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What is your favorite device?

Hi everyone, I have been wondering what people think is the best phone on the market and why?
This thread is designed for those who want to purchase a new phone, but don't want to buy something that is only hyped and has no substance. By the people, For the People!
Please state the phone and your reason why it is your personal favorite. (Note: It could be any phone, even the iPhone 4.)
Thanks To all those who post!

I thought the Motorola Dynatac 800X was pretty coollio, last week!

My favorite phone by all means is (because I own it) HTC HD2. Mines is a TMOUS, but if you are planning on buying one get the world version its universal. Here is a video (not mine) on why the HD2 is better than iPhone 3GS in versus type explanation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9cOMoouatY&feature=related . The HD2 is a versatile device. It has the capability of running Windows Mobile 6.5, Windows Mobile 6.5.x, and new to the device many versions of android. I personally enjoy its big 4.3 inch screen. It has a pretty good 5 megapixel camera with a dual LED flash.
Exception: The phone overheats alot!

That's funny,
PurpleSmurfLlama said:
I thought the Motorola Dynatac 800X was pretty coollio, last week!
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That nice real nice.
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There are way to many phones out there to choose from. Money is also a variable. I have a HTC Doual Touch and I am happy with it for now. I am aware that it is not the best but it is good enough.

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That nice real nice.
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Whats funny is this was a monutmental breakthrough in cellular phones. The precvious model looked like a car battery with a phone on top. My neighboor got the first car/cell phone ever made and showed it off to the neighboorhood. It was funny because no one ,,,, got it. No one understood what that big ass cynderblock represented and what it would lead too. So when ever I see the older cell phones I think back to the original and laugh thinking, if you'd been carrying that car battery the past 2 years this thing looks like its from startrek.

I here there will be a new Brick just around the corner

Slicerwolf said:
Exception: The phone overheats alot!
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WTF, mine never overheated, and im using it so hard >.<!
my favorite is the htc hd2 too, but thats because i love winmo, and i love the option to boot android too (wich works just awsome, better then i thought).
but for a totaly new person, i wouldnt recommend to buy a winmo 6.5 phone, cause that OS is sadly dying more and more, and the hd2 will probably the last winmo device.. ;(
i would wait for a new phone to come out..

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=599210

I'd go for the hd2, I don't own it. But I like the device.
sent from my x10i that is banging for a 2.1 upgrade. ...

Now i have a motorola dext. pretty good phone, really.
But i love the NexusOne and the HD2, if i have money i buy one.

I love my HD2. Even before I Android running on it. WinMo is smooth as silk on it. I love options too.

I love my diamond,if i have money i would buy a desire!

Well,mine is the Desire.I own it,I love Android,I love the device itself and would recommend it to everyone!

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Wow, everyone seems to LOVE the HD2 here, and HATE it on howardforums.
I really don't know what to do. :/

i just got my new n shiny galaxy s n i m just lovin it..

To me:
Android: Dell Streak
Winmo: HD2
WinPhone 7: whatever next from HTC

I love my X10a, it's super good looking

I have a vibrant and hd2...I don't like my hd2...I would say any of the new samsung galaxy s phones with the new bright colorfull screens!
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Sony Xperia Pro, thoughts?

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Im coming from a HTC Desire Z aka G2, and it got water damage and is toast.
this phone seems like a likely competitor to my savy qwerty texting habits and has all the right features in the right place. 8 mp camera, 720p recording, a good processor and is quad band including 3g? thats awesome!
what are your thoughts on this phone? it is due around end ofsummer, Will it be available for Rogers in Canada? any honest feedback is appreciated, the phone seems awesome but i tend to overlook minimal things.
Whats your thoughts?
more info at
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/xperia-pro?cc=gb&lc=en
and now since the bootloader is apparently going to be shipped unlocked, the modding community would be huge.

jark99 said:
Will it be available for Rogers in Canada?
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Surely that's something you'd need to ask Rogers?
jark99 said:
and now since the bootloader is apparently going to be shipped unlocked, the modding community would be huge.
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The bootloaders aren't shipped unlocked. But SE will provide you with an unlocking code for free.
The only point to bear in mind is that only handsets that are SIM-unlocked/un-branded can have their bootloaders unlocked. So basically if you purchase directly from a network, you'll be stuck with a locked bootloader (as things stand, obviously someone could work out how to crack it by the time the Pro goes on sale).
As for the modding community being huge, it's pretty quiet for the Arc and the Play at the moment.
The handsets have been rooted a couple of different ways but developing Recovery for them is slow going and there are no custom ROMs yet.
There simply doesn't seem to be much interest from devs.

