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I'm still putting my money on a June 8th release. There's absolutely no way the date and location "hints" on the press release images were coincidental.
Virtue94 said:
I'm still putting my money on a June 8th release. There's absolutely no way the date and location "hints" on the press release images were coincidental.
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Maybe it's available for pre-order on the 8th.
Hey Sonny, are you getting the sensation. Either this or evo 3d for me.
So release date between 8th and 12th June + wait for root period
Virtue94 said:
I'm still putting my money on a June 8th release. There's absolutely no way the date and location "hints" on the press release images were coincidental.
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Agreed. T-Mobile usually releases phones on Wednesdays. June 8 is a Werdnesday, whereas June 12 is a Sunday.
mattfmartin said:
Hey Sonny, are you getting the sensation. Either this or evo 3d for me.
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I just got the G2x, I will get the Sensation too and then decide which one I like better. Not too concerned with the bootloader as I'm sure someone will crack it eventually.
Cool. Does the G2x have an encrypted bootloader? Or is it already cracked?
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Cool. Does the G2x have an encrypted bootloader? Or is it already cracked?
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G2x ships with an unlocked bootloader.
HTC rep here,
I can confirm that the subsidized price will indeed be $199.99 on a 2-year contract.
I know most markets are different but here in DFW we are having our HTC Sensation launch party on June 6th and will be available in stores on the 8th.
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HTC rep here,
I can confirm that the subsidized price will indeed be $199.99 on a 2-year contract.
I know most markets are different but here in DFW we are having our HTC Sensation launch party on June 6th and will be available in stores on the 8th.
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Thanks, I will edit the first post.
So non subsidized price will indeed be $500?
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HTC rep here,
I can confirm that the subsidized price will indeed be $199.99 on a 2-year contract.
I know most markets are different but here in DFW we are having our HTC Sensation launch party on June 6th and will be available in stores on the 8th.
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Can you please comment on whether the bootloader is encrypted like the Incredible S?
mazinya said:
So non subsidized price will indeed be $500?
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Yes.
sonnysekhon said:
Can you please comment on whether the bootloader is encrypted like the Incredible S?
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I love the Sensation and I am willing to give up my brand new arc for it but ONLY if its rootable
so once the sensation is out, can we expect the price of the incredible S to drop? because it doesnt make sense to me that the incredible S price is over $500 non subsidized and the sensation is going to cost even less? i find it odd...
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Can you please comment on whether the bootloader is encrypted like the Incredible S?
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Leaving for work in about 30 minutes. Today is our quarterly meeting/HTC Sensation training. I will have this confirmed and answered and possibly with some photos by the end of the day.
If you have any questions about the device just reply quote em' here and I'll be checking throughout the day and get as many of them answered from the engineers.
Side notes: The prototype that we played with the other day had 5 different little holes scattered throughout the back (I'll try to get a detailed pic of it today). Apparently, they're mic/antenna's. Once the case is off you can see the antenna lining around the back where the holes were placed... very interesting design. The engineer did say the final version might not have them though, as they did look really... strange. Also if you place the phone face down, the screen does not touch the surface.
I'm liking the insider information here. This is much better than videos on YouTube going over the same features.
I just got a G2x and I'm thinking about the sensation, however I'm not inclined to go HTC if they're going to start locking things down. Cyanogen is pro-G2x at the moment and noted on twitter (I think) that they're not going to support the sensation if its locked down.
I am basing my next purchase solely on the support of cyanogen and a few others may be doing the same. It would be nice to know whether the bootloader would be locked or not as well as current battery life stats - real ones.
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@DeezeNotes,Cyanogen doesn't like Sense UI period,. But others members of Teamdouch will pick up this phone Sensation will have CM7 I garranteed it
HTC Sensation does NOT have encryption on their bootloader.
HTC Sensation will have sign bootloader basic security not as tight as Moto.
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Can anyone tell me what exactly off contract means?
