What would an official XDA phone be like? - General Questions and Answers

Ok since facebook is at it again with htc (perhaps htc buys facebook?)
that got me to thinking....
xda is great and all but we need to take it to the next level....
xda needs to make their own phone... thats right why not we have the skills
so what would an xda phone be like?
what specs would it have...
would it be an over the top phone or a low end crap phone?
would it use android? windows mobile windows phone i-os or some new os developed by xda? how about the ubuntu phone os?

Google_Nexus said:
Ok since facebook is at it again with htc (perhaps htc buys facebook?)
that got me to thinking....
xda is great and all but we need to take it to the next level....
xda needs to make their own phone... thats right why not we have the skills
so what would an xda phone be like?
what specs would it have...
would it be an over the top phone or a low end crap phone?
would it use android? windows mobile windows phone i-os or some new os developed by xda? how about the ubuntu phone os?
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well it would be cool if you could duel boot WP7 and android ics and quad core
IOS YOU HAVE GOT TM BE OT OF YOUR MIND IOS IS B******t

paintball23456 said:
well it would be cool if you could duel boot WP7 and android ics and quad core
IOS YOU HAVE GOT TM BE OT OF YOUR MIND IOS IS B******t
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well miui is an android but looks like i-os which is why i said i-os as some people must like i-os otherwise why would their be miui? which looks like i-os even does not have an app drawer....
i would have a quad core 2ghz
double retina display
1gb ram and rom
32gb onboard internal storage and sd card as well
4g lte advanced
and it would be made by the user at home as an kit if you will....

Google_Nexus said:
well miui is an android but looks like i-os which is why i said i-os as some people must like i-os otherwise why would their be miui? which looks like i-os even does not have an app drawer....
i would have a quad core 2ghz
double retina display
1gb ram and rom
32gb onboard internal storage and sd card as well
4g lte advanced
and it would be made by the user at home as an kit if you will....
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Not retina AMOLED 1080p 448ppi 4.8 inch screen also i would put 2gb ram for duel booting zero lag

how about some drawings of an xda phone? so what would it look like? and how about something other then a candy bar shape? how about a pear shape phone to get at apple?

Loving the idea of building it at home as a kit! Perfect!

WarriorDaddy said:
Loving the idea of building it at home as a kit! Perfect!
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i thought that would fit xda....
i also remembered when people in the 1970's would build their own basic computer kits....

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1619625
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Google_Nexus said:
i thought that would fit xda....
i also remembered when people in the 1970's would build their own basic computer kits....
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Thats what we need again for the phones complete with making your own networks
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You may have better luck posting this here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=476
One question....why?
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crookshanks said:
You may have better luck posting this here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=476
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yeah found that right after i posted it lol thanks
miketoasty said:
One question....why?
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i got it bc it was the only android phone worth a **** from verizon at the time i want the revolution or the xperia play other than that no complaints.
try www.swappa.com as well, sold 4 devices on there, gave me a great experience. the admin keeps an eye out on transactions too
thenewak said:
i got it bc it was the only android phone worth a **** from verizon at the time i want the revolution or the xperia play other than that no complaints.
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Your going to get what your going to get but damn why pick those two phones? I mean obviously you don't mind downgrading but come on.
miketoasty said:
Your going to get what your going to get but damn why pick those two phones? I mean obviously you don't mind downgrading but come on.
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well the droid charge is basically the same thing just samsung but id much rather get something dual core also...sadly verizon isnt really releasing anything yet.
thenewak said:
well the droid charge is basically the same thing just samsung but id much rather get something dual core also...sadly verizon isnt really releasing anything yet.
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My Uncle just picked up the LG Revolution on friday and has said it has been working like a charm. If i am not mistaken that's a 1g Dual Core.
chepo84126 said:
My Uncle just picked up the LG Revolution on friday and has said it has been working like a charm. If i am not mistaken that's a 1g Dual Core.
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That is incorrect. The Revolution has a 1ghz single core processor.
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Mean Bro Greene said:
That is incorrect. The Revolution has a 1ghz single core processor.
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You are right. I don't know for what reason I thought that it was dual core.
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chepo84126 said:
You are right. I don't know for what reason I thought that it was dual core.
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It was initially planned to have a Dual Core Tegra 2, I believe.
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I dont see what the fuss is, my thunderbolt kills my xoom w/ tegra 2 all over the cpu benchmarks. Dual core is more of a gimmick than anything right now with these phones.
I still don't see why we need dual and coming soon quad core processors. With stock android everything runs great.
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miketoasty said:
I still don't see why we need dual and coming soon quad core processors. With stock android everything runs great.
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When the os is written to make use of multi-core processors battery life should improve. That's the biggest plus I can think of at the moment.
crookshanks said:
When the os is written to make use of multi-core processors battery life should improve. That's the biggest plus I can think of at the moment.
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By the time that happens, youll be on an new phone anyways (probably another year or two). I guess some people (like the OP) will never be happy with the current phone they have.

Can android be not as smooth as iOS/WP7?

