With the announcement of the GS III and the nice new additions to its software I'm really excited for system dumps so our guys can start porting the features.
TouchWiz Nature, All Cast, NFC file sharing, and the coolest feature to me is being able to play a video and simultaneously use many other features of the phone.
Do you guys think our trusty skyrocket can handle it?
What features are you excited for I know our guys will do their best to get as many features that can possibly work on our phone of choice. Having the skyrocket I am not even as excited as I thought I'd be about the announcement. We really do have a great phone.....
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With the announcement of the GS III and the nice new additions to its software I'm really excited for system dumps so our guys can start porting the features.
TouchWiz Nature, All Cast, NFC file sharing, and the coolest feature to me is being able to play a video and simultaneously use many other features of the phone.
Do you guys think our trusty skyrocket can handle it?
What features are you excited for I know our guys will do their best to get as many features that can possibly work on our phone of choice. Having the skyrocket I am not even as excited as I thought I'd be about the announcement. We really do have a great phone.....
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Would "NFC file sharing" not be the same as "Android Beam"? I play video and do other things at the same time with the skyrocket already. But I'm guessing extreme multitasking would have more to do with the quadCore of the GSIII and that cannot be ported over. The other things you mentioned I have never experienced.
I agree with the OP. would be very nice to see these features ported over. As far as our phone not being able to handle the multitasking, I have no doubt in my mind it will.
Samsung is doing the typical Apple stratagy. Update a phone, bring out a ton of software improvements that force you to upgrade. Great part about owning a Android phone is that I think it will be easier then it seems to port this to the S2. Smart on Samsungs part but our devs are smarter
What's to port over the new tw launcher and voice assist that's all that we don't really have
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I agree with the OP. would be very nice to see these features ported over. As far as our phone not being able to handle the multitasking, I have no doubt in my mind it will.
Samsung is doing the typical Apple stratagy. Update a phone, bring out a ton of software improvements that force you to upgrade. Great part about owning a Android phone is that I think it will be easier then it seems to port this to the S2. Smart on Samsungs part but our devs are smarter
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What improvements are you talking about? Until the phone is actually in someone's hand it will be difficult to tell, but from what I see, there isn't much a hardware difference (with exception to the QuadCore) from the SkyRocket so I'm not sure how ICS on the GSIII would be any different than ICS on the SkyRocket.
Could you explain the improvements?
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What improvements are you talking about? Until the phone is actually in someone's hand it will be difficult to tell, but from what I see, there isn't much a hardware difference (with exception to the QuadCore) from the SkyRocket so I'm not sure how ICS on the GSIII would be any different than ICS on the SkyRocket.
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I guess what I was trying to say is the S3 has all these new "S" features. Plus all of the software enhancements.
I also have a S2, did the upgrade, and its pretty much the identical interface as gingerbread.
In order for Samsung to encourage new buyers would be to NOT include these features to older phones, and keep it strictly to the latest devices.
I believe our phones, although not quad core can run all of the native apps the S3 has with ease.
Visit engadget.com and look at some of their reviews of the phone. The screen and processor are the best to date. But is it worth a upgrade? Personally I don't think it is. What application out there has every not ran on our Skyrockets? Unless its for bragging purposes. Which I can totally understand lol
That didn't answer the question what features exactly what are you looking for
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The feature "pop-up-play" is referring to the situation where a video you are watching pops up to front of interface and stays there no matter what you are doing like messaging or navigating home screens. Its like the ice cream sandwich youtube widget in a way but with a video actually playing and moveable to wherever you need it on your screen. 100% Real multitasking.
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We have real multitasking the video thing will likely be ported over sounds like some apk file and maybe a framework add on
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What improvements are you talking about? Until the phone is actually in someone's hand it will be difficult to tell, but from what I see, there isn't much a hardware difference (with exception to the QuadCore) from the SkyRocket so I'm not sure how ICS on the GSIII would be any different than ICS on the SkyRocket.
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Just quad core? That's it? Its a quad core with LTE radio built in, not like ours. That is a huge deal right there. The 2100 battery bump ... not a small deal. Upgraded MALI is a HUGE difference.
When you move from underneath to top, the screen is way way better too.
Dude don't downplay things that are clearly beyond you.
As for features in software, the camera app got a huge ass overhaul so I think we can benefit from that greatly and the gesture based calling.
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The feature "pop-up-play" is referring to the situation where a video you are watching pops up to front of interface and stays there no matter what you are doing like messaging or navigating home screens. Its like the ice cream sandwich youtube widget in a way but with a video actually playing and moveable to wherever you need it on your screen. 100% Real multitasking.
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Something like this? Gplay over xda
momulah said:
With the announcement of the GS III and the nice new additions to its software I'm really excited for system dumps so our guys can start porting the features.
TouchWiz Nature, All Cast, NFC file sharing, and the coolest feature to me is being able to play a video and simultaneously use many other features of the phone.
Do you guys think our trusty skyrocket can handle it?
What features are you excited for I know our guys will do their best to get as many features that can possibly work on our phone of choice. Having the skyrocket I am not even as excited as I thought I'd be about the announcement. We really do have a great phone.....
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Yes 100% multitasking and the face tracker/screen on features. I hope those are more software oriented than hardware. Still am combing over the hands on videos
Edit: this stylus pen sucks
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You all are aware that there is a North American dual core version, right? LTE still isn't working with Quad Core devices, afaik.
that having been said, it means porting over the goodies from the S3 should be feasible once we all have OTA ICS. The Skyrocket is still an absolute monster in terms of potential. i've heard that they've recently figured out a way to OC our processors to run 3.1 safely. Any conflicts should be able to be worked around by someone who knows what they're doing.
My opinion? the s3 is just a placeholder until crApple releases the iClone5, then Sammy will deliver the TKO.
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Just quad core? That's it? Its a quad core with LTE radio built in, not like ours. That is a huge deal right there. The 2100 battery bump ... not a small deal. Upgraded MALI is a HUGE difference.
When you move from underneath to top, the screen is way way better too.
Dude don't downplay things that are clearly beyond you.
As for features in software, the camera app got a huge ass overhaul so I think we can benefit from that greatly and the gesture based calling.
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You all are aware that there is a North American dual core version, right? LTE still isn't working with Quad Core devices, afaik.
that having been said, it means porting over the goodies from the S3 should be feasible once we all have OTA ICS. The Skyrocket is still an absolute monster in terms of potential. i've heard that they've recently figured out a way to OC our processors to run 3.1 safely. Any conflicts should be able to be worked around by someone who knows what they're doing.
My opinion? the s3 is just a placeholder until crApple releases the iClone5, then Sammy will deliver the TKO.
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I love it when pwople don't take their own advice.
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I love it when pwople don't take their own advice.
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The spec sheet says 4G. Now depending on what countries marketing you look at, that means LTE. Also by definition it means LTE.
