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Considering a return

I'm really nobody special but just thought I'd post my thoughts here. I've been an avid Android user since fall 2009. I went from the Sprint Hero to the Eris, OG Droid, Incredible, DX, and then made the jump to VZW's iPhone in Feb 2011.
The iPhone 4 is a great phone, but I miss Android. My wife has a D2 and wants my iPhone 4. Well 4g is just now being turned on in my area....so........she has approved my purchase of the TB as long as I sell her D2 to help cover the cost!
She gets the iPhone and can Facetime with her sister (they live 3 hours apart).
I'm touching base here, obviously I'm sure that most people are happy with their TB but please let me know what you think?
Is it worth the effort?
What are some things I can do to prep for battery life? I'm considering a second battery and have read about disabling 4g, but I'm not as likely to do this in my area now.
On another note...I'm doing this partly because of the discounted rate we get right now and I'd like to make sure that unlimited 4g data is on there at our current rate.
My last note: I'd never take the D2 over the iPhone...just saying If this doesn't work out I may consider a switch to Sprint when the EVO 3d comes out

Get it. Or not. Its your call and you already know what you want, most likely.
Personally I wouldn't trade my TB for anything. I hate apples overcontrol and 3d is one of the dumbest marketing gimmicks for a phone I have seen in a long time, just saying.
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I would go TB before Iphone 4 twice on Sunday, but I would also grab the extended battery while there

I don't recommend the extra battery thing. Wait till you see how much of a ***** it is to open the battery cover. I've only opened it twice (once to put the SIM/battery in when I first got it, and once a few days ago because I had to do a battery pull). Everytime I open it I feel like I'm going to break the damn thing!

I got a TB, and so far I like it a lot. The only thing I have against it is the battery life (but I have got it down to a manageable level). So if you are away from the charger a lot, grab a spare.
And plus, you can still videochat with the TB. I'm sure that there will be a solution for iphone to TB videochatting out there.
The 4G is wicked fast, to the point I feel like slowing down if I have to get on wifi. Plus, since VZ is not charging premium for 4G access unlike another carrier, and not to mention locking into unlimited data before it goes away some day, these 2 factors convinced me to jump in.
All in all, I recommend.

That sucks, I've considered the inductive charging back but that would rule out the Ballistic HC case.

A few good options; root it and put a good Rom/kernel and/or get the extended battery. I've done both.
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My plan is to stop by BB Mobile during my lunch hour. If they won't match VZW's off-contract price then I'll go across the street to VZW. I just figure I should try to get the RWZ points on top of my bank points

To video chat between a TB and an iPhone 4 OTA just use Skype.
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JoseGutierrez said:
To video chat between a TB and an iPhone 4 OTA just use Skype.
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I'm waiting for Skype to release their fix before installing it. The wife and her sister currently use Skype, just not on her D2. They use their PC's, but now they'll have another option.
Thanks for the tip.

Yes, the current security flaw is huge. Althought its not even an official release.
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True, and I noticed that I've only got 40 post (with this post). I'm thankful nobody thought I was a troll lol.
I do love this forum, I just try to post when I have something to contribute.

Good choice. I'm going to switch my wife from an iPhone 4. Couldn't be happier with my TB.

I like my TB, wouldn't trade it in and I'm like some people I hate Apple. That does not go to say cause I'm an Android user. TB is my first smart phone, ever.
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Go for it, you'll love the phone.
I have no regrets, even more so since neither Moto or VZW have squashed the rumors of the Bionic being scrapped, which was the device I was waiting for. Add a 1yr contract on top of that, and everything is roses.
As far as battery life.. I bought a spare release day thinking it would be a good idea. I havent used it once..
Keep your auto sync'ing to a minimum, display brightness mid level and dont run battery sucking apps and you're fine. I get through a day no problem with normal use, and I am running slightly OC'd at 1.2GHz.

