Hey there guys just want to fill in all the people who were thinking about switching to the international One X because of bigger space, more dev support, quad core and such.
First of all I was always interested of the international version because of the Tegra 3 and the bigger space while believing that I'd have a better experience with the phone.
I decided to order the Tegra 3 version through Amazon and when I received it, I delved right into the custom roms that are available. Now while I very much enjoyed the dev support, something about the int'l version never felt up to par with the att version.
Coming from just a user experience perspective I want to compare these differences of which I think are important to make the device more superior and user "enjoy-ability".
The Speed and Fluidity of the UI:
Like I said before the Int'l version was not as smooth as the ATT version. I used the Android Revolution HD rom and while it was a great rom it never felt up to par to say the CleanRom.
And just to add to this, the Int'l One X ran very hot compared to the ATT version.
Battery
Personally I felt that both had very good battery life and felt even as long as you tweak up the One X with some kernel and rom tweaks provided.
Data
This is what made me cringe when I decided to use the Int'l One X. Often times I need to look up something on google maps really quick and with the ATT One X, I always felt that it succeeded my expectation because of the LTE. So if you're in an area with LTE, the ATT is a very good choice vs the international version.
Customization
The Int'l One X hands down have the most customization with MIUI which I tried and the CM9 builds out there. There are even a lot more mods and themes available. So I was always able to mess with my phone "endlessly".
Now with that said the Android market have a lot of good widgets that can help with your customization needs. And I never felt that I could not customize my ATT One X enough with the apex launcher, minimalistic texts, simi folder, simi calendar etc...
Space
With ~9gb vs ~25gb of space, there isn't too much to argue about here over which is superior and no matter what people say about using just dropbox or google drive. It's aways nice to have enough space to store your stuff that you can access easily.
However, I do prefer more space (duh) I never ran past the 6gb mark on my phone.
Conclusion
So in the end the speed and fluidity of the ui and LTE made me switch back to the ATT version (not that I had return it, I just had it in the box while I test out the int'l one x).
Now dev support is always nice and much nicer when there is a lot of it but what we have now for the ATT One X keeps me satisified. And most likely we will have more dev support now that the US customs had stopped delaying HTC phone shipments.
And for those who are switching to the Samsung Galaxy S III, have fun with your silly looking phone
tizzie said:
Hey there guys just want to fill in all the people who were thinking about switching to the international One X because of bigger space, more dev support, quad core and such.
First of all I was always interested of the international version because of the Tegra 3 and the bigger space while believing that I'd have a better experience with the phone.
I decided to order the Tegra 3 version through Amazon and when I received it, I delved right into the custom roms that are available. Now while I very much enjoyed the dev support, something about the int'l version never felt up to par with the att version.
Coming from just a user experience perspective I want to compare these differences of which I think are important to make the device more superior and user "enjoy-ability".
The Speed and Fluidity of the UI:
Like I said before the Int'l version was not as smooth as the ATT version. I used the Android Revolution HD rom and while it was a great rom it never felt up to par to say the CleanRom.
And just to add to this, the Int'l One X ran very hot compared to the ATT version.
Battery
Personally I felt that both had very good battery life and felt even as long as you tweak up the One X with some kernel and rom tweaks provided.
Data
This is what made me cringe when I decided to use the Int'l One X. Often times I need to look up something on google maps really quick and with the ATT One X, I always felt that it succeeded my expectation because of the LTE. So if you're in an area with LTE, the ATT is a very good choice vs the international version.
Customization
The Int'l One X hands down have the most customization with MIUI which I tried and the CM9 builds out there. There are even a lot more mods and themes available. So I was always able to mess with my phone "endlessly".
Now with that said the Android market have a lot of good widgets that can help with your customization needs. And I never felt that I could not customize my ATT One X enough with the apex launcher, minimalistic texts, simi folder, simi calendar etc...
Space
With ~9gb vs ~25gb of space, there isn't too much to argue about here over which is superior and no matter what people say about using just dropbox or google drive. It's aways nice to have enough space to store your stuff that you can access easily.
However, I do prefer more space (duh) I never ran past the 6gb mark on my phone.
Conclusion
So in the end the speed and fluidity of the ui and LTE made me switch back to the ATT version (not that I had return it, I just had it in the box while I test out the int'l one x).
Now dev support is always nice and much nicer when there is a lot of it but what we have now for the ATT One X keeps me satisified. And most likely we will have more dev support now that the US customs had stopped delaying HTC phone shipments.
And for those who are switching to the Samsung Galaxy S III, have fun with your silly looking phone
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What cha gonna do with the intl one? I've been seriously thinking about switching cause I love to tinker. Also, how was your 4g speeds? Im getting about 6-7mb down without lte. Just wondering if the intl would be anywhere close to it.
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Damn thanks man, i just got offered a grey international version with a scratch over the camera that apparently doesn't effect performance. He also wanted 50$ which i think is bogus. They are the same phone! Anyways I'm sticking to Rogers one x... I get awesome lte in Vancouver
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@ kravguy:
Without LTE both phones use HSPA+ or HSDPA, so the speeds should be the same.
The international one can get up to 21.6Mbit/s on HSPA+ like your at&t one I guess
@ OP:
Is there a big difference in smoothness?
And also how did they compare in speed, like when opening apps etc?
Thanks
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Flo95 said:
@ kravguy:
Without LTE both phones use HSPA+ or HSDPA, so the speeds should be the same.
The international one can get up to 21.6Mbit/s on HSPA+ like your at&t one I guess
@ OP:
Is there a big difference in smoothness?
