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What do y'all think? Let's have a contest to see who can design the best looking color scheme. It's obviously a lot of personal preference, but I think I'm kind of digging the black/white scheme...
Frame = White
Back = Black
Bottom = Black
Camera = Either White or Ferrari Red
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how do you install that?
edit: nevermind. no way i'm sending in my phone, waiting for them to receive it, waiting another 3 weeks for it back.
Maybe, if they can clean out the dust under my screen.
a little professional spray paint and prep and you can do this for a lot less than sending it in.
I plan on painting mine completely black.
-Charlie
This is amazing. wow.
lmfao at $800 for a brand new one! and good luck dealing with warranty issues through them.
Would love to have an all matte black nexus, but how is someone supposed to last without their phone for 3 weeks. By the way did anyone notice that rush delivery which still takes a week is an additional $500. That is just insane.
djsaad1 said:
Would love to have an all matte black nexus, but how is someone supposed to last without their phone for 3 weeks. By the way did anyone notice that rush delivery which still takes a week is an additional $500. That is just insane.
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I really want to get this done but the 3 weeks would be tough, not to mention the $200. I do still have my sweet sweet ADP1 (G1) to use for those three weeks but going back to the G1 after using the N1 is pretty tough.
That is one of the biggest issues with Colorware IMHO, I could almost get myself to pay their crazy prices as they really do amazing, high quality work but the turnaround time is just out of control.
At this point it seems that they are just catering to the part of the market that has the money to either buy right from them or just buy a second device to send in.
Black and White FTW!
Has any one actually been brave enough to order this yet?
I'd love to hear/read some opinions on this.
A lot of blackberry users have used them and have nothing but good things to say about their work. Basically you pay for the quality and it's worth it...
Oops, let me rephrase that
Has any one with a Nexus One actually been brave enough to order this yet?
I'd love to hear/read some opinions on this.
Since many of us spent the full $500+ on our phones, shipping it off and waiting a few weeks to very it backs, seems a little scary, that's all.
I would say there isn't anything to be afraid of. This is a very reputable company that has been around for quite some time. I think anyone would be safe sending their phone to them...
I think I'm going to send my phone in soon. I can handle playing with my G1 for 3 weeks. I just can't decide what color to get. Maybe just all matte black or all matte white. I'm just worried the all white will look to Apple-y.
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I think I'm going to send my phone in soon. I can handle playing with my G1 for 3 weeks. I just can't decide what color to get. Maybe just all matte black or all matte white. I'm just worried the all white will look to Apple-y.
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I like the all matte black look, but all matte black and a color on the camera looks kind of cool too.
Update us on how long it really takes to get your phone back, when I sent in an ipod a few years ago I am pretty sure it only took about a week and a half from the time they got it to the time they shipped it back.
Wish i could just buy the case ... i would put it on myself . i should have all the tools... i cant believe they dont offer that
Definitely tempting. I almost wish i had some huge scratch or something that would justify me purchasing it.
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Wish i could just buy the case ... i would put it on myself . i should have all the tools... i cant believe they dont offer that
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I actually looked into this a few weeks ago and could swear they had the option to just buy the parts......i just checked it again and looks like they no longer have that option or i could just be crazy that's possible too
http://www.colorwarepc.com/p-216-nexus-one.aspx?2907=54685&2908=54787&2909=54877&2910=54955
Does anybody else notice that the screen colors on the MT4G are a little too high, its like the colors are too bright. I know that I can turn the brightness down, but right now I just have it set to automatic and I like that and I don't want to have to change that.
Does anyone know how to change the contrast on the MT4G? I just want to saturate the colors a little more. Anyone?
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Does anybody else notice that the screen colors on the MT4G are a little too high, its like the colors are too bright. I know that I can turn the brightness down, but right now I just have it set to automatic and I like that and I don't want to have to change that.
Does anyone know how to change the contrast on the MT4G? I just want to saturate the colors a little more. Anyone?
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You can't do this on any android phone, rooted or not. Could you take a picture or maybe tell tmobile your problem, it might be an actual lcd problem.
Yeah I thought that I was the only one. Especially on this site when you view it from your mobile browser, the brown XDA heading is too bright and faded
I noticed it when I got my wife a MT4g. On her phone the colors are slightly more saturated and the blacks are slightly darker also. It is kinda bothering me now.
wanna see something crazy look at your phne for a minute and then look your computer the screen looks blue lol iyts true my mytouch colors are bright or must be my eyes
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wanna see something crazy look at your phne for a minute and then look your computer the screen looks blue lol iyts true my mytouch colors are bright or must be my eyes
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Maybe its related to the screen being used in the phone.
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Im going to the tmo store tommorow hopefully they can help. They will probably look at me crazy.
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My wife is experienceing this as well. She went to look for the night time bedside clock app and found when the app turned the brightness down to 6 the entire screen went black, but at a brightness level of 7 the screen was dim, but still brighter than I would expect.
She commented on her Vibrant when the brightness was turned down it would go all the way down and have a black background, not a washed out dim gray background.
Hopefully there will be a fix coming.
I posted elsewhere that the screen, while obviously not as good as the Vibrant's, seemed to be just as good as that of the Nexus, Incredible, Eris, etc.
