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Hi all!
I've preordered a Galaxy Nexus and currently I'm putting some serious thoughts into canceling it and get a Sensation XE instead for several reasons.
and I'm just curious if anyone knows if this
https://negrielectronics.com/htc-sensation-xe-unlocked.html
will work on T-Mobile?
And I wanna hear some thoughts about whether I should switch to Sensation XE or not? What do you guys love about the Sensation?
I personally looooove HTC products and Sense. But I wanna hear other opinions
it should work, as T-Mobile's bands are listed on the phone's info page. I really like that phone but I settled for the Sensation 4G
Simply because of htc sense!
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Im in love with the g nexus screen!
over there you guys on verizon got choice of rezound which is my choice of phone atm as it has 720P screen and 1GB RAM which senny lacks.
I dont like samsung build quality and lack of SD card slot is deal breaker for me so Im going for XE also.
i really like my sensation 4G im useing coredroid 2.6 xe and its awsome and from a factory stand point it was very nice and i love the feeel of the phone it feels solid to me i would recomend the sensation a big plus it takes great pics and vids plus the qhd screen is nice
I am absolutely in love with the Galaxy Nexus screen and a few other things, but I will be missing sense
Things like 720p Screen, ICS (which will be ported soon), NFC, thinness, and 4.65' are the main attraction of GNexus for me,
But Sensation XE will have a removable storage, higher MP camera (I know it doesn't necessarily mean better), Beats, Sense, TOUGH DECISION!
and @Nekromantik I will be importing it and using it with T-mobile actually. Rezound would be ideal if I were on verizon, but they don't have the gsm unlocked version
hiohokaybye said:
I am absolutely in love with the Galaxy Nexus screen and a few other things, but I will be missing sense
Things like 720p Screen, ICS (which will be ported soon), NFC, thinness, and 4.65' are the main attraction of GNexus for me,
But Sensation XE will have a removable storage, higher MP camera (I know it doesn't necessarily mean better), Beats, Sense, TOUGH DECISION!
and @Nekromantik I will be importing it and using it with T-mobile actually. Rezound would be ideal if I were on verizon, but they don't have the gsm unlocked version
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Gnex looks to have a better camera then Senny but I think the Amaze and Rezound should have similar performing cameras. Both Rezound and Amaze are similar apart from Rezound has 720P screen,
T-mobile has amaze so I would go for that over Senny.
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Gnex looks to have a better camera then Senny but I think the Amaze and Rezound should have similar performing cameras. Both Rezound and Amaze are similar apart from Rezound has 720P screen,
T-mobile has amaze so I would go for that over Senny.
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Rezound also has beats lol
Amaze is a little ugly tho, and fat. yes I'm picky
hiohokaybye said:
Rezound also has beats lol
Amaze is a little ugly tho, and fat. yes I'm picky
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Beats is a gimmick lol
the headphones aint really any good either! My pair of $50 meele M6s beat the $100 beats that come with the XE.
Nekromantik said:
Beats is a gimmick lol
the headphones aint really any good either! My pair of $50 meele M6s beat the $100 beats that come with the XE.
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Yeah thats true, and i don't really have a need for headphones stuff since i already got a pair of $400 sennheiser lolol
Nekromantik said:
Beats is a gimmick lol
the headphones aint really any good either! My pair of $50 meele M6s beat the $100 beats that come with the XE.
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I thought the same thing. You are better off saving your money if you are going to get a Sensation, and just getting the normal Sensation 4G and spending the money you saved on a better pair of earbuds.
Then you can just put a custom rom on with all the benefits of the XE.
NOOOOOO!
I bought the Sesation and a week later, BAMMMM, Sensation XE and XL are out. HTC are acting stupid. They constantlyrelease a new phone!
Wait for a while or just get the Google's Galaxy Nexus!
CalCi059 said:
I bought the Sesation and a week later, BAMMMM, Sensation XE and XL are out. HTC are acting stupid. They constantlyrelease a new phone!
Wait for a while or just get the Google's Galaxy Nexus!
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they are being stupid outside of the US.
they re release Sensation with gimmick beats, stock clocked cpu and bigger battery and call it a new phone. Then XL single core phone without sd card.