And also how did they compare in speed, like when opening apps etc?
Thanks
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Well if you've never used the ATT One X and just went straight to the Int'l one then you wouldn't care but I notice a moderate difference in smoothness especially since most apps out there don't take advantage of the quad core.
My 4g speeds were the same as my other 4g non lte phones
I really don't understand why ppl think the tegra3 model is worth more
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because 4 is more than 2.
I'd rather have a dual core i7 than a quadcore cyrix.
ChongoDroid said:
I really don't understand why ppl think the tegra3 model is worth more
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More storage, development, not in an lte market.
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I wonder what costs more a LTE radio or internal storage. The s4 or the tegra3 lol
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Not everyone think nerdy like us. Although the tegra 3 does perform better in games than the s4.
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Well compared to my inspire, I get way better 4g speeds and service in places I couldn't (like in my elevator at work). I'm really contemplating switching to the international version. Hopefully things will work out fine with the xl, just kinda jealous when looking at the development.
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tizzie said:
Hey there guys just want to fill in all the people who were thinking about switching to the international One X because of bigger space, more dev support, quad core and such.
First of all I was always interested of the international version because of the Tegra 3 and the bigger space while believing that I'd have a better experience with the phone.
I decided to order the Tegra 3 version through Amazon and when I received it, I delved right into the custom roms that are available. Now while I very much enjoyed the dev support, something about the int'l version never felt up to par with the att version.
Coming from just a user experience perspective I want to compare these differences of which I think are important to make the device more superior and user "enjoy-ability".
The Speed and Fluidity of the UI:
Like I said before the Int'l version was not as smooth as the ATT version. I used the Android Revolution HD rom and while it was a great rom it never felt up to par to say the CleanRom.
And just to add to this, the Int'l One X ran very hot compared to the ATT version.
Battery
Personally I felt that both had very good battery life and felt even as long as you tweak up the One X with some kernel and rom tweaks provided.
Data
This is what made me cringe when I decided to use the Int'l One X. Often times I need to look up something on google maps really quick and with the ATT One X, I always felt that it succeeded my expectation because of the LTE. So if you're in an area with LTE, the ATT is a very good choice vs the international version.
Customization
The Int'l One X hands down have the most customization with MIUI which I tried and the CM9 builds out there. There are even a lot more mods and themes available. So I was always able to mess with my phone "endlessly".
Now with that said the Android market have a lot of good widgets that can help with your customization needs. And I never felt that I could not customize my ATT One X enough with the apex launcher, minimalistic texts, simi folder, simi calendar etc...
Space
With ~9gb vs ~25gb of space, there isn't too much to argue about here over which is superior and no matter what people say about using just dropbox or google drive. It's aways nice to have enough space to store your stuff that you can access easily.
However, I do prefer more space (duh) I never ran past the 6gb mark on my phone.
Conclusion
So in the end the speed and fluidity of the ui and LTE made me switch back to the ATT version (not that I had return it, I just had it in the box while I test out the int'l one x).
Now dev support is always nice and much nicer when there is a lot of it but what we have now for the ATT One X keeps me satisified. And most likely we will have more dev support now that the US customs had stopped delaying HTC phone shipments.
And for those who are switching to the Samsung Galaxy S III, have fun with your silly looking phone :)
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I gave you a like just because of this
kravguy said:
Well compared to my inspire, I get way better 4g speeds and service in places I couldn't (like in my elevator at work). I'm really contemplating switching to the international version. Hopefully things will work out fine with the xl, just kinda jealous when looking at the development.
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Do you hang out in the elevator much? LOL
louis.b said:
I gave you a like just because of this
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Lol funny how you dog on Sammy fanboys but your just the same being a htc fanboy.
Htc and Samsung make great devices. Let people choose the one that fits them best. You sound like a high schooler ragging on someone cause they don't like what you like. Grow up.
droidiac13 said:
Do you hang out in the elevator much? LOL
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Lol, no, but when I get a call, I like to run down to smoke and usually always drop the call on the way down. Stupid government buildings in Atlanta.
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4 cores?
You know what, I'm fine having 2 cores.. the interface is what is limiting the amount of stuff you can do at once with phones anyways. Until there is some type of interactive or holographic interface or something of the sort, we just wont be able to input commands fast enough for the phone to end up lagging behind. This One X (rogers version with the qualcomm chip) is really snappy. I haven't tried an international version yet, and don't think I ever will.
kravguy said:
Lol, no, but when I get a call, I like to run down to smoke and usually always drop the call on the way down. Stupid government buildings in Atlanta.
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Elevators in general makes you drop calls, I haven't tried making a call in an elevator tho... Mainly because I don't want other people to listen into my conversation lol.
I will have to say though is that in areas like my university where they designed the buildings make your signal non existent my att one x will still get signal in a classroom.
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Metal boxes in general are not good for reception.
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tizzie said:
Battery
Personally I felt that both had very good battery life and felt even as long as you tweak up the One X with some kernel and rom tweaks provided.
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Is the S4 processor worth it compared to the Tegra 3? Were you saying that you could make the One X int'l version battery life be the same as the S4 version?
Please tell me exactly what tweaks I need to use in order to have the Tegra 3 performing as well as the S4.
Thanks!
lamenramen said:
Is the S4 processor worth it compared to the Tegra 3? Were you saying that you could make the One X int'l version battery life be the same as the S4 version?
Please tell me exactly what tweaks I need to use in order to have the Tegra 3 performing as well as the S4.
Thanks!
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I used Android Revolution HD rom with franco's latest kernel. What I'm saying is that I did not notice any noticeable difference on battery once I used that rom/kernel. And the S4 will be superior to the Tegra 3 processor except for gaming.