Well, I stand corrected. After reading your post, I downloaded 'Night Watch', and compared the look to that of my wife's Nexus. The Nexus does indeed appear to have a black background at 39% brightness, with vibrant green (color I chose) numbers. The MT4G appears more grey-ish, with less vibrant green numbers. Even when I reduced the brightness by another 5%, the MT4G was still grey-ish.
Now, I'm not sure if this is the screen hardware itself, or something in the contrast settings of the phone. It did bum me out a little, as I've been a pretty staunch supporter of this phone since I got it.
The dilemma is,
Do I decide to go back to a Vibrant for a nicer screen, but much fewer options? (not much chance of that)
Look to find another Nexus; and tak ea step back in terms of processor speed, ram, features, et.c (with the exception of the color trackball, which Nexus lords over ever other phone)
Wait until something better comes out; as there are no other android phones comparable to this one in terms of features, available by T-mo right now? (Wait? Really? Arggh!)
All in all, I'm very happy with this device. And maybe I'm just knee-jerking. But, in truth, it does bother me somewhat. Thoughts?
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I posted elsewhere that the screen, while obviously not as good as the Vibrant's, seemed to be just as good as that of the Nexus, Incredible, Eris, etc.
Well, I stand corrected. After reading your post, I downloaded 'Night Watch', and compared the look to that of my wife's Nexus. The Nexus does indeed appear to have a black background at 39% brightness, with vibrant green (color I chose) numbers. The MT4G appears more grey-ish, with less vibrant green numbers. Even when I reduced the brightness by another 5%, the MT4G was still grey-ish.
Now, I'm not sure if this is the screen hardware itself, or something in the contrast settings of the phone. It did bum me out a little, as I've been a pretty staunch supporter of this phone since I got it.
The dilemma is,
Do I decide to go back to a Vibrant for a nicer screen, but much fewer options? (not much chance of that)
Look to find another Nexus; and tak ea step back in terms of processor speed, ram, features, et.c (with the exception of the color trackball, which Nexus lords over ever other phone)
Wait until something better comes out; as there are no other android phones comparable to this one in terms of features, available by T-mo right now? (Wait? Really? Arggh!)
All in all, I'm very happy with this device. And maybe I'm just knee-jerking. But, in truth, it does bother me somewhat. Thoughts?
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I know exactly what you mean, the blacks look grey and the reds look pink.
I think there is something wrong with the contrast balance in the software somehow, because it does seem like a nice screen, but those are just my thoughts.
I sincerely hope that this is the case. If so, perhaps some tweaking can be done in the settings, mch like, but nothng at all like, the registry settings change in WinMo phone, wherein the colors/contrast could be adjusted by assigning different numbers.
I realize that there is a huge difference between android and WinMo registry tweaks. But it's hard to believe they would simply included an inferior screen to go along with so many other hardware improvements.
its not an amoled display guys, it's never going to be completely black or have as high a contrast ratio as the nexus or vibrant.
Yeah, I know what kind of screen it is, and I know how others look in comparison, my point is though, my Mytouch3G had better colors. It just seems like something could be done via software.
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It has only been out a couple of weeks, I would give it some time and everyone complain a little to T-Mobile and hopefully they can add it to a future OTA update.
I only had the MT4G for a night before returning it for a replacement (which is still in the mail), but I agree: The screen looked very washed out. It was so bad that I am now considering keeping my Vibrant.
I am not asking for SuperAMOLED-like quality, but something average would be nice... not low quality crap.
I'm starting to think there's production issues. The very first 2 units I saw had the washed out look. I saw one today that seemed fine. I went thru the menus and changed the backgrounds. Everything seemed much better on this one.
I wish I could compare them side by side, but these were in 2 different stores.
Thoughts?
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I had been weary about the screen ever since I got mine last Wednesday. From reading reviews talking about how great the screen looked, and then mine was kinda... blah. First words in my mind when I turned it on was how washed out some of the colors looked.
I took mine back to T-Mobile tonight and swapped it out for a new and I have to say that there's a huge difference. Some of the colors are still a little off, but it looks like it's the app's icon and not the screen itself. Compare the newest YouTube app's red to the TasKiller's red, for instance.
Now to wait on the OTA so I can re-root this thing and clean it off.
I wish I had something to compare mine to. I went to the store, thinking I would compare mine to one of theirs. But it was a bust; as the screen looked exactly the same. So either mine is as good as the replacement you got, but just pales in comparison to the Nexus. Or it's washed out, the one in the store is washed out, and I'm still at square one. Unfortunately, there's no way for me to tell.
I took my MT4G back after running the Asphalt demo next to an Epic and Droid X. The colors were totally faded out and missing details seen on the other devices. The Epic is over-saturated and the X seems to split the difference, not to mention the size is awesome.
Hmm...
Well, being with T-mo, neither of those other two is an option for me. But, I'm thinking about it, and I'm starting to think our phones only seem to pale in comparison.
What I mean is, side by side, yes, they seem to be less-than-stellar. But when used on their own, they seem to be pretty alright... though obviously not as good as what our minds recall the others being.
If you look at a 60hz 1080p tv side by side with a 120hz edge-lit LED tv, yes, the original would look tame. But that's not to say that it doesn't look great on it's own.
