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Samsung Captivate vs Sony xperia x10

Xperia x10 is not out yet, but I am looking to get high end Android phone for AT&T. Any thoughts or suggestions on what should I get? Xperia has impressive specs, but I hear their UI on top of Android OS is super sluggish. On the other hand Captivate has been getting good reviews. Please help

connectx said:
Xperia x10 is not out yet, but I am looking to get high end Android phone for AT&T. Any thoughts or suggestions on what should I get? Xperia has impressive specs, but I hear their UI on top of Android OS is super sluggish. On the other hand Captivate has been getting good reviews. Please help
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X10 has android 1.6 still... game over. Plus the Captivate has an extremely beautiful SAMOLED Screen, 16GB internal. Although it lacks and only has a 5MP Camera, and no LED Flash, its still a superior phone imo.

The X10 is old tech. It may just be coming out in the US now but it's been out in Canada for months. It has a decent display but it doesn't compare to the SAMOLED. It also has no multitouch support, only 256MB of RAM and 1GB internal storage. It's not bad for a midrange Android phone, but I wouldn't call it high end.

so would you recommend Captivate instead of Xperia ?

People think Samsung is slow with OS updates, Sony is just getting around to testing 2.1 for the x10!
Forget even thinking about Froyo or future (3.x) versions anytime in the near future! deal breaker right there...

Xperia X10 is a year too late to the game in US. It is seriously outdated and UI performance is also really slow from the reviews I read.
Anyone pick this up is either really uninformed or a Sony fanboy. Or both.

debby downer
Im so saddened by how Sony is playing catchup. What happened to them?
Im keeping my captivate and Im a hardcore sony fanboy. at least my ps3, tv, and headphones are kickass.

Also, the capacitive screen on the X10 is NOT multi-touch capable. EVER. It's not a 1.6 issue, it's a hardware constraint.
Long story short, pay the extra bucks for the Captivate and get a better, lighter, much faster and more future-proof phone with a strong development community.
Or go watch paint dry in the X10 subforums here as people cheer that they finally got root (5 months after ship).

Everything everyone here said its bs. If u go to the x10 forum and ask it will be exactly the oposite. The x10 is a high end device and soon will be a really big competitor. Do your research and make up your own mind do not listen to people that bash the x10 cause they dont know wtf their talking about.
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You kind of picked the wrong forum to ask this question. All the answers you get in here will be from Captivate fanboys. I have a Captivate and in my opinion, I'd rather have a non-pentile matrix LCD over a pentile matrix OLED any day of the week and twice on Sundays. Also, the Captivate has a 16GB "internal" sdcard, the Experia has an 8GB. The Xperia has 1GB internal NAND ROM, the Captivate has 512MB. The Xperia has 256MB RAM, the Captivate 512MB. The Xperia has working GPS, the Captivate doesnt. The Xperia has 8MP cam with dual LED flash, the Captivate 5MP no flash. Both have 1GHz CPU, the Captivate has the better 3D GPU. Anybody who says the Xperia is not a top end phone is just lying to themselves. Its pretty darn equal to the Evo hardware wise. Granted it does only come with Android 1.6 vs 2.1 on most other phones and even 2.2 on a few now. A lot of people seem to like the UI that sony put on it. I've never used it so I cant speak intelligently about it. Sony has said it'll be updating to 2.1 in mid Q3 or Q4 (depending on what source you read).
Its really a very solid phone and if you wait for a week or two you'll be able to pick it up from Amazon.com for $49.99.

derek4484 said:
You kind of picked the wrong forum to ask this question. All the answers you get in here will be from Captivate fanboys. I have a Captivate and in my opinion, I'd rather have a non-pentile matrix LCD over a pentile matrix OLED any day of the week and twice on Sundays. Also, the Captivate has a 16GB "internal" sdcard, the Experia has an 8GB. The Xperia has 1GB internal NAND ROM, the Captivate has 512MB. The Xperia has 256MB RAM, the Captivate 512MB. The Xperia has working GPS, the Captivate doesnt. The Xperia has 8MP cam with dual LED flash, the Captivate 5MP no flash. Both have 1GHz CPU, the Captivate has the better 3D GPU. Anybody who says the Xperia is not a top end phone is just lying to themselves. Its pretty darn equal to the Evo hardware wise. Granted it does only come with Android 1.6 vs 2.1 on most other phones and even 2.2 on a few now. A lot of people seem to like the UI that sony put on it. I've never used it so I cant speak intelligently about it. Sony has said it'll be updating to 2.1 in mid Q3 or Q4 (depending on what source you read).
Its really a very solid phone and if you wait for a week or two you'll be able to pick it up from Amazon.com for $49.99.
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Just for clarification, my GPS on my Captivate works fine, with no problems.