Can I walk into a tmo store, pay 500 and get the phone, even though im not a tmo customer, be planning on unlocking and use overseas
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Can anyone tell me what exactly off contract means?
Can I walk into a tmo store, pay 500 and get the phone, even though im not a tmo customer, be planning on unlocking and use overseas
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"Off contract" means that you're not required to extend or renew your contract to get a subsidized phone price.
Generally speaking, you _should_ be able to walk into any wireless carrier store and purchase any phone at full price without signing a contract or even activating a line. With most Verizon and Sprint phones, this is a moot point due to CDMA.
I purchased a G2x last Wednesday from the T-Mo store. I've got an Even More Plus plan, so I had the option of either getting the phone through an EIP, pay-per-month or full-price. Because they discounted the phone, EIP wasn't available, so I dropped my card and went on my way.
Only to return it last night.
You should be able to go into the T-Mobile store and simply tell them that you'd like to purchase the phone, for full price, and if they resist, find another store. It should be easy to give the excuse of traveling overseas and/or giving it as a gift and activating it later.
Verizon sent me an update notification yesterday. I love my tbolt but am curious about things new. I'm not a fan of MOTO Blur so I'm not really into the Droid series unless someone convinces otherwise. It seems that's the only thing Verizon is promoting at the moment. Does HTC have a new monster release soon or do I need to settle? What is everyones opinion?
I didn't like the original Blur. Ninja, or whatever the launcher was called. New Blur is very sleak and pretty snappy, especially on a RAZR. My only issue with Motorola is the locked bootloader. Makes the developer scene kinda meh. I mean, HTC MIGHT be coming out with something big within the next couple months, but the Rezound is still holding pretty strong. Who knows, a new EVO is about to drop on Sprint, so maybe Verizon will get a taste of something.
According to phone arena HTC is supposed to be dropping a tb replacement in April. Obviously it's a rumor, but it wouldn't surprise me since they have talked about it since a month before the rezound dropped. I'm waiting till April to make my decision between the nexus and the new HTC phone that may or may not be coming. I have the TB and the bionic, and I HATE the bionic. As soon as the Ril is released and made compatible with twisted rom I may go back to the TB. Don't get anything moto, just my 0.02 oh, and I have more problems with lag and data on the bionic than I had with the TB.
They talked about it a month before the Rezound drop because it WAS the Rezound lol
Yeah, that's the reason they just wrote another article on it the other day talking about an April release date. I think it was code named the fireball, model number 6410. So yes, clearly it was the rezound. 6425.
I'm hanging on to my TBolt until something amazing comes out. When I leave my TBolt it's going to be for something that absolutely blows it away and something that shows great developer support.
I'm going back to tmobile as soon as my contract is up since the little lady and I can get on a family plan and cut down on the bills. I was offered a charge but no thanks!
Ryanmo5 said:
I'm going back to tmobile as soon as my contract is up since the little lady and I can get on a family plan and cut down on the bills. I was offered a charge but no thanks!
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Yep. Seems if you like Android, a GSM carrier (T-mo) is the way to go. I'm sticking with Big Red since they have LTE and I have unlimited data. As soon as they find a way to kill that, I'm out.
Ryanmo5 said:
I'm going back to tmobile as soon as my contract is up since the little lady and I can get on a family plan and cut down on the bills. I was offered a charge but no thanks!
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Say it ain't so!!
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You said it perfectly.
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mrkite38 said:
Yep. Seems if you like Android, a GSM carrier (T-mo) is the way to go. I'm sticking with Big Red since they have LTE and I have unlimited data. As soon as they find a way to kill that, I'm out.
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I just got the RAZR MAXX last week, coming from the bolt, and am pretty happy with it. The new blur actually isn't bad at all. Definitely not as much on the dev side for it as the bolt, but we do have root and some custom ROMs, themeing and over clocking options. Also, we are rumored to be getting ICS this week! And even if that doesn't drop, there's a leaked version that you can load. Signal and battery life are excellent as well! Would I have paid $200+ for this phone with a 2 year contract? Probably not due to the locked bootloader! But for free...most certainly worth it!