I have had mine for 26 hours… Here is my impression. Battery life is not bad at all if you turn 4G off which I did because I don’t even have it in my area. Everything else is great… except one of the worst kickstand designs ever designed.
First off it’s on the wrong side so you can’t have the kickstand out and have the USB cable plugged in at the same time. As stupid and terrible of a design that is it’s not that big of a deal as I really don’t see myself using the kickstand that much.
The real problem is that the kickstand covers the speaker!!!!
It’s just beyond me why they did this. You want to talk on speaker, or listen to music, or watch a YouTube video… whatever. Well the audio is going to be muffled compared to if you have the kickstand out always… no matter what. Even if you can hear fine you always know you could hear it better if the kickstand was out. So you will always be walking around holding your phone with the kickstand out for no reason other than just so the speaker won’t be covered.
Its design flaws like this that just drive me f’ing crazy!! I want to just remove the kickstand altogether. It’s something that is a hindrance like 95% of the time and might be a benefit maybe 5%.
Just drives me crazy
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Other than that its awesome.

michaelkahl said:
My plan is to stop by BB Mobile during my lunch hour. If they won't match VZW's off-contract price then I'll go across the street to VZW. I just figure I should try to get the RWZ points on top of my bank points
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After getting an email from VZ saying I was eligible for an upgrade at promo prices, I went to BB to get a Bolt and charge it to my BB card until I sold my Droid X. 15 minutes after the guy at BB Mobile told me I would have to buy at retail price or activate on a new line, I was walking out of Verizon with my new Bolt, charged to my Verizon account. Sold the X the day before my 14 day trial period with the Bolt was over. I was sweating that one out as I didn't really want to go back to my DX after getting to know the TBolt.
Long story even longer, be prepared to hear that you can't get the Bolt from BB at less than full retail. I'm not saying you can't, just be prepared.

slim6596 said:
Long story even longer, be prepared to hear that you can't get the Bolt from BB at less than full retail. I'm not saying you can't, just be prepared.
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You are correct and it went down in an ugly fashion. The store manager approved the price match...however the BB Mobile Manager refused to authorize the match. I let them know my disappointment, especially since the store manager approved it. I've worked retail, and if the store manager messed up they usually honored it for that occurrence.
I literally went across the street and purchased the phone from VZW at $130.00 cheaper. The sad thing, I was actually going to purchase an invisible shield and couple of other accessories at BB so it wasn't a total wash if they honored it.
I emailed customer service with the store number and let them know about my experience. It probably won't go anywhere but I really did think that it was messed up, especially since they took me through most of the transaction prior to notifying me.

BTW some beautiful numbers! Not the best, but I'm very happy!
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ah man, i feel your pain.
i've been using android since the g1 with tmobile, switched to the nexus one, got the mytouch 4g then switched to verizon for the thundertold (preorder may i add)
Used the iPhone4 for Verizon for about 3 days and the TB came out so i returned the iphone and got the TB, couldn't use that phone for more than a week. Battery life sucks, phones too big, feels like a brick, and can CAN BE USED AS A DEADLY WEAPON! sad to say i'm using the iphone, again. Only cause this has higher value then any android phone @ verizon and I can get more $ out of it when I sell it.. I was hoping to pick up the Incredible2 but no lte? forget that. Good luck man, hard choice but the iphone isnt that bad..but i'd still take android os over iphone, just not the thunderbolt

Moving from Atrix 4G

Hi guys, i am thinking of moving across from my Atrix 4G to the Infuse and was hoping to get some questions asnwered without trolling through here for hours.
I like my Atrix overall as a phone, but the locked bootloader is putting a dampener on my wishes to flash true ROMS. So, can you answer a few question for me please?
1. How do you find the quality of the phone overall?
2. What is battery life like?
3. Is it good performance wise (does the extra clock speed make eup for the older gen processor) ?
4. Are the ROMS available supported well with updates and feature adding?