Love the industrial design and the careful design of the UI with the X10, but turned-off by the screen quality. Being stuck with Android 1.6 even after it's been released for half a year is also a big no-no.

warri said:
Just for clarification, my GPS on my Captivate works fine, with no problems.
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My GPS works fine too. It pulled my location spot-on in as little as 10 seconds. Don't know why some people have problems such as taking more than a 1-2 mins or even 5 mins+.

So the X10 is running a newer version of android snr doesn't lack multitouch? I'm considering returning my captivate, but it wouldn't be replaced by an x10.
The phone's been out for almost a year if I remember correctly, and its JUST getting rooted.
Sent from my Samsung Captivate.

With the exception of the 8mp camera sensor, the Galaxy S/Captivate hardware completely trumps the Xperia.
Captivate runs 2.1> Xperia Android 1.6

camelontherun said:
Im so saddened by how Sony is playing catchup. What happened to them?
Im keeping my captivate and Im a hardcore sony fanboy. at least my ps3, tv, and headphones are kickass.
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I am in the same boat as you i was waitin for this phone to come to att like 8 months ago, but i love my captivate

The XPERIA X10 is based on an aging platform and only has 256MB if RAM. I think its a good midend android handset in AT&Ts lineup and is priced about right, but the Captivate IMO blows it away. Not to say it isn't a good phone, but there are better phones out right now. This should have been released in Q1 2010.
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If they had released the Xperia X10 during Xmas last year, it would've been a compelling choice on AT&T. Now with Captivate enticing you with the superior SAMOLED display, and Aria being cheaper and with a more up to date software, the X10 is in a tough spot. There is not much about it that would generate a lot of buzz. If Sony had any sense, they would have spent the last couple of months getting FroYo on the phone. With that, the X10 could've been a contender.

ViniD said:
I am in the same boat as you i was waitin for this phone to come to att like 8 months ago, but i love my captivate
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I'm with you guys on Sony products. However, Sony's phones are by-product technologies of Ericsson that's bought by Sony. Cell phone was not Sony's strong point. I've had owned a Sony K750 and K800i (Casino Royale Edition). They still last long enough to be carried on to my family members who are not into the smartphone hypes.

I looked up the specs for the X10 at engadget mobile, it an effort to come up with an even-handed review. Basically, it comes down to how much of a hit to your wallet fifty bucks is. The X10 is more closely comparable to the Aria. It's a good midrange phone with midrange capabilities. The Captivate, however, is an iPhone killer, if they would market it properly. So, based on my experience, the advantages of the X10 over the Captivate are:
1. It's cheaper. Probably a LOT cheaper if you get it on Amazon.
2. It's narrower. The Captivate is pretty wide, like talking into a piece of toast.
3. An extra 54 rows of pixels, for that movie-theater effect.
4. An even higher-resolution barcode scanner, er, um, camera.
But as others have said, these two phones are not really in the same league.

Next phone, Xperia Arc or Moto Atrix?

So heres the deal, Im on att and already upgraded so I will have to buy either outright, overall I'd say the Atrix bests the Arc in specs but the design of the Arc is fantastic imo and it has a better screen and im gonna assume the camera will be better, im just not sure though, also theres the question of release date and price, anyone have any ideas when these phones will come and how much on eBay? Also do you think that the Arc will make it to att or at least a 3g compatible version at launch? I know people are gonna say avoid SE but I like them and I liked the X10, only thing that annoyed me was no MT.
Anyway what do you guys think? I really need a new phone as I am using a 3GS after my captivate broke, its not bad but I really miss Android.