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The HTC One X just came out, or within the next week or so, on T-Mobile and I believe AT&T as well. IF a version comes out for Verizon, it will be HTC's flagship device of the year.
If I wasn't getting such a good deal with Verizon ($59.99 for unlimited data, text, and 450 mins), then I would probably switch to AT&T since they are pretty strong up here. US Cellular is my preferred choice of a carrier but they have horrible phones.
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The HTC One X just came out, or within the next week or so, on T-Mobile and I believe AT&T as well. IF a version comes out for Verizon, it will be HTC's flagship device of the year.
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Considering we get Flagship phones so late thanks to Verizon's over testing, we would get lucky if we get the One X before X-Mas.
The One X would probably be the first real tempting upgrade from the Thunderbolt. I doubt we'll see such a phone at Verizon though. We would have already heard the rumors.
The Incredible 4G will most likely be our closest counterpart of the One series.
I am hanging to upgrade my Desire HD to one of these, but am getting very impatient.
Anyone heard any rumors in Australia?
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I am hanging to upgrade my Desire HD to one of these, but am getting very impatient.
Anyone heard any rumors in Australia?
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haven't heard about telstra but optus says it's coming as soon as the 4th. grain of salt of course but i'd say no later than the 10th next month for you. it also looks like your getting the x not the xl, so you could import the already released x from somewhere else. i'd also talk to the x forums.
That april 4 date was for the X model.
Telstra will be getting the XL and S model.
Telstra have had a pre-register (to get info first) page up for about a month, but it was stopped just the other day.
The only logical reason for taking it down as far as i can see is if it coming out shortly.
So I'd say we will see it soon.
I would imagine somewhere between now and the end of May at the latest.
With the Raider/Vivid/Velocity 4G AT&T was the last to get the phone, seeing as how votecow is guessing the launch of the AT&T One XL to be around mid-May, I would guess that you could expect to see the One XL on Telstra around the end of April.
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I would imagine somewhere between now and the end of May at the latest.
With the Raider/Vivid/Velocity 4G AT&T was the last to get the phone, seeing as how votecow is guessing the launch of the AT&T One XL to be around mid-May, I would guess that you could expect to see the One XL on Telstra around the end of April.
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Thanks for the input guys. I got impatient and have gone back to optus for a One X
I've seen a rumour that wasn't denied on the Telstra Crowdsource forum that suggests the One XL will launch on April 24 at the same time as the Samsung Galaxy Note.
Now that there's a launch date for the SIII (4 May), I'm going to cool my heels until I see the specs on that one rather than just fly into the One XL...
Tim
Have heard 24 April as a possible release for the XL on Telstra...
I posted this on WPCentral's Arrive forum, figured I'd post this here as well... I went down to the Sprint corporate store on 42nd street in NYC the other day for kicks and noted that the HTC Arrive was nowhere to be found. The same could be said for the three Sprint Authorized Retailers around where I live. No Arrives in stock and 2 out of the 3 had no demo units on the floor (the one that did had a non-working dummy).
I asked a rep about it and he told me that as of the last signage/price changes and updates, the Arrive was listed as EOL, but it's in their systems and on sprint.com as $49.99 after $50 mail-in rebate should someone want to order one.
Hopeful for a Windows Phone 8 announcement or has Sprint officially given up?
The Arrive has been out for just over a year. It is pretty old by todays cell standards so I would just be patient for WP8 as I would bet all Windows Phone sales have slowed down since the WP8 anouncement. Lets just hope that HTC doesn't play hardball and actually develops a Arrive 2 and keeps the HW keyboard alive.
...and we wonder where Windows Phone support on Sprint went to... look no further -
Sprint CEO says paying over $15 billion for the iPhone was money well spent | iMore.com
Quoted from the CEO Hesse himself -
“I think the No. 1 thing was getting the call from Apple that they were interested in at least having the opportunity,” Hesse said. Of course, the company and its board had to take a hard look at the economics. Selling the iPhone is good for the long term, Hesse said, noting that customers are more valuable in the long term. But, in the short term, it is costly, as the company spends more in subsidies to attract those iPhone buyers.