Personally, It's not my thing, Although nice none the less, One thing I really don't like though is the grid keyboard which I find hard to type on, Might just be me though

Anything under a 4" screen is a non starter for me. Xperia is a nice phone but they are slow and not so much development for it. But then, that's just me

I'd be wary of SE phones. I have an X10 and its a little bit of a let down. SE's custom firmware is sketchy to say the least and there update schedule is terrible. The X10 was SE's first android phone and they seem to be listening and learning from this customer's, hence the X10 2.3 update that was announced recently, but I'd be very wary. Test the phone out at a store of something for a bit and see how you like it. Perhaps SE has really improved with their latest phone.

Lessons have already been learnt with the likes of the Arc and the Play, which would be a much more reasonable basis for any opinion of the Pro as they're essentially all the same handset with subtle tweaks to the hardware.
SE have drastically overhauled their custom UI so that it impacts less on firmware updates and, unlike the X10, have launched their new handsets with the latest version of Android as opposed to being out of date from day one.

Tizen UI leaks ahead of Samsung I9500 debut(SGS III)

Any thoughts on Samsung separating from Google(Andrioid) on the SGSIII? If this is true....WOW!
http://www.slashgear.com/tizen-ui-leaks-ahead-of-samsung-i9500-debut-09207578/
http://www.gsmarena.com/screenshots_of_tizen_meego_successor_leak-news-3634.php#
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It looks so much like Android.
I'm confused. This may sound like a separate topic but, since Android is open source, does it mean that I can copy it over and change it around and call it MyMobileOS and sell it for money?
Is what XiaoMi phone is doing legal? They just take Google's code and change it around and massively put it on their own phones and sell for money?

nvm. wrong post

i dont like this, if samsung does this, i will just go for the iphone 5.. enough said.

Yeah, finally they have quality products, if they do this...wow

Certainly will be a huge change of OS . . Its ok. . SGS2X will last awhile .......

HRodMusic said:
i dont like this, if samsung does this, i will just go for the iphone 5.. enough said.
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Go get your iPhone. I rather have a r225
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synergeticink said:
Any thoughts on Samsung separating from Google(Andrioid) on the SGSIII? If this is true....WOW!
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Yeah my thoughts are I wont buy it.

If anything they will release a phone with this and another equally speced phone with android. No way they are completely abandoning android.

i will definitely move on to the iPhone, or even a wp7 phone if this happens

There are other good android phones,htc anyone?
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bartoloandre98 said:
There are other good android phones,htc anyone?
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HTC screens are garbage. I personally think that if Samsung was to go ahead and make this move without continuing to release any Android phones then that would be a negative decision on their part financially.
-We do what we must because we can; for the good of all of us, except the ones who are dead-

cashyftw said:
i will definitely move on to the iPhone, or even a wp7 phone if this happens
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U would leave android because sammy did?

I seriously doubt the SGSII will have anything but android on it but I certainly don't doubt them making a phone with another OS. look at how many android phones sammy makes. you think they will stop all that?

Tizen is also open source - so you should not pay any money to have it. And looking into the source code - all of the drivers are under Apache License with Samsung as owner. We will probably see Samsung running Tizen soon. Not to mention that Intel is supporting the project hoping that they may enforce x86 instead of ARM processors arch (the same way they are forcing Thunderbird instead of USB). Android got one major flaw - that's the java virtual machine or I should say Oracle.

Looks like a Touch Wiz OS. Low end devices most likely, similar to Bada.
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I_am_Error said:
HTC screens are garbage. I personally think that if Samsung was to go ahead and make this move without continuing to release any Android phones then that would be a negative decision on their part financially.
-We do what we must because we can; for the good of all of us, except the ones who are dead-
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Oh c'mon with the exaggeration.. they're a far cry from 'garbage'!
Samsung screens are nice but the colours (from what I have seen personally) are over saturated in comparison to others such as HTC, which have more natural colours, something a lot of people appreciate.
My best friend has a GS2 and while his screen is nice, it's also tinted yellow because the colour temperature is way off, so the colours on my 1 year old Desire HD actually look better. He's not alone either there's a 200+ page thread on it. Then there's the banding issues people are having on the Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Note displays.
What I'm getting at is all current screens have their downsides but they're all far from being garbage.

i think that's a new incarnation of BADA OS

It's a bada os, but it'll be open-source this time.
I don't know who need this... Bada failed, Tizen will fail too.