Well you like Android so I'm not gonna go into the pros/cons of the OS. Just these two devices.
Xperia Arc (Should be out by April, most likely WON'T support AT&T 3G)
Pros:
-Good quality camera
-Thin and sleek
-4" Screen (not too big, not too small)
-Great screen BUT there's only a major difference when playing videos or looking at photos. Besides that, it's just a normal but good quality LCD.
-Gingerbread 2.3
Cons:
-Sony Ericsson put a skin on it
-Sony Ericsson has a spotty history with updates (I'm sure you know that being a X10 owner).
-Probably just as expensive as the Atrix thanks to the "Sony tax".
Motorola Atrix (Should be out by March, launching on AT&T)
Pros:
-Tegra 2 = total beast and the fastest thing out there.
-4" Screen (not too big, not too small)
-Screen resolution of 540x960 (qHD) -- the highest res screen of any Android device.
-Motorola is better than most to provide software updates.
-Crazy WebTop app and Laptop 'Dock'
-1930mah battery -- largest of any Android device.
-HSPA+ so you get 4G-like speeds.
-Front-facing camera
Cons:
-Motorola's abortion of a skin is on there.
-Froyo 2.2 and no idea of when upgrade will come.
-WebTop app looks cool, but could still suck.
-Despite large battery, Tegra 2 is under the hood and that could suck some battery really quickly.

Do you like MotoBLUR or whateverskinSonyEriccsonhasontheirGingerbread? I personally think MotoBLUR is complete crap and the fact that AT&T is not known for updating their phones rather quickly might be a roadblock. Than there is the locked bootloader if you don't plan on doing much with custom roms.
In all seriousness, there is no way in hell that the Atrix will have a better camera than the Arc, mainly because Cybershot cameras usually take phenomenal photos (tested with two Cybershots) and the Arc kind of has the censor from the Cybershots. The Arc might be the best camera orientated Android phone despite the lack of 1080p video recording. Motorola isn't really known for having good cameras, but they are known for using gorilla glass on most of their phones, so I am assuming the Atrix has that.
Depends on your preference really. I would personally go with the Arc and hope that SE is true to their word about updating their phones.
Atrix will come by March 1st.
Arc will come April.
Most unlocked phones have AT&T bands, so I wouldn't expect the Arc to be any different.

I would definitely go for the Atrix. Im on ATT too but I upgraded last june to the captivate so I will be waiting as well.
However, I would definitely get the atrix because of the specs and docking capability.

Well im leaning towards the arc as I like SE and imo they make the best looking phones, and that silver one is...wow! Only thing I need a confirmation is price, date and most important if it will have 3g bands, im willing to wait but not till the mddle if the year either lol

my question as well...arc or atrix?

I would go with Sony, mainky because i own X8 aswell and it proved to be a quite nice phone for the price range it has.
Yea, updates are Sony's biggest con, but besides that i had no real problems with it All their devices i had run pretty nice and smooth

Defiantly arc the looks of it are awesome plus it'll have 3 rd gen snap dragon soc won't be as powerful as atrix but the is like no apps that really use dual core but wait and see as for me battery life is huge
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solidkevin said:
Well im leaning towards the arc as I like SE and imo they make the best looking phones, and that silver one is...wow!
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It's funny how peoples' tastes differ. I think SE phones look horrible, especially the Arc. Also, in a few months time phones with single-core processors will seem so out-of-date.
Motorola Atrix for me.

Moandal said:
It's funny how peoples' tastes differ. I think SE phones look horrible, especially the Arc. Also, in a few months time phones with single-core processors will seem so out-of-date.
Motorola Atrix for me.
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lol it is funny, I love Sony's phones, they always look different from the competition as well instead of an iphone wannabe, Atrix looks so....common.

Wait and watch the forums on XDA see which phone gets rooted first/more easily and see which phone is more easily modded.
I had the X10 and while it's a great phone the lack of support from SE really annoyed me and the fact that they locked that phone down like crazy was even more frustrating.

True, but as every phone out there, X10 will get unlocked properly sooner or later. Wasn't much of a factor here when i was buying my Xperia X8

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True, but as every phone out there, X10 will get unlocked properly sooner or later. Wasn't much of a factor here when i was buying my Xperia X8
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Not true, I had a Motorola Milestone (European version of the Droid) and that never was properly unlocked-- still a great phone for it's time through, despite its weaknesses.
Anyways, to actually answer the question, the Atrix is a beast. 16gb internal storage is fantastic. Super fast processor. Both Sony and Motorola have pretty crappy track records when it comes to customer support, so don't expect much from either company on that front. I'd go with the Atrix.