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Ok. I have had the inspire since it came out and I think its a huge upgrade from the captivate. My question is, for another $50 should I go to the Atrix?
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For another 50? It will cost me 100 more plus the 35.00 restoring fee. And I'm buying one today to compare to my inspire. I love the inspire but the atrix also looks nice so going to see which one I keep. The inspire screen looks much bigger than the 4.0 on the atrix, I have to see if it will make a difference web browsing n watching movies.
I'm keeping both for a while. Absolutely love the inspire, but those specs on the atrix are just too irresistible.
Yeah with an available upgrade you can get an atrix for $149 from radioshack. I went from a cappy to a surround to a focus (wp7 needs alot of work) to an inspire. I love it but the screen has some touch issues and it has locked up on me a few times. So I am a little concerned about that. Plus dual core is hard for a nerd like me to ignore.
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berdo said:
Plus dual core is hard for a nerd like me to ignore.
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Ditto lol......
I know dual core, but will the Atrix be LTE compatible?
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I loved the atrix at first. Then I tried my inspire. For me at least Android without htc sense just feels like something is missing. I came from a nexus one to nexus s to iPhone 4 and now to my inspire. The atrix seems like As close as you'll get to a pure Google experience on at&t at least. I'm tempted to check one out only because of the awesome screen and hdmi out. But thats bot enough to make me switch from my sense to motoblur. That's the deal breaker for me... if only the inspire had a fingerprint reader
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That is a very good point about LTE. It may be a monster of a phone but there is definitely no LTE support that I have read about. From my understanding AT&T will be putting out LTE phones this year but not for a while.
Also good to know about motoblur. I am a huge, HUGE, fan of Sense. I came from samsung's horrible touchwiz so sense has completely restored my faith in android. I have read several reviews that were not to keen on motoblur and I don't want to get caught up in constant rom flashing like I was with the captivate. Seems like everyday i was flashing a new rom and that just got old.
Either way, I will never go back to the iPhone. Not unless they make major improvements to their OS. But thats for another thread.
unless I am mistaking the Inspire doesn't have LTE support either, right?
Inspire might not be LTE compatible either, but It's half the price and had a bigger screen.
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berdo said:
That is a very good point about LTE. It may be a monster of a phone but there is definitely no LTE support that I have read about. From my understanding AT&T will be putting out LTE phones this year but not for a while.
Also good to know about motoblur. I am a huge, HUGE, fan of Sense. I came from samsung's horrible touchwiz so sense has completely restored my faith in android. I have read several reviews that were not to keen on motoblur and I don't want to get caught up in constant rom flashing like I was with the captivate. Seems like everyday i was flashing a new rom and that just got old.
Either way, I will never go back to the iPhone. Not unless they make major improvements to their OS. But thats for another thread.
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Yeah, I loathe motoblur. I just got the atrix and I hate it as much as everyone else that I've read. The first thing I'm doing is loading on ADW Ex....
And sense is amazing. It should be the standard on android.
Just came from an AT&T store to handle the Atrix and the 1st impression was WOW, small screen, maybe because there's hardly any bezel it makes the screen seem dwarfish. When I placed it alongside the Inspire it was noticeably smaller. I honestly don't know if I can downgrade in screen size.
shawn1224 said:
Just came from an AT&T store to handle the Atrix and the 1st impression was WOW, small screen, maybe because there's hardly any bezel it makes the screen seem dwarfish. When I placed it alongside the Inspire it was noticeably smaller. I honestly don't know if I can downgrade in screen size.
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I noticed this too.....what a difference from the inspire.....hard to believe the difference is only .3 inches
I just checked the Atrix at my friendly ATT shop, and I'm not sold to exchange my inspire for the Atrix. Colors seem better on the inspire, but the whites look whiter on the Atrix. Quadrant and nenamark1 were amazingly faster on the Atrix. I also checked the laptop dock and I was not impress by it. I check YouTube @ 1080p and it couldn't handle it. Even 720p was jittery. What do you guys think?
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I too was less then impressed with Atrix so I'll stick with Inspire at least for now. Hopefully Infuse will drop soon.
nevermind ....
CM7 will never make it to the atrix and development will be restricted to the same kernel released by moto. So hell no.
I went to the ATT store with the intent of trading my inspire for an Atrix. I played with it for a few minutes and decided it wouldn't be an upgrade for me. I mainly use my phone for texting, email and twitter. Dual core can't improve that experience very much. Maybe I'd see it a different way if I played lots of games on my phone but I don't.
They even let me play with the laptop dock, which further cemented my decision. It really can't compete with even the cheapest of netbooks out today. Too slow, especially on pages with flash.
I also just like the massive solid metal feel over the plastic of the Atrix.
If you guys are looking for speed, our CPU overclocked to 1.6 feels much faster than the atrix. I'm well satisfied with my purchase.
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DOAlaboratories said:
If you guys are looking for speed, our CPU overclocked to 1.6 feels much faster than the atrix. I'm well satisfied with my purchase.
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how is the battery on the overclocked ROM?
I Have the htc Inspire right now, and I've had it for over a year now. Its ended up to be a great phone. But it has its problems, anyways... I was going to get the HTC Vivid, but i decided to wait. And then I found out about the One X! I was very excited for that, but it wont come out until the second quarter now for AT&T. I also found out that the Vivid will also be getting ICS and the new sense 4.0 in the next coming weeks. So, should I wait another month or two, to get the One X? Or would I be just as satisfied with the Vivid? Also, I have used the Vivid in a store with no LTE and it is wayy faster than my Inspire, would the One X be a lot faster than the Vivid? Thanks!
