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What will be your next device?

HTC Sensation users, what will your next device be after Sensation?
For me it will probably be a Samsung phone possibly the Galaxy S3 or iPhone 5, unless HTC puts out a solid, well build and thought device with consistent quality materials across their devices.
I did realized that HTC Said that they'll cut down in the amount if phones they put out since they realized they were not focusing on one phone and therefore why so many flaws in their last models.
Example: two screen manufacturers.
What will be your next device?
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Definitely another HTC. Maybe the Ville.
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iPhone 5, because I've already owned Androids(the Sensation is my second one), Blackberries, and Windows Phone but I never owned an iPhone & I always want to try new phones after a period of time.
P.S. I love Android phones the most & this Sensation is the best one I ever used (besides the sucky battery life).

Depends on what HTC brings out, I dunno if the Ville will be enough to bring me over

Well since I am on t-mobile my choice is limited since they never have the best phones out.
I will probably get whatever htc <4.3 inch screen phone is out

Definitely getting the GS3...I hope its quad core
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I've just purchased a new Nokia lumia so ill see what its like when I get it.
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STRICTLY the Nexus device....
I honestly dont think I will ever buy a non vanilla Android device again. The "features" the carriers/manufactures load up ruin the experience and limit the people who care to develop for the device.

webmaster said:
STRICTLY the Nexus device....
I honestly dont think I will ever buy a non vanilla Android device again. The "features" the carriers/manufactures load up ruin the experience and limit the people who care to develop for the device.
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As much as I hate samSUCK I think I might have to agree. I really wish HTC made the Nexus devices...

My wish list:
- size of the Desire or something in between the Desire & Sensation.
- hard buttons like those of the Desire.
- quadcore
- powerful battery to last.
- beats tech or better of the Sensation XE
Thats it. Not much to ask from HTC huh?

Maybe the HTC Ville

as long as its dual core with 768mb of ram or more and a nice 5 inch screen ill buy it.

softkey only devices for me
quad core definitively
HTC first priority altho i want it to have AOSP & Sense Roms lol were having a really tuff time bringing AOSP ICS
if not ill go with the next nexus, 5MP camera stopped me from getting it really

This time, I'm going to for an Samsung device, none of those horrible dust issues, and I really want to own an phone with an AMOLED screen.

Quad core isn't needed. I think a strong dual core (think at least 1.5Ghz) with a >3000mAH battery and a screen between the sensation and note with proper resolution (~720).
Am I the only one who thinks the AMOLED screens are overrated? I personally love this sensation screen and think it rivals the iphone, but the AMOLED samsung screens just look like the have a blue/purple hue over them..

anyone else planning on holding on to their sensation for another year at least, probably 2? Im thinking once CM9 comes out the phone will rock. I am not dropping another 500$+ on a phone until something that is truly next gen comes out

Waiting for MWC.. I really hope they have something up their sleeve..
I really like HTC but they need to bring out something top notch.
2011 wasn't a good year for HTC and they know it. They need to get back on top with one badass machine.
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mreik said:
Quad core isn't needed. I think a strong dual core (think at least 1.5Ghz) with a >3000mAH battery and a screen between the sensation and note with proper resolution (~720).
Am I the only one who thinks the AMOLED screens are overrated? I personally love this sensation screen and think it rivals the iphone, but the AMOLED samsung screens just look like the have a blue/purple hue over them..
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You're not the only one. I think they do look stunning but the colours are too rich IMO. This is one reason why I chose the Sensation over the GS2.
On a related note, I think the Galaxy Nexus is quite overrated. Apart from having a 720p screen and being a Google Experience device (and therefore having ICS), there isn't that much else that's amazing about it. Still a great phone but not worth the price (ATM).
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waltthizzney said:
anyone else planning on holding on to their sensation for another year at least, probably 2? Im thinking once CM9 comes out the phone will rock. I am not dropping another 500$+ on a phone until something that is truly next gen comes out
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Yeah I'll definitely hold on for another year at the very least seeing as I only got it a few weeks ago.

nccu_eagles said:
As much as I hate samSUCK I think I might have to agree. I really wish HTC made the Nexus devices...
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Absolutelly true! Agree with you.
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Got Nexus (Prime) and have Sensation since day one. Honestly... I am not buying any other phone for next 2 years. When got the Sensation didn't see a big difference and should stick with XL... Anyhow, I don't think there could be added more "features" (unless you playing games).
As for the Nexus... Many people saying its crap, underpowered atc... IMO these people NEVER had Nexus except in their dreams. The Nexus performs superb.
So my answer is : no other phone for 2 years as my current phones are the very best...

