samsung galaxy series as well

The nexus s
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choose HTC phone. Are a lot of beautyfull roms out there.

Nexus phones hands down. They are the first in everything pretty much.
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Nexus One
Nexus one, at least in their drawers

HTC HD2 for sure, even if it's a bit old

Why does everyone wants ICS so much?

Hey guys, I recently went into Verizon and played with the galaxy nexus. Its a nice phone, but what's so fantastic about ICS? I thought it was too dark, and really slow (at least the display model was). I've used sky-ics rom and I had to go back to StockMod.
So why exactly does everyone want it and ask about it? Personally I prefer touchwiz, its a lot more intuitive. The biggest difference I saw was the widgets displayed in the launched and the recent app tray thing. But its not like a game changer.
I don't mean to offend anyone, but just curious.
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I think it's because everyone wants the latest and greatest. People are getting bored of Gingerbread.

Cause we can't have it. .....yet
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* Better use of GPU for smoother UI
* Better usability (e.g. Landscape for calls)
* Chrome beta
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Trinition said:
* Better use of GPU for smoother UI
* Better usability (e.g. Landscape for calls)
* Chrome beta
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Wallet for NFC

Ok lol chrome beta really?
Is Google wallet going to be activated on these phones?
I also think its because we just don't have it yet.
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spell check

Hardware acceleration will be nice.
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I came to the SkyRocket from the Inspire recently and the last ROM I used on it was an ICS ROM. Chrome beta alone makes it well worth it not to mention its the latest and greatest and we can't have it!
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geoldr said:
I've used sky-ics rom and I had to go back to StockMod.
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sky-ics is still gingerbread.
the main reason i want ICS is that its a whole UI overhaul. it looks smooth and fancy. lol. i had ICS on my captivate and LOVED it. i cant wait to have ICS on my skyrocket

ICS is built for dual core.

ICS is amazing
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ICS is great. I love it on my xoom. Chrome beta is also worthwhile, much better than the stock browser. Also lots of little things make me want ICS.

I mean why not, having gingerbread is to mainstream.
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I am using ics on my nexus s, bigxie apex rom and it is awesome. Those display phones are slow usually because hundreds of people fool with them a day and they have been on for weeks.
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no gWallet with ICS because we dont have Secure Elements! Only Nexus has it!
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Wallet for NFC
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appdroid said:
no gWallet with ICS because we dont have Secure Elements! Only Nexus has it!
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isnt the secure elements in the sim card? we could possibly get it someday by getting a new simcard....right? i hope *crosses fingers*

geoldr said:
Hey guys, I recently went into Verizon and played with the galaxy nexus. Its a nice phone, but what's so fantastic about ICS? I thought it was too dark, and really slow (at least the display model was). I've used sky-ics rom and I had to go back to StockMod.
So why exactly does everyone want it and ask about it? Personally I prefer touchwiz, its a lot more intuitive. The biggest difference I saw was the widgets displayed in the launched and the recent app tray thing. But its not like a game changer.
I don't mean to offend anyone, but just curious.
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Touchwiz isn't a operating system buddy but a UI overlay by Samsung. HTC has sense and so on but both companies devices can have ics
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Gingerbread is becoming outdated.
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GeezyF.Ladies said:
Touchwiz isn't a operating system buddy but a UI overlay by Samsung. HTC has sense and so on but both companies devices can have ics
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and every official samsung ICS firmware will have touchwiz

New phones

My contract is almost up and I've been looking at phones, both upcoming and current. I'm also on att now.
My current phone is the Samsung infuse and I've been using many ROMs on that device. I've been looking into the HTC one x+. It has amazing specs. Also the gnote 2 is incredible but it may be a lil too large for carrying around.
I've never had a HTC phone but I've heard the ui is a little bit different. Samsung has touchwiz, but that can easily be changed though flashing ROMs. Is HTC sense something that is a love hate type of deal? I'm sure the development support will be great to fix that.
Just wondering others input. Been researching.
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In addition, from what I've read, the x+ doesn't have an SD card slot but has a 64 gig model. I use quite a bit of storage, but I'm sure the large model will be quite spendy.
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I enjoy sense on HTC but I know some people hate it. Definitely don't think its the worst custom UI out there
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pepe86 said:
I enjoy sense on HTC but I know some people hate it. Definitely don't think its the worst custom UI out there
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Hmm. Is flashing a ROM pretty much the only way to get around sense?
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galaxy s3... End of comment.

Sir, there is thread in place for this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1846277
Thank you & Thread closed