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Rogers Samsung Spica Vs Sony Ericsson X10

From today Rogers is offering Samsung Spica for $79.99 (with 3 yrs contract). The X10 is suppose to come end of this month, but I am pretty sure X10 will be expensive. Me and some other peoples I know are confused which phone to buy (when X10 comes out). Spica seems very cheap, X10 will be expensive for its HiRes camera and 65K screen. If we compare them then the difference comes out to
Spica
800Mhz Processor, 320 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches, 3.15 MP Android 1.5
X10
1 GB storage, 384 MB RAM, 480 x 854 pixels, 4.0 inches 8 MP Android 1.6
They are both stuck with 1.5/1.6 Android, and 800Mhz is almost same as 1Ghz (or am I wrong).
Pros for X10: 4" screen with great resolution and might get 2.0 Android (hopefully). 8MP camera with face detection and ect. Good looking shell.
Cons for X10: Who needs 8MP?? Will the Android 2.0 ever come (or just one of their fake promises to get customers)?? 4" is great but might be a bit bigger to fit in pocket (and wrong girls might get wrong impression lol).
Pros for Spics: It is CHEAP. It can play DIVX, has an additional microphone.
Cons for Spica: Camera is not that important but at least a flash is quite important. Button don't have backlight. The screen is only 3.1"
Should we just giveup on these two phones and get a Milestone instead? (everything is grt with milestone except 600Mhz processor)
What do you guys think is a better option?

don't get motorola milestone it's locked down, so you can't mess around with it. I'm also thinking of getting samsung spica...

htc fan89 said:
don't get motorola milestone it's locked down, so you can't mess around with it. I'm also thinking of getting samsung spica...
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"Locked down" what do you mean? If I get milestone it comes from expansys and it would unlocked? Or does Locked in Android phones means something else?

motorola locked down the kernel so you can't modify it.

What the **ck man I thought in Android everything is open source!!! What about Spica? or X10?

Well it has been a while since I wrote in this thread. It seems like there are ROMs for spica, not yet for x10 but they are working on it.
The key diferrences that i found for Canadian consumers are:
spica has divx player with 3.2 amoled display of 320 x 480 res and the best part is that the phone is ONLY 29.99 (with 3yrs contr) and is soon going to get 2.1.
X10 has 4" TFT screen of 480 x 800 res and will get 2.0 someday hopefully.
Does anybody knows if spica has multitouch or not? (x10 does not)

The Spica's screen is afaik not an AMOLED but casual LCD.

[Q] What to buy, Xperia P, Sola, or Arc S?

I'm planning to buy a new phone and considering between these 3.
The Sola and Arc s are selling at the same price in my area.
Not much different between these 2 to me, the Arc S looks a bit sleekier but the Sola is newer. Both have promised updates to 4.0 ICS (will there be JB?). The main difference to me is the processor. Sola's dual 1Ghz NovaThor vs 1.4Ghz Snapdragon of Arc S. Which is faster? I don't play heavy 3D games, but will need to open large (10-30MB) pdf files. The Sola has better internal storage (8GB) but the Arc S will come with a free 8GB microSD card if I buy it.
The P is about 30$ more from the previous 2, with better screen resolution and 1GB RAM over 512MB of the 2. I don't quite like the design, but it's not a problem. The drawbacks are the lack of microSD slot and poor battery.
My needs are of a casual user: calls, messages, some web browsing, document reading (as mentioned), normal games like angry birds or fruit ninja, watching music videos,...
So what should I choose? And was I missing anything? Thanks in advance.

Eh... anyone? I'm going to buy it soon, so any recommendation is appreciated.

I think the Arc S would be the best for you then. Sure dual core is better but even a single core with 1.4GHz should be enough. I'm personally not a fan of the newer Xperias - dunno why :/ What are you going to use - stock or custom ROM? Well it's mainly a matter of personal choice - just go into a shop (this is called a market research) and get your hands on both (arc s and sola). Use them for some time and decide which one suits you better They are both nice pieces of tech And remember that if you don't like it you can return it in a 7 day period - so no worries
Sent from my Xperia Arc S using XDA app.