In the US they release 2 phones with dual core and 1GB RAM and then one with 720P display. Rest of world gets screwed while US gets new hardware.
Nekromantik said:
they are being stupid outside of the US.
they re release Sensation with gimmick beats, stock clocked cpu and bigger battery and call it a new phone. Then XL single core phone without sd card.
In the US they release 2 phones with dual core and 1GB RAM and then one with 720P display. Rest of world gets screwed while US gets new hardware.
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I personally wished they had released an unlocked version of rezound!
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first phone i had arrived dented , second was ok i decided to keep it untill i had a explosion of dust under screen. Returned it and canceled upgrade phone was ok to use however to be very honest it wasent much faster then my desire and i dident want to get caught in a endless loops with htc of swapping phones becouse of dust.
Differnce between my first and second phone was shocking second phone colours looked fine but bad viewing angles, first phone washed colours even worse viewing angle. Second phone started creaking becouse of back cover honestly id stick with galaxy nexus upgrade which is what im looking at next.
Currently using a google nexus S, which I live but I am thinking about going in for a HTC Sensation XE. Is it as good as what Im hearing? Are The beats ear buds as good as everyone says they are?? Watched a couple of youtube videos and I like the look at this device. Whats the build quality like? The last HTC device I owned was the desire which I thought was ok. Im hoping the Sensation XE is a better device. How easy is it to root??? The Nexus S is very easy both to root and install custom roms. Thanks in advance guys, any help with this, will, as always, be very much appreciated
TudorBlue said:
Currently using a google nexus S, which I live but I am thinking about going in for a HTC Sensation XE. Is it as good as what Im hearing? Are The beats ear buds as good as everyone says they are?? Watched a couple of youtube videos and I like the look at this device. Whats the build quality like? The last HTC device I owned was the desire which I thought was ok. Im hoping the Sensation XE is a better device. How easy is it to root??? The Nexus S is very easy both to root and install custom roms. Thanks in advance guys, any help with this, will, as always, be very much appreciated
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I dont have XE, but a regular. Guess its the same build. Solid well built and compact. In other words great.
The Beats earbuds are crap IMO, dont buy in to hype. Get some decent Shure buds that are way better.. but by all means they come with the phone so use them til they fall apart. All this beats/HTC circus is just a marketing jimbo but hang on... The Beats mod on the phone is actually very decent with any good quality earbuds. U really sound the difference.
Its not so hard to root the Sensation but not the easiest either. You need to do several steps to get it rooted and flash ready but to me it was a walk in the park.. just takes a little time and patience..
Although its starting to get old i think it works well ok with proper Roms and Kernels, even on ICS...
Sensationaly sent from my Sensation.
Had feeling about the dre beats. Its not a great deal. I use Skully Candy ear buds myself. These are good enough for me. I do like messing around with androids, rooting and debranding etc. I might be tempted and buy one. Im going to keep my Google Nexus S as a spare. Thanks for replying Sindroid, you sir are a legend
My brother as a Sensation and loves it. His only and biggest complaint is the terrible battery life. Lol. I still have a Wildfire overclocked to 710MHz with no GPU, I am longing so badly for a newer phone lol
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TudorBlue said:
Had feeling about the dre beats. Its not a great deal. I use Skully Candy ear buds myself. These are good enough for me. I do like messing around with androids, rooting and debranding etc. I might be tempted and buy one. Im going to keep my Google Nexus S as a spare. Thanks for replying Sindroid, you sir are a legend
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I suggest hanging on to your nexus. It has ics anyway so what more could you want really? Just get the next generation ones instead.
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prinzhernan said:
I suggest hanging on to your nexus. It has ics anyway so what more could you want really? Just get the next generation ones instead.
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Yes, however, the Sensation does have Sense 3.6 and 4.0 with ICS. If you like Sense than this is a great choice of phone, however, if you're looking for an AOSP experience there is only one rom I know of that is completely working or at least, it seems that way. Bluetooth, etc.
usaff22 said:
My brother as a Sensation and loves it. His only and biggest complaint is the terrible battery life. Lol. I still have a Wildfire overclocked to 710MHz with no GPU, I am longing so badly for a newer phone lol
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He needs to root and install ARHD, I regularly get 24+ usage from the latest build
Sindroid said:
I dont have XE, but a regular. Guess its the same build. Solid well built and compact. In other words great.