ricko2169 said:
Hi guys, i am thinking of moving across from my Atrix 4G to the Inspire and was hoping to get some questions asnwered without trolling through here for hours.
I like my Atrix overall as a phone, but the locked bootloader is putting a dampener on my wishes to flash true ROMS. So, can you answer a few question for me please?
1. How do you find the quality of the phone overall?
2. What is battery life like?
3. Is it good performance wise (does the extra clock speed make eup for the older gen processor) ?
4. Are the ROMS available supported well with updates and feature adding?
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well it is not an arm a9 or dual core but it runs better than the other hummingbird phones due to extra ram and a quality job on the firmware.
build quality is good, parts fit much tighter than motorola and internals look more professional than htc but it feels kinda flimsy, not as rugged as the captivate was. it is just too large, too thin, and the plastic is too light and not rigid enough, this construction was great for a smaller phone like the galaxy s but is questionable on a phone this big and thin. that said it is not likely to break, i have dropped mine a few times i just wish it had a metal frame in there.
the hummingbird is very fast, it wont always beat the tegra but on some benchmarks it can get better frame rates especially with kernel mods. my 3d scores in antutu on my capivate were double what any stock phone had on the list when i was using a custom kernel. on the other hand the hummingbird is not well supported by the game develpoers probably because of lower popularity in america and because the tegra represents the next generation and the snapdragon is more popular and more clockable, future snapdragons will see 1.4ghz and up on the same core they are currently using.
so since it doesnt have the gaming dev it deserves (can be helped with chainfire 3d) the advantage of the hummingbird comes down to media playback. the hummingbird can playback H.264 mkv files at a higher class than the tegra, it is only beat by apples a5 in the ipad2 and the orion chip in the sgs2 with video playback. when gingerbread is available it will play those files even better.
so maybe it isnt as fast as the tegra2, but it is faster(slightly) in specific areas. im not saying one or the other is better but dont look at the hummingbird as an old processor just yet. other than that it has good battery life and the dev section is in it's infancy. when there is a kernel dev things will get alot better, if you want to help us get a kernel dev then donate to netarchy in the donations thread. for now the roms are good quality, the devs that are here are good with giving people what they want and at modding apps.

ricko2169 said:
Hi guys, i am thinking of moving across from my Atrix 4G to the Inspire and was hoping to get some questions asnwered without trolling through here for hours.
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You are on the Infuse 4g not Inspire.
But anyway. We have gray ROMs and bettery battery, my 2 friend I let them.play with my infuse, they both have atrix , not they are both selling it on craiflist, even though this is just single core they told me they can see no difference, but me I don't know anything about the atrix because I don't have one, but most of the things I heard that atrix has bad battery and heat issues.
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rjan22 said:
You are on the Infuse 4g not Inspire
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Thanks, fixed that. Im in the correct forum, just wrote the wrong phone down.
I have no heat issues, and great battery life with my Atrix, its only lack of bootloader access that is putting me off.

I had the Atrix before this phone.....I'm just saying the difference is like STONE to PILLOW. Literally... TouchWiz in camperason to Moto Blur is 10X better. Plus in less then a month this phone is probably going to have some awesome ROMs...true ROMs at that. Now if you use the laptop dock and other Atrix accessories all the time dont change its not worth the loss of $500+. Now Atrix fans might argue that it has dual cores... well the Atrix might have that, but its hardly noticeable. If you want a all around better phone the Infuse is the phone for you.

dayton1202 said:
I had the Atrix before this phone.....I'm just saying the difference is like STONE to PILLOW. Literally... TouchWiz in camperason to Moto Blur is 10X better. Plus in less then a month this phone is probably going to have some awesome ROMs...true ROMs at that. Now if you use the laptop dock and other Atrix accessories all the time dont change its not worth the loss of $500+. Now Atrix fans might argue that it has dual cores... well the Atrix might have that, but its hardly noticeable. If you want a all around better phone the Infuse is the phone for you.
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I agree with everyone and motorola and most reviewers agree. Atrix has the processor, but motorblur and the implementation of android on motorola just blows.