Master619 said:
I'm planning to buy a new phone and considering between these 3.
The Sola and Arc s are selling at the same price in my area.
Not much different between these 2 to me, the Arc S looks a bit sleekier but the Sola is newer. Both have promised updates to 4.0 ICS (will there be JB?). The main difference to me is the processor. Sola's dual 1Ghz NovaThor vs 1.4Ghz Snapdragon of Arc S. Which is faster? I don't play heavy 3D games, but will need to open large (10-30MB) pdf files. The Sola has better internal storage (8GB) but the Arc S will come with a free 8GB microSD card if I buy it.
The P is about 30$ more from the previous 2, with better screen resolution and 1GB RAM over 512MB of the 2. I don't quite like the design, but it's not a problem. The drawbacks are the lack of microSD slot and poor battery.
My needs are of a casual user: calls, messages, some web browsing, document reading (as mentioned), normal games like angry birds or fruit ninja, watching music videos,...
So what should I choose? And was I missing anything? Thanks in advance.
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if you read more often on your phone, I suggest you to pick the one with bigger screen size and bigger DPI (dots per inch ==> printed magazine has around 300dpi). bigger RAM may also help in this situation.
I own xperia Ray (single core 1 GHz, 512 RAM). I can open pdf file with 30MB size smoothly using adobe reader. But, in this case there aren't many images inside the file. it will get slower if I open a scanned magazine or other similar files.
the newer xperia phone may have bigger chance to get upcoming android updates from SONY (e.g. Jelly Bean).

Sola's battery is 1320... It is less than minimum...

i think u should buy the Arc S. 1.4Ghz should be enough.
- A bigger screen than Sola which will be great for documents and casual gaming..
- higher battery
- great design.

sola...................:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: lvd that phone

Xperia ray or HTC Sensation?

Hey all,
I'm looking for a smartphone for my dad. It will be his first smartphone so it doesn't have to be a new flashy top model.
I was thinking about a SE Xperia Ray or an HTC Sensation.
The sensation looks promising to me, but it's almost 200 euro's more expensive... The question is: is it worth it?
Maybe I haven't searched enough and you know a better phone for him?
We are looking for something with these specs:
- At least 5 MP camera
- GPS
- 1 ghz cpu (at least)
- 768 MB RAM
- 8 GB storage
It would be nice if we can keep the costs around €25,- per month.
If you have any ideas, please let me know
Greetings,
Marcoevich

Marcoevich said:
Hey all,
I'm looking for a smartphone for my dad. It will be his first smartphone so it doesn't have to be a new flashy top model.
I was thinking about a SE Xperia Ray or an HTC Sensation.
The sensation looks promising to me, but it's almost 200 euro's more expensive... The question is: is it worth it?
Maybe I haven't searched enough and you know a better phone for him?
We are looking for something with these specs:
- At least 5 MP camera
- GPS
- 1 ghz cpu (at least)
- 768 MB RAM
- 8 GB storage
It would be nice if we can keep the costs around €25,- per month.
If you have any ideas, please let me know
Greetings,
Marcoevich
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I am xperia ray user. keep in mind that xperia ray has a small and narrower display (3.3 inch, 53mm width)
people with big fingers may have a bit difficulty to type in the portrait mode.
htc sensation has a dual core processor compare to single core of xperia ray. that's why the price differs so much.
you can consider other options:
- xperia sola (dual core, 3.7 inch display, 8GB storage, 512MB RAM, 5MP camera, but no front camera)
- samsung galaxy ace 2 (dual core, 3.8 inch display, 4GB storage, 768MB RAM, with front camera)
- nexus s
- galaxy nexus
you can compare the full specs at gsmarena.com

Thx for your explanation man!
We really like the xperia sola. Except for the battery... It's a shame imo that sone put such a bad battery in a such a great phone...
Do you know perhaps, a smartphone with the same specifications as the xperia sola, but with a better bettery?
Thank you very much
Marcoevich

I am the owner of a Xperia ray. HDMI isn't present...