If you have questions about the AT&T version post here and I'll try to answer.
First few observations:
Lightning fast, there is no hesitation doing any action. It's a bit surreal coming from a Captivate.
Camera is awesome.
Thin, light, but solid build, looks good and doesn't feel cheap.
You can't turn off LTE. If you go into Settings -> Mobile Network, there is no option for "Preffered Network Mode" like on the Galaxy Nexus or Rogers HTC One X. Really hoping to get this fixed via OTA or custom ROM as there is no LTE anywhere near me.
Stock browser doesn't have a dedicated "tabs" button. You have to press menu to get to your tabs. Kind of annoying, not sure if that is just an HTC thing or if this is the first phone like that. I'm just going to start using Chrome since it has a tabs button.
Sense 4.0 is nice, it's not obtrusive and actually improves on the stock ICS experience instead of replacing it altogether. I love the WebOS style recent apps list. It really looks nice.
I read some people saying they were seeing some yellow wash out on some screens, and I think mine is OK, but certain apps, particularly games do have a yellow tint to them, but stuff like the homescreen and google maps look great. Temple Run has a pretty clear yellow tint to it when compared with a Galaxy Nexus running Temple Run. Not sure what to make of this. Maybe something else that can be fixed in an OTA.
Here's the detailed software info:
Android Version:
4.0.3
HTC Sense Version
4.0
Software number:
1.75.502.1 710RD
HTC SDK API level:
4.11
HTC Extension version:
HTCExtension_403_1_GA_4
Kernel version:
3.0.8-01111-g188cf26
[email protected] #1
SMP PREEMPT Sat Apr 7 01:37:15 CST 2012
Baseband version
0.16.32.09.01_3_10.79.32.08L
Build number
1.73.502.1 CL54373 release-keys
Browser version
WebKit/534.30
which store and where?
It's cool but
Camera is awesome.
But can you jump out of a plane and take pics with it?
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which store and where?
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They only had one in the box and I got it. It is a freestanding ATT store in a relatively small town outside Atlanta. The salespeople there are commission based, so he had motivation to sell it to me. First thing I even said to him was "You can't sell it to me today though, can you?" He said he could, so I had him ring it up. I just kept waiting for the bomb to drop that his system wouldn't let him or something.
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If you have questions about the AT&T version post here and I'll try to answer.
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how do i get one today?
It was probably what he was supposed to use as a display...lucky dawg! I have already called around to the stores around me and only one said that they had a few but cant sell them until the 6th. The sales guy told me to order it online and that some folks might get them early...the 4th.
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how do i get one today?
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Find a commission based salesperson at a po-dunk ATT store that doesn't really pay attention to the ATT corporate materials.
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They only had one in the box and I got it. It is a freestanding ATT store in a relatively small town outside Atlanta. The salespeople there are commission based, so he had motivation to sell it to me. First thing I even said to him was "You can't sell it to me today though, can you?" He said he could, so I had him ring it up. I just kept waiting for the bomb to drop that his system wouldn't let him or something.
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What town in Atlanta? I will cancel my pre-order and drive over there imminently lol.
Although they probably wouldn't sell it to me since I'm buying for full retail and they probably wouldn't really make any money off me that way.
lucky bastard lol jk
i was using the stock browser on my GNex but have since started to love Chrome Beta. it's awesome and what i'll use from now on.
thanks for the first impressions!
Upon further inspection and comparing my One X with my Captivate, I believe that I do have one of the screens that has the yellow tint to it. Google maps looks fine when viewed on it's own, but when you hold it side by side with another phone you can tell that the colors are a little off. They are nice and bright, but just not the same hue as my captivate. Pulling up the same web pages the difference is pretty clear anywhere there is green or yellow. Blues don't seem to be affected very much if at all.
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Upon further inspection and comparing my One X with my Captivate, I believe that I do have one of the screens that has the yellow tint to it. Google maps looks fine when viewed on it's own, but when you hold it side by side with another phone you can tell that the colors are a little off. They are nice and bright, but just not the same hue as my captivate. Pulling up the same web pages the difference is pretty clear anywhere there is green or yellow. Blues don't seem to be affected very much if at all.
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I could be wrong, but not sure comparing to the Captivate would be the best way to tell if your whites are tinted. Do the whites on the Captivate's Amoled screen have a blue tint? Been a while since I had one, but I recently had purchased a Note (returned and waiting for the One X) and the whites had a very noticeable blue tint to them.
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I could be wrong, but not sure comparing to the Captivate would be the best way to tell if your whites are tinted. Doesn't the whites on the Captivate's Amoled screen have a blue tint? Been a while since I had one, but I recently had purchased a Note (returned and waiting for the One X) and the whites had a very noticeable blue tint to them.
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My Captivate always ran cool, so it had a blueish tint to it.
You can always do the screen test app and see just how white your whites are, or if they're yellow.
therulebookman said:
Upon further inspection and comparing my One X with my Captivate, I believe that I do have one of the screens that has the yellow tint to it. Google maps looks fine when viewed on it's own, but when you hold it side by side with another phone you can tell that the colors are a little off. They are nice and bright, but just not the same hue as my captivate. Pulling up the same web pages the difference is pretty clear anywhere there is green or yellow. Blues don't seem to be affected very much if at all.