dayton1202 said:
I had the Atrix before this phone.....I'm just saying the difference is like STONE to PILLOW. Literally... TouchWiz in camperason to Moto Blur is 10X better. Plus in less then a month this phone is probably going to have some awesome ROMs...true ROMs at that. Now if you use the laptop dock and other Atrix accessories all the time dont change its not worth the loss of $500+. Now Atrix fans might argue that it has dual cores... well the Atrix might have that, but its hardly noticeable. If you want a all around better phone the Infuse is the phone for you.
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I hear ya, though it would be likely even touch wiz would go as I am yet to find a phone companies launcher that meets my needs. I must say though the new version of Motoblur in the upcoming GB update looks to be a huge improvement.
Things like notification power settings and custom kernels are attractive to me and frankly don't look like a reality on the Atrix any time soon (second init seems like a lot of mucking around).
Also 4.5 inches of OLED goodness is attractive.

I moved from the Atrix to the Infuse last weekend. I can honestly say I'm 100% happy and won't go back to the Atrix. I had done my research prior to swapping them out so the first thing I did was installed the 1.2 infused rom. This is EXACTLY what I was hoping to get out of a rom with the Atrix, but it just wasn't happening. In real world performance, you really can't tell that the processors are different. I'm a tech nerd so I figured "OMG I can't go back to a single core." I was wrong. I haven't found a single thing about the Infuse that I would want to be more like the Atrix.
TL/DR
Performance differences are non-existant in every day use. The screen is AMAZING to look at. I can't stop looking.
edit: to answer your questions
1. Quality feels solid. Lighter materials don't always mean lesser quality.
2. Battery life is fine. As long as you don't expect to stream pandora over 3g/4g for 12 hours on battery, the phone lasts all day.
3. Performance is even better than anticipated.
4. Infused ROM has been awesome.

ricko2169 said:
I hear ya, though it would be likely even touch wiz would go as I am yet to find a phone companies launcher that meets my needs. I must say though the new version of Motoblur in the upcoming GB update looks to be a huge improvement.
Things like notification power settings and custom kernels are attractive to me and frankly don't look like a reality on the Atrix any time soon (second init seems like a lot of mucking around).
Also 4.5 inches of OLED goodness is attractive.
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It's. Amoled Plus. Love saying that, but it only starts there.
Why would you want a dualcore when you can have a single core that don't lag at all and doesn't drain your battery that much.
I even use this keyboard (picture below) so I don't need to stretch my thumbs to reach the middle keys lol
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It's. Amoled Plus. Love saying that, but it only starts there.
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It's even better, it's super amoled plus

[Q] I get my Infuse tomorrow!

So, after dealing with the samsung captivate (until it broke) and using my backup phone (lg quantum) until my buttons are losing functionality, I decided it was time to upgrade. I was going to get the atrix at first, but then I read the forums and people were like, "hissssssssssss, Atrix!" so I went to the Inspire, which I planned on getting until the lady at the AT&T store told me I should only have to charge it twice a day.
Only.
So here I am again! purchasing a samsung device I swore I would never buy again. After reading some reviews and threads on this forum, I must say it seems like a fairly solid device! Can anybody give me any advice on what to expect when my new phone comes? What threads are really relevant to a new Infuse owner?
Thank you in advance, I always trust XDA!
Also... the case I'm getting for it http://www.amazon.com/Case-Mate-CM0..._1_5?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1314913318&sr=1-5
Because I want my phone to look like a storm trooper >

I love my Infuse. 100000000% better than the Inspire. The battery is great however I ordered the extended battery and it's amazing with that. Solid device for sure. Only issue is the stock browser so I froze it and use Dolphin which is awesome and fixed the problem.