In addition, the phone is supposed to be LTE capable. Also, he said AFAIK, which doesn't mean that its fact.
What advice you want me to take?
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The spec sheet says 4G. Now depending on what countries marketing you look at, that means LTE. Also by definition it means LTE.
In addition, the phone is supposed to be LTE capable. Also, he said AFAIK, which doesn't mean that its fact.
What advice you want me to take?
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Deeper and deeper...
LTE = Long Term Evelution
4G does NOT mean LTE unless it is specified as "4GLTE". 4G is and has always had a variety of meanings but for AT&T it means "HSPA+ with advanced backhaul. You know AT&T...the network that sells the Skyrocket? SkyRocket... you know the forum you are posting in?
I live in the USA...you know, the country that the SkyRocket is sold in? So it doesn't really matter how they sell the international version of the GSIII, we will get the USA (North American) variant. And this post is about porting over software from the GSIII to the Skyrocket.
It's clear that any advice would be wasted on you. And it is also clear that you go from thread to thread trying to pick fights. However, you will have to find someone else to pick one with because this is the last reply you will get from me and hopefully, the thread can get back on target. Goodnight.
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Deeper and deeper...
LTE = Long Term Evelution
4G does NOT mean LTE unless it is specified as "4GLTE". 4G is and has always had a variety of meanings but for AT&T it means "HSPA+ with advanced backhaul. You know AT&T...the network that sells the Skyrocket? SkyRocket... you know the forum you are posting in?
I live in the USA...you know, the country that the SkyRocket is sold in? So it doesn't really matter how they sell the international version of the GSIII, we will get the USA (North American) variant. And this post is about porting over software from the GSIII to the Skyrocket.
It's clear that any advice would be wasted on you. And it is also clear that you go from thread to thread trying to pick fights. However, you will have to find someone else to pick one with because this is the last reply you will get from me and hopefully, the thread can get back on target. Goodnight.
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I'm not trying to find fights at all. Also, regardless of what your stupid American marketing says 4G means LTE. Officially it is the standard adopted by the entire world by the GSMA
You can read about it here: http://www.informationweek.com/news/203101622
Now if your done arguing facts you'd remind yourself that Samsung is not an American company so when they say 4G, they aren't talking about HSPA only per se (unconfirmed because nobody has the phone).
For you to think otherwise is just plain ignorant and last time I checked just because skyrocket was brand name given to the North American model doesn't mean those are the only people here and AT&T is the only carrier that we need to look at. Skyrocket isn't sold in the USA either, it is sold in several other countries with a different name, your self centered view hinders you from seeing that though.
Lastly, I did make proper suggestions about what would be cool to port over so I was on topic prior to all of this, if you actually read then you would know that, just like you'd know more about the phone you hold and the standards you use.
Now quit being ignorant and stop thinking I'm trying to pick a fight.
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I'm not trying to find fights at all. Also, regardless of what your stupid American marketing says 4G means LTE. Officially it is the standard adopted by the entire world by the GSMA
You can read about it here: http://www.informationweek.com/news/203101622
Now if your done arguing facts you'd remind yourself that Samsung is not an American company so when they say 4G, they aren't talking about HSPA only per se (unconfirmed because nobody has the phone).
For you to think otherwise is just plain ignorant and last time I checked just because skyrocket was brand name given to the North American model doesn't mean those are the only people here and AT&T is the only carrier that we need to look at. Skyrocket isn't sold in the USA either, it is sold in several other countries with a different name, your self centered view hinders you from seeing that though.
Lastly, I did make proper suggestions about what would be cool to port over so I was on topic prior to all of this, if you actually read then you would know that, just like you'd know more about the phone you hold and the standards you use.
Now quit being ignorant and stop thinking I'm trying to pick a fight.
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Read here: http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/03/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-is-official/
No LTE in the version you were looking at in the press event. It's an HSPA+ version. LTE will come later.
So like other Galaxy...we will have to wait to see what comes across the pond. And unless Samsung has some magic up their sleeves, nobody has any knowledge as of yet of a Exynos processor that can work with an LTE radio. And I'll be honest, if they had one waiting, I kinda think they would have mentioned it. No reason to NOT announce that the LTE will be quad-core with all the rumors flying that it won't be.
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Read here: http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/03/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-is-official/
No LTE in the version you were looking at in the press event. It's an HSPA+ version. LTE will come later.
So like other Galaxy...we will have to wait to see what comes across the pond. And unless Samsung has some magic up their sleeves, nobody has any knowledge as of yet of a Exynos processor that can work with an LTE radio. And I'll be honest, if they had one waiting, I kinda think they would have mentioned it. No reason to NOT announce that the LTE will be quad-core with all the rumors flying that it won't be.
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Your right. No LTE as of yet. Doesnt matter for most people in Canada anyways. I think in Ontario only Toronto and Ottawa has it, the rest of the province is stuck with HSPA+.
Every time I hear "4G" it makes me chuckle. HSPA+ is the same as HSPA, only difference being "mimo" technology. Therefore, it is still 3G.
That being said, the only technology thats "true 4G" would then be LTE.
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Your right. No LTE as of yet. Doesnt matter for most people in Canada anyways. I think in Ontario only Toronto and Ottawa has it, the rest of the province is stuck with HSPA+.
Every time I hear "4G" it makes me chuckle. HSPA+ is the same as HSPA, only difference being "mimo" technology. Therefore, it is still 3G.
That being said, the only technology thats "true 4G" would then be LTE.
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All this arguing with no phone in sight, not for at least 'till december(maybe) for us here in the states, right?
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I mean, we would get Infuse 4G in this spring. However that is not Galaxy S 2, just overclocked Captivate with better screen. Rumors confirmed that new Galaxy S series will come with Orion processor that is duelcore hummingbird. I know android OS and apps are not optimized to duel core so it could be useless battery hog until it get honeycomb.
But most concerning point is Infuse 4G will come with froyo and take time forever to get gingerbread, it is really dealbeaker. Also Infuse 4G will have no international brother like i9000 which is our ROM source.
Should I end up contract to AT&T and move on other carrier?
Given Galaxy S2 is still under tight wrap waiting to be announced at MWC, it is too early to talk about whether or not AT&T will get it.
Officially, Galaxy S2 does not even exit. So how do you know AT&T won't get it.
So far, the only Android OS I saw that mentioned dual-core support is HoneyComb (3.0) which is only for tablet. Gingerbread does not support dual core. So, having a dual core phone right now is quite useless, the other half will just stay unused.
Go to t-mobile and quit samsuck completely. AT&T is terrible with Android support, and Samsuck.....well......they suck. That is unless you want your phone to be a statistic in the Samsuck fragmentation universe.
