Hi, I'm getting the HOX tomorrow but have a few questions first.
1. How is the development of cm9/cm10 compared to gs3?
2. How is the screen at night?
3. How do you feel about the battery life?
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4. Does it overheat? How is the temp normally?
Atrix_Owner said:
Hi, I'm getting the HOX tomorrow but have a few questions first.
1. How is the development of cm9/cm10 compared to gs3?
2. How is the screen at night?
3. How do you feel about the battery life?
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1. I cannot compare with s3 But Its defintely great development here.
2. Do you mean during day ?? The screen is great at all times. Best screen
3. Battery life is good . With custom roms such as clean rom its even better
Do not worry . You will love this device
From beast called HTC One X
Atrix_Owner said:
Hi, I'm getting the HOX tomorrow but have a few questions first.
1. How is the development of cm9/cm10 compared to gs3?
2. How is the screen at night?
3. How do you feel about the battery life?
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1. I cant say but we have great devs between h8 and rohan working on them
2. This screen is so freaking amazing i love it, its just as bright as my asus prime i think sometimes, incredibly clarity its the reason i chose the phone over the sgs3
3. Using Cleanrom i get great battery life it all depends on how heavy a user you are!
Does this phone overheat easily? How is the temp normally? My current phone is the atrix and it overheats without even using it.
Atrix_Owner said:
Hi, I'm getting the HOX tomorrow but have a few questions first.
1. How is the development of cm9/cm10 compared to gs3?
2. How is the screen at night?
3. How do you feel about the battery life?
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4. Does it overheat? How is the temp normally?
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1. Can't compare it to the GS3 but development is coming along nicely. Now that we have source, expect it to get even better.
2. It is widely accepted that the One X has the best screen in the business, and for good reason- it's absolutely amazing and makes all other screens look like crap, iPhone included.
3. Battery life is another thing that the One X excels at. The only other phone that can come close to it in terms of battery life is the GS3. My One X lasts significantly longer than my iPhone 4S ever did. We're talking 1.5 days with 5 hours screen time.
4. My One X has never overheated before. It gets a little warm from time to time, but nothing major. The S4 in it is one of the coolest running chips on the market.
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My One X got overheated using it as a GPS navigator on a very hot day while in my car's windshield mount. Only happened once.
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My One X got overheated using it as a GPS navigator on a very hot day while in my car's windshield mount. Only happened once.
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Yeah but that could happen to any phone. My EVO 4G and E4GT both overheated from time to time when using navigation on a hot day while charging. My One X never has. I do have an A/C vent blowing on it though so I'm sure that has something to do with it.
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Yeah I agree not finding fault with the phone at all.
I personally don't like sense so I'm looking for a stable cm9/10/ or something similar to stock ics.
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I personally don't like sense so I'm looking for a stable cm9/10/ or something similar to stock ics.
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Have you actually owned a phone with Sense 4 on it? It's not your grandma's Sense, that's for sure. I used to hate Sense with a passion, but they really won me over with Sense 4. It's easily the best of the manufacturer's skins. Smooth as silk, loaded with usable features, and it looks beautiful on this screen. I suggest giving it a shot, at least for a few weeks. You might be surprised, I sure was.
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Have you actually owned a phone with Sense 4 on it? It's not your grandma's Sense, that's for sure. I used to hate Sense with a passion, but they really won me over with Sense 4. It's easily the best of the manufacturer's skins. Smooth as silk, loaded with usable features, and it looks beautiful on this screen. I suggest giving it a shot, at least for a few weeks. You might be surprised, I sure was.
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I agree. Htc one x was my first smartphone, I was so pleased with htc sense . I wondered why ppl say manufacture blootware sucks. I used s3 for couple of days, touchwiz was not soo smooth for me
From beast called HTC One X
Atrix_Owner said:
Hi, I'm getting the HOX tomorrow but have a few questions first.
1. How is the development of cm9/cm10 compared to gs3?
2. How is the screen at night?
3. How do you feel about the battery life?
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4. Does it overheat? How is the temp normally?