shiftylock said:
So, after dealing with the samsung captivate (until it broke) and using my backup phone (lg quantum) until my buttons are losing functionality, I decided it was time to upgrade. I was going to get the atrix at first, but then I read the forums and people were like, "hissssssssssss, Atrix!" so I went to the Inspire, which I planned on getting until the lady at the AT&T store told me I should only have to charge it twice a day.
Only.
So here I am again! purchasing a samsung device I swore I would never buy again. After reading some reviews and threads on this forum, I must say it seems like a fairly solid device! Can anybody give me any advice on what to expect when my new phone comes? What threads are really relevant to a new Infuse owner?
Thank you in advance, I always trust XDA!
Also... the case I'm getting for it http://www.amazon.com/Case-Mate-CM0..._1_5?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1314913318&sr=1-5
Because I want my phone to look like a storm trooper >
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Funny looking case, almost iPhone-ish LOL
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With the exception of GPS, all is well.
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With the exception of GPS, all is well.
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No, the GPS is fine, your just expecting too much.
You must be one of the "2 or 3" people with GPS complaints.
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I have that same case in grey but I couldn't keep it on. The phone is just too beautiful and slim to cover up in a case that thick.
Sent from my Infuse running Serendipity VII beautifully.

hmm... see, I would like to not use the case, but also with my captivate the back of it would get scratched if I didn't have a case on it, and it looks like the same back cover as the captivate... hmmm.... but still, if it makes my phone look like an iphone I'll just not use it.
I wouldn't want to look like I forgot to get the bigger GB's.
It's really great to hear good stories about this phone. I usually use dolphin browser anyway, so meh. Is rooting/flashing the same process as the captivate? I would assume since they're pretty similar phones...

I agree it needs something to protect the camera lens but I am looking for something more slim. For now it stays in my pocket or in my hands.
Rooting processes differ slightly from what I understand but once you're rooted, loading custom ROMS is pretty much the same. I never had a captivate but I did have a n1 for a while. The only real difference is the number of ROMS available for the infuse so far.
Sent from my Serendipity infused Infuse.

Oh and in no way does this phone even resemble an iPhone... case or no case. The screen is the dead giveaway. LOL.
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So, gps is an issue with the infuse?

Gratz on the Infuse, ugh why that case >< You gotta get the Seidio Surface Case! Looks way sessier then any other case!
Make sure the first thing you do is root and add the Infused v2.1 ROM man, outside the box the phone kinda blows ><
Edit: And believe me their is nothing wrong with the Atrix! That phone is a beast for gaming, just everything looks so much better on this 4.5" Super AMOLED+ screen

Eddie Bombay said:
Gratz on the Infuse, ugh why that case >< You gotta get the Seidio Surface Case! Looks way sessier then any other case!
Make sure the first thing you do is root and add the Infused v2.1 ROM man, outside the box the phone kinda blows ><
Edit: And believe me their is nothing wrong with the Atrix! That phone is a beast for gaming, just everything looks so much better on this 4.5" Super AMOLED+ screen
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*face/palm* if only I scrolled down before ordering! ahhh! at least the case will protect it. I mean I doubt my phone will still be as thick as an evo lol.
But yeah I heard the atrix had a ton of problems, plus the whole bootloader thing... meh, motorola lost me at after my RAZR.
So I'm going to put that Infused ROM on there the day after I get it. (or the same day, depending on how long I can stand being on stock.)
Does anybody use juicedefender with this phone? I could get a cool 2 days out of my cappy with that app running.

Yeah you gotta be crazy NOT to use Juice Defender.
This is what I get on average with Juice Defender.
Around x1.68 to x1.78
Seems most people who cry about the Atrix don't even really own one and those who do never really gave it a chance. Once you mod that phone up it's a monster. Oh well the Infuse is a beast w/ that 4.5" screen hands down.

Eddie Bombay said:
Yeah you gotta be crazy NOT to use Juice Defender.
This is what I get on average with Juice Defender.
Around x1.68 to x1.78
Seems most people who cry about the Atrix don't even really own one and those who do never really gave it a chance. Once you mod that phone up it's a monster. Oh well the Infuse is a beast w/ that 4.5" screen hands down.
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Wow! That looks really good! I'm now even more psyched about my Infuse!
And you're right. If for some reason I end up not liking my infuse, I'll just return it and get an atrix. the atrix is easily my second choice.