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Go to t-mobile and quit samsuck completely. AT&T is terrible with Android support, and Samsuck.....well......they suck. That is unless you want your phone to be a statistic in the Samsuck fragmentation universe.
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T-mobile sucks in this area...so that really isn't a good alternative IMHO...and I have absolutely no idea what you are saying about the fragmentation..There really isn't any carrier that doesn't suck...they all do...some just more than others in some areas...
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lol @ relying on a carrier to provide OS support. Do it yourself. XDA is here for a reason.
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There really isn't any carrier that doesn't suck...they all do...some just more than others in some areas...
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Truer words have never been spoken.
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There really isn't any carrier that doesn't suck...they all do...some just more than others in some areas...
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QF the muther******* T!
there are rumors of the nexus s coming for at&t.
engadget dot com/2011/01/27/nexus-s-coming-in-a-new-atandt-flavor/
and at&t itself has said that this year they'll be bringing a lot of top end android phones (not gimping them to make iphone look superior). a good side-effect of them losing iphone exclusivity.
i'd wait for feb14-17 for the mobile world conference to get a better idea of which phones are coming.
Personally, the Captivate is the last Samsung product I'll buy, and probably the last product I'll buy from A**. The way I was ripped off on this phone by the customer support will survive in my memory for AT LEAST the duration of this contract. I don't care WHAT Samsung comes up with.
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Personally, the Captivate is the last Samsung product I'll buy, and probably the last product I'll buy from A**. The way I was ripped off on this phone by the customer support will survive in my memory for AT LEAST the duration of this contract. I don't care WHAT Samsung comes up with.
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I'm with you on that. Samsuck is dead to me. As soon as the Atrix or Optimus 2X hits AT&T I'm ditching my Captivate immediately.
I would like to leave AT&T too, but where I live, they have the best 3G speeds. With HSDPA/HSUPA enabled I get 2Mb down/1.5 Mb up. Verizon here cant touch that. Everybody at work has VZW and they get about 700kb up and down.
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lol @ relying on a carrier to provide OS support. Do it yourself. XDA is here for a reason.
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Here, here!
Unless it's the Nexus S, don't buy a Samsung anything. You'll regret it.
A nrw OS does not fix a broken phone. Even with the best OS, the bad phones turn themselves off and the GPS stays flakey. Thats not to mention that you're risking your warantee and the folks that bricked their phones upgrading. I have changed ROMS but for a top of the line smart phone, you shouldn't have to.
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lol @ relying on a carrier to provide OS support. Do it yourself. XDA is here for a reason.
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Very Good Phone
im far away from ATT so i dont know how its support works. For me the Captivate is the best phone ive ever had. I dont have any complains about it. And is even better with the great roms available here on XDA. iphone 4 lovers hate me when i show them all the things i can do... Sure there probably are better phones... but i dont see a reason to change mine for a while.
This will be my last Samsung as well. Thankfully Andromeda 1.0 makes it a usable phone to get me through this contract.
Yeah, the GPS leaves a lot to be desired. I've managed to finally get a ROM/Kernel/Modem combination that is stable, and can keep a GPS lock.
The only other Samsung phone I had prior to this was the WinMo Blackjack. Back then I didn't know enough about smartphones to be aware that it was horrible.
But, hey, I got my Captivate for free. Christmas present from my girlfriend, and she only paid $70 for the phone, screen protector, and 16 gig microSD card. So, I can't complain too much.
I am grateful to the Captivate, though. Without it, I wouldn't have learned about Android, and what true customization is all about.
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A nrw OS does not fix a broken phone. Even with the best OS, the bad phones turn themselves off and the GPS stays flakey. Thats not to mention that you're risking your warantee and the folks that bricked their phones upgrading. I have changed ROMS but for a top of the line smart phone, you shouldn't have to.
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Honestly not hating on you dude, but you should buy an IPhone. If you want something that works out of the box and you don't have to mess with that's the way to go. EVERY Android handset out there requires tweaking to some degree or another. And every other manufacturer has their own issues.
Samsung has a bit of a track record of not updating and now the GPS issues. But Motorola gets you a locked boot loader. LG currently doesn't have a real competitor in the US yet. HTC just took the EVO and rebadged it for Verizon and AT&T, not to mention the Desire HD for the rest of the world.
I'm not overly thrilled with the Captivate. It's a great phone, but the lack of support from Samsung (cmon, at&t may have it's faults but they have little to do with the lack of an update or support, they just sell phones, my opinion of course.) The biggest issue for me is GPS. I do have a standalone unit for trips and such but I really like having a phone that can get me from A to B easily. I don't carry my GPS everywhere, I do carry my phone.
Would I buy another Samsung Device?? Maybe. I'd certainly wait a few weeks after it was released to see what the main issues are. As far as software, I don't care. I flash ROM's more than I change my...... Well you get my point.
if att gets the galaxy 2? it will hit in the fall of course,they will milk the atrix ,infuse and the htc dealio for all they are worth. sad reaalllymost likely increase data charges for no reason than renaming their 3g network....sounds like the goverment at work here, we need bigger goverment to counteract this maddddnesss
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im far away from ATT so i dont know how its support works. For me the Captivate is the best phone ive ever had. I dont have any complains about it. And is even better with the great roms available here on XDA. iphone 4 lovers hate me when i show them all the things i can do... Sure there probably are better phones... but i dont see a reason to change mine for a while.
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Gotta agree with you there. When I switched from my iPhone to the Cappy, I'll admit I went through some withdrawal basically because a comparable cydia/rock alternative wasn't readily available (I really missed the streaming video and content apps...the ones that worked anyway :/ ). The work the devs are doing within the XDA community breathed new life and excitement into my cappy. I think in time, the overall developement scene for Android will rival and (hopefully) surpass what the iPhone community has accomplished.
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Gotta agree with you there. When I switched from my iPhone to the Cappy, I'll admit I went through some withdrawal basically because a comparable cydia/rock alternative wasn't readily available (I really missed the streaming video and content apps...the ones that worked anyway :/ ). The work the devs are doing within the XDA community breathed new life and excitement into my cappy. I think in time, the overall developement scene for Android will rival and (hopefully) surpass what the iPhone community has accomplished.
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Agreed. Before I got my Captivate, I was expecting the same Cydia/Installer combo to show up a couple minutes after I got it.
Honestly, Market serves as an undermined Cydia, but iPhone does have the better dev base by a landslide and that's why it's more popular, at least for devs and the like.
If Captivate had the dev base iPhone does, I wouldn't need anything else. Then again, I don't think anyone else would, either.
T-Mobile to Launch Nexus S clone with TouchWiz - Vibrant 4G
EDIT: Probably a fake picture.
Vibrant 4G looks to be a complete clone of the Nexus S, plus these four things:
http://briefmobile.com/vibrant-4g-front-camera-android-2-3-gingerbread
Vibrant look
4G HSPA+
microSD
Android 2.3 with TouchWiz
Doesn't this feel kind of screwy? At least Nexus S users will have NFC, constant updates straight from Google, and a bare skinned Android 2.3 build. Plus the contour screen.