“We committed to $15.5 billion over four years in purchases,” Hesse said. “That’s a large commitment. ”He said Sprint looked at Apple and its popularity, and “we saw no reason to bet against Apple.”
Ugh...
And you are supprised? They don't have to pay didly to get Windows Phone but the iPhone is obviously the best thing to come to both Verizon and Sprint (since the EVO) and in reality, it is money well spent at least for the next year or two until WP8 really begins to make a dent in the market. Until then, there is nothing negitive about the money spent to get the most popular smartphone on their network. The sheer number of people that were just waiting for it to happen so they could jump ship from AT&T alone probably was worth it.
After such a long time from release, it deemed to go to an end. I just am surprised why it took so long. Stupid sprint didn't go get anything new for WP7.
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After such a long time from release, it deemed to go to an end. I just am surprised why it took so long. Stupid sprint didn't go get anything new for WP7.
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What other CDMA Designes were released in that time? Heck how many of them used WiMax 4G? That was the problem with Sprint bringing on any new phones since none of the current 1st and 2nd gen devices were really a high end device worth bringing over to their network. The one thing they could have done is swapped the Trophy and Arrive between Verizon and Sprint, but overall the differences between the two aren't huge.
With WP8 and the new selection of chipsets and such to choose from, I am sure Sprint will have another new handset as well as the Return of Nokia to them as well.
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With WP8 and the new selection of chipsets and such to choose from, I am sure Sprint will have another new handset as well as the Return of Nokia to them as well.
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Probably not. Though it is more likely now that Sprint is getting LTE, I know that I, personally, am jumping to Verizon when my contract is up in March, or maybe sooner if I decide it's worth it to pay the ETF before then. All I'm really waiting for is the Verizon store 3 blocks away to get the Lumia 822. ATIV S, or HTC 8X on display for me to go play with/drool over.
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Probably not. Though it is more likely now that Sprint is getting LTE, I know that I, personally, am jumping to Verizon when my contract is up in March, or maybe sooner if I decide it's worth it to pay the ETF before then. All I'm really waiting for is the Verizon store 3 blocks away to get the Lumia 822. ATIV S, or HTC 8X on display for me to go play with/drool over.
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I wish I could find the links, but Sprint just seems to have finished all support for WP7 period. I doubt we'll even see WP8's on Sprint. That might change due to the Softbank acquisition, but as for the current direction of Sprint, seems android and iPhone only now. Anyone who is diehard Sprint better just slap their hand's together and start praying that Softbank changes Sprint's overall direction for the better.
Besides, You can't Zune update an Arrive past 7720 anyway on Zune. It's been ages since Sprint has done anything with their Arrive. I doubt when WP7.8 hits, that the Arrive will even get the SYS update to that, regardless of what NuAngel seems to think XD.
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I wish I could find the links, but Sprint just seems to have finished all support for WP7 period. I doubt we'll even see WP8's on Sprint.
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I doubt it, too; anytime I go into the Sprint repair store, the reps laugh at me for my Arrive, and I'm not the one getting a phone repaired! It's always my sisters with their Androids...
But, whatever. I used to support Sprint a lot, even defending them when others bad mouthed them ("Ohh, you have Sprint? How's it feel to be one of about 17 customers?" "Yeah, well, how is it on just a 3G network?" [back when WiMax had just come out, before AT&T ad Verizon got LTE.]). Now? Not so much. Like I said, as soon as the test models Arrive (get it?) at the Verizon store, I'm gonna switch.
Besides, You can't Zune update an Arrive past 7720 anyway on Zune. It's been ages since Sprint has done anything with their Arrive.
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Which is why the development sections of this forum exist. I've been running 7.8 since around late August, early September.