Atrix is way better. I dont trust sony phones....
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I can talk about SE Arc 'cause I personally use this device atm
I'm really satisfied for its functions, pros:
a) weight, it's so light
b) good media section (camera, music player...just radio is pretty poor in tuning)
c) pack (two usb cables, one for charging, the other for car charging - car charger included - screen protection - nice headphones)
d) display (wide enough and natural colors)
e) design (IMHO, the best form factor atm)

i've seen both phones a prefer the dual core atrix as it is much quicker (atleast in my experience)

go with your feeling，pick up you like

These two phones completely died off after CES.

Yes, stay for the first will be root

Which phone will become the HD2 successor? (dev love)

Hello everyone, this is yet another "which phone should I get" thread, so if you are sick of them please move on but I would be grateful for every input.
So up to now I have been using N900 which to me is a very good device, with a lot of room to improve of course, but lack off Nokia's support has just pissed me off. I'm a heavy google user (gmail, calendar & stuff) so android seems like a natural progression. Now, since I have N900 I'm obviously into modding and stuff I'm looking for a very similar android device. Atm that would be HTC HD2, the thing is I consider this phone just too old, I'm looking for a fairly new device, possibly not even out yet, which is sure to get a lot of love from xda and other devs. So yeah, I'm not even sure if it's possible to foretold which device will become the new HD2 in the android world, perhaps it has something to do with open hardware drivers, hope you guys have a better clue. I plan to stick with this phone for another 1,5 year and I just can't afford 2 smart phones at the same time, so I'm basically looking for the best long term investment.
Please, note that I'm from Europe, where not all devices are available or will be delayed. I can probably wait with the purchase until May. I don't have any preferences towards particular brand.
Thank you for your help,
YUMad

my guess is ull have to wait for the fist 4+" dual core htc device for all the htc folks to jump ship

We should wait a cycle of 2-3 yr until that super device replacement arrives, that´s the usual but anything can happen!

With the speed of phones developing these days, won't be 2-3 years. More like half a year to one year.

I don't think you could really answer this question. No one will know until the phone has been released.

As of right now, there's no worthy HD2 successor yet. HTC ups their high-end phone every year (diamond 2008, blackstone 2009, HD2 2010, etc) so cross your fingers for that mythical 1.5ghz dual-core snapdragon hopefully by the end of this year...

In my opinion, The HD2 is still one of the biggest power houses on the market. A 1 ghz processor. Yea there making awesome phones, but very few of them are being made with the components that are within the HD2. Correct me if I'm wrong. Its a stacked phone and you pair it with an Android ROM, and its right up there with anything else.

Oh well, guess it wasn't that hard to convince me. I'm getting HD2 and will slowly watch how the things unfold. Thanks everyone!

How about a poll?
I agree that the HD2 is getting too old to buy as a new phone. I think the step change we've all been looking forward to is coming in the forms of the dual core processor phones due this year. I think it will be a choice along the lines of:
1. Motorola Atrix
2. LG Optimus 2x
3. Other Android device
4. Other WP7 device
I have been a die hard HTC fan since 2002 so I wish I could vote for Option 3 but I just can't wait so I pick Option 1.
See http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/37892/lg-optimus-2x-vs-motorola-atrix-4g

The point is you can't just look at any mobile you'd like, compare it specs to HD2 and say, all right we have a rightful successor, there are many other factors to consider. Again, I'm not a developer myself so I don't know much about the whole process but for example N900 still doesn't have a full android experience ported and that is due to closed nature of it's hardware drivers rather than hardware limitations. Also, as far as I know this forum was/is mostly about HTC handsets so I believe a HTC product will be heavly favoured.

I just got a hd2, no box in brand new condition for 140 so I hope the development love is sustained. I will try and help with graphics.

You really will like the HD2. I got mine for 49 bucks when my contract was up for my blackberry a couple months back. Ive loved it. So many different options to choose from and the custom ROM's just add to the mix. I just put the new NAND Android ROM on mine and it runs flawlessly. Not 1 issue soo far and it is freaking fast. No offense to Windows, but Android software is second to none. Like I said earlier, match these two things together, and you will have a powerhouse thats just as good, possibly even way better than the Droid 2 and Evo 4G. I'd recommend getting this phone...But I do recommend that you upgrade to Android. Any questions, just leave me a message.

hd2
there is no phone who can beat hd2 maybe the samsun galaxy s how ever we will wait for the 1.5 ghz phone but the hd2 is thé phone!!!!