Sony Xperia S looks pretty nice.

What will be the next phone with most development?

Which phone do you predict will have the most support?
I predict it will be the Galaxy S3, for the time being, Galaxy Nexus is the most supported phone from a development perspective.
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the HTC tegra 3 Device i suppose

From what I have experienced with my previous Tegra 2 phone is that NVidia are not open source which means they don't give out their source making it harder to develop.
Don't get me wrong though, Tegra is super powerful but developments wise, not so sure.
For these reasons I will say that Samsung might get more development support in 2012.
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With so many phone choices out there even the development community is fragmented these days.
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So you think a phone that is yet to be confirmed, yet to be released, and
specs unknown will be the next big phone in the development world? ok then

Galaxy nexus? Are you serious mate? Have you even looked in the HTC HD2 forums?
Its literally the most supported phone (and best phone) in the world.
I know because I had one And it broke

beston94 said:
Galaxy nexus? Are you serious mate? Have you even looked in the HTC HD2 forums?
Its literally the most supported phone (and best phone) in the world.
I know because I had one And it broke
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Absolutely right! HD2 is the most supported phone ever with 5 different platforms (windows mobile, windows phone, android, ubuntu and meego). So u say galaxy nexus? Are you crazy
I also had it and sold it to buy a sensation. It made me taste all these different os' with only one phone. Absolutely the best phone ever.. Thanks HTC and XDA

Excluding the HD2, I'd go for the GS3. The Galaxy Nexus will be well supported too.

snakeeyes21 said:
So you think a phone that is yet to be confirmed, yet to be released, and
specs unknown will be the next big phone in the development world? ok then
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Yeap, assuming that Samsung keeps innovating and assuming that they use their own processor and keep releasing their code source which btw, it is most likely a yes to all of the above , I think it will be the next big phone for development and consumers.
Samsung reputation in the mobile world went really high in 2011 and for what I have seen HTC and other companies could see themselves losing a lot of loyal customer if they don't step up their game.
Anyway, I don't deny the fact that the HD2 had been and still is one of the most supported devices but I am also stating that the Galaxy Nexus has the most active development going on at the moment.
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Samsung Galaxy Note
For the following reasons:
Decent spec.
screen real-estate.
it's Samsung.
the kind of person who is going to buy that kind of hardware is likely to be passionate about it and probably going to want to make the best out of it (e.g.: Devs)
just my 0.02$.

I was not aware the HD2 had so much support, but it's pretty much guaranteed that the Galaxy Nexus is and will be a safe bet. That said, I had the GN 16Gb, and I was not impressed with the hardware, at least from a cost standpoint. I switched back to the Sensation, half the price for very similar specs.

beston94 said:
Galaxy nexus? Are you serious mate? Have you even looked in the HTC HD2 forums?
Its literally the most supported phone (and best phone) in the world.
I know because I had one And it broke
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I have two! (well, my daughters have one each now). If you actually had to use one again you'd be disappointed at how slow it is compared to the sensation, although I prefer the HD2 screen size.

over heard of the htc one series, if i would het my contact soon i would choose one of thoose but before getting them i have a nice htc sensation
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boomboomer said:
I have two! (well, my daughters have one each now). If you actually had to use one again you'd be disappointed at how slow it is compared to the sensation, although I prefer the HD2 screen size.
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compared and screensize is the same... eventhick just other curves and specs

Alienator9191 said:
over heard of the htc one series, if i would het my contact soon i would choose one of thoose but before getting them i have a nice htc sensation
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compared and screensize is the same... eventhick just other curves and specs
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The screen of the Sensation seems a tad 'taller' whereas the HD2's (or the Desire HD for that matter) is more wide after handling my friends.

k0zmic said:
The screen of the Sensation seems a tad 'taller' whereas the HD2's (or the Desire HD for that matter) is more wide after handling my friends.
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well we are talking about 1 mm(metric system) woch is just so small compared to 1 inch

Wow! I'm impressed with the support for the HD2!
I got seriously lucky by getting a Sensation, I just blindly jumped into it, and the development community for it is just mindboggling.
The Galaxy Nexus does seem like a safe bet though, what with the whole flagship status and all.

svcr0c0 said:
I was not aware the HD2 had so much support, but it's pretty much guaranteed that the Galaxy Nexus is and will be a safe bet. That said, I had the GN 16Gb, and I was not impressed with the hardware, at least from a cost standpoint. I switched back to the Sensation, half the price for very similar specs.
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LOL I retired my HD2 a loooooooooong time ago... that phone was always overrated to me even with android on it. I also jumped ship and bought a GSM Galaxy Nexus off of eBay and I still find myself using my Sensation more than the GN...if we could get a STABLE version of ICS AOSP on the Sensation I'd probably sell my GN

HTC Zeta Quad-Core !!