I doubt when WP7.8 hits, that the Arrive will even get the SYS update to that, regardless of what NuAngel seems to think XD.
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Well, from what I hear, Zune will push the update directly, but then again, I don't hear everything, so YMMV.
Does anyone have any info on the Verizon Galaxy Note Edge release?
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Does anyone have any info on the Verizon Galaxy Note Edge release?
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Found this over at Android Central:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-note-edge/462139-verizon-release-date.html
Hoping we VZW customers don't have to wait until December for this gem although with it being VZW, I wouldn't be surprised. VZW is great for area coverage with 4G and cell service for me, but release dates and Android OS updates fall WAY off the mark for a tech nerd like me.
True, Verizon is the last to receive their handsets. Sad really. Maybe they invested to much into the droid line???
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Does anyone have any info on the Verizon Galaxy Note Edge release?
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After more than an hour on the phone last Friday, I found out Verizon has a showcase date listed for the 28th, but no release date set. The rep I spoke with said phones typically go on sale 1 or 2 weeks after that, so we are looking at the middle of December at best.
Hello All,
I am a newbie to the forum, and like you all I have been anxiously waiting for the Edge to be released, I had the nerve to put all my phone techies/fanatics onto the Edge craze & How about all of them have them(b/c of the various different carriers they are with) now except me:crying:
I was at the mall today & stopped in the Verizon store just to see if I could find out if any of the sales reps knew anything, This one guy told me that "Verizon will not be getting the Edge, If they didn't get it on the release date then they will not be selling it", So I proceed to ask him, ..."Then why would Verizon have a sign-up page for more info on the Edge?".....He had no answer....Which leads me to believe that he really doesn't know the REAL answer.
I thought about calling & maybe telling them I was considering going to another carrier because I really want the Edge, But who knows what their response would be
does anyone know anything? Very weird how there is no information about this...
I'm waiting as well. Rumor from two different locations Best Buy store's SAMSUNG reps say "end of December" & "before the year is up" Hope it is true, but take that with a grain of salt............... cause I'm doubtful, but who knows?...........
now you have another reason to switch carrier. haha
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now you have another reason to switch carrier. haha
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Unfortunately some of us don't have much of a choice. Verizon is hands down the only carrier with consistent service around here, especially with 4G. Everything else is spotty around the larger cities, but not worth the reduced charged for reduced service.
I went to my Vzw store on Sunday, they still don't have any word on a date. I ship my Note 3 out tomorrow, and am going to be using a broken SIII until it is released. FML. :silly:
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I'm waiting as well. Rumor from two different locations Best Buy store's SAMSUNG reps say "end of December" & "before the year is up" Hope it is true, but take that with a grain of salt............... cause I'm doubtful, but who knows?...........
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Well December has come and gone! Is it possible Verizon won't release it even though they went through the FCC?
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Well December has come and gone! Is it possible Verizon won't release it even though they went through the FCC?
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It passed FCC in early. november. I wouldn't be surprised.... Good ol' Verizon. Imagine Samsung is probably stuck with a warehouse full of Verizon Edges waiting to be recycled.....
I was really looking forward to this phone...
Waiting for visual confirmation but a semi-reliable source has said 1/8 for us VZW people still waiting.
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Waiting for visual confirmation but a semi-reliable source has said 1/8 for us VZW people still waiting.
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We'll see....I have my money ready. Quite frankly, I'm wondering if a Dev Edition of this is coming OUT.....
yes, will it root!?
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We'll see....I have my money ready. Quite frankly, I'm wondering if a Dev Edition of this is coming OUT.....
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I can now say with certainty that it will be launching at Verizon on the 8th. I'm not sure if they do a Verizon Dev Edition. I've been an HTC guy up till now some I'm not familiar with what they've done in the past.
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I can now say with certainty that it will be launching at Verizon on the 8th. I'm not sure if they do a Verizon Dev Edition. I've been an HTC guy up till now some I'm not familiar with what they've done in the past.
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Thanks for the info. I'm taking the wait & see approach.