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[Q] Upgrading Phone: WP7.5 or Android ICS

Hey Guys,
I had always been a person that thought of a phone as something you use to call people, as long as it served that purpose it was fine; until I bought my first Android, since then I have been actively flashing my phone and would love to get into development. Unfortunately, recently, my Nexus S was stolen. I am now faced with the issue of buying a new phone.
I enjoy the customizability of a rooted android, but I also love the GUI of WP7. I am torn between a Galaxy S2/Galaxy Nexus and a Lumia 800. Do WP7's benefits outweigh the community of developers behind the android phones.
Just need some opinions.
Cheers.

Galaxy S2/Galaxy Nexus and a Lumia 800, I would prob go with the Galaxy Nexus, not sure about Win phone

Buy a htc hd2
Benefits :-
1. You dont have to spend much.
2. With this you can enjoy both wp7 and android 4.0
3. Both the roms are available and the best part, you can dual boot them.
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girish07 said:
Buy a htc hd2
Benefits :-
1. You dont have to spend much.
2. With this you can enjoy both wp7 and android 4.0
3. Both the roms are available and the best part, you can dual boot them.
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The HD2 has been a consideration too, it seems a little old though. I am a sucker for hardware. I will have a look at the HD2 forum, see how they go.

I was hoping that you will hit thnks. But its ok
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What device introduced you to the Android world?

I remember back in the days, when the phones actually were used for phone calls and maybe couple of texts. I'm not that old school, at least at she 30, I still consider myself pretty young. Growing up, racing cars was my passion. After becoming an adult, getting married and having kids, everything changed for me. Couldn't spend the amount of cash I used to on cars. So I decided to sell my car. And with having experience only on couple flip phones, including the EXE, I decided to order a blackberry Curve 8330. I stated getting interest in the tweaking and messing with it. Updating firmwares was about the most exciting thing I was doing back them. One day I walked in a radio shack store, and there it was, the HTC HD2. Immediately feel in love with the big screen and design. It was love at first sight. Being a windows phone didn't matter at the time, since I was not familiar with the Android world, so I didn't know better. Then, came across XDA, and everything changed. Started reading about Android and the goodies that it had, and found out that there was a way to boot Android on my device from the as card. Had the first taste, and never looked back. Currently own a Samsung galaxy Note, running ICS 4.0.4, and I'm loving it.
That's the way I was introduced to this amazing world, with all this amazing people, willing to sacrifice time with the family and restless nights cooking awesome software for people that they not even know, and many times aren't even grateful of their job. Thanks Android, for giving me a great opportunity of interacting with awesome and brilliant people. And grateful for this great hobby.

for me it was the HTC G1, Edge speed on At&t was awful but I really loved the phone
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My friend had that phone, but at the time I didn't even had an idea of what it was.

The nexus one! Amazing phone at the time. I still have it running ICS as a backup phone.
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I've had a cellular phone since before cellular was available to the public (worked for an equipment mfg and was part of the field trials). Since then, I've had a butt load of phones. My first smart phone was Windows CE, had several WIndows Mobile phones after that. Then came the Dell Streak - fell in love with Android and will never go to anything else. Current phone is the GNote, just wish it would get ICS soon.

HTC Hero, sense was an awful experience. Everything about that phone was laggy but i loved the design of it.

HTC g2 i always bragged on how much the little device Could do
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original HTC EVO Here only had it a short time though Play store wasnt what it is today I went back to iPhone till the note came out now i'm sold

June 2010 I got the Motorola backflip I feel in love with Android but after the first 6 months the processor at 528 mhz was unbearably slow. The great devs created cm7 for it which just barley made it bearable to wait until February when my contract was up. I had no problems moving from the 3.1in screen to the 5.2 in screen on the note. I still think having the keyboard on the back than flipping backwards is the best design for a phone with a keyboard.

My first Android device was the Mytouch 3g Slide. I absolutely loved that phone. I rooted it and threw CM on it and the phone was blazing. Later that same year, I went and purchased my first vanilla Android device, the HTC G2. Never thought about getting a non vanilla Android since.
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My first Android device was the Dell Streak! Will never go smaller than 5 inch screen!
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Motorola Backflip.
It was a pretty terrible phone, but my first smartphone with a data plan.

Ive had my fare share of phone over the years. My Signature below shows all of them in order....I loved WM phones and being able to flash all the different roms that everyone on XDA made for them. So of course once I could finally got an android that would work on att I switched over and loved it ever since! The TMobile HD2 was my switch over phone...running both WM and android...it was nice having WM for daily use and Android to start playing with and use to so once the HTC Aria came out I made the full switch to android.