Sony Xperia S because nor HTC nor Samsung will release something interesting before summer

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Sony Xperia S because nor HTC nor Samsung will release something interesting before summer
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The Htc One X will be released before summer. It should be getting announced / unveiled in a few days
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New possible QWERTY successor

http://www.tmonews.com/2012/09/t-mobile-announces-the-galaxy-s-relay-4g-qwerty-keyboard-and-all/
A lot of us here on XDA have been anticipating this phone's release. Turns out the specs are almost the same as our old MT4GS. Let your anger out here if you wish OR are some going for it anyways? Also, looks like Tmo USA is getting the Note 2. Are some gonna just hope on that instead? If any touch screen device can replace a QWERTY, its definitely the Note. Plenty of screen real estate for typing. What do you guys think?
UPDATE:
Seems like tmobile made a mistake. Surprise surprise!
http://www.tmonews.com/2012/09/t-mobile-confirms-snapdragon-s4-chip-inside-galaxy-s-relay-4g/
Still lacks a decent camera (I know MP don't mean everything. Lens quality and image processor matter much more.), extra ram, etc.... I may wait for the Note 2, the alleged 5 Nexuseseses, blah blah blah before deciding for sure. I still am enjoying my DS especially since CM9 runs butter smooth and flawless now

I don't see any advantage on this other than having support from tmobile & has official ICS ROM. Also does this have FM Radio? I only hunt phones with qwerty keyboard and FM radio prebuilt

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I don't see any advantage on this other than having support from tmobile & has official ICS ROM. Also does this have FM Radio? I only hunt phones with qwerty keyboard and FM radio prebuilt
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I agree... guess I should have clarified in the op that the original guess/rumor was that this phone would have 720 HD 4" screen and a S4 processor. That's why I posted the release info cause it was such a downer plus a few of us had been waiting on confirmation here. I'm not sure if Samsung normally has FM radio though. I'm using stuff like Sirius XM/Pandora so I hardly touch that FM dial anymore. It seems like this is a lower mid range model instead of the SGSIII with a keyboard that it was rumored to be

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I agree... guess I should have clarified in the op that the original guess/rumor was that this phone would have 720 HD 4" screen and a S4 processor. That's why I posted the release info cause it was such a downer plus a few of us had been waiting on confirmation here. I'm not sure if Samsung normally has FM radio though. I'm using stuff like Sirius XM/Pandora so I hardly touch that FM dial anymore. It seems like this is a lower mid range model instead of the SGSIII with a keyboard that it was rumored to be
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galaxy S Series has FM Radios built into them that's why I asked.
difference in performance between s3 & s4 processors is just 15%. The 1GB RAM & 4inch display seems to be catchy but keeps me thinking if the 15% processing power + 250mb addin ram would convince me in spending another few hundred bucks?
The 4inch screen is a turn off for me I find 3.7 perfect already.
Also what about the camera?
And regarding NFC I don't find it very useful(at least in our country where most people are still stuck with no OS phones.
So... For me unless I render my phone unuseable or a new phone has something which would make a big difference compared to my current phone I guess I'll be sticking with my current one.

Riyal said:
galaxy S Series has FM Radios built into them that's why I asked.
difference in performance between s3 & s4 processors is just 15%. The 1GB RAM & 4inch display seems to be catchy but keeps me thinking if the 15% processing power + 250mb addin ram would convince me in spending another few hundred bucks?
The 4inch screen is a turn off for me I find 3.7 perfect already.
Also what about the camera?
And regarding NFC I don't find it very useful(at least in our country where most people are still stuck with no OS phones.
So... For me unless I render my phone unuseable or a new phone has something which would make a big difference compared to my current phone I guess I'll be sticking with my current one.
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Hehehhe! I hear ya... I was more interested in the S4's power saving/gpu improvement vs the cpu performance. I've heard that range from 15 to 30% I guess it just depends on each application, really... I think 4" is the perfect size for a qwerty. I'd might even like to see bigger lol! (Probably would a huge ass brick, right?) Yeah, I don't know much about Samsung (had no idea about the FM on the Galaxy models) but as long as HTC keeps the attitude that qwertys are dead... Samsung is my second choice, I guess. I'm still liking my DS for now. My contract is up in October and this was gonna be my upgrade. Oh well... I'll hang around for the next or pick up that Note 2. NFC hasn't really picked up anywhere even in the old USA. Well, maybe a few of the bigger cities use them more so... I don't know.