The Beats earbuds are crap IMO, dont buy in to hype. Get some decent Shure buds that are way better.. but by all means they come with the phone so use them til they fall apart. All this beats/HTC circus is just a marketing jimbo but hang on... The Beats mod on the phone is actually very decent with any good quality earbuds. U really sound the difference.
Its not so hard to root the Sensation but not the easiest either. You need to do several steps to get it rooted and flash ready but to me it was a walk in the park.. just takes a little time and patience..
Although its starting to get old i think it works well ok with proper Roms and Kernels, even on ICS...
Sensationaly sent from my Sensation.
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I beg to differ about the ear buds, unlike you, I do own an xe and find the buds sound great, as for them falling to bits.....lol, whatever man......
Thanks for the replies guys. Im looking to buy a HTC Sensation which is locked to Orange UK. I can get it unlocked via the internet but will need to install Generic fw. I will take a look at the forums. Definately want this phone next. looks a winner
Need a new battery for my sensation. Badly draining quickly. Only get about half day out of it. I dont want to buy one on ebay as I would rather buy one from a reputable stockist. Wheres the best place guys.
I use an Anker battery myself, and it is very nice. I bought it from Amazon, a seller named Laptopmate I think.
ridder215215 said:
I use an Anker battery myself, and it is very nice. I bought it from Amazon, a seller named Laptopmate I think.
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Thanks mate, very much appreciated
So I was watching Phonedog's Aaron unboxing the T-Mobile version of the HTC One S (linky) and was really surprised to see no headphones inside the box! I'm not talking about Beats, either. I understand they don't want to ship them with Beats (read: they're expensive!).
Come on, T-Mobile/HTC! Not even a crappy set of headphones to talk on the phone while I'm driving or something? How come you cheaped out on us so badly? I, for one, use the cheap headphones my G2 and myTouch 3G came with until they could live no more! I am really, really surprised at this.
Question, if anyone cares to answer: Does the international version come with headphones or just the travel charger?
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HTC figured out most people don't buy a phone for headphones (HTC Rezound). No the international does not come with them.
Ear plugs. Standard cheap HTC earplugs was what came with mine. Not unlike in design and cheapness to the ones that came with my Desire two years ago.
You have to be crazy if you think tmobile would do that. Most people I talked to thought it would come with some cheap ibeats. Not from tmobile.
i hoped for some headphones..... my current ones are dying. I am also not looking for anything fancy.
I agree it's lame if they really didn't include anything but I already have like 4 pairs of headphones lying around from previous phones/purchases, including my $9 skull candy ones with a mic which are my favorite, not a bad idea to look into those!
Rock some skull candys and you will be fine.
T-Mobile dosen't include head phones in there phones anymore.
unclespoon said:
I agree it's lame if they really didn't include anything but I already have like 4 pairs of headphones lying around from previous phones/purchases, including my $9 skull candy ones with a mic which are my favorite, not a bad idea to look into those!
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u have a link to those $9 head phones ?
Unlucky..the beats earphones really are amazing..knowing how good they are I would actually buy some..
Tell T-Mobile its not on..
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charlieb620 said:
You have to be crazy if you think tmobile would do that. Most people I talked to thought it would come with some cheap ibeats. Not from tmobile.
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No, I understand no Beats, since HTC themselves said they wouldn't do it anymore. But no cheapo headphones either? I, for one, like them.
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T-Mobile dosen't include head phones in there phones anymore.
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Sad. Didn't know about this. Thanks!
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Good thinking..
Tmobile started the no headphones after the sgs2 I think.
HTC will have a major flagship device hitting Verizon shelves in the fall. It’s said to feature a whopping 5-inch 1080p HD display (a non-PenTile screen), a new chipset that includes a quad-core Krait CPU and an Adreno 320 GPU, HTC Sense 5 and a Scribe pen. Yes, HTC is launching a Galaxy Note competitor.
Details here: http://www.bgr.com/2012/04/26/verizons-summer-fall-2012-smartphone-roadmap/
Nice, I hope we get official Sense 4 by then!
You lost me at 5 inch screen.
This is supposed to be a phone. Something I keep in my pocket comfortably.