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1. Never seen a gs3 with cm. And I use cleanROM for my one x.
2. At night it's bright on lowest setting. In day its visible, even with polarized sunglasses.
3. Battery life is excellent for me. 7am to 9pm with heavy use.
4. Gets to 100* F after 45 mins of dead trigger lol. But never during normal use.
Good luck!
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I haven't had any problem with the One X getting hot, but battery life has been a little disappointing. With that being said, I am a pretty heavy user during the day (calls, voice mails e-mails, navigation). Depending on the rom it varies between average and not very good. Again, this is with my user habits. Personally, I got much better battery life with Blackberry and somewhat better life with the various iphones. Still, its a very nice phone and as stated, the screem is tremendous.
I'm hearing a lot of problems with the antennas on the HOX, is this happening for the international or att users?
Does the att version have any hardware problems overall?
The antenna issues don't affect the same variant. HTC got this one right. V
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I'm hearing a lot of problems with the antennas on the HOX, is this happening for the international or att users?
Does the att version have any hardware problems overall?
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I haven't heard this except those who change radios.
No hardware issues
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Hey guys, quick question.
I currently have a htc desire that I passed on to a buddy of mine. I can get either a nexus s or incredible S. no price difference.
this new phone will be used for 3 months max, until my next upgrade
Which one should I keep?
Thanks
The Nexus feels like a cheap piece of plastic and is using very old hardware while lacking such basics as a notification LED and an SD card slot. Go with the quality HTC product.
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+ 1 on the htc quality. Screw samsung
ADR6300
Thanks for the quick response guys.
Which phone has the best battery life?
The desire had decent battery life with leedriod rom, but I am looking for much better.
Thanks
I don't what to appear facetious but your question is like comparing Haagen Dazs and Ben and Jerry's ! I was very tempted by the Incredible S but in the end I sprung for an unlocked Nexus S (super lcd) and I don't regret my choice. The Incredible S has a more tempting specification but it just doesn't feel right. It feels heavy compared to the Nexus S and there's something about the feel and the curved screen on the Nexus S that makes it very special. Above all, I know that the HTC is due for an update to 2.3.4 very soon but I've been using Google Talk for a month now, and already I couldn't live without it. As for the solidity of Samsungs, I always believed that they were fragile but so far after 1 month (unprotected) in my jeans pocket my Nexus is pristine, although it gets wiped and polished at least twice a day. In conclusion my advice is to not underestimate the importance of the software and the speed of ota updates which so far for me have been lightning fast. One final BIG question : is the bootloader on the Incredible S still locked and signed by HTC ( S-ON or S-OFF) ? If it is, happy hunting when you want to root/flash it - despite the availability of AlphaRevX. I rooted my Nexus S in the time it took to plug in the USB cable + 2 minutes . Good luck, whichever you choose.
Shftup said:
Thanks for the quick response guys.
Which phone has the best battery life?
The desire had decent battery life with leedriod rom, but I am looking for much better.
Thanks
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I never got fantastic battery life with the Nexus S because the SAMOLED screen sucks it like crazy. It would easily account for more than a third of my battery usage throughout the day.
but when you guys think about it, the nexus is googles flagship model. not only is it meant for development, it gets official updates immediately
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but when you guys think about it, the nexus is googles flagship model. not only is it meant for development, it gets official updates immediately
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So does any rooted device with CyanogenMod support. Big whoop.
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So does any rooted device with CyanogenMod support. Big whoop.
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notice I said official
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I never got fantastic battery life with the Nexus S because the SAMOLED screen sucks it like crazy. It would easily account for more than a third of my battery usage throughout the day.
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Totally agree. I have an Evo 3D and Nexus S 4G (AMOLED) and the only reason I can't use the Nexus for more than a day at a time is because AMOLED eats so much battery when displaying white, which is in most of non-system apps/menus. I don't give a damn about the extreme contrast ratios (nice but highly inaccurate). I want battery life. My Evo 3D gets 15 hours minimum with medium usage, which is amazing considering that when I was using an Evo with an extended battery, that was above average.