I might still want to jump ship to the Samsung slider.
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Since my MT4GS is less than 1 year old, I'm going to wait until the next Nexus debuts. I've decided that from now on I will only buy Nexus products. I'm sick of the bull**** from HTC and other manufacturers and their lame-ass excuses for not producing an update. HTC can suck my ***. I will miss Sense UI, though. I'm one of the few, it seems, that prefers how Sense works and looks.

I will probably getting the Note. Now that my phone got bricked about two months ago by the faulty recovery and all HTC has been doing of late is churning out excuses instead of making updates for this device.
I will shelve my brick so it works as a reminder that I shoudl never buy another HTC device again.

cybot_x1024 said:
I will probably getting the Note. Now that my phone got bricked about two months ago by the faulty recovery and all HTC has been doing of late is churning out excuses instead of making updates for this device.
I will shelve my brick so it works as a reminder that I shoudl never buy another HTC device again.
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Sorry man I have been so busy as of lately, ill pm you my address if you still wanna send it so we can get on HTC about fixing
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strapped365 said:
Sorry man I have been so busy as of lately, ill pm you my address if you still wanna send it so we can get on HTC about fixing
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Thanks for the PM. I understand. I am actually just disappointed in HTC for making devs jump through so many hurdles to get anything done on this device, and further frustrate them by not releasing source. The only reason why their sales are suffering is because they don't listen.
I have been reading up on the problem and looking through the forums to see what other devices used to fix this problem. And with Samsung it was simply restocking with odin or using heimdal tool.
I will definitely be sending it because I love its camera to bits. It really takes good photos. Once my friend put his OneX up against my MT4GS and it ended up taking better close ups than the OneX because it seemed to have a better auto focus.
I will be saving up for the first note to replace my G2(which has seen better days) if I manage to get this fixed.
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I'd say the Photon would be the qwerty to beat, but our camera sorta owns most, if not all, mobile devices right now.

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I'd say the Photon would be the qwerty to beat, but our camera sorta owns most, if not all, mobile devices right now.
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Unlocked bootloader +1
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This device is pretty epic. I can live with a 5mpx camera no problem. It's a really nice looking device. I've grown tired with Sense, and HTC in general. BUT Walmart is now selling the TMO version on GSII. It's off contract, and only 300 bucks. That's a deal.

update!
Hmmm... Seems like the specs are conflicting still. Check this out: http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones/SGH-T699DABTMB-specs It clearly shows the MSM8260A as the processor type which is a S4. Confirm that here: http://www.qualcomm.com/chipsets/snapdragon However, David (tmonews editor) is still claiming that both his press releases (tmobile and samsung) show the device having the S3. Someone screwed up big time lol! I feel that only a S4 makes sense at time but I guess its still a mystery?!

I am very interested in this new keyboard Galaxy, hopefully an GalaxySIII variant with S4 or Tegra3 chipset.
two key reasons: the Doubleshot is a rare device and never sold outside USA, so here in the UK I'm living on luck in terms of support of UK/European 3G operators.
secondly: five row keyboard.
also hoping for good performance without battery compromise. I am actively using my DShot for about three hours a day (starting about 7:30am over breakfast, on the bus into work and back, and a while in the evening before bed at 11:30pm) and the battery is usually exhausted!

If you're still using the stock battery that's at least part of the problem. If you were to get an Anker or Mugen battery and run a debloated version of the stock ROM so you could keep your original camera and it's functions you'd really see a difference. I sure did.

Having a 5 row qwerty again sure would be nice.
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imo, the only reason why the DS didn't do so well is because HTC didn't release an international version.
Well people would have complained about the keyboard, but eventually would have gotten used to it.
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I don't know if this is relevant here but here are the views of the G2 owners on the same
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1837559
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cybot_x1024 said:
imo, the only reason why the DS didn't do so well is because HTC didn't release an international version.
Well people would have complained about the keyboard, but eventually would have gotten used to it.
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I don't know if this is relevant here but here are the views of the G2 owners on the same
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1837559
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Totally relevant! It's nice to see my old brothers in the G2 section lol! And I couldn't agree with ya more... this device would have been huge with the dual core processor qwerty and bad ass camera (that is STILL one the best around!)