I am gonna stay with my inspire, ics almost ready for a daily driver.
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I would wait. I have an Inspire and my brother had the Vivid, not any significant differences between the phones. Call quality and speaker loudness are the same (low). Only benefit was LTE. Needless to say, he said it wasn't worth going from an Inspire to a Vivid.
I beg to differ
I made the switch from the Inspire to the Vivid, and I gotta say it's quite the step up, I haven't experienced any lag, currently running an official leak of ics with sense 3.6 currently, 4.0 is coming soon. stock on ics the kernel is clocked at 1.5ghz. the screen is just ridiculously better, I loaded up the same HD images on both for comparison and some looked like totally different pictures. such a lightning fast device too.
But if you want to wait for the One X you can, I'd say go ahead and get the Vivid, it's specs are pretty damn similar, and once it gets the ics w/ sense 4.0 update it'd be pretty much the same, only a little better looking.
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I beg to differ
I made the switch from the Inspire to the Vivid, and I gotta say it's quite the step up, I haven't experienced any lag, currently running an official leak of ics with sense 3.6 currently, 4.0 is coming soon. stock on ics the kernel is clocked at 1.5ghz. the screen is just ridiculously better, I loaded up the same HD images on both for comparison and some looked like totally different pictures. such a lightning fast device too.
But if you want to wait for the One X you can, I'd say go ahead and get the Vivid, it's specs are pretty damn similar, and once it gets the ics w/ sense 4.0 update it'd be pretty much the same, only a little better looking.
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The screen and processor on the one x are better and will probably be supported longer anyway
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does it matter in truth? 6months later we all want the newest thing anyways. it's not like ours becomes useless or cant do what we need, it just becomes obsolete in comparison to the next phone. and people thought computer death cycles were fast haha
Yes the OneX is a better phone hands down. BUT that's not what we're getting, we're getting the OneXL which has no sd slot, is an S4 dual core and is further gimped down to 16GB of storage. So after the rom you might get 9-10GB of storage, non-upgradable.
Hmmm... the Vivid isn't sounding as bad anymore does it?
would be possable to get the european vesion with the quad core processor in the states?
and i love my inspire just wish some one would port sense 4.0 over to it like there doing over on the nexus page.
but i dont realy like ics, the keyboards hard to use, the scrolling isnt as smooth, imo, i think ics is better left to the tablets.
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would be possable to get the european vesion with the quad core processor in the states?
and i love my inspire just wish some one would port sense 4.0 over to it like there doing over on the nexus page.
but i dont realy like ics, the keyboards hard to use, the scrolling isnt as smooth, imo, i think ics is better left to the tablets.
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My understanding is that the Euro units use different bands and the only one that may work is the Canadian Bell/Rodgers handsets. But that's only helpful if they get the quads, which I believe they will not. If you can find one that has these bands then you will have everything but LTE/4G. Due your research.
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
*Edit Based on a comparison on GSM Arena it looks like it should be possible. But what's it going to cost???
The vivid seems to have zero development, so I would avoid it.
I would bet the Vivid gets a big price cut when the One X comes out.
i think both are very good phones, it all depends whether you want to wait for the one x. at the end of the day, what was new today will be old tomorrow
Considering the at&t variant is only dual core compared to the original quad core, get the Vivid.
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I Have the htc Inspire right now, and I've had it for over a year now. Its ended up to be a great phone. But it has its problems, anyways... I was going to get the HTC Vivid, but i decided to wait. And then I found out about the One X! I was very excited for that, but it wont come out until the second quarter now for AT&T. I also found out that the Vivid will also be getting ICS and the new sense 4.0 in the next coming weeks. So, should I wait another month or two, to get the One X? Or would I be just as satisfied with the Vivid? Also, I have used the Vivid in a store with no LTE and it is wayy faster than my Inspire, would the One X be a lot faster than the Vivid? Thanks!
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Hey, I'm still a current Inspire owner and currentely have a Vivid. The Inspire is rooted and the Vivid is locked and stock. Next month I will be buying an unlocked One X. The hardware in the Vivid is very capable to last, even stock, through the normal contract length. However, the AT&T One X is only a slight upgrade from the Vivid. The only difference is that it has an S4 Snapdragon, the Vivid has an S3. Both are dual cores. Both have 16GB of storage. The X will have between 10 and 12GB user accessible, the Vivid has 12. The X is clocked at 1.5, the Vivid 1.2. The Vivid has a 960x540 qHD display. The X will have a 1280x720 HD display. The dev section in the Vivid forums is severely lacking of support. After a fallout, 2 of 4 devs took their roms elsewhere. However, we have quite a few users who are learning to fill the void and add more support. The dev section for the X is gonna be a whole lot better, I'm gonna say it'll probably rival the Inspire's. If money is no object, wait for the X. If money is an issue, definitely get the Vivid. I love mine, but I just can't resist an unlocked T3 X.
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I just cant see myself ever buying a phone that doesn't have a microsd slot. I might could go for one with 32gb storage with no sd slot, but I cant keep my 32gb card in my inspire under 24gb in use, no way I could fit everything onto 16gb total storage including system software, app storage, and all.
I know their selling point now is the whole 25gb of dropbox storage, and running everything "from the cloud" but without an unlimited data plan, I feel like that is just a ploy to trap people into getting charged for data overage.