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And you're right. If for some reason I end up not liking my infuse, I'll just return it and get an atrix. the atrix is easily my second choice.
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I used Atrix, and returned it under 4 days. Once u r accustomed to the screen on Captivate, the only phone u can go ahead is Infuse (as of today). I tried Inspire and Atrix, and returned for battery and for screen and Insprire even had lots of dropped calls. Atrix was better on battery, but well, that's not the only thing that counts, esp when u have a charger at home, in car, and at work

one of the worst phone in the market!

If you're expecting a large improvement over the Captivate, prepare to be disappointed.
Otherwise it's a solid but unexceptional phone.

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Yeah you gotta be crazy NOT to use Juice Defender.
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I did some testing, and despite TELLING me I was getting nearly double the battery life, I was actually getting worse than not having it at all.

Stock browser is complete crap compared to the one in infused rom. Stock browser lags bad, crashes and stutters viewing 480p youtube videos and stock rom will be laggy while scrolling though homepages. First thing to do when you get the phone is to flash infused 2.1.0 and infusion kernel overcklocked to 1.6ghz this phone will fly like crazy. Everything will be smooth as butter and with dozens of widgets and live wallpaper there will be no lag while moving thorough homepages. The browser will be super fast and have no lag at all and you will be able to play 1080p youtube videos without any lag. All games will have zero lag and no slowdowns. In particular i noticed on stock rom fast 5 game would stutter alot, but with infused rom it flies. This phone is much better than the crappy captivate i had half a year ago. The gps just works and tracks well. Wifi is a bit weaker than other phones, but still pretty good. The camera is one of the best out of smart phones. And finally that beautiful screen which will make everyone jealous.

Wait till you get in the car with friends and this thing flips on you. It was stormy weather few days ago and this thing decided not to lock, my buddy pulled out a 5 year old Samsung blackjack, got a 10s lock and we took off. 45 mins later, I got the lock.
If you install Copilot, your GPS will go bonkers. Unacceptable performance.
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my local Verizon's big RAZR launch

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as you can see from the enormous line, the phone is total win.
this was taken 10 minutes before they opened.
p.s. that lady just wanted a new battery for her phone and was upset that the store was still closed.

oh man.....

Heh this makes me laugh. I was pissed this morning when I had to head down to the VZW store to get a battery for a work colleague. I was expecting to have to wait forever. They had all these roped off areas with red carpet laid down and not one person standing in line.

I think with the upcoming Rezound and Galaxy Nexus, most people will wait to compare all three before making a decision. I know I will.

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I think with the upcoming Rezound and Galaxy Nexus, most people will wait to compare all three before making a decision. I know I will.
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we've already compared y0.
No one in their right mind is getting the RAZR, so it just comes down to the other 2.
And it's not that the Nexus is better then the Rezound(or vice versa)... just moreso which one is more suited to the individual's needs/tastes.

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we've already compared y0.
No one in their right mind is getting the RAZR, so it just comes down to the other 2.
And it's not that the Nexus is better then the Rezound(or vice versa)... just moreso which one is more suited to the individual's needs/tastes.
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Finally figured that out eh? About time you stopped pushing that one was superior over the other.

Noob Question
I'm sorry that I don't get this Moto bashing. Sure the first gen Razrs were well, not all that great, but they did their jobs well. Hey they were the most phones sold worldwide.
Either way, the new one looks pretty decent, what's the bad about it? The specs were not all that bad, from what I saw, so why the hate?

tazz5150 said:
I'm sorry that I don't get this Moto bashing. Sure the first gen Razrs were well, not all that great, but they did their jobs well. Hey they were the most phones sold worldwide.
Either way, the new one looks pretty decent, what's the bad about it? The specs were not all that bad, from what I saw, so why the hate?
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Nice phone except for the locked and encrypted bootloader, and the non-removable battery. Have fun with your Moto iPhone.