It will be quite some time, before dev action pics up on that device (if ever). So jumping into that phone right now would be a bad idea, unless you want to dev.
It's been a little more than a year since the DS came out, and we now have many roms to choose from. So think of how long this will take
Does anyone know if the internals of this new phone are based on the internals of another Galaxy phone? That would make porting a lot easier and also speed up devving.
But by the looks of it, I am liking this phone design a lot. Has everything I need, including a trackpad. Now, as long as they keep the physical size down, I may consider getting one.

gtmaster303 said:
It will be quite some time, before dev action pics up on that device (if ever). So jumping into that phone right now would be a bad idea, unless you want to dev.
It's been a little more than a year since the DS came out, and we now have many roms to choose from. So think of how long this will take
Does anyone know if the internals of this new phone are based on the internals of another Galaxy phone? That would make porting a lot easier and also speed up devving.
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The phone is not yet released so can't really say. But judging by the hardware specs. It looks like a SGS II.
Regarding development support... There's already SGS III which obviously is 1 fold greater than this device + relay 4g is also a tmobile exclusive. I don't see any samsung devs downgrading just to support this device(except maybe dedicated community devs like cyanogenmod etc.). For all I know the only persons which will be attracted on this device are keyboard enthusiasts like me. But I just got a mt4gs & relay 4g isn't that of a big difference with mt4gs anyways. So I'll pass on this phone for now. And if ever I decided to go samsung with qwerty I would rather choose samsung captivate glide instead. At least the specs are far more superior than relay 4g.
Tegra 2 = Cortex A9 Processor
Snapdragon S3 = Cortex A8 Processor
It's like a 1.5ghz celeron processor vs a 1ghz Pentium 4
And by the way Samsung captivate glide isn't even officially supported by cyanogenmod. So relay 4g being a much lower spec'd device do you think they'd get alot more support than captivate glide?
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=4914&idPhone2=4071
See what I mean? Captivate glide is also getting official ICS upgrade anyways.

[Q] HTC One XL vs Galaxy Note 2

Guys I currently own the HTC One XL and i have heard it for 3 months. For some reason I bought the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 because of all the new features it has nd in a way is better than the XL. I'm crying coz i used my credit card and I dont know if i made a ****ty decision or this is alright. Would any of you trade the One XL for the Galaxy Note 2? it has been improved greatly nd i was sucked into it. What are your thoughts?

I would not. The main reason is the screen on the hox is perfect for my hand. The note is just too big.
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If your into phablets... That's the way for your but as I can see your semi new tech phone hungry. You could get the one x + same screen size I mean if your going to get a new phone should get wait and Get tthat seems like a monster and it will be very much. The vest phone at that time IMHO

tererai said:
Guys I currently own the HTC One XL and i have heard it for 3 months. For some reason I bought the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 because of all the new features it has nd in a way is better than the XL. I'm crying coz i used my credit card and I dont know if i made a ****ty decision or this is alright. Would any of you trade the One XL for the Galaxy Note 2? it has been improved greatly nd i was sucked into it. What are your thoughts?
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Rumors are the Note 2 won't have as much dev support because Exynos are so poorly documented and all of the source code is released. I believe CM10 will not be officially supported.
Other than that, I actually was going to go to a Note 2. They got rid of the pentile matrix in the OLED so the screen looks fantastic (although I would still say the One X is a little better because I think LCDs look a little better) and the specs are fantastic.

Butters619 said:
Rumors are the Note 2 won't have as much dev support because Exynos are so poorly documented and all of the source code is released. I believe CM10 will not be officially supported.
Other than that, I actually was going to go to a Note 2. They got rid of the pentile matrix in the OLED so the screen looks fantastic (although I would still say the One X is a little better because I think LCDs look a little better) and the specs are fantastic.
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Arghhh mixed feelings, now kinda regretting my purchase. One XL is awesome no doubt about that but this feature here:
And other million more features on the Note, i got sucked so badly. FML, i can hardly sleep atm, in a huge dilemma to see which one i can keep. I guess i will know once i have the NOte 2 in my hands.

I'd rather wait for the HTC One X5 (aka Google Nexus 5), since at least it will be made with quality material and feel it's worth its cost in the hand.
The One X is so pleasing to have, it's almost fetishism.
I have had 2 samsung, so I've been there... :S

antonyfirst said:
I'd rather wait for the HTC One X5 (aka Google Nexus 5), since at least it will be made with quality material and feel it's worth its cost in the hand.
The One X is so pleasing to have, it's almost fetishism.
I have had 2 samsung, so I've been there... :S
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I so hope that rumor is true. I'm not too sold that it is, but a 5" HTC Nexus device would be awesome.

tererai said:
Arghhh mixed feelings, now kinda regretting my purchase. One XL is awesome no doubt about that but this feature here:
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And other million more features on the Note, i got sucked so badly. FML, i can hardly sleep atm, in a huge dilemma to see which one i can keep. I guess i will know once i have the NOte 2 in my hands.
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what kind of return period do you have? here in the US at AT&T, we get 30 days. I'd say be really careful and try it out (use it as your main phone) for the period you have, and then return when that time period is almost up if you still don't like it.
I'm half tempted to try one but I just think they are too big. The first Note was too odd shaped and too big, and this phone is even bigger... so, I'll likely stick with the One XL.