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I just cant see myself ever buying a phone that doesn't have a microsd slot. I might could go for one with 32gb storage with no sd slot, but I cant keep my 32gb card in my inspire under 24gb in use, no way I could fit everything onto 16gb total storage including system software, app storage, and all.
I know their selling point now is the whole 25gb of dropbox storage, and running everything "from the cloud" but without an unlimited data plan, I feel like that is just a ploy to trap people into getting charged for data overage.
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Sums up my thoughts on the One X completely. I'll pass on this one, too.
Also, until LTE is fully deployed in my area, I'd rather not have a phone with LTE capability. So I'll stick with HSPA devices for now.
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I am gonna stay with my inspire, ics almost ready for a daily driver.
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Plus for all the Sense fans there is now a beta ICS rom with Sense 4.0 for the Inspire over in Development.
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Plus for all the Sense fans there is now a beta ICS rom with Sense 4.0 for the Inspire over in Development.
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What's it called so I can test it out
God, the stupidity of some people boggles the mind.
1. Dual/Quad core is a meaningless metric for performance. The dual core in the One XL is equivalent to or faster than the quad core in the One X, with less power consumption. The Dual core in the Vivid is blown away by either.
2. The One X will run on AT&T's HSPA+ and GSM network, so long as it doesn't have a network lock on it.
3. Yes, the One XL is getting gimped pretty hard in storage. MTP partitioning would help, but the problem is with AT&T trying to cut costs.
I lost 2 months of crap after an app update bricked my iPhone.... NEVER again will I own a device that doesn't removable storage.
Direct Mass storage (in whatever form) and removable storage are 2 of my BIGGEST req's for a phone.
My $0.02.
Disclaimer: This method may have been due to the fact that my device or digitizer (I'll explain further) was damaged or I had a lemon. But here is my story:
- Sold an unlocked 4S for $450
- Wanted to try out Android and hate Sammy devices...
- Decided to give HTC One X a try
- Didn't have an upgrade so had to buy an unlocked international version because it released earlier.
With my international HTC One X from Malaysia, I would barely squeeze out 2hrs of screen time, and would have to charge my device 2-3x a day, and have yellow light leakage and spots around the screen. The device would get hot and had screen flexing and sensitivity issues. Right out of the box it was glitchy and the OTA's didnt solve much. I went from ROM to ROM to ROM and battery saving apps to CPU controls for a solution. I would literally drop 2-3% every minute, and sometimes in a matter of 5 mins I would drop 8% battery. I did the built in Battery test and would get 90% after an hour and it would say batter health = good. All of this to no avail, I WAS FED UP!
I was sick of it and found someone who wanted an International One X and had an AT&T One X. He knew about the battery and screen issues but decided to trade anyway.
BOY OH BOY! The difference is night and day. It's been a few days and I have never been happier with a phone. I get close to 4 hrs of screen time on the same level of usage on one charge. 3-4 hrs of music, 1 hr web browsing, texting and phone calls all day, facebook/twitter 2-3 hrs. No heat issues and no dropoff in performance even with just 2 cores. NO LAG or random reboots at all. If anything the device feels faster! While in hoboken/nyc the other day I got 4G LTE (since AT&T doesnt have LTE all over jersey yet) and it was freaking amazing. Close to the speeds I get with my FiOS connection at home.
Anything with Nvidia in it or on it I've ever owned so far has been faulty and been a nightmare. Idk if its just my badluck or coincidence.
But thats my story. I talked to my engineer buddy and he said my phone deff had a bad digitizer/screen that was eating the battery unnecessarily.
Anyone with their thoughts?
i would have prefered the one xl too but I have to say that with the leaked 2.05 base performance has been a lot better, almost as good as the one s.
Not being funny but who cares. You got the S4 one x and proud owner good. Was it so important to open a thread about it? Specially in the wrong forum. Open it in the at&t section at least.
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I have the one x from expansys tegra3 and I don't have any problems you describe man
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EclipseX said:
I have the one x from expansys tegra3 and I don't have any problems you describe man
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Yeah! Niether do i. I easily get 3-4 hrs screentime as well. With surfing, social networks and two hour phone calls. Meh! 2.05 seems promising.
funny that One X s4 owners keep pming me about ultra smooth launcher patch too...and One S owners too...
so really go to the One S/X AT&T section and see how many people are contemplating switching to T3 version
people are never happy when there is always (if)
by the way you had an obviously defective unit so how can you judge?
all screen issues you mention are a defect, even more those same manufacturing issues exists on the American One X too , so it was only your luck
the One X can give you over 2 hours and a half of heavy non stop tegra 3 THD gaming, on standby it barely spends anything ON STOCK ROM
so really you had a F****ed up unit and didn't experience a proper T3 One X
Yeah I think you made a mistake mate but each to there own.
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I was tempted to get the XL rather than the X, because I think the S4 would have been adequate, and LTE would've been nice. However, 16GB vs 32GB settled the debate for me.
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I was tempted to get the XL rather than the X, because I think the S4 would have been adequate, and LTE would've been nice. However, 16GB vs 32GB settled the debate for me.
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Yes, 16GB is plain dumb but there are 32GB One XLs. Telstra Australia sells them so others may have them as well.
Interesting, I never knew that. A bit late now I guess, but I'm happy with my 3G anyway, and it's hard to complain about a Tegra in your phone
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a lot of us know that the 28nm process of the s4 is a lot more efficient than the tegra, but we just arent ready to give up the 25gb storage for a mere 9gb, along with the big support any international version would get compared to country or continent dedicated versions. AND we have thd～
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a lot of us know that the 28nm process of the s4 is a lot more efficient than the tegra, but we just arent ready to give up the 25gb storage for a mere 9gb, along with the big support any international version would get compared to country or continent dedicated versions. AND we have thd～
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yea why people fail to see the bright side of the tegra3 is beyond me...