My first was a blackberry curve, I didn't do anything to it and didn't know much about phones at that time. Then I upgraded to the galaxy s captivate. with XDA's help I learned how to customize it the way I wanted! I retired my captivate for the note and I love this phone, and am grateful for all the devs on here to help me customize this beast.
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Yeah same here. I started with the HTC 8125 and Tilt 2(winmo). Then came across the Dell Streak when the Tilt 2 was discontinued for sale. Now a note. Love Android!
pappyfire said:
I've had a cellular phone since before cellular was available to the public (worked for an equipment mfg and was part of the field trials). Since then, I've had a butt load of phones. My first smart phone was Windows CE, had several WIndows Mobile phones after that. Then came the Dell Streak - fell in love with Android and will never go to anything else. Current phone is the GNote, just wish it would get ICS soon.
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HTC touch ( ran android beta on it) official device was the Google Ion.
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The Dell Streak. I was won over by the 5" display. Love that phone and still have it as my backup device. The Note was the only viable sucessor to the Streak. Loving the Note now!

Started with G1 as my first android phone. I thought it was awesome phone at that time. But started playing with all the rooting and changing roms is with my fav Nexus One. That phone was one of my favorite phones ever.

HTC HD2 was my first device
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Started smartphones with the HTC dash running winmo on TMobile. Then iPhone 3g. Got bored of that after a year, pounced on the Captivate and never looked back. From the captivate I got the infuse and now my note. Long live Android. =]
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which phone is better

droid 4 or the iphone?
my girl is asking me i say droid 4 but she wants to hear from other geeks which is the best, so tell me and her who better

Hey man i think it's just a matter of opinion - IOS or Android. Of course Iphones get apps first but Android is more customizable. So if you are just going to use it as a phone and not bother to develop something go for the Iphone. Though I personally like Android more If you still can't decide go into a shop and look up both phones and buy the one which suits you better I hope my advice helped
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trax7 said:
Hey man i think it's just a matter of opinion - IOS or Android. Of course Iphones get apps first but Android is more customizable. So if you are just going to use it as a phone and not bother to develop something go for the Iphone. Though I personally like Android more If you still can't decide go into a shop and look up both phones and buy the one which suits you better I hope my advice helped
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yeah she wont dev or me she want iphone i like android but in the end it her phone

i have the droid 4
i like iphone for one reason its standard so every app is compatible to a point not like android

thought android
has better battery life than iphone any day of the week

Yeah, agree with you there I told you if it was me I'd go for the droid without doubt iphone is for gamers, android is for development, eye-candy and customization (also i-stuff is getting screwy after Stevie left... and iphone 5 is near so for now I think it's best not to buy 4S)
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You're asking for opinions on an Android phone vs the iPhone on an Android forum. Naturally, the vast majority of users here will say the Android device is better. That's how these kinds of threads always go, therefore I'm closing this before any problems develop.

[Q] Best Starter Android Device

Before anyone accuses me of not searching... I already saw http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=797411 and it hasn't been posted in for 2 years.
With that said, I have a handful of employees in my office here who have asked me about some of the recent Android devices that have come out.
All of them are Apple users and are self professed fanboys who admit they enjoy being spoon fed technology. BUT... they have all watched how productive I am using only my HTC Thunderbolt running ICS... something they have to use their iPhone, iPad AND Macbooks to keep up with me... even our owner asked why he never saw me on my laptop in meetings and projects like all the others were... and now they all want to capture what I have managed to do with one little device.
I know I could order some Nexus 4s and call it a day but I know that is asking for trouble with Apple users... I have already watched a few struggle and return their Galaxy Note IIs after a few days of use.
So with that in mind, and given I CANNOT spend all day every day training them on a new device, does anyone have any recommendations on a specific device that will not spook the iAdults? Or a resource like an app or website that will help them get through the basics without me shadowing them the entire time?
I am looking for simple and productive vs. a powerhouse for these guys... just something to ease them into Android before I pitch the move to a Nexus product. For now all they need is email, the Lync application and some quality video playback so I can take their iPads away. If I can make that transition smooth... I am sure I can raise their level of technology prowess and unlock them from super expensive Apple products they do not really need.
Thanks!

IMHO Nexus should be preferred because of pure vanilla experience.
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best android starting device is the droid incredible. simple and perfectly sized. best phone ever made for its time

Any new Motorola droids or nexus4. Nexus should be easy. I got my (then) 8 yr old sister out of apples grasp with a nexus device and she'll never go back to icrap.
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I don't know, wouldn't configuring simple things for them on *any* decent Android phone work? I guess I don't personally see a big difference in usability since they're all pretty much the same, using the same exact concepts.
This is my first Android phone and I've already taught my mom - who has never had a smartphone, and doesn't really understand her computer, to use an android tablet - and she's doing fine.
If they're not willing to spend five minutes learning how to use it, it's not going to work no matter what you do. :/ My dad went from a flip phone to a high-end Android phone. It's really not that hard - they need to just be open to learning.
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True any phone will be as easy as the next. But if they are coming from icrap I say go nexus because they are use to getting updates as soon as they are released. Plus aosp is extremely bare and simple. Tw or sense have a lot of bloat and crap most people don't need.
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gs3
galaxy s3 sohuld be the best starting phone for androidP

Gs3 are great. Gotta love NFC sharing.
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I think an HTC j butterfly , sense is very user friendly and has tons of useful widjet for work, with a great mail and tasks app, the 1080p screen will be perfect for films and other stuff, plus HTC device's screens have very similir iphone's display calibration, the 5inch will be great for e-mail and webrowsing but not too big like the note 2, expandable memory so they can easily transfer files and they get also 50gb of dropbox free space and last but not least an integretion with the 'HTC media link hd' that could help(search it yourself on Google).
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I'll recommend Samsung galaxy S3. Mark my words, You will stick to it...