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tazz5150 said:
I'm sorry that I don't get this Moto bashing. Sure the first gen Razrs were well, not all that great, but they did their jobs well. Hey they were the most phones sold worldwide.
Either way, the new one looks pretty decent, what's the bad about it? The specs were not all that bad, from what I saw, so why the hate?
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the screen is horrible compared to the rezound and galaxy nexus. Non-removable battery is another potential problem. The phone is very wide and doesn't feel comfortable in the hand at all.
Just came back from best buy looking to play with the rezound, razr and kindle fire.
1. Razr battery was dead, was locked up in a cabinet instead of on display. Got to hold it but wouldn't stay on.
2. Only 1 Rezound in stock and none on display, asked why, they said they haven't really set up for it.
3. Fire hadn't even arrived yet to be put on display.
Total fail by best buy. Best Buy, The Borders of 2012.

nrfitchett4 said:
the screen is horrible compared to the rezound and galaxy nexus. Non-removable battery is another potential problem. The phone is very wide and doesn't feel comfortable in the hand at all.
Just came back from best buy looking to play with the rezound, razr and kindle fire.
1. Razr battery was dead, was locked up in a cabinet instead of on display. Got to hold it but wouldn't stay on.
2. Only 1 Rezound in stock and none on display, asked why, they said they haven't really set up for it.
3. Fire hadn't even arrived yet to be put on display.
Total fail by best buy. Best Buy, The Borders of 2012.
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heh.. the Best Buy Mobile in the mall here had 'dummy' RAZR & Rezound phones on display. They said they have Rezounds in stock, but have yet to receive any RAZR's.

reminds me of when the hd7 launched on t-mobile. Had to go to 3 stores to find one that even had a demo unit. None of them had set up for it on launch day. Sad that carriers don't get it. If you advertise the phone, it will sell.

Yeah I don't particularly care for the RAZR (or any Motorola products). That being said, I got to play with the RAZR and it was okay. The screen sounds bad on paper, but in person, its not the end of the world. Screen was passable, still totally usable. My store actually sold just 1 RAZR, but it was a more of a swap than a return. Haha.
But then I got to play with the Galaxy Nexus and that screen was muchhhh nicer. ICS was all flashy, and to be quite honest, a bit confusing, but I guess that's expected since a lot has changed.
Also played with the Rezound and I very much liked that phone. Screen was also beautiful, and still quality HTC build materials.
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reminds me of when the hd7 launched on t-mobile. Had to go to 3 stores to find one that even had a demo unit. None of them had set up for it on launch day. Sad that carriers don't get it. If you advertise the phone, it will sell.
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The first T-Mobile store that I went to had a live demo sitting behind the counter. I got to play with it while they activated my HD7. This was a week before the actual release day too. But yes, I agree, having phones out helps to sell them.

I entered the 11/11/11 sweepstakes on Verizon's Twitter and i won a free Droid Razr, nice! I will be giving it to my wife maybe of she performs ( insert lude sex act here ) for a ( insert a crazy lenght of time here ) I wish it came a few days back I mean come on I just bought her a phone off ebay for 100 bucks.
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Coming from infuse 4g - skyrocket, vivid, or 4s?