IMG SRC: BGR
Ewww, no thanks. Looks like a Vibrant Nexus S bastard child.
Turns out it's probably a fake picture. Check out the updates.
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Ewww, no thanks. Looks like a Vibrant Nexus S bastard child.
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looks more like what the nexus s should of been
Ugly......super ugly
Believers b3ar fruit with their Nexus S.....
It's not a Nexus S clone with TouchWiz.
It's a T-Mobile Vibrant upgraded with 4G and front cam.
Relax people sheesh.
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Turns out it's probably a fake picture. Check out the updates.
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Sad that people go to these lengths to fake stuff. Waste of good time
def. fake
yeah looks like its a vibrant running a tw nero rom, with a ffc. nothing special :/
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Sad that people go to these lengths to fake stuff. Waste of good time
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No joke. BGR probably got ~$100 in ad money for that picture, too.
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yeah looks like its a vibrant running a tw nero rom, with a ffc. nothing special :/
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Yep.
The picture is fake, but about the final product having 2.3 is up in the air. So many damn Samsung rumors ruin the actual release of the phone. Plus, I doubt 2.3 is on the phone.
It takes Samsung approximately 3 months (assuming the rumored release date is right) to make 2.3 while it takes them about 5-6 months to release 2.2 on Galaxy S (original). Yeah, I don't believe it. Also, why have a USA phone get 2.3 before the motherland? I believe Korea got Froyo before everyone else and then after them it was the international Galaxy S.
Of course, I could just be wrong.
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Sad that people go to these lengths to fake stuff. Waste of good time
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Probably just a website just making a fake story to gain hits.
And it was BGR that first reported this, I believe.
Nexus or vibrant 4g?
Hey guys im looking to go from the vibrant 3g to the nexus s or the newly announced vibrant 4g.
I love the ffc. Does the nexus perform ok on video calls over 3g?
Does the nexus have dlna support like all other galaxy s phones?
If anyonr came from the vibrant 3g to the nexus s would you do it again or go for the new vibrant?
Thanks.
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Hey guys im looking to go from the vibrant 3g to the nexus s or the newly announced vibrant 4g.
I love the ffc. Does the nexus perform ok on video calls over 3g?
Does the nexus have dlna support like all other galaxy s phones?
If anyonr came from the vibrant 3g to the nexus s would you do it again or go for the new vibrant?
Thanks.
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just going to say this, WHY WHY WHY is there another one of these threads
1.yes
2.no
3.n/a
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just going to say this, WHY WHY WHY is there another one of these threads
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2.no
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Because this is where we go to ask these questions. Q&A
You didnt have to read or answer if it bothered you that much.
But I do appreciate u taking the timr to answer.
Thanks for that.
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Because this is where we go to ask these questions. Q&A
You didnt have to read or answer if it bothered you that much.
But I do appreciate u taking the timr to answer.
Thanks for that.
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eh the only reason is just cause there have been sooo sooo many of these threads kinda just starts to get old after a while of seeing the same one over and over again
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eh the only reason is just cause there have been sooo sooo many of these threads kinda just starts to get old after a while of seeing the same one over and over again
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First time I've seen Vibrant 4G vs. Nexus S.. but yeah there are a lot of "should i get Nexus S" threads.
I'm just gonna go ahead and say:
What kind of user are you?
1) Do you care about the latest hardware?
In this case.. I WOULD not get either phones and wait for a Dual core. As great as this sounds, there are consequences for this [refer to (2)]
2) Does it bother you not having the newest and latest version of Android?
This is the main reason why I moved from the Vibrant to the Nexus S and will be only making purchases towards Nexus devices in terms of contracts.
With a Nexus device, you are guaranteed updates coming directly from Google itself. Google will open source kernels, drivers, and whatever is necessary for devs. I dont do OTAs but it does help the community out by always having the newest and latest.
In my opinion, latest software > hardware because the latest hardware phones are crippled by custom skins (motoblur, htc sense, etc). Although, I DO like the features TouchWiz brought to the game (power widget on notification bar, video codecs, etc) but the lack of software updates is disgusting including the closed source of the leaks which limited development.
Not to mention, winning the "latest software" war is far more easier than latest hardware. Newer hardware is coming so fast that you can't catch up. For example, Tegra 2 is now starting to release on various phones. But media reports that Tegra 3 will be ready soon... so, whats the point in getting a 1st-gen dual core? Just wait for a 2nd-gen. Sources can be googled regarding this.
3) Vibrant 4G is pretty much a Vibrant, you can add a FFC camera to your Vibrant and it already has Froyo.. so..... and HSPA+ speeds of 21 Mbps is just theoretical, it doesn't necessarily mean you'll hit it. Also, why would you need that high of Mbps? Not that im complaining, but really... we're not downloading torrents or anything here so whats the point? I'll live with my 7.2 Mbps.. not in a rush for higher speeds.
Edit: Sources --
Dual-core processors will be the standard in 2011, and quad-core is coming in the near future.
http://androidandme.com/2010/12/new...coming-to-android-devices-in-the-near-future/
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ARM provided a window into the future of smartphones tonight when they announced the Cortex-A15 MPCore processor. The new design will be used in 32nm and 28nm chips with 1-16 cores, with clock speeds up to 2.5GHz.
Before you get too excited, ARM does not expect these processors to arrive in phones until late 2012. By the time they are available, ARM says to expect five times the performance of the Cortex-A8 CPUs that we find in most current smartphones, at a similar energy footprint.
http://androidandme.com/2010/09/news/arm-reveals-quad-core-2-5-ghz-cortex-a-15-slated-for-2012/
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Another reports that Tegra 3 will possibly be announced at MWC (which is next month)
slowz3r said:
eh the only reason is just cause there have been sooo sooo many of these threads kinda just starts to get old after a while of seeing the same one over and over again
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I know it does. Really I do. But I never have a problem helping on xda. I expect these things here. Qa is a broken record. It could of been ive bricked my phone lol.
Really thanks though.
It would appear 2.3 may be the only reason to get the nexus s right now.
And if the rumors are true and there is a nexus s 4g coming that would suck.
I think ill wait to see the vibrant 4g and how much it changed from the vibrant 3g.
Thanks for your input.
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I know it does. Really I do. But I never have a problem helping on xda. I expect these things here. Qa is a broken record. It could of been ive bricked my phone lol.
Really thanks though.
It would appear 2.3 may be the only reason to get the nexus s right now.
And if the rumors are true and there is a nexus s 4g coming that would suck.
I think ill wait to see the vibrant 4g and how much it changed from the vibrant 3g.
Thanks for your input.