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yea why people fail to see the bright side of the tegra3 is beyond me...
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LOL all they see is their battery going down. after undervolting and using faux, 4 hours screen on is easily achievable, and i am a moderate to hard user too. TEGRA FTW, LIMITLESS
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LOL all they see is their battery going down. after undervolting and using faux, 4 hours screen on is easily achievable, and i am a moderate to hard user too. TEGRA FTW, LIMITLESS
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Still didnt try undervolting but Franco's work is amazing in terms of gaming
Well lots of people are in the same boat I think.... Bottom line though is that I would not look at another HTC device until its been out at least a month..... Am sticking to the HTC One X though as the prices have dropped a lot here in the UK if I were to swap to an S3, and not worth the extra £££ it will cost to change over..... Hopefully the reports of the newer roms sounds good and S-OFF getting closer will help those like me on a branded phone.
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Well lots of people are in the same boat I think.... Bottom line though is that I would not look at another HTC device until its been out at least a month..... Am sticking to the HTC One X though as the prices have dropped a lot here in the UK if I were to swap to an S3, and not worth the extra £££ it will cost to change over..... Hopefully the reports of the newer roms sounds good and S-OFF getting closer will help those like me on a branded phone.
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well i am on a branded phone and unlocked and rooted and could not be any happier. yeah it would be nice to have s-off to have the full potential of this phone but the one thing i love about this over the s3 is two things..
i much prefer now SLCD over Amoled for the fact that outside it is far more visible in the sun than Amoled. and second gaming on this phone is pure heaven cause you do not need to mess with third party software to play games which are specifically made for our handset...if i was to use the s3 more than likely i would have to use chainfire 3d to be able to play the nvidia games and i could not be asked with that
yes we only have few GL games to optimize but they do work in full
but the other devices they have to use chainfire for so many really attractive THD games and even then they will not run as good
im interested to see SGS3 running NOVA 3 in full mode, since it doesnt have all the effects officially (needs chainfire i think)
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yes we only have few GL games to optimize but they do work in full
but the other devices they have to use chainfire for so many really attractive THD games and even then they will not run as good
im interested to see SGS3 running NOVA 3 in full mode, since it doesnt have all the effects officially (needs chainfire i think)
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seeing u reminds me of the lag in NOVA...sigh, i played with the s3 a bit and really do miss the no lag super fast gameplay.
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yes we only have few GL games to optimize but they do work in full
but the other devices they have to use chainfire for so many really attractive THD games and even then they will not run as good
im interested to see SGS3 running NOVA 3 in full mode, since it doesnt have all the effects officially (needs chainfire i think)
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i think what might help is when we have the 3.x.x kernels...once we have our kernels updated then we might be able to see the true power of our phone..and if any of the great kernel developers can add in any of the cpu apps gpu control then we are in business
Well im from malaysia,my One X is ok.i can get 4-5hrs of screen on time easily(wifi on,no games though)
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Ok, so i have had the AT&T Galaxy S3 for a couple weeks now and its not wowing me like i was expecting and been eyeballing the AT&T HTC One X and not sure on getting that next and selling the S3. So what are your opinions on whats a better device and why its the better device. And before some one trys to bash me, i like other peoples review on devices and why than going by some internet post without hands on backing to it.
Jeez, use the other eleventy threads if you wanna throw in your two cents
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Jeez, use the other eleventy threads if you wanna throw in your two cents
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What are you talking about, im not throwing out any "two cents" im asking for peoples opinions on the One X because i might get one and sack the S3...
He means there's already a bunch of thread on the subject, lol
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In a nutshell. The sgs 3 is the same processor as the one x. Performance will be about the same with multi tasking being better on the sgs 3. You give up an sd card slot and a removable battery in favor of a better screen and more of a solid feel.
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In a nutshell. The sgs 3 is the same processor as the one x. Performance will be about the same with multi tasking being better on the sgs 3. You give up an sd card slot and a removable battery in favor of a better screen and more of a solid feel.
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You are also going to be giving up a phone that actually has released source code. I love my One-X, but i fear for its development future.
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You are also going to be giving up a phone that actually has released source code. I love my One-X, but i fear for its development future.
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But it HAS to come, and once it does things will get better with aosp roms.
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But it HAS to come, and once it does things will get better with aosp roms.
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I hope you're right man. I think it's the superior phone. If we could only get something like CM9 working completely that would fix the multitasking, then i'd have no complaints.
I had the one x , sold it and bought an s3 (att/rogers dual core version)
Honestly and truly the one x is a better device in some ways. The battery life is much better on the one x due to the lcd screen using less power despite the two having the same processor. The screen is better too, the one x screen is a lot better and clearer even at lower brightness. Not to mention it just overall looks better (brighter and truer whites, colours also actually look natural unlike amoled). And you cant even deny the fact that the one x has a much much better build quality its a better and more solid feeling device.
Though the siii has an edge over the one x in some areas like sense vs touchwiz, i find that touchwiz almost never lags vs the one x still had hiccups in some areas slight homescreen lag etc etc which is almost non existant on the siii. Plus for me the major issue that drove me away from my one x is the multi tasking issue, basically the one x has the most aggressive app switcher that kills an app almost instantly after you exit it, the phone is near useless at multi tasking. iE if i was listening to music and went to change the song while browsing, when i came back to the browser the phone would have to "reload" the app.