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Whites on my captivate were blue as fuhhh. Cool doesn't equal white.
Is it you that made news in droid-life forums?
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My Captivate always ran cool, so it had a blueish tint to it.
You can always do the screen test app and see just how white your whites are, or if they're yellow.
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Which screen test app?
How would I know how white the whites are? Is there some standard to compare it to?
No problems on mine, all my colors looked true testing with screen test app.
So I called into about a million AT&T stores to see whether any of them had the HOX in stock, and I was able to get one employee to reveal that they did! The problem now though is that he's not willing at all to sell it to me...
Is anybody here an ex-AT&T employee or knows the ins and outs of the company policies and would be able to help me procure my HOX early?
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So I called into about a million AT&T stores to see whether any of them had the HOX in stock, and I was able to get one employee to reveal that they did! The problem now though is that he's not willing at all to sell it to me...
Is anybody here an ex-AT&T employee or knows the ins and outs of the company policies and would be able to help me procure my HOX early?
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Well since someone posted on Engadget with picture to verify that they were sold the One X early I doubt you will find anyone willing to sell you it early. Best bet is to pre-order and it will come May 4. AT&T can't be happy about it.
Can you pull the notification bar down from the lockscreen like in stock ICS?
Well being in Scotland only two colour choices available (Midnight Black & Orchid Grey) and although the black does look sleek, the Orchid Grey has a very nice appeal so that was my choice.....
Order placed as soon as i could & looks like a nice 20th of April shipping..
Looking forward to checking out the S8+ although being a smartphone junkie I'll flip & sell to buy the Note 8.....
What was your choice & did you rush to pre order?
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Ordered the Midnight Black, my last 3 phones were Gold so I wanted a change. Hopefully I'll also receive it on the 20th, Three said the 29th when I ordered over the phone, but have it listed as a "get it early" incentive on their website. I'm in SW England btw and also only had a choice of Black or Grey. I wanted black anyway so no bother. Excited to try it out!
Haha I'm just like you, can't help but swap phones when something new and shiny arrives. I'll probably sell next year and get a Oneplus then upgrade again and so on...
The Note is too similar to the S range for me to trade for. Other than the S Pen of course. I had three phones last year and I'm currently using the Xiaomi Mi5S Plus. Shouldn't have bothered with this one, just wanted to try it out.
Ordered myself a black one and my wife a silver one through Best buy. Said I will be able to pickup in store on the 21st. Can't wait to try it out
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Ordered the Midnight Black, my last 3 phones were Gold so I wanted a change. Hopefully I'll also receive it on the 20th, Three said the 29th when I ordered over the phone, but have it listed as a "get it early" incentive on their website. I'm in SW England btw and also only had a choice of Black or Grey. I wanted black anyway so no bother. Excited to try it out!
Haha I'm just like you, can't help but swap phones when something new and shiny arrives. I'll probably sell next year and get a Oneplus then upgrade again and so on...
The Note is too similar to the S range for me to trade for. Other than the S Pen of course. I had three phones last year and I'm currently using the Xiaomi Mi5S Plus. Shouldn't have bothered with this one, just wanted to try it out.
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The Black is Sublime & gave careful consideration, but being OCD with keeping my phone clean it would be in overdrive with smudgey fingerprints (always a clear case i know). Very much hope you enjoy your Black version (I'm sure you will) & you should as you pre ordered early get it on the date states on their web site.....
Being a Sky customer i opted for them as it keeps everything all in one bill....And they also have the 8 day early policy....[emoji2]
Hahaha in 3 years I've had about 30 phones it's craaaazy, i just get to tempted and then that irrational part of my brain wins every time lol.....
No it's not a huge gulf of a step up with the S7 Edge & S8+ but i also had the S7 Edge (Sold to buy the 3T) which I'm using now. Missed certain great features of the S7 so next progressive step was to buy the S8+ (there is some logic there)....
Hope you all enjoy your new S8's or S8+'s.....[emoji2]
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Are they showing the s8/s8+ in Samsung store?
They should be (not where i am) Northern Scotland as we only have Tesco's with a very small mobile section......
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I order the grey.
I always get black phones and was very mad about the note 7 crap since i had a black s7 edge and then back note 7, Then had to go back to the edge and tmobile stop selling the black ones so end up with blue. While i like blue it just isnt as smooth as the black.
But with the s8 being black on front and color on the back i didnt mind switching it so much.
Also the black look a bit funny to me. Kinda to plain i guess.
So yea with with grey and i didnt rush to preorder took my time and made sure it was worth the money i was spending.
I am trying to decide between black and grey (our only choices). The black does look a bit plain, and the grey in pictures looks a bit too pink and more like a girl colour, but I have heard a couple of people say it isn't like that in real life it's just the pictures. So I'm not sure. Also not sure which one will show fingerprints the black or the grey, probably black I guess as it will be more shiny. I will probably not be able to get to a shop to look at it before I pre-order tomorrow will will have to make a choice before then.
Ok I went for the black, I prefer how the black back blends in perfectly with the black on the front and sizes vs the other colours.....only to have carphonewarehouse then send an email 2 hours later saying they had cancelled my order....with no explanation at all. Rang them up and they still couldn't tell me why they had cancelled it.