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those Nexus S 4G rumors seem to kinda have dissapeared after Tmo showed pics of the Vibrant 4G
mr.orange303 said:
I know it does. Really I do. But I never have a problem helping on xda. I expect these things here. Qa is a broken record. It could of been ive bricked my phone lol.
Really thanks though.
It would appear 2.3 may be the only reason to get the nexus s right now.
And if the rumors are true and there is a nexus s 4g coming that would suck.
I think ill wait to see the vibrant 4g and how much it changed from the vibrant 3g.
Thanks for your input.
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Nexus S 4G is a rumor. The I 9023 (or whatever its going to be called) is possibly just a Nexus S that uses the Super Clear LCD screen rather than Super AMOLED due to shortage(?). And besides, Google owns the name "Nexus," so I seriously doubt Google would do that to their customers.
I don't even get what the hype about Vibrant 4G is.. its a FFC and Froyo. You can apply a FFC to your Vibrant and you already have Froyo.
But... have fun with Samsung's updates if you decide to get a Vibrant 4G
Nexus S is out of Samsung's hands to update.
@Slowz3r: The Vibrant 4G picture is a fake. It's a Vibrant with FFC and Nero v5.1 (or v4?). Status bar has AM/PM, stock Gingerbread does not.
zephiK said:
First time I've seen Vibrant 4G vs. Nexus S.. but yeah there are a lot of "should i get Nexus S" threads.
I'm just gonna go ahead and say:
What kind of user are you?
1) Do you care about the latest hardware?
In this case.. I WOULD not get either phones and wait for a Dual core. As great as this sounds, there are consequences for this [refer to (2)]
2) Does it bother you not having the newest and latest version of Android?
This is the main reason why I moved from the Vibrant to the Nexus S and will be only making purchases towards Nexus devices in terms of contracts.
With a Nexus device, you are guaranteed updates coming directly from Google itself. Google will open source kernels, drivers, and whatever is necessary for devs. I dont do OTAs but it does help the community out by always having the newest and latest.
In my opinion, latest software > hardware because the latest hardware phones are crippled by custom skins (motoblur, htc sense, etc). Although, I DO like the features TouchWiz brought to the game (power widget on notification bar, video codecs, etc) but the lack of software updates is disgusting including the closed source of the leaks which limited development.
Not to mention, winning the "latest software" war is far more easier than latest hardware. Newer hardware is coming so fast that you can't catch up. For example, Tegra 2 is now starting to release on various phones. But media reports that Tegra 3 will be ready soon... so, whats the point in getting a 1st-gen dual core? Just wait for a 2nd-gen. Sources can be googled regarding this.
3) Vibrant 4G is pretty much a Vibrant, you can add a FFC camera to your Vibrant and it already has Froyo.. so..... and HSPA+ speeds of 21 Mbps is just theoretical, it doesn't necessarily mean you'll hit it. Also, why would you need that high of Mbps? Not that im complaining, but really... we're not downloading torrents or anything here so whats the point? I'll live with my 7.2 Mbps.. not in a rush for higher speeds.
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The google updates sounds great. Really does. The vibrant has horrible wait times for updates. The broken gps.
But I do use my phone more for movies, music, and internet than anything else.
You make good points about that.
It sounds more and more as though I may need to wait here.
Those dualcore phones are great looking but they are slready talking triple core.
So it seems in 3mnths anything I buy will be outdated by 10 fold.
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So here we are approaching the 30 day window for returns with ATT.
I previously had a ATT Galaxy 2 and returned it for the SkyRocket because I am in an LTE area. Well I love the LTE Speeds but I have some negatives with the SR and would like some input not flames.
Concerns:
1. Processor is not as fast as the Exynos and the benchmarks support the statement. As a result video's can get choppy.
2. Kernel Development is limited and moving slow.
3. ROM Development is limited and moving slow.
I could live with issue 1 since I think with development 2 and 3 will be resolved.
I am not taking potshots at the development members. I personally have made donations to several members in hopes of stimulating the development and I appreciate all that has been done but it's not moving very well. Each and every ROM has issues whether its MMS or LTE Support or SoD on the kernel development.
So do I stay or go? What are your thoughts are you staying or going?
Does anyone see any solid development on the horizon?
Overall I believe the device is not being adopted a a high enough rate and this is definitely caused by Samsung segmenting the market by morphing this device to each and every carrier. Which has hindered the development efforts for each of these mutated devices.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Earthsdog said:
So here we are approaching the 30 day window for returns with ATT.
I previously had a ATT Galaxy 2 and returned it for the SkyRocket because I am in an LTE area. Well I love the LTE Speeds but I have some negatives with the SR and would like some input not flames.
Concerns:
1. Processor is not as fast as the Exynos and the benchmarks support the statement. As a result video's can get choppy.
2. Kernel Development is limited and moving slow.
3. ROM Development is limited and moving slow.
I could live with issue 1 since I think with development 2 and 3 will be resolved.
I am not taking potshots at the development members. I personally have made donations to several members in hopes of stimulating the development and I appreciate all that has been done but it's not moving very well. Each and every ROM has issues whether its MMS or LTE Support or SoD on the kernel development.
So do I stay or go? What are your thoughts are you staying or going?
Does anyone see any solid development on the horizon?
Overall I believe the device is not being adopted a a high enough rate and this is definitely caused by Samsung segmenting the market by morphing this device to each and every carrier. Which has hindered the development efforts for each of these mutated devices.
Thanks for your thoughts.
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The sprint and at&t og sgs2 are the most similiar to the International one.
The ****rocket and tmo sgs2 are the mutated ones.
I was planning to get a ****rocket, but after reading about the LTE throttling, bad ppi, and snapdragon chipset, I decided to sell my og SGSII and go with the Note.
Lets just say, once you use the note, you will not be able to use small phones anymore.
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xAnimal5 said:
The sprint and at&t og sgs2 are the most similiar to the International one.
The ****rocket and tmo sgs2 are the mutated ones.
I was planning to get a ****rocket, but after reading about the LTE throttling, bad ppi, and snapdragon chipset, I decided to sell my og SGSII and go with the Note.
Lets just say, once you use the note, you will not be able to use small phones anymore.
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i would agree, but the note is not LTE ready if you buy it overseas so you can keep it. once it hits the US with LTE i will buy it and will not look back.
for now i am very happy with the rocket, i dont notice this lag in videos or ****rocket talk. i had the sgs2 for a week and was not blown away buy any means in the comparison. do what you will - ITS YOUR phone and you have to live with it. i plan on upgrading to either the nexus if it hits or the Note once it hits anyway so the rocket is just a short stop for 4 months or so till one of thoes drops anyway.