With that said, the two phones are practically neck to neck, just depends what you prefer as strongpoints and what you can live with as weak points. I would sell my siii in a heartbeat if the stupid multi tasking issue was fixed on the one x.
just my " two cents."
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I had the one x , sold it and bought an s3 (att/rogers dual core version)
Honestly and truly the one x is a better device in some ways. The battery life is much better on the one x due to the lcd screen using less power despite the two having the same processor. The screen is better too, the one x screen is a lot better and clearer even at lower brightness. Not to mention it just overall looks better (brighter and truer whites, colours also actually look natural unlike amoled). And you cant even deny the fact that the one x has a much much better build quality its a better and more solid feeling device.
Though the siii has an edge over the one x in some areas like sense vs touchwiz, i find that touchwiz almost never lags vs the one x still had hiccups in some areas slight homescreen lag etc etc which is almost non existant on the siii. Plus for me the major issue that drove me away from my one x is the multi tasking issue, basically the one x has the most aggressive app switcher that kills an app almost instantly after you exit it, the phone is near useless at multi tasking. iE if i was listening to music and went to change the song while browsing, when i came back to the browser the phone would have to "reload" the app.
With that said, the two phones are practically neck to neck, just depends what you prefer as strongpoints and what you can live with as weak points. I would sell my siii in a heartbeat if the stupid multi tasking issue was fixed on the one x.
just my " two cents."
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Curious, what was your net loss selling the One X and buying a new S3?
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Curious, what was your net loss selling the One X and buying a new S3?
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Hmm i got lucky and got a good price for my one x, bought it for 500, sold it for 480 and bought the galaxy s iii for 500.
I prefer the screen and build quality of the One X but love that Samsung released source code so soon (most likely just to steal sells and pull users like myself)
Everything else has been said. They both have advantages and disadvantages. It's pick your poison.
Me, I chose to go where the source was. No sense waiting 90 to 142 (if there's an update) days and using workarounds to unlock the bootloader if someone else openly offers both.
I know, I'm a broken record since I got this phone. I'll try to post a little less lol. Just frustrated with HTC
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The main reason i dont like my GS3 is because the build quality of it feels a bit cheap, like the back battery cover already has a crack in the top right corner. I also get a few kinks like my SD card randomly unmounts, i get lags here and there, a few FC's, and launcher restarts. Other than that the phone is solid...Just a couple things i would expect it to tackle but samsung kinda over looked.
On the other hand ive used HTC devices before and there build quality even back when i was using the G1 was great, they make it feel solid along with adding the perfect amount of weight to the phone. Ive never had a problem with an HTC phone, only with there batterys, thats why i was kinda leery on the One X not having a removable back so if the battery does screw up like it has in my G1, HD2 and MT4G i can just easily put a new one in. But overall i dont mind it having less ram and no SD port because i pay for my dropbox monthly to have extra space.
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Agreed. That being said I'm favoring my SGSIII at the moment.
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Ok, so i have had the AT&T Galaxy S3 for a couple weeks now and its not wowing me like i was expecting and been eyeballing the AT&T HTC One X and not sure on getting that next and selling the S3. So what are your opinions on whats a better device and why its the better device. And before some one trys to bash me, i like other peoples review on devices and why than going by some internet post without hands on backing to it.
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Please stop making the same threads over and over again there's about a million of these and their getting very redundant
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Please stop making the same threads over and over again there's about a million of these and their getting very redundant
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Its getting redundant with that same reply im getting. Like i stated in the OP "And before some one trys to bash me, i like other peoples review on devices and why than going by some internet post without hands on backing to it." I much rather take to a forum where the main phone is the HOX where people that will actaully reply used the One X and maybe both One X and SGS3 and can give me solid reasoning why. I trust some ones word that has used the device longer then just some one who is just doing a review because they have too...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1759369
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710501
A video is worth more than 1000 words
http://www.youtube.com/watch?nomobile=1&v=xZuhAFHuNZk
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Its getting redundant with that same reply im getting. Like i stated in the OP "And before some one trys to bash me, i like other peoples review on devices and why than going by some internet post without hands on backing to it." I much rather take to a forum where the main phone is the HOX where people that will actaully reply used the One X and maybe both One X and SGS3 and can give me solid reasoning why. I trust some ones word that has used the device longer then just some one who is just doing a review because they have too...
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Thanks for your questions. After all it is the General HTC one X forum!
Rather than waste a post with a school girl reply, I will help answer your question.
I have had both and took back the SGIII. I like the One X better, mainly because the SGIII screen does not work as well outdoors and the whites are more greyish than the One X.
Hope that helps?
What's not "wowing you" about the SGS 3? This info might get you a better answer.
We seem to be losing more and more people everyday to the sgs3. Source better come soon or I think this phone will be doomed development wise.
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So if you haven't seen engadet or other sites there seems to be a HTC One X+ POSSIBLY coming to ATT and would be running stock Android 4.1.1 could this have been the reason for the recent price drop? Is it worth holding out on upgrading until this is all cleared up?
I really have to ask, but what else could they do to make this phone better?
Ship it with jelly bean? Cmon that's not going to be worth it, especially if its just a 'slightly' upgraded phone
The one x+ is going to be a tmobile phone, its going to have a quad core tegra with jelly bean, so its not an upgrade from ours. This phone beats out the tegra
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HTC make a stock google phone.. nope don't think so. Not with the "one" branding..
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The One X+ is meant for T-Mobile, with a higher clocked Tegra 3, might be a newer T3 chip as well.
But yes, it will be running stock, but available through T-Mobile. Will give a link if needed.