Well I'm surprisingly eligible for an upgrade. I'm in a small town in CA that doesn't have LTE and probably wont for a while. I currently have the Infuse 4g and I love the screen size and form factor. I was set on an iphone 4s until I noticed these were coming out. I'm partial to HTC sense however the skyrocket seems better in every way. My question is it very much of an upgrade from the Infuse 4g? Is everyone happy with it?
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Wait for the galaxy nexus to come out
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The SNexus is not confirmed to be coming to AT&T. You could be playing a pointless waiting game. If you love your Infuse screen as much I do, don't even consider the Vivid.
It is VERY likely that the SNexus does not come subsidized to AT&T, that we will only get the option of an unlocked GSM version.
Personally I wasn't willing to chance and wait, and I don't regret it at all, the Skyrocket is an amazing phone. I also came from the Infuse. The phone is faster, feels better in the hands, has better battery life, louder speaker, much clearer call quality. The screen is the same gorgeous one that you are used to. I don't even have "4g" let alone LTE but my data speeds are still consistently faster. I used to get anywhere from 1.5-2.5mb, with rare spikes to 3mb at my house, I consistently get over 3mb and up to 5 now.
Worst case I can sell my Skyrocket and buy a Nexus anyway, since your upgrade will likely be useless for one.
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I would suggest original AT&T GS2, the i777 model. Since you won't be covered by LTE for a while.

I would get the skyrocket.. I had the s2 speed are better on skyrocket and I'm not in a Lte area.. bigger screed and more CPU than the s2

cjindustry said:
I would get the skyrocket.. I had the s2 speed are better on skyrocket and I'm not in a Lte area.. bigger screed and more CPU than the s2
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Skyrocket is less CPU.

I moved from an Infuse to a Skyrocket. I tested both devices because I like HTC and my Infuse has been rock solid.
I think the HTC has better sensing and UI (meaning the phone is more correctly aware of it's environment, HTC does a better job than Samsung's "motion" setting). Both are relatively quick and the radio/voice sounds excellent. I think HTC's bluetooth works better than the Samsung. I like the feel of the Samsung better with the exception of the crummy thin back-plate.
The screen was the deciding factor for me...once you've used the Samsung screen, everything else is just washed out.
That being said, my Skyrocket refused to turn on this morning and is DEAD. Going back for a warranty return. Either is a good choice - LTE is freakin' fast -- for now.

So many people are saying the SGII CPU is better, which i dont disagree, but is it really THAT different? Or is it just slightly better.

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Skyrocket is less CPU.
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Skyrocket is 1.5 vivid and s2 is 1.2

cjindustry said:
Skyrocket is 1.5 vivid and s2 is 1.2
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The GHz doesnt really mean much in this case. The Exynos in SG2 clocked at 1.2Ghz is actually said to outperform the qualcomm clocked at 1.5GHz in the Skyrocket. Which brings me back to my question in the previous post, is it noticeably slower, or just barely slower.

jthornton71707 said:
Well I'm surprisingly eligible for an upgrade. I'm in a small town in CA that doesn't have LTE and probably wont for a while. I currently have the Infuse 4g and I love the screen size and form factor. I was set on an iphone 4s until I noticed these were coming out. I'm partial to HTC sense however the skyrocket seems better in every way. My question is it very much of an upgrade from the Infuse 4g? Is everyone happy with it?
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The screen is a very slight downgrade from my Infuse.
The phone is waaay faster.
Speaker is much louder.
Infuse had a much better texture on backplate but it also felt flimsier than the Skyrocket.
I average about 380MB of RAM while my Infuse was always taxed out at 400+.
So with the Skyrocket, I have ~400 free RAM while the Infuse was gasping for air.
Battery life so far has been pretty similar, but I am not using LTE yet.
The phone is just barely heavier, but not as large. Though it'll feel the same in your hand.
I am able to use my Infuse car dock with the Skyrocket.
You cannot use any Infuse cases on the Skyrocket though.
I am very very happy with the upgrade. The screen quality is the only downgrade from the Infuse.
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That being said, my Skyrocket refused to turn on this morning and is DEAD. Going back for a warranty return. Either is a good choice - LTE is freakin' fast -- for now.
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Another user had the same issue.
He tried plugging it into a computer with synch cable and didn't have any luck.
Then the lady at Best Buy plugged it into an AC cord and within a few moments it powered up and started charging.
Apparently the battery had drained completely and a synch cable wasn't enough to bring it back to life. It needed an actual AC wall charger.

I had the same problem not booting..... then left it on ac charger for about an hour and finally booted i freaked out..
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