Apparently, this article claims it has a reason.Do read and comment, and if u r a dev, try to find a getaround
http://www.redmondpie.com/heres-why-androids-ui-will-never-be-as-smooth-as-ios-or-windows-phone-7/
No it's not the reason. But this:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sprint-nexus-s-4g/120310-ics-hardware-acceleration.html
frankly ,the reason is that Android does a lot more than those crapsters
Why not find a reason why wp7 and ios doesnt implement multitasking when they first came out?
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But frankly, who cares? Let's put it out clear: it's always a good idea to invest in an easier-to-develop software than on a hard-to-mantain code but fast. And that's android.
Does your phone lag? Put in a dual core. Does it lag again? Go for a quad core.
And one thing is android which is fully customizable, and one is android/windows phone which can't do quite anything out of the box.
Isnt it quad core is too much? Why dont they make tri core? Just kidding.
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kemistry01 said:
Isnt it quad core is too much? Why dont they make tri core? Just kidding.
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a few years ago,1 ghz processors were the best that it could ever get to *pointing to the HD2*
sakindia123 said:
a few years ago,1 ghz processors were the best that it could ever get to *pointing to the HD2*
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Technology growing exponentially..ahhh
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hd 2 is still one of the best phone
A day will come when even android GPUs will have clock speeds of above 600mhz or 1ghz range... That day is not very far..
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Ya...android is superbly growing technology but still we should not forget that iphone is one of best & smooth os. My frnd has iphone 4. Forget about open source & all those things, in just 2 min i realised that iphone is super duper smooth. Android will definitely achieve that level & even it will grow more than that one day.

Huawei Ascend D

http://www.neowin.net/news/huawei-ascend-d-quad-to-be-worlds-fastest-smartphone
Itll be running STOCK android...no more of this waiting for Samsung BS! Might become quite a popular phone just cause of that.
Huawei is notorious for being junk so I doubt many xda type people will buy that.
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xsteven77x said:
Huawei is notorious for being junk so I doubt many xda type people will buy that.
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I don't know how correeyour response is... my cuz had one of their low end phones and it wasbeto bad..
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PJcastaldo said:
I don't know how correeyour response is... my cuz had one of their low end phones and it wasbeto bad..
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...what the hell did you just say?? lol.
Android would be a lot more popular if they ran straight Android...such slick, beautiful, and powerful phones losing to the the fat, small screened simplistic and underpowered iPhone because of the goofy and crappy software loaded on them.
Carriers & manufacturers, the blood of Android is on your hands...
zander21510 said:
...what the hell did you just say?? lol.
Android would be a lot more popular if they ran straight Android...such slick, beautiful, and powerful phones losing to the the fat, small screened simplistic and underpowered iPhone because of the goofy and crappy software loaded on them.
Carriers & manufacturers, the blood of Android is on your hands...
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Android outsells iPhone almost 2 to 1 so how is it losing?
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xsteven77x said:
Huawei is notorious for being junk so I doubt many xda type people will buy that.
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Well that's not entirely true. Huawei has mainly produced low end handsets here in the states. From everything I've seen and read, their handsets are emanating a quality on par with Samsung which says a lot. I think they're gonna do very well.
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I have had experience with the Ascend phone which is a low end prepaid phone and I got to say at the time it released I think aside from a problem with the usb port (which evo 4gs at the time had) the build quality was decent and non-xda devs had it cooking with cm7
vanilla android was nice and with the decent dev support it had that low end phone was keeping up with more powerful phones.
that sounds amazing, but i doubt most people here would upgrade until they put a processor as fast as a i7 in teh phones
AznDud333 said:
that sounds amazing, but i doubt most people here would upgrade until they put a processor as fast as a i7 in teh phones
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X86 is a dying architecture, arm is the future
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leo321 said:
X86 is a dying architecture, arm is the future
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power consumption wise, maybe.. but dont forget that arm lags wayy behind on performance per clock
even their high end phones are crap
horrible battery life, i've played with them
and most importantly of all, no SAMOLED+ display
leo321 said:
X86 is a dying architecture, arm is the future
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I meant for mobile devices... there will never be an efficient x86 processor in a phone.
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Looks ok for what it is, i'd buy one to play with?.
AllGamer said:
even their high end phones are crap
horrible battery life, i've played with them
and most importantly of all, no SAMOLED+ display
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I have never heard of them really till recently, when they were at CES i believe with the thinnest smartphone. Then this news post.
The SAMOLED+ thing is a good point though, i look at other screens and theyre SO bland.
leo321 said:
X86 is a dying architecture, arm is the future
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leo321 said:
I meant for mobile devices... there will never be an efficient x86 processor in a phone.
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Except this isn't necessarily true at all :|
xsteven77x said:
Huawei is notorious for being junk so I doubt many xda type people will buy that.
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could'nt agree more
leo321 said:
I meant for mobile devices... there will never be an efficient x86 processor in a phone.
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Ever heard of Intel's medfield?
red12355 said:
Ever heard of Intel's medfield?
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Maybe someday there will be a power efficient x86 processor in a phone but the medfield isnt it. Its a 32nm processor, but to match a 45nm ARM processor's power efficiency, it would have 28nm.
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leo321 said:
Maybe someday there will be a power efficient x86 processor in a phone but the medfield isnt it. Its a 32nm processor, but to match a 45nm ARM processor's power efficiency, it would have 28nm.
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... But it already matches 45nm ARM in power efficiency.
And where did you get that is has to be 28nm to match 45nm ARM? That's nonsense.
red12355 said:
... But it already matches 45nm ARM in power efficiency.
And where did you get that is has to be 28nm to match 45nm ARM? That's nonsense.
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My apologies, guess I've read wrong! Anyways it seems like a great chip, but it still needs to catch up to arm power efficiency... and arm has plans for a 20nm process later this year and 14nm the next year... It will be very interesting to see how Intel plays its hand in the mobile phone realm!
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Is windows phone worth buying ???