The 4.3" screen on the Sensation is pushing the upper limits of what is practical to be carrying around all day every day.
oommmgggg 5" screens are so retarded.
The article is so vague and cloudy that you can stick through it with a finger. Sense 5 four months after Sense 4? In a company whose main asset is the software layer? Sure, sure.
don't bother listening to BGR they just post whatever pops up in their inbox to get pageviews.
k0zmic said:
Nice, I hope we get official Sense 4 by then!
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lol I agree. And please HTC, allow the battery to be removed on this new device along with allowing us to upgrade the amount of memory. The fact that I cannot do this with the upcoming ONE-X means that I have no interest in that phone (even though I'm tempted by the 4.7 inch screen size).
mojosingle said:
lol I agree. And please HTC, allow the battery to be removed on this new device along with allowing us to upgrade the amount of memory. The fact that I cannot do this with the upcoming ONE-X means that I have no interest in that phone (even though I'm tempted by the 4.7 inch screen size).
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Sign that!
mojosingle said:
lol I agree. And please HTC, allow the battery to be removed on this new device along with allowing us to upgrade the amount of memory. The fact that I cannot do this with the upcoming ONE-X means that I have no interest in that phone (even though I'm tempted by the 4.7 inch screen size).
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+ 1 here..
and thanks for pointing that out: I just lost all the interest I had on the One X due to the not-removable battery!!
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BGR is notorious for posting things that run by them without investigating it first. I have seen many a story turn out to be completely false so take this with a grain of salt.
mojosingle said:
lol I agree. And please HTC, allow the battery to be removed on this new device along with allowing us to upgrade the amount of memory. The fact that I cannot do this with the upcoming ONE-X means that I have no interest in that phone (even though I'm tempted by the 4.7 inch screen size).
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+100 If it has no SD card slot for upgradeable memory I have no interest in it no matter if it is still phone or a tablet. No removable battery I have come to realize I can deal with.
+1000000 for me . Ive lost interest on 1-X when i knew that battery is non-removable by user. So its really a big X for me.
mojosingle said:
lol I agree. And please HTC, allow the battery to be removed on this new device along with allowing us to upgrade the amount of memory. The fact that I cannot do this with the upcoming ONE-X means that I have no interest in that phone (even though I'm tempted by the 4.7 inch screen size).
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+1 .... Thats such a deal breaker for me... I love upgrading memory and having better aftermarket battery... I guess Im going to have to wait for Galaxy S3
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Come on people, don't get so serious bout this topic if you get pissed bout just ignore it. And don't just downrate my rom when you are not using it. If you have problem you can pm me, I'm welcome to your hard feelings. *peace*
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T-Macgnolia said:
+100 If it has no SD card slot for upgradeable memory I have no interest in it no matter if it is still phone or a tablet. No removable battery I have come to realize I can deal with.
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I agree with this, when I went to the ICS ROMs I got about a 25-30% battery improvement, making it unnecessary to buy a larger battery. The lack of an SD (or XD!) slot is the killer for me. They are not going to put enough "virtual SD" memory in the phone to satisfy me, and I am not into major cloud storage. They are not going to pay my internet bill or put in more damned towers so I can get H+ to sync 32+ gigs of data, and I want my data on my system.
As for Sense 5, meh. They will go through 4.1 and then probably 4.5, 4.6, then maybe 5.0.
hopefully sense 5 will be stripped down even more
PsicheAlCubo said:
+ 1 here..
and thanks for pointing that out: I just lost all the interest I had on the One X due to the not-removable battery!!
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I would say HTC ONE S =P(4.3" aka ~5.15" total size). Since we are all sensation owners.
Ya non-removable battery and no mircoSD is a no no.
Even the S3 which is just as slim as Tue One X has SD & removable battery.
Perhaps next series would have what ONe series is lacking
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darkmantra said:
+1000000 for me . Ive lost interest on 1-X when i knew that battery is non-removable by user. So its really a big X for me.
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This and no removable mSD card... I'm already thinking of taking a look at Samsung's offering...
dgenx210 said:
This and no removable mSD card... I'm already thinking of taking a look at Samsung's offering...
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This. The sealed case makes this phone garbage.
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So here are some cool features that I love in the one x that aren't much talked about:
Restart Button, completely cleans the phone before rebooting.