Quadcores are just around the corner. Its pointless upgrading to a dual core. I will gladly keep my skyrocket until i pick up my quadcore sammy device. 4 cores mabye 2 gigs ram and a big super amoled with lte is what im waiting for
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Quadcores are just around the corner. Its pointless upgrading to a dual core. I will gladly keep my skyrocket until i pick up my quadcore sammy device. 4 cores mabye 2 gigs ram and a big super amoled with lte is what im waiting for
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+1.............
Only time will tell as far as the development goes. I don't have a skyrocket cause no lte for me. Also now reading about the throttling going on I'm not sure if I care about lte anymore. Now another question for all you lte guys is who is going to return the skyrocket for the lg nitro hd lte coming out in about a week.
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nuwayman said:
Only time will tell as far as the development goes. I don't have a skyrocket cause no lte for me. Also now reading about the throttling going on I'm not sure if I care about lte anymore. Now another question for all you lte guys is who is going to return the skyrocket for the lg nitro hd lte coming out in about a week.
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if its not samsung, im not switching<<<
and it seems ilke it has the same specs as the skyrocket less the screen.
Earthsdog said:
So here we are approaching the 30 day window for returns with ATT.
I previously had a ATT Galaxy 2 and returned it for the SkyRocket because I am in an LTE area. Well I love the LTE Speeds but I have some negatives with the SR and would like some input not flames.
Concerns:
1. Processor is not as fast as the Exynos and the benchmarks support the statement. As a result video's can get choppy.
2. Kernel Development is limited and moving slow.
3. ROM Development is limited and moving slow.
I could live with issue 1 since I think with development 2 and 3 will be resolved.
I am not taking potshots at the development members. I personally have made donations to several members in hopes of stimulating the development and I appreciate all that has been done but it's not moving very well. Each and every ROM has issues whether its MMS or LTE Support or SoD on the kernel development.
So do I stay or go? What are your thoughts are you staying or going?
Does anyone see any solid development on the horizon?
Overall I believe the device is not being adopted a a high enough rate and this is definitely caused by Samsung segmenting the market by morphing this device to each and every carrier. Which has hindered the development efforts for each of these mutated devices.
Thanks for your thoughts.
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My quad score on here (stock) is way better than my infuse. Idc about lte. My phone is always connected to wifi so its whatever. Phones take awhile to get custom roms. Give it some time to settle
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the2rrell said:
if its not samsung, im not switching<<<
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+100...... ive owned htc hero. Htc evo shift.htc evo. Lg g2x. Htc mytouch 4g. Sammy epic. Sammy epic 4g touch. Sammy sgs2. Sammy sgs2 skyrockrt. Sammy moment.. Moto atrix. Kyocera echo.. and definately sammy is much better then moto or htc or lg or kyocera.
Returned my Skyrocket, ordered the Galaxy Nexus and not looking back...
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Returned my Skyrocket, ordered the Galaxy Nexus and not looking back...
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ordered from at&t?
is it available for at&t?
Only thing I don't like is the Nexus has no expandable storage.
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Returned my Skyrocket, ordered the Galaxy Nexus and not looking back...
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Nexus Prime or Original Nexus? If not prime then I see it as a downgrade instead of an upgrade.
Note is on my radar and that is one of the reason why I switched to blood sucking AT&T from Tmobile....... just so that I can use International phones.
Mortem Tuam said:
ordered from at&t?
is it available for at&t?
Only thing I don't like is the Nexus has no expandable storage.
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The "Galaxy Nexus".
Not the Nexus One or the Nexus S. I ordered it from Expansys-usa should be here sometime this week. Nexus Prime was just a name they used when the phone was being developed. Cost me $729.99 with a -$20 coupon code for the site. The no SD card thing kinda bummed me out and thats originally why I bought the SR over it but after using google music during beta and now that its out and free. I have realized that 16gb will be enough storage for me since I can stream all of my music through google music. The SR was nice but I really want that stock android experience and not to have to wait for updates from AT&T or samsung. I got burnt out on waiting when using the Infuse. How many times did AT&T promise Gingerbread for the infuse...
If anyone wants the coupon code for Expansys usa its: 20OFFLS
Skyrocket is a nice device and we'll start seeing roms for it soon. Just give it a month or so.
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Skyrocket is a nice device and we'll start seeing roms for it soon. Just give it a month or so.
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I think so too, if all I was worried about was ROMs I would of kept my Nexus S but I love the LTE speeds......
I can wait,
Yeah LTE speeds are nice. But where I live there is no LTE. So The Galaxy Nexus was the right choice for me. Don't get me wrong the SR was a very nice device but I think i'm gonna like my Nexus better.
the2rrell said:
i would agree, but the note is not LTE ready if you buy it overseas so you can keep it. once it hits the US with LTE i will buy it and will not look back.
for now i am very happy with the rocket, i dont notice this lag in videos or ****rocket talk. i had the sgs2 for a week and was not blown away buy any means in the comparison. do what you will - ITS YOUR phone and you have to live with it. i plan on upgrading to either the nexus if it hits or the Note once it hits anyway so the rocket is just a short stop for 4 months or so till one of thoes drops anyway.
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Exactly..I tried the SGS2 orig because of this Exynos talk..well it was slower than the Skyrocket. In terms of ROM, I have it working complete with 14 toggle mod, camera hack to use power button to click, 3200-3500+ quadrant (if it means anything really) without any special kernels no overclocking etc, no random reboots, no locks to freeze and take out battery etc., NO! SODs, no video lags (whatever folks talk of..have downloaded many videos and play them directly), no MMS issue at all !...Vis Voicemail etc all work..even modified the dialer so that have the Tmob type dialer with extra button for voicemail along side the button for the phone on one side and the messaging button on the other side.
only miss in-dialer video chat (3G direct..not talking of Google talk) that is there in I9000 (orig SGS not SGS2) ROMs and the Infuse (modified dialer there too for direct video chat)..the ROM for the Sky and the T989 do not support this (maybe trying to move folks to Google Talk..do not need that)..neither does the orig
SGS2 anyway
Even have a TMob rom set up for this device with all the above except Vis Vmail..even fixed in-call volume using I727 library files..
wonder what folks are complaining about..do not care 4G LTE all that stuff..it is fast no matter what..
however .lost 70$ because of this Exynos nonsense (in my opinion)..35 restocking fee to return and 35 to change from Sky to org SGS2 back to Sky..my loss the hard way.
I am not sure why everyone is freaking out on throttling. The SR is a nice device and I have seen no problems with the chipset other than some graphics like the default homescreen image and the boot image being slower than normal. This is no different than when new GPUs come out and all the benchmark apps and drivers have to be updated/optimized for the new hardware. Throttling only comes into play IF you are on an UNLIMITED data plan and you hit the top 5% of all other users on an unlimited data plan. For me around here, the throttling SMS came in last month at at about 6.5GB of usage but I never was throttled after using about another 1GB.
The SR is a nice device that I plan on sticking with until the quads hit.