I got a week old hox, I'll trade you in a heartbeat.
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co.ag.2005 said:
what kind of return period do you have? here in the US at AT&T, we get 30 days. I'd say be really careful and try it out (use it as your main phone) for the period you have, and then return when that time period is almost up if you still don't like it.
I'm half tempted to try one but I just think they are too big. The first Note was too odd shaped and too big, and this phone is even bigger... so, I'll likely stick with the One XL.
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I have already exceeded my return period with the One XL so cant return it. I bought the Note 2 outright though, no contract. the bigness is what i like and taking notes in a lecture i thought it might be the phone for me. Will post a video review in this thread to update you on my views on the two phones.

18th.abn said:
I got a week old hox, I'll trade you in a heartbeat.
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Same here. No questions asked. Phone for phone. I can't wait to get the Note 2. It looks sick. Quad exynos, no pentile, enhanced s-pen, 2 gigs of ram. It's everything I wish my original Note had.
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what kind of return period do you have? here in the US at AT&T, we get 30 days. I'd say be really careful and try it out (use it as your main phone) for the period you have, and then return when that time period is almost up if you still don't like it.
I'm half tempted to try one but I just think they are too big. The first Note was too odd shaped and too big, and this phone is even bigger... so, I'll likely stick with the One XL.
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The new Note, despite having a larger screen, will be easier to use one handed than the original Note. It's not as wide.
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The response I was after. I'm glad there are people out there who feel the same way
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HTC one vs Samsung Galaxy S4

If you had an upgrade what would you choose.........
My choice would be the one. I like the LCD screen found on the DNA. I have alot of faith in the 4 Ultra pixel camera. I want a phone that doesn't feel like a child's toy. The quadrant scores on the One were amazing, although I'm sure the S4 will come close. What would you choose?
FYI: all phones have ultra pixels, however there 1.1. The ones found on the One are 2.0. Just saying
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After samsungs sharade unpacked event of the galaxy s4/s3 pebble 2 with shiney stuff around the edge ..
My kids inheratance would be heading towards htc
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HTC uses perfect materials, it feels great when you hold it in your hand