The new Evo 4G LTE is very nice. Big screen, thin, light, and runs really well. My wife got one for a work phone and she loves it.

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The new Evo 4G LTE is very nice. Big screen, thin, light, and runs really well. My wife got one for a work phone and she loves it.
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i would personally recommend this as well.

Galaxy Nexus has no peers. Always has the most updated OS. Super dependable and a great way to learn Droid.
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I suppose the Nexus "whatever is current" would be the way to go since vanilla android shenanigans. Had an SGS3, really enjoyed it (first time I ever had a top-o-line device at the time it was at its peak). Currently have a note2, and I really do think it is a median for a smartphone/tablet. IMO, it is THAT much better than a SGS3. It functions the same as any other quality/or better android device, AND it has the s-pen and a larger screen to feel comfortable to do more with.
I have not ever been one for tablets really, as I have a laptop and decent size smartphone, the Note2 makes it even more reason to leave the tabs to everyone else. Better screen, better ppi, less costly (only buying one device vs 2).
Not to say there is much experience necessary for using a (cr)apple or ios powered device, if one is semi-capable at using it the leap to android is not that far off. Of course, things have their "getting used to" but once the power is unleashed and the people that can grasp the capabilities do, it is an amazing thing.
Yes, you can use a stylus and such with S3 or other comperable device, but the fact that it comes with one. And even buying retail price is cheaper than an iPHail phone and or tab.

Switching to Verizon; Which phone to get?

Hey guys, having a little dilemma deciding what phone to get.
I've had a myTouch 4G since April '11 and my dad is paying the ETF in a couple of weeks because his work offered him a great deal on Verizon (including unlimited data!!!).
I'm torn between these three phones: iPhone 5, Galaxy S III, Droid DNA
I like the iPhone 5, because, well it's an iPhone. I love iPhone's, but I do have an iPod Touch. So probably not. Still considering it though.
All my friends have the GS3 and love it, and it is a hell of a phone. Features just about everything, only dislike is the fact it's Dual-Core, which isn't THAT big of a deal.
Then, there's the DNA. Beautiful in every way, but I like Touchwiz the best, Sense is OK at best for me, and it seems like it might be kind of too big. But it is 1080P and Quad-Core... mouthwatering...
I have outruled the Note 2 because it's definitely too big for a phone I'll have for 2 years, and the Razr Maxx HD is just underpowered to me.
Cost is not an issue. But here's what I currently use my mYtouch for:
Lots of facebook, games like Hill Climb Racer, Angry Birds, Cut the Rope, etc., browsing the web plenty, listening to music, viewing videos and pictures, taking pics and videos when I want, etc. I'm gonna have this phone for 2 years so I don't want a phone that will slow down anytime soon.
What do you guys/gals think is best? Thanks!

For your needs... it really depends. You seem to have basic interests and don't really require a lot of customization from what I see. I would get the GS3 because it is such a well-rounded, great device. I would not get the iPhone just due to one simple question you must ask yourself: what does it offer that a GS3 doesn't? In the next two years if you find yourself low on storage with an iPhone then what? That's just one example. I don't feel like typing out a million reasons why I'd go with the gs3. I could, trust me. And I'm not even an Apple hater. They cater to the simple, less tech savvy usually. I wouldn't recommend it for someone like you who (a) uses xda and is surrounded with a wonderful Android loving community and (b) because you want something more long lasting. The iPhone 5 will stop getting updates when it gets old. The original Droid runs on Jellybean. There's my $.02.
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Only you can decide what phone you want ~ as 3thanol said iphone 5 will stop getting update once the new gen phone comes out . S3 is a good choice but if you want latest go for the Droid Dna .

Get either the galaxy s3 or HTC DNA.the DNA does not have a micro SD slot though.Personally, based on specs,I would get the dna
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lg-one-man said:
Get either the galaxy s3 or HTC DNA.the DNA does not have a micro SD slot though.Personally, based on specs,I would get the dna
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How has Samsung been about releasing new android revisions (gb, ics, jb, etc)? My personal experience with the HTC Thunderbolt has been lackluster... promising ICS updates but never delivering.

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How has Samsung been about releasing new android revisions (gb, ics, jb, etc)? My personal experience with the HTC Thunderbolt has been lackluster... promising ICS updates but never delivering.
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It depends on the phone iirc. My skyrocket didn't get official ICS until July and the s3 is supposed to get Jellybean soon I think but I have 4.1.2 aokp flashed on my skyrocket so their releases don't really matter to me.
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