Hi ppl i have a Samsung galaxy tab 2 7inch p3100 as i can't carry this to all the place, iM planning buy a another phone as I'm in android 4.0.4 ice cream s i looking forward to buy a windows phone in Samsung or HTC is it worth buying a windows phone or shall i go for android itself ????
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Stick w/ droid.
i have a windows phone and i'm loving it the same way as android,
its better than iphone and its super sleek and fast,
but android is better than WP in some ways but based on the devices that i have the WP is faster
I can't get over the fact that Windows Phone is based on those fairly large boxes, so I'd stick with Android.
Have to say for using as a stock device WP7 is much sleeker and smoother.
But for lack of applications and mods in WPA7, I would pick my HTC Incredible S over my Nokia Lumia 800 any day of the of the week
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If you go for a windows phone get wp8 as wp7 phones can't be upgraded to wp8 and so you won't be able to use certain features and apps on the wp7 models.
http://m.engadget.com/2012/06/20/microsoft-unveils-windows-phone-7-8-for-legacy-devices/
Dave
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Thanks you ppl for your reviews
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android period
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Wait for wp8 and then you can decide about to buy one of this.
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I wouldn't waste my money on WP7 right now when WP8 is right around the corner (October-December). If you can't wait that long, get an Android device and make sure it's one that won't get screwed over when a major update like Jelly Bean comes around.
Windows Phone is a pretty nice OS to play with though. I have the Lumia 800 and 900 and love them both. However, the lack of customization options is a big turn off for me. Customization is a major reason why I'm beginning to love Android over my iPhone. Windows Phone app numbers are a minor problem for me. Most of the apps I need on a regular basis are available there. Everything else is just for fun and there are alternatives in Windows Phone marketplace. I have over 20 apps on my WP7 devices.
dude... windows sucks.
their pc sucks, their phones suck, everything about windows screams "we only care about money!!!" and they dont even give u good stuff for it.
but if u even need to ask this question, then either u dont own an android, or u do, and u simply have no idea of the incredible peice of technology you have in your hands and the unlimited possibilities that are at ur finger tips...
but hey, thats just my two cents..
Android and Linux to the end!!
No , just no . Android phones are simply better stick with it
I will stick to android itself thank you ppl
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im abcd said:
No , just no . Android phones are simply better stick with it
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why bother anything else right
there is no better like windows and apple.
find the right system for yourself
wait for windows 8 phone
He already said he's sticking with Android. Let the thread rest in peace.
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Let's be objective...
Hi,
I have to say that I love android for so many reasons such as the freedom it gives you in terms of customization... Nevertheless I had a chance to try a Lumia 710 and I was impressed by the responsiveness of the phone. In my opinion it depends a lot on what kind of user you are...whether you like to mod your phone or simply use it.....
Little green guy all the way. He easily smashes windows for fun and slices and eats apples for dessert. Make the right choice.
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depend on your taste, my brother have a windows phone and is very clear and fast.

[NEWS] Nokia's Project X Android Smartphone Specification Details Leaked.

Nokia's mysterious Project
X smartphone, which if
rumours are to be believed
will run on the Android OS
seems to be getting more
leaks.
According to the news Nokia Android
smartphone will come with
a dual-core 1Ghz
processor, 4GB of RAM and
a 5 megapixel camera.
Those specifications put the
phone at the lower end of
the market, which seems to
be supported by the claim
that it will come in a range
of colours -- usually a sure
sign of a mass market
product.
In fact, it seems very
similar in specification to
the Windows Phone based
Lumia 520.
The key being that this is
supposedly an Android
smartphone, being released
by a company about to be
bought by Microsoft.
Whether it will be able to
dual-boot into Windows
Phone as well is uncertain,
but Microsoft has been
reportedly talking to other
handset vendors about
such a system, so this could
be a technology prover for
Microsoft to show the
potential.
good for start . especialy with dual boot.
it good but not for company like NOKIA .
so. thanks for the news
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abdo jouma said:
good for start . especialy with dual boot.
it good but not for company like NOKIA .
so. thanks for the news
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Thanks next time i will do my best.
gta
abdo jouma said:
good for start . especialy with dual boot.
it good but not for company like NOKIA .
so. thanks for the news
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Thanks next time i will do my best.
just press the buton
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too much ram
4 gb ram is it correct
slogger001 said:
4 gb ram is it correct
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man no. how it will be dual core with 4 gb ram and middle phone performance.
it is 4 gb rom (the storage)
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