The placement of the charging input, I love it when I charge my phone how the charging cable does not interfere with my usage unlike most phones which have the charging input on either the top botton or on the side where it still interferes with your hand.
Sense Widgets, I love the classy look of sense and many of its widgets like its mail and note widgets however its keyboard sucks!!!
Car, I love htc's car app. Its very useful for when on a long trip and it looks very neat.
Audio quality: Even though the international version of the one x has subpar audio quality through its chip, the one x att has one of the best audio chips on the market and sounds really good.
I like the recent apps interface and how you can close them by flicking them up off the screen, reminiscent of the WebOS. Very nice.
swype like text entry is built into the HTC keyboard!
tom_m said:
I like the recent apps interface and how you can close them by flicking them up off the screen, reminiscent of the WebOS. Very nice.
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This is actually the only thing I feel has been messed up compared to stock ics. I like how you can view more tasks in the stock implementation. Just my opinion though.
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raytraceme said:
Audio quality: Even though the international version of the one x has subpar audio quality through its chip, the one x att has one of the best audio chips on the market and sounds really good.
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Can you elaborate on this or give a link with more info? I have been wondering if this phone would match the quality of the Wolfson in my Captivate. Unless you're talking about call quality?
raytraceme said:
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Audio quality: Even though the international version of the one x has subpar audio quality through its chip, the one x att has one of the best audio chips on the market and sounds really good.
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What audio processors do they each have?
I really love all of the customization with lockscreens and widgets. There's a lot of small things I've been noticing that makes Sense very polished and slick. Really enjoying it so far.
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ThisWasATriumph said:
Can you elaborate on this or give a link with more info? I have been wondering if this phone would match the quality of the Wolfson in my Captivate. Unless you're talking about call quality?
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I know in the ASUS tranformer Tegra 2 vs 3, there was an audio chip change that some speculated was due to Tegra 3 (lower quality DAC, too).
The widgets rock! What doesn't rock is the lack of visual voicemail.
mactruck said:
The widgets rock! What doesn't rock is the lack of visual voicemail.
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Google voice broseph
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jeremyshaw said:
I know in the ASUS tranformer Tegra 2 vs 3, there was an audio chip change that some speculated was due to Tegra 3 (lower quality DAC, too).
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^ is the case with the international version. I have no clue about the s4 though and google was of no help.
Flip the phone while on a phone call --> switched to speaker phone
Flip the phone while ringing --> silences ring
Ring stops when you pick up/move the phone
When phone is in pocket and it rings, the volume goes up to max
Dunno if this is stock ICS or a sense addition, but I really like the DLNA built into the gallery. The first time I streamed 1080p video I had taken with this phone to my TV without any fancy setup was mind blowing.
sassafras
mactruck said:
The widgets rock! What doesn't rock is the lack of visual voicemail.
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Im pretty sure you can download a visual voicemail app if your on AT&T or google voice like someone already said
mikelebz said:
Flip the phone while on a phone call --> switched to speaker phone
Flip the phone while ringing --> silences ring
Ring stops when you pick up/move the phone
When phone is in pocket and it rings, the volume goes up to max
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how do you enable/use these features?
ThisWasATriumph said:
Can you elaborate on this or give a link with more info? I have been wondering if this phone would match the quality of the Wolfson in my Captivate. Unless you're talking about call quality?
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I thought for sure I saw empirical testing for audio output on the GSMArena site, but for the life of me I just can't seem to find it now. Either I made it up entirely (possible), or they took it down (not sure why), or I'm blind as a bat (also possible). Maybe somebody can dig up that review. I'm almost 100% certain that I saw it on GSMArena - I think they're the only one doing any actual testing of the audio output on phones anyway.
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The widgets rock! What doesn't rock is the lack of visual voicemail.
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I didn't think it had VVM either, but I found the AT&T app you need to install. It is called AT&T Messages. Its a little "busy" for my liking due to it containing text messages, recent calls and voice messages, but at least there is something.
Hope this helps.
How about us Canadians? I wish google would update GV so that people out of America could still have VVM.. I could care less about voip..
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one thing i've always enjoyed with HTC phones is the internet connection sharing... being able to share my laptop's wifi connection when i'm flying (every week) is nice.