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I'm calling BS on it running stock.. earlier finds on hardware are more accurate however what its running software wise is pure speculation. If it's running aosp jellybean I'll dance naked down main street.
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Doesn't T-Mobile have a history of running vanilla versions of Android? Their G-Series phones (G1, G2/Vision) from HTC all had vanilla Android, maybe this will be their next G-Series phone?
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Doesn't T-Mobile have a history of running vanilla versions of Android? Their G-Series phones (G1, G2/Vision) from HTC all had vanilla Android, maybe this will be their next G-Series phone?
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No, they also like to have their sense phones run an espresso sense. Since our launchers already have this look then I'm sure its not going to be different, maybe they will include the theme engine... But that's hopefull thinking
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http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/03/rumored-htc-one-x-with-1-7ghz-tegra-3-revealed-in-nenamark-repo/
I totally forgot about their expresso line and myTouch line.. doh, thanks for clearing that.
Should be called the one x- because the tegra is not very good and we already have pretty stable AOSP jellybean
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Not sure why there's so much hate towards the tegra 3 processor? I personally have the dual core version and my girlfriend has the quad core; the quad core scores about 4500 pts higher.on anututu than mine. Everyday usage is the same, though I get lte where she can't, but she has 32gb storage and we have 16.
Point of my post is, why is there that much hate between the two variants?
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Not sure why there's so much hate towards the tegra 3 processor? I personally have the dual core version and my girlfriend has the quad core; the quad core scores about 4500 pts higher.on anututu than mine. Everyday usage is the same, though I get lte where she can't, but she has 32gb storage and we have 16.
Point of my post is, why is there that much hate between the two variants?
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wow couldnt have said this better your right and the development and support the international version is getting is just so much better because they dont have to deal with att bull****
ans to the one who said we have a steady build of cm10 lol we dont trust me
we might soon but the devs are working their asses off and for every two steps they make forward at&t takes three steps back
The One X+ on AT&T would just be the international version with a slight overclock and an LTE radio, maybe a bigger battery. Not really all that great, and really it would be an awful move that would dilute the brand and create confusion due to the lack of a single flagship.
Now, if there was a One X on T-Mobile, that would be great, they don't have a true HTC flagship for this year.
The same would go for Verizon. They need a true HTC flagship phone, and preferably one that is just a Evo LTE in a different design.
Tmobile is said to be getting the hox+
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wow couldnt have said this better your right and the development and support the international version is getting is just so much better because they dont have to deal with att bull****
ans to the one who said we have a steady build of cm10 lol we dont trust me
we might soon but the devs are working their asses off and for every two steps they make forward at&t takes three steps back
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XD we have a really stable cm10. I don't need a camera. My device has lte and the s4 at least on jelly bean is way faster than the tegra. Also look on your phone. Are you constantly having to delete stuff to make space? Chances are nobody needs extra space in the age of cloud storage. If it was a very little difference then it wouldn't matter but the tegra was rushed together in order for them to say they had the first quad core processor. It's old and it's sloppily built.
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XD we have a really stable cm10. I don't need a camera. My device has lte and the s4 at least on jelly bean is way faster than the tegra. Also look on your phone. Are you constantly having to delete stuff to make space? Chances are nobody needs extra space in the age of cloud storage. If it was a very little difference then it wouldn't matter but the tegra was rushed together in order for them to say they had the first quad core processor. It's old and it's sloppily built.
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Yes I got to agree with you about the tegra 3 being rushed out, like a old car with a new engine duck taped in . Although about 16gb (more like 10gb) being enough data, I would say no. Yes, there is cloud but not everyone has a good/unlimited data plan (I only have 100mb for $50) which kinda counters the advantage of cloud technology.
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Yes I got to agree with you about the tegra 3 being rushed out, like a old car with a new engine duck taped in . Although about 16gb (more like 10gb) being enough data, I would say no. Yes, there is cloud but not everyone has a good/unlimited data plan (I only have 100mb for $50) which kinda counters the advantage of cloud technology.
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100MB FOR $50?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?
WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!
What carrier are you using??? I cant BELIEVE that anyone could charge that much for 100MB
EDIT: You use AT&T in your sig...wth?
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No, they also like to have their sense phones run an espresso sense. Since our launchers already have this look then I'm sure its not going to be different, maybe they will include the theme engine... But that's hopefull thinking
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No I think you are confusing the G-series with the Mytouch series. The MyTouch 4g had espresso sense, and the g2 had stock android 2.2
G1 was also pure google.
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Yes I got to agree with you about the tegra 3 being rushed out, like a old car with a new engine duck taped in . Although about 16gb (more like 10gb) being enough data, I would say no. Yes, there is cloud but not everyone has a good/unlimited data plan (I only have 100mb for $50) which kinda counters the advantage of cloud technology.
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Ah. I forget that not everyone is as lucky as me-i got granfathered unlimited
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Yes I got to agree with you about the tegra 3 being rushed out, like a old car with a new engine duck taped in . Although about 16gb (more like 10gb) being enough data, I would say no. Yes, there is cloud but not everyone has a good/unlimited data plan (I only have 100mb for $50) which kinda counters the advantage of cloud technology.
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Holy crap, I use over 100mb a DAY. On a slow day too.
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100MB FOR $50?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?
WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!
What carrier are you using??? I cant BELIEVE that anyone could charge that much for 100MB
EDIT: You use AT&T in your sig...wth?
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No I'm using telus, just bought my Hox down in the states because it's cheaper . It's the kind of crazy prices Canadians pay... :banghead: actually I cant WAIT for my 3 year contract to end... Then it's bye bye to Telus...
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