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I am trying to decide between black and grey (our only choices). The black does look a bit plain, and the grey in pictures looks a bit too pink and more like a girl colour, but I have heard a couple of people say it isn't like that in real life it's just the pictures. So I'm not sure. Also not sure which one will show fingerprints the black or the grey, probably black I guess as it will be more shiny. I will probably not be able to get to a shop to look at it before I pre-order tomorrow will will have to make a choice before then.
Ok I went for the black, I prefer how the black back blends in perfectly with the black on the front and sizes vs the other colours.....only to have carphonewarehouse then send an email 2 hours later saying they had cancelled my order....with no explanation at all. Rang them up and they still couldn't tell me why they had cancelled it.
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Hmmmm sounds odd but always 02 or EE but be quick.....[emoji12]
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Hmmmm sounds odd but always 02 or EE but be quick.....[emoji12]
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Well CPW are a joke. After that first attempt, I ordered it again....this time 2 hours later I get an email saying it had been cancelled again, due to an "information mismatch". I know for a fact the details were all correct and were the same as the previous attempt. I then rang them up to find out wtf was going on, starting at sales who couldn't tell me the exact issue so they passed me on to the web team, who couldnt tell me anything because the order had been cancelled, so they passed me on to customer services....who cut me off. I tried one final time, and in the most hillarious email of all, got a reply an hour later saying it had failed and was cancelled once again "due to you failing the credit check criteria required by the network you selected." Credit check?!?! network??? I had not selected a network, all 3 times I had ordered the handset only, sim free, my order confirmations even confirm that. There was no credit check to be done! And if they HAD done a credit check, it would have come back as pretty much perfect anyway! Unbelievable. I then went and ordered it from John Lewis instead and it went through straight away, same 20th Apr delivery date, I just won't get the free £99 speaker. Frankly after this crap, CPW can keep the speaker! I would have considered ordering from EE (I am with EE) or from o2, but I don't quite trust that it would be unlocked from them, I guess it would be but John Lewis is doing the same delivery date anyway (and they had damn well better deliver it on that day since I will be waiting in for it from work!).
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Well CPW are a joke. After that first attempt, I ordered it again....this time 2 hours later I get an email saying it had been cancelled again, due to an "information mismatch". I know for a fact the details were all correct and were the same as the previous attempt. I then rang them up to find out wtf was going on, starting at sales who couldn't tell me the exact issue so they passed me on to the web team, who couldnt tell me anything because the order had been cancelled, so they passed me on to customer services....who cut me off. I tried one final time, and in the most hillarious email of all, got a reply an hour later saying it had failed and was cancelled once again "due to you failing the credit check criteria required by the network you selected." Credit check?!?! network??? I had not selected a network, all 3 times I had ordered the handset only, sim free, my order confirmations even confirm that. There was no credit check to be done! And if they HAD done a credit check, it would have come back as pretty much perfect anyway! Unbelievable. I then went and ordered it from John Lewis instead and it went through straight away, same 20th Apr delivery date, I just won't get the free £99 speaker. Frankly after this crap, CPW can keep the speaker!
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Yes I've heard mixed reports from CPW and similar circumstances to yourself, people getting declined credit check when they have a great credit rating. Also customer service is well below acceptable standards.
Personally i have had no desire to use them (Sky mobile just launched and it wraps everything up in a nice one off bill) i have sky broadband, phone, Sky Q and now Mobile (all went as it should).
Glad you got it sorted in the end and you live & lean to stay clear of CPW....[emoji12]
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I just went and saw the phone at Best Buy, because you just can't trust pictures to accurately portray the color these days. The orchid gray was more like gray with a hint of plum, very muted color, pretty much just a darker gray indoors. The black was far less shiny than the Note 7's black, so less of a fingerprint magnet, but still showed fingerprints more than the other colors. Coral blue and maple gold are not available here, so it looks like arctic silver is the color for me. I liked that color on the Note 7, but since the color wrapped around to the front it was far too blinding for me to use. Not a problem on the S8+.
Well I still haven't ordered yet, still not 100% convinced I can't just wait until the Note 8 comes out.
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I just went and saw the phone at Best Buy, because you just can't trust pictures to accurately portray the color these days. The orchid gray was more like gray with a hint of plum, very muted color, pretty much just a darker gray indoors. The black was far less shiny than the Note 7's black, so less of a fingerprint magnet, but still showed fingerprints more than the other colors. Coral blue and maple gold are not available here, so it looks like arctic silver is the color for me. I liked that color on the Note 7, but since the color wrapped around to the front it was far too blinding for me to use. Not a problem on the S8+.
Well I still haven't ordered yet, still not 100% convinced I can't just wait until the Note 8 comes out.
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I much prefer the Note range but the S8+ is a beautiful device with enough to convince me to buy. That said i am a tech enthusiast & quite enjoy testing out as many devices as my wallet will allow. What i usually do is flip each device to buy the next (yes it means putting some added money in) but it works for me, plus someone else gets the enjoyment of whatever device sold..
So I'll be using the S8+ until the Note 8 and no doubt sell to acquire.....(it's how a roll.....[emoji12] ) my own upgrade programme.