There's no way of knowing, because manufacturers rightfully don't release information on the hardware that would be important in identifying an "HD2 successor". What made the HD2 so amazing was the completely unlocked bootloader/NAND. Plus the hardware on it was ahead of its time. People talk about the phone as if it was a 2010 phone, not even realizing it came out in November 2009!
HTC Vision may be the 2011 version but no one knows for sure.

i personally think HD2 has a couple of years left ...
every manufacturer accidently makes a phone that amazez every one
For instance Motorola had mm L7 few years back it was modded till i finally bricked it same is the case with HD2. i mean with so many developers working on this phone i think there is more to come. As far as succesor is concerned well im no programmer but each os is processor dependant. As long as they keep recipe the same we can be looking into a new Super moddable phone
P.S i dont think dual core or that crap would change much, as long as we have so many choices on HD2 im still drooling over it

phone changes a lot,i can catch this fashion.

For decent replace I would go to Motorola Atrix or how I heard Milestone in Europe...

I <3 my HD2
best phone I ever bought
for development/much tweaks you need an older phone the older the more been developped plus the HD2 has a series of great dev's
plus MIUI on HTC HD2 is so much more than iphone
I wanted an iphone 4 lately, some guy wanted to talk me into trading it,
then I tried and I hate that the iphone only has one button, it's not as responsive. next to that all icons are in homescreen, you can only make maps, in android you can switch between launcher or homescreen, and so on..
No newer phone at the market really makes me say 'wow' atm, but I can't deny I look every day, for u successor.
When will I make the step?
- Water and dustproof
- glass better then gorillaglas
- 4G / 5G
- 10 MP cam
- android
- SUPERB batterylife
- good antenna
- DLNA
- HDMI
- WIFI N
- VOICE COMMANDS IN MY LANGUAGE
I don't care who makes it but I'll get it

HD2 is power monster , it can do anything . no other phone can handle that much load

shattered screen
Someone accidentally made my HD2 drop and shattered the screen with a sofa smashing her against the wall. I was quoted $150 US by ubreakifix to replace the screen. I can't wait to get if fixed even though the HTC One S is $200 plus $20/month for 20 months. Yes the One S sports modern specs but it is not as gorgeous as the HD2.
I borrowed my daughter's HD2 and gave her the iPhone 3GS. She was not happy. Even though she is not using a data plan.
I want a Windows Phone which hackers can tweak to run Android. But nothing less than the HTC HD2.
Windows Phone 8 is a long way.

Phones ever used

So pretty much just wanted to see what phones everyone had owned and their opinions and discussions!!!
Phones that I have owned with alil opinion =):
Motorola V80 (Cool in the days)
Blackberry Pearl 8100 (Great organizer!)
Blackberry Storm (Hated the clicking screen and no WIFI?!??!?)
iPhone 3g (Uber slow...)
iPhone 3gs (not bad but not a fan of iOS)
Nokia n97 (First love, but Symbian sucked it up and slow... but fm trans = awesome)
Blackbery Bold 9000 (Meh just another RIM with trackball issues)
Sony Ericsson Satio (Amazing phone another fav, but Symbian -.-)
HTC HD2 (WinMO = meh, Android = WOW!!!)
myTouch 3g Slide (Stock is a bit disappointing, customed = not bad)
Motorola Backflip (Was pretty cool but slow)
LG Vu (Never used it haha but looked ok)
Samsung Memoir (Good Camera, everything else was ok)
Samsung Vibrant (Battery was bad, was too light, laggy)
HTC Surround (Cool looking and all but i think WP7 ruins a phone for me)
Samsung Focus (Same, really cool, wp7 boring)
LG Quantum (gah another wp7??? not a fan of any of it)
HTC G2 (OC to 2ghz = SUBER AWESOME!!! great phone but hindge is a flaw...)
iPhone 4 (meh just another iphone)
Sony Ericsson Xperia x10 (Super sexy looking phone but laggy a bit)
Nokia n900 (Lame... n97 was better but not saying much!)
Samsung Captivate (So far using and its a keeper

Have you installed a custom ROM on the Captivate? If not, you'll probably love it even more. Most of the custom ROMs (though personally my experience is with FireFly) do wonders to the overall speed and utility of the Captivate.