EDIT: Also for some reason when typing on ANY keyboard, it doesn't register certain taps on keys and it REALLY pisses me off. On my Evo 3D I can type with barely any typos.
Nexus S lol. You would get better life gingerbread is always the best for it just like CM7 great life.
I have a epic im using and I love it so far over the evo 3d
Nexus S! Such a sleek phone when held in hand
I'm thinking of getting a One S when my contract comes round, but wanted to know what people think of it.
How's the battery life would be my first question. Easy to root?
Thanks.
Buy the phone out of contract and go prepaid ... sure the phone is expensive like that but overall its cheaper than paying 80+ a month when a prepaid plan can go around for 50$ a month
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Get the the S4 Version.
The S3 is not worth buying!
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I have the S4 version and it has been great. With the most recent 4.0.4 update, the battery life has improved tremendously. 30 hours being unplugged, still have 70% charge. Very impressive.
Great phone imo
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Yes, it's a great phone. Battery life is good in my experience. Doesn't look too difficult to unlock the bootloader and root, though I haven't tried. Get the S4 version (model Z520e) instead of the S3 (model Z560e) if you can.
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I have the S4 version and it has been great. With the most recent 4.0.4 update, the battery life has improved tremendously. 30 hours being unplugged, still have 70% charge. Very impressive.
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this is only possible with wlan completely off or airplane mode all time on? display 10 minutes? screenshot?
My first Android, phone is awesome.
Sorry just plugged it in, so no screen shot yet. It was with WiFi and wireless on. About 30 minutes talk time on and off and a dozen text messages. However, mostly in Wifi coverage area, though.
how can you tell if a used phone is an S4 or S3 processor? I'm looking at picking one up off of craigslist
How can we check that is the phone is S3 or S4 ?
You are probably not local but I have a brand new HTC One S S4 processor for sale new in the box unopened $400!
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How can we check that is the phone is S3 or S4 ?
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You can use AnTuTu Benmark to know....
Phone is BEAST especially with ICS 4.0.4 and Sense 4.1. Fast, fluid/smooth as heck, everything works perfect, and best of all battery life. Can't wait for JB!
I'm a heavy user and I average 18 hrs off charger with 4 hrs screen time and that's just draining it to 14%
I had one for over a month, but sold it and replaced with a 2.5 year old nexus one for money reasons. I liked the phone a lot other than lack of storage space for music etc, and no expandable storage. That was the only thing I really disliked besides non removeable battery. The battery life was the best of any phone I ever had. It would go a few days with 3g only turned on when I used it, screen on total of an hour and half or two hours, and minimal talking, lots of texting. I had the S4 version in gray. I did root it and try a few roms, none of them had any effect on battery life and performance was fast on everything. Screen was amazing IMO and sound quality for music was the best of any phone I've had so far. Camera was also the best I've had. I'm getting by fine with the old N1 but I do miss the One S and would recommend it to someone. My mom also has the One X and has no complaints either and its her first smart phone ever.
A very nice and fast phone for me.
I recommend the One S !
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How can we check that is the phone is S3 or S4 ?
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devgee said:
Get the the S4 Version.
The S3 is not worth buying!
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jimbiss said:
how can you tell if a used phone is an S4 or S3 processor? I'm looking at picking one up off of craigslist
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The T-Mo version with blue back is S4, the international One S with black back is S3 to the best of my understanding http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=3383&c=t-mobile_htc_one_s_htc_ville and http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=3623&c=htc_one_s_z560e_htc_ville_c
And you can get a good condition used T-mo One S for about $300 on ebay, I paid $295 the other day. Also it can be unlocked for free check the development thread.
I have the silver Aluminum version with the blue camera lens from Cincinnati Bell and it is the S4 processor. I am selling it if I can get $400 out of it, if not I just assume keeping it. It's unopened. I have the Galaxy Nexus so I don't really need it, but I would love to have it it is an Awesome phone and blows the GNex away in Quadrant scores. The only upside to the GNex is the Developers. But they will move on too probably when the new Nexus comes out. For average people who care nothing about custom ROM's this phone is probably the best.