Did I ask if HDMI was present? I only want a phone with the same specs but a better battery as the ray or the sola
Verstuurd van mijn HTC Desire S met Tapatalk

Marcoevich said:
Did I ask if HDMI was present? I only want a phone with the same specs but a better battery as the ray or the sola
Verstuurd van mijn HTC Desire S met Tapatalk
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I would recommend something along the lines of a Desire Z or iPhone 4

Marcoevich said:
Hey all,
I'm looking for a smartphone for my dad. It will be his first smartphone so it doesn't have to be a new flashy top model.
I was thinking about a SE Xperia Ray or an HTC Sensation.
The sensation looks promising to me, but it's almost 200 euro's more expensive... The question is: is it worth it?
Maybe I haven't searched enough and you know a better phone for him?
We are looking for something with these specs:
- At least 5 MP camera
- GPS
- 1 ghz cpu (at least)
- 768 MB RAM
- 8 GB storage
It would be nice if we can keep the costs around €25,- per month.
If you have any ideas, please let me know
Greetings,
Marcoevich
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for me,I'm going with ray :laugh:

Most Android phones don‘t have cutting edge battery life. They vary mostly with usage.
Most phones easily run out of juice by the end of a work day.
Seeing the budget issue(200 euros is something which I recommend rather saving) get the Xperia.
You should try out the phones at a local shop though before buying.

Best small phone... Really small (smaller than 3.5")

I have an LG Nitro HD. I like it fine, but I have been wanting another device to play around with. I will be getting a Samsung Galaxy S4 eventually, so I'd like my tinkering device to be something other than a large screen. I would love something that has a really small screen, but not a really crappy device.
Most things that I look at have had single core, 800 MHZ (or worse) CPU's. I think what I am going to end up with will be the Sony Ericson Xperia mini Pro. It has 1 GHZ Scorpion processor, 512 MB of RAM, and supports USB-OTG which is all pretty cool. http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_xperia_mini-3947.php
Does anyone have any experience with this phone? Does anyone know of a phone that is better or smaller? Also, does anyone know of any other cool, unique android devices?

I think u wont find any devices below 4' with decent enough hardware by today's standard. Either its big with full blown hardware or small but crappy and limited hardware. Yeah its sucks with current trend of bigger is better. Phone 4' and below is still much, much easier to handle with one hand than those humongous giants.

Sony Xperia U
1GHz dual-core processor, 5MP camera, 3.5″ Reality Display, 3D surround sound
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7FUGZiKIX8

LooieENG said:
Sony Xperia U
1GHz dual-core processor, 5MP camera, 3.5″ Reality Display, 3D surround sound
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7FUGZiKIX8
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Currently using xperia mini pro and its a nice little phone. no complaints so far.
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i would strongly recommend the Xperia Mini Pro. U wont regret it.

Sorry to bump thread but it's #1 forum link for "best small phone" on google
I have a htc wildfire s on android 2.3.6, as it only has 512mb rom so it can't do 4.x
Really smooth, lasts 2 days / charge (with cheap ebay battery).Glass touchscreen. Rarely notice which pocket it's in...
Also worth mention, my Desire C.
Can handle 4.x, yet no open wifi driver, works, but kinda "hacky" when not on stock rom. cheap touchscreen made of plastic. Aldo really small, but a bit longer. Battery can last 3 days.
Both phones can be bought used for under 100$.
Still waiting, I'd be willing to pay 400$ on a 720p 3.5" with a dual 1ghz, 1gb ram, that lasts 2 days on a charge, in the wildfire's size !