Oh yea trust me i already did. i'm using Inception v1.2 Rom and i love it. i normally overclock my phones but this one is stock 1ghz and i feel no need to overclock. it has lagfix already too i think. i love that since the captivate didn't come with a notification led, when i get messages my buttons led will light and stay lite til i check. maybe not a big thing but it is for me!!! plus miui music just adding the cherry on top.

Quite a list lol
I can't remember my first two... but the last three were:
LG Voyager
Blackberry Tour
HTC Thunderbolt

LG Incite - Slow, quirky, slow, slow, bad touchscreen, awesome! SOLD
HTC Fuze - Bad build quality, ok keyboard, overall better than the Incite. SOLD
HTC Tilt 2 - Awesome Keyboard, nice screen (at the time), WM 6.5 by default, sensative touchscreen. SOLD
HTC HD2 - WM 6.5 = bad, HTC Sense = good, very thin, too big, nice design, sluggish, capacitive touchscreen!!!!!. SOLD
Nexus One - Ugly (imo), Stock Android = +, AMOLED, horrible touch buttons. SOLD
Nexus S - Gingerbread!!!!, Curves = beautiful, SAMOLED, good touch buttons! RETURNED
Motorola Atrix - Fast, Bestest screen ever!, thin, gorilla glass, lots of cases, finicky battery cover. MAIN PHONE
Motorola Cliq XT - quirky, weird push buttons, Android 1.5, profitable. SOLD
Samsung Captivate - Love the design, nice screen ratio, touchwiz = bad. STILL HAVE
Palm Pixi Plus - Awesome Multitasking, WebOS is beautiful, Not alot of apps, slow, awesome keyboard. SOLD
Motorola Backflip - MEH, ugly, bad keyboard, slow, nothing goof to say about it. SOLD
HTC Surround - Great looking, WP7 is nice, but not for me, speedy I suppose, nice games, speaker is meh, bulky SOLD
HTC Aria - Nice form, beautiful, HTC Sense is nice, quite fast. SOON TO BE SOLD
LG Shine Plus - Waiting for.......
G1 - Waiting for.....

Chaos,
what was the time span of that list?
My list:
Audiovox something - pita!
Motorola something on sprint - work phone - sucked!
Motorola Razr Maxx VE - ok
Samsung Rogue - 1 week returned for:
Motorola Droid1 - most fun i ever had with a phone. I think i even took calls on it!
HTC Thunnderbolt - just unleashing it Android goodness!
I think that goes from around 1998 to present.
(7 to go!)

dvgb173 said:
Chaos,
what was the time span of that list?
My list:
Audiovox something - pita!
Motorola something on sprint - work phone - sucked!
Motorola Razr Maxx VE - ok
Samsung Rogue - 1 week returned for:
Motorola Droid1 - most fun i ever had with a phone. I think i even took calls on it!
HTC Thunnderbolt - just unleashing it Android goodness!
I think that goes from around 1998 to present.
(7 to go!)
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A year lol.

man, how can you guys remember this stuff? i can remember first phone, motorola brick, and now, 12 years later i have the x10i, which is a bit laggy, but one hell of alot better when you put a custom rom on it, am using the 2.3.3 atm, which is still in beta and very glitchy, but in the moments where its working it is very fast

dvgb173 said:
Chaos,
what was the time span of that list?
My list:
Audiovox something - pita!
Motorola something on sprint - work phone - sucked!
Motorola Razr Maxx VE - ok
Samsung Rogue - 1 week returned for:
Motorola Droid1 - most fun i ever had with a phone. I think i even took calls on it!
HTC Thunnderbolt - just unleashing it Android goodness!
I think that goes from around 1998 to present.
(7 to go!)
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The V80 and 8100 are from 4 years ago, but the rest are within the last 5 months. i just having a phone phase right now. hopefully won't be stopping anytime soon.
Hows the Thunderbolt? i'm wating for the HTC Sensation or mayb even the GSM version of the Evo 3d...