It may not be the hottest device but it works damn well, so if its what u want then get it, camera is awesome
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Coming from the HTC Amaze this phone is sick. Not to mention we are going to officially get jelly bean, just depends on when T Mobile decides to release it. Sure wish it was the same month, this month as HTC is doing, but whatever the Amaze just didn't have much development ah do to HTC being stingy with drivers.
So long story short from my experience of Android this phone is pretty smooth
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Just a basic question, no trolling. Just wondering what issues people have, and wondering who's leaving it for something else.
Im still intended on keeping this, but if that HTC DNA comes out writing my return period (45 days)I might have to consider that instead.
What issues are people having?
Returning. Camera is terrible. Will either go back to my s3 or wait for the HTC DNA.
If you want a camera, go buy a camera its a phone not a Nikon. Keep that in mind.
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It seems like the camera issues are mainly software so I assume they will be fixed. Pocket now did a video sample and it came out great!
Even if the camera gets an update it still won't be as good as the s3, but the large battery makes up for it imho.
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Keeping.
I cant imagine going to any other device right now. It just feels so nice in my hands. Recovery is on its way, we have root, just need JB ROMs and i will be set.
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Keeping.
I cant imagine going to any other device right now. It just feels so nice in my hands. Recovery is on its way, we have root, just need JB ROMs and i will be set.
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Are the developers that are working on the RAZR HD on a different forum or just silent for now?
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Apparently TWRP from the RAZR M works fine for this (not scaled for an HD screen).
Devs are currently silent, but i suggest you saunter on over to the Dev forum on XDA and check out the JB leak thread.
After 7 days of use, I am on the fence.
With the "Smart Actions" application, I am lasting a day plus on battery alone.
The build quality is solid and like Deus_eps_machina said, it feels good in the palm of your hand.
Although intermittent, I am finding that the radio drops completely when I have full LTE to a red triangle.
With Jellybean around the corner (they're are leaks already), I am hoping that my signal issues are addressed.
If so, I will hold on to this until the next glut of "flagship" devices arrive.
I've never experienced the signal issue, but have been reading about it. Try doing an exchange?
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Perhaps with the upcoming update a new radio firmware will improve the signal quality? My Razr has been doing great.
Anyway, I'm keeping this girl. I'm on 1d and 15hrs usage with over 4 hours of screen time. My old g-nex wouldn't have been able to touch 1/2 of that battery performance. the only major issue with this phone, as others have pointed out, is the lousy camera. the camera sucks but it isn't a deal breaker.
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Perhaps with the upcoming update a new radio firmware will improve the signal quality? My Razr has been doing great.
Anyway, I'm keeping this girl. I'm on 1d and 15hrs usage with over 4 hours of screen time. My old g-nex wouldn't have been able to touch 1/2 of that battery performance. the only major issue with this phone, as others have pointed out, is the lousy camera. the camera sucks but it isn't a deal breaker.
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My thoughts exactly. I don't own it yet but I plan on buying it. Coming from the Nexus S I don't have high expectations in regards to the camera... I'm sad I'm leaving stock AOSP behind though
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My thoughts exactly. I don't own it yet but I plan on buying it. Coming from the Nexus S I don't have high expectations in regards to the camera... I'm sad I'm leaving stock AOSP behind though
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Its so close to AOSP that I dont think you will be that saddened (at least in the visual sense). With Nova launcher and the stock jelly bean icons, you would be pretty happy IMHO.
its tough for me cuz I have the S3, so its about which one do I want more. Had I not used the s3 I'd think this phone was insane. But I know first hand the camera is well below. And with cm10 and razr m launcher the S3 is basically the same ui.
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its tough for me cuz I have the S3, so its about which one do I want more. Had I not used the s3 I'd think this phone was insane. But I know first hand the camera is well below. And with cm10 and razr m launcher the S3 is basically the same ui.