Looking forward to getting a hands on look at the S8+ with what is a great design & will be a great device.
My honest thoughts are that Samsung perhaps should have went Duel Camera for the plus, along with 6gb Ram (just to separate from the regular S8)...
The fingerprint reader placement is perhaps Samsung being deliberately obtuse....[emoji12] thus forcing you to adopt their other two bits of tech (facial recognition, iris scanner).. this is not a deterrent obviously, but i really don't like it even before hands on,....
Overall I think Samsung should have placed just a bit more thought into certain elements and i think this will have a bit of a negative effect, but they have Excelled again in design, and UI is nice, Screen, come on the Camera was great in the S7 & Edge (So not a huge impact on me here), see how bixby performs and the overall feel.....
The Note 8 will be purchased though as i believe the force touch tech will be ready and fingerprint reader will be underneath the display.....[emoji3]
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Duncan1982 said:
I much prefer the Note range but the S8+ is a beautiful device with enough to convince me to buy. <snip>
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I'm with you there, the stylus isn't a deal breaker for me, but it's one of my top wanted features. There used to be more that differentiated the S and the Note series, I was more on the Note side back then.
As soon as I got the S8+ in my hands I went from 50 to 90% convinced that I needed to dump my V20. It just feels like future tech, while the V20 feels like something from 3 years ago. S8+ feels amazing and the display looks like nothing else out there.
I generally try to sell my old devices, but if I'm unable to find a decent price I have no problems holding on to it. It's always fun to go back to my old phones and see what Android was like back then. My GS1 still runs like a champ on an XDA dev's rom, forget the rom name, but it turned that phone from nearly unusable to quite competent for it's day.
Dual camera would have been nice, I'd definitely like to see what Samsung could do with that. The V20 has dual, but it takes pretty terrible pictures. My Note 7 took amazing pictures, so I'm pretty excited to play with the S8+ camera more.
I actually like the fingerprint sensor being on the bottom, like the V20. For the way I use the phone it's much more convenient for me, I'm just going to have to train my finger to not touch the camera. Most of the time I don't need to use it anyway since my watch unlocks the phone while it's close.
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I just went and saw the phone at Best Buy, because you just can't trust pictures to accurately portray the color these days. The orchid gray was more like gray with a hint of plum, very muted color, pretty much just a darker gray indoors. The black was far less shiny than the Note 7's black, so less of a fingerprint magnet, but still showed fingerprints more than the other colors. Coral blue and maple gold are not available here, so it looks like arctic silver is the color for me. I liked that color on the Note 7, but since the color wrapped around to the front it was far too blinding for me to use. Not a problem on the S8+.
Well I still haven't ordered yet, still not 100% convinced I can't just wait until the Note 8 comes out.
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Where are you located that the silver is available?
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Where are you located that the silver is available?
Sent from my Note 7, S7 Edge or S6
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USA.
I've owned the Note 2/3/4 and this was the first phone I've been remotely excited about. I thought about waiting to see what the Note 8 had in store for us, but I don't use the stylus much (maybe once a week or less). I've held onto the Note 4 for so long because of the replaceable battery, with all the new models going to sealed backs, I figured I might as well get used to it. If I don't like the S8+ or just can't live without the Note 8, I'll give my son the S8+.
Ordered the arctic silver version.
note 8 will be wider. Only thing I'm hesitant about (even tho ordered!) is the width and the battery.
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Ordered the Midnight Black, my last 3 phones were Gold so I wanted a change. Hopefully I'll also receive it on the 20th, Three said the 29th when I ordered over the phone, but have it listed as a "get it early" incentive on their website. I'm in SW England btw and also only had a choice of Black or Grey. I wanted black anyway so no bother. Excited to try it out!
Haha I'm just like you, can't help but swap phones when something new and shiny arrives. I'll probably sell next year and get a Oneplus then upgrade again and so on...
The Note is too similar to the S range for me to trade for. Other than the S Pen of course. I had three phones last year and I'm currently using the Xiaomi Mi5S Plus. Shouldn't have bothered with this one, just wanted to try it out.
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Exact same thing with me, I had a Gold S6 before, the black option looks amazing so I pre-ordered the phone in black. Shipping starts on the 20th and I was one of the first ever to pre-order it, meaning I will probably be one of the first to get it too :fingers-crossed:
Ever since the first leaks of the black variant I wanted to get mine in black, the color looks so amazingly slick and clean, an uniform piece of screen and amazing design
The note 8 will have curves the same as the note 7 did...which was wider than the s7.
Hi guys,
Story of my life. I preordered my S8+ on March 30th, received it on April 20th. Reading about pink tint I was happy not to see any. But what I got was green tint across the whole screen. On top of that the curved edges were really visible and had this glowing effect, as described in this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/help/dark-edges-t3593730
I decided to return it and ordered another two units. The first one was completely pink, using the white balance sliders and the color calibration code (*#15987#) helped a little, but it was still pink. The other one had dead pixels near one of the curved edges and was greenish in one part of the screen. I returned all of them.
I'm stubborn (and like the phone design a lot) so I bought another three (this time I took some photos which I attached below). The first one had extremely greenish tint and as any other greenish screen the curved edges were really visible and had this glowing effect.