[Q] Xperia z3 upgrade worth it ?

hi,
I own an Xperia TX and was thinking of upgrading to the latest Xperia phone but I still haven't made up my mind.
For me the TX is a good phone but slow. Flicking through apps is not as quick as I would like and I was wondering is the Z3 much quicker ? The screen I have is 720p and is good enough for me but I do like 1080p on my laptop. Lastly the thing that gets me is the battery on the TX, I use the phone a lot for video and browsing and I barely scrap though a day, minding my use is a chore. Would the upgrade be much of a boost ?

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aindriu80 said:
hi,
I own an Xperia TX and was thinking of upgrading to the latest Xperia phone but I still haven't made up my mind.
For me the TX is a good phone but slow. Flicking through apps is not as quick as I would like and I was wondering is the Z3 much quicker ? The screen I have is 720p and is good enough for me but I do like 1080p on my laptop. Lastly the thing that gets me is the battery on the TX, I use the phone a lot for video and browsing and I barely scrap though a day, minding my use is a chore. Would the upgrade be much of a boost ?
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Quad Code 2.5GHz
+ 3GB RAM on Snapdragon 801
means
Faster Browsing
Smoother Gaming
and improvement in all aspects
+ High density FHD Display
+ Stereo Speakers & NC
and ...
all these means do it upgrade to Z3 :good:

Went from Z2 to Z3. Upgrade is not phenomenal, but in my opinion, worth it.

Yeah the Z2 is only out 6 months. My Xperia TX is kinda slow... was the Z2 ever slow when you had lots of apps running and jumping from one to the next ?
My Xperia TX is :
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8260A - Dual core, 1500 MHz, Krait
1024 MB RAM
720 x 1280 pixels - 319 ppi

aindriu80 said:
Yeah the Z2 is only out 6 months. My Xperia TX is kinda slow... was the Z2 ever slow when you had lots of apps running and jumping from one to the next ?
My Xperia TX is :
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8260A - Dual core, 1500 MHz, Krait
1024 MB RAM
720 x 1280 pixels - 319 ppi
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Go for the upgrade. there's more than enough of new things in the Z3 compared to the TX. You'll love the phone.

The biggest thing for general snappiness is RAM. The difference between 1Gb and 2Gb is night and day
2Gb to 3Gb is not gonna be quite so dramatic so (from a memory perspective) I wouldn't think Z2 to Z3 would feel all that different but since the TX is only 1Gb, you'll definitely notice the difference if you upgrade.

3Shirts said:
The biggest thing for general snappiness is RAM. The difference between 1Gb and 2Gb is night and day
2Gb to 3Gb is not gonna be quite so dramatic so (from a memory perspective) I wouldn't think Z2 to Z3 would feel all that different but since the TX is only 1Gb, you'll definitely notice the difference if you upgrade.
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Sounds like a computer. I do like my TX, it does everything I want it to do but I could never pick the phone up and do exactly what I wanted to do in my head - I would have to wait till it unclogs itself from whatever is in memory.
Do you think 3GB is enough ? I use a lot of YouTube, Twitter, Chrome, email app, and its never done with updates.

Hell yeah, 3Gb is a ****load of ram for a phone. My PC is only running 4Gb and it's not even very old.
My Nexus 5 is 2Gb and I never see any lag or hesitation at all. It's blazing. It is running vanilla android but even if the Xperia overlay is a memory hog (which there is no evidence to suggest it is) 3Gb will be plenty.

I just checked out my phone company and they are already offering the Xperia Z3 Compact for €459.99. The only thing is that they don't do colours and its black only. I was looking for white, damn.
I own a IPOD Touch 32GB and I take it out with me when I'm cycling. The only thing is that it is not waterproof and its never done switching itself on and off again(kinda broke?). I wonder if you could bring the Xperia Z3 Compact out on a cycle. I have an arm band for running with the Ipod Touch, not sure if I could bring Z3c out running either ? If so I could dump my IPod Touch and instead just buy a bit SDCard.