Hmm, can't remember them all, but i've had about 70-80 phones.
Have 18 phones that's collecting dust now. Changed phones like every three month before. Thank god i'm done with that
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Nokia 5110
LG KG210
Motorola Razr V3
Motorola Razr V3i
Motorola Razr2 V8
Motorola U9
Apple iPhone 3GS
Samsung Captivate

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Nokia 5110
LG KG210
Motorola Razr V3
Motorola Razr V3i
Motorola Razr2 V8
Motorola U9
Apple iPhone 3GS
Samsung Captivate
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Ah iphone to android! good choice.

milosavitch said:
man, how can you guys remember this stuff? i can remember first phone, motorola brick, and now, 12 years later i have the x10i, which is a bit laggy, but one hell of alot better when you put a custom rom on it, am using the 2.3.3 atm, which is still in beta and very glitchy, but in the moments where its working it is very fast
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haha i remember cause i keep track cause i do trades and sells so i have a spread sheet. i have the xperia x10 which is alil laggy didn't bother flashin custom rom, just gave it to my sister. it is hella sexy!

I have owned:
Sony Ericsson W580i (lmao left it in my pocket and accidentally got washed and dried with my pants)
LG Vu (stolen)
LG Incite (stolen, probably by same guy who stole my Lg Vu)
HTC Fuze (bricked from playing around with NAND android)
HTC G1 still working, probably the LOWEST specs you can find out of all the android phones, ditching it for HD2
HTC HD2 (waiting for it to arrive in mail)

e334 said:
I have owned:
Sony Ericsson W580i (lmao left it in my pocket and accidentally got washed and dried with my pants)
LG Vu (stolen)
LG Incite (stolen, probably by same guy who stole my Lg Vu)
HTC Fuze (bricked from playing around with NAND android)
HTC G1 still working, probably the LOWEST specs you can find out of all the android phones, ditching it for HD2
HTC HD2 (waiting for it to arrive in mail)
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Haha stolen LGs, i think the g1 was the first android right? i would advise NAND android for hd2 but dont want a repeat of the fuze... good luck!

HAHAHA
Try this
My 1st was a Western Union 1983
2nd Johnson 1985
Motorola brick 1989
star tac 1992
Nokia 1996 from there a bunch of phones ending with
Iphone 3 2009---->HD2,,,2010-----Galaxy SGS-- current
Almost 30 years of cell phones..........

I wish i could remember that far back....
Lets see... From current to ... whatever...
HTC thunderbolt..
Droid Milestone..
Motorola Q2
Motorola Q
Nokia Something or Other..
Gets blurrier...
Cant... Remember...
Too.. Much.. Weed..

My phones include:
Nokia 1100
LG (I don't remember the model, but it was a flip phone with an oled screen outside)
Motorola V3
LG Chocolate
Ericsson W580
XPERIA X10 Mini Pro
With LG Chocolate having the most used time for me, for about 3 years

oka1 said:
HAHAHA
Try this
My 1st was a Western Union 1983
2nd Johnson 1985
Motorola brick 1989
star tac 1992
Nokia 1996 from there a bunch of phones ending with
Iphone 3 2009---->HD2,,,2010-----Galaxy SGS-- current
Almost 30 years of cell phones..........
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Ahhh the startac!! Rated one of the best gadgets ever IIRC.

December 2006-2008: LG Cu400 (great phone)
December 2008-February 2009: Samsung Eternity (stolen, but was the second best phone I have used)
Feb 2008-Dec 2010: Blackberry Pearl 8120 (hated the instability, but it was a good phone)
Current: Samsung Captivate running Apex 5.3 at time of post. (Best phone ever!)