My only complaint with Samsung in general is their damn bootloader code. But then again the laughs will be on those GS II owners as well once they update. hehehe. That would be a mute point if carriers listened to customers and actually gave them what they want or actually use vs. trying to force things down our throats. In my opinion custom ROMs beat carrier ROMs for one main reason - flexibility. Those authors usually remove the crapola and add back features the carriers like to remove.
Ill never return mine unless it breaks. Phone is too nice
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The "Galaxy Nexus".
Not the Nexus One or the Nexus S. I ordered it from Expansys-usa should be here sometime this week. Nexus Prime was just a name they used when the phone was being developed. Cost me $729.99 with a -$20 coupon code for the site. The no SD card thing kinda bummed me out and thats originally why I bought the SR over it but after using google music during beta and now that its out and free. I have realized that 16gb will be enough storage for me since I can stream all of my music through google music. The SR was nice but I really want that stock android experience and not to have to wait for updates from AT&T or samsung. I got burnt out on waiting when using the Infuse. How many times did AT&T promise Gingerbread for the infuse...
If anyone wants the coupon code for Expansys usa its: 20OFFLS
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Personally, I find spending $749 vs. $0.01 for something very marginal a little over the top, to be honest. In fact, I would not even consider getting a phone locked to 3G speeds even a marginal gain considering that it does not have any storage expansion. I would regard this as a downgrade. But different strokes for different folks, I guess. Yes, it runs ICS but the Skyrocket would be running this in a few months. In addition, as this is not a phone supported by a major carrier, it would not sell into millions and it would not create the accessory and development support that carrier phones would definitely have.
Now, regarding Android 4.0 vs 2.6.6. ICS is nice but not that nice. It really would not affect much of the functionality of the phone. What does one want to do that cannot be accomplished well in 2.6.6? I cannot think of much. Wow, now you would get to customize the bottom row of the icons and have resizeable gadgets and few more goodies. You would be bored with this in a day or two. Not worth the hassle. I simply concentrate on the functionality that I need.
Now, what I need is good OS-based voice dialing. That is not available even on ICS.
My dad (a fellow geek) saw that I was struggling with my Infuse because it has little official support from the big-name teams. Basically, we found that if I wanted to use MIUI or CM7, I would have to use a port that didn't really work that well, and I'm looking for the best MIUI experience possible.
He came home today and surprised me with a Skyrocket, but the more we read, the more we found out that this isn't a widely-supported phone either.
With that said, I live in a big city, so I'll probably get LTE eventually. Should I stick with this phone and hope that the MIUI team picks up the Skyrocket, or should I go trade it in for an AT&T SGS2?
The sgs2 has a huge development community but the skyrocket is a far better device especially with Lte. I decided to stay with the skyrocket and have noticed that we are picking up some steam it prob will never be as big as the sgs2 but i think it will be more than enough to satisfy any user
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This phone has quickly gained developer support. Its still very new. And our dev community will only continue to grow. Theres alot of development going on check out the dev section. And dont worry we wil get ics. And we have a great bunch of guys on our forum that help eachother out. With out bad attitudes. Be happy you have the best device available in this country.
Also I think I know of somebody that might be working on a MIUI port for out lovely skyrocket, and he's no joke either. The skyrocket is gaining momentum quickly. I would not be worried. The device is still young. And its basically replaced the OG S2 on att. Your pops is a smart man.
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Worry not fellow SGSII owner (I have the sprint flavored one). There's a bunch of reasons why development on this phone is going to, pun squarely intended, Skyrocket. Here's a couple:
1. the SGS II is THE best phone out period. If they'd given the Galaxy Nexus an Exynos processor, I couldn't say that but the Sprint, At&T and international SGS II have the Exynos which means our phones are the best hardware wise. Developers like sexy hardware. Don't need 8 mods to make it lag free, it's already lag free, so they can just have fun with it.
2. This particular SGS II is GSM, which is exactly like the international SGS II sans LTE. This means that porting stuff from their phone to this phone is going to be much more simple than, say, porting it to the Sprint one (which is cdma). You'll start seeing ports to this phone from the international version very soon.
So GSM + great hardware = good development eventually. It's very new though so be patient. The Epic Touch has been out two months and our development forums have just started to kick and show some promising work, so don't get discouraged!
I've never been impressed with either MIUI or CM7, personally. That is just my opinion and I have used them both.
I think this device has devs pushing forward on ROMs that aren't MIUI and CM7 maybe give them a shot you might be surprised.
PoorCollegeGuy said:
Worry not fellow SGSII owner (I have the sprint flavored one). There's a bunch of reasons why development on this phone is going to, pun squarely intended, Skyrocket. Here's a couple:
1. the SGS II is THE best phone out period. If they'd given the Galaxy Nexus an Exynos processor, I couldn't say that but the Sprint, At&T and international SGS II have the Exynos which means our phones are the best hardware wise. Developers like sexy hardware. Don't need 8 mods to make it lag free, it's already lag free, so they can just have fun with it.
2. This particular SGS II is GSM, which is exactly like the international SGS II sans LTE. This means that porting stuff from their phone to this phone is going to be much more simple than, say, porting it to the Sprint one (which is cdma). You'll start seeing ports to this phone from the international version very soon.
So GSM + great hardware = good development eventually. It's very new though so be patient. The Epic Touch has been out two months and our development forums have just started to kick and show some promising work, so don't get discouraged!
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The phone he is referring to (skyrocket) does not have the exynos
Snapdragon.
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Yes clocked at 1.5 ghz. But still a great phone. I love it. Much more then the og gs2 i had for a month
There's also an international version of this phone too, right (SGS2 LTE)? It came out half a year or so after the OGSGS2.
So, maybe developer support will come pick up steam after a few more months?
Thats the hd lte your talking about. Its different but japan just got a skyrocket
Cool, you guys have convinced me to stick with this one! Thanks for all the responses.
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Yes clocked at 1.5 ghz. But still a great phone. I love it. Much more then the og gs2 i had for a month
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Why do you like this so much more than the OG GS2?
Becaude of the people on our forum, i cant stress enough to have a forum with people who want to help and add to the betterment of our device. Also the 4.5 inch display, and lte ive got over 60mbps download. My comcast highspeed cable internet is only 18.
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Oh yeah and the confirmation of our icecream sandwich update from at&t
It is nice to have a forum full of active folks. Even if there aren't as many as some of the most popular phones, a dedicated community can usually draw the attention of some of the bigger dev groups.
orlandoxpolice said:
It is nice to have a forum full of active folks. Even if there aren't as many as some of the most popular phones, a dedicated community can usually draw the attention of some of the bigger dev groups.
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thats the plan.....
&+1
We have 2 great devs on the horizon. And it will only get better.
Can't wait for this monster to take off!!!!
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If you haven't noticed, we're getting devs at a nice rate.