The second one was entirely pink including the pinkish edges and the third one was pink only at the top. Playing with white balance and color calibration did not help, only lowered the effect a little bit.
To make it worse one unit had splinter on the frame straight out of the box.
There is a guy on polish forum of S8+ who got twelve units of S8+ and only one was perfect: http://forum.android.com.pl/topic/314518-ekran-w-galaxy-s8-plus/?page=19#comment-5078692
Is it only in my beloved country so hard to get the perfect screen (by perfect I mean not pink nor green, without dead pixels) or were we so unlucky ? It seems almost impossible to get the good unit. I'm really tired of not being able to enjoy mine new device. I'm thinking about buying another 5 units from different sources. I will give it a last chance ...
PS. To make it clear - I'm buying new phones almost every year since 10 years and never had such issues. I had to replace one of my phones just once in my entire life! So I'm not that kind of person seeing issues everywhere, I'm just not agreeing to pay full price for a device with such flaws.
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Hi guys,
Story of my life. I preordered my S8+ on March 30th, received it on April 20th. Reading about pink tint I was happy not to see any. But what I got was green tint across the whole screen. On top of that the curved edges were really visible and had this glowing effect, as described in this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/help/dark-edges-t3593730
I decided to return it and ordered another two units. The first one was completely pink, using the white balance sliders and the color calibration code (*#15987#) helped a little, but it was still pink. The other one had dead pixels near one of the curved edges and was greenish in one part of the screen. I returned all of them.
I'm stubborn (and like the phone design a lot) so I bought another three (this time I took some photos which I attached below). The first one had extremely greenish tint and as any other greenish screen the curved edges were really visible and had this glowing effect.
The second one was entirely pink including the pinkish edges and the third one was pink only at the top. Playing with white balance and color calibration did not help, only lowered the effect a little bit.
To make it worse one unit had splinter on the frame straight out of the box.
There is a guy on polish forum of S8+ who got twelve units of S8+ and only one was perfect: http://forum.android.com.pl/topic/314518-ekran-w-galaxy-s8-plus/?page=19#comment-5078692
Is it only in my beloved country so hard to get the perfect screen (by perfect I mean not pink nor green, without dead pixels) or were we so unlucky ? It seems almost impossible to get the good unit. I'm really tired of not being able to enjoy mine new device. I'm thinking about buying another 5 units from different sources. I will give it a last chance ...
PS. To make it clear - I'm buying new phones almost every year since 10 years and never had such issues. I had to replace one of my phones just once in my entire life! So I'm not that kind of person seeing issues everywhere, I'm just not agreeing to pay full price for a device with such flaws.
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I feel you. I don't know what to say to help, but if it is any consolation I know exactly how you are feeling. A few years back I had a similar problem with the BlackBerry Passport. I ended up exchanging about 12 devices before I found one that didn't have flaws out of the box. I got roasted on the CrackBerry forums for it, but proof was all there. I simply got 12 broken devices out of the box... Seems unreal almost, but it happens.
I couldn't care less if there was a green or a blue or a pink or a yellow tint. It still does the same job.
Your best bet is to just wait until the first few batches are pushed out and just wait until samsung makes more phones..let everyone else buy up all the pink ones. This could take months though, maybe about 3. Either way, buying an AMOLED is similar to buying an LCD; you will get lucky if you don't get dead pixels or screen tint issues.
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I couldn't care less if there was a green or a blue or a pink or a yellow tint. It still does the same job.
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That's true but wouldn't an older device as well? People should be getting quality products for the price.
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I couldn't care less if there was a green or a blue or a pink or a yellow tint. It still does the same job.
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Couldnt agree more!!!!
Don't see what the problem is regarding screen tint issue, Samsung is aware of it and said they can address it through a software update. I would've just waited for that and changed my screen color ratio in the mean time. Also the pictures you showed with the dead pixels, either I'm blind or it wouldn't honestly make a difference or you wouldn't even notice it in daily usage. Just my two cents
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That's true but wouldn't an older device as well? People should be getting quality products for the price.
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People should indeed get quality products for their money, but this seems to be a new obsession when it comes to new phones. People sitting there all day looking at a white screen trying to find an imperfection. If you use the phone day to day, there is no way you would even notice it.
aroy97 said:
Don't see what the problem is regarding screen tint issue, Samsung is aware of it and said they can address it through a software update. I would've just waited for that and changed my screen color ratio in the mean time. Also the pictures you showed with the dead pixels, either I'm blind or it wouldn't honestly make a difference or you wouldn't even notice it in daily usage. Just my two cents
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Biggenz said:
People should indeed get quality products for their money, but this seems to be a new obsession when it comes to new phones. People sitting there all day looking at a white screen trying to find an imperfection. If you use the phone day to day, there is no way you would even notice it.
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When you pay $1,300 for something, like I did for my S8+, you want it to be flawless, at least physically. We all work hard for our money, one way or the other. I won't stand for throwing it away on a semi-defective device, no matter how small the defect.
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When you pay $1,300 for something, like I did for my S8+, you want it to be flawless, at least physically. We all work hard for our money, one way or the other. I won't stand for throwing it away on a semi-defective device, no matter how small the defect.