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That Black SGS3 looks great, but with the HTC DNA / Note 2 and even the 8x, I think id rather hold out for those (or keep the razr)
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robstunner said:
That Black SGS3 looks great, but with the HTC DNA / Note 2 and even the 8x, I think id rather hold out for those (or keep the razr)
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Seems like the note 2 is getting awesome battery life....anyone have any opinions on which phone would last longer?
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Seems like the note 2 is getting awesome battery life....anyone have any opinions on which phone would last longer?
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I would vote this one. 200mAh more, smaller screen and no touchwiz. Spec wise, the note 2 blows this out of the water in every category other than battery size and durability. Reception probably is better on the RAZR too.
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Seems like the note 2 is getting awesome battery life....anyone have any opinions on which phone would last longer?
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The note 2 battery is awesome and this one also but I got the maxx and the note
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If the camera is bothering you that much just download camera zoom fx from the app store and you will notice a huge difference
But I don't think the stock camera is THAT bad
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i have tried camerazoomfx, it does improve slightly but it is still below par....
http://m.gizmodo.com/5960289/htc-droid-dna-vs-iphone-5-and-everyone-else-whos-got-the-best-display
This article only reinforces my belief that this is the best display on any device I've ever seen or used. Thanks HTC and especially the devs that make using this awesome display even more of a joy!
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So the J Butterfly is named the Droid DNA now, or am I missing something?
I did read somewhere myself that the DNA has a cooler temp wise display than the One X. One thing about the DNA I'll admire is that even zoomed in you still can barely make out the individual pixels.
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So the J Butterfly is named the Droid DNA now, or am I missing something?
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I think that's the Verizon subsidized version.
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So the J Butterfly is named the Droid DNA now, or am I missing something?
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The Verizon version is "Droid DNA", while i guess for the moment the Japan version is the "J Butterfly" ..... Blame it on Verizon and their Droid on everything branding.
Pretty interesting. The screen on the hox was a huge deciding factor over the s3 when it was upgrade time.
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all these other devices were starting to make me jelly but i'm still in awe every time i turn my screen on
its funny because on that site another writer said its the best display he has seen
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It's interesting. My friend who has the gs3 keeps talking about how his phone is better because of the "better hardware" and removable battery (even though he doesn't have a second battery... Go figure) but I asked him, "Considering you use your phone to pretty much text, listen to music, and watch YouTube wouldn't the most important thing be the quality of the screen? If you are going to spend most of your phone use time staring at it, what would be better? Slightly better hardware and a removable battery or a way better screen?"
Needless to say he never brought up the "My phone is better than yours" conversation since.
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I completely agree. I believe the One X has an absolutely gorgeous screen, and was designed well.
Has anyone noticed thought their screen having a "ripple effect"? Like when I clean the screen I see a dark streak follow my finger. But that could just be my eyes.. Haha Other than that and the slight flex I get on the corners, this is the best phone I have ever had. Ever.
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If you are going to spend most of your phone use time staring at it, what would be better? Slightly better hardware and a removable battery or a way better screen?"
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Obviously a good screen is a must on any smartphone. But specs can be important to the fluidity of the OS, multi-tasking (DNA reportedly is going to have 2GB RAM) and therefore every use of the phone. If you are spending your time starting at a beautiful screen, but what you are staring at is lag and browser restarts, then the nice screen might not be the best choice.
Personal perception comes into play a bit, as well. Its possible that the difference in the screen might not be significant or even noticeable to a particular person, while the difference in performance may be.
All this is just hypothetically speaking of course, the phone hasn't even been released yet.
I agree with the comment about the removable battery. While I know plenty of folks like to have spare batteries (and swap them through the day); after 5 HTC devices, I've never bothered to buy a spare battery.
Still can't forget my first hands on stock with one x display was pure awesome needed no second thoughts on buying this masterpiece . Anyhow I'll be upgrading to dna if and when possible .