Currently on an htc phone and with HTCs inability to update software in a timely fashion that makes me question them all together.
I have a samsung tablet but I am leaning towards the S4 due to samsung overall being the better product and updating things in a timely manner.
It took htc nearly a year to get ics on this and it's horrible for everything.
Go with Samsung. Overall it's just better supported and more highly recognized
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jb.NY said:
HTC uses perfect materials, it feels great when you hold it in your hand
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Did you just say perfect materials? If by plastic you mean perfect your on the wrong track by far
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ShapesBlue said:
Currently on an htc phone and with HTCs inability to update software in a timely fashion that makes me question them all together.
I have a samsung tablet but I am leaning towards the S4 due to samsung overall being the better product and updating things in a timely manner.
It took htc nearly a year to get ics on this and it's horrible for everything.
Go with Samsung. Overall it's just better supported and more highly recognized
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Did you just say perfect materials? If by plastic you mean perfect your on the wrong track by far
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Wait, so we should get a device based on what is more recognized? That's an awesome view you have there, lol!
Wondering what was so bad with ICS? I have an Amaze the wife uses and runs fine, funny she has actually had 3 OTA updates compared to my two on my s3.
I can't wait till the One drops! Definitely my next phone for sure.
Oh and you think HTC uses plastic now? The One is all aluminum....wow, so misinformed....
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Wait, so we should get a device based on what is more recognized? That's an awesome view you have there, lol!
Wondering what was so bad with ICS? I have an Amaze the wife uses and runs fine, funny she has actually had 3 OTA updates compared to my two on my s3.
I can't wait till the One drops! Definitely my next phone for sure.
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Well currently the htc one isn't available on my carrier. So the best phone available is the S3 and soon to be S4. I don't hate htc I just could care less to stick with them
And it's called my opinion for a reason. If you don't like it then that's your opinion
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Support support support.
Samsungs got the best devs !
If you like to customize your phone. Go with sammy.
Also I just wsnna say HTC designs have always been nice. They have lackluster batteries though.
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Jooosty said:
Support support support.
Samsungs got the best devs !
If you like to customize your phone. Go with sammy.
Also I just wsnna say HTC designs have always been nice. They have lackluster batteries though.
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Dude that's the truth with the batteries for sure
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The event for the unpacking of the GS4 was ridiculous! Seriously I watched the hole "show" and I was awaiting for the new killer feature that would erase the concurrents.
First of all, the design. Some of you may say "don't change the lineup of a working team" but personally I'm tired of the same designs with Samsung devices lately. It's the same on the GS3, on the note 2 and now on the GS4 ? Show some innovation Samsung!
I love Android, I never had an iPhone and never wanted one, but from the design, iPhone 5 is way better built.
HTC really got that and the amazing device that is the ONE is the proof.
You can't say "yeah I choose my device because it'll have more updates!". Wrong!
Every high marketed device comes with killer features ! 2gb of RAM? That's normal now. 32 or 64 gb of storage / 5 inch screen? Normal too...
The thing is they all look alike in a hardware point of view, that's why nowadays the design is very important.
A good design means a device built with beautiful and premium materials and that the device's design changes from the device that came out before.
Samsung didn't get that. Although the S series of Samsung is gonna sell at uncomputable numbers every one knows that, I don't think it's a major need to upgrade from the s3 to S4 because I just don't see the point except waisting money.
I think it may attract some of those who will walk in a store and see the device (thanks to the amazing job of marketing that Samsung always does) but for those who were waiting it to be a great and revolutionary device, the disappointment is the real feeling.
HTC ONE is the killer smartphone of 2013's beginning, sorry Samsung you'll do better next time. Or not ^^
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The event for the unpacking of the GS4 was ridiculous! Seriously I watched the hole "show" and I was awaiting for the new killer feature that would erase the concurrents.
First of all, the design. Some of you may say "don't change the lineup of a working team" but personally I'm tired of the same designs with Samsung devices lately. It's the same on the GS3, on the note 2 and now on the GS4 ? Show some innovation Samsung!
I love Android, I never had an iPhone and never wanted one, but from the design, iPhone 5 is way better built.
HTC really got that and the amazing device that is the ONE is the proof.
You can't say "yeah I choose my device because it'll have more updates!". Wrong!
Every high marketed device comes with killer features ! 2gb of RAM? That's normal now. 32 or 64 gb of storage / 5 inch screen? Normal too...
The thing is they all look alike in a hardware point of view, that's why nowadays the design is very important.
A good design means a device built with beautiful and premium materials and that the device's design changes from the device that came out before.
Samsung didn't get that. Although the S series of Samsung is gonna sell at uncomputable numbers every one knows that, I don't think it's a major need to upgrade from the s3 to S4 because I just don't see the point except waisting money.
I think it may attract some of those who will walk in a store and see the device (thanks to the amazing job of marketing that Samsung always does) but for those who were waiting it to be a great and revolutionary device, the disappointment is the real feeling.
HTC ONE is the killer smartphone of 2013's beginning, sorry Samsung you'll do better next time. Or not ^^
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Really the iPhone is a better built phone? It's built in the same foreign countries with the same parts except for the processor. IPhones are boring useless pieces of crap
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Me getting S4. Although HTC One has better build quality but for everything else, HTC is not the company I would bet on. It will probably never get updates after one or two.
On the other side Samsung is adding more and more features in each update and from last year when I purchased S3, I already got 3-4 updates. Plus they already working on another one with all these latest features.
On hardware side, I think S4 has upper hand on HTC One. Battery is larger, processor is faster, S4 Screen is bigger but phone is little smaller. S4 Screen is better. Not to mention expendable microSD slot and replaceable battery.
So I would not want a phone with better built quality but strong specs and better features.
I think that's the main reason why I switched from iPhone to S3 in the first place. I know a lots of people might hate me for saying this but iPhone has best build quality among all phones out there.
So definitely Galaxy S4.