Honestly, it's good as it is, because I don't want quanities of ROM's, I want quality ROM's.
That being said, with slayher working on CM9, and our device being literally identical to the T-Mobile SGS II except for the LTE radio (which adding our personal radio fixes), we shant not worry.
Plus, we have 2 devs on the horizon, and we have dev rotation, so devs will be getting our device soon.
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Thats the hd lte your talking about. Its different but japan just got a skyrocket
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http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/26/samsung-announces-galaxy-s-ii-lte-and-galaxy-s-ii-hd-lte-handset/
There should be 2: an HD LTE and regular LTE. It would've been nice if ATT skipped the regular LTE version and gave us the HD LTE instead.
Oh well, it's all good. I'm still really enjoying my Skyrocket.
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http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/26/samsung-announces-galaxy-s-ii-lte-and-galaxy-s-ii-hd-lte-handset/
There should be 2: an HD LTE and regular LTE. It would've been nice if ATT skipped the regular LTE version and gave us the HD LTE instead.
Oh well, it's all good. I'm still really enjoying my Skyrocket.
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If AT&T had done that...
1. Murder GNexus sales.
2. Make all the AT&T SGS II guys hop, it has the new Exynos 4212 SoC.
3. Get amazingly huge development.
I've been debating on upgrading to the Skyrocket from my HTC Inspire. One of the things holding me back is this topic. I'm sure there are some great devs working on the Skyrocket, I just don't know any of them. Who are the two you all mentioned on the horizon?
So for those who are waiting, keep on waiting.
http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/05/sorry-folks-samsung-says-no-galaxy-s-iii-release-in-april/
I shud just get Skyrocket man..Atleast I will enjoy LTE speed
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I shud just get Skyrocket man..Atleast I will enjoy LTE speed
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or the htc one x looks pretty sweet and has lte
viny2cool said:
I shud just get Skyrocket man..Atleast I will enjoy LTE speed
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skyrocket call quality literally sucks balls. due to not having audience chip
mediumsteak said:
skyrocket call quality literally sucks balls. due to not having audience chip
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Literally?
It literally sucks balls? And you're complaining??
How much do i have to pay for a phone to give me some mouth lovin?
On a serious note, I've always used I9000 firmware on my captivate, and remember, cm7, miui, and all ics roms use I9000 reoriented kernels and modems, so they also don't have audience chip support. Call quality pretty much the same as I897 stuff for me, with the added bonus of hsupa.
Just waiting for it to drop cause I'm getting it, skipping s2. Hoping it drops by June though.
Been going without audience support for almost a year now, sure not as good a stock i897 quality but not bad either. I think I could live with the skyrockets non audience chip
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from what i gather is that they wil be releasin the S3 along the olympics , as a spl edition and since Samsung is the official sponsor , it will be big event...
Not so bad really. Well not for me anyway. I just see it as a little more time to play with ICS on the Cappy. If you consider how far the devs have been able to push this thing, it's impressive and not dead yet.
Hard to wait for new toys though.
S4! S4!
any phone with big AMOLED and S4 CPU would be nice.
For me it's Galaxy Note on expensive side and Pantech Burst on cheap side.
S3
Yes S3 looks sweet and I'm hearing July but lets hope earlier. Also the Skyrocket HD will be out soon, better then the original.
http://www.techzek.com/att-samsung-galaxy-s-ii-skyrocket-hd-coming-soon/
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Yes S3 looks sweet and I'm hearing July but lets hope earlier. Also the Skyrocket HD will be out soon, better then the original.
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I may just have to wait a little longer for this to drop then.
I can finally get a new phone now, but I'm waiting for something new and sweet to drop.
I'm going to guess that samsung won't name their next flagship device with an S or galaxy. Its probably going to run under HSPA+, since LTE is still in its early ages and the same 1800mah battery from sgs2. I hope they will include virtual onscreen buttons and a newer touchwiz optimized for virtual onscreen buttons as well.
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Those predictions are unfounded, and make no sense:
Galaxy S is a HUGE brand name, why would they abandon it?
And why not include lte, that's not the ONLY connection available when the phone is equipped with lte hardware, so to limit it would be a dumb business strategy.
My reason for the different brand name:
There are a lot of samsung devices with "galaxy" on them already. So transition to a new series would be perfect at this point. Besides, we don't want it to end up like evo and droid series. Too many of the same titles, and rather confusing.
As for LTE:
Only because it's still on premature stages outside of US. Samsung prioritizes Europe, Asia, and Australia (as you can see by who gets updates first) so I wouldn't be surprised if it's on HSPA+ OR! The US variants will have LTE with a snapdragon processor.
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panda_mode said:
My reason for the different brand name:
There are a lot of samsung devices with "galaxy" on them already. So transition to a new series would be perfect at this point. Besides, we don't want it to end up like evo and droid series. Too many of the same titles, and rather confusing.
As for LTE:
Only because it's still on premature stages outside of US. Samsung prioritizes Europe, Asia, and Australia (as you can see by who gets updates first) so I wouldn't be surprised if it's on HSPA+ OR! The US variants will have LTE with a snapdragon processor.
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Galaxy S series only have 2 phones which is Galaxy S and then Galaxy S2/Galaxy S2 LTE (or Skyrocket in US)...so your reasoning is wrong...
All the other devices only use galaxy..they don't use S with galaxy...every company wants to brand their flagship devices like Sony does with Xperia and LG does with optimus.
Also Droid/My Touch are carrier's names not Manufacturers name...Verizon likes to add droid on all their android phones..so does T Mobile
The reason why Europe, Asia, and Australia get updates first is that they don't have carrier's in between to deal with. In US (and Canada), Carriers controls the future updates along with the manufacturers....even if Samsung provides the updates, ATT needs to approve it too..That's why same series phones (same company) on different carriers gets updates at different times...
As the poster above you said, it would be stupid to release a phone without LTE, when every company around the world is trying to launch it..
Compared to motorola and htc, samsung is better at marketing execution despite of the update delays. And I think it's proper to end it with galaxy s 2 because were heading towards android 4.0-4 etc., which has some differences in its look and feel from froyo and gingerbread.
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Well not all. Many cities around the globe dont have LTE yet. And take sony for example, with xperia ion and xperia S. Both successors of arc, both same processor, but xperia s for europe is only hspa+ whereas ion is LTE. My guess is samsung will go on the safe side to launch with hspa+ in order to keep their devices somewhat 'together' (sorry if I didnt make sense lol). But I do understand why it would be a let down with no LTE
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atleast we know that US version of SG3 will have LTE, irrespective of the carrier, as all the major carriers in US already have LTE or working to get it..
^ There's a possibility samsung will head to that direction too. HSPA+ international, LTE US domestic. Lol with ours and other people's analysis, it looks like samsung is the "Apple" for Android kinda