This would be a HUGE mistake. Right now, people love Android, and some of us have quite a bit of money invested in apps and other things. I don't see many devs jumping ship either...

SAMSUNG GALAXY S4(Probable) Official Pictures Thread showning Felxi Display

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Samsung at CES Released the Display probably which will be in our next Flagship.
And what could that be other than the Galaxy SIV.
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Arindam

What the hell is that?! It doesn't look like a ...
What the hell is that?! It doesn't look like a flagship to me...

A Nokia Lumia like with some curves ....I like curves only on women though

Thats not hell , Its the New Display from SAMSUNG.
WOW

this is not even a phone prototype ,just a few images running in loop. good screen tech though, i love flexi

OP is exercising wishful display thinking.

That's just to show off the flexible display, not a prototype S4, if it was they would have announced it at the same time.

I love the technology of flexible displays but I just can't see the benefits in this prototype. Seems like it's being added to the phone because they can.
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Lol.
Not even close to S4
They are simply showing off OLED Flexible screen which seems pointless...

i would post a proof that it's S4 or better change that "official" title...

This is the screen demo buddy. But in the video, the way the Widget menu has been shown , I m going mad to hold this in my hands.

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i would post a proof that it's S4 or better change that "official" title...
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Exactly, wtf is with official being in the title, there is nothing official here.
Some people don't understand what official means.
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http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/9/3855960/samsung-flexible-oled-phone-prototype-hands-on
Please check the Video where the Prototype uses this display as well as the Widgets can be seen in the middle of the video.
OFFICIAL means, that this Pictures and Videos are released by SAMSUNG at CES , so they are not fake.
Hope everyone understands it now.

Much better title now...

@BALA............At the 10th Second of the Video, the Demo Guy says something, Please liten to the ENGLISH Word, whether its a Prototype or not ?
I guess I am not that a Noob to post fantacising Titles for Misguiding people here after a Long stay.

One More Video by CNET:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SyKPULw73A

Another Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLYlJ8vmKWE

It's cool, granted, but I doubt it's the Galaxy S IV. Surely they can't link this to the S range; it's a completely new design. It should be called the Galaxy Flex (maybe I should get that trademarked?)! Unless Samsung are as stupid as Apple are with their naming conventions?

sunnylovesalman said:
@BALA............At the 10th Second of the Video, the Demo Guy says something, Please liten to the ENGLISH Word, whether its a Prototype or not ?
I guess I am not that a Noob to post fantacising Titles for Misguiding people here after a Long stay.
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yes, i would still say its not a phone prototype, to call it as a phone prototype you need atleast a few more thing demoed along with the screen. the screen protype shown dont even run on a OS, its just a few frames of pictures looping inside the flexi display unit.
Scratch that – it's essentially a digital picture frame, which cycles through various images showing what the display can do and isn't running any sort of mobile OS. It's also lacking essentially everything else: camera, radios, and most other hardware features. This is very, very much a prototype to display one potential use of this sort of curved display.
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Damn....just got the sIII...now the sIV is coming? Always outta date...
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What new phone should i get?

So i kind of fell out of the phone loop after my One X was stolen and had to use my POS Samsung Infuse. My taxes are coming in and i want to get a new phone again. I been debating on the Nexus 4 because the specs look pretty beefy and the reviews have been good, plus i like the ascetic to it. I'm just leery about it since LG doesn't have the greatest track record on phone since the G2x was a HUGE disappointment to me and the HTC G1 and G2 where my favorite all time phones. So in a nutshell, what phone would you suggest and why (also i don't want a note to, i don't like the size of it. 4.7-4.8 is perfectly fine for me.) But thanks in advance.

N4. G2x wasn't a nexus so a lot of stuff wasn't open source. That's why it was a mess. I still miss my g2x tho
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dEris said:
N4. G2x wasn't a nexus so a lot of stuff wasn't open source. That's why it was a mess. I still miss my g2x tho
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It was a decent phone but it was way too buggy even if you flashed a new rom like Weapon. But like in said the reviews look great the only discerning thing is LG's track record and I don't want to wait weeks for it it. Plus I'm not sure if any decent phones are coming out in Q1 or Q2. I'm not going to get the S4 just because of how fast they come out and people jump ship to the new flagship Galaxy S phone.
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Try Sony xperia s
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R: What new phone should i get?
I'm actually thinking of upgrade to an xperia Z. It will be worldwide released soon. It gas awsome specs falso if for some a bit old(the processor) but it is dust proof and waterproof. And last but notte least Sony already released his kernel sources, so there will be really good developing!!!
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samsung note 2
The best battery:good:
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