I said " I love Android, I never had an iPhone and never wanted one, but from the design, iPhone 5 is way better built."
So please understand my sentence as it sound ^^
I'll say again maybe in other words this time, when you grab an iPhone 5 and when you grab a S3, don't tell me that the S3 has a more premium look and feel... And that's not a question of opinion, that's a fact.
I never mentioned the prices of the devices but if you want to, we'll see the price of the S4, when they'll show it at 699$ then you'll tell me the difference with the iPhone. The only device that is worth talking on a price basis is the Nexus 4. The rest of'em are just a scam
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what HTC have done with the ONE is ground breaking on both hardware and software,no other company has changed its hardware software so radically from its previous flagship device.With out HTC and the like apple and samsung's upgrades would be even less
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bartholomey said:
I said " I love Android, I never had an iPhone and never wanted one, but from the design, iPhone 5 is way better built."
So please understand my sentence as it sound ^^
I'll say again maybe in other words this time, when you grab an iPhone 5 and when you grab a S3, don't tell me that the S3 has a more premium look and feel... And that's not a question of opinion, that's a fact.
I never mentioned the prices of the devices but if you want to, we'll see the price of the S4, when they'll show it at 699$ then you'll tell me the difference with the iPhone. The only device that is worth talking on a price basis is the Nexus 4. The rest of'em are just a scam
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iPhones honestly aren't worth the price no matter how discounted they are.
While they may be built better your comparing apples to oranges. No pun intended on the apple thing.
But really I think we can all mostly agree here that android overall is better.
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You can't say "yeah I choose my device because it'll have more updates!". Wrong!
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Well it's probably true for new buyers. But for a experienced users, it matters.
When I switched S3 from iPhone, I didn't actually know about all this. I had option to choose S3 or HTC One X and I went with S3 because it's more popular and had better support.
From what I learn in last year, I could never buy HTC or Motorola phones.
These companies never support their devices. They even lock bootloaders so we cannot update our devices ourself or install updated custom roms.
I am also a little disappointed with S4 release but I would pick S4 over HTC one any day.

rl421403 said:
Me getting S4. Although HTC One has better build quality but for everything else, HTC is not the company I would bet on. It will probably never get updates after one or two.
On the other side Samsung is adding more and more features in each update and from last year when I purchased S3, I already got 3-4 updates. Plus they already working on another one with all these latest features.
On hardware side, I think S4 has upper hand on HTC One. Battery is larger, processor is faster, S4 Screen is bigger but phone is little smaller. S4 Screen is better. Not to mention expendable microSD slot and replaceable battery.
So I would not want a phone with better built quality but strong specs and better features.
I think that's the main reason why I switched from iPhone to S3 in the first place. I know a lots of people might hate me for saying this but iPhone has best build quality among all phones out there.
So definitely Galaxy S4.
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I have to agree with everything you just said. Even the iPhone built quality part. But really, if I were you, I wouldn't waist money upgrading from S3 to S4...
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rl421403 said:
Well it's probably true for new buyers. But for a experienced users, it matters.
When I switched S3 from iPhone, I didn't actually know about all this. I had option to choose S3 or HTC One X and I went with S3 because it's more popular and had better support.
From what I learn in last year, I could never buy HTC or Motorola phones.
These companies never support their devices. They even lock bootloaders so we cannot update our devices ourself or install updated custom roms.
I am also a little disappointed with S4 release but I would pick S4 over HTC one any day.
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Yea I've completely gone away from Motorola all together myself and that's a selling point for me being able to root my phone and changing it around nearly completely
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This was exactly like last year for me.
I wanted a phone with huge storage capacity/microSD capacity and long battery life/removable battery with decent specs. And QWERTY but I have given up on the last thing.
The HTC One X was released and as pretty as the White one was, it definitely was not a purchase I was willing to make and I waited for the Samsung Galaxy S3 announcement. The announcement came and Samsung gave me what I wanted. I bought the S3.
Fast forward this year. HTC One announced. Still no microSD slot but looks like decent battery life. Looks very pretty too (I still think the white One X is the best looking HTC phone though). Not bad this time around HTC but let's wait to hear from Samsung. S4 gets announced and again, they have what I want from last year.
If I was choosing again between HTC or Samsung this year: Samsung Galaxy S4 because it has what I want from last year.
Luckily I want more stuff this year which is why I'm not going to buy a S4. My S3 is lovely and I don't need to buy an S4. However, I now really want a bigger screen. This year, I'll be looking to buy a Note 3 or competitor version as long as it has a huge screen, huge capacity/microSD, huge battery.
Honestly, I don't care what company you are or even what your phone looks like (I bought the S3 for god sakes). Just give me what I want and I'd buy it. I'm also eyeing the Blackberry Q10 simply because of the QWERTY but I think my lust for a bigger screen will win out. Plus the stylus is alright...right?

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I have to agree with everything you just said. Even the iPhone built quality part. But really, if I were you, I wouldn't waist money upgrading from S3 to S4...
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No, I am not saying, I am upgrading S4 from S3. But I would pick S4 over HTC One.
I will probably get Note 3. I also do not rule out possibility to get S4, if I get some cool discount.