Finally made the full transition to Windows Phone 8

Okay, well first I'll start with a bit about my phone history. I started out on the HTC Wallaby in 2003ish which I spent four paychecks working part time at Long John Silvers to get. After that, I moved on through a Windows Mobile lineup.
Samsung Blackjack, T-Mobile Dash, Samsung Blackjack II, HTC Touch, HTC PPC6800 and then back to Blackjack 2 (HTC's batch back then broke if you looked at them wrong.)
After this, Android came to fruition. I joined the nation's nobody character at the time and their little beta test that was Android. I had the G1 and picked up an Omnia II for good measure just in case Android turned out to be a huge flop. The G1 was a phenomenal device though, I remember when the first emulators for it came out, I didn't even know what to do with all the possibilities. Soon after, I moved through Android devices as follows;
G1
Mytouch 3g
Samsung Behold 2
Motorola Cliq
Garminfone
Mytouch 4g
Mytouch Slide
Samsung Vibrant (Galaxy S1)
Motorola Backflip (While the vibrant was being repaired)
Dell Streak 5
Samsung Captivate
back to the Dell Streak 5
It was then that I picked up the HTC HD2, beauty that it is. I still have that phone, running Windows Phone 7 and 2.1 (Yes, I know it's behind but I haven't played with it in awhile.) This was my biggest step into modding, until then I'd only flashed roms but this phone made me want to develop stuff. I cooked a few Android and Winmo roms, messed with a few kernels, etc. This phone will forever hold a place in my heart.
So, as good as that phone was, WP7 can't be that bad, right? Eh... Well, I wasn't as disappointed as most. Even in it's initial release it was more fluid than any other system available and it had Netflix and high quality games like IloMilo that I simply could not get on Android. However, going from the pure black to the hideous LCD panels that HTC used at the time making everything grey was damn near depressing. I traded this for a pair of dell streaks that someone had messed up the software on, I fixed the software and had two nice phones for one. I couldn't be happier, right? Wrong.
I went back to Android and that's when the lag first became apparent to me and I have not since been able to not recognize it in even the current flagship (Though the Nexus 4 does pretty damn well.)
I couldn't put up with it so I fell right back to Windows Phone, picking up an HTC Surround for one of my Streaks... Ugh, that device was awful but the OS was just so, refreshing. I quickly put the money down to get a Dell Venue Pro.
I used the Dell Venue Pro longer than any other device I've ever used. I used it almost one full year. after this, I was sent a Nokia Lumia 800 as a developer device and realized what perfection in a phone was. It did bug me that it didn't have a FFC but that little bother didn't damper the experience of that phenomenal device one bit. The fact that it never officially came to the US was disheartening.
However, when I realized they were EOLing Windows Phone 7 to make way for a sexy new kernel, I had to pawn it off on someone so I could maximize my return. I traded for an iPhone 4s. This was my bittersweet introduction to Apple. I loved the apps but there was literally nothing else on that awful OS to love. The layout was uninteresting, it had the worst keyboard I'd seen since Android Donut, it was generally ugly, the only likable thing was the games. That phone itself is miserable. I quickly traded it for a GS3 with a beat up backplate.
I will tell you now and I know most will disagree, the GS3 is awful. I mean, Touchwiz feels like it should be on android 2.1, not a modern version and the improvements that Sammy put in aside from the GPU acceleration were largely useless. I can't express my disappointment enough. I traded it for a pair of Galaxy S2 which I turned around and swapped for a One X + I used the One X plus and in terms of build quality it was great, HTC had finally started moving up on the overall user experience. They didn't have all the gimmicky features that Samsung uses but damn did they know how to make something that worked. Were that thing rootable at the time, I may have kept it around. Sadly, it wasn't and when I decided to get rid of it, I was fortunate enough to find someone dumb enough to trade a Nexus 4 for it (I'm persuasive and showed him price tags.)
The Nexus 4 is hands down THE premium android device, I also got a LGOG at this time that I guy brought by to have rooted and never came back for (still sitting in my drawer though I do play with it still) I love that Nexus 4 though, great device but the fact that Google's own phone can't run 1/3 of the games I want to play was outright disappointing. I traded it and $130 for an HTC One. Good device, great user interface but I don't know if mine is an exception, there's a painfully large gap between the aluminum and plastic that just bugs me. That and lag is still present (Though not as bad as it is on the awful GS4) I keep it around though, definitely good for games...
After this, I shelled out the money and bought a Lumia 920 outright. I have to say, this is the first phone since the Dell Venue Pro I've been satisfied with. Best camera, best build quality, say what you will about the software but it's reliable, lets me communicate via any means necessary with no hiccups and remains smooth no matter what I'm doing on it.
Some complain that the Lumia 920 can't be customized. I bed to differ, my phone was black three weeks ago, red two weeks ago, yellow yesterday and last night I put the finishing touches on painting the Tardis on the back of a black Lumia 920 shell. There is little better customization and it doesn't require some ugly case. It's the first phone I've had that had games that I seemed to enjoy all of, few junk games and the wireless charger in my car, at my job, built into my nightstand... It's just too convenient. I'm a power user and I love my Nokia Lumia 920 and it's Windows Phone 8 OS.