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I thought I was having a screen issue ... but it was just my eyes .. however im having audio output issues and im pissed off ... had to use a speaker booster for everything ... at full volume its like 1/3 of full on my note 4 ... going to Verizon to test the sample phones to mine
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When you pay $1,300 for something, like I did for my S8+, you want it to be flawless, at least physically. We all work hard for our money, one way or the other. I won't stand for throwing it away on a semi-defective device, no matter how small the defect.
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Ohh oh... You hoping for something that will never happen, good luck!
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Ohh oh... You hoping for something that will never happen, good luck!
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I got a perfect device with the S8+, thankfully, on first go. Software wise, different story, but HW is flawless. It's hit and miss.
If they are going to start setting a precedent where they are asking for laptop money for a phone, then we need to respond by expecting that it at least comes as advertised. When we start dropping our standards while they keep raising the price, then we are all in for ever-increasing amounts of agro as they will just assume x% of people will just take it up the wrong-un and keep coming back for more. For this money, if there are any hardware defects out of the box, back it goes. But those are just my standards.
In response to the OP, sounds like you are ordering replacments from the same borked batch. I'd either find a new source or wait for the scruffy units to go elesewhere.
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I got a perfect device with the S8+, thankfully, on first go. Software wise, different story, but HW is flawless. It's hit and miss.
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Ya, its also entirely subjective and dependant upon the individual, but good on ya for being at peace.
Software wise, im rooted and am able to enhance my android experiance on this device were i deem fit; so very pleased with this device.
Mine is absolutely flawless, want to buy ?)
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Ya, its also entirely subjective and dependant upon the individual, but good on ya for being at peace.
Software wise, im rooted and am able to enhance my android experiance on this device were i deem fit; so very pleased with this device.
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There is nothing subjective about having a color balanced display, no visible marks, flaws, or any other defects anywhere on the body, and no dead or stuck pixels. All ports and speakers work, mics all work, etc. No, physically perfect is not subjective. It's very much objective, based on factual observations about the conditions of the device. Besides, as the poster above has said as well, if they're going to be asking laptop money for a phone it better be flawless.
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There is nothing subjective about having a color balanced display, no visible marks, flaws, or any other defects anywhere on the body, and no dead or stuck pixels. All ports and speakers work, mics all work, etc. No, physically perfect is not subjective. It's very much objective, based on factual observations about the conditions of the device. Besides, as the poster above has said as well, if they're going to be asking laptop money for a phone it better be flawless.
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Your argument is still predicated on your interpretation of perfection, so that it is subjective! Feel free to dispute that further, lol.
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Your argument is still predicated on your interpretation of perfection, so that it is subjective! Feel free to dispute that further, lol.
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This is a pretty comical comment. Your argument amounts to everything being subjective. Why is a square a square? Why is it not a triangle? Because a square has 4 equal sides and 90 degree angles connecting all sides to each other. That's not subjective; it is mathematically objective. The same way, a perfect display is one that is without defects. A perfect phone body is one without scuffs. You either have dead pixels or you don't. You either have scuffs or you don't. Your display is centered in the frame of the phone, or it isn't. Your display is using a proper white-point, or it is not. These are not subjective things. The state is binary.
mrvain84 said:
Hi guys,
Story of my life. I preordered my S8+ on March 30th, received it on April 20th. Reading about pink tint I was happy not to see any. But what I got was green tint across the whole screen. On top of that the curved edges were really visible and had this glowing effect, as described in this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/help/dark-edges-t3593730
I decided to return it and ordered another two units. The first one was completely pink, using the white balance sliders and the color calibration code (*#15987#) helped a little, but it was still pink. The other one had dead pixels near one of the curved edges and was greenish in one part of the screen. I returned all of them.
I'm stubborn (and like the phone design a lot) so I bought another three (this time I took some photos which I attached below). The first one had extremely greenish tint and as any other greenish screen the curved edges were really visible and had this glowing effect.
The second one was entirely pink including the pinkish edges and the third one was pink only at the top. Playing with white balance and color calibration did not help, only lowered the effect a little bit.
To make it worse one unit had splinter on the frame straight out of the box.
There is a guy on polish forum of S8+ who got twelve units of S8+ and only one was perfect: http://forum.android.com.pl/topic/314518-ekran-w-galaxy-s8-plus/?page=19#comment-5078692
Is it only in my beloved country so hard to get the perfect screen (by perfect I mean not pink nor green, without dead pixels) or were we so unlucky ? It seems almost impossible to get the good unit. I'm really tired of not being able to enjoy mine new device. I'm thinking about buying another 5 units from different sources. I will give it a last chance ...
PS. To make it clear - I'm buying new phones almost every year since 10 years and never had such issues. I had to replace one of my phones just once in my entire life! So I'm not that kind of person seeing issues everywhere, I'm just not agreeing to pay full price for a device with such flaws.
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see here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3593263
i have these issues since years, but this time it's extreme...
I've seen a lot (nearly 20) S8+ now, only 3 of them had an almost perfect screen!
the deviations are really huge, and that's the biggest problem in my eyes...
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*sigh*
Can we get a moderrator to change the title of this thread to; LCD is better than AMOLED (because this is what this thread is really about(I prefer amoled btw))
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