I'll upgrade to the Droid DNA the moment it isn't a "Verizon Exclusive". Because of its relationship with 'big red', I can't even purchase it to use unlocked with rogers because the network bands are all wrong. Apparently that's the case for the J Butterfly as well; works with 3G here but SOL for my (expensive) LTE plan.
All things considered though, I do very much love my One X... The performance and display quality are still superior to everything I've seen to date, even those newer Samsung phones and their god-aweful turquoise-tinted monstrosities.
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I love the screen on our HOX, the best I've seen.
a friend of mine had a cheap, crappy screen protector on it ever since he bought his phone 2 months ago...I saw and took the sh*t off right away...He has been thanking me ever since...
The problem with this phone isn't so much the specs (1 gig ram), but Sense itself. If you toss cm10 on this thing there are no browser restarts, no lag, nothing at all which would make you think, "Why not 2 gigs? Stupid HTC."
I have no idea why they decided to butcher so many advances in Android (multi-tasking), my only theory is because sense is such a resource eating blob they needed to find a way to make the launcher and over all app performance usable without having to cut down on the bloat. With a full array of sense widgets (what I consider some of the best widgets available for android) running just the launcher and widgets will eat through that ram like crazy, not to mention not being battery friendly.
Once sense goes bye bye and is replaced by an aosp rom, this phone just freaking flies with no noticeable lag what so ever. Only thing that keeps me coming back to sense is the battery life on aosp isn't quite as good as sense based roms. While the sense camera is better than aosp, with the new 4.2 camera the shots are not what I would call bad.
I am still keeping my fingers crossed that when HTC pushes out Jellybean for the One XL they can restore some of that wonderful aosp multitasking and buttery smoothness while still retaining the amazing camera and audio.
If not I will be jumping over to the nexus 4 and not leaving the nexus brand again. Google got it right with the nexus 4, no lte, but I hardly use it anyway even though I have full coverage in my city.
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The problem with this phone isn't so much the specs (1 gig ram), but Sense itself. If you toss cm10 on this thing there are no browser restarts, no lag, nothing at all which would make you think, "Why not 2 gigs? Stupid HTC."
I have no idea why they decided to butcher so many advances in Android (multi-tasking), my only theory is because sense is such a resource eating blob they needed to find a way to make the launcher and over all app performance usable without having to cut down on the bloat. With a full array of sense widgets (what I consider some of the best widgets available for android) running just the launcher and widgets will eat through that ram like crazy, not to mention not being battery friendly.
Once sense goes bye bye and is replaced by an aosp rom, this phone just freaking flies with no noticeable lag what so ever. Only thing that keeps me coming back to sense is the battery life on aosp isn't quite as good as sense based roms. While the sense camera is better than aosp, with the new 4.2 camera the shots are not what I would call bad.
I am still keeping my fingers crossed that when HTC pushes out Jellybean for the One XL they can restore some of that wonderful aosp multitasking and buttery smoothness while still retaining the amazing camera and audio.
If not I will be jumping over to the nexus 4 and not leaving the nexus brand again. Google got it right with the nexus 4, no lte, but I hardly use it anyway even though I have full coverage in my city.
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I've been running into the same tradeoffs. I'm not the biggest fan of Sense, but I've noticed the battery life is shot when using CM10, which makes me wish I could have my cake and eat it too.
So with taxes I'm looking to spend about $350 on a phone with no contact. I WAS thinking the nexus 4 but people on craigslist are retarded asking $500+ because people bought out the play store with the intentions of reselling and ripping people off. So other than that I was thinking of getting an s3 or a note 1, possibly a one x.
My questions are, which carrier version, and which one should I get. I want one that I could use on family mobile with better speeds, maybe simple mobile or something. I'm into rooting and roms and overall best specs out there. So which phone should I get in that price range, and which carrier version? Processor and ppi as well as camera is most important to me.
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I honestly would go for a razr Maxx hd.... Or an s3. The hd doesn't have as much rom support but it will once the price drops. Plus my battery lasts all day with super heavy data usage!
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I honestly would go for a razr Maxx hd.... Or an s3. The hd doesn't have as much rom support but it will once the price drops. Plus my battery lasts all day with super heavy data usage!
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I'm looking for something by the end of this month into early next month, for 350, and needs to be gsm.
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Any other thoughts?
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Personally, the Note is a little on the large side for a phone, however, some people like it. Would suggest that you get some extended hands on time with it out before buying. S3 has good feedback except for the build materials (i.e. drop and chip) and is roughly the form factor that I would be comfortable with and there is quite a bit of ROM development for it. A friend uses a Note 1 and swears by it, connects it up as a laptop at home with keyboard, mouse and monitor (his portable office). Haven't had a chance to test out the OneX but what I have read on the forums are that it has good battery life, solid performance and since it is basically stock, updates are quick. Just got WP8 as a xmas gift, from an SGS2. Don't recommend it, until they fix some pretty fundamental missing features but the camera is by far the best I have seen so far.
3clectic said:
Personally, the Note is a little on the large side for a phone, however, some people like it. Would suggest that you get some extended hands on time with it out before buying. S3 has good feedback except for the build materials (i.e. drop and chip) and is roughly the form factor that I would be comfortable with and there is quite a bit of ROM development for it. A friend uses a Note 1 and swears by it, connects it up as a laptop at home with keyboard, mouse and monitor (his portable office). Haven't had a chance to test out the OneX but what I have read on the forums are that it has good battery life, solid performance and since it is basically stock, updates are quick. Just got WP8 as a xmas gift, from an SGS2. Don't recommend it, until they fix some pretty fundamental missing features but the camera is by far the best I have seen so far.
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I really like the note, just hate that the bigger screen lowers the ppi. Plus I kinda feel like it's an s2, but bigger. Someone tell me it's more than just an s2 lol.
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im sorry for dropping in and asking a question not related to the thread but i couldnt think of anything else and i have already searched to no avail so my question is can anyone help me turn on my old moto cliq2? the power button is hashed but i have turned it on with the slide out keyboard i just cant figure out the exact way so i can do it everytime... thx for all the help ive already received and thx ahead if i get any answeres
I've had nothing but good experiences with Samsung phones. Have a GS2 skyrocket and it's an awesome phone. ROM support is strong, and definitely affordable on your budget.
i would buy the htc one x+. i really like the htc os. a few years ago i bought the htc desire hd and i've never regretted it. so why not switching to another phone by htc
HTC One X looks very cute. But I heard about screen problems. I am most interested in Nexus 4, however it's not available in my country, but I would recommend it. I love that Nexus 4 has stock Android.
HTC one xl owner here....absolutely no screen problems. Gorgeous screen, great ROMs with great devs, great camera and battery life and you will find some at a very nice price. Only downside is storage and no external SD slot.
Funny u mention screen problems as I've heard the nexus 4 has some.
This phone is really good, not cheaply build like the s3 and personally I feel its better (hence why I chose it over the s3)
Oh and BTW our phones are pretty much unbrickable, flashing ROMs is a breeze and rooting can be done with a downloadable script. And they do t suffer from gs3 problems which they seem to be having plenty of.
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Yea ... the note is basically an S2 with a bigger screen + battery
Nickdroid86 said:
I really like the note, just hate that the bigger screen lowers the ppi. Plus I kinda feel like it's an s2, but bigger. Someone tell me it's more than just an s2 lol.
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Well, at the time of release, that was the feeling wasn't it . A 18% (I think off hand) increase in screen with a 25% increase in battery. So yea, it is basically an S2. 0.2GHz more and most everything else is the same.
I think you should go with all new Galaxy Note II has a 5.5-inch HD Super Amoled touchscreen display that supports 1280x720 pixel resolution natively which runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.
themobileindian.com/handset-guide/details/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-II-N7100
orezon said:
HTC One X looks very cute. But I heard about screen problems. I am most interested in Nexus 4, however it's not available in my country, but I would recommend it. I love that Nexus 4 has stock Android.
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Got dat One X+ few days ago its